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^ appropriation bill ready. Will Carry Levy to Possibly Sb Mills?Bill as Presented to 'Howm Will Include Several New Items Allowances Being Ma4e for Im ^ provements at State Schools. i . News and Courier. Columbia, February 0.?When tin i appropriation bill is presented to th. V house tomorrow by the ways ant ^ $ means committee thy'bill will contaii V)| several items which had not beer agreed on when the summary of i p was'published in the News and Cour ^ ier a few clays ago. I 'The appropriations included in tin bill will carry the levy to five an< one-half mills, and perhaps to si: mills. The levy for 1907 is four anc m one-ihnlf mills, which was not sutfi ^ cient to raise the appropriations. Th w bill as reported will carry $30,000 fo the new auditorium building dcsirei by the University of South Carolina also $43,744 for support and otlie items, which will bring the appropria tiou for the University to $83,569.04 ,as against $64,038.93 last year, i , For Wint'hrop College, the sum o $64,535.22 is given for support, an< $2^,000 adflitHonal for septic tanks raising the total amount to $84,595.0' , as against $74,563.70 h\s( year. Thi I sum does not include t<he $24,000 vot ed for a new dormitory, nor the $10, 500 for practice' school, already ap propria ted. , For the Citdal, the sum of $30,00( to repair the recently purchased police elation is included, together witl i the $7,500 due as second payment oi the pufrchase, makir.ig the total ap propria!ion $64,017.20, as agains $35,750 last year. I . For the industrial school^ at Flor ence the sum of $10,000 is given. Fo continuing the improvement of tin State House grounds the sum of $10, 000 is given, the commission havini asked for $25,000. The appropriation for the depart , ment of immigration is as follows: Salary commissioner $1,900, clerl $1,200, expenses $3,000, stenographs $600. handbook $4,000. Total $10,700 as against $14.-100 last year. There ar-? no other importan changes in any of the oilier Stale of (ices except that of attorney general The salary of the assistant attorney general is raised from $1,;>00 to $1, 800. the contingent fund is raise, from $200 to $300, the litigation fivrw is placed at $2,000, and I he stenog raplier is given $600, making- a tola of $6,725, as against $8,075 last year The sum of $1,000 given last year fo any prosecutions of State officials * and $1,000 for prosecuting the South crn Railway merger suit are not in eluded this year. Attorney Genera Lyon asked for $5,000 to prosecut. the merger suit and requested tna; lie either be given a sufficient amoun o:' be not require! to prosecute tin case at all. The amount asked is noi given. For water supply the amount is fixed at $3,000, as against $5,000 las year, and this will likely be increased on the floor. For interest on State debt the sun of $300,000 is allowed. The amount for pensions is fixcc ' at $250,000. the same as last year aid all other items are practically unchanged except those noted above Theiv are no increases in salaries ex cepl- small ones already mentioned. The commit Ice on ways and mcaiu has spent a great deal of lime on tin bill, having several meetings a day and Chairman Hanks and Secretary Anil have been about the busiest nier in the ?.'-eneral assembly for the last t'\W> weeks. PAINTINGS HIDDEN. Rare Works of Art; Murillo in Citj of Mexico; Works of the Masters. It is impossible for art lovers it the United States, if they haVe neve: visited Mexico, says an exchange, to believe that tiiis new bid neighbor is a treasure house of art. The existence of old masters it Mexico has been more fabled thai real in our minds, and many hav< smiled at credulity of the unlearne'( masses of this embryonic republic. 11 is true that the unquestioning majority know nothing and think nothing of a picture except what the padv< tells them, but it must be remember ^ ed that the men who rule the destinies of Mexico are educated, traveled cultured in the schools and universities of the Old World and more eminently capable of appreciating the 'fine arts. Furthermore, says ji writer in Modern Mbxico, they are al Catholics and thence are imbued witl the traditional reverence for religion? arts that we can not wholly comprehend. It might be said that, this very reverence woityd 'inen.pav.itt nl'c thorn as impartial critics of this art, but be this as it may, it has served fl 1 . purpose invaluable to the student < today. c The church was very rich in tl i seventeenth century and amply ab , to send works of art of great value Mexico and other colonies. It w; also the period when art flourish* at its best in Spaii\?when Mluril lived and Seville was a great a 3 J center. j Pictures of the Indians. ^ The missionary priests in Mexi< l soo,i discovered that the Indiai were not able to comprehend tl spuit of the Christian religion ai tl,at they must substitute .pictur an 3 images of the Christ for the he ? then- gods and idols they were tryi: 1 lo supplant. Chnrelies, conven ts ai c chapels were multiplied rapidlv a tor the conquest and it became ~ pious duty, often emphasized by i order of Cortez, to bring paintim v and statutes of saints to the Ne ' World. 'v I Tho Mexican School of Art, no | called the San Carlos academy. wi - established by the royal ord^r ( Charles II of Spain in 1778 and hi survived throughout many vicissitui J os. It contains a fine collection . Panting* of the old Mexican sclio and a number of originals "from K lopoan painters. Among th" latt s lht? is a "St Sebastian." by V? -1 Dyke: "The Seven Virtues," by I - | Vinci; "The Fall of Man," by Mic - oal Angelo; "St. Catherine," 1 Ouido; portrait of Murillo, by Vn ) , asquez; "Burial of Cliirst," by H - bens (unfinished); "St. John, tl i Baptist." bv Inures: "John of tl l Lord." by Murillo;"Olympic Plays - I by Vornet, and many fine copies. ( t the modern school there are mat meritorious Mexican pain'i.; ; - trated of important historical seen, r Tn the cathedral of Mexico Ci 3 there is a Holy Family of Mttr'l I.trig in Hie eltoir concerning who 5 authenticity there seems to be i question. The moMier and child a about three-quarter size and the p:vailing color is a luminous creai f with touches of gold and broVn. I.i the dark sacristy the visitor ' fhown three Rapheal's under gla I and on the walls two immense li atrociously mutilated pictures alii bitted lo Valasquez. 'r Titian in a Village. One of the most interesting stori ! i always current in Mexico art cirel I I foneerns the famous Titian at t.l . village of Tzintzuntzan. Many a ] ; tempts have been made lo purcha . Ifhis pieture, but all have been u r successful. The cathedral of Me> ^ J co would give a large sum for it, ai . so, of course, would tljc San Carl I Academy, but the priests of the d 1 ; pleted church where il hangs in ? poorly lighted room guard it jealou t I.V. Moreover, il is supposed th (. their lives would not be safe from tl j w' at'h o| the Indian worshippc L should thev permit the painting disappear. 3 ^ The painting is si\He;-n feet lo; f by '.-veil high and represents :he e . tombing of Christ. Tn the upper lc h.ind corner is the characterise? lj i of Indian sky and landscape. The '. > n.?J proof that Titian '.viiited th 1 picture except its own beauty at , excellence, and the triiditu which has never wavered in the . years and more that "I has hung i . the old church at Tzinlziintzan. ~T1 room that holds-it is about 30 by i ; feet, and has but one outside ope > ing an ungabled window, protectc , by -i Mipple iron gailMi - on the ,.M ' side and double wooden shutters r ( the inside. Every time there a' [ opened the fresh air has ingress I the room, and this fact may ha\ much to do with the preservation (he painting for the old, tight I closed churches of Mexico are alwn.i r damp and mouldy. How it Went to Mexico. A few capable judges of art ar stylo who have seen the Titian, agn 1 without dissenting voice thai il Purl her substant iat ion of Uu? elai ? that it is a Titian we are told by b 1 ogra pliers that the artist went t Spain about the middle of the 1 fit ' c nlury and was highly honored h > ih.. King. Just at that time a .we I nl effort was being made to rengt! I -Mi I lie bishopric of MJicitoacan. Il 1 principality of which Tzintzuniza - "'tis then the capital. One of || f most influential bishops of (he lim< ? in Mexico was Quirogo of (he Chnvr < f San Francisco, in the capital, an head of the See of Michoaean. Win , could be more probable than th? Charles V sent one of the paintini > to litian then in the royal palace i ! Madrid to aid his appointee in a i important bishopric in Mexico? I It is altogether possible that in ot i of the many compartments of Mi ? old chest of drawers that stretch. across I lie painting might be found ' priceless document that would fo the story of the wondrous pictur f These drawers were doubtless o:i< i filled with rich vestments that' hai of long since disappeared. But fatted documents ar> !i !:tly valued by to intrant people, and'the Church of le San Francisco has been in the keepto ing of many hands since the days of as its pride and glory. The top section of the great carved 0 frame is missing from the painting. 1 there was room but for three sides of it in the spacc above the drawers .. in the sacristy, so the upjxjr portion eo never put in place and was long us i a?o lost. The gividing that once covie a red the heavy frame has also disld appeared, but the painting is Jinnies nous with a Tiliancsque glow and a- purity. ig 1 he Murilla at Guadalajara is id well authenticated. It was presented f- to the cnHiedrel at that place by a Ivi;ig Carlos' IV, in acknowledgment ni of a largo sum of money sent to ?s Spain to aid in the defense of the w country a-ra-inst ! ??.<* invasion of Xaj poleon. W'hen the French invaded w Mexico onus?:irieu < |i' that nation us souyht to obtain this lycture, by fair ;>f means or foul, as a trophy to bring is back to France. c^" B'l!" t'irouvrhof't Maximillian's brief 5f rei-::i offers of !ar_?e bribes failed to ?1 discover it. The church authorities "* at (luadalapara bad wisely concealed lM j it and faithfully <ruardcd* the trust. in It is h u n r >h h in a poor 1 iuiit in the '? sacristy ??f t1 '-V'- dra'. where :io h- a'ennntc conception cr-n be obtained of its beauty. Abl-> ej-rtics who have d- seen "The Assumption" by Murillc ll_ in the Txiuvre pronounce the one at 10 Guadalajara to be fully its equal in Je drawing, coloring and spirituality. This J". Worth T?ead:n<*. >.v ' *"> F. Zelinski. of OS flibson St. Buffalo. N. V., says: "I cured the 's< most annoying cold sore I ever had tv with Bncklen's Arnica Salve. I ap lo plied this salve o.ice a dav for twe s:? days, wlvn "verv ir:>ce of the son 10 was gone." lleals :i1l <nr"i. Sold uu rr- der guarantee at W. 10. lYlham an. Ssni's drug stuie. l>."ie. in, i ..I., i i ,n I $1 a Week slips through yo ir (ingar jl0 before you kt^nv it?anc ,-s not)ling to chuw lor it[ to 1 liat ;.>1 a woek \\ iiI pui a Victor or an huison in youi i- home right away. r, Good IV! usic t and re Hearty Fun Gome and see us at onc< or write for catalogues. Saber's At art Viri)?v Stors 940 Main M fft, N/wb i yv, 3. C. >0 nv.t'jrjft.ividrcTOno 1 Valentin :-e to \ v< o I have a la is m ;; Valintines, < fV comic and n it' I make youi It ?S before my st \ MAYES' Bf e. - newbe; CHARLESTON & WESTERN OAI OLINA RY. Schedule in effect November 3rd, 19C Lv. Newberry (0 N & L.) 12:46 p. i Ar. Laurens 1:52 p. i Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:15 p. r Ar. Greenville 3:40 p. i Lv. Laurens 2:07 p. e Ar. Spartanburg 3.35 p. r Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 3:40 p. i Ar. Hendersonville 6:25 p. r Ar. Ashevtlle 7:30 p. r Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:00 p. r Ar. .Greenwood 2:56 p. l I Ar. McCormick 3:55 p. r 1 Ar. Augusta 5:40 p. i Note: The above arrivals and <1 partures, as well as connections wit ther companies, are ?riven as info nation, and arc not guaranteed. Ernest Williams, Ccn. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. Geo. T. Bryan, Greenville, S. C. Gen. Agt. Change of Schedules. Effective 12.01 a. m. Sunday Ja 1 5th, 1008. t'iie following is the tin of departure of all passenger trail , leaving Newberry Union station: Southern Railway: No. 15 for Greenvillo .. ..8.57a.i No. IS for Columbia .. ..1.28 p.i [ No. 11 for Greenville .. ..4.17 p.i ( No. 16 for Columbia 8.47 p.i C., N. & L. Ry. No. 85 for Laurens 5.10 a.i i No. 22 for Columbia .. . .S.47 a.i . No. 52 for Greenville .. 12.46 -p.] No. 53 for Columbia .. . .3.10 p.i , No. 21 for Laurens 7.25 p.i - No. 84 for Columbia.. .. 8.30 p.i > No's. 84 , 85, 21, and 22 run dai ? except Sunday. The above schedule is given on 1 i as information, is not guaranteed ai ! is subject to change without noti( i : G. L. Robinson. Station Master. At Wholesale Price | Bananas, Oranges, Apples, and all sorts of Fruit; I t' ALSO i Homemade Candy. m LAM es! alentines Lrge stock o of all kinds post cards r selection: ock is baokei RRY, S. C. ; THE EXGHA Newberr u. i In looking for a Bank t< a. >ou want to find a Safe u. n. Bank, an Accommodater D. u. to consider this Bank an 1'. come in and open an act ii. We Pay Interest oi ;h r J. D. Davenport, President. Edw. R. Hipp, V. President. G. B. Cronr ii. 10 3STo. e " Tljo People's I 1 Prosperit 2 Paid Up Capital Surplus and Individual F [n Stockholders' Liabilities For protection of depofi ,n. H. C. Moseley President. M in. W. W. WHEhLFR, Cashier. G tn- Better a conservative lnteres j1; return when wanted, than a high ,v about the principal. iv A National Bank Is a safe Dep< ini makes It so Likewise our Boar 'p. of prudent conservative manager) D1REC1 G. W. Bowers. ~ J. A. C. Klbler. SR. L. Luther. M. A. Carlisle. J. H. Hunter. J. P. B We allow 4 per cent, per Department, interest p? # Mosele1 4. Our 36th car of that Choic arrived, making 4,005 bbls., s. Best Patent Best Half Patent , Every Barrel Choice Meal Choice Grits We are maKing some cut pric and as a special inducement wil lO Cents on J on following goods, goods all ma ticn or misleading. This is to I? * 1908, and to be carried out to tl an* All Ladies' Hats, Feathei Dress Goods, Flannels, all IV Youths' and Boys' Clothing Blankets, Men's Pants Goo< Misses' Shoes, Trunks, Vali (Ladies' and Misses Jackets, 1 wu ing Machines. This make{ the extremely low price of : tic for $22.50 and is certainly x: We have an abundance of chc ments, and to reduce them are all along the line. Yours tr Moselej 9 s i The First Cough @ Even though not .severe, lias a t ^ tivc* /rrem foranes of the throat ^ Coughs then come easy all wint r} slightest cold. Cure the first cc 1 * , set up an inflaniation in the delic @ lungs. The best remedy is ^ SYRUP. It at once gets right J moves the cause. It is free froi w a child as for an adult. 25 cent; | MAYES' DRI oBivmn NGEBANK y, S. C. 0 receive your money, Bank, a Convenient ig Bank, we want you d satisfy yourself and sount with us. 11 Time Deposits. M. L. Spearman, Cashier. W. B. Wallace, Ass't Cashier. ier, Atty. y, S. C. - $25,000 00 3 r of its $6,000 00 . $25,000 OO 'ors. . A. Carlisle, Vice-President f.o. Johnstone, Attorney, t on your deposit with its safe rate and a feeling of doubt Dsit. Government supervision d of Directors is a guarantee nent. X)RS: W. P. Pugh. Jno. B. ellers. W. A. Moseley. Geo. Johnstone. H. C. Moseley. lowers. annum in our Savings ayable semi-annually" / Bros. e Tennessee Flour has just and while it lasts goes foi $5.50 bbl. $5.25 Guaranteed. 90c. bu. $1.85 sack, es to suit the "Panicky" times 1 make a clean cut of the Dollar rked in plain figures, no decepist until 1st day of January, le letter, and includes \s and Velvets, all Woo [en's Hats and Caps, Men's, f, Rugs and Art Squares, is,|jLadies', Children's and ses, Satchels, Telescopes, Lap Robes, Domestic Sew> our $30.00 Machine for $27.00, our $25.00 Domesbest price in United States. )ice goods in all of our departmaking some inviting prices uly, I Bros. of the Season, ? endency to irritate the sensi- ^ and delicate bronchial tubes. ^ er, every time you take the ? nigh before it has a chance to 0 :ate capillary air tubes of the QUICK RKIJKK COUGH ^ at the seat of tr tiblo and re- ^ II Morphine and is as safe tor ? G STORE. *