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the meliiol of, getting the m1aufattic tured prodclit to tle Fa1ir East Iow -use2d--(whilh is by rail aicross tle Coninenlil, thence by Pacific steam ers),-witih tle proposed new method by direct shipmeWn from our own port to tie port where, by one trans fer,9 it is pla.ced 40n thel same com . pny di's lrect sitillie to ports of dis .rilu iol. 11 is a1 s (ure of' pride it me lhat flte rIIls v aI-%-I Itisl and11 e'l.l whiil hlis ch:umterimd (he eouri-sv of1, thle de partment inl this Sttile ims Ien such its f) ;ilrendyv lviad Ito eonverled move ineniIs in otir sister Staltes of the Soith for the io(tionill, It Onice, of the Soutih Ctrolina Act. 1in view ofi I reeil decision of 8vervitlry Si riss, of I he Uliled 'Stales DemtiIment o' ('omimerce mid Lbor, it is viltillY impolan111t that11 no xaTMeri:al chiue should he IIIIde in he Act vreaiIin_, mur devminiwn1l. There is but onIe lbage I would siggest, nlil afevneultogt onsider ft)n ;111( inlvesti..a2tion,. I deeml that1 a. VIer tessary one. Section 11 of0 ifhev Act prevenis tle Comuissioner 'o n k a in. aIIY sleps Ito inuille some 'i Ithe dtsirldf pe phe eor l.:r i hepl est ;Id.111eed to, IurI wnI.n Hinsnifisi m,ibdlyv limt North ltad 1,11 :1141 i th-vGrek Irmnn r--(wo of* I-hll 1111.t .1wah1idiln- and11 0hrifi'st .immi-Iranlts (1hat comei if) Amlerical. f cannlot loo Stronll..y Ir-eIle eliminal fion of this section f*rom the Ael, lav in., Ohe claws of' people to) he b)roligtl to the judgmeniil of1, tle Commissioner. No such ofticill. withI a proper con .cept ion of his duty, would dare, kiow ing ilit desires of tIle ,people, bring into the stilte a ciss of people such as would inilg discredit luponl hIis AMte anld uiponl himlself'. For the proper slipport of' this de patmenli'lt, I miimmIppnopriatfion nf not less Ilit $2,000 will be absoIlu iely neevi-. I neved nild .141d how icely I (IIIsI hat this will be done. Thie aiontit ci-)hubl Iot lit hetter us et. a'ii1l tie sp lentiti wot'k (W Commis Wioe Watson tilitlvs him to voillr llost dist inp-iIishell vonisideition. I ve sevin tile s'riolls diflicillties Iuinder Which l lIs lahored;. 1 am111 fiamiliai 'vith the obstaIles he ovecale ,v ..I ry antd hIard worlk, anId it is a plea .ure 1t me to comiieild tht Ia'i Iihful uii'%s :ild the pninls Inkiig can- of this 'alud la d competent ollliil. Our Educational Institutions. It prvsentilng to youl a brier syllop -.its i0t 1i' ed tlc.1iona1l svsteIII aid its presill n iluii I ioni.e, I fee.l I ha t we . 1h1ve tause lr n.rat uhtion. But tvbile n111ch has been done, while pro re 1tdi li-ttt-IinIl is lie Iule in IhaI I b- 11en :wcomlisiwd serves, in, to rivea I I Iw nItch-- hoIw veIv 1n11I1 1n1 n-'ren-v ill s ts be , ) ,l e, Th isI wV kl . w iit l iw i ,ex I , I it I t ti.me, t I Ii I I a i l t 1n 11y i Is i I a n avo s, sh 11h t i c "lc ilniv more I ll a priv.. i .t 1tlt1Y, bY tvery I.IX1tx ver ifi5ur littonericah, the:o deeop 'gwt of i t he hi i .he.-Ii t type of cuiti n - sip,tt teibuite t lie las oudeal houi'ht ivi o ietyado 7reds.n, hav here itheair lastigs- ioun slat iont th ir tut'i hpe.t e ielsm TyI li n-iairtl i''iss of tva is in-t hiialr atIilaticeii 'es lerni g il (i he ply submeitted ati you bydculy rusthat ou allil. ndfuil cnsier itr(1 .acd wllit t m i'that maresI Consron woleehih teireat oim..t pore nel f thise ork so1( wor)lthtiov merits.id i Th louth Caroinatnier bity thitls fainere~( heieihavin beenrt rstorli trtoua h the wisdtm randt acomp ishdnt a ihe llasti Ceeraii th 5 'oi ilypisoinredaee it sl sTemSut barnolia lliues' Amae bey th lso had Trusterees hsfin syittir. Ai istiinocreasin a do naltendanhce mas theiii' t poress toof oUnrSt, atnder sitcerely trs tayu wild goodreafus ley consr nnd gretyededed the qet ma bd tig andtittie oar V toswl,i Cdiemion tollehe sasmealne fporit .self thed distinctionean reutation -ofhein oneed ofor rethese roeais f heartily ionc thns Unitsd Sades.pe fo will aee and th realues t accomish edlae forlmy ton kemend wto yorh tongbl bupody ithas claso Thetbot Clegeina spialr Aca-s yer. wiThis inttution ccpis arde artetwhc s enial tson vd, its aImirib1le m1111ana1-gemleit, and t splendid resilts it has so worth! Stclieved-th(ve Speak as nothing el can for it seat of. training, loarnii and knowledge of which we are i ,justly proud. Winthrop College serves (Ihe suipport, it has always hig and I know you will continue its libc aII suipportl. Smuth1 Carolina giv much1vl Imore *4.or tle. edicationl of j boys thaii is appropriated. for i -irls, but, I trust that the needed d inmidls will bie more equtalized wi eavlh passing.- Year. 'hIe(! dotilde pirpose of care and ed tion are bing i fithifuitily met I I'resideit WIlker, of this institutio Almong" aill of1 ourl educeationail instit lions, none' should receive more < 01r tendere6lt. Care, mllore of orill si; verest tight, than are included ' (Ile ieeds 4f (Ihis instittition-nee< whiech I Cal-listly vomilliend to yoi va rehill considiera tion1. It Seemlls desiralev o mie MIhat aill l Ilaries paid to hull professors j olRi variins Stal te instititions I Iearninlg should ble the samlie. For mar r'elsonls this sevins I m11le a just ir proper Iling. 1in do, anlld I trust y( .i] g hi s y rn- (onisideration. hI'elv C1l14'red Nmanl, I nduistril, .-,rivillinil and Nievilmnical Colle" is doing". I-xvvill work Iunlder the s p'Visi0o1 4, IP'esident, T'I'hos. fl. I ler. The report of thIis college wi 1)e promptly submitted to your bod and inl giving it. your consideratio I (rust Ilha t you will urge that it siv I)e mIore a1d Ilore wlat its name i plies-a Colored Normal, Itidustrit Agriciiltural anld Mlechanicial Collei --eliminaiiitg all other branches. Our Public Schoods. Tlie comprehensive report of 1 State Superintendent of Educati( will, Whenl kumimitted, show miany i (ervsli ide(tails. It is ext renicly gral fYin- to )Iote that lie i1nIer of 01 public sehools has incrensed conside ahly inl Ihe past imiou years, and the has alls() beenl a deeided incerea-se the number oft leachers employed.( voill-se, 1 1tis also Ilva ll an in'reasl (11ro011lhnet of, plipils, which is 110 -rat ifyng Ont o* t lie most plell'salit featirl 40f this is ithle 'act. that the avera! whilt, Ieachev's snlarv has increas; lro finoil 8.1 inl 1!)(2 'to a prese sbry' of $25 - or the shoilas-tic ter Iin 1(12 we( 1uad no public school braries, and for. tile past. year the I port stiows that. 900 public school brar-ies are nlow doing." their work ov 4M-l statv. Special schlool distriv have so iireased unt il now they nil] her 1ti, as iagainst 185 formerly. 81perintelent III I I inlm;ke 'pvcial point of, the( niecessity for. mla inv-, a elhan-e inl mlur pulicl schoo H is idea is lth, at ipreselt, tile pui lic SvIiools vmr.* v luibiren ily to sc enth1 mal vi.--dhth .-r*lde-, :antl hle thinl 1h;111 S1.t 11id, Supplement iln' sehm 1,m111ds, shm l be - ivenl it) sII pplY (11 deflitincY. A hli"h11 sechool deparfiltme inl 1111 iiblic sI lSi is a1 f i advant mt a I ieev trustIal this( aid will 1 -or ' ii pbi Cteshomy. e snto Compulsory Eudcation. lilt a we11u( have't not) yet passed law 4in4 reference toht comiplor edue~' rea'lsIon why it. sholnd be done1, all later' by 41111 (iener'al Assembly)I. It is unnece('ssary~ forl meI to argi ini favor41 of1 this law ; its passage hiope you14 will give it caref'ul thlougi Such a law, amliong other1 conlsider tions1 ofI genleral bene1fit, would I t he best potssible set tlemenit of tl child( labor)1 question. If all childr' b)e 't'ee tile ages of eight and( fifte. yearls were compelled by the State attendit school, there' would then 110 oppor)(tun.litIy given aniy Childrenf wor0lk ill our1 factories. In this conr.e tion, T mighlt add that the law prol bit ing from working in cotton mills beting4 observe~'d as w~ell as possib)le u1 erC thie ('cicmstancees. The manag1 mlenit of' our1 mills desire the1 enlforc 11ent1 of' this law, blut until tile sta requ11ires a reCgistry oIf all births it impossible to determine tihe age of chlild whose parents desire it to wvor For 11 ti and other impor'tant reasor T commend. to your formal consider tion11 the passage of a law r'equiri1 the registr'ation of all births in o state. Report of Adjutant and Inspeotc General, The r'eport of the Adjutant attd I spfleto-General will have your, em full conlsiderlation, I trust. It eQ,ata1 valluable .suggestionis,and you do a need to 1)0 told of the need (or ti department. Tihe proficion4y of I National. Guard of our State has ev sho6wn marked increase, and was mcl :favorably conmnezno 4 apon byt ho Genieral commanding at CljeAamall *IY during the recent National Encan so mt. The efficiency of the Nai rig Militia, and this departmetit Is n1 II more thorouglily organized and b Ie- tor equipped than ever before. A, I regret to report our State has 1< r- the services of Col. Ezra B. Fuller, e4 iis removal to Fort Leavenwor t Kna In this able ofieer was Co binled all that we needed, and his pha 0- will l)e hard, indeed, to fill.' I co Li menl this report and its requests your favorable consideration. Dispensary. n, in my last two inessages I call a the attetition of the General Asse: bly to tle unsatisfactory Condition r the state dispensary, and in boti in Ithewse messages I Imade such recolm is dal ions as I thought. were bst calet u. med i o correct existinig evils. The were the first recommieidations ev o lade with fhe dirfet view of purif It inlg the Dispensary system. Tt were Imlade only aft- mature consi eration (if the subject, and a caref f stn of its eonditioIs. I am st firmly coivinlced that if the State to renlminl in the businless of sellii i1, mhinor., haes ill the law tre ahs1l .tiy necessary, and I have nto occasi( . to mo1dify or vehanllge fihe views e il priessel in the messag.es to which 1 have referred. F amll also constrain to believe that. had my recommend I, tions-or ones of similar scope a 1 pilpuIpse-beel adopted, the operati< - of the Dispensary law would not ha the odium resting upon it whieh : Ileaches to it. today. The fact that large i1nmber of counties in the sa Shave voted out local Dispensaries; t i work of the Investigaling Committc n and tle disclosures made in com a- qtiene-thiese consideral ions, ill co j- nection with tlie fact. tlat the peotl ,r of t lie slate hSave Iecenl(ly expressed r- n1 Inertainl t(erms their disappro. e of ihe present operatin of the 1) in IeIsary litw. all demand imperativt )f thati someliing should he done to ec ,d reeT exist in"i2 e'ils. rte l)oPle w st not. st for anlything in which thl believe graft exists in any form, a. os 3City Op< Cit i- EARHARDT & WELLS, 0- --- -__ r Saturday, Is n- The Musical C n Buster MASTER JIMIE I lt A Revised and Enlarged Sec >etoons -All 'En tir ely l\ Here Is a chance t< f It is full of Incidents: The Bobby to "Buster" and Bell Bc a- "T ige" and Tennis IS "Susie" and Sw 1("Mary Jane' "The Cook Seat "Grandh SetSale at New~ tio to is k. ;Cotton P1< nr Best Real Neg - . in the W n DIR hoL l( ga it serious trouble with tIho. Dtispell'lary I- plaw is that it, affords too groat Op ral Iprtunitlit,y for wroig-doing and too Jit )n tle opportunity for detection. t- 'ile failitre of the Onertial Assem bly last year to elnnet laws looking to >st the correction of abuses in the Die by peisary system, was, inl miy opiliol, th, exemedinlgly tiln fortiluate, and I sin rn- emrely hope, fir the go Id of the state, Ce 1111 si(Il it pmlicy will nol, prevail hiis 1 1- year i. I believv( lhe necessities of the to situiation are such that lie issue will he squarely met, and diat you will take decided action in the permanenif, fd i,l satisfactory settlemnoit of this vexed question. I have referred to illy foImier recommendations jiponl f his sibject, and, with four pormis sion. I shall quote from my message to i he (geiieral Assembly (if 1900, as fol e lows: r ' It. is imperatiive, Ior' tile honlor of Y the State. that. existing conditions Y should be immediately remedied, eitl- 4 er by radieal changes in the laws gov lenig the Dispensary or by the adop ioll (2i it different system for the re is gllation of the liquor question.'' I ami convinced lmore thanl ever that SIbis eci mlilienlation applies 1n14m Wili m VI v en reater hre h(a.1n it. did last - year. This will he te moS(. important I liest ionl preslnt ed I ,Id for your Considera 1d tionl, and it must be .squarely met. a- In view of the great. importance ot id this question to all the people of our m state; its bearing ipon our reputa v'e tion abroad and upon our integrity - at a people, I must again, in emplia a sizing my position, urge that you take (e such action in the matter as the grave lel necessities of the situation demand. , Many of you have been elected upon e- ths issue by the people, and this in n- creases, in large measure, your indivi Ile (ulal responsibility. T have referred in to 1v former Imlessageo; in thus briefly all discussing'.. tile dispenlsary law, for the s- reasun Ilhat thlese. m11ssa-es clealy ly outlinle the Ipsitiol wlielh, as Gov I.- errim Sr South Carolina, I have al ill ways eonsistelitlv miiltainled through y mut. my two adminsitrations. As I id have stated before, F see no reason to .ra House LESSEES AND MANAGERS. January 12 Omedy. Pace Maker Brown WITH ?OSEN as "BUSTER" ond Edition of the Big Fun Car set to Music lew TK his Season >develop your H A! H A! mnd has- a great big feature Burns Brigade >y GIRLS. GIRLS. eet GIRLS. 'and other GIRLS. "and- Lots of GIRLS. na." and of course GIRLS. berry Hardware Cc. y, Jan. 14 ;kers' Band ro Minstrel Show rid Bar None EC~TIO S. B. JONES' RESTAURANT IS THE PLAOE TO GET Good Things to Eat )N SHORT NOTIOE AND At' MODERATE PRIOES. )ysters on Half She.. Oysters any 3tylo.. Fish, Game, Steak, in fact 3verything that the market affords. . Patronage of Ladies Solicited. )pposite Newberi-y Hotel Office and Next Door to Pool Room. LOOK FOIt THE SIGN S. B. JONES' RESTAURANT New Blar Begin the New Year wi can supply you with L 3ooks, Invoice Books 3ooks, Memorandums. Also a full line of offi 3taffs, Pencil Tablets, 3ooks, Stenographer't 3ibbons and Paper,Tyr Darbon Paper, the be xnd files, Tin Cash Bo Erasers, Ink Stands, 3acks, etc. MAYEIS B[ Grond Slut Before Ta Commencing Mbnday, Decer >ur annual fall clearing out sale mhen we put out an advertisern ,ot a catchpenny and windy sci 3trictlv business matter, 1st. T rouble and expense of- taking :argains to many people. We >r one fourth off of the followiri All Clothing, Men's, I Colored Winter Dress 0 all Ladies' Jackets, Ca p mere for Men's Pants; dies' Hats and Fascinal Squares; all Trunks. This sale positively goes into and will end any time we may c early and get choice selections of goods outside of our special a we claim we cannot be beaten. Sewing machines, guarantee ur reliable Domestic Sewing Macd For Christmas presents don't Our 27th car, making 2700 Flour, has arrived and going rai Best Patent - - Best H alf Patent - Every barrel guaranteed. B may have to pay $6.00 for sam vances. We are selling hundr< No goods on probation or ch: PROSPE R STAT E Of the condition of the Commnercial Bank of business Dec< RESOURCE. Loans and discounts.........$270,00 89 Demand 1oans............... 1,84x Br overdrafts secured...........20,269 04 Funrniture and Pixtures-----..3,16 93 Due from banks and bankers 124,576 94 Currency......'.... .......15330 00 1d nikl and -.en.n........ 6,4o o Checks and cash items.. 4,910 53 Total.''''.-.-..--...--- $456,2 4 67 BTATE OF SOUTH cAROLINA, COUNTYV oF NEWBERRV. SBefore mec came J. Y. -MeFall, who b4 statement is a true condition ofpald bank worrn to tand subscribed'before mue, 11 NOTICE. - Before letting the contract for your new buildl ingsee W. T. Liv ingston. B e st Work. Lowest prices. Lock Box No. 59., Newberry, S. C NOTICE!I We want ever'y man and women In the United States Interested In the cure of Opium, Whiskey or other drug habit;s, either for themselves or fends to have one of Dr. Woolley's book s on these dis. oases. Write Dr. B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga., Box 287, and one will bo sent you fr, ik Books. thasetof Blank Books. edgers, Journals, Cash Notes and Receipt ce supplies, Ink, Pens, Stenographer's Note Pencils, Typewriter )write rOil and Brushes, st made, Letter Boxes. xes, Rubbers. Rubber Paper Weights, Pen ighter Sole :ing Stock. iber 17th, we will commence . People have tound out that ent it means something and is ieme.,to fool the people, but is a > clean out our stock, to save stock and 2nd. To give many will positively give 25 per cent. goods: - 3oys' and Youths'; all oods; all Ladies' Skirts; es and Furs; all Cassi Men's Dress Shirts; La ors; all Rugs and Art effect Monday, December 17th, :hoose to call It off, so come We have an immense stock ale, and for bargains'all around We have special drop head limited, for $1 7.93, and new, ines $25.00. fail to see our selections. barrels of choice Tennessee >Idly at following prices: - - - $435 etter buy now, next spring you e -flour. Buy before price ad ds, let us sell you. ~rged at these prices. ITY. S. C. M ENT Located at Newberry, S. C., at the close ~:nber 20, 1906. I,IABILITIICSq. Undivided pofits less cret$ 000o Dlue t bank~ nd ban aer.... 43, Due unpaid dividends.......'2 Individal deposits subject to og duly swrn saysthat the fore .7t J. Y. McFALLJ, Cash us (lh ay of Dlecenb.er', 19o6. JNO. C. GOGGA NS, C. C. C