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PUBLIC BUILDINGS BULL. Impropriations Asked for Oak Down B 80 Per Cent?Two New DepartP ures Made in Measure. B The omnibus, public building bill parrying authorizations of $20,9G3,00C ^for new contracts and $2,105,000 foi /continuing old contracts, a total of .$23,128,000, was on Thursday reported to the house by Chairman Bartholdt, of the committee on public buildings and grounds. The total of ijthe appropriations asked for in the |r821 'bills introduced at this session land considered by the committee was I$112,371,000. The amount allowed in Ithe omnibus bill is less by 80 per cent. P There is enunciated in the provisions of the bill a new policy doterJmined upon by t he committee, namely, . to erect separate and special buildings J for postotTices in the largo cities ? of the country. St. Louis, New jg'York, Minneapolis, Chicago, Syracuse Is and Washington are thus provided B for in (he bill. B The bill comprises a new departure i J also in the business method of con; j ducting the ollicc of the supervising It architect. Heretofore the architect costs have been included'in the appro ]>riation for the building to be erectIed. It is now proposed to provide for such expenses by separate provisions. !' There is no provision in the bill for alio preparation of plans for a new l.rmy building in this cit}' and a national memorial hall at Arlington National cemetery. For the completion of .contracts for uhlic buildings already entered into, ic bill carries scores of appropriaBons of less than $50,000 each. Among lose of $50,000 or more is one for Bainesville, Fla? $00,000. B Among the authorizations for the Blla rgement, extension, remodeling v improvemont of public buildings He the following, of $50,000 or more, B the South: Hot Springs, Ark., $50,B)0; Meridian, Miss., $50,000; JackBin, Tenn., $50,000; San Antonio, ex., $50,000; Danville, Va., $55,000. 9 Among the authorizations of new H)ntracts for the erection of public Buildings is Way cross, Ga., $75,000. B Among the authorizations of new Bontracts for the purchase of sites Bnd the erection of public buildings Bt a total cost exceeding $70,000 are he following in the south: Port B.rt1iur, Tex., $125,000; Victoria, Tex., 05,000; Big Stone Gap, Va., $105,Boo. B Among the authorization for the Requirement of public buildings in the Bouth at a cost exceeding $25,000 is Bne for Mobile, Ala., $125,000. Miscellaneous authorizations in the hill include the following: The fedKsral building at Shreveport, La., to be taken down and a new building erectBid at a cost, not excessive of $200,000; Bo begin a federal building at WilingBton, N. C., $S0,000, the limit of cost not to exceed $280,000; permission to acquire a new building site in Lynch burg, Va., by exchange, and authorizaP tion of erection thereon of a new I biulding not to exceed in cost $220,000. GOSSIP ABOUT GOVERNORS. ' Suggested to Ansel to Tell Story of "Brother Crafiford"?Other Incidents of Conference. A Washington dispat-eh to the Columbia <State says: |<*an hardly walk on the streets i ilhe Wotol lobbies not at all tJ stepping on a governor. As 4 crowd of men, about half of A\ evening siutf one heavy set, aged man, with a light gray mtorial looking mnstachc, him essetf in a spiketail went about g hands, "Good evening, gov" ho would say. In most cases an would look up in astonish"l assume," the gray niousI dignitary would observe, "that one here is a governor." . Ansel was in the crowd movlout. smiling upon the. many who up lo greet him. A number of. ovornor's own "people" were it, some who lived in Washingid had 01110 d'omi to take a look i celebrities. "What are you go? speak about, governor?" sonic ?kod him. Ml," said the governor, "I know yet. I am at u little loss to say without saying what ha* ly been said. irhy, just toll them about Brother >rd," his "constituent" sug1. The governor sitiilod and lookif he might take the suggestion, l'e never did. The governor of i Carolina did not have on hi>; tail, because lie "said he was too to go to the bijEf dinner they were ig. Hut he Was not alone in the suit business. There was tlu nor of N'ortli Carolina to keep company. When the two stood her in their hotel lobby, of course i were the old gaggers getting i off the ancient and honorable hoary joke about what the ono said to the i other. These two ^ovefrnars have^ been together two or three times every "year, on an average, for tho past decade or so. Yet whenever they do, why it suggests a drink and the old 1 gag. It's a good enough gag, and of ' course, there are yet a few in the world who have not heard it more than a hundred times, so that it is perhaps excusable. It always ex1 cites a lit lie mirth anyway. So let ' it alone. Somebody nominated Clov. Glenn for vice president&some admiringgov1 ernor who knew the North Carolinian's fondness for being mentioned for anything. Somebody is always nominating him foi something, just after one of these big speeches lie is 1 *o so fond of making. The one most 1 like the governor of North Carolina ' in the country is, perhaps, I lie governor of Georgia, who was of course missed. Whenever the name of "Hoke" was mentioned, every one instinctively thought of "Little Joe Brown," and wondered whether next year tnere would he any such governor as IToke Smith to attend governors' conferences and be nominated for vice president, like" his double, Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina. One i?f the features of the occasion was Iiie taking of photographs at the White House. Gov. Johnson was very much concerned about the extremely strange position his friend Mr. Bryan was placed in by those who arranged the picture. "Bryan's a good fellow," said Johnson. "I hope lie will get out of thai. Why, look at him. He is sealed up there in the midst of the plutocrats." And, lo, it was true, here was the Commoner seated up there between Andrew Carnegie and the hig railroad king J. J. Hill. Some one remarked, thouuli, that the presence of another to the left of Hill made il all right. This was none other than the famous union mine worker, who engineered the big coal strike, John Mitchell. Some say hereabouts that Mitchell is the man to be nominated for vice president on the Bryan ticket. Gov. Glenn looked askance when somebody suggested this, for Hie governor of North Carolina does not govern himself according to rule. Besides the governors there are here" for this governors' conference, three conferees from each State. And since the White Hc<?-e has limited room and the president wants to have a sort of star chamber, exclusive affair, none others than those with the governors and five or six picked men are admitted. At times even newspaper men were not admitted". This was (he plan in farr originally announced, but it was not carried out to tlie letter. There are too many men there who had typewritten speeches, made primarily for home consumption. And as there is no Congressional Record in which to insert such speeches, then have them franked all over the country, there just had to be some way of getting these speeches out among the "pee-pul," so that newspaper men had' to be called in to help out the statesmen. Besides tho conference of governors there have been in session here ni llic same lime two otlie.* national 'conventions, and one other "conference." These arc the drainage congress. tiie waterworks convention and the geological survey officials. So that the town has been full up witn experts on how to serve the country, outside t.he realm of ordinary politics. 'But of course, the whole kit and bilin' of them are talking politics. KNOWS HE CAN'T RUN AGAIN. A Republican Senator's Diagnosis of President Roosevelt's CJase. A Washington dispatch to the New York Sun says: One of the oldest and most respected members of the senale discussing today the growt h of I socalled third term sentiment, expressed himself on the subject in interesting terms. His attention had been called to the prevailing beliief here that Mr. Roosevelt was determined to secure Ihe nomination for himself, and thai his power to do so ; was undisputed among practical politicians, and that his nearest friends and associates, though claiming that Mr. Tnft would be nominated on the! firs! ballot, were without exception deploring that gentleman's unavailability and the impossibility of his election, in the meanwhile avowing their conviction that Mr. Roosevelt alone ?ould carry his party through. "T hear nothing else," the senator said, "but I do not think there is much in il. You see, Mr. Roosevelt has always been a very young man. ( His body matures, but His mnid is jus! Ihe same as it was when lie came f out of Harvard. All the things that ho does are the ebullitions of an ii reprcssible boyhood, and no matter t what age ho may attain ho will main the same. Mr. Choate, the load er of the New York bar, gained thi conception of him over ten years age I recollect that in a moment of im pulsive admiration he once apostroph izptf him as 'Roosevelt, the oternn boy!' That is precisely what ho is a boy in mind, with all a boy's veh emence and instantaneity of decisioi and all of youth's glorious privilcg of dispensing with tlie teaching of ex perience. We must not be too im patient with him. Indeed, 1 do no know anybody whom 1 envy as mucl as I do Mr. Roosevelt. "Like all of us. Mr. Uoosevelt i subject to the law of compensations and the penalty to which it impose in his case is vanity. After all, van ity is a mixed affliction, since its dis advantages have t<? be shared bv oth ers. However intense may be Mi Hoosevel t's desire to succeed himsel in the presidency, and ohvisously th J idea completely obsesses him, as i I naturally should. Ii is vanity closes th 1 door to possibility. For liis vanit; j does not blind Mr. Roosevelt. It i I not of that kind, lie sees more clear ly tliiin perhaps any disinterested ob server what liis own portion is am in what relation be stands to all tli circumstances that affect or contra him. "My dear sir. I have never knowi a man in public life who entertainei so few illusions about himself as Mi i Uoosev ell. While this clamor abou j another term is to him a sort o ecstasy, it does not for a momen warp liis judgment. lie knows pre I cisely what the relationv is betweei Ibis refusal to serve another term am I the public or supposed public desir j that be should be re-elected. No on | understood so well as Mr. Hoosevel 11be profound significance of .Judg Brewer's expression 'playing hid and seek with the American people. I Mr. Roosevelt did not need that rea jurist's friendly intimation. He ha known all along where he stood. ' "A man in popular relations will his fellow men may allow himself al sorts of attitude regarding his person al conduct. It is astonishing to wha extremities he may go and incur n< serious prejudice just as our socia system tolerates all sorts of tamilia human derelictions and visits then with its indignation and rcsentmen only when the law or the police tak official cognizance of them. So Mi Roosevelt, his coyness with the nomi nation and the fascinating peril of hi relations with Mr. Tnft are (lie cav iare of all contemporary political dis eussion and furnish the spectacle o the moment. No one quite so well a Mr. Roosevelt himself knows wha would be the consequences of hi I abandoning his attitude of self-abnc | gation. j "Since the night of election in 11)0 | Mr. Roosevelt's post of renuneiatioi has been the most seductive thing tha the American public has ever beei I subjected to. Coupled with his dail, i procedure and faculty for the specta j cnlar it has served to dim and to ob sure all other political pretensions ii I any other quarter whatever until th 1 conditions obtain which you see. tn day. But Mr. Roosevelt has no illus lions. He knows that the very pcopl' I who are now the loudest, and the mos insistent in demanding his caiulidae; would, if he yielded, be the swifles j to condemn and the most merciless n their resentment. "The delusion which contemplate the Chicago convention as a prodiga celebration at which the fatted Taf is to be killed' in Mr. Roosevelt's lion [or has its practical and attractive sid for everybody except the propose beneficiary. He may not have mucl sense, but bis intuitions are marvel ously accurate, and therefore there I no more danger of bis appropriate the nomination than that you or will. "/Both bis renunciations look negli gible enough in the curious light o unreality and insinevrvry, which b has so artfully thrown upon then One might almost say that the pul lie has either forgot I en them or b common consent repudiated then Bui Mr. "Hoosevel 1 knows what a dc sfrnctive vitality they would posses the very moment he abjured then Mv ifear sir. he has not the fainle? ambition to incur a fat*' he so full understands, liis vanity is too we roofed for that. There is food at tractive and satisfying enough fci even that vanity in the transcendent.' spectacle of lofty moral rennnciafio which he will present to an idolatrou multitude when ho finally puts awa the nroffered crown. "He will see to il that il is pro I fered though. Never fear for that and if llie attendant circumstancc j are not edifying and deliriously ii spiring it will not be from lack o forethought or rehearsal. The tbir term fa'lk is very strong today s - -strong that the sympathetic press 0 will doubtless be summoned to thd i- white house at once to listen to a I- disquistion on great game in the Des sert of Obi in 1909. My dear man, >. nvuch as I revere him as a statesman, i- it is as Meleager and N Lin rod combini ed that I adore him.*' il 5, STOCK OF MERCHANDISE FOR SALE. u Bids will be received by the underc signed until the 18th day of May, 1908, at twelve o'clock, noon, for tlve - assigned stock of dry goods, shoes, t clothing, etc., formerly belonging to li E. L. Bailes, the appraised value of said merchandise being $12883.05. s This notice of sale is given, subif ject to withdrawal without notice, at s the option of the undersigned, and the _ right to reject any and" all bids is ex_ prcsslv reserved. Terms of sale: Cash. Stock may bo inspected upon appli? cation to the undersigned, e Cole. L. Blease, 1 Assignee Agent of Creditors. e t&f 2t. s AN ORDINANCE. - To Regulate the Erection a.nd Estabi lishment of Blacksmith Shops in (* the Town of Newberry. HE IT ORDAINED by the mayor and ii aldermen of the Town of Xewberrv, 1 in council assmbled. and by author. itv of tho same: t 1. That from and after the publieaf i?>n of this ordinance rt shall be unt lawlul for any person, firm or cor poration to crect or establish a blaekii smith shop within the fire limits of ii the 1 own of Newberry. Hie same 1 ><?e ing as follows: namely, that part of c said Town bounded by the C. N. & L. t railroad, Harrington street, Thompson e street. Wilson street and Friend e street, and including the south 1'ron' tage of Friend1 street from the ('., N. t & L. railroad to Wilson street. s | IT. That any blacksmith simp erected or established within the said lili mits contrary to this ordinance may 1 bo abated and removed by tin" Town . council as a public nuisance. t IIL That any violation of this ord dinance shall subject the offender to 1 a tine of not more than one hundred r dollars or imprisonment for not more i than thirty days. t Done and ratified under the eorpor3 ate seal of the said Town on the sev\ enth day of May, A. D., 1908. J. J. Langford, s Attest: Mayor. Eng. S. Werts, C. & T. T. C. N. f 2t-at. f&t s ? ? ? t AN" ORDINANCE. s To Prohibit the Riding of Bicycles and Skating on Roller Skates on I Sidewalks. BE TT OJMXA1NED, by the Mayor u and Aldermen of the Town of Newy berry, S. C.. in Council assembled and by authority of the same: Sec. 1. That from and after the pub:1 lication of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person, or persons i. 1? ride a bicycle, or skate on roller _ skates on any sidewalk within tho p corporate limits of the Town of New? berry. y Sec. 2. Any person or persons viov lating the provisions of this ordiii nance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon conviction theres ot shall be punished by a fine of not , more than fifteen dollars nor less than k one dollar, or be imprisoned at hard labor upon tho. public works of the 0 Town of Newberry for a period of not more than thirty days for each offense. Done and ratified under the eorpors ate seal of the Town of Newberry, S. ir tC? this the 7th day of Mav, A. I).. 1 1008. J. J. Ti.angford, Mayor of Newberry, S. C. ~ Attest: (i l-'ug. S. Werts, ^ Clerk and Treasurer. WINTHROP COLLEGE. Scholarship and. Entrance Examina- j tJion The examination for the award of 'waul Scholarships in W'inthrop colI lege : ml for tlie admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July at 9 a. in. Applicants must be not less than fifte'M years of age. When Seholar, ships are vacant after July they will be awarded to those making the. highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions gov ' exiling the award. Applicants for Scholarship should write to President Johnson before the examination for ; Scholarship examination blanks, s Scholarships are worth $100 and i- free tuition. The next .'-.cssion will f open September l(i, 1908. For furthd or information and catalogue, address o Pres. 1). B. Johnson, Rock llill, S. CV White^F Will sell 50 and ' at 25 cents each. MAYES' BOC Ci^GISI IV When you buy a pat fit, of course. You wj has style and yet is e fact you want a patte perfection as human I You can get it in The Ladies' Home J They are made to fit,< Guide Chart shows h patterns without any \ I The Summer Quart! now on sale for 20c. eluding any 1 5c. patt C.& G.S.MOWER WTPl'Hi IIIWI IhHI I ? Out of a Job No Money Charge it no A SAVINGS ACCOUNT w story. Think it over and start an account today, \V\ 4 per ce.it. 4 ( Interest Paid in | Departi | The Commei j NEvVBERf I J NO. M. KINARD, O. II. M j President. Vice-P NEWBERRY UNION STATION. Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains?Effective 12.01 A. M. Sunday, April 26, 1908. Southern Railway: No. 1f> for CSrcanville .. . .8.57a.m. 1 No. IK for Columbia .. . .1.-10 p.m. j No. 11 for (ircnuvill'3 .. ...'{.10 p.m. I No. 1(5 for Columbia 8.47 p.m. 0., N. & L. Ry. Xo 85 for Laurens 5. T.) a.m. 4Xo. 22 for Columbia .. . .8.-17 a.m. No. 5:2 for (Jrecnvillo .. 12.50 p.m. { Xo. r).'{ for Columbia . . . ..'{.20 p.m. *Xo. 2o for [>aure,ns . . . .7.25 p.m. *No. SI for Columbia .. ..8.30 p.m. * Does not run on Sunday This I iin<t laldo shows (he, limes at wliifh trains may bt> expected to dopa r| from this station, but their departure is not guaranteed and the lime shown ii subject to change without notice. G. L. Robinson, Station Master. s< SEVEN 3ursesl 75 cents purses IK STORE. lower Co. tern you want it to *nt a pattern that asy to handle. In rn that is as near Bkill can make it. ournal Patterns. are stylish, and the ow to handle the A/orry. " ~ W OI-TlvN \VK I1KAR IT. ould have told a different make up your mind to *'11 increase your dollars ) O Our Savings nent. rcial Bank, I *v, s. c. I AYHR, J. v. Mcl'AU., I >ld and guaranteed "by Gilder A