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PIEDMONT SCTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. (Continued from page 1.) nection with the mill a:-d a finished product is put on the market. Oil Mi,s. The Southern Cotton Oil Company has a branch oil mill and fertilizer factory and a cot-ton ginnery located here with L. W. Floyd as manager. The plant is successfully operated. The Farmers' Oil mill was also built four years ago with a capital of $30,000, Alan Johnstone president and John H. Wicker manager. This company has installed an ice plant and thus keeps the machinery going summer and winter. The ice plant is a twenty ton plant and supplies the ice for the city made from the pure artesian water. Real Estate and Building Companies. The Newberry Real Estate Com pany has opened about one hundred seres partly in the city and partly out of the city with wide streets and boulevards and many lots have been sold and handsome residences are be i~4 4 ing built in this portion of the city. Dr. 0. B. Mayer is president ;of this company, which is doing so much for the upbuilding of the city by supply ing desirable lots for homes. No comn mnunity can have substantial growth unless it is composed of home own ers. Their interest in the general wel rare is thus enhanced by the ties of home and this fact has done much to make Newberry's growth so steady * and substanti'al. Tfhe Security, Ioan & Investment Company, with W. H. Hunt as presi * dent and a capital of $50,000, has al so been very suecessfully managed and is paying good dividends to the stockholders. The Newberry Land and Security~ Company was organized in 1901 and has a paid up capital of $2'7,000. It deals in real estate, buying and sell ing the same. It has been; successful and has paid dividends from the be-, ginning and is now paying a divi-tf .dend of 8 per cent. Dr. 0. B. Mayer { is president and Mr. John M. Kinard ' secretary and treasurer. Just the last month the Newberry Building & Loan Company with a * capital of $100,000 was organized. The .purpose of this company is to do a building and loan business and en courage the buying of homes. Bottling Plants. The Newberry Coca Cola Bottling companyfi with a capital of five thousand dollars and Mr. W. S. Lang ford as President and General Man ager, was organized in February of this year, and is doing a general bot tling business. -The Try Me Bottling works. with H. A. Petteard as proprietor, is also engaged in the general bottling busi ness. Mr. C. C. Davis operates a~ first class wood working shop and turns out a high grade of hard wood finish and he also does a large contracting * business. Fine Granite. All through this section is a fine -granite formation and while the quarries have not been opened to any extent, there may be found sa abun dance of the finest granite in this county near to the city and easy of access. The clay of this section is adapted to the manufacture of high grade brick and many thousand are kilned every year. R.eligious Denominations. All of the religious denominations are represented in the town and the following have handsome modern church buildings with local pastors in A,J enar2e: Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Presuyterian, Associate Reformed Presbyterian. The Episcopal also has a small congregation and neat church building, but the rector lives in an adjoining city. . Secret Orders. The secret orders are well repres .ented in Newberry and have strong and active organizations here. Railroads. The three large railway systems of the south-the Southern, Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line touch.this point and the railroad fa ei1ities are very gooa. Telegraph and Telephone. The Western Union Telegraph Company has offices in Newberry and the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company owns the tele phcne system, and this gives us long distance as well as telephonic com munication w'tih nearly all parts of the county. A handsome and modern county court house costing $50,000 is now in k A NEWBERRY COTTON MILL. rocess of erection and will be com pleted during this year. City Government. The city owns a large and commo ious opera house which was built! some years ago at a cost of $25,000. T'he city government is in safe and onservative hands and at present is omposed of A. T. Brorwn, mayor; P. . Baxter, J. R. Green, L. W. Floyd, J. J. Langford and E. L. Rodlesper er, as aldermen, and Eugene S. Werts as clerk and treasurer. The bonded indebtedness is as fol ows: pera House ...,.... ....$24,000 raded School .. .... .....12,500 Water Works .. ......... 42,000 Sewesge .. .... ......... 25 000 ew Bonds .. .... ........ 22,000 This is provided for in the aceumu l'ation of a sinking fund. Of these bonds the Commissioners f Public Works have already accum lated a sinking fund of something ver thirteen thousand dollars, which is hlotfdeerhrd eETs-,,l th ou hich is held for the redemption of he~ forty-two thousand issue. It has een impossible ' to obtain any of hese bonds, as the parties who have hem took tl'emn as an investment and do not care to have investment hanged. df the twelve thousand five hundred dollars in. bonds for the raded school, the sinking fund hich is held for the redemption of* hese bonds i?.w amomtN to seveni Low Tax Rate. The total levy is For State purposes .. .. 4 1-2 mills. For Constitutional, School.. 3 mills.1 For County.. .. ...... .-3 mills. Fr City Purposes .. ......6 mills. For Graded School .. ......3 mills. For Court House .. .... ...1-2 mill. For Water and Lights... 2 1-2 mille. For Sewerage .. .... ......1 mill., For Opera House .. ......3-4 mill. For R. R. Bonds for Township 2 mills. For R. R. Bonds Expenses' Refunding ...... ...9-20 mills. otal for Town and County 26 7-10. Wile this rate may seem a little high, it should be borne in mind that the assessed valuation for taxation is very low, being not more than 40 per cent of actual value in most cases. The total for 1906 was $1,986,260. Ev en with this low valuation and the restrictions of our state constitution asto bonded indebtedness, there is room for the issue of additional bonds 'or publice improvements. The constitu tion limits the bonded indebtedness of, any municipality to 8 per cent of its, ..sessed value And with this low valuation a tax of 3 per cent is not excessive. Fire Department. In con:ection with the excelleni system of water works, which we have, there is also a very efficient f) department,twhichlisequipped with the latest improvements in extinguish ing fires, and while the . department is voluntary, a ho.w wagon is kept in charge of the driver day and night. Street Railway. The city has already granted a franchise for a street railway system the promoters being among our local people with a restriction, that the system is to be in operation. within two years. There is abundance of un developed water power within easy reach of Newberry, some of which it is intended to harness in the near fu:ture. In fact, that on Broad river, which is the boundary line of the county on the east, companies are al ready at work to develope several thousand horse power. Newspapers. Two newspapers, both semi-weekly, are published in this city. They corn pare favorably with publications of like character in other communities f similar size. Both operate up-to date job plants. The Herald and News is edited by E. H. Aull and the Observer by W. H. Wa'llace. After the -flrst of July the post ffice authorities -will instal a system f free city delivery of mail. Already he rural delivery of mail by 'carriers reahes every section of the county, eight of these routes going out from Newberry. The merchants are thrifty, pros perouis and up-to-date and a fine elass of business man. With an intelligent, moral, sturdy, thrifty and progressive eitizenship ad surrounded by farms and intelli ent farmers, there is a bright future ahead for Newberry, and she is just etering an era of industrial growth ar in excess of anything she has achi ved in the past. The chamber of ommerce, whieh has but recently elebrated its first aniversary, is ac cmplishing much in getting the peo ple together and in closer touch for the upbuilding and the making o the New Newberry and at the same time, holding steadfast to the tradi tions 'of the past and those sturdy traits of character which have given Newberry her place in the history of South Carolina, and cherishing and instilling in her youth those high sentiments and ideals which make for true manhood and' womanhood. MEXTCAN OMENS. Alomts a Religion, Governing Every Act of the People. Mexicans enjoy the well earnied reputation of being one of the most smperstitious races of the world. Su perstition exists wherever there is a human being but Mexico seems to be the place where all human supersti tions are centered. To such an ex tent is this true that superstition has become~ a kind of religion, governing every aet of the people. Take the average Mexican of the poorer classes, and you may hear from his lips hair-raising stories of ghosts and fairies and devils. He will tell you of the rare qualities t f many ani mals, plants and stones, of the things you can do and those you cannot on certain days of the week or the month and finally, he will invite you to make the sign of the cross to drive away the devils and the ghosts that may have been attracted by the conversa tion you have had. From their earl-iest childhood the peons are taught to make the sign of the coss before g-oingr to sleep at ni.'ht and beIor'e touehin: the floo with their toes in the morning. Maid ens until they become brides are ur, ed by their mothers to put their shoe pointing under their bed at night t bring happy dreams, and this wi: even enable them to converse with th Virgin during their sleep. When dressing, the right shoe (nev er the left) is put on first. The but tons of the zuit are buttoned upwari that is, starting with the lowest, an ending at the top. This is. to signif, that we are very low here in thi earthly planet, but that during. th day.we will try to go upward. Furth ermore, this practice-if faithfull; and constantly observed-will lead u very hiIh to heaven when we die. Th contrary will take us down to infer no. After one is ready to go out of hi room one must always move the righ fot first. If it happens that yot find at the door of your house a bunel of hair or hemp, it is a proof tha witch is after you with some ill pur pose, and you must at once brin some salt and throw out handfuls a: far as you can, one to the east, an other to the west, the third to th( north and the last one to the south Then you have nothing to fear fron witches in the course of the day. Bul at ni2ht when you retire you mus take two very fine sticlQ, make cros with them and nail it to you door. No witches, ghosts or devils wil bother you thereafter. If before taking breakfast you hap ,pen to see a black cat, thre lame fel lows on one and the same street or a corpse, it would be better for you tc go back home and stay in doors foi the day. because something wrong ii in store for you. Tuesday and Friday are very bat ona days, and there is a commoi savinz that means "do not marry oz start on any business on Tuesday and Friday. Elack cats, spiders and owls arE very bad omen creatures. Never keel a black cat at home, be sure to kil all spiders you see crawling abou ! your bed and always close tight youi ears when you hear an owlet hoot Indians abhor owls; they say: 'Whei an owlet sings an Indian dies; it ma3 be untrue, yet it always happens." Butterflies are good or bad omens according to their color. White one bring happiness; yellow ones advis' us to maintain alive our hopes of lov of fortune,, and black ones announce that death is stalking around us o our relatives. The dog 'is the greatest friend o man; no doubt about that, as he 1 indowed with the power of seeini ghosts, devils and death. When yoi hear your ddig howling' it is proo: that he is warning you against som evil event. One thing of apparently small im portance, but which brings fatal re sults, is the lighting of three cigar or cigarettes on the same match. Qn of the three persons lighting the eiga: with die within the year. Here we have a very safe means t4 know whether you are going to die il the course of any given year. It can not be more simple. You get up earl; on the morning of January 1 ani awat on the field for the sun to rise you looking westward. The minut' the sun rises you see your own shad ow,anormously enlarged; if it has head on you are sure to live througi the year, but if there is no head a all then you had better draw up you. will.-Mexican Herald. The Modern Public Library. ''The Modern Public Library'' i aarticle of educational interest i the September number of the Nei Idea Woman's Magazine. There i probably no other public institutioi which has undergone a greater awak eni-ng within the last twentydfiv years, and the writer gives an outhin of the principal movements whiel have taken place for the developmen of the modern library system. Th methods which enable the introdue ti,on of thi}~est reading inatter int the remotest homes, as well as th many inducements which are made t young and old to become interested i: o-od literature, are told about. Th ehildren's' story hour and the ''gan; rooms'' for boys may not be foun, in every locality, but their value as a: inentive to reading makes a univei Isal appeal. Every one ought to be in terested in this aceont of one of th greatest influences of our moder: times. Time It Was Eilled. Particular Diner-This fish, wait Truthful Waiter (promptly)-Wa killed this morning, sir. Parteular Diner (approvingly) You did quite rig-ht to kill it, becaus it had been on shore so long that i must have forgotten how to swiu and would have been drowned if i had ever gone to sea again. Pari ats 450,000,000 eggs year13 A PRIZE I A prize is given to each - itor that leaves their mone three months or longer-a i four per cent. interest; anc largest premium in the lot than the other fellow. FOUR PER CENT. Oa The Bank ol Prosperi Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter, Pres't. J. F. Browne, Cashier. The People's Prosperi Paid Up Capital Surplus and Individual Stockholders* LiabilitiE For protection of depo H. C. MOSELEY, President. W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. Better a conservative inter< return when wanted, than a hig about the principal. A National Bank is a safe De makes it so. Likewise our Bo of prudent coriservative manag( DIREC G. W. Bowers. J. A. C. Kibler. R. L. Luther. M. A. Carlisle. J. H. Hunter. J. P. We allow 4 per cent. DE Department, interest Littleton Fei Splendid location. Health resort.] mem improvement. 240 bading in Art and Elocution. Business College, . Health record not surasd Close deAelopment of each 'pil Uniform wc CHARGES VERY LOW. 26th Annual Session will begin on Se REV.J. Ar lasLAL Arealwyswelcome ai tend a special invitati Savings or Checking at the counsel of the offic be needed it will be g room, table and wind for the hundreds of lac 'may hereafter favor business. The Place Yon THE EXCl YOUR B. STHE NEWBERRY Capital $50,000 - - No Matter How Small, The Newberry will give it careful ati t applies to the men and JAS. McINTOSH, President FOR YOU. and every Savings Depos 6y on deposit with us for prize is in the shape of it's up to you to get the by depositing more saVings I SAVINGS DEPOSITS. Prosperitu, ty, S. C. Dr. J. S. Wheeler, V. Pres. J. A. Counts, Asst. Cashr. National Bank ty, S. C. - - -'$25,000 0 Profits $6,000 00 $25,000 00 sitors. M. A. CARLISLE, Vice-President GEO. JOHNSTONE, Attorney. st on your deposit with its safe :h rate and a feeling of doubt posit. Government supervision ard of Directors is a guarantee ,ment. TORS: W. P. Pugh. Jno. B. F ellers. 'V. A. Moseley. Geo. Johnstone. H. C..Moseley. Bowers. r annum in our Savings , aayable semi-annually3 riale College. Eot water heat. Elec rc ' gtsand other ups last year. High stnof scholar radvantages in Music. Advance course Bil, and normal courses personal attention to th elhand social rn on all public occasions ptember r8th 1907. For catalogue addre , . RHODES, President. Littleton, N. A )IES ' i our Bank,.and we ex ion to them to open a :count, If at any time ers of. the-Bank should iven freely. A special low has been provided' ies who now, and who us with their banking Are Welcome. INGE BANK ANK ING! SAVINGS BANK . Surplus $80,000 No Matter How Large, Savings Bank tention. This message the women alike. J. E. NORWOOD,