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IS COLUMBIA INDIFFERENT? Commissioner Caughman Explains Why the Board Hesitates-Does Columbia Really Want Morn ing Train? The following is from the Columbia Evening Record of last Thursday. The Herald and News stated last Friday that the change of schedule was held up for the present at least. Of course the apathy and indiffer ence of businessmen of Columbia is a little queer. We shall yet get the change even if it is held up tempora rily: That the proposed change of sched ule has not been put into effect on the C. and G. line of the Southern, look inz to an afternoon train out of Co lumbia to the up-country so as to give people living along the line op portunity to come to Columbia in the morning and get back the same day, is due in a measure to apathy on the part of Columbia. The chamber of commerce has so far taken no action, which causes the commission to won der whether Columbia is so anxious for the change. At the recent conference before the commission, at which Superintendent Williams, Assist. Gen. Pass. Agent Brooks Morgan and Div. Pass. Agt. R. W. Hunt were present, the railroad people agreed to recommend the change, and members of the commis sion were told in Washington recent ly by Passenger Traffic . Manager Hardwick that he "would figure on the. change if the commission was sure it desired it." Mr. Hardwick was told that the commission was in no way hesitant. 'But, to' l perfectly frank, we don't like to .be rash about this mat ter." said Commissioner Caughman today. "We feel a bit dubious about ordering the change so long as there is doubt about it being desired. Co lumbia, the principal town interested, has not asked for the change. We have heard nothing from the chamber of commerce. And Greenville is man ifesting little interest, and Green wood and Abbeville are openly op posing. or appear to be. From Chap pells down this way the sentimenti s unanimous. However, when Mr. - Wharton comes in tomorrow to make up a majority of the board, a letter will be sent to Messrs. Williams, Hunt and Morgan asking them why the. change has not been made.'' Still Another Chance Neglected. Postmaster Ensor says that he has full authority now to send mail up the C. N. & L. road as far as Laurens on that company's train, leaving here at .5 p. in., and that the delay is eaused by the railroad people having no mail car to handle the business. President Childs, of the road, said today that the delay is not altogether due to the lack of a car, but is' part ly due to the~ fact that he has not yet received the final order from the gov ernment. He says he is having a car fitted up for this service, but that scarcity of material is responsible for the fact that it has not been gotten ready. At the recent directors meeting of .the chamber of commerce the presi dent was authorized to appoint a com mittee to look into the needs of the city. along this line. But nothing - further has been heard from this move. Action Now Important. It is a richstrading section Colum bia is neglecting in that direction at -a time it has an opportunty of seiz *ng an advantage. And apathy now may also spoil the opportunity Co 1.ungbia has in another direction. A conferenee is to be held at Marioir next Thursslay regarding the proposi tion to putting on a morning train into Columbia from the Pee Dee sec tion. Columbia is growing rapidly and the need for mail facilities on the afternoon train leaving here at 3:10 for Charlotte and on the 5 p. m. train for Augusta- is becoming daily more pressing. To Appoint Committee Tomorrow. Presidlent Clark said today that he had not yet appointed a committee to look into mail facilities, but would do so tomorrow. He is waiting for sug gestions regarding the personnel of the committee from Secretary Clark, who has been very busy for the past two days with the Shriners. Why Bill Diamond is Bald. * In the office of the Garden Hotel, New Haven, Connecticut, one day recently, a drummer who was blessed with a good head of hair said to Bill Diamond, the well known night clerk, who is very bald: ''Say, Bill, what makes you so bald-headed?"' Bill, who is noted for his quick wit, replied: ''Well, you see, in these strenuous times the head is no place for hair; it is the place for new ideas. That's the reason I have no hair.'' Langford-Wright. Promptly sat 7:45 last Thursday night, Mr. A. J. S. Langford gave in marriage his daughter, Clara to Robert Herman Wright. The bride was gowned in white messeline built over taffeta with a real lace yoke. The skirt was panel led with hand made roses. Her veil was crowned with a wreath of natur al oragne blossoms. Her only orna ment was a diamond and pearl cres cent, a gift of the groom. The church was beautifully decorated. The ef fect of the white and gren was made more pronounced by the brilliancy of many electric lights and candles. While Mrs. J. W. Haltiwanger played a very appropriate selection on the organ, the usshers, Messrs, Fellers, Walace, Gilder and John stone followed by the bridesmaids, Misses Houseal, Griffin, Peal Lang ford, Schumpert and Holloway and the bride's sister, Miss Langford as maid of honor and the groomsmen, Messrs. Eskridge, Renwick, McFall, Mays, Haskell Wright and Mr. Z. F. Wright, the brother of the groom as the best man. The bride entered with her father and was met by the groom and his best man at the chan cel where they were betrothed with the ring service. Immediately after the ceremony an elaborate reception was given, them at the home of the bride's parents. The color scheme thpoughout the house was white and gre'n. Especial ly iloticeable were the elaborate dec orations in the dining room. The bride's table was a work of art. Ropes of tulle were suspended from the chandelier to each corner of the table. In the center of the table was an embankment of bride's roses and natural orange blossoms. Candles in profeusion added greatly to the bril liancv of the table. In the cuting of the bride's' cake, Mr. Mayes found the dime, Mr. Wright the ring, Miss Griffin the thimble, and the maid of honor; the three cent piece. -The presents were numerous and costlv. Amid a -shower of rice the bride and groom left at midnight for the home of the groom. Forced to Vacate Building. Copeland Bros. the popular dry goods and clothing merchants must vacate at an early date the building they now ocoupy. They will tomorrow ininaugurate a monster sale. In speaking 6f the sale a member-of the firm said: ''We had no idea that we would loose our recent law suit and 'would have to vacate this building . We were so confident we would win the suit that we not only had,snot look ed for other quarters but bought an immense stock of goods for this sea son. It is certainly a case of hard luck that right in the height of the season we must vacate and not a building in the city to hold over half of our stock. There was only one thing that we could do and that is to throw our stock on the market at a sacrifice and stand the loss. We have ^engaged the services of H. L. ilmore & Co., of New York, expert sale conductors, who have conducted the largest sales ever conducted in his country to conduct our sale as e are determined to* c lose out the >iggest part of the stock in this sale.'' Mr. Gilmore has the following to ay: ''Copeland Bros. have brought s here to conduct their Forced Sale. t is too bad they could not hold the milding until the season was over. It ~ertainly means a big loss to the firm. We will conduct this sale on the same ines we conduct sales in the -larger itiess We have conducted sales in tmosik every eity in* this state. We ave been in this business nearly 19 ears and our experience has taught is that you can turn merchandise into ~ash if you put on the right price, ou can say to your readers that they vill witness the. biggest mercantile vent that has ever occured since fewberry was a baby. We will be i little crowded for room at first as he stock is immense, but will try md have 50 to 75 clerks on the floor bo wait on the public.'' They hayve a very large stock and or several days an extra force of lerks has been at work arranging he stock and marking the goods. Everything goes. SALESMAN WANTED. I want at once an efperienced lothing and Shoe salesman. Apply n perston or by letter. ,A. C. Jones. Newberry, S. C., April 11, 1906. OR SALE-Eggs for hatching. Barred Plymoutr 'Rock and Brown eghorn. $1.00 for thirteen. Buff )ppington $2.00 for thirteen. J. H. Hunter, Newberryv . C. MANY JAMESTOWNS. Special Invitation Extended Their Citizens to be Present on James town Day. Norfolk. Va.. April 16.--On the 13th day of May. 1s)07. on the waters of Hampton Roads and on its shores in Norfolk county, the three hun dredth anniversary of the first per manent settlement of English-speak ing people in America will be memo rialized by the Jamestown Exposition. This date will be Jamestown Day. There were Spanish settlers in Amer ica before Jamestown, and the French had established some villages along the Canadian coast, but the palisades on Powhatan's river which were nam ed after the reigning monarch of Eng land formed the first village,,in the western world where English was spo ken. The descendants of the original set tlers are scattered throughout the United States. Recently when the Daughters of the- American Revolution visited Jamestown Island, it was found that not less thAn fifteen visiting members of the society traced their ancestry directly to some inhabitant of James town. The Exposition management have discovered many Jamestowners and have invited them to participate in the celebration on the 13th day of May. Recently it has been suggested that inhabitants of other Jamestowns and descendants of past inhabitants should be included in the general in vitation, and ramifying this thought. take in the people of all the cities named after James the First. The Postal Guide of the United States gives Jamestowns in the fol lowing states: Alabama. Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illi nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken tucky, Louisiana, Michigan. Missouri, New York, North Carolina, North Da kota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is land, Tennessee and Wisconsin, be sides Virginia's settlement. Three of these Jamestowns are county seats: one the capital of Rus sell county, Kentucky; another of Stutsman county, North Dakota; and the third of Fentress county, Tennes see. Jamestown, New York, is the larg est of the coterie with a population of about 23,000; Virginia is the smallest, having only ten inhabitants. There are seven postoffices called James, three Jamesburgs, one James City, one James Creek, one James Is land, two Jamesports, one James Riv pr, one James' Store, five Jamesvilles. Both of .the Jamesports are fairly sizeable places and three of the Jamesvilles have money order s.tations and are pjaces of considerable conse-. quence. Twenty-five states have within their borders one or more towns named after James the First, who, if he could return to earth, would probably per-' petrate some wonderful epigram on the subject, since while living he was known as ''the wisest fool in Christ endom." OPPOSITION WILL ORGANIZE. Preparing F'dr Campaign Against. Dispensary-Meeting~ Held In Columbia Last Week. The follown is from the State of ast Friday: ''A meeting' of opponents of the state dispensary system was held here tonight, at which it was decided to inaugurate a campaign- against the ystem, and to see to it that a fight s made in every county.'' The above statement was given to he press last night by Rev. L. J. Bristow, of Greenwood, at the conclu sion of a conference which had lasted or several hoprs. It is apparent from he statement that more will be heard rom the meeting later, and that the urpose is to organize for a fight gainst the dispensary all along the lie. While Mr. Bristow is ,well knowni s a prohibitionist, there were a num er pres,ent who are not prohibition ists but several of them have been dentified with the fights against the ispensary in the various counties uder the Brice law. The author of hat law, Senator J. S. Brice, of York, was present and among the others ere: 'Rev. D. W. Hiott, who led the fight in Piekens; Mr. D. R. Coker of Eartsville, who was prominent in the Darlingtoni election against the dis pensary; Senator W. L. Mauldin and r. Joseph A. McCullough of Green ville; Mr. J. C. Otts of Cherokee and [r. J. W. Hamel of Lancaster. mem bers of the house and others. Haven 't you noticed that the man ho tells you how you can make a fortune in a short time is seldom able o show a bank balance of more than three figures? DEOREASE DISPENSARY SALES Falling Off of Only One-Fifth in 3 Months One-Third of State "Dry" A Surprisingly Small 'De crease in Sales. Fi.rnes wvhich mm('4untnissioner Ta tun has just seciireid fron the boiks (f the state dispensary institute anI interestin,x comparison between the volume of business for the first three months of the new year with four teen counties that for the first three mounths of last year, when the old board of directors had things going wide open. The figures are of the sales to dispensary, the invoice price -not the prices to the consumer. which are considerably higher. They show a falling off for the new year of $136.322. which is- surprisingly small. A third of the state has voted the dispensaries out, but the falling off in business amounts to less than a fifth. and Mr. Tatum says that the sales this vear would have been $500, 000 he-.vier had the stock not been short in a nurxber of important par ticulars the first part of the year before the new board took charge. The sales for January. February and March of last year amonuted to $712,784.91. as against $575,962.51 for the same time this year. Here is a comparison by months for the two periods: January. 1905. 1906. Whiskey .$227,563.18 $197.469.30 Beer. . . 15,576.10 13.567.64 $243-139.2; $213,037.44 February. Whiskey. $220,393.66 $175,227.91 Beer 7,755.80 15,612.21 $228,149.46 $190,840.12 March. Whiskey, . $220.196.05 $152.945.65 Beer 21,300.12 19.139130 $241.496.17 $172.084.95 Commissioner Tatum has issued an order of far-reaching importance to the inspectors under him. which .is designed to give a thorough checking up of dispensers each time an inspee tor comes around, and in a short time Mr. Tatum expects to get a system go inz whereby these ins'pections will oe ur regularly with each dispenser in the state once a month. Mr. Tatum realizes that an inspector is an audi tor, and he is now requiring such a hecking up as will put the inspector in position to swear to every item in iis report and to report as a whole. NTot only must the entire stock be hecked over, but the bank books as well. ''At one time,'' said an ex-inspee tr.today, 'inspectors had a habit in a number of places of leisurely strol ing into a dispensary and having the ispenser copy his last stock sheet for a report of inspection. Twice as uch time is required to check' up a dispensary now.'' From what has been published in a nmber of papers recently the impres ;in has gone out that the inspection force has been increased. Such is ot the case. Two 'new inspectors have e'n added in the persons 1of P. B. alison, of Greenwood, and William amar, of Columbia, but Inspector X. J. McCartha 's resignation took ffect the first of this month and that f A. H. Dean takes effect the first1 f next month. In other words the first of May will find the same in ~petion force of four, Messrs. R. W. fihols, of Laurens, and M..,W. Floyd, f. Spartanburg, being the other two nembers of the force. As a matter of act. the force has been reduced since Last year. J. L. Thorp, who last year 1 ~erved as -an inspector, has ,this year een transferred to. the bodkkeeping I epartment. And there are three less nen in the clerical department this2 ear were serving there the same time st year. , Utopia Dots. Mrs. Fannie Major, of Leesville, is ~isiting friends and relatives in the ~ommunity. Mr. W. I. Herbert attended the Btate Sunday School convention in elzer last week. - Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Schumpert ~ ;pent Sunday in Saluda. The congregation at New Chapel has purchased a lot of new hymn ooks for use in the services. Measles are again appearing. All f Mr. J. R. Perdew 's family have ad them. The latest case is at Mr. . L. Ham's. The Utopia school will close May 4. Messrs. H. C. Lake and H. L. 'hrailkill spen.t a few days in Saluida ast week. There 's no virtue in homeopathict 'el'ion when it takes the form of ~ivig~ two cents for the salvation ofC he heathen. When a woman doesn 't mind tobac ~o smoke in the house it is a sign she sm t tellino. the truth. Notice to Democratic Clubs. By order of the state democratic committee. at a meeting held on April 5. 1906. a convention iof the <Ienlleratcic )artv of South Carolina is called t) take lace oi May 16. 1906. i ;lV(,Irld; II e with Ill he )r \'Isitlls of' t;"e of ititutii of the InartV. Tie presidents of the sevelal dent (;cratie clubs of Newberry county are directed to assenl)le their clubs on Saturday. April 2S. 1906. for the pur pose of electing delegates to the coun tv convention. which will assemble May 7. 1906. for the purpose of elec ting delegates to the state convention. All clubs should meet, reorganize and elect delegates on April 2Sth, as above directed, in order to be entitled to representation in the county con vention. and in order to be represent ed by voting precincts in the coming prina ry. .S. . Cunningham. County Chairman. B. B. Leitzsey. Secretary. Newberry. S. C.. April 12. 1906. Col. H. T. Thompson Will Not Make \Race. Cul. Henry T. Thompson has an nounced that he would not be in the race for adjutant general to succeed Gen. John D. Frost, who will also re tire from politics. Col. Thompson has. decided to devote his entire time to his insurance business. He is a thor ough military man with a splendid re-' cOrd and there is regret expressed that ie cannot enter the race. Col. Thompson was commander of the see ond regiment that went from this state to Cuba. His retirement from tthe race leaves the field to Col. J. C. Boyd, Lieut.' Col. Lewis W. Haskell, Major Charles Newman and former Assistant Adjutant General AW.' Bruce. Mr. Malone Explains About Piano. Ref.erring to Mr. Lyon's letter the State of last Tuesday, says: "'Mr. M. A. Malone, from whom Senator Tillman said in his interview published in the State yesterday that he purchased the piano alluded to in Mr. Lyon's letter, was seen yester day by a representative of this paper and asked if he could recall the sale~ of the instrument, the amount paid, the person who bought it-and the time of the sale. Mr. Malone had read the article and unihesitatingly stated that he sold the piano to Sen ator Tillman for $325 and that the sale was made in 1891, previous to the establishment of the dispensary. Mr. Malone said that he recalled the sale because it was soort after Sena tor Tillman, then governor, went into fice and he had not long moved to this city to occupy the executive man sion. Furthermore, thie amount paid for the piano was a special concession ade because, as Mr. Malone stated, e thought the sale would enable him o dispose of other pianos.1 "Yes, sir,'' said Mr. Malone, "it was a fair and square deal and there was no question of graft. Immediate y after moving into the mansion Gov. rillman, with Mrs. Tillman, came to iy store and looked at the pianos. rhey rented one for the purpose of ~ keeping it until they had tried it. ~ "This instrument they decided to my and it was the one for which he ~aid me th.e amount stated. He never I ought any other piano from me.''" Glad Tidings From A Friend. ? We were delighted on Saturday to I eeive a note from our y;oung friend, s . L. Kinard, who is now in Silver 3 iity, New Mexico, and 'who has about. E egained his health which news will t e gladly received by his numerous 'riends here. He may spend several~ onths more in the wild and wooly Vest,, going from place to place, and f the near future he hopes to again ake up his abode in old Lexington ,ounty.-Lexington Dispatch. Mr. 'Kinard has many friends in fewberry, where he was at college for everal years, who will be glad to earn that his health is improving. NOTICE. A meeting of the stockholders of he Little Mountain Oil Mill & Fer ilizer Company will be held Tuesday, fay 15, 1906, at 2 o'clock p. in., forC he purpose of considering a resolu ion by the Board of Directors to sell ( .000 shares at $10.00 each prefer ed stock of Little Mountain Oil Mill C a Fertilizer Company. The aggre ate amount to be sold $10,000.00. aid stock to have a preference over 1l other original stock of 8 per cent, ith equal ratio of liabilities. Or to ell $10,000.00 worth of bonds bear ng 7 per cent interest, payable as the tockholders may designate. The tockholders will' decide between the wo propositions. These propositions ill be left to the stockholders to ae ept or reject. J. B. Derrick, F. C. Epting, Jr., Pres. Sec. & Treas.I (Signed), April 10, 1906. z)FECIAL NOTICES. FOR RENT-Attractive and desir able residetnce on Calhoun street, S. I. Aull. Jalapa. S. C. LOST or STRAYED-White and black spotted pointer puppy about ,)ne year old. Reward if returned to Malcolm Lesesne. FOR SALE-Half acre land with new storehouse on it 20 x 50 feet, in business portion of place. Price 750.00. B. M. Havird. Silver Street, S. C. SHAW'S Pure Malt clears the cob webs from the brain-gives vigor to old age. For sale at The Dispensary. [F From opening time until closing time and all the time, you want good time then have your watch ind clock cleaned and repaired by W. B. Rikard, Jeweler, at The Herald and News Office. WELLS-I have purchased a well boring machine and Am prepared to do satisfactory work or no pay. Any in need of wells should consult or write me at Newberry. G. P. Hill. WANTED-Mannager for Branch office we wish to locate here'in Tewberry Court House. Address, with references. The'Morris Wholesale House, Cincinnati, Ohio. NOT10E. A meeting of the stockholders of the Newberry Warehouse Company will be held in their office over Sum ner Bros. store on April 19th, 1906, it 11 a. m. C. E. Summer, Secretary. WANTED-Lady or gentleman of fair education to travel for firm of 250,000 capital. Salary $1,072 per year, pagyable weekly. Expenses ad vanced. Address Geo. G. Clows, Newberry, S. C. Too Much For the Postma.ster. Aeton Eagle. In the little village of G-. ,on the outh Shore, a postofficee was estab ished some twenty years ago. The >ostmaster appointed was old Capt. 'Bill'' Thomas, whose qualifications ~or the position were a credited snowledge of the three R 's and his wnrship, of the local store. He was very proud of his new position, >ut felt the responsibilities keenly. A summer resident one day having >eeasion to send a pbstal cayd writ en in French to a friend in Paris as surprised to see the postmaster ake it and, adjusting his spectacles, ttempted to read it. Being uniable o do so, he turned rather sharply to he sender and asked if the postal ias ''all right.'' The gentleman rather indignantly eplied: ''Why! What do you nean?'' ''Well, you'see,'' said the captain, 'I ain't able to read it very well, eing written in some foreign tongue o I'll have to take your word for it. ~ou see, I 'm accountable to Uncle ~am for everything that goes through be mail.'' Every man thinks he helps a lot iore than others help him. Juality and 'Stock~ :onsidered and have >y far the chea pes t line >f side Combs in New >erry. I am sure that rou will find it to your nterest to- see my tock.' Also have a beauti ul stock of Persian' 3eads. Wayes' Book Storer