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STATE WILL BORROW MONEY. After Pensions are Paid Out Ther< Will bo Nothing for Ordinary Expenses. The list, of pensioners who will re ceive their share of the State appro priation this year is being rapidly completed ami will be ready for tin various county boards shortly. As i result it will be necessary for tlx State to borrow about $300,000. Then is at present enough in the treasury or due from the franchise tax collec tions to pay the pension appropria tion, amounting to $250,000, but tin ordinary expenses of the Stat'* amount to about $00,000 per montl and on July 1 there is the somi-an nual interest, on the public debt amounting to about $85,000, to bv paid out. This will make a loan necessary and until (axes arc sent it; during Hie fall months the Stale will have very lit Ho to pay the ordinary running expenses. A large loan will irivo :i lower rale of interest and it i.c probable thai il will be about $300,000 tiiis time. DEATH IN RUNAWAY. Miss Bculah Gill am of Blackvillc Killed?Leaps Fiom a Moving Buggy. What is considered one of the saddest accidents that ever happened in Blackvillc was the sudden death ol Miss llculah Ciillam, caused by a runaway horse. Miss CJillam and hei friend, Miss Alice Sojourner, were out driving and had driven out on the road to lh,-> Healing springs, a favorite drive from Blackvillc. Numbers ol buggies wore in a line coming from the springs and a couple, of young tnen undertook to drive by iss Sojourner's horse, which was :i very spirited animal. Tlve horse commenced running am soon got from under her control though she is an excellent driver Miss (iillam became very much exeit ed and jumped from the buggy, strik inher head. SIh- never regained consciousnes: and died ai 2 p. in. Monday. Mis: Sojourner remained in the buggy un til the horse struck a tree and Ihrev her <iiiI. She was very badly bruis ed and is confined to her bed. but he injuries are by no means fatal. Miss Ciillam is a daughter of Mrs M. (iillam. a widow, who is proprie tress of the Hotel Blackvillc. Mis Ciillam was milliner for Win. Morri son's millinery establishment and wa a very popular young lady. DISPENSARY EARNINGS. Figures Show That tho County Groj Shops Are Getting on in Spite of Panic. Columbia, April 20.?During th quarter ending March 31sl, the conn ty dispensaries sold $070.00-1.01 wortl of whiskey in 2-1 counties, of whicl one has since gone dry. On this busi ness an average profit of 30 per eon was made, the total profit beini $208,0-1 I .OS. This is at the rale of ove one million dollars a year profit. A ('cording to the statement recent 1; prepared by Comptroller Cienera .luiics the Slate dispensary during il 13 years of business paid into th State treasury for :i 11 purposes, th sum of $11..H5.I07.57. The proportioi of profit paid' to the counties am towns varied at different times, bu the total profit of the State dispell sar\ business, even when there wer dispensaries in II counties, did no reach one million dollars per year o 13 million dollars in the 111 year that it was in operation. According to the report made b; Dispensary Auditor West to C!ov. An sel at the close of the fiscal year th< total amount of sales by the count; dispensaries (Turing the nine and fraction months they were operatoi in 1!)07 \\;is $2.(101, 003,-1.'! on whicl the net profit declared was $005,050, 01. The business for a full year, or 1 months, runs easily in excess of thro million dollars, which was high watei mark for the State dispensary, whil the profit of the county dispensar system for 12 months runs in 'execs of one million iTolars which the Stat dispensary never dirt- attain, thong its founder predicted il would. Thong there are now dispensaries in only 2 counties, the profit from the count dispensary system W so much great.1 than from the State dispensary an it is all ditribnted between the com tv and town, that as revenue produo; the county disjvetisarvis going lo prov more popular than I he old system, an for the reason if for no other il more difficult to vole il rut than was to dose the county dispensaru under the so-called lirice aet nndv the State dispensary regime, when pr judiee and antagonism to the Stai dispensary lmd some tiling to do the largo prohibition vote cast in 3 ernl of the counties of the Slate. DISPENSAR YAT HAMBURt - Movement to Charter Hamburg Establish Branch of North An i gusta Dispensary. 3 ' v A dispatch from Augusta to 3 News and Courier says: Saturd 3 sales at tho North Augusta dispen ? were $11,304. Following this annou - inont conves a statement today J - C'apt. II. V. Burns, one of the dis Sers, to tho effect that tire movei } to ehart'er tho historic old towi 1 Hamburg and establish a brancl the North Augusta dispensary at > place is well under way. Capt. B - says the business drawn from An la would fully warrant it. A n i Ilia launch has been ordered, so ' slated, t?> ply the Savannah x ' between Hamburg and North Aug I a distance of about a mile and a 1 ; for tiro combined purpose of ban stock from one grog shop to the er, as well as transporting passen from the (ioorgia side of the rive I Carolina as a sort of trade alt I ion. 1 ('apt. Hums slates that a eha for tho town of Hamburg has air* been applied for and there is no staele offered so far as lie has 1 able lo ascertain. This being a J i he says, tho new dispensary wil ! opened within a month. Hamburg is a scat of consider Southern history. It was the ten - al of the first railroad ever buil ! the country, from Charleston, w was later extended across the rivci to the city of Augusta. Tt was location of the strongest banking slilution in the 'entire south in I helium days, when the bulk of Knglish mmnoy was converted coin of this realm for this entire r . I tion I>y the Bank of Hamburg. ' j was the scene of Mm historic 1 lair, riot during the carvel-bag days, v while people for I wo days and nights I ought negro'es and carpelgers tiirough windows and holes it s walls of their homes, and when streets were pretty well smeared blood. The old town fell into decay \ , the city of Augusta grew up on side of the river, and some years the major portion of the town, prising all of the streets and e portions of the town site, reverlv the Slate of South Carolina, ai still the properly of the Conn wealth. It is now nothing but a I lenient of negroes and a railroad for the Southern road. WAS TROLLEY PROPHESIE B Interesting Sermon by the Rev. I /Cooper in Union, Suggesting N< Lights On Bible Passages, e I Tin'Union Progress of April 21 ( tains a synopsis of a sermon in ion by the Hev. L. A. Cooper, I evangelist. ir Following is an extract from r Progress report of (Tie sermon: "lie touched on some of the sages in the Old Testament, and y that will be of peculiar inleres s said that he. thought directly pre (> I'd lh?> use in the coming- general of ihe present day trolley ear. He u cd his theory on Xaliuni '2 :-l \v j reads, ''Chariots shall rage in I streets, they shall jostle one am in the broadways: they shall : p j like torches, they shall run like 1 j nilig. Mow closely this descrij |, tallies with that of the electric s as ihey whirl along the streets, pel led by electricity, which was merly known as lightening, cai readily sven. c V THE HATS CAME OFF. n ^ Rev. Mr. Vines, of Anderson, I '' the Ladies a New Proposition. e Anderson Daily Mail , The editorial in Saturday's 1 .. Mail, suggesting that ladies over s tain ages be allowed to keep e hats on in church, and those \ j( certain ages be expected to take hats olY. was quoted by several isters in their pulpits on Sunday, v apparently with good effect. .r But Hev. J. F. Vines, pastor o (| First Baptist church, made a pre tion that was even more 'effective any of you ladies have not pai( e your hats." lie said, "you may f| i them on. But all who have pai< is. I heir hats will be 'expected to 51 j t hcui off.'' *s ! And they say that practically < j hat was taken otV, and the cong p. J tion worshipped in peace and to fort. with FUNERAL HACK OVERTURNED. sev Accident Occurred Just After Procession Started?Six Persons Injurcd, Two of Them Seriously. and Baltimore, April 19.?Just after the i- starting of a funeral procession today one of tlie hack's was overturned and six persons were injured, two of them the seriously. The funeral was that of 4ay's year-old Bertha L. Hoffman and the sary injured include her fatlvoir, jpother nice- and sister, who, with two others, 'ram were in the hack immediately followpen ing the hearse. nent 1 RETURNS CANVASSED. i of that 1,023 Votes Cast in Aiken for Disurns pensary and 867 Against. girs [*ph Aiken, April 21.?Tlie election it is commissioners met today at noon and iycv made an oflicial canvass'of the votes Uo a cast in tlie recent dispensary election, 'r <'r Ui,s made and no cotnplaint made against tho election. ? ' he otlicial count gave a total of I.gcis for the dispensary and S(>7 for 1 '? prohibition. racrler NOT AT THIS SESSION. 1 <1 (1 V "ob- N0W Fe(ieral District Bill Stands no Ireen Chance, Congressman Aiken c Says.* tact, 1 ,)0 Washington, April 18.?There has been a groat deal of interest in the able bill introduced at this session of conmn gross to provide for a now federal t in court district in South/Carolina, u.ch Congressman Aiken said today that, '* there is no chance of tire bill getting the through at this session. It will not , in- even be reported from the committee nte- room, lie said, the into . A Genius at Excuses. "While I was stage managing a i ' piece some lime ago," said a tlieatriJ"1 (i,l magnate. "one of my show girls * showed an independence *of spirit ^ wo which was superb. She was always "r; ':l''1)1 rehearsal. Iler excuses were i i? u-roaI. All her friends and relations 10 had a series of maladies which were w,lh remarkable in' their number and diversity. She nursed them all until vlien (bey naturally gave up the ghost, this About an hour was enough to bury ago most of them. Then she caught on com- (o mechanical devices. Street cars >ther were invariably late?just as late as 'd to she was, in fact. Then in turn came id is certain inconvaiiences in hotels. The inon- elevator was continually sticking unset til finally came the denounement. It yard was in Philadelphia. The siren did not appear until nearly two hours after the proper time. I looked at her D? and waited. The excuse came glibly. ' Oh,' she panted, 'I'm so sorry, j. A. ,mt lhey arc rol)ai,'ing the stairs at the hotel, and T could not get down until they brought a ladder!" 'M recognized genius in that girl." ?Chicago Record-Herald, con 11 ( leave to the good and use a cleavtne or on the bad. the STATIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA, /COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, pas- By Frank M. Sehumpert, Esquire, one Probate Judge. I he Whereas, W. T. Pitts hath made (Ut<- snii to me, lo jj-rant him letters of adlions ministration of the estate of and ofbas I'ects of Abbv Pitts. T-IIESE ARE THEREFORE t<? cite ,c and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Abofm b\ Pitts, deceased', that they be and appear beloro me, in the court of probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on cars t|,(. sixtIi day of May next after pubpi o lication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenooUj to show cause, if any they 1 )C have, wh/ the said administration should not be granted. (rf\ EN under my hand, this twentieth day of April, Anno Domini, 1008. dado Frank M. Sehumpert, T. P. N. C. NOTICE. 1 will sell at auction to highest biddor at Chappolls, S. C.. on Monday, ai i May -1, at II o'clock a. m., the lot of n .?~ ^Vo,)1> 1 hors, in the town of Chappy pells, on which their store house was located before it was destroyed by their |j,.0 Terms of'sale cash. I,un: J. i'?. I r mi I oi% 1 anrt Assignee and Agent of Creditors of Webb Brothers & Co. f the ip,?;s,~ NOTDCE TO CREDITORS. ' All persons holding claims agailist r , or I lie estate of J Cal Neal, deceased, voep hereby notified to present samf . f' <Tul.v attested to me or my attorneys, n x0 Messrs. Hunt. Hunt & Hunter, on or before the 0th day of May, 100,S. ?VC1'.V ^ Samuel P. Oof well, rega- Execnfor of the last will and fostaconi inenf of J. Cal. Neal, deceased. April 15th, 1908. This is VV -..READIl It is not our poli< bait for breakfast ; lemon for dinner ai shop worn goods?s find at-"Special Bar dear at any price. 1 gle item in our line c a lower price than consistently offer, viceable goods at 'B; your own inte.restShow You a G on any every purchc large trade we comr a day or by "Spec Only by persistent \ have we gained th public. Spend you dollar gives the be* You O. KLET The r^air and Sqv. YOUR BA THE NEWBERRY i Capital $50,000 No Matter How Small, The Newberry S vill give it careful attcr applies to the men and th J AS. McINTOSH. President. 1 i 60 years' ?p experience be t J _J " ^ -J jJ 3bb 11 e n k i pm p? 4n a g 4WjSj ? trademarks * Copyrights &c. Anyono Rondtng a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion freo whether an \\ Invention Is probably pntentablo. Communiontlonsntrlcfly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents aont froo. Oldest nuoncy for securing patents. Patents taken through Munii & Co. recolvo special notice, without chargo. lu tlio Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.nrpest elrdilution of any sclentlUc Journal. Terms, |3 a JN I year: four months, fi. Bold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.36""0"1""'' New York Branch Offlco, 626 F fit* Washington, D. C. Mileage Books. ty . 600 Mtilc State Family Tickets $11.- ? 25.?Good over the Atlantic Coast pi, Line in each State for the head or de- |? pendent members of a family. Limited to one year from date of sale. p1 1000 Mile Interchangeable Indivi- , dual Ticket $20.00.?Good over the Cf Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines in I ho Southeast aggregating 30,000 ^ miles. Limited to one year from date of sale. j 2000 Mile Firm Ticket $10.00.? Good over the Atlantic Coast Line T( and 30 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 30,000 miles; for a managcr or head of firm and employes li- / lines in the Southeast aggregating 41,mited to five, but good for only one of such persons at a time. Limited to ^ one year from date of sale. ^ 1000 Mile Southern Interchangeable m Individual Ticket $25.00.?Good over .cr the Atlantic Coast Line and 75 other 000 miles. Limited to one year from sp date of sale. 0[ All mileage tickets sold on and after April 1st, 1008, will not be honored for passage on trains, nor in R, checking baggage (except from nonagency stations and stations not ? ^orth NG... zy to hand you out a and follow it with a nd supper. Shoddy, uch as you generally gain Sales" are too There is not one sin>n which there is not any other firm can We mean honest serargain Prices'. Study ?come?if we don't ilean Gut Saving ise pass us bv, The nand was not built in ;ial Bargain Sales." lard and honest toil ie confidence of the r money where the 3t results. rs for Bargains, "TNE R -lareSDealer. lNKING! SAVINGS BANK. Surplus $30,000 Matter How Large, Savings Bank Ttion. This message ie women alike. J. E. NORWOOD, Cashier. on for (he sal eof tickets) but must presented at ticket offices and there changed for continuous tickets. 15 cents saved in passage faro by rchasing local ticket from our cnts. Atlantic Coast Line. T. C. White, General Passenger Agent. . J. Craig, Pasengor Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. DTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. I will make final settlement on the late of Y. C. Meyers, deceased, in e probate court for Newberry conn, on Monday, May 18, 1908, at 11 m., and immediately thereafter apy for letters dismissary as execur of said 'estate. All persons holder claims against said estate will esent them duly attested on or here that date and all persons iwlcbtto said estate will make payment. S. M. Meyers, Ex. 1?. C. Meyers, deceased. -It aw. EXCURSION RATES. > Washinton, D. C., and Return via Southern Railway Company. On account. National Society, n ugh Tors of I lie American Revolu?n to he held at Washintgon, April !lli-2olli, 1008, Ihe Southern Raildy announces very tow round trift, tes, open lo fhe public, tickets to ! sold April .10th and 17lh with liit good to leave Washington not lattlian midnight April JIUtTi. ~ . For detailed information, rates amT hednles, see Southern Vallway tickagents or add res*, J. C. I*usk, Division Passenger Agt., W. TTunt, Charleston, S. C. Assistant General Passenger Agt. Atlanta, Qa. Merry j] Hardware ( Company } We are now occupy-/ fl ing our own storeroom r I 1 1 04 Caldwell street, j and 12 11?1213 Friend. ^3 This building has 1 6,- 7^ 300 'square feet of il floor space. We built U this store ourselves } I and the shelving, etc., especially adapted to >1 the Hardware busi- ^ j ness and the conven-^J ience frf the public|jfl Having just complete^ MM our Steam Heatir^JH plant (the only one itfl| any! storeroom in thlflH city) which gives us arl^H even temperature and >fl a perfectly comforta- ffl ble salesroom in the fl coldest weather. For <fl the convenience of our 'fl lady customers we fl have a ladies* toilet fl which is complete in fl every respect, also in fl another part of the fl building we have the fl same convenience for the men. The threeH floors of the building B8 are connected by afl power Elevator opera- fl ted by electricity. ji| We carry in addition H to one of the largest Jg lines of Hardware inflg the state, the finest linefl| of China ever seen infl| the city, also H Glassware fl Lamps fl Lamp Chimneys flj Flower Pots fl| [ Jardineers fl Enamel and TinwareJ| Harness '?M Wagons Wagon Materials Steam and Water fl Pipe Fittings i, Valves #| Stoves 1 Stove Pipe ^ Glass 'g fl Paints Mantel Boards ? Tile and Grates fl Loaded Shells fl| Ammunition, etc. g| Yours to please, 1 fl NEWBERRY J COMPANY. |