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* * * * * * * * * ? * * * IJ * * 1 THE ROAD QUESTION. * I i * By Thos. E. Wicker. * , * *** + *********. Mr. I'M it or: Sumo people have ox- I pressed 1 li?* idea thai if (he rural let- 1 lor rarriors are so much in favor of I good roads I hey should Help to keep j i them in .rood condition. ,\ ?\\} if aj| sentiment of this kind needs an an- j < swer. I will say that there is no class I ol. people in the county who would j I more willingly and cheerfully eontri- ! < hule of their means (o the. mainlen- I anoe of the roads than the rural let- I (el carriers, if by so doing the con- i dition of the roads would lie improv- < ed. Rut the carriers are like every-11 body else; they know thai under the! I present system it would he money I < thrown away, and the condition of|c the roads would remain (lie samo.il I hoy arc in favor of a low that will I I give good roads and which will oper-I I ile on all classes of people alike, ami j \ then they will williuijly shoulder their [ I share ol I lie hurth'ii ami hear it with- I I out complaint. I lie rural carriers If" lire not aliens; Ihe.y are citizens, and I have as much riirlit as anybody else ,*i to complain of (lie inequality in the < operation ol a law and to surges! \ remedies for its improvement. I It is one ol I lie basic principles of ' a sound :iml .jus! government that ! ' every person should conl rioute to I lie ' public welfare according to his ' means. We raise a ureal fuss about ! ' having this principle carried out iu'' our national affairs and complain that the miliouaircs and wealthy corporations are no| conl rihuting aeeording to their means to support the / government, yet we overlook the fact that this same principle is violated I rivihl at our very doors, onl\ on a I smaller scale. I <? I me illustrate; | lake the ease ol a largo plant ;it ioti | owner. In JI! ? spring while the roads . are yet soil and muddy IVom the win- < ter rains lie begins hauIiiivr his ferti- j li/.er. lie hauls ton alter ton over these roads in their sofi condition | and cuts them to pieces; he hauls load ! alter load oI prov isous over them dur- j j in.? the spring and summer for his . hands; in the hill he hauls hundreds ; of bales of cotton, as well as other , products of his farm, over I hose, | roads to market. \ el, under the present pernicious system, lie doesn't con- i tribute one cent more to Ihcir maintenance than his poor neighbor who | hauls one ton of guano over (hem in the spring in a one-horse wairoii al l that, and in llie fall carries a few J hales of col Ion lo market and hauls i back over I hem fifl\ pound- of flour, seen pounds o| bacon, and .jii'-r of! molasses! (i| course this illuslration j may be slightly examrcratod, but it ' shows the i ue< (11 a I i l \ in the operati/.n| "I the law. I his detect cannot be j lctnedied b\ lev s mil; a eonunutat ion tax alone lor 1111 > la rye plantation owner re I erred to above mav be Se-! yond the aire limit ; the onl\ way to! I e. i id i 11 i 111 is | o tax his proper I v, audi, 'I'is lux levy musl be sufficiently i heavy to make his contribution proportionate to his means as compared with the contribution of his poorer neighbor who pays both the proper! v its well as (he commutation t;i\. A ! 'l:l" ,n'H even one mill on property would not be an c<|.;ifahlc lax,' coupled with ;i two or three dollar | coininutalion lav. for the reason fhal ! persons w ho |,a\e passed be\on.l (lie ! :i'je li.nit and corporations such as I railroads. maunI'ael uring concerns, uiereani ile interests. etc.. upon w|mm ' ;l ?"luniulalion tax cannot be !e\ ied, | would -et ol f W ill, the lighter end of ! the burden. Any plan thai looks I,, working I lie roads by the old ante-bellum plan will always be a failure for several reasons which no man will, ordinary common sense can deny. In (ho first place the road workers are the far?iers. Now. farming is a vocation that ealls lor a lot of hard work, but road working. if i| is ,|one ri-ht. ro.,uires ""leh harder and mud. heavier work. \ Alter breaking ami preparing the i bind in the spring the hea\ icsl of the I .Hlii Woik is over: therefore tiie rest j ol iln woik, plow in;; and hoeiiur, etc., is liulit work w hoi mpared to road j work Now. warn out a lot of (hose people from their fields and put lliem to swinging the pick and shoveling dirt and hopping bushes, weeds, and briars from I he roads in the summer on the Iherniomoter is running between <)f, and 100 degrees i? ' the shade and see what the result will be 'it (lie end of I he first dav. Suppose every men of them should fool it. his duty lo work just as hard and ,iusl .is steadily as he does in his tarn?(?h when night came overv one of them would be nearlv dead. On I he other hand if I hey should follow the policy <,f doing as liltle work as possible in order to save themselves from fatigue and the extreme cut. I lion we know Hint very little < vill In; accomplished. Now, substinle lor 111em a lorco *?f lured hands, t vl'icli lie^ins in I lie early spring to i \ork daily on (lie roads and let us 1 lolice flu. ,|i|'| orence. These hands I lave become accustomed to their work > hey can swing a pick ami shovel dirt ' villi as much ease and (eel as lit lie i 'aligue when night comes as the Car- I ner who has done a day of light I 1 low i 11 ?-. I'lieii, there is the element |: )l experience to he considered. In 'I he case of the force, of fanners mi > he road there is a lack of experience I m the part of holli the overseer and | lis hands, (Irani ing that they work 1 very one of the six days required in i k year, they can acquire no experi- I Mice that is worth anything; hence ; >"'h III quality and the quantity of I heir work falls short. Tn the case | >f the hired hands there is experi- < nee in ovcr\^ stroke; the overseer I ciiovvs how lo work his hands to the ? >es| advantage and every one of these I lands knows from experience just i \ here his overseer would have hint I and every shovelful of dirt that he ( hrows. At the end of one day a t In/en of these hired and experienced I lands will have accomplished as much t is I wo dozen farmers could have no- c omplished. even if they had worked 1 vilhin an inch of their lives; and at I he same lime these I wo dozen far- > tiers, by being permitted lo remain i it their fields will have pul in a I; lay's work that has saved them naiiv dollars perhaps enough lo pay < i large part if not all of their road 1 av for I lie whole year. ; A LEGEND. 1 I V Very Romantic Story of Love's ' Waterloo. 1 J 1 The massive door has swung behind I is. the echo of its closing shudders lirough the silent church and dies I iway. and leaves no sound lo hear us oinpany save the slow, insistent lick- 1 ins; o| | he belfry clock. The long 1 iine day is drawing near its close the nave is still light, Iml the chancel is ilready shadowy and dark; and it is there. among the swiftly gathering ;loom, I hat, led hy a story told us it the rector's luncheon (able, we sol iiirselvos U> seek the legend's central [joint. On the north side of the church, behind the chancel with ils tiny choir stalls, we come upon a narrow door hidden anions; the lowering organ pipes. It opens on a winding flight of wooden stairs, slill covered by a faded crimson carpel, moth eaten and trodden into many a hole. The slops are strop ami narrow, and one wonders > miie\\ hai that Ions;' generations of the squire's race should have cared to mount I hem so laboriously week alter week. Itul once within the small apartment at the lop one feels j perhaps less surprise*; for here is certainly a sense of dignity and of withdrawal from I lie vulgar herd, to an extent unusual even in the seclusion of a "faculty pew." The little room is lighted hy a window of its own; below this is a cushioned form for the house servant's use. In the room's centre stands a massive oaken table upon which might rest my lady's sunshade and the squire's gold lopped stick. And lastly. In the foremost j rank of all. are ranged three velvet I cushioned elbow ehairs. The oecu- 1 pants of these commanded what per-: chance (hoy thought the only view fit for their august eyes to rest upon - the worshipers in a precisely similar pew upon the south side of lhe| choir; and even the sight of these might be shut off h\ drawing a curtain. the rings of which still cluster I on a long brass rod. The person turned his hao kupou them as he preached. and little of the sermon could have come their way; while plebeian eongrogal ions in the nave could catch but fleeting glimpses of arisloYOUR B in mmm Capital $50,000 No Matter How Small, The Newberry will give it careful atl applies to the men and .JAS. MclNTOSH. President, V ratic | mi I iles liiuh above their heads. Ami vc| |lie legend We have heard : oihiy as lingering still about 1 lie pew ; n which we stand?Ihough some- i vital l hreadbare, like (lie carpels and In- faded (Mtshions of (]K. chairs i diows 111 a I ai leas! fate "ranted them hi respite I coin the woes of common iien. .Inst over ninety years ago liese pews were neld by | wo families inked close by friendly intercourse '.ml neighboring estates. Cpon the :ided velvet of these el how chairs sat .veck hy I lie s?|tiire and my lady and heir *tiIv son, while in the fellow lew across the choir worshipped with lis motherless daughter an elderly nan?the squire's equal as to lineage. 1 hough of impoverished purse. The v'??itng folk tell in love. as vounu lolk will. Their elders mutually apiroved I he match, and in due course? ' arl.v in IHl.i?the wedding dav was rixed for .June. The lover was a soldier, il is true, hut was not Xapoeon, that disturber of the peace of ml ions, safe in Klba? Then like a hundcrholt from a blue sky there same the news of his escape, the call 0 arms, the hurried partings. And as his couple said their sad farewells he iri> I sobbed out the fear that nev r again would she see her lover in lis wonteil seat. lie, moved by (lie Hiasttul pride of youth and hope, swore to si I there before three iionths had gone. And April came III.I Went, a in I May. ami half of June, until the IStli of the moiilli had la wneil. I here was no morning service here, for Die rector was a plur1 list and served aiiolher church isx niles away. Ihil o'clock heard the iclls pea I i n,<>' and saw the congregation in the seals, the s(|iiire and his lady with the empty chair beside 1 hetii, and across the choir the young -irI s drawn and anxious face. Ihe Psalms am] the Magnificat wen; duly said, and as the Nunc |)iinittis came i n t urn there rose a cry that hushed the allernat iiitr voices nl the startled reel or and his clerk. I lie irirl stood for a moment with while lace ami horror stricken eves ami upraised hand llnit pointed loward Ihe empty chair, then dropped in a dead faint upon I he floor. And al that instant on a I5el?ian lia.Vletield and otlicer beside a square of licitish infantry fell forward on his face and moved no more. The squire's lineage has died out long since; the pew is desolate, though still untouched. Of those who would have (old the tale with due credulity not one remains?the ancient sexlon and Ihe son to whom he handed on his worlc are yrone. Can il perhaps be true that at Ihe moment of I he lover's death such strouir desire arose within his liearl to see auain "The Xorman march, the chancel softly dark. 'flic brasses black and red;" a> showed forth his unsubstantial form for one brief instant in its wonted place.' This is ;i i|iteslion which we find it hard to answer, as we leave at last this legend-haunted pew and breathe again the fragrance of the summer twilight as we cross Ihe rectory lawn.?London filobe. BARBECUE AT FORK. We will furnish a first, class barbecue at Fork school house on campaign day, August 12. T,et every body come and enjoy I lie day. 11. I'1. Counts. Caldwell Huff. NOTICE OF ASSIGNEE'S SALE. We. Ihe undersigned, assignee and airenl of creditors, of James Murray Company, will sell al p*:blie ;? ir?tion at Xo. LTH) Main street, Newberry, S. C., for cash to the highest bidder, on the 18th day oP August, 1J)0.8, at l'J in., Ihe assigned stock of goods oP said firm consisting of dry goods, shoes, hosiery, gents furANKING! SAVINGS BANK, Surplus $30,000 No Matter How Largo, Savings Bank tontion. This message the women alik8. J. E. NORWOOD, Career. nishing goods, notions, iron safe and show cases. Tlio stork will be sold :>s a whole. Prospective purchasers ha may inspect stock by calling on the .sh undersigned at any time before the i(< day of sale. . * Oil A. J. Gibson, Assignee. po O. G. Sale, on Agent for Creditors. a Newberry, S. C., August 0, 1908. Hi CINCO CIGARS can be bought from ! lo 1,000 at Broaddus & Huff's. TEACHER WANTED. X. For I nion school. Salary $30 per of month. '101*111 about six months. All applications to be handed to either of the uncdrsiguod before August 25. All the patrons of this school are requested to meet at the school house on August 25 at 4 o'clock for the a purpose of electing a teacher. 00 J. D. IT. Kinard, Prosperity, No. 3. Tj. A. Bobb, Slighs. D. W. Bu/.hardt, a Newberry, No. 5. |? Trustees. ,,f ANNOUNCE iENTS FOR UNITED STATES SENATE. ? I beg to announce my candidacy lor the United Slates senate in the approaching Democratic primary, and 1 respectfully solicit the support of the Democratic voters of this Slate. R. Q. Rhett. J" FOR CONGRESS, 3RD DISTRICT. Julius ft. Koggs, of Pickens, is a candidate for Congress in the pri- m mar.v, subject to the rules for the Si government, of the election. w ANyatt Aiken is a candidate for reelection to congress from the third district, subject to the action of the fc Democratic primary. hi FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, ' 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for Kailroad Commissioner (j, Slate of South Carolina, subject to ^ the rules governing the Democratic V primary. (' James A. Summersett, Columbia, S. C. FOR THE STATE SENATE: f< Alan Johnstone is hereby nominat- Sl ed for the State Senate, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. 1 announce my self a candidate for d; the Seriate of. South Carolina, sub- C jeet to the rules of the Democratic D primary. ft. II. AuII. FOR LEGISLATURE. I hereby announce myself a candidate tor tlie house of representatives, and pledge myself to abide the result 'J o! j he Democratic primary. Os. Wells. (>l 1 am a candidate for election from Newberry county to the house of representatives. subject to the action of a: the Democratic primary election. 1 John M. Taylor. n Arthur Kihler i< announced as a i candidate loc the l;ouse of representa- f< lives, and is pledged abide the re- b | s|dt of the Democriil ic primary, and I n I to support the nominees of the pari v. C. T. Wyche is hereby announced for reelection to the House of Representatives. subject to the result of (1. the Democratic primary election. ^ I hereby anon nee myself a candidate tor t he I louse of Represcnt.alives from Newberry county, subject to the rules "of the Democratic ^ party. '1 T am for good roads. T am against all unnecessary high appropriations under all circumstance^. T ;ini for the better facilities of (he couunon school. I iun against the ferlili/.or tax* for ('lemso'i colh <re. c Tl. II. ftvans. I _ 1 I I hereby announce myself a candidate for the house of representatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Godfrey Harmon. f * a J. Simpson Dominick is hereby an- j nounced as a candidate for the legislature from Newberry county and will abide the rules of the Democratic party. , n I hereby announce myself as a can- ' diclatc for membership in the house ' of representatives of the General Assembly of South Carolina from Newberry county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. F. W.' Higgins. a FOR SHERIFF. Being conscious of the fact that I ive discharged the duties ot' the erill's office to tho best of niy abil>') ami believing Uiat I have the dorse went of the majority of tin "!>le of Newberry county, to tins d, I would again annoucne myself candidate for reelection, subject t>) c decision of the Democratic pri;iry. M. M. Buford. I amtf a candidate for Sheriff of awberry couniv, subject to the rules the Democratic pari v. Cannon G. Bleasc. FOR CORONER: J. N. Bass is hereby announce<l as candidate for coroner of Newberry unty, subject to the rules of the imiocratic primary. W. I'i. Felker, (better known as os(i), is hereby announced as candidate for coroner of New">' 01 -fy and wii! :.!>i :c 11,0 rules tiit Democratic par., *. Ii. I. J-.pting is hereby announced a candidate for coroner and will >ide the rules of the Democratic irty. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. D- D. Morris (better knowr s Bobo) is herein nominatet >r the office <?f Supcrvl- >r of New;r'y county, subject to -.Se action the Democratic primary. J. Monroe Wicker is hereby nomi ited for reelection to the office ol upervisor for Newberry county, ant ill abide the result of the Democrat primary. Jack B. Smith is hereby nominatec >r the office of Supervisor for New J1'ry county, subject to the Demo atic primary election. J hereby announce myself a enndi tte for the office of county Supervi >i and will abide the rules of tin Jmocratic party. H. n. Abrams. I announce myself as a candidal >r S ipervisor and will abide the re ilt of the Democratic partv. I*. Fcagle. I hereby announce myself a candi r>to for Supervisor for Newberr ounty and will abide the rules of thi emocra-tic party. Benj. Halfacre. FOR MAGISTRATE. Townships Nos. 1 and 8. [ hereby announce myself as a can idate for Magistrate for Nos. 1 an, townships and will abide the rule f the Democratic party. S. G. Carter. I -? F. M. Lindsay is hereby announce* s a candidate for magistrate for Nos and S Townships and will abide th ~sult. of the Democratic primary. * am a candidate for Magistral >r Nos. 1 and S Townships, and wii 0 governed by flic rules of the De socratic party. Jno. Henry Ohappcll. I hereby announce myself a candi ate for Magistrate for Township os. I and S. C. 8. Tidwcll. Magistrate No. 3. 1 hereby annnounce myself as Can idntc for Magistrate for No. 'ownship, subject to the action o lie Democratic party. John Henderson. Magistrate No. t. I hereby announce myself, as audidaic ior I lie offce of magistral ?r No. I Township. |() ,i, >emocratic primary. K. M. .\ ugh try. For Magistrate No. 6. J. \. I' loyd is hereby announce, or magistrate for No. (? and wii bide the rule# of (he Dcmocrati arty. For Magistrato No. 7. W. R. Keith is hereby nominate. ? a candidate for magistrate for Nc township subject to Democratic pri nary. Citizen. Magistrate No. 9. E. B. Kibler is hereby announce. s a candidate for magistrate, for Nf i !> township subject to the rules oil the Democratic primary. 1 V I I hereby announce myself a candi date i'or reelection us magistrate for 1 No. !) township and will abide tlio \ rules of the Democratic party. ' i B. B. llair. \ For Magistrate Township No. 10. i am a candidate for Magistrate for Xo. 10 I'ow ushio. ami will he governe?l by the rule* of the Democratic parI ty. P. B. Ellcsor. f I \ For Magistrato No. 11. \ C. L. Graham is hereby announced * i as a candidate for Magistrate for Noll Township and will abide the rule* of the Democratic party. W. L. Ivibler is anuouncwl as a J"*~ candidate lor Magistrato for number m 11 township and will abide the rules V of tl.e Democratic part v. / ? V The voters of No. 11 Township / < nominate W. B. Graham as a candi- f date for Magistrate. He will abide ? A by (he rules of tlio Democratic party. SUP'T OF EDUCATION. ?l Barney L. Jones is hereh.v nominal- 11H ed tor position of Superintendent of ? Education for Newberry countv, subject to the decision of the Democrat- Ifl io primary. ,^t| 1 J. B. O'Neall Ilolloway is annonnc- 1 ed as a candidate for County Super- II 1 ltnndent of Education and will abide '1 (he rules of (he Democratic party. |1 ^ J. S. "Wlieeler is hereby announced / W [ as a candidate for re-election to the f! office of Superintendent of Education tor Newberry County subject to-' the ? "lies of the Democratic primary. 1 FOR TREASURER dolii. Tj. I'jpps is announced as a " candidate for re-election as oonnty treasurer of Newberry county and will abide (he rules of the Der-'ratio '1 - party. _ __ J 2 for clerk of courS^ \ Jno.C. Goggans is hereby nominated for re-elect,on to the oir.ee Clerk of Court for Newberry county, 3. C. 2 subject to the rules of the D?-.?- cratio . primary. FOR AUDITOR. Wm. W. Cromer is hereby unnounc. ed as a candidate for re-cleotion to V the oll.ee of Auditor for Newberry 0 County, and is pledged to abide tha niles of the Democratic, primary. T am a candidate for the -o*Tice of County Auditor of Newberry county ' and wiil abide (he rules of l!;.* Democratic party. 1 Eugene S. Wert.-?. FOR MASTER II. II. Kikard is hereby announced as a candidate for re-election to the I office of Master for Newberry county ?ubject to (he rules of the Democratic , primary. W. A. Hill is hereby announced as e a candidate for Master of Newberrv I county and will abide the rules of I lie Democratic parly. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I am a candidate for reelection to _ *1?? ?Mea ol> counly commissioner for s X('wborry COimty, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. Very Respectfully, Thos. J. Wilson. I am a candidate for reelection to ; the olficc of county commissioner for acwherry county and will abide the lcsult of the Democralic primary. Very respectfully, W. H.' Wendt. I hereby announce myself ;is n 'I candidate for County Commissioner i ^subject (o the rules of the Democracy ' convent ion. C. Ij. Ticitzsov. i Cr. Y. Diekert is hereby announced I a candidate for county commission- ' or and will abido tlio rules of tlio , ^ Democratic party. I he friends of L. C. Livingston announce him as a candidate for countv commissioner. We pledge him toil abide by the rules of the Democratio > party. .?. I I hereby announce myself a candidate for county commissioner, and will abide (he result of the Democratic primary. d Very respectfully, J K 0. II. Cromer. 1