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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New Aerry. S. C., as and class matter. Tuesday, March 12, 1907. h The official notice for tle election U as provided by an act of the general assembly Oil the qtestion, of devolv ing the duties of the commissioners of public works upon city council is pub- c lished in this issue of the paper, and the election is ordered for Tuesday, April 2nd. The decision of the supreme court a in the matter of license to be paid by foreign corporations will probably re duce the income of the state about d $25,000,00. Tliis will make the defi- t cit that much more. In the siltemlient, wlilcl was prilnt- t ed from R10presentative Aull, the de- 1 ficit appears at about $1S0,000.00. P Withi this souree of, inlcole (ut off a $25,000.00, it wouild Imake the def-icit soimetlhing over $200,000.00. o if the cmrpriaktionls, wIlich] are or-- a aiii ed outisi(le (o1 1l , tate hit (o bisinless inl tle slvate anllilot he Iade to pay the liceist, it is no"t right that " 0our eorporations. or.ganizeJl 11nder thle laws of (Ile state shol( be made to pay it. st In estimtinim,g the probable iicom ti of the state, sometlhing like $100,- < 000.00 wits cointed as cominlg from this source. T The lIerald and News prints today st the stateieti of Maj. Jllo. l1ack in P, regard to the dispeiisary investiga- e tion. It is ratier long but. as the g otheri side was printed at length it erl is but just to Maj. Black that he ell should le given the same publicity. a1 THE STATE'S FINANCES. W Representative Aull Writes An Addi- 4 tional Card Giving the Exact al Figures. ci Last week ell'tpeseitative AIl had pI a statement in The Ilerald anld News thi in regard to tle aIppropr-iition bill. ' Ile desires to add I le a1 dit inl tI stateinent, whlicl is mIlore aecetrate, tr and tle f'o!'owiing- is takein from the a State: it To the Editor of Tie State: In my card which you kindly pub- a lished oe days a in reterenlee to e< thile appropr411 iat tio s v it le _l-isl]at 1I'e it at its recent sessi(IIn, I wr te 1 Ilarely 14 Th'lere is 41ne1 item,l w I is no1 inl Ill the gen 'era-l a opl iationl hill, but Ill whiicl is really an appropriationsi Wlilh was no()t itifc11lel inl thle (otals, d which I "'Ilve, 11111 of, voIrlse will ill- I4 erease tle detic1it 4 that extent. I It refer.it the le.-islative appropriationlip't bill, whihell ear-ries $48,000.00. anld! hi which'l shoumt1lit b ietded t lhe ttals i in the gzeneral applroplriat ioni bill. 4 Thle generail aoprii4Iiatin 144 >ill, ais it. patissed(, carieIs a 1441aa app~ roipia- fi tionl 44f $1,423l,456t.54, 144 whicth shouild d:1 l for 19)07 of $1 ,471,4156.541. From bh this should lie taken thle amlounut for a rowed friomi thle sinuk ing fund which a is not paiyiible (out of the ~ reCvenn 11or 11'iI 19017, 44f $12.3161.t0, and4 a sml ap- ti propr'iatio of41 $7.00)t, 144 114 paid. ont1 c, of the( dispitensary fund, whieb will leave the4 total1 approp~riation1s fori the CXexpese of te gover'nmen t f'or -this il year at $1,459),020.5.. The exac't tigure's as est imatedl by (4 thle (Com11ptroll4er' Gleneral of th lie v'enu1e of' the state for this year' arec s put at $1,274,150.00, which w~ouild h make thle appr'opriat ions exceed theh probiable revenue by $184,020.54. When T pilacedl the deficit t at from $l00,000.000 to $123,000,- hi 00, which would face thec next ses- f sion of this legislature, I dlid not f .take into account the $48,000.00 in a the legislative appropriat ion hill. As stated above, the dificit will bet apparently $184,020.54, which is about $30,000.00 more than my esti- e mate when you count the $48,000.00 carried in the legislative appropr'ia tion bill. In reaching that conclu sion, I estimated that there woul'd be i several items in the general. appro priation bill, which would not all be used and would therefore be covered in the treasury at the close of this fiscal year. The figures given here are correct astaken from the bill as it finally passed the legislature.4 The deficit, 'which will face the members at the next session, will at least be sufficient to make those ex travgantly inclined stop and consider. It is well to know just where we are at in the matter of the state finances and for that reason I write this ad ditional card and ask that you pub lish it so that the figures may be ac curately and fully stated. E. H. Aull. R. F. D. DEPARTMEN1 Address ill communications lio-. E. Wicker, editor. Mud I mud I mud I nothing but mi leep ruts that look like ditches, d oles that make you feel as thot 'on were falling into a well OV ie your btuggy,wheel drops into o panting horse and a fretted dri Ild ill for lack of a good King Dr 'he King road drag is no longer xperiment. It has proved its wo nld hIs made good in every instal ,here it has been given a fair tr 'et in spite of this there are -ags among us who shake their bei nd say it wont work. It is strai Iat even men o' - high order of !Iligence should fail to see and 1 rstanlid the very simple reason n lis device (an (1d all that is clain )> it. Now lets reason together a -i. The log is made by splittin; g ten or twelve inches thick r acing the two pieces about 30 inel >art with the flat sides facing in mi1e direction. A chain is fastel it and the horses hitched to it way to angle it and dIraw line wards the centre of the road. T ill raise tile middle of the road, I I at once or course, bmt -radita I that rain falling upon the rf ill run1i1 off into the side ditches end of standing in the middle e road and making mudholes. 'I 'ag is to be used after a wet si when the road is wet from a ra Ie deep ruts are t-hus dragged sh e holes filled up and a hard smo< rface produced over which it is easure to travel. A kind of hi itst is formed over the road whi 'ows thicker and harder after i y dragging. Now why is this I se? Here is where our wags stuml I(d beg for light. It is a fact kno, :ll farmers that if land is plow benl it is wet a hari'd ('rust wNill fo I tle surface anlid tihe elods- t11 rmed in the spring". will roll abr most all the year. The same pr ple .1pplies to the road. If you p drag over it 'when it is wet the fi Irtie]es of (ust forms a sort of pa, at eenits the larIer particles 'ther and when the sui shines a p wind hlows 11ponl the surface ti eated yolu have a road covered wi eake of motar that is hard a Irable. ECvery neighborhood ou-Ot to h dra1. It is (cheap and simple InStrmtion and the tfimle to oper; 1to the hest advanae is ri2h r1 ) r'ill when it i- too wet fom (do nh1iN1ill' else. We wisi 1 111r) t im o itance oft this v< mple device in improving the ei it ion of Inr I114ads an41 we r1eV 4110i I insist 01iat ile sipervisor foil i( the recmmendat ion of the gra nry at the lIst termll (if court Wre It leist t welve of these drags wra'It 1io i diferen sect ions of >nty,bhy the end. (of thle y'ear. We liere'withl append a clippi '-41m ai pape 1r wVhiebl d1escr'ibes ow to Make a King Split-Log Dr Afteri sev'eral y'ears' tr'ial, it 'en dheveloIped thiat thle best kind drag is malide by split ing a loga acinig thle pieces about thirty inel >art , wit h thle flat sides both faci thle samc direcPtion1 anid pinn iS isint vitailly imporitant any' ki light timber' will do. It is h)et 41t (4 uIse iak. Mir. King says 1 wd hest SIlit -lot (drag he ever mI ias made(I oft r'ed elm. Thme lower et the front piece should he protee ithi iron and a wagon tiire will vern for this purpose. The log shio e ten or' t welv'e inchtes thick and r: aps4 niinc f'eet long. A chain 0or bei ir'e is fastened thiree or' four' ineC r'om thle i'ight -hand side and ab alf? way' up. It. is then carried to r"unt t ill it is about t wo feet ai r'omi thle d rag, thlen to thle left ver' thle top of the front slab atstenued ar1ound1( thle crossbar. earn should lbe hitched so that rag will move the dirt- to the eer *f the road. The importance of hii ng up properly cannot ho overe nated, as it is only second in impi nee tothue time at which the dragg a (done. The i'oad should be drag ifter' every wvet spell, because imooth surface is thus produced. l'alk About the Increase of Sali Hur'rah for Dick Neel, he has is road in good condition, next coi ieorge Pari'ot with some good w' n his road. I was just going to I ah for the supervisor but my bui Iropp)ed in a hole between the ralir md the 0O'Neall bridge and broke I.spoke, but I had better hbller uim some any way as he has had rang to do some splendid work fly r'oute. I must hurrah for Vilbur, he has made a King r, ti'ag and found it to do perfect wt lo out on his road Brother superi [' or and see how the I go the work. Make som'e d Oa d se1 theml out to do the wor' We carriers were very glOA.to kno that our salaries were to I.iicr'rasc -- on the 1st of July. Query' will ta id I boys who rofused to join ou''ssoc 3ep tion accept the raise ot 4liry? igh you do accept it, then join or ass Dry ciation and let us show Uncle Sa ne, how much we appreciate tlie rais ver by doing all we can to improve ti ag. service anld increase the busi ess, ar an let, us pull together to improve 01 rth roads.' I was glad indeed to see Ice letter from Bro. Henderson of Blair ial. come again Bro. and when we me old on the 30th of May be prIesent ar Ids help us with your counsel. )ge No. 1 is flourishing, the letter at in- money order business is increasin m- More of my patrons are buyin 'y Stalpl)ed envelopes and since I wro led last, quite a number have put the lit- boxes up all right, but some do m a read The Herald and News or f ld least have not fixed their boxes a les right. Now patrons let me repeat whi e I said in my last letter. Get in yoi ied buggy and drive ill) to yotir box; in you can unlock your box witdhol irt throwiniw_- hack you lap robe or pli his ini& youri1 loot out of the buggy lie lot ymi box is all i'ht, if you canl't mi ]Iy lock it -that way, then get a huimp o ad you. I)o not forget to buy stampe inl- envelopes. They cost. 53 cents for 2 of stampeld envelopes. Hello, Bro. .1. o 'he Kinards No. 2. Did you have man ell applications for a cook? Did you g< in. slited, how man,11)y applica,tions di ut, you get ? I suspect you were uye 1th some anly way. a IIello, ('happells and Whitmire. ) rd not take the dry rot, and die. Let i Ch hear from you. Ilow is Little Mour - tain? Can't you give us a word o > Now )atrons, the time for workin i te roads has rolled around'again, se that every overseer does his duty, le "each one put in his rull time or, puI s his road in rood condition. Let all th, u'arriers ill tihe county join our asso eintion and let ts show our- apprecia tll ion of our increase ill salary by <k ing all we can to increase the effi 4c ceiency of the service and increase th revenuies ot the de)airtnen.t, and n nd Iro. .1. of Kinnrds No. 2. is buildin It at care for a bird, lets help him cate the little birdie. ud Uncle Pete, R. No. 1. lltirrah for the supervis'or. Ie ha Ve fixed the River Hill. In No. 7, Has Good Cooks Atso, d-Ii to(r 1?,. F. 1). De-partnwo!.'-leral iand News. Mr. Editor-I will try to write yo a I*ew liles with re-vard to rural rout No. 7. to try to keel) in line. Well have 24 1-2 miles of about tile rougl est roads inl Newberry county-. I hav nd ben told. and riding over it since to wias a)opilted last July has convin in ed me thit there is a gr,eat aimlount ( e Iituh ini thle st ateiienit. I hanidh 27(13 p)ices5 last month, which is 11 ais good1( a report as I would likei he muake, and I wvish miy patirons woul end(eavorli to st rengthiein thieir' route 1: suibscibiin' to some of the leadir n mewspaiper's, and I want to ask nr ofpitr'ons to buy all their stamps, mont udor'ders, etc., from me, for' I notit some of them come to town to bu hgstamphs and to hav'e money' order1s i Sstied, wuhenl it would l)e miuch lei Ln tr'oule if thlev would comei out to tI r'oad( wheni I pass and get t hem. Sui nd(. ter' boys, we ceirtaiily havec been havir i at Ige Capital $50,000. Deposits tedl tin uild er lhes the vay md Phe the iter sti- . THE'PI 3rt- of people0 havir 'ing is rapidly grow ged bank deposits o: a large increase. The Commuere: ry, S. C., shlares try. pie are comihg put account there. rics begun to save, b ork you are able.] mr- won't have to. $1 ggy years. - The 'Commenrcial BI the '4 Pe Joe sad Interest Paid in.oi Jno. M.Kinard , ?rse, f.Y. W toEW (1 M.Iningi( 8, from the great Dry Goo t A lecting our Spring stoc previous showings. w . store In the state will oi ig 'e the way of real values., the spot with the ready the most exclusive higi dress better than you e f tion' the next few days I' :Keep a close v f An If there is any one thinj a Mimnaugh Embroidery up in New York go on c s worth less than 20 to 2 f take your choice for on sold before 9 o'clock. t IMIM - some fine weather for fishing pen e nies out of our patrons boxes the last s week or two havn't we, I know I have fished out a few, sometimes my hands 1 would be so cold and numb that I woulld have to chase them around for some time before I could catch them especially in the boxes that I can not see in, and then sometimes I would, after chasing them around run one up I a-ainst the side of the box, and I d think 11n I have got you 11nd I try ti piek him up and he slips thirough i ar-0k in the side of the box and e dow (n tihe ground he goes, well I I will not say what I think about pen . nies just then, it might lie some kind e of a blessing, but it would not look II well in print. V- Now I believe we could remedy or f save sume trouble with pennies if diour paitrons will help us by doink it !this: when a patron wants to leave 0 mon)1ey in his box, such as nickles, a dimecs, lienniies, etc., to pay for y Istamp)s, etc., let him get something g Ilike a baking powder can cover -andI y jput them in it and set it in his box, y' and leave it there all the time for e .that use. I don't think we will have y - any or as much trouble with pennies e - and I am sure we will appreciate such is ikindness from any of our p)atrons who LCe will do this. yithink I have the best p)atr'ons of gi' en arrpier in, the county, No. 3, 4, $36l,63', Surplus '$43,361.7? ~RCENTAGE g savings depositors ng. Every ,year the Sthe' country show a al Bank, of .Newber in this increase. Peo-, ~very day to start an If you have not yet etter begin.now while lf you save now, yop int yourself in future ink of Nowberry ,S.C r Cent. r Saving. Department. our.$tae 9a1 ashier, 0.. May r$ VIce-Pres ds market of the. North. k. Our showing this i Fe wish to impress upon 2fer better inducements at the lowest price. Mi cash for ten days and s k class goods at prices tIh ver have before. With r Aill find the bulk of oivr , ratch on our ad Embroideru Eu gthe people of this sectic Sale. About tWo hundi -ale Wednesday mornin 5 cents and some in th E day, Wednesday, at 10 N A U( and 5 talking about their turkey and chicken dinners, fruits, watermelons etc., I know that I am not to be left off the, list when it comes to these for I have had opossum, fish, chick en and all kinds of dinners as good as could be had anywhere cooked by some of the best cooks in the state, at least it seemed so to me. Now I want you old bachelors to stay away from No. 7, 1 did not mean to set you on wheln I spoke of the good cooks. I am sorry that I cannot, stop more than I do when .1 am invited to stop and take'dinner by some of my pat rotis, but I do not have time most of the time on account of late trains. Speaking of roads, I wish that the road from Mr. Jno. Hipp's. to Hart ford school would be fixed as soon as the wveather permits, it is in a ter rible condition, there is a lacfe be twveen Mr'. H'ipp 's and Mr. Whitaker's that never gets dry, wvater stands in the road during the dryest weather as it is a wvet natured place and the JUST R A handsome fords, all sik and p Come before at allit We can fit all or oth< s j A R I VINO tumed, He spent ten days se ieason will eclipse all you the fact that no to the trading public in mnaugh was right o ecured many lines o at will enable.you to io hitch in transporta itock in. vertising space. ent. mn is familiar with it is a red full pieces I picked g, not a yard in the lot e lot worth 50 cents, cents yard. No goods road bed is not high enough to drain off the water. We certainly would be glad if the supervisor would give us some help here. Y. T. D., Carrier No. 7. TO DRAW JURY. Notice isereby given, that we, the undersigned Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C., will at the office of the Clerk of Court for said County at nine o'clock A. M., March 13th., openly and publicly draw the names of thirty-six men, who shall serve as Petit Jurors at the Court of Common Pleas which will convene at Newberry Court House Monday, April 1st., 1907, and continue for one week. Jno. L. Epps, -Win. W. Cromer, Jno. C. Goggans, Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C. March 1st, 1907. ECEIVED! line of Ox ~es, grades rices. the Stock is roken. feet, narrow 3rwise. lOE O