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'E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New ierry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, February 23, 1906. SOME APPOINTMENTS. The legislature made several po sitions to be filled by the governor. The board of pardons, a bank examin er, a fish commission, a commission -to have charge of the state exhibit at Jamestown. The .governor has already appoint ed the board of pardons, and in the matter of the bank exeaminer will be governed largely by the recommenda tion of the executive committee of the bankers association. The fish commission is a very im portant iatter. -The people who live in the Piedmont section have very lit-, tle idea of what the fish. indust.ry could mean for this state and hereto fore almost every fish bill that has been presented in the legislature has been laughed "but of court" as it were and now that the state is going to look into this matter as it' should we expect to see some results. Then there are seven commission ers to be appointed to look after the state's exibit at Jamestown. The governor will make good ap pointments and fill the positions with men who have the.ability and fitness for the positions. And, contemporary, a good name is an asset in the eyes Qf honest men;, the times will be poor', indeed, when that is not so. The State never covers up rascality, nor knowingly defends a rascal, but we are slow to impute dishonest purpose or to besmirch those who have, by their lives, estab lished a right to good repute.-The St;ate.~ This is from the State in reference to the Columbia Glass company reve lations before- the 'dispensarys inves tigating committee. We simply quote it to commend the course of the State. We trust the State will pur sne this course as to the good name. -of all persons whose actions it would ~eriticize. Now is the time for those who still hav'e cotton to,hold on to it. ,The price has gone down. And yet a New York syndieate has made ~a direct and -definite.proposition to the farmers of: the south to take 500,000 jales at 13 cents. They have investigated the: matter and are satisfied tha.t. with the present supply and demand the mills. can readily afford to pay 'from 13 to - 5 cents for the balance of this erog. /It ris said that ther balance of' the' supply for the rest of this year' will not be more than half of what it was last year. The farmers and others in this see tion who still have any cotton realize* the situation an<! are not ogering for sale. The Columbia Record, an avowed' opponent of Senator Tillman, has* even gone to .the trouble of pickinm out a successor to our senior Senator, the person named being Dr. George B. Crom'er. Mr. Tillman 's term expires~ 'next March and his successor will have to be nominiated in the primary this summer. Senator Tillman will succeed himself.-Rock Hill Record. We did not know that the Record' was an avowed opponent of Senator Tillman. It.has been understood that both were standing pat for the State. dispensary. The state is to be congratulated on the fact that Commisioner of Immi gration E. J. Watson has declined the positions offered him elsewhere and will remain in the service of the state. He has the- work well in hand and for a new man to take* it up would be: just like starting all over again. Col. Watson has his heart very much in the work of his office and 'has it well in hand. The Herald and News is glad he is going to remain: with us and continue in the work for which he is so well .equipped. Senator Tillman seems to be anx ious,to keep up his crusade for the dispensary. He may save it tempora rily but it is doomed and if he hangs on to the state institution it will take Tillman down with it. The affairs of state can be managed without the senator's interference and if he de sires to retain his seat in the senate he can do so, but it might be the part of 'wisdom on his part to let affairs in this state be managed by those who are here. Congressman Longworth and his bride have gone to Cuba. They pass ed thro-g South Carolna in the Aight time. They shoul spend some time in this sunny clime on their re turn if they want to enjoy the finest climate in the world. This is a good time to impress upon the people the value and importance of good roads. A small tax properly expended upon permanent road build ing would in a few years give us a number of miles of good roads in this county. Now let the commission to build a new court house for Newberry get to gether as soon as possible and select a site and get plans and specifications and get to work. Newberry certainly needs a new court house. M. F. Ansel, of Greenville and Hub Eva.1s, of Newberry are the only can didates for governor of this state. Carolina Spartan. Is that so? State colleges got all they asked this year from the legislature. No department was cut but this year un less it was some poor little clerk. $1,341,000 in the appropriation bill passed by the legislature on last Sat urday. How does that sound as a rec ord for economy, fellow citizens? It would be a little remarkable if in this year of grace there were only two candidates for governor of South Carolina. The dispensary investigation com' mittee, it is said, has a lot of hot stuff to give'out yet. The Thomas Syndicate. A distinct and definite proposition to take 500,000 bales of middling cot ton from the planters of the south at 13 cents per poulnd. has been submit ted by a New York syndicate of bankers and financiers. The syndi Cate is headed by Mr. E. R. Thomas, the well known banker, of New York, and a lnany times millionaire. The syndicate has fully investigated the question of supply and cousumption. They are convinced that at -the pres ent 'high priees of cottoT goods the mills of the world can easily pay 33 to'153 eents for the balance of the un sold por,tion of the present crop. They also know that the supply of cotton for- the balance of the pyesent year will not be more than half'the amount that we had last year, while consump tion is enormous, and at least 5,000, 000 more new spindles in operation than a year ago. The syndicate fully realizes that* if it can.secure possession of 500,000 bales of spinnable cotton in the face of -the present strong statistical posi tion of spot cotton~ that they can abso lutely dominate the cotton market and force prices to their pro.per level. The syndicate .also- wants to secure ontrol of the cotton that will be gin ned and ready for the market from the crop of 1906 niext August and~ September, agreeing to pay the pre railing prices at that time, not to be less than the. minimum prices fixed for -the next crop by the Southern Cotton assodiation. I.will be glad to mail out the option contracts of the syndicate to every farmer wvho is still holdinig cotton. Upon application I, have already sent the agreement to 30,000 farmers who are holding cot.. ton. Selling Too Heavy. The great obstacle in the way of advancing' prices during the past t,wo months and the reason for depression during that time, has been the enor mous and persistent selling by farm ers and merchants, especially west of the Mississippi river. The receipts last week were 20,000 bales heavier than one year ago when we had prae tically a 14,000,000 bale crop. The spinners and speculators have been supplied with all the ammunition needed to hammer prices. The farm ers relinquish their power t.o control prices when they dump their cotton daily on the market at prices fixed by gamblers in the cotton exchanges Qf the country. The farmers east of the Mississippi rivet have held up a goodly portion of their cotton and if they stand firm they will yet win. The farmers in the southwest have seemed to be well satisfied at prices between 9 and 11 cents. The crop in that section has been nearly exhaust ed and the spinning world must soon face a great scarcity, as compared with the present tremendous needs of consumption. 'Spinners openly ad mit that they can pay 14 cents for the spot cotton and make good money, but they are determined to buy the rop just as cheap as they can, at the same time advancing every month the price of their goods to the consumers. I have insisted that the balance of this crop should be held for 15 cents so as to average the price of the whole crop as near 12 nts a posible. This would in no wise affect the spin ning industry. but would secure to the farmers a price commensurate with the value of their staple. Every interest that could be com binled against that, proposition has been made as effective As possible. Bout if the farmers had all acted to gether during the past two months and tied up the market all over the south the fighit would have been whip ped. The farmers generally in the eastern cotton belt have been true and faithful, and as was the case one year ago. they will yet be rewarded if they the combined brain and money of the world. It is a desperate struggle for supremacy and if the farmers win they will become a recognized power in fixing cotton prices in the future. If we lose our power will be minimiz ed again and it will be difficult to re store confidence. Our future as well as the present is involved, not only individually, but; collectively. There will be a tre mendous shortage of cotton during the next few months and this will be especially noted when we go into March and compare this year's re ceipts at the ports with the enormous receipts that came into sight during March, April, May and June of last year. Last year at this time we had nearly five million bales of cotton on hand. This year we have but little over two million bales. The crop has been sold at what we consider fairly good prices as compared with previ ous years and the people ought to be plenty able to hold up the balance and force the consuning world to pay its full value. This can and will be done if spot holders will do it. Stop Selling. Why should the selling of cotton continue so unabated? For six years we managed to live some how on six cents cotton. Our banks are now plentifully supplied with money, no necessity exists for continuous selling and every sensible reason exists for hecking sales. The fight now on is against every farmer in the south. Every man should do all in his power to show the true spirit of I sontherni manhood and stand loyally I by his neighbors. Tf your cotton is wortIl U3 or 15 cents at the present pri1ce of dry goodis. you are not stand ing by your family unless you forceI the buying world to pay that price. [ have challenged spinners and buy-. rs to d1eny that cotton has not been worth 14 eents for several months and the only reply I can get is: ''What is the use to offer 14 cents when we can buy what we need from farmers and merchants at 11 cents ?'' But for the intense fight which we have waged for higher prices during the past three: months and the cooperation of thous ands of farmers who have held back their cotton, p)rices would have been' dwn to 9 and 8 eents before this. There is no chance new for future de pression of any magnitude, but every-1 thing in favor of ,an advance. If the' New York syndicate can get options om 500.000 bales middling cotton they will be in position to control the sit ation, because they can hold that mount of cotton off the market and make it a powerful factor in advane-l ug still further the price of cotton held back for 1.3 cents. -Of course, ay proposition looking to the back ig of the farmers will be ridiculed y certain people who want all sucht efforts to fail. The bulk of the corn mercial and indus'trial world wants the producers held down to their way f thinking and doing. Everything is in our favor if we will only stand together and act to ether. Present low, prices cannot be eld down -by Wall street speculators and spinners much loriger. Harvie Jordan. A Pat Reply., President lieKinley once had an aplicant for post of minister to Bra zil who brought with him a petition signed by 7,000 Chicagoans. It seems that lie was a picture framer and as: he was in the habit of collecting sig natures to his petition. President McKinley listened respectfully and questioned him as to his qulification and finally explained that before he could give the matter serious consid eration lie would have to confer with the senators and representatives from Illinois. "You know that we have to select big men for these big places,' said the president kindly as he bade his caller: goody. "Won't I be just as big as any of 'em, if I get the job?'' was the retort. Pointed Paragraphs. Better a clever enemy than a fool friend. A cunning man is seldom wise and never honest. Adversity sometimes transforms a coward into a hero. With dice the best throw one can make is to throw away. All Over. We have i I best stocks e Special and AlOvers, als( Medallions. C.& Q. When a real estate agent beging to go downhill he loses ground rapidly. Maybe if women had talking cir cles they would do some sewing. Lots more people would be honest if there was any money to be made by it. "Not Like Other Girls" There is a mysterious murder and the guilty one accuses the hero of the play as the murderer, and from cir cumstantial evidence believes him (ilty. His sweetheart, however, be lieves him innocent, and appears at the trial, for his defense and through her power, reads the minds of others,~ and hypnotic influ'ence brings the real murderer to justice. mid acquits the lover. The highest histrionic art is dis played by the actors of this scene which has be'en acknowledged by the Press of New York City. S P RUW~ GOODS I desire to call yourh attention to the New Spring Goods we are receiving. A beautiful line The Regent Shirts in all the new colors and patterns at $1.00 and $.50. A new sup ply of Corless, Coon &j Co. Collars and Cuffs. James A. Banister's Fine Shoes, and Ral-I ston Health Shoes for1 Men, and the Excelsior Shoe Co.'s line for Men and Little Gerits are already here, and oth-y ers areto follow. New Clothing, New NeCkwear, New Hats, New Pants, and other Men's Fur nishing Goods expect-i ed daily. Come and see them. Tell your friends about my store. A. C. JONES, Newberry, S. C. Fb 14. 1906. bace Wa Are the This Se now on hani ver in the hot I Select Irish > the nicest th s. MOw TOWN AND TOWNSHIP ASSESS ORS. - The following named persons have been appointed to serve as Town and Township Assessors for the year 1906: No. 1 Township, City of Newberry -Otto Klettner, J. W. Gary, S. B. Jones. No. 1 Township, out of town-H. Fl. Folk, Tabor H. Hill, J. Cal Neel. No. 2 Township-B. F. Cannon, A. J. Gibson. Charles S. Suber. No. 3 Township-J. H. Smith, Job f. Ringer, W. D. Hardy. No. .4. Township. Town of Whit mire--David Duncan. D. H. Jones. H. \. Taylor. No. 4 Township. out of town-Jno. W. Scott. James S. McCarley. T. B. arlisle. No. 5 Township--C. WV. Buford. T. Rayne Chalmers. E. P. Matthews. No. 6 Township-H. H. Abrams, L. Kc. Smith, Geo. P. Boozer. No. 7 Township-Press N. Boozer. R. S. Boazman. H. B. Lindsey. No. 8 Township-R. L. Schumpert. 3. T. Blair, H. 0. Long. No. 9 Township-Town of Prospier-I ti-A.'H. Hawkins, A. M. Lester, W.1 ['. Gibson. No. 9 Township, out of town-J. W. Hartman. R. T. C. Hunter. WV. P.; Pugh. No. 10- Township-John. D. Sheely, Drayton B. Cook, L. Q. Fellers. No. 11 Township-George B. Aull. Perry Halfaere. J. A. Graham. The above named Town and Town ;hip Boards of Assessors are requir ad to meet pt the county auditor's fice on Tuesday, March 6, 1906, at L o'clock a. mn., for the purpose of ST AT E (CONDI! The Exchange Bank December Commenced business September, 1905. S RESOURCES. Loans and discounts........$ 79,304 1.2 'urniture and fixtures......3,251 75 Due from Banks...........11,616 89 Dverdrafts.................. 462 63 Cash and cash items........23,505 44 $118,140 83 We beg that you give our statement y spetfully solicit your business. We are prepared to offer you every fa justify. Remember, too, we pay 4 per c eompounded semi-annually, January and J. D. DAVENPORT, President. R.C ARLISLE, Vice-President. GEO. D. Di Still in the market, and headquw New crop Florida Cabbage, Seed Irish Potatoes, Hams, Evaporated Peaches, Appi Plum Pudding, Postum, Grape Nuts, Shreaded Cream of Wheat, I Loose Buckwheat, Fresh line of Chc Olives and Pic Coffee from: Ground fre High gr Garde A i We are making a special run arne Call and see me bef< rsts Style !dsonf J one of the ise. Bands and ings in Wash ER Co. taking the oath of office and to. agree on a fair and equitable basis upon which the different kinds of property throughout the county shall be assess ed for the year 1906. This is a most important meeting and every member is urged to be present. W. W. CROMER, Auditor Newberry County. OPERA HOUSE. Earhardt, Stewart & Wells, Ngrs. @COMINC@ TIIOMPSON & OTTO Moving Picture Show "Britt-Nelson Prize Fight.' You Like Pathetic Music? Hear "Just at the End of the Class." Like Sentimental Music? Hear "Would You Care?" -Like Comic Mus!c? Hear "Everybody Works but Father.". Like Devotional Music ? Hear "The Holy City.' Moving Pictures and Illus trated Songs at Popular Prices, 25, 35 and 50 Cts. One Night Only MENT ~NSED). of Newberry, S. C. 30, '1905. ixty per cent of Capital Stock called for. 'LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in......$ 31,330 O0 Profits less expenses paid.... 2,045 92 Deposits, viz: Banks...........$ 1,457 08 Individual......88,307 88-$ 84,764 91 -$118,140 g our careful consideration, and we re sility which your business and balanee ent. interest in our savings department,. July. We take deposits from $1.00 up. MI. L. SPEARMAN, Cashier. GEQ. B. CROMER, Atty. WENPORI trters for good things to eat. es and Apricots, Quaker Oats:' Wheat, ecker's Buck Wheat and Junkey Tablets, colate Candies, Jellies, kles, 20c. to 35c. per lb., and ~e of charge by Electric Mill, ade Teas, ~n Seeds of all kinds, 'ull' line of Fancy Toilet Soaps. on Buggies and Wagons and 3r buying elewere.r