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' !. ? I. I I Hiir P?U audi pwjj !C. II. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoflicc at Newberry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, .March (>. 100,S. 7 I * We hope the citizens of Newberry 1 ?each an.I every one <?f them.-?will eooperate with Mayor Lang ford in i Diis ellui'ls looking towards cement sidewalks. Newberry has no greater 1 need now than better streets. Mayor ' [Landlord, wiio is enterprising and en- < frgetie, realizes t his, and he and Alderman Baxter have studied the ?j subject and have a tangible proposi- < fj i 011 to lay be I ore the property hold- | <ors. The cost of cements diwelaks ' will be very small, indeed, compare.1 1 .11? the vast increase in the value of ( [property which they will bring about. I < The legislature has been having a ' bard lime to agree upon a tailed ' Stales seiia I or I o succeed Senator La- ' timer. Il is to !>, hoped ilial the Kentucky example of a six weeks' :l deadlock will nol be followed. a Mr. Kit/. 11 nub McMasler will make (', ill good insurance commissioner He is 1 deserve.Ilv popular throughout the . iSt ate. | NEWS OF PROSPERITY. | v KTlic Movements of Pooplo to and 1 From Newberry's Sister i City. .. 1 Prosperity, March Miss Kunica 1 [I Pa'l facre, ol' Newb'erry, spent a por- I ition of last week with MVs. It. It. ( ISehumiperl. < Mr. and Mrs. A. (I. Wise and son, } Cieorge, have'been on a visit to Cadets 1 Walter and liobert Wise, at the Por- 1 ter Military academy, Charleston. Miss Kate Mollis, of Little Mountains. is visiting her neiee, Miss ({intrude Itobb. 'Miss Marie Itobb has none to Atlanta to buy more millinery and to visit Mr. U. L. White. Miss Zona Neel, of the county, lias liee.n visit ins? M r. 15. It. Sehumpert's .family. Mrs. M. Harmon is in Columbia 'with Mrs. Lula Merchant. The young beaux of our city hava planned a very enjoyable dance for Thursday evening. The recital by Mr. Lindsey on I'Yi- , day 'evening was a great success. The | local hits and eve.ry feature were ex- ] eellent. ( vliss Inez Dobbins, who is teach- j ing at (ioldvil'le, made Miss .Julia 1, iSchumpert a week-end visit last week. ] Mirs. C. T. Wyche paid a flying | visit last week to her brother, Solici- . tor Sease. at Spartanburg. ( 'M!iss Jessie Mosscley is spending .1 1 week with Miss Annie Mae Itedeu- < liaiigh, at Kibler's Bridge. Mr. and Mrs. duo. Johnson have eome to stay among us. They lmvft taken up their abode with Mrs. lOlvira Kibler. 1 Mrs. S. 1). Duncan entertained the 1 (C. D. ('. very delightfully on W'e.l c aiesday afternoon. ' /' Mrs. Itowen, who is doing such a 1 'noble work for forsaken orphans in 1 this Shite, came up Wednesday to ( N bring a brother and sister for Mr. ' and Mrs. Walter Wessinger. Mr. I'ink Cook, of Columbia, has s ? lieeu visiting his brother. Mr. Mnleolm Cook, who has been very ill. 1 Mr. L. S. P..iwers spent Monday in ' Newberry. I SCALED DOWN 59,000. * Dispensary Commission Continues I Work of Slashing Claims. i Columbia State, nth. I The dispensary commission yester- 1 day disposed of the cases id* l'J eredi- I tors i*f the State dispensary, the * claims amounting to $I.'K),-Kin.;">!). The aniounts deducted from the face of 1 these claims, representing overehar- ? ges. rebates, graft, etc., totaled $.">!>,- i O'JS. l'J, unite a neat saving to the Stale as the result of one day's work.' ^ .In exactly one-half of these cases representatives ol the whiskey houses were present, made admissions of the overcharges and accepted the judg- 1 menls rendered by (he coniniissioti t very gracefully, expressing the opin- 1 ion in open court that the commission had acted with absolute fairness in < the consideration of the cases in I "which they were interested. ( Going Oil. A terrible noise of thumping and 1 stamping came from Bob's room ear]y one morning. s ''Bobby, Bobby." called his mother 'I .from downstairs, "what is going on I up there?" s "My shoes," replied Bob. "The Kentucky Sonatorship." |l SpringfiHd Republican. i(| I lie outcome of I in- Kentucky sen- g atorship contest furnishes another l> telling argunien( for tin? election of United Stales scan tors directly by t] I lie people. The legislature was De- v inoeratie on joint ballot by eight voti?s, and, according to the ordinary. || rules of the political gome, I he Demo- (; [ ratic party was entitled to the sena- a lorship. h'our Democratic members, however, r erf use I to be bound by the vvrdict of the Democratic primaries iif (he State in favor of Kormer ^Jov. Beckham, and thus a deadlock was t\ [ reated, j,. The final election of a Republican, a; Mr. Bradley, was brought about tin- j<: ler circumstances that do not reflect I'avoraibly upon the present system. w I'wo Democratic members fell ill and v< ivere absent without pairs, while an- si ilher had died. The four Democratic in )olters then voted for the Republi- hi an candidate, although, when their ill mrpose was finally ilisclosed, Beck- o| lam released all of his followers J hi 'rum their primary pledges and of-i Hi ercd tu support the relection of Sen- at ilor M< ( 'reary ??r any other Demo- in rat 111>>>u whom the party could w, igrce. For the Democratic bolters to it icrsjst in voting for the Republican tli andidale. under such conditions, was, Voin a party point of view m> doul t, pji >?d't ical trea.,',ery of ai. exceptional lature, e]. No suHi action was ever taken in )elain;ire liy the Republican oppon- it ills of Addicks eve i, in the years of lis malodorous struggle for a place u tin' United Slates senate, although here were many occasions when a i | , 'ombiuation would easily have sent a i lecent Democrat t> Washington. The I 1 'act that Hies,- four Kenutcky Demo-j rats were willing to dcin.vc their | iwii party of a senator, an 1 ai the L' >ame time increase the Republican j majority in the United State* senate, j *| reveals again the progressive demor- I o ?li/.?tion of the Democratic party and the extreme bitterness of its fao- ' tio.iaJ feuds. These legislative contests nver <en- 1 atorships arc vicious to an exe^p-| |i tioual degree if they result in a S'atelii being misrepresented. Whether Ken- I tuckv is Republican or Democratic on si national issues, at the present time, h may be a mooted ipiestion. On Slate (s; issues Inst November, i! elected a Re- n publican governor, the leg'Hature re-I el maining Democratic, but tho same vo-j ters might have chosen a Dcsvociat to ' the senate had they been giv.Mi the chance ol voting directly on tire scn:i lorship question. However the elec- 11 lors might have decided as between ' Bradley and Beckham an.I other can- J1' lida'tes, they would at least i.ave setlied the issue beyond further dispute. . And the popular choice wo.iM have i1 Ireen made clear. But n >w lven-j lucky has a senator elected through '' in extraordinary compilation of ac idents, lends a.id deals; and no one !' \iiows whether or not h*> is the real 1 hoice of the people. 1,1 gi IIThoy Lacked Team Work. ,.;1 1 here was small respect in Captain ol Waybury's mind for the brains of the u| irtists whom lie and his wife harbor- si id and fed during the summer. "They a1 ire a well meaning lot of folks as ver lived," lie said confidentially <? a neighbor, "but when it comes to oninion sense every last living one (| d" 'em needs a guardeen." a i "Ail kind o' crazy, I reckon," (.> aid the neighbor. |, "Well, 'tain'l so much that," adnitled Captain Maybury, "as 'tis jtl hat they lack gumption and sprawl. I'wo of 'em were talking to me about lie 'sunset light' last night. 'We vork Inst as we can, but we can't sc ;etch it.' I hey told me. 'It fades so as|. and before vou know it the glow <' s dead.' * ^ "I \c got some used to (heir queer m alk, but thai did seem plumb foolsh. * If two of you can't ketch it,' v< says, 'why in tu.iket don't the vliole eight of you set to work toretlier, same as if you had a fence to (|) >ainl ?' But if you'll believe mo, T s| 'onhi tell by their looks^they'd never |l] hough I of smdi a thing before. Thev ire simple, that's what they are."? i out !i's ('ompanion. 11, The Choice. A young man stood before the mir or conipiet ing the finishing touches n, <> a toilet of which he fell justly tu >roud, -ii\s the March Bohemian. lie was going to call upon The H iirl > widowed mother to ask for ier da ighler's hand in marriage. li' At last everything was complete I 'xcept his cravat. Befoiv him on the <l Iressing table, spread tihe two cravats w >etween which his choice vested. One, i neat black with a narrow white tripe, which lie had bought himself. I'lie other, a cravat which The CJirl p< iad given him for a present-?a tie of neb as only women purchase. is "If l wear the. black and white ono la 'II *lYok my be*!," lu.1 mused. "On In* other liaml. it' I wear I lie one she ave me I II please her immensely, nt will look a fright." Then he whistled, walked around < lie room?and carefully tied his craal. The mother said "Yes," although I icre were tears in her eyes, and The < irl thought lie was the handsomest I m. 1 best dressed man in the world. ' Which cravat did he wear? ] i Tlio Man Who Told the Talc. > It happened on a Pullman ear lie- < veen New York and Chicago. Dinner 1 living been finished, the gentlemen ssem'bled in the smoking room to en>.v their cigars. ( "During the time I was in the ar," said the quiet man, "I saw a , *ry wonderful tiling in the line of ^ irgical operations. A friend of s ine was shot through the right , east, the hulled passing clear | i rough him. The presence of mind j ' lii-; companion undoubtedly saved j s life. lie wraipped his hnndker- ? lief around the ramrod of his gun id. pushing it through the path j ade Iiv the bullet, cleared the c mud o'f all poisonous lead. I know 0 is hard to believe, but gentlemen, e man still lives i<> tell the tale." "Wihieh man'" inquired the slim issengor on the other seat quietly. j "The wounded one. of course," ex- |, iiimed the old soldier scornfully. j "Oh, I heir your pardon. 1 thought j might lie the other." An Untamed Marquis. The father of the Marquis of But.? c i.l an anviistti.ir experience in (lie x ighborhood of Uothesay. He met a ?oknoy traveler who a^kod to be di- j cted to a certain place. Deceived j > the marquis' accent, the visitor j iok him for a southron and took oc- ] isiou to make supercillious remarks liout the barbarous islanders of ute. lie said, "Blimo me, 1 sup- ^ use you're like me, an Knglishman'?" "No." responded the marquis; I'm a native of Bute, this island." 1 "(!oo.I gracious!" exclaimed the ' ondoner. in amazement. "Then who 1 ) the dooee tamed yer?" Lord Bute assumed fierce oxpreson and. raising a ponderous cudgel ' e was carrying, said angrily, " Wlio 1 iv I's tame?" The alarmed cockey turned and fled.?'Paul Mall f5azIte. A Csvno in Defense. "If you want to keep off holdup icn," said an old detective to the ob?rver. "carry a cane. A holdup \ tan is more afraid of a cane than lie 1 of a revolver, lie's deathly afraid 1 uit the man carryinir it will jab it ' i his face or eyes or get the end of ' in his month. On t'?:ley're just as much afraid of a 1 nail light stick as they are of a 1 wivy one. There are so many dif rent ways of using a cane that a c an doesn't know just which way to ' iard against it. And any man can ' <e it. Nine men out of tea who ' irry revolvers couldn't liit the side ' a barn with them, and the 'hold- ' >s' know it. but it doesn't take any ri'll or practice to learn to slanibang a1 ay with a walking stick." He Knew of But One. J Many years ago De Scott Kvans, * ie art is, took a I rpi to Jamaica, ' id upon his return to New York he ^ chibitcd a number of pictures that 1 had painted during his outing. One day a man who had bce:i lookig through the studio stopped be- ' re a certain picture and asked: "What does this represent?" "That," said Mr. Kvans, "is a 'em* in Jamaica.'' "Jatnaca?" "echoed the visitor. ?, That's strange. I don't remember 4 or seeing anything like that in Ja- i '99* aiea. "You have been there, then, have , nr?" the artist inquired. ? "Oh, yes! I live there." ^ "Well, you surely must be ari.ainted with this place then. It is a ^ reel scene in the principal town of ie island." The man from Jamaica looked at r. Kvans for a moment as if he iought the latter must be daft. Then emphatically declared: "1 live in Jamaica, and there isn't street in the town that bears the molest resemblance to that pieire. '' The mention of Jamaica as a town eared away the mist. c "I see," said Mr. Kvans, "you 1 in Jamaica. N. Y? don't yon?" < "Yes." replied the suburbanite. ' Is there another Jamaica any- < h ore?" ' ' r j Tho Prophetic Gift. 'I That there are persons today who | ?ssess the somewhat uncanny gift s being able to predict future events a probably true. The wife of the n tc Sir Richard Burton, the fftmous ? traveler and linguist, not to mention oilier instances ??I' liot* weird gift, announced the very I Irs I time she saw Uurton, at the t i n.o a per feet strangi'v whom she had met quite casually, that lie would he her husband. At the present moment, too, there is said to lie a man who has manifested such an 3.\traorditiary faculty of predicting Ihings that arc about to take place I hat a numlber of medical men Jiave imrchascd I lie reversion of his brain in order alter death to see if it diows jiiiv special development to ac- , 'oiint for his wonderful gift.?Clrand Magazine. How to Get Poorer Quicker. X S. Mardcn, in Success Magazine. We hear a great deal about get ich schemes, but if you van I I .net poor quick, .no into Wall it reel without a level head or a lot ?f experience; play the races, take a Iyer in the sohemes you see adverised. in mines :ind oils, and real esat(?not thai Ihey are all bad. but nost of them are not good. Some time ago a New York man lischarged a valuable -employee beans,? lie played the races. When askd il ho thought gambling wrong lie aid: "It isn't so niiicni liatht.L TkWtas onvinced that a ma:i w#!io would make lie loose one-sided contract required \ :t bookmaker is not competent to ake charge of his omv interests or hose of anybody else." Mechanical and Otherwise. T want to get your indorsement if the finest voting machine ever de ised." said the agent. 'fan I give il," replied the ward Politician. "The man who devise 1 he party organization up in my disrict has your machine beat a eitv dock." ESTATE OF MRS. M. C. CALD- I WELL, DECEASED. All persons having demands aginst the said deceased, or her estate, are licreby notified to present the same. Inly sworn to. to the undersigned on or bol'ore the 1st day of April next. Ami all persons indebted to the said 'state are hereby required to mak? i.aymont to the undersigned on or before the day above named. J. F. J, Caldwell, Fxeeutor of Mh-s. M. C. Caldwell .\rarch (itli, 1908. ltaw-:U-f's. \N hen attacked by a cough or a 'old, or when your throat is sore, it | is rank foolishness to take any other ne.lieine than Dr. King's New Discovery, savs C. (). Fldridge, of Kmpire, fla. "I have used New Discovery seven years and 1 know it s the best remedy on earth for oughs and colds, croup, and all. hroat and lung truobles. Miy chilli-en are subject to croup, but New discovery quickly cures every atack." Known the world over as the King oI throat and lung remedies. | ^old under guarantee at W. F. Pollain and Son's drug store. f)0c. and ,*1.00. Trial bottle free. A Higher Health Level. "1 have reached a higher health evel since T began using Dr. Ki:ig'a ^ew Life Pills," writes Jacob Sprinrer, of West Franklin. Maine. "They coop my stomach, liver and bowels vrking just right." Tf these pills lisappoint yon on trial, money will >e refunded at W. F. Pelham and foil's Drug store. 2~>c. It Does the Business. Mr. F. 10. Chamberlian, of Clinton, Maine, says of Bucklcn's Arnica >alve. "It. does the business; I have lsed it for piles and it cured them. Jsed it for chapped hands and it cur'd them. Applied it to an old sore md it healed it without leaving a iear behind." 25c. at W. F. Pelham fc Son's drug store. REPAIR SHOP?Furniture, lounges, and parlor suits, each upholstered, recaining chairs, repaired; making and laying carpets and mattings, cleaning old furniture. In Sunlight Hall, near old colored Baptist church. Wesley Means. A Cure for Misery. "I have found a cure for the misery malaria poison produces," says ?. M. James, of Louellen, S. C. "Tt's ailed Fleetric Hitters, and comes in >0 cent bottles. It breaks up a casj >f chills or a bilious attack in alnost :io time; and it puts yellow aundice clean out of commission." This groat tonic medicine and blood unifier gives quick relief in all tomach, liver and kidney complaints nd the misery of lame back. Sold inder guarantee at W. E. Pelham & Jon's drug store. $?Sr The Greatest ijS/fW Possible Cotton Crop fl ,?f the best possible quality, is the aim of JpNS every enterprising cotton planter. And fifr M "it is as easy as rolling down hill" if you JLa AonlY use enough ' ^S% | Lffi Viiyinia-Carollna % ' Ml Fertilizers 6i!\ Is there any reason why you cannot do just as well as Mr. $k James M. Swint, of Chipley, Ga., who used COO lbs. per }fg I acre of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers on his cotton crop? /$r ttHjWv He gathered one and a half bales of cotton per / M. acre, and there were more bolls yet to open. A $f|i W/ This is the experience of hundreds of other cotton |||x ffi planters. Careful preparation of your soil, and liberal Js/M f?Jjs jg use of high grade Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers will M surely "increase your yields per acre." Numerous unl Ml ?f. prejudiced authorities tell how it is done in the new ? I Virginia-Carolina Farmers' Year Book or Almanac, fig a copy of which may be secured from your fertilII izer dealer, or from our nearest sales-office. ?. .- ? Is SlU An interesting picture of Mr. Swint's 8 k H\\ cotton will be found in this Year Book. iHE' j|\ Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. . i Kiclunorol. Va. Durham, N. C. *>< If si 3' 'fe^V(VVv\ Norfolk. Va. Charleston, S C. iif/r.'& $ M ColumWa, S. C. Baltimore Md. il ! Atlanta. ?a. Columbus, Ca. SM Savannah,Ga. srsrsir- mI AIR CASTLES Often fall to the ground for the want of a solid foundation. They probably would have retained their shape if they had had something substantial to rest upon a Bank Account. Are you going to let yours fail for the want of a foundation, or are you going to open a Savings Account today and build a foundation that will withstand whatever stress is placed upon it. Our j per ct. interest 7vitl help to strengthen it. 4* ? Interest Paid in Our Savings Department! The Commercial Bank, 9 OF NEWBERRY, S. C. I JNO. M. KINARD, President. 1 H O. B. Mayer, Vice-Pres't. J. Y. McFall, Cashier. I \i,m^wsss^sssssbsisgl u _ I I The Voile Skirts made of 1 ij 1 round thread and plain 1 j I Voiles, trimmed with Taffeta Vlj I bands, Satin striped, Ribbon I and Buttons. I Black from $8.50 to $12.98 each, j Silk and Hetherbloom Petticoats. j