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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New Serry. S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, November 9, 1906. GINNER'S REPORT. The government report for the cot ton crop ginned up to November 1 o this year, whicli came out yesterda; puts the total munber of bales ginne< are 6,892,597, as against about six an< one-half million last year. It was at so stated that tile Texas crop is abou two weeks late an(] that Texas alom expects to make four million bale this year against. two and one-hal1 last year. If that he true, the tota crop of this year will go abiut twelv< amd one-half million. GOOD ROADS. lMeferrng aginii to wlat The Her aId and News salid in Tuesday's papel inl re-ard to Ite building". of the roa( froi Newberry to tihe steel bridge, it sliould Itave been slated I(hIt the citi zells alni.- Ilie road f'rom Newberry are wilflinlg L(I fillnish foliur horse teais Io hanil gravel, (Ir do vlatevel lay he ievessarl'y at eos in order to get (ie r-oad worked. Ttis, it seein to us, should be a matter that might have tile attention of the Chamber of Commerce, and thtig body might be able to get tle supervisor and the people along the road, who are so anx ious to have it worked, together, and with the eo-ol)e'Itionl of those citiz ('ns in tile city, who are interested, this road coull he Init in first. elas4 condition at a verV sitma1lt cost. It will be remeblherd tIaIIt I abuot foinr years a.1,o Sup-erliitdentt Solhumt pert1 pu1t his chiain a oi the iroad htween Newherry and Longslopres antd graveled those sections that need ed it, and tihat roadI has had to work since and is still one ot' file hest in the county. Peraninenlt work is the work hat, pays oii tile public roads, and the chainigang should be put on no other. In this connection we would like to call attention to an article in this paper headed, "The value of good roads,'' *and it refers largely to the roads around Chanrlotte in Mecklen burg county. Certainly any county will have advantage over other cout ties if the roads are what they ought to be. We have no apology to make for coistant'ly ealling attention to the icessity aInd iniportanlce of good ro1lds, becaluse Vv are limly coivin ced tihat tIlis is tle subject which shoul( have the IestL attention and the best thought of the people of any community and that investment in good roias, wh-lietlher by taxatfiol ot other11wisO, is itie best investment that the p)eopile ofI atny commtunity cnn make. Since0V writ in th le abhov'e we' lhave whlo li ve atlonlg this roadht( and thley say3 itf the t own will ('o -opierate wcitt hemt liey. will wi IhInily furnisli theit teams and( wa'hgonis tor' the hauling (01 grahve'Inl d ote work, thait m tay b<4 ntecessary3 t ohld t1Ihis road from New herry. to Ithe st eel bridge, fre'e o1 chiarget. Tlhiis seemis ai fir prjoposit i andl n.e resltpc t ull rotor it to1 lth C'hamiber ofi Commnerce, provi ded Itia body is reaidy f'or w.ork of' this kind wvhich is certainly for the benef'it1 o ~: the conmniti y. AS TO THE FMR. asks what were the e'xlort ions, inde fer'red to by uts as 'onniecd with th recent state f'air, Everyt'hintg w..as huigh-piied; somc (cases doubled and t rebled. Th hot els chari ged $1.25 t'or a cot ini halIt. 'Thetse were lthe ex tort ions. ''There were no privateI conven(1iience av'.ailable on thle gro'i its. T'his w'.as a iind0eiency. Nobody' w.as allowed to get out c thbe faiir gr'ounuds eneulosurie withot 1 eenits to the .stre'et car compair wheltther he wated to ride back t own ont a car or. not. This was atn ini position. Any whol tried to gel. ont of' ti street ear eneolosur'e, even after pa ing the 10 cents, was thtreatoned wil personal assault by the brutal gat keepers. T'his was brutality. The above is from the Spartanbu Journal and is in reply to the Obse ver 's request- for specifications. It ntone of our quarrel and we do nt intend to mix in it bue in justice the management we desire to say: As to the first specification have .no knowledge upon which base an opinion as we did not spei a night in Columbia during the wee As to the second there were privt '. eainveniences on the ground. As to the third we think the .Jot mals initaken. We left thn gionu without being forcod to purell street ear ticket. It was wro charge ten cents to all pass4 whether they stopped at the station or went up town as - derstood the rate to be increas account of extia distance fror union station. It was alright t tickets.. As to the fourth we came on tl one afternoon and the gate k( were courteous and polite so f we observed. They may have otherwise, at different times. We saw very little difference I expense oil this occasion from oi - We got a good barbecue dinner 11 grounds for, fifty cents about same that we paid in the count this connty during the past suni Wve say this much in justific of Columbia. The general election for Newl county passed off' very Iuietly a very light vole was polled in a (he. precinlefs. Mr. Hughes' Statement. New York. Nov. 6.-Whien sec his ltoie at 9.30 o'clock tonight Hughes said: "1 am very muhel gratified if C ed, as now seens to be the case, I shall not speak in detail upon fers about which there is an ii tainty. I understand, however, my election is pretty well assi but. whatever my plurality may my feeling is not one of elation, of responsibility. That is all ti care to say at present.' ADMINISTRATIX NOTICE All persons holding clains agn tile estate of, Robert L. Schmnperlli)iVl her I'(' notified to present t ie prop1Pery verified on or before De her 10, 1906, it) thle unidersi.ned minlistratrix or to Mrl.. Jn1o. M. Ki at The Cimercial Bank of' New rY. S. C. All personls indebted to estate mu111st imaike pymen to promptly. Carrie A. Schunpo A(lininistratrix of the estate Robert, L. Schumpert. November 'i, 3906). EXECUTOR'S SALE. By authority of the last will testament of Mrs. Martha Car< Caldwell, deacased, I will sell, at tion, for cash, at her late residem Newberry county on Wednesday, 14th day of November, 1906, a O'clock in the forenoon, all the gible personal property of the deceased in my hands consisting pianlo, book-case, bedsteads, beds, tresses, quilts, and other bed cloti clock, carpets, elairs, trunk and V ing apparel, gold spectacles, jew silver plate and many article household and cooking furniture. J. F. J. Caldwell, Execut< Diamonds Foun in Newberry. D iamoind Rinugs from $15.0 $30)0.00( D iamoind Set Br(oches firom to $125.00. D iamiond Set Searf Pins fi'om to $100.00. D iamiond Set ('uff Rut tons $5.00 t o $25.00 r D)iamiond Set Watches from $ to $100.00. D)iamond Net lBracelets fronm $ to $40.00. r Diamond Set Lockets5 fr'omf . to $40.00. . D iamounds are safe inv'estn S haethem and( the price is i Daniels & Williams a JEWELERS. SPECIALTIES. llawke's Cut Glass. IIand Painted China. SYour Money's Wo I- OR SYour Money Bac "The flower of delight is 1 0 Harter's A No. 1 Flour. * Guaranteed to retain e is particle of nutriment thei ot in the finest wheat grown. to Hailer's A No. IFlour htl~ ye to Fo ROBERT & WiLL! de ig to ntgers. !liocM 0un 1101Retiring from th4 0sell se Retail Business. !epers fr as been Whenl I came home last year it was as to ily purpose to sell "The Ietts place'' hers. (hen aid mill ocelpied by Post tr the master Chas. J. 1u-tell, and "The tle Browi place,'' thlen oceupied by i- in Messrs. NI. L. iearman and ier. FPrank R. 11[1nter and now by ationl seiator coile I,. ase ad I. T. (1riff Williams and put the net amount inl lily business at the stOre orry imd increase my stoek aceordingly. 1i a Tie first. difficulty I met. with I of ill disposing. of tle property was I could not give posses-iiln. the leases ni- t expir-l.ing 1util the smmiler ani11 fall of thiA year. About the lime the it a laates were to expire I nlotif'ied the r.' parties living in them that I wanteI posseioll X theil at tlt' expiration of' their leases, as they were 1iOnw f'ot I'm sale anld Iot for lease. I had severat n11t- 'fers to huy which I aceepted, but eI. those who made the off0'ers failed to that. get. the money to comply with the tred, erms of the sale. I indulged some be, of them until October 1st and but others until October 17th and at 1 fhen rather than sell them for from five to se-en huiiidred and fifty dol lars less than they cost and fifteen liuidred dollars less thian they are wort1h, F witldrew them from sale, anhid ha ve leased them for somethliiin. Ike the ren t. 'lhe vo.sI f! them woulf em.j ,ust 'ty me i leaing for and holding 111naI imstead all* selling this real estate ariand eilar";ig my husi:less here I have -ti led to go out of, tle builnss. pay aid up my obligations and then do solle Ing that I llve reasonl to believe tile' ~will pay me better without a dollar of capital invested than I can make with several thousand dollars invested of in the store here. I prefer to give my customers who are the best friends I have in Newberry county the benefit of my stock at manufaeturers' cost with oily the expense -)f selling added and and T will un-til further notice offer lina my entire stock of at least fifteen ale- thousand dollars ($15,000) as follows-. e in All summer clothing and two piece the suits and pants aid all summer un - 11 derwear itid low cut shoes at mann tan- facturers' cost, T losing the freight said and expense of Nelliig. All mens' of a boys' and(] childTen 's Clothilg, pants nat- and overeoats, mien's, woienl's aid ig, childrens shoes, latA, men's, boys' anld ,ear- ehildrenis' fall underwear, men's fur Dry, iiishiiig goods, shirts, collars -and S 0 cl f'fs, umbrel las, suit, cases, in faet everythig else in the store at. mann uacturer's5 cost to me', withi teni r- per' cent, add(ed to pay the fri'ghit. anid expense (if selling themi to you. I am openi f'or ain offert to puirchase the ni-. d tir'e stock anid to lease the stoire sub ject. to the approv'al of my landlord to the expiratioti of' my lease, August to .'1hf, 1908, atid it is the best openinig in the city of Newberr'y for an exclu 7.50sive line fof men 's clothing, shoes, hats .0and furnishing goods, and1( my r'etir 3.50ing from business is no ind(ication that .0I do not believ'e that the business rom . could iiot be madec to pay reasonably wvell, but w~hen a man has been making 5.00for a number of' years more than thirty- five himdr'ed dollars a year niet 5.00 without any investment, it is diffi cult to satisfy him with much less 8.00 with seveiral thousand dollairs in his buineiiss, especially when lie has rea emts. son1 to believ'e that lie can (If so) again. rht.My stoek is thle best of the kindi in ght. Newberry and includes many new fall O9 rive, for which I have invoices. As '1 (did niot decide to considler the mat,ter of retiiring from business until I had withdrawu my recal .estate from safe aiid released it, after it had been withdrawn and while I was in New York last week I wvas wired an offer for the Purcell place, approv'ing d ~the lease and naming the amount it 1*11 ' could havu i,cen bought for' ip to the time it -was withdrawn which offer I declined. The sale will begitn tomorrow, Octob-. or 30th, and continue until the stock is oldatretilor n ulktosome one saC who would like to purchase and con tinue the business. I have indulged a few of my friends during the sum very mor and I would now appreciate hav-. IS . ing them close up their accounts 'as T need the money. ~s. A.. . Jones, by M l Newberry, S. C., October 29, 1906. His smlae ena lFIa,November 0, i o0d. The Crawford Shoe. Quality Comfort Style Wear The Shoe for Men THB LATEST LASTS,. o~~X X,o * C Cr (D 0 C F 0 CDD t) om eb k Ni CD '(D THE C .S OWER C. Heir'Ps Tonsoriol Porlor Moved to New Building, For 10 days we will give free one Shoe Shine with every Shave, Shampoo or Hair Cut. Everything new and clean. Our motto, cleanliness and good work, the two essential points. Work guaran teed or money back. J. H. HAIR, THE EMINENT COMEDIENNE FLORENCE DAVIS SUPPORTED BY ELLIOTT DEXTER And an Exceptionally Strong Company in the Brilliant Romantic Comedy "THE PLAYER MAID" (BY LOUISE MALLOY) THE PL.AY THAT TOOK NEW YORK eY STORM. A Literary Gem and a Dramatic Masterpiece, Scintillating with Wit, Complications and Ludicrous Situations. Complete Production. Nothing but Praise. 'Seats on Sale at City Cafe. Phone 200 MASTER'S SALE. Smith ).J cnohadtfcs STATEl OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ns th, Dr4.,cts and 1,orwacts,ow COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. as the 3. C.an 1, ofac wat il knorn COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. fully atpepai by it thero es by Suit for Partition. James F. Glenn, August 5th, 1895, Car J.Purell Plintff s. id-and on file in the ease of Mayer vs. Car J. Purinel, lainiy V8. Doiid Harmon. E m Irne ominti k, r e Doinick, Terms of Sale--One third of the Emmnek Mr e te r FBatr , D e puca. oe to be paid in cash, Don ick,nMs. P t r F a t r c balaunce to be secured by bond of the Byend erocutneeis.wl sl purchaser and the mortgage of the Borer e court herein at Nwilbelly premises sold, redit portion~ payable borth Croseat inDeceberri two equal annual installments with 1906, all that tract of land lying an$ cet eronm utilpidi o f ll it h po being situate in Newberry County, liefgt prlasum tounticipate fl,wth S .C., containing three hundred and ccito porinichle o inticpart.h thirty-nine acres, more or less and crd pr ion i hl ri at bounded by lends of John D. Pitts, H. H. Rikard, emm the estate of J, HT. Williamsp, Mrs. Su a chor, . o.8 Master.