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LYON IN WASHINGTON. Mr. Lyon Visits Capital for Purpose of Conferring With Chiof Justice Fuller. A special l'rom Washington to tho Columbia Stale, under date of April 17, says: Attorney General .Lyon is in Washington lor the purpose of conferring with Chief Justice En 1 lor about the dispensary injunction ease. Ho arrived here yesterday and immediately; visited the chief justice. When asked about it ne would make no statement, though he seemed highly satisfied with the situation. He left for home tonight. It now appears that Mr. Lyon s visit hero last week in coni*pany with Mr. Iiountrec was for the purpose of discussing tho situation with the chief justice and that no order of any kind was asked. A statement published here yesterday from Ashevilie was to the effort I hat Judge Pritchard had so modified his order that the commission would not bo required (o turn over lire collateral, which is locked up in the vaults of the treasury. .Mr. Iaoii states ho knows nothing ol' (his, having no of iicial notifieaIiou of any change in Judge I'ri I chard's order. Whether or not I lie Idler writ Ion lo Judge Pritchard last, week by I ho chief justice has had any such ell eel is not known. .Neither can lit be gu'essed here what will be the effect of the visit of Mr. Lyon yesterday to the chief justice, though it. is believed here by those who have been watching tire ease that there will be nothing more done in the matter either by Judge Pritchard or the receivers until the case is determined by I he circuit court of appeals, to si I some time soon at Richmond. Chief Justice Kuller will probably sil in Ihe courl of appeals with two of tne district judges, since Judge l'ritchard will be debarred from sitting ^ on account of being an interested par l.\. and Judge (Jolt, the only oilier circuit judge in lire Kourlh circuit, is ph\ sicalh disabled. I lie Koiirth is the chiel justice's circuit, each one of the supreme court justices being assigned lo one of Ihe circuits. LICENSE FEES. Interesting Statement Prepared by Comptroller General?Increase Over Previous Year. Comptroller General Jones has prepared an interesting statement, on the amount ot license fees assessed against public utility corporations for the years J007 and'lOOS. The statement shows thai the taxes collected for If08 are increased about $2,000 over the previous year. Tho railroad companies show the largest increase ^ and with the express and palace car companies and with the navigation companies there are decreases. The complete statement is as follows: 1007. I DOS. Railroad eom( pan res .... ..W&U&l tflH.OotUiS I Street Railway ' ^ companies . . 3,4f?ti.2a 3,303.53 Express and palace car companies .... 3s7.u1 340.30 AN ater, light and power companies 2,071 .">S 2,072.42 Navigation conipn?ies 33:>.3t> 310.30 Telegraph and I I'leplioiie comi,aui,,s i.r?2s.:n i.7i;>.io Totals $2"?,(ii:t.so $27,037.33 The increase over l!?07 was $?.()'>J 53. " " ' JAPANESE VISIT SENATE. Party From tho Far East Sees Upper House?Received by Speaker * Cannon. Washington, April 17.?-The senate today was observed by about 70 Japanese on their way around the world representing (lie financial and business interests of Japan, and double thai number of representatives of Ihe commercial interests of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Japanese visitors were present during tho opening prayer by, the chaplain. Rev. Edward Everett. Hale. They are the guests of the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper and are touring the world, being In the interests of Japanese education. While on the house side the visitors from the Flowery Kingdom were received by Speaker Cannon and accord^ I'd <i hearty welcome. The spokesman of the party informed the speaker of the pleasure it gave them to meet him and referred to their itineraries, which he said would carry them lo London, Paris, Berlin and other European capitals. Referring t? the circumstance that there were some newspaper men in the party, the speaker eliccted a good deal \ " VO' : . , . i)f laughter when ho inquired if their I practices were like those of some t American journalists. Discussing- this , 3lass of writers he said that "if there l was news they sent it; if there was , no news, then the.v invented 'think' , storiesj that if one set of them did not * mviit 'think' stories to suit the oth- [ )r side they invented different 'think' I dories, and if they could not verify , jither one of tiie 'think' stories, tli'oy j lad news for the next day by contra- i lieting the 'think' stories of the dav t )efore." n Journalism makes the whole world t tin," one of them remarked, while mother assured the speaker that they c lever sent anything hut "real news," n :overing what actually 'happened. ji "If that is (rue," the speaker hu- c norously remarked, "you can settle nnny international questions h.v ex- 1 mt rioting yourselves and founding *' hat kind of journalism in fhe Unlr*<j, ' >talcs and the balance of the world." ' Not quite sure thai lie had been un- 1 leistood, Ihe speaker pursued his l1 >oinl, saying: i "1 moan do yon newspaper men of ' Nippon write things two ways at once lint haven't happened one way nt all. " 'hat Ilie whole business will ),v> ~ resli for <.*??ntradi<*li?>u the next dav? ' 'oil me." ' 1 A wrinkled forehead, then a sudden ighlening of the countenance on the \ 'art ol the spokesman for the visitors ind: " L make permission to correct ) or honorable great gentleman: Japan newspnpor men study news J iard so ho shall understand excellenty; then write those things very in- ) elligontly, very honest, thank you." . The speaker sighed. I suppose," lie said, 'bending a Judly eye on the intense faces of his allors, "J ought to address von all as N joys.' " 1 I his was clearly incomprehensible. . I he spokesman glanced around upon lis In-oilier editors, many of them spectacled, one or two quite hravoiv bearded, and all reflecting his own j xpivssion of polite concern. ''Pardon I1? me, lie said, *'l politely inform Hie honorable .sir we are no! boys? n .lapan." ' ' I see, ' hastened tin? speaker, and I will explain. In this conntrv ' >ve speak of all good news a per men, ! >11 real newspaper men who know heir business, as 'the boys;' its a orm of compliment and?some times ?of endearment." I ho explanation straightened things j nit. The. complaint was accepted with wquisite grace of word and bow and j he news men of Nippon took their xdile departure. FIFTEEN SORTS OF KISSES. ? i Certainly Enough for Every One to N Have a Taste. ( o 'The more usual a thing is the more <r| nclincd we are to accept it without * vondering at all about its previous P listory or its meaning, says the New 1 i ork American. One hopes there are s ory few people in the condition of t Jew York's little Mast Side girl of }l ive years old who was taken to a bos- 11 >ital very ill, and, when In great pain, vax asked by the hospital nurse: Shall T kiss the place to make it veil? ' The small patient said: 'What's a kiss?" It is dreadful to hink that there 'should be children in \morion who do not know what kiss??g is: the groat majority of the civii/.od world are better informed, but 'ew people exchanging this affectionite salutation know what an importmt place it ;ias bold in hislorv. In the Middle Ages the monks took lie matter in hand, and must have tndied it with groat attention, for hoy divide the kiss into fifteen kinds. I hose wore the decorous kiss, the didotnatie, the spying?to ascertain if a vonian had drunk wine?'the slave ;iss, the kiss infamous (a church poninco), the slipper kiss?i>racticed (ovards tyrants?the judicial kiss, the Vudal kiss. the religious kiss, the aen- *" lemic kiss?on joining a brotherhood 1 ?tire hand kiss, the Judas kiss, the ' nodical kiss?for the purpose of heal- p ng some sickness?the kiss of ctipioI to, and ^lio only true kiss?the of love. I his does not include *' lie kiss of peace, whieh was a greet- } ng exchanged between members of 11 ho early church, a symbol of which fl s still extant in the kissing of the >ax at high mass. ( before this period the kiss had )oon considered of virtue in various 'irsninstancos. The ancients bcliev- fl >d that kissing a dying person might ' lolav the moment of dissolution. Then i there is a charming legend of St. c Monica, tolling that when she was dy- c mg :i little unknown child came and kissed her, whereupon her soul was I released from the body. This gave vise I 1? Kalian phrase, "Falling asleep (1 in the Lord's kiss." There is an epigram on kissing rnthor on the plan of Borrow's famous I conversation between Jasper and his' c >n>tlier. Ii runs: "Wihat is sweeter ban mend / 'J'lie (low of heaven. And vlinl is sweeter than dew? Honey Vom llyhia. W'hat is sweeter than lectar. A kiss." In passing, one nay mention another epigram contructed on this plan, taking the form a beautiful old house in Norfolk, land. As the visitor waits for the nediaeval door to be opened his eye Heritably rests on the tablet which iroclaims: "What is worse than a iger? A demon. What is worse than i demon? A woman. What is worse han a woman? Nothing." In old ballads kissing is represented as a potent antidote to enehantnenta, and the legends of the saints ire full of instances of miraculous ures effected by a kis-3. A different form of kissing, not so deasant as most others, is represented in the sayings: "To kiss the rod," 'To kiss the dust" and in old Eng. and, 'To kiss the gunner's (laugher." The last mentioned, taken liter"-V* ('?os ,,(,t suggest a punishment; Is exact meaning, however, is to be it'd t<? the breech of a cannon to rceceive a flogging. It seems so natural a form of nccling t0 ?s (;ia( \{ ;s strange to hink tiiere are many countries where I is absolutely unknown. In Japan it s notoriously not practiced. At the iy" cut Karl's Court Inhibition, in Lonl??n, in I he Old Japan section there rasa most beautiful brown baby in a due kimona and a purple obi. It dayed with its little toys and with hose ot the Knglish children who rere among the spectators all day ong, and its demeanor was one of :indly dignity throughout, recalling vipling's remark that in Japan the udy serious things- are the babies, vliose (Tnty is lo look after the grownips. However, there was one thing hat upsel this very much pelted inant. and that was when any demon-ti alive spectator tried lo kiss it, a iroceeding which struck terror lo its -"til and caused il to rend I he air with lie most heartrending shrieks o' pjui<\ In Ihe South Sea Islands the place I the kiss is taken by Die sign of a fIcclioii prevalent among calves and ionics that is, by rubbing noses?a iraelice* which must be dilticult lo hose in whom I his feature is, as Ten i.vsoii delicately put il, "tip-lilted ike the petal of a rose." Il is possible that at some period n Kngland, even in France, kissing ?ad Ihe strangeness of novelty, but his must have been before the eariesl glimmerings of history. The Lotus Eaters. The race of people lo whom the lame "Lotus Haters" was applied vas a Lyhian tribe, known lo the ireeks as early as the time of Homr. Herodotus describes their country md says that a caravan route led Vom il lo l?lgypt. The lotus still -rows there in great abundance?a irickly shrub bearing a fruit, of a weet taste, compared by Herodotus o that of the dale, ft is still oaten y "1(> natives, and a kind of wine is iade from its juice. .j!?, 8, sending n okolcb and doacrlpttoiwmiy Quickly nacortnln our opinion froo whether ?n Invention In probably piiloiitnbloConm. tloijR Blrlclly conlldontlul. HANDBOOKon I'ntonoi BOiit froo. Oldest nponcy f." fioc"rliiK i,kt0",ts 9 1 ntenls tnkon tliroiiKli Afutin t po mfninn sptcial notice, without charKo, iu ti.o r?Cotvo Scientific Jftnericam S? mUNN & Co.36lbr??^?y. Nbw York Bf*ucb omco. C26 K HU W?#hl" ton. D.C. Mileage Books. 500 Mile State Family Tickets $11.Good over the Atlantic Coast iine in each State for the head or dependent members of a family. Limitd lo one year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Interchangeable Indivilual Ticket $20.00.?flood over the Atlantic Coast Line ami 30 other lines n the Southeast aggregating 30,000 nilcs. Limited to one year from dat<> >f sale. 2000 Mile Firm Ticket $40.00.? iood over the Atlantic Coast Line nid 30 other lines in the Southeast iggrcgaling 30,000 miles; for a manigci oi head of firm and employes limes in the Southeast aggregating 41 nitod to five, but good for only one ?f such persons at a time. Limited to me year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Southern Interchangeable ndividnnl Ticket $25.00.?Good over he Atlantic Coast Line and 75 other 100 miles. Limited to one year from late of sale. All mileage tickets sold on and afer April 1st, 100S, will not be honor>a for passage on trains, nor in You Will Need an Oil 5fove% r^=sgS^i^iacXa^g-i1 n i" ?? When warm days jg and the kitchen fire p ==-= - - s=c ?^ ___ p.jC; I make cooking a bur- wk ^ ^ ^'T?l ^ew^el^ec^?" lj \ I "Xs=:ff\K Marvelous how ?tliis M 11 If \ J 1 stove does away with V )J U \ i Vv kitchen discomforts ? 11 \V k?w cool it keeps the lV * room in comparison with ffj conditions when the coal fire was burning. The quick concentrated heat of the NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove I goes directly to boil the kettle or bake the bread, and none | is diffused about the room to overheat it. Thus using the I "New Perfection" is real kitchen comfort. Made in three | ?=*, sizes and fully warranted. If not with your Q / \1 dealer, write our nearest agency. y A The a lamp as / >jci-sss^ wants?handsome enough 'or the parlor; strong enough for the kitchen, camp or cottage; bright enough for every occasion. If not with your dealer, write our nearest agency. STANDARD OIL COMPANY. (Incorporated) This is Worth ...READING... It is not our policy to hand you cut a bait for breakfast and follow it with a lemon for dinner and supper. Shoddy, shop worn goods?such as you generally find at "Special Bargain Sales" are too dear at any price. There is not one single item in our line on which there is not a lower price than any other firm can consistently offer. We mean honest serviceable goods at'Bargain Prices'. Study your own interest?come?if we don't Show You a CleanlCut Saving on any every purchase pass us by, The large trade we command was not built in a day or by "Special Bargain Sales." Only by persistent hard and honest toil have we gained the confidence of the public. Spend your money where the dollar gives the best results. Yours for Bargains, O. KLETTNER The rrairand Square Dealer. checking baggage (except from non- "estate of Y. C. Meyers, deceased, in agency stations and stations not the probate court for Newberry connopen for the sal eof tickets) but must ty, on Monday, May IS, 1908, at 11 be presented at ticket offices an<jl there a. m., and immediately thereafter apexchanged for continuous tickets. ply for letters dismissary as cxecu15 cents saved in passage fare by tor of said 'estate. All persons holdpurchasing local ticket from our i"g claims against said" esfate will agents. present them duly attested on or beAtlantic Coast Line. 'hat date and all persons indebtT. C. White, C(1 to said estate will make payment. General Passenger Agent. ^ S. M. Meyers, W. J. Craig, TC.v. R. C. Movers, deceased. ! Pascngcr Traffic Manager, 4t-ltaw. Wilmington, N. C. ?= * TF EXCURSION RATES. To Washinton, D. C., and Return via NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Southern Railway Company. AND DISCHARGE. 0n nccounfc National Society, XT .. . -j , . . T -ii Daughters of the American RevoluIsioticc is hereby given that 1 will , , , . ,, . ,.r , . . . . i p- i in , . . t-ion to be held at Wasluntgon, April make a final settlement on the estate 1Q., orn ln~Q 0 ' .. n * t * i -ii pl LSth-2oth, 1008, the Southern Railot Annie Leit/.sev, a minor, in the oi- ' . . . r P I* i P !, u ? p xt wa.V nnnounces very iow round trip fice of the Judge of Probate for Now- . . , ? ii 4 ??' !! rates, open to the public, tickets to berry county, on lie twenty tmrd day i , ir,. n i~,, ... .. f i -i 1 nno t ii ,ii- ,, be sold April 10th and 17th with hof April, .1008, at 11 o'clock in the .. . , . . , . P i ... . v ? i i\ good to leave wasnnurton not latloretioon and will immediately there- , ,, . .. p, , ? , .. p ,. , er than midnight April tfUMi. after apply for letters of discharge as , Ti, , . , . ? ' . v f ' or detailed information, rates and such guardian. i i i on t schedules, see Southern Vfaihvay tlckJohn I'a\is, , , ... et agents or address, Guardian. t n t Nowberrv, S. C., March 10, 1908. TV . . ^ ,L C" IjUStk' Division Passenger Agt., 1\. \Y. Hunt, Charleston, S. C. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Assistant General Passenger Agt. I will make final settlement on the Atlanta, Q'a. s , ' M. \iv.-tvuv 'MMil - or Merry ? Hardware Company We are now occupying our own storeroom ^ 1 104 Caldwell street, and 1211--12I3 Friend. K This building has 16,- 4 300 square feet of ( floor space. We built this store ourselves , and the shelving, etc., J especially adapted to 1 the Hardware busi- I ness and the conven- 1 ience Jof the public. 1 Having just completed ] our Steam Heating j plant (the only one in J any storeroom in the 1 city) which gives us an m even temperature and a perfectly comforta- 1 ble salesroom in the 1 coldest weather. For 1 the convenience of our I lady customers we 1 have a ladies5" toilet I which is complete in 1 every respect, also in I another part of the I building we have the I same convenience for 9 the men. The three 1 floors of the building I are connected by a I power Elevator opera- I ted by electricity. fl We carry in addition I to one of the largest 8 lines of Hardware in I the state, the finest line I of China ever seen in 1 the city, also | Glassware | Lamps ',1 Lamp Chimneys j Flower Pots Jardineers Enamel and Tinware Harness Wagons Wagon Materials | Steam and Water Pipe Pipe Fittings Valves stoves Stove Pipe Glass Paints Oils , Putty Mantel Boards Tile and Grates Guns Loaded Shells ... t Ammunition, etc. jj Yours to please, NEWBERRY I HARDWARE 1 COMPANY.