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E. H. AULL. EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New 4erry. S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, January 10, 1908. 1 At a meeting of the citizens ot Aiken, which was called by the sena tor and members of the house from that county, a proposition to abolish the office of county supervisor and divide the county into districts, each 1 distriet to elect a commissioner who together would constitute the board of county commissioners, was en- a dorsed. This is tie same plan practically which is being agitated by some of t the people of this county and we un derstand that a petition is being got ton up asking the delegation from 1 this county to abolish the office of I .county supervisor and dedlve the I duties of that office upon three coun ty commissioners very muc after the I plan which was of force before the t constitution of 1895. The idea seems to be that under such a system we could have better roads, the three commissioners hav ing better opportunity to look after the work of the roads. It matters little what plan may be adopted, un less some provision is made for the raising of more money there will be little ehance for any improvement in our public highiways. The Greenville Board of Trade has r adopted resolutions asking the legis- f Ia tura to submit to the people of the t state and amendment to Article 10, t of the constitution of South Carolina e of 1905, by adding a section to that t article to be known as Section 14, E and to read as follows: I "The legislature may vest the cor porata authorities of cities, towns and villages with power to make lo cal street and sidewalk improvements by special taxation of contiguous property e- otherwise." If this aL.endnent shoul'd be adopt ed by the legislature and then approv ed by the people in the general elec- ] tioni this year the purpose of the Greenville Board of Trade is to ask The 1,egislature at the succeeding ses ~sion to eneect a law which will pro * ~ vide (-1) That property owners on each side of the street it may be sought to improve, may be assiessed one-third, the city, town or village to pay the remaining two-thirds. (2) That such property owners shall be given five years in which to pay their rent.,(3) That no improvements shall be made under the amendment upon any street without the consent of two thirds of the property-owners on such street. In other words the purpose in these changes in our' laws seems to be to accomplish just what we tried to ac compl,ish in Newberry by the consent *o' the property owners when it was suggested that that section of Cald 'well street from Friend street to Main street be paved and that the for the materilali in proportion to the ~extent of their property along the 'street and the city would pay for the d ~rk.' All of the. property owners agreed to this except one. Of course ~that one objection kept the work from ibeing done. What we desire to see in New/berry is a beginning made in the matter of street paving and if we could get only a small section of street that is con stantly used in any part of the city * paved as it should be, there would be very little difficulty in 'having t~he ,'work ext'ended and all property own ers and taxpayers would be willing~ ~to have it done because they would 'realize that it would be a good invest mient. If Main street could be widened from the depot. to the public squ~are about ten feet and then paved from the depot up to Mr. Sonnenberg's ibakery, including the public square and the streets adjacent for one or two bloeks, it would be one of the greatest steps forward that the city could make and greater than any that has been made in its history. It would givte strangers a favorable impres sion of the city and would be some indication of the progress which we are making. In spite of the fact that 'we are not making the public im provement that we should, Newber ry is growing more rapidly and more substantially in every way than any cit~y in this state, but we certainly do neeff something done to improve our streets and sidewalks and the money that has bee'n spent for the last few years in an attempt at working the streets is practically wasted. We hope thr.t city council during this year will put whatever money is spent upon the streets in permanent NOTICE. After this week I will be absent iU ,olumbia for six weeks i attendane, apon the legislature. Arrangement iave been made to furnish a lette: ,ach week, written espzcially for Th Eerald and News covering the do ngs of our legislators. In additioi o this I will try to write a letter foi ach issue myself. During my absence Mr. Eugene S 3lease will have charge of the loca iepartment of The Herald and New. id any assistance given him in th< natter of gathering news will be ap )reciated by the paper. E. H. Aull. LVALUABLE PLANTATION POE RENT. We will rent for the year 1908 he farm of 338 acres of land situatei bout one mile east of Silver -Stree nd owned by the estate of Wm. W pearman. There is open upon the lace about a four horse contract aai nade this year 50 bales of cotton :he place will be rented either for aoney or bales of cotton. Apply tc he undersigned. M. A. Carlisle, John C. Goggans, Executors of Wan. W. Spearman. Newberry, S. C., Dec. 31, 1907. How is Your Digestion. Mrs. Mary Dowling of No. 228 8ti Lve., 'San Francisco, recommends s emedy for stomach trouble. Shi ays: "Gratitude for the wonderful ffeet of Electric Bitters in a case of cute indigestion, prompts this testi. aonial. I am fully convineef thai or stomach and liver troubles Elee. net Bitters is the best remedy or he market today." This great tonic nd alterative medicine invigorate. he system, purifres the blood and ii specially helpful in all forms of fe aale weakness. 50e. at W. E. Pel. Lam and Son's drug store. LICENSE TAX DUE. Notiee is hereby given that cit3 icenses fair the year 1908 are nov lue and must be paid at once. By order of city council. J. J. Langford, ugene S. Werts, -Mayor. Clerk and Treasurer, ENGINE A.ND GIN FOR BALE. We will sell on Wednesday, th 5feenth day of January, 1908, a ;he residence of Mr. G. H. Cr'omez >nl the Adhford Ferry road, abou ;welve miles from Newberry: One 10-hocrse power, Ajax portabli ngine and boiler. One saw mill. One 60-saw Pratt gin, feeder an rondenser, togeflher with belting. 1[ he same is sold for diviision ems cash. G. H. Cromer, 2t D. A. Cleckley. ~WTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the stock iolders of the National Bank of New >erry, S. C, will be held at the offie< >f the President at the bank, oi [uesday, the 14th day of January L D., 1908, at 10 a. mn. for the el'e ion of direetors of the said bank. ~> Jos. H. Hunter, Cashier. Newberry, S. C., Jan. 2, 1908. TEACHEES EXAMINATION. Notice is hereby given that an ex uninaton will be held 'in my offie Lt Nawberry on Friday, January 17 .908, of persons desiring certificates o teach in the public schools. - J. S. Wheeler,' Co. Supt. Ed'n. )ee. 17, 1907. .taw td (OTI0E OF ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the stoek olders of the Peoaple 's Nationa sank of Prosperity, S. C., will b4 ield at tire officee of the president al he bank, on Tuesday, the 14th da) >f January, A. D., 1908, at two p n., for the election of directors oj he said bank. W. W. Wheeler, Cashier. Prosperity, S. C., Jan. 4, 1908. 60. YEARS* EXPERIENCE TRADE MARES DESIGNS COPYRIGHTs &c. qucl aser,wtaoroinfe hthra ScIentific Jlntericau. year; four months, $1 sold byall newsdalrs M EMC.61rawNw ok -Ia Ch, TeofSceuls Efet-U2.1a .SudyJn =t,10,h olwn stetm ofdprum of. l asngrtan leavigNwer 0no tto: SEffectie1.01 . . Suy. Jn. N 85 19or Laefolng is ...h.1 t.m.c SNo. 5 for Greenville .. 1.4 p .7.m. No. 18 for Columbia .. ..31.10 p.m. No. 21 for Garenill. ....7 p.m. No. 16 for Columbia.. ...8.47 p.m. No. 84,85 f2,Lanr2rn..51 daily No.h5 faove seduile is 12.46 only. No. 53nforato,m is not guaranteed.mn No. 1 fr LarG....Robinson,m NoN4wforry outh Ca-rolna...0pm eet Sordaey. teMyo n ATdee afv shede iowvn onlery i Seefotion, i That ran'aterd ane passage ofthi o rdinanalpson bettwen teag Sato ihen Mandtfif tyReaigrsteDy in the TownofNber,. sid: Newbery Surgth ear pon the tet oied the dor nd Aledrecn of the Tree ofvwerer, oth arne i oclas tembled, and byeasuhrit of te same.uci o yyeinthe Town of Newberry, yea.i tieu threof hed sad towe dund thae ieton obfo the tirty-irseer day tof aTrh, pro tht Clre tepTon fulof Neommutacio yeaxn liuteef hihshall be isuddoan e who shall .pay the same prior to the month of March: Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be so oonstrued as to exempt any person who shall become a resident of tihe Town of Newberry, at any time of any year, from performing the lab or or paying tire conmmu-tation tax herein required. Section 2. All personis violat>ing the provisions of this ordinance by failing to perform the said labor or pay said commutation tax in lieu thereof. shall, upon conviction there of, he fined not more than five dol lars or be imprisoned for not more than ten days or sentenced to hard labor on the public works of said town; Provided, that the provisions pr 1hin. a eortiflcate of ph11y -iral disability from a reputable li ensed physician. said certificata not to he over one year old, and any person presenting such certificate siall make an oath before the suld Clerk and Treasurer that :wuch dis ability prevents him from making a livelihood at his usual avocation; nor to min.isters of the gospel in actual charge of a congregation, teachers employed in the public school, scnool trustees, and persons permanently dis abled in military service of the State, any person who served in the late War Between the States, all persons actually employed in the quarantine werviee of the State. and members of - the Fire Department of the Town of N'ewberry; Provided, however, that on'y twenty members of each com pany of the said department shall be xempt under the provisions of this section. and it shall be the duty of the secretary of each company to file s it'h the Clerk and Treasurer of said Council a list of all members of his 3ompany on or before the first day f January of each year. iSection 3. That all ordinances or Darts of ordinances, inconsisten& with this ordinance be, and the anre re hereby repealed. Done and ratified under the cor orate seal of the Town of Newberry, (Seal) South Carolina, this eighth dayof January, A. D., 1908. J. J. Langford, ttest: Mayor. Eug. S. Werts, City Clerk and Treasurer. Sale of Personal Property Of the ESTATE OF" WilI W. Spearman, Deceased. As executors of the last will " and testament of Will W Spearman, deceased, by order of the Probate court of Newberry County, we will sell at his late residence, near Silver Street, in the County of Newberry, State of South Carolina, to the I highest bidder, therefor, at public auction, on Wednesday, January 15, 1908, beginningr at 10 o'clock A. M., the person al pr operty of which the said Will W, Spearman, died, seizedr and possessed, consisting ' among other effects of, TEN MULES, ONE FINE BROOD MARE, f TWO JERSEY BULLS, THREE MILK COWS, FOUR YEARLINGS, EIGHT FAT HOGS, SIX FINE BALTIMORE ' HOGS, TWENTY TONS OF HAY, FOUR THOUSAND BUSHELS OF COTTON SEED, FIVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT. FORTY BUSHELS OF SWEET POTATOES. FORTY BUSHELS OF PEAS, FIFTEEN HUNDRED BUSH LS OF CORN, FIVE TONS OAT AND WHEAT STRAW, TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF FODDER, ONE 10'HORSE STATION - ARY ENGINE AND BELTING,I ONE 60-SAW COTTON GIN, ONE CARRIAGE, ONE BUGGY, EIGH T HARROWS, ONE Mc'CORMICK HARVES TER,/ THREE MOWERS, 2 REVERSIBLE DISE PROWS, "I TWO2-HORSE CHATTANOO CGA PLOWS, ONE LOT OF HARNESS AND EARS,I ONE SIXTEEN SHOOTER GJN, ONE BREECH LOADER AND DNE PISTOL, ONE AERMOTOR AND TANK ONE LOT OF COTTON PLANTERS AND FARMING [EMPLEMENTS OF ALL KINDS. ALSO A LOT OF OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY OF WHICH THE SAID WILL W. SPEARMAN DIED, SEIZED AND POSSESSED. TERMS OF SALE: CASH. M. A. CARLISLE, JNO. C. GOGGANS,I Execntors.I Bigger Cotton Yields Per A The value of commercial fertilize: been demonstrated over and over ag; " both government and private compa tests. We stand ready to demonstr you at any time that the surest way t crease your yields per acre" is to use it- Virinia-Carolh Fertilizers Hon. R. J. Redding, former Director of the giaExp. Station, is authority for the statemer "experiments made -at this station show th; balanced commercial fertilizer applied to or -~(of land, and well cultivated, may be reasonal ?rr y pected to produce an increase of yield c cotton. At the present price of cotton this '' 1 %J mean a large extra profit (for both lint and after deducting the price for fertilizer." { "1t You'll find reports of many other compa 4 tests, together with much valuable informatio cermng land culture in the new VirginiaCa J4f 4t Year Book or Almanac. Ask you local fer dealer for a copy-or we'll send yo" ?"- frce, if you write our nearest sales offiic Virginia-Carolina Chemical Norfolk, Va. Cbarkston,S.t Atlanna, T. columbas Ga. Will be ready for busi2.^"i zrrf'xywl mproved ahi a. n ry,A repar tion hs ee n ,, anl aiyws ni he Eecric fis Lun No.es200 ofs Mnxt. wek R.w and uptoaEES Manp Breption as been t hae faily waosh unfei pealates ofaIcent. hrtLans and Cue ViicalfoUndeulien hoe deiing fricstt ca EheWit Goods Sae ti 1.IPr.ogrss cre Shas dinby / rative ate to S"in / K' 'Geor- ' it that it well e acre -1 bly ex f seed would seed), .rative n con rolina tilizer a one ness ty: Latest erything erienced 1all, deR Laundry tprices. nade- to. ished at a piece xcepte 11 goods. ~e of alhl work hone 175i. ger. rtains,: en are very ne. ~R 00