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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People Mi Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. The machinery for the Electric Laundry company is coming in, and ag, those in charge expect to nave the rir laundry in operation at an early on date. int Maj. F. W. Higgins says he forgot del to go back to the legislature after dei his last race, but that he is going to to be in the next campaign. wh Major B. B. Evans, of the Saluda bar, was in Newberry yesterday on thc professionl business. com Mrs. Jno. K. Aull has returned to from a visit to her parents, Mr. and dil Mrs. A. S. Tompkins, in Edgefield. in I. H. Hunt, Esq., was in Union ret last week on professional business. im Newberry county will soon be u - th< ing its new court house. ter The new First Baptist church is rapidly nearing completion. Mr. Andrew Fowler, of Saluda county, was in Newberry yesterday. Mrs. C. C. Grimke and Miss M. S. ma Grimke, of Charleston, have been in Newberry during the past ten days Sul in the iaterest of Rumford's baking ves powder. They secured many orders ou in 'Newberry, and made many friends em whiie here, who will always be glad wh - to see them. They left Newberry t yesterday for Clinton. The C., N. &" L. iA building its umbrella shed at the union depot. Miss Effie Sheppard, of Edgefield, T is the guest of Misses Lizzie and Effie - Griffin, in Boundaryi street. The Southern Stock company' iast night opened a three night's engage ment at the opera house, with the ] presentation of ,"Her Bitter Atone- ma 2ment." The play tonight is "Wife Ch ranted." fit .The mercb.ants yesterday began to tio -fegl the i effects of the Christmas an Tn'sh. The pretty day, after so much fri disagreeable weat'her, was a relief to all, and there were many', peopie in we the city. ha The Pomaria correspondent of The in Herald and News says that some of sti the roads in that section are almost as bad as the streets of Newberry. e -n V.'l - %P Fr AN' ODERLY CITY. Net a Single Case Before the Mayor on Testerday Morning, Although ph It Was MondIay- an / ' ..ur With Christmas so near, it is some what eremarkable that there was not be a single case for trial before the in mayor yesterday morning. Monday th * iiorning is usually the time when M Saturday and Saturday night offen- Wm ders are dealt with, but. there were' no Saturday law breakers to deal mi with yesterday morning. ,co / MR. EDWIN C. RAY. *Entertained at Dinner by President -Z. P. Wright, of the Newberry Cotton Mills. Mr. Edwin C. Ray, of New York, te: who 'has beeni in the city last week co on a visit to his friend Mr. Z. F. ca * Wright, president of the Newberry th 'cotton mill, was entertained Thurs- m day night at the 'Newherry hoitel at ex a course dinner. The dinner was given by President Wright and the-:e ~were some fifty or sixty gentlemen of the city invited to be presen't. It Al was a most enjoyable occasion and th the dinner was served in excellent style by Mr. Ernest Broeknian, Jr., proprietor of the Newberry hotel. Mr. Ray is the selling agent of the an Newberry cotton mills, and has many da friends in New-berry. He 3)pends 1.2 about a' week twice a year with his ch 'friend, Presuide.nt Wright, and. this at was one of his regular visits to our of city. During these visits he has met mi many of our citizens and numbers by them now amongst' his friends. , wi He was entertained .on Monday mi 'night at the home of Mr. JiFnn M. ch Kinard, at which time a most ele gant course dinner was served. A 'few of the spe.cial friends of Mr. Kinard were invited to be present with Mr. Ray on~ this occasion. of Mr. Ray returned on Saturday to mli his home in New York. His many el4 friends in Newberry will be delight- ot ed to see him again soon. a _____ ____ ____be Mule Strayed. While visiting at Cross Hill on Saturday night, Mr. Jimmie Sease, of Lexington county, lost his mule, of the mule having got loose and stray- tre ed off. Any information .in regard o 'to th mule wi(1 be appreciated, and me may be sent to Mr. Sease 's uncle, cis Mr. Pat W. Shealy, at Prosperity. Ex The mule is a blue mare mule, pr with sear on hoof on left hind foot. fo: Any one finding mule will deliver to 'Mavor Brown. THE SEPTIC TANKS. . McCombs, of Washington, Has Seen Them and Will Report to Council. \1r. McCombs, engineer of sewer in the city of Washington, ar ed in Newberry Friday morning, request of the city council to look o the sewerage system here and ermine what is necessary in or to perfect the septic tanks and make report to city council of at is necessary to be done. some time ago a committee from city council, board of health, and nmissioners of public works went Washington to investigate tire ferent systems of sewerage, \and their report to city cour*il, they ommended that Mr. McCombs be ,ited to come here and make a rough investigation of the sys ['he septic tank system is not en aiy satisfactory, and for that rea L an expert was asked to come and ke investigation. qr. MeCombs made a preliminary vey of the septic tanks, and ia-, tigated the whole mafter thor rhly. His conclusions he will body in a report to city council, ich will probably be made some Le during this week or next week. POMARIA NEWS. e Farmers Are Cheerful-Sunday School Christmas Tree-Other Matters. Pomaria, December 16.-The Po ria Sunday school will have a ristmas tree on Christmas eve. A ing program of songs and recita ns will be r'ndered, and a pleas time is anticipated. All the ends of the school are invited. very one is glad to see the fair ather again. 'The recent rains re made the roads very muddy some places almost as bad as the eets of Newberry! he hoine of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. tzler was made very happy on last iday by the arrival of a fine boy, rhere will be meeting of the Po ria Farmer's union at two o 'eibek next Saturday, D'ecember 21. TIm rtant busipiess is. to be transaeted, d every memnber of the union is ~ed to be present. The usual Christmas holiday will iven by the various public schools this community. With most of em the holiday will begin on niext mday, and continue at least a The farmers generally in this comn mity will end the year in better dition, finaneially, thana they have a number of y'ears past. The crops rre, as a whole, fairly good, and a outlook for thre coming year is eerful and hopeful. Taxes Slow Coming In.~ County Treasurer Epps. said yes day that tares had be:en 1slow in ring in, and that he wanted to ithe attention oif tax payers to fact that the time for the pay nt of taxes without penalty will pire on December 31. There is al tys a rush during the last days, jich can be easily~ avoided by pay before the time draws so close. who ean do 'so are urged to pay ir taxes as soon as possible. Sacred Conicert. The sacred concert at the Luther Church of the Redeemer on Sun y evening was heard by an autdt ice whieh completely filled the ureh. The exeellen't program as nounced in Th'e Herald and News Friday was carried out, and the isic was very thoroughbly enjoyed all who heard it. The collection,' iieh was taken to aid in securing isic and equipment for the church oir, was large. O'Neall Lodge, K. of P. O'Neal lodgf, No. 154, Knights Pythias will meet on Monday tht, December 23, when the annual ction of officers will be held and aer busines of importance trans ted. Every member is urged to present. Chrispnas Tree at St. Paul's. The children's missionary seciety St. Paul's will havec a Christmas e at St. Paul's Lutheran church Decmer 24, at '7 p. m. Refresh nts will b~e served after the exer es, and a cake walk will be given. 'erybody is eordially invited to be asent ~nd put presents on tihe tree e all their friends. Arthur McDonald, President. THE TEACHERS. Interesting Discusion On the Subject of Sending Monthly Reports to Parents of Pupils. The County Teachers' association met Saturday morning at 11 o'clock in the Boundary street school build ing. Notwithstanding the in.lemency of the weather, there was a fairly' good attendance of members. Presi dent J. S. Wheeler presided, and in the absence of the secretary, Miss Pinkie L. Ester, Miss Mary Lou Bow ers acted as secretary. Miss Mamie Swittenburg read an excellent address advocating the sending of monthly reports of the pupil's progress to the parents. Messrs. J. B. 0'N. Holloway, J. S. Derrick, J. S. Wheeler, and S. J. Derrick discussed, generally, the plan of sending reports. The following resolution was unF. animously adopted: "Resolved, That in the judgment of the Teachers' association a month ly- report should be sent to each pu-" pil's parents, showing the =pupil's true standing in scholarship and de portment." 'The discussion of the subject, Fractions, was postponed until the next regular meeting of the - asso ciation, January -11, 1908. Mr. Blease's Plan. News and -Co5urier. - The prohibition bill to be introduc ed by Senator Blease, of Newberry, has special signigeance by .reason of- the fact; that Senator Blease di rected the attention of the enate to the view that the Coistitution does not preclude the legislature from pro viding that intoxicants- may be soll by the drink if They be sold by state, county or municipal officers authoriz ed by the legislature. The-point of Mr. Blease, as we remember it, was t.hat the sd-called dispensary festric tions, which outlaw the saie ofiintoxi eants, except in the day. time.-in ori ginal packages of ong-half pint and over, which must not be drhnk on the, promises of the seller' a* quali fied and limited by the':x ord "i eanse,". no "licenses"' being tawful for sales unless they be so.:restriet .d,,but that the, Constitution permits sales by officers of the state, etc., in "such packages and quantities" and "under: sneh rules'an&I regula tions" as the legislature "de.emse pedient." ..i The measure whioh Me G. Blia3e proposes, as ,outlined in our New berry dispatehes yesterday, is sim ilar o' that Senator:0tts,. &fOGlero liee, contemplates.-offering in so far as it? enaets prohibition fo'r tihe state and leaves to the counties' the 'op tion of '''votinig in" the whiskey traffice. At present, eodaties hav ing the traffic must .take" affirma~ tive' action to be rid of it 'and the history of the operation -of the Brie law and the Carey-Cothran law has shown this to be attended with. dif ficulties. But Sepnator Blease's mreas ure appears to go furdher and to des stroy entirely the county dispens~ar ie, transferring the sale2 of intoxi cants to private 7individuals. The dispensary plan has for one of its centtr.al principles the. removal of saie, from individuals so that the motive for privat'e proEt be -elii ated, the theory being that an indi vidual -citizen, .ad a whiskey 'mer hant, would strive more to increase sales than would the state or the county. This principle has not been vindicated by experienee. The state dispensary pushed sales energetical ly always and multiplied' retail dis pensaries whenever .possible, and a similar policy, as wae have alreaay pointed'o&ut, has been' adopted in more -than! one county under the county system. Ta Without implying tht Senator Blease's scheme should shave mn qualified commendation in any evenV, we think its popularity wouldebe. en hanced were he to include not only the option of licensed sales, but of sales by state, counity or city offi ials in such counties as prefer that whiskey be sold by the drink. The inhibition of sales' by thre drink and of drinking on the premises has al ways been of doubtful value a3 a re ducer of whiskey consumption. While it may have eliminated drink-' ing in the town saloon, it has pro mted drinking in alleys and seelud ed places about town, and especially in th'e country. The dispensary has probably caused an enormous in crease in rural drunkenness, the bot tie of whiskey carried to the poun try gathering place, and that is the probable explanation of the dispen sary system's faihne to show any decrease in the number of crimes of vicience usually attributei to intem perance. New York Discusses Sunday as though it, too, were a New York CONGRESSMAN AIKEN. Led All His Colleagues In Bill Pass ing in the House Last Winter. The following from the Washing ton correspondent of the New York Post will be read with interest and pleasure by Congressman Aiken's friends and constituents. The bills referred to do not inciue his An derson and Greenwood public build ing bills, which were included in the omnibus public building bill: "Who is the most successful bill passer in congress?" was a query propounded the other day to Speak er. Cannon by an inquisitive Repres entative. As a rule Mr. Cannon can answer questions of thi.- kind with out reference to reports find records, but he admitted he was "up a stump."' "If I had two guesses.. he said, "I should guess Babcock, or Sullo way." Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin, was for many years chairman of the com mittee on the District of Columbia. Mr. Sulloway, of New Hampshire, is the chairman of the committee on invalid pensions. By reason of hold ing these chairmanships Mr. Bab cock and Mr. Sulloway had : many ealls on- their time from persons out side their respective districts, and it was natural that the Speaker should have selected them as the members who would be shown by the records as charged with: the passage of nany bills: Mr. Cannon did not make a good guess, for it appears that. Represen tative Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, S. C., led ali his colleagues, in. bill pass ing last winter. Mr. Aiken is .a De Mocrat, and, naturally, is "agin the administration." Thirty bills .in.tro duced by him passed both ranehes of the Repub ian Coggr la'st winter and gvera signed by a Repub ican President. Mg. Aiken:: never held political office until his election to congress four years ago. Ha has not been acti+e in the congressional debates and probably not one of his colleaguas is. aware :of his. success in securing the. enaetment of bills -in which he is interested. None of the hirty Aiken bills is a mneasure j large public concern, most of them iliing private bills, or bills of spe. clal interest- to the third distriet of South Carolina. Nin'e of them 1pro. vide for ..the' building.of bridges over South Carolina navigable streams. Representative Don C. Edwards, of E'entueky, was a close second t Mr. Aikeln. Twenty-niDe mea-dres introduced by Mr. FEdwards fgund their way last winter to the staYdes of the United States. 3(r. Edwards is a Republican The Fifty-nintb congress was his first appeamee ini Washington as a national ''awmalk Messrs. .Aiken and Edwairds com pletely outelassed veterans and lead en~ like Speaker Cannon' and Repres ehtative Payne, Dla-zell, Williams, and Clark. Only nine 1of Mr. Dal ziPs bills became laws last .winter. Reresentative Pgayne, the Republi. an floor leader, had twenty-one of his bills favorably reported, four teen of which became laws. Johr Sharp Willias3n, the minority lead. zr, succeeded in having five of his bils pass 'both houses gndl ieeeive executive approval. ide bills offer e3 by Mr. Williams 'were favorably reported from comimittces. .Sever bills fathered by Champ Clark be amne laws, while thirte'en of Mr Cannon's' measures. *ere approved by both branches of- congress and the president. Representative Brownlow of Ten nessee, introduced more bills in the lat .congress than any tother mem ber.of the body. In the first ses sion of thlat congress hea proposed~ nearly 400 bills, and in the second session he offered about fifty more Most of the Brownlow bilis .were private pension measures. Only two bills introdue'ed in the Fifty-ninth congress by Represen.ta tive. Bourke Cockraa were enacted into law. Representative Sulloway, who, the peaker thought, might lead the list had twenty-four of his bills - passed last winter. Fourteen of Represen tative Babcock's bills. became laws Representative Jenkins, of Wiseon sin, chairman of the committee or the judicidry, had ten bills favor ably reported, but only two of then passed the house. Several years ago a critic of con ress divided the members into twc cases, namely, ''those who do,' and ''those wvho dine.'' This classi fiction is not accurate or just, bul it, would appear that those who' are most prominent in the public eye, in the debates, and in the. fra me~ o.f legislatioin are not the men whc ca measur their success as law makers by the number of thelt biils that run the gauntlet of Congression al and Executive approval. Il MR. SPEES ILL. ] Suffered a Stroke of Paralysis at the Union Depot on Saturday. In Critical Condition. While at the union station on Saturday at about midday, Mr. L M. Spoers suffered a stroke of par-if alysis in his left side, and sine that time has been critically ill at his home in Nance street. Yesterday morning his condition was reported to be not any better, and serious fears were entertained in regard to ( his recovery. There were many anx- ] ions inquiries as to his, condition.] and the news from his bedside was saddening alike to all.' Several gentlenreen standing on the platform at the depot on Satur day noticed Mr. Speers approaching and - they saw "he was not himself. Being alarmed, they asked him how he felt, and he rep~ied that he did not feel well. He thought, at the tim"- be was suffering prom vertigo. A earriage was called and he Was taken to his home, and mdcal at- 1 ten fion was had im ediately. Mr. Speers- had not been uncon seion= up until yesterday. The pgr alysic was in his Ift side,. and his left leg was also affected, though1 not so much so as his, side. His tonce was aiso sogwhat .ffected. Mr. Speer, iK oe:f lwherry's niost respected and substahtial citi zens. and has hosts f'riends among voung and old, wi Tare -opi that his Condition- will ..?eei1y' improV., and his health be .,ily retored": Mr. Speers' crondition' was repof- . ed to be. soraewhatetter yesterday afternoon. eImportan t veryone ; The. 'exhibit t#sting fire resistn' materials, paints,' te ,A t was ad-" vertised for. Saturday, last,. Wea. a house would be;Se tq i-fire that had been painted, .geo Nt uei ready, -and is to t pa TNeay in front of courtEuse ,at 2..-p. m: fThese mateiialk , as Gibraltar are . mandfactu e at harleston, . C., by Sonthdi -rt Pain t: and' Roofing C'C, on iO>y ~ barry Hardware no, ai~i~v eiplusie sale in thsneini ? I NewyZden75 The lodge will 3nee at.7.30 41is evening under, spefaagaispensatiQn granted by. tfriandShan ellor.. third 'rank/will beigivn N ~l kniown youngme ~oiA so,. the annual C I!~3 ofcr will take plee. tdaW of 1nmbrsi .The Press of'a or 'a ot)ie northern eit ies,0 Ohreet Nofl and Columbia paes~ speak very comnplimntarily o~ the ezhbit #iven by T. A. Gould, manager Southern Gibraltar Paint a4 Roofing Ci,d' testing with f ir(raltar Paints. t 2:16 Tuesdy, .De.1,' heg a house on,fire idfront of ebir house.. All Jol or.d0t, /Adventised ers / Lett'ers remainfg 69t@Rs'ofc at New'berry, S. C., fo eek"endbng Dcembrer 14, 19O7 B-M. F. Bar8feld. ' .$ C-Eir. WE B. Oha1~ y *D-Miss Prince Da F-Mr. M. F. Fishxer. H-Miss MamieRenigs J-Miss Ellen Jone. LMiss Mary Lyles,. Mr. i'~a Lias. P-Mrs. Fannie4 Petties,r Champ Perry. S-Mrs. N. C. Smith, 3r. 0 Slih, Mrs. Mattie &ibei-.I *-Ms Mitie Tomipkins, ili W-4Mr. Jno. H. We.sley, r. so G. White, Miss Viola' Whitner' -Persdns calling ifor these ~lettfers will please say- that they 'were adver tied. Chas. J. Purcell,. P. M. Again we invite .the press, b clergy, ladiesj children, pfessors, police, fire -l es' architects, build ers, contraeQl,, hEardwaire- and paint dealers, and everyone from Misouri who wants to be shoQwn how Gibral tar Paints protect buildings from ie. Tuesdsy, Dee. 17, 2;15 p. m.g e show you~ by setting' a hiouse and oter exhibits in fire. T 2hese goods are mnanniactured bj7' Southern (fib raltar Paint and Rbofing -Co. of Charleston, and are 'on sal~ here by Nwberry Hardware Co.' The Norfolk Landmark 'sutter.' anes rea4 as th<ugh~ it were a Northx Carolina fugitive-Ne8ws and Connier Seretary Taft will find his;.boom ias hus ty as .ever in Charleston. News and Courier. k. .~:. The Local Ea!k*. feat .. ..", .. .. .. .., 9 to 12 lams .. .. .... .... .. 16 to 1s 3est Lard .... 13 3est N. O. Molasses .. ... 60 to 70 xood M. O. Molasses .. .. 35 to 40 orn .. 85 gIeal ... .. ... .. 8 kixed Chicken Food .... 90 aay .......... ....1.35 to 1.50 Est Patent Flour ..- ....5.00 to 5.25 ind Patent Flour ......4.50 to 4U6 lood Ordinary Flour....3.50 to L0 gar .... .... .... .. 51 Riee .. .. ...... ... 5to.8 14 ~offee Roasted .... .. ... 15 7offee, Green .. .. .. ..1 to 20 ,ottoh Seed m .. .. . 1. Eggs.... .. .. .. .. .. 20 Poultry.. ... .. .. .. 10e. lb. Newberry Cotton Marke Corrected By Nat Gist. &iddEing- .... .. .. ...11. aood Midding ......... .11 1-8 5triet Middlg- . .. ...1 4 SPECIAL NOTICES.: I CENT AWORD go advertisement taken for less: han 25. cents. ARLOAD OF HOGS this 6we .. Cafl upon W. R. Lominaak, Jas: Ft '-Todd or J. C. Satple: *0e e pawer4f1 colora 8o1r E Andersn10c Sg goe 2000 pouads Chrstmas e ?ad 31(3&DUM' RWEE E 3~ pr~etty in of Cle ' ern' 6s ~j &c. I30Ki FI4BJGE1 OALa Te' Herald and W - B i.i. g -and see ber P R -Wook S trade, your 10sity $5 er~ andt expense- to strt or EsHn$ng igar o T Ingersoll Watches -1.00. Mayes' .Booi 5t. Pe.ostadai ' Nuilie est . Tny Ser & 3ic~lis o hools l:rs ainol stnogrdapy ms. otafraid dnersen 10c. rt CIGAdsitAedMA iheewANTEsD~ monpth aepe hne yoeerttb gariCo:,, Toledo,t Ollio ~ 1i Tae SAL-0 Por0us. ors poof rddat'-go Tos.i 4 Neel4. Aply _. C.. WAN-IPoitouy severaa tensograph.. ~t~ri1 ~o bdress re-o2eed anmtekys tied. Joh,T Co. BANANAS:-GeIritIIa. fme bu baaa hezneo 1ch So . ..