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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the" Postoffice at New Serry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, February 27. 1906. THE NEW FIREMEN'S LAW. It is asseited that when the fiie men's fund act goes into effect fire. ipsurance rates will be raised two per cent. The law provides for an. assesament of two per cent on fire in surance premiums paid iii this state, the fund arising therefrom to be used as a pension or relief fund for aged or injured firemen incapable of mak ing a living. The threat to raise the rates two per cent in order that the insurance companies may recoup themselves on account of being forced to furnish this pension fund is quite natural and is something that was to be expected. It is almost invariably the case where legislatures make cer tain exactions of corporations that 'they in turn exact an equal amount 'from the peorle so that instead of be ing a publi h-enefit such legislation often indirectly I.laces an additional financial burden upon *itizens. Thus instead of the insurance eom panies paying this pension fu-i the people of the st-d who do bus'ness with st'eh compairas.will pav it. We have. no objection to firemen receiving a pension and some slight proision for old age but we do not know that they are peculiarly entitled to it. They have a hazardous profession, as a rure, but when p,aid they are well paid and where not paid their work is that of self protection and no remun eration is expected. But since citi zens will have to pay this tax eventu ally why make firemen the* benefici aries rather than others? Why not.I include- policemen, sheriffs and peace officers generally whose duties in the way of protecting the public dre more constant and often just as hazardous? When we start this sort of thing there will be no end to it. Other callings will~ be demanding some scheme whereby its followers- may be pension ed. A's a matter of governmental principle we believe such a policy wrong, and if carried to its possible, and probable, extent we cannot afford to indulge in it. We think -all such schemes are wrong, especially in the way they are usually carried out. Tf the state, for! instancee, believes a rail road commis-; sion is needed,, it ought to pa~y thel salaries and expenses 'and not force the railroads to do it. If it wants a bank 'examiner and assistants and ederks the state.ought to bear the ex .pense and not levy a tribute on banks for that purpose. So if it wants to pension any particular class of citi zens like firemen, it ought to vote an appropriation for the purpose and not force fire insurance companies to sup ply the cash. Such a course would.be just as cheap in the end for the peo pIe at last have to bear the burden n any case, but outside of that the principle -is wholly wrong. No bet ter e.vidence of the practical working 1 f suchr a'poliey has yet been shown as has been, or will be, in this firemen 's law. and if the governor has not al-1 ready signed the bill he would be fully justified in v'etoing it because' of its consequent increase in insurance1 ates, which already are burdensome 1 mough.-Columbia Record. *-1 This firemen 's'insurance bil! al introduced late in the session and was rotted through both houses without >ppositioni. in fact a gentlemani who4 seemed to be very much interested min he measure said to us tha' there1 should be no opposition to it from ay one because it had- the end!orse- 1 nent of the insurance companies and 1 hey were willing to have this fund pt away to help those who had risk d their lives to save the property of i thers and while saving property at the same time keeping the insurance ompaies-from having to pay losses.,f t looked plausible and we saw the easure go through practically with- i ut opposition. But now it seems that the insurance companies deny that it was their measure and if the governorI signs the bill it means higher rates of nsurance. The other propositions of the Rec- . rd in the matter of making railroads ~ and banks pay, the officers of the state who are to look after them for the benefit of the people t.he RecordL s eminently correct. It is all wrong o make these corporations pay the salaries of these offieers. MR. GUNTER IMPROVING. The News - and Corier correspond cut writes fromn Cunbia udrdt f Febrwuarv 22: I The very gratifying news beeni re-1 eived from Attorney General U. X-. Gunter, Jr., that he is improving very j safctrly. Mr. Gunter has writ- g ten several friends here that his gen eral condition is much improved and that he expects to be in Columbia for a few days at least within the next week or two." This is gratifying news to the friends of Gen. Gunter throughout the state. lie has had a long and ted ious siege an1d it is very Much hoped that he may entirely recover and be himself again in a very short time. CARELESS LEGISLATION. Mr. August Kohn. writing from Co lumbia to the Charleston News and Curier, says: "Some idea of the manner in which legislation is rushed in the last hours of the session and how wonderful it is that more errors do not creep into the acts may be had when it is stated that, out of the 240 acts, and resolu tions adopted, 50 acts went to the en grossing department after 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and in this num ber were the apropriation bill, the supply bill, the fertilizer act, and the 2nd circuit bill and other long and much amended laws." It is indeed, as Mr. Kohn says. a wonder that more errors do not creep into the aets that are passed in such a hurried and slipshod bianner. Nine-tenths of those acts that weut to the engrossing department after 4 o 'clock of the last day of the session should have been finished and out of the way two weeks before. There is no certainty that the acts, as they were finally written out by the engrossing- clerks, some of whom are not over competent, were in the shape that they were intended to be passed. And for that matter it is not at all certain that as many as half a dozen members of the legislature un derstood clearly the full intent and shape of the acts when they were fin ally ordered engrossed for ratification. Passing acts in this manner is lit tle short of criminal neglect of duty. -Anderson Mail. This is all true ind well said ex cept that the Mail should not have poled it by stiking at the compet eey of the clerks. it is a fact. hIowever, that the gtreat est number of t he bills t urned over o the eng~r ssinig department on Sat - rday afternoo couldI do just as we1ll ave been turned1 over at least four or five days .earlier and more time could ave been given the work. The mnajor t of the forty or fifty bills were of .purely local nature and why they ere held up we. cannot tell. Just for ack{ of. some one1 ini either house to look after the matter and see to it that time was gie te have the ork pro~perly done. The entire system in the engros sing department needs to be changed, iowever, and instead of the big eum-i tersome hand written ~bills and acts inaugurate a system of typewriittinig I y exp)ert typ)ewriters.i MR. LEVER'S DAIRY BILL. The bill introduced in congress by tepresntative Lever of~this state to )romote the dairy industry is a wswe easure and should become a law. The bill is entitled "a bill to fur ;her promote the dairy industry of he U'nited States' and its text is as ollows: Be ji enacted4 by the senate and oue of representatives (f the UTni- JI :ed States of America in congress semtbld. That the sumi or t wet housand dollars, or so muchi as ma.v ( e necessary b)e, andl the same is here-1 y appropriated, out of any money in ie treasury, not otherwise appro )riated, to enable the secretary of ' Lgriculture to further promote the airy industry of the United States mnd that the secretary of agriculture )e authorized' to expend this -sum, hrough the dairy division of the de art.ment of agriculture in co-opera- I ion wit.h individual dairymen and tate experiment stations in such tates, as in his discretion are most ii need of such help.4 In advocacy of this measure Rep 'esentative Lever has said: "The dan is to have the department of Lgriculture station one of its dairy xperts in each of Southern states. [he duty of this expert will be to urnish individual dairymen with ex iert information as to the best meth ds of dairying. He wvill teach the armer how to select his herd with :1 iew to getting the best results: lie ill show hinm how to >uild silo., and - .rs and he. will t e-ze hunu ihe bes'.I aethods of crop rotation in order to et the most forage for his cattle.'' The hvehpmeldlWI of the dairy Lh \ Lustr wvoula ad I greatly to the? ealth producing capacity of the outh ais well as of a'I larts of the ( unt. As a meanus of general benefit. twol be 11 dilien 1r to conceive of nthing requiring so small an ca- J mndiur Iof ' money that would corn are with1 it. It would si mply be C aching the peCople to help themselves ~hih is the best aid that cani he ~ to anybody. The above is from the Spartanburg! Journal. The Herald and News very cordially endorses the eff6rts of Con gressman Lever and also what the Journal says. There is scarcely any section ofi the country where this industry could be more profitably conducted than in the south and it would greatly add to the wealth of this section. In fact there is no country of this world that can equal the south if we only had our natural resources developed and would take advantage of what nature has so bounteously placed at our doors. Woman's Home Companion for M.arch. Mrs. Impecunious- 'Here's a man suing for divorce because his wife goes through his pockets. What would you do, John, dear, if you woke up to night and found me at your pock ets?' Mr. Impecunious-"Get up and help you look." NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHARTER. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will make application to the Secretary of Stalte, for the State I of South Carolina, on the 31st day of March, 1906, at 12 o'clock M., at his office, in the Capitol, at Columbia, South ('arolina, to grant a charter for a railway company to be known as "Spartanburg & Glenn Springs Sou thern Railway," the line of railroad of which proposed company shall ex tend from the City of Spartanburg, S. C.. to the City of Aiken, S. C., through the City of Spartanburg and the Townships of Spartanburg, Paco let. Fair Forest. Glenn Springs, Woodruff, and Cross Anchor, in the County of Spartanburg, and the town, ships of Jonesville, Bogansville, Un ion, Cross Keys. and Goshen Hill in the County of Union, and the town ships of Scutfletoii, Laurens, Jacks, Hunter, and Cross Hill, in the County of Laurens. and townships No. 1. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. and No. 8. in the Countv of Newherry. and towi 5ips No. . .2. No. 3., No. 4. No. 5. I Nc . (). anid No. /.-ii1 the County of Sa luda. and( theC townsipsi) of Blocker, Ehnwoodl, MOSS. I Pickenis. .Johinston, Wardls. Slhaws. Wise, and Merriweth- ( r in the (County of Edgefield. and the townships of (Chiniquapin. Wards. Me ier. Shaws. Aiken and Gregg in the (Tunty of 'Aikeni. all of saidl counties e e)ing in the St ate of~ South Carolina, >v the most feasible route, the total eng1t h of which road shiall b e abconit 00 miles, whichl c orpora1tion,. if 'said -harter is granted. will have the pow r to condemn lands for rights-of--way. A written declaration and petition, ni accordance withI Section 1,917 of he Code of South Carolina,'will be iled at or before the time of the mak ng of said ap)plication. ..I Witness our hands this 24t-h day of ebrua ry, A. D., 1906. J. B. Lee. A. L. White. W. S. Montgomery. Aug. W. Smith. T. B. Thackston. Au inralNOTICE. sok An nn-almeeting of the sok olders ofteSecurity Loan and In- r esmnent (Company will b)e held at the ffic~e of the Company in Newberry, S. .Thursday afternoon. March S. I 906,'at 5:30 p. m. .James N. - Caughrin, kuocretary. GODSi gewberry College hasiE he champion Base Ball I >layers of South Caro-t ina, and I MAYES' BOOK STORE r ~as the most comDlete tock of Base Ball ~oods in Newberry. a vant you to examinern ther lines and thenie ~ome to see mine, and1 fyou are not convinced n don't want you to buy f me. ~(ayes Book Store. I All Over. We have best stocks e Special anc All-Overs, als4 Medallions. 'Correct English - How to Use It." L MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE USE OF ENGLISH. JOSEPHINE TURCK BAKER, EDITOR. Partial Contents for this Ionth. ,ourse in English for the beginner. ,ourse in English for the advanced pupil. low to increase one's vocabu'ary. he art of conversetlon. ;hould and Would. How to use them. Ironurciations. 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Feb. 1 4, 1906.IL Lace Wa Are the This St now on han ver in the hoi I Select Irisi the nicest tI s. MOVv TOWN AND TOWNSHIP ASSESS OES. 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. H. 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 H. Ringer. W. D. Hardy. No. 4. Township, Town of Whit mire--David Duncan. D. H. Jones. H. V. Tavlor. No. 4 Township. out of tonJo W. Scott. James S. McCorley, T. B. Carlisle. No. 5 Township-C. W. Buford. T. Hayne Chalmers. E. P. Matthews. No. 6 Township-H. H. Abrams, I. M. Smith, Geo. P. Boozer. No. 7 T,ownship-Press N. Boozer. R. S. B,oazman. H. B. Lindsey. No. S Township---R. L. Schiumpert. 3. T. Blair, H. 0. Long. No. !1 Township-Town of Prosper ty-A. H. Hawkins, A. M. Lester, W. r. Gibson. No. .9 Township, out of town-J. W. Hartman. R. T. C. Hunter, W. P. Pugh. No. 10 Township-John D. Sheely. Drayton B. Cook, L. Q. Fellers. No. 11 Township-George B. Aull. ~erry Halfaere. J. A. Graham.. The above named Town and Town ~hip Boards of Assessors are requir d to meet at the county auditor's ffice on Tuesday, March 6, 1906, at .1 o 'clock a. iii., for -the purpose of ST AT E (CONDI The Exchange Bank December 3mmenced business September, 1905. S RESOURCES. aoans and discounts........$ 79,304 12 ~urniture and fixtures......3,251 75 )ue from Banks............ 11,616 89 )verdrafts.................. 462 63 ash and cash items........23,505 44 $118,140 83 We beg that you give our statement y petfully solicit your business. We are prepared to offer you every fa< ustify. Remember, too, we pay 4 per c ompounded semi-annually, January and J. D. DAVENPORT, President. R. C. CARLISLE, Vice-President. OEO. D. Dl till in the market, and headqua evr crop Florida Cabbage, Seed Irish Potatoes, Hams, Evaporated Peaches, Appl Plum Pudding, Postum, Grape Nuts, Shreaded Cream of Wheat, H Loose Buckwheat,.. Fresh'line of Cho Olives and Pics Coffee from 5 Ground fre High gr: Garde A fi We are making a special run lrness. Call and see me befo rst Style ]asoni d one of the uise. i Bands and iings in Wash rER. Co. taking the oath of office and to agree on a fair and equitable basis upon. which-the different kinds of property throughout the county shall be assess ed for the year 1906. This is a most important meeting and every member is urged to be present. W. W. CROMER, Auditor Newberry County. OPERA HOUSE. Earhardt, Stewart & Wells, Mgrs. @^OMINC@ THIOMPSON &OTTO Moving Picture Show "Britt-Nelson Prize Fighf." You Like Pathetic Music? Hear "Just at the End of the Class." Like Sentimental Music? Hear ''Would You Care?'' Like Comic Music? Haar "Everyb2dy Works but Father.' Like Devotional Music ? Hear "The Holy City. Moving Pictures and. Ilius trated Songs at Popular. Prices, 25, 35 and 50 Cts. One Night Only MEN T INSED) of Newberry, S. C. 30, 1905. ixty per cent of Capital Stock called for. LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in......$ 31,330 00 Profits less expenses paid.... 2,045 92 Deposits, viz: Banks........$ 1,457 @3 Individual ......83,307 88-$ 84,764 91 $118,140 8 aur careful consideration, and we re :ility which your business and balance ehit. interest in our savings department, July. We take deposits from $1.00 up, M. L. SPEARMAN, Cashier. GEO. B. CROMER, Atty. WENPO RT rters for good things to eat; is and Apricots, Quaker Oats, Wheat, acker's Buck Wheat and Funkey Tablets, :olate Candies, Jellies, :les, Oc. to 35c. per lb., and e of charge by Electric Mill, .de Teas, a Seeds of all kinds, ill line of Fancy Toilet Soaps. on Buggies 'and Wagons and re buying elsewhere.