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LIGHTS AND OF AResumeof the C of a Gr< Containing a Small Pinch of Whole some Philosophy Mentally Visi ble Between the Printed Lines. E. Lacy Speer. "Have a (hic) 'nother ehoelate drop on (hie) me, Sadie. Whoopee! Wow!" "Hey there, give us another half pound box of dry Martinis." These convivial sounds rang out above a confused babel of feminine gurgles and squeaks, stopping many case-hardened, muchamazed male vic tims of demon rum, as they passed a fashionable candy shop on upper Fifth avenue. Only fancy: wicked New York 'confisitieres" (that's the way they spell it on the Avenooy are making chocolate bonbons, marron glaces and even the common, garden variety of gum drops all filled with Jamaica rum, "forty-yard" whiskey, and other well-known roots and branches of foolish water. One well-known candy maker tried to sugar coat Ruinert Bruit and Pom mery, but the bubbles broke out and mussed up his place considerably and so he went back to the still, strong waters that are said to even tually "bite like a Jersey mosquito and sting like an indignant hornet." Up in Harlem they are injecting beer into all-day "suckers," "lolly pops," ete., and there, as elsewhere in -the greater city, joy has reigned uneonfined among the rank and file of the gentler sex, while candy mak ers have been fairly crushed with prosperity. And now enter the W. C. T. U. This strong and aggressive order of "white ribboners" has declared war on all candy with false bottoms and at recent session of the body denun ciations of the ''eandied curse'' have caused the girls to lay in large stocks of sugar-coated jag pills, in anticipa tion of a sudden cutting ofE of sup plies. Mrs. Emile D. Martin, world's su perintendent of the W. C. T. U., said at a recent meeting held in the Thir ty-seventh Street M. E. church: ''For thee last ten years this mat ter has been brought before the Dis trict Attorney, and the Police Coin mnissioner, and action has always been taken. Now that Dr. Darlington, of the Health Board, has taken up the fight in the interest of health, we feel that with such reinforcement we are bound to win, we are certainly dtermined.'' Adolph Finkelstein, of No. 129 Seventh avenue, had a cat with nine teen lives. Her name was ''Nasty,'' and she certainly was, as Policeman Kraus can attest. Nasty, propelfed by a sudden ''brain storm,'' su.ddenly arched her back, put her rudder into the direct perpendicular, gave several prelimin ary ''spits'' and yells, and then pro ceeded to claw large chunks out of the atmosphere. Two little girls got into Nasty's radius of action, and she attaeked them with all the viciousness and streingth of a mad animal. A small boy, Samuel Finkelstein, who at tempted to rescue the girls, was also scratehed and bitten. When the cat attacked the boy, he ran to the street screaming for help, and Policeman Kraus, who was pass ing, went into the room where Nasty still sat, looking for trouble. With a great deal of painstaking care the officer inserted half an ounce of lead into the cat's anatomy, but to no effect. He fired again and again, planting in all ten bullets in Nasty's heaving form. This exhaust ed his stock bf ammunition, and he went to the police station for more. In the meantime another officer came along and found the cat some what subdued, and hunting around for something to eat. -This police man fired nine more regulation bul lets into Nasty, a total of nineteen, and she, finding herself giving a good imitation of a porous plaster, gave up the ghost in disgust. At this writing pathologists of the Willard ParNer Hospital were analyz ing the brain of Nasty to find out whether or not the animal was suf fering from the rabies when she at tacked the children. One fact, how ever. needs nr. post-mortem corrobor ation--Nasty died of acute lead pois oming, even if 'the Finkelsteins are SHADOWS NEW YORK. omedy and Tragedy at City. sibly "come back." They have their own way of set tling affairs (and, incidentally, peo ple at times) over in Italy, and little Vincenti Gezzino, at Second avenue and Houston street, followed the il lustrious examples of his forebears when he stuck a knife into a play mate's breast. Little Vincenzo and Francisco Al fordo were boxing, surrounded by a group of playmates, with Vincenzo having a shade the better of it, when Francisco's brother Antonio slipped in and struck Vincenzo a violent blow in the mouth. The stricken lad staggered, pressed his hand to his mouth, and saw it was stained with blood. With a look of hatred, Vincenzo turned and ran to his home on Stan ton street. He was not gone long, and the boys were there when he re turned. With an immobile face he approached, and with a quiet word brought a flame to Antonio's faec. Antonio's fist shot out. Little Vincenzo took the blow smiling, but the instant Antonio's arm had spent its force and his body was unguarded little Vincenzo's hand came from be hind his back like a flash and the fingers gripped a nine-inch blade. Little Vincenzo struck swiftly, and the blade was buried in Antonio's body. 4s he fell, little Vincenzo struck again, this time in the chest. Policeman Heutte, of the Fifth street station, was nearby, and, see ing Antonio fall, rushed forward. The group of boys had dispersed silently almost as the blade flashed. It had come down to them from their fath ers' fathers that what had taken place was not to be spoken of. Only little Vincenzo was there, standing over Antonio, when Heutte arrived. "Who stabbed him?'' asked Heut te. "I,'' said little Vincenzo,'/laconi cally. Later, word was received at the police station that Antonio was mor tally wounded. "Antonio will die,'' they told lit tie Vincenzo. "He will die," little Vincenzo re peated, speaking the word slowly as if confirming a fact he had long before accepted. Help! Burglars! Police! came siz zling over the telephone wire which leads into police headquarters. Ea'st Fifty-fifth Street Station was called up from central, and here the desk sergeant dropped the receiver, banged the gong that is wont to stir the reserves from "spades; trump" in their pinochle dreams to "clubs trump" in the onrushing patrol wa gon. The call for help came from Miss Elizabeth Smith, night nurse at the Babies' Hospital, owing to the fact that she had observed a light in the dining-room at an unearthly hour in the'morning. The night nurses were called into consultation, and while the general consensus of opinion was that the burgar might be good looking and a desirable man to chat with, still n' chances should be taken. Hence the call for help and the "hurry-up" wagon filled with "gum shoe artists" and husky blue coats. The hospital was quickly surround ed, and with several subdued "hists" the men in plain clothes entered and were escorted to the dining-room door and told to "go as far as they lik ed." And then Miss Smith made a noise like a hoop and rolled away. The detectives found the dining room in perfect order-no windows open-no silver disturbed. and the babies' toy banks intact. Suddenly the eagle eye of one of the "Sherlocks" fell upon a half burned match in fr-ont of the ice box-also some crumbs. "Aha," he hissed, and his com panions ejaculated "g-r-r" and wait ed, with drawn revolvers and maybe with overdrawn bank accounts. "Mv massive brain deduees," he exlaimed. "Listen" -"Here is the ice box, here the rumbs, here a half-burned match. Nurses are human and have appeti tes. Appetites demand food. Hence the ice box. also the light, and like wise the reason. There was no bur " Say. vonr last lead was hearts. wasn 't it ?'' said one "'plain clothes l~il( C!l!l'kt'Il (11 '. anti] i!e 1)LaC 1 inal Shanghai refuses to eat choppei teed or gravel in his grief. All because a northbound FEighti avenue ear hit a two-horse wagor load of eggs, between 130th street and two o'clock in the afternoon. The car was loaded with "fans' on their way out to see the Giants reproaching the Chicago Clubs, foi trying to win the pennant. When the egg shells and profanit. had cleared away, the earload of base. ball rooters looked pretty much like smalle pieces of ham in an under done omlet. Also Marcel waves, mery widow hate and white shirt waists took on a color much resembling the alleged streaks in Haskell and Foraker. Archie Taggart, New York's tallest cop, stopped three line drives with his face. Bob Francis, the Harlem horseman, "connected with six count them-six;" faultless examples of Rennaisance "hen fruit.' Eggs good, indifferent and some perfectly reckless, painted car, wa gon, street and innocent bystanders a gorgeous hue. Three crates, how ever, were found intact, and then the Harlem small boys came down like the wolf on the fold. Ripping off the lids, they bombarded every car that-came along. "Shoot it, Devlin! Fire it home! Get that guy!'" they howled, as they "winged" passengers with the pre cision of a Mathewson. It was fun while it lasted. The strong arm of the law didn't loom up so that it could be noticed, as it was afraid of having its pretty blue sleeve mussed, and so, all told, this two horse wagon load of eggs furnished a typical strenuous "egg-rolling" bee, wild enough to make the White House lot Easter ceremony look pret ty much like a requiem mass. Amiel Schiff, of No. 400 East Sev enty-fifth street, had a funny dream the other night. Rumor has it he dreamed that h thought the New York America._ were winning the championship series from Detroit. However, be that as it may, Amiel guffawed, "He! He! Ha! Ha! Ho! Ho! Wow!'' when suddenly a pro nounced jar shook the apartment house - and he awoke to find that he had dislocated his jaw. A series of combination shrieks, screams and gurgles brought the fam ily to the rescue, but try as they might, they were unable to unloosen Amiel 's talk machine. The thing was tightly jammed somewhere between the eccentric rod and the fly wheel. Dr. Pease bustled in from the Presbyterian Hospital and sized up the situation in a hurry. He then gave Amiel a cruel swat on the jaw and the bones snapped back into place. The family has thrown out Joe Mil ler's joke book and other late hum orous works and young Schiff will doubtless hereafter confine his thea tre going to tragedies. It is "not to laugh1' with him from now on. * * * Mrs. William Ellis Corey, former ly Mabelle Gilman, a beautiful ac tress. of New York, and Paris, takes a fling at society that doesn't do society a bit of good. In a recent interview with a low browed reporter Mrs. Corey said in part: "Society in New York and New. port does not interest me in the least as now constructed, for among the so-called smart set there are scarce ly any of its members who have any appreciation and real love for -art. As for me, I cannot live and be hap py out of art atmosphere, and that is why I love Paris and France. An art atmosphere is unheard of in New York societ.' "New York has lots to learn. Per haps the next generation of the wealthy in this country-for it is the wealthy that constitute our American societ-will learn how to live and how to appreciate the finer things of life-art, music and the people with brains and ambitions and such things. It is really too absurd to think of people devising new forms of enter tainment-curious dinners and queer and bizarre functions for the delecta tion of their friends-when, if they were the people such as compose the best French and English society, they would find amusement and entertain ment in the gifts of their friends in stead. Mrs. Astor is right when she writes that the old French saloon was the ideal society, and the nearest approach to it we have today is mod ern French society, where artists are as welcome as the grandec dame.'' Bly this we learn that ownership of a 60-horsepower car. a .50-horsepower me I',~l; ;1KC" 11 1!1ly a. ii1(n-; I h'r '4 f I I"iei 11;1( ' i hide r 1 ntcessar Mny mi,;art-setters' know more ab6,ut the lit'e and habits of a mar-1 tmoset or pet baboon than they do about the true worth of a Corot or the timbre and range of Tetrazzini's voice. Let us all so live that we can look an oil painting in the face and re frain from calling it a soap chromo, and let us so educate ourselves that we may be able to distinguish the difference between a Sevres china dinner set and a "104 piece" bunch 1 of stoneware that comes in on the green tradirg stamp fast line. Maybe Mabelle is right. "Your honor, send me to jail for ten years instead of ten days," was the very unusual request of William i Wieking, of Williamsburg, as he stood before Magistrate Naumer in i the Manhattan Avenue Police Court, sentenced to ten days for talking more than his share of false joy. "I want to get square with my wife for having me arrested," contin ued the prisoner, and the magistrate, who is probably not married, was, to put it mildly, much atonished. "Sorry I can't accommodate you,' answered his honor: "ten days is the high limit for intoxication, and your wife refuses to press the charge of assault, upon which you were -first arrested.'" "Foiled again," growled the pris oner, as he was led away, and possi bly he is now thinking that the only w way left for him to get square with fc his wife will be to go out and sand- J bag somebody or else steal some sil- 0 ver. ID aj It Tastes Good and a 1 Creates Strength " ti 'no' the famous cdd liver and iron medicine, without oil. F Vinol is much better than F cod liver oil and emulsions, F because, while it contains all the medicinal value they d,o, F it disagrees with no one. As a body buildier and strength creator for old people, delicate children, b after sickness, and for stub born coughs and colds Vinol1 is unequaled. Win. E. Pelham & Son, Drug- d gists, Newberry, S. C. b NOTICE OF SALE OF LAN~D. T .Unless sold at private sale before F that time, I will offer for sale at F Newberry, S. C., at public auction on F salesday, the second. of November, I~ during the legal hours of sale the fol- I lawing described lands, near Jalapa, C S. C., to wit: All that tract of land in Newberry 2 county, State of Somth Carolina, con taining three hundred fifty-two (352) 0 acres, more or less, bounded by lands 0 of Hayne Chalmers, D. A. Kleekley, t Butler Lever, Ernest Merchant, S. B. Aull and others.d Also all that tract in the county , and State aforesaid, containing one r hundred twenty-five (125) acres, 1 more or less, bounded by lands of D. d A. Kleekley, Butler Lever, Sease and Ernest Merchant. t Also .all that tract in the county r and State aforesaid, containing two e hundred and forty-four (244) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of H. M. Mayer, S. P. Crotwell, and S. B. Aull. (Also all that tract in the county and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and twenty-two (122) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Hayne Chalmers, D. A. Kleekley and Ernest Merchant. Terms of sale one-third cash and balance in two equal annual instal- I~ ments. 'eredit .portion to be secured 1' by notes of the purchaser and a mor tgage of the premises and to bea.r in- 2I terest from day of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum payable an-* nually. The purchaser of each tract as soon as same is knocked down to him will 3 e required to put up one hundred* dollars as an evidence of good faith and to bind his bid. James M. Suber. 1mo. Oct-1mo. p p KILLS FLEAS. and cures the wcrsL ti case of mange, Bienises Mange o1 Cure. Not poisonous. For sale by When You Pur GOODS We bought when gc ind we sell at much :he everlasting Barga The nimbleinickel is han the slow dollar. Compare quality an ;hat the greatest GE Llways to be found al OX'KLE The Fair and First shipment of fa Never no better, noi TAX NOTICE. The tax books for Newberry counl ill be open for the collection of tax, >r the fiscal year commenciz mnuary 1st, 1908, the 15th day < etober, 1908, and will remain opx itihout penalty until the 31st day < ecember, 1908. Upon all taxes pai eter the 31st day of December, 190 id before the first day of Februar )09, a penalty of one per cent wi e added; upon all taxes paid durit te month of February, 1909, a pena of one per cent. will be added, at -om the 28th of February, 1909, i Le 15th day o1 Jarch, 1909, inch ve, an additional penalty of five pE nt. will be added. The following is the levy: Mill or Sta:te purposes 5 1 or ordinary county purposes 3 or constitutional school pur poses 3 or court house 1 Total 12 Except in the following localit: here an additional railroad tax h: en levied, viz: Mills ownhip No. 1. 2 ownship No. 8 3 ownhip No. 9 2 And except in the following scho stricts where special school tax h: een levied, viz: Mills. ewberry No. 1. 3 topia No. 10 2 rosperity No. 14 4 1 ig Creek No. 20 2 omaria No. 26 1 ittle Mountain, No. 30 3 xcelsior No. 35 2 hppells No. 39 2 Thitmire No. 52 4 ion No. 56 1 A poll tax of $1.00 has been levi< n all male citizens between the ag f twenty-one and sixty years, excel ose exempt by law. A tax of 50 cents each'levied on ogs. Persons liable to road duty mi ay a commutation tax of $3, from t] 5th day of October, 1908, to the 15 ay of March, 1909. All tax payers remember all prope 7 . has been listed separately a: lease see that you have a receipt I ach piece of property so listed. Jnro. L. Epps, County Treasurer. NWERY UNION STATION. rrival and Departure of Passeng Trains-Effective 12.01 A. M. Sunday, June 7th, 1908. Southern Railway: ro. 15 for Greenville .. .. 8.57a.: o. 18 for Columbia .. . .1.40 p.I o. 11 for Greenville .. .. 3.20 p.] o. 16 for Columbia .... .8.47 p.I 0., N & By. To 85 for Laurens .. ....5.19 a.1 No. 22 for Columbia .. . .8.47 a.x o. 52 for Greenville .. 12.56 p.i 'o. 53 for Columbia .. . .3.20 p.1 No. 21 for Laurens .. . .7.25 p.] io. 84 for Columbia .. . .8.36 p.a * Does not ran on Sunday This time table shows the times hieh trains may be expected to di irt from this station, but their da rture is not guaranteed and ti me shown is subject to change witi it notice. G. L. Robinson, o Mistake chase your FALL FROM US. ods were at the LOWEST LOWER PRICES than in Day Sellers. a more appreciated by us d you will invariably find NUINE BARGAINS are TTNER, Square Dealer. Il goods arrived. r cheaper. COME. 3ty WOOD'S SEEDS. es Best qualiti*s obtainable. :Winter or Hairy Vetch y1 makes not only one of the largest yielding and best winter feed and forage crops you can grow, but is ig also one of the best of soil-improv ,. ers, adding more nitrogen to the d soil than anyiother winter crop. o Wood's Descriptive Fall Cat alogue gives full information ~ about this valuable crop; also bout all other Farm Garden Seeds s for Fall planting. Catalogue mailed free on request. Write X. W. WOOD & SONS, -2 Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. i EXCUR~SION RIATE~S VIA SOUTH ElRN RAILWAY TO Chicago, Ill., and return. Tickets on sale October 1st to 8th ol tinclusive, limited October 30th, 1908. is New Orleans, La., and return Tickets on Sale October 7th, 8th & 9th iniclusive, limited October 24th, 1908. Birmingham, Ala., and return. -4 Tickets on sale Oct. 18th, 19th and 20th, inclusive, limited October 26th, --2 1908. Milwaukee, Wis., and return Tickets on sale October 8th to 14th, inclusive, limited October 21st, 1906 Denver, Col., and return Tickets on sale daily util Septem 3d er 30th, limited October 31st, 1908. es For rates, detailed information, pt etc., apply to Southern R.uilwav ticket . agents or address, al J C. Laisk, Division Passenger Ageut. bJohn L. Meek, th Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. or CHABRLESTON & WXSTZEN CAB, OLINA RY. Schedule in effect May 31, 19085 Lv. Newberry(C N & L) 12:56 p.nr. Ar.' Laurens 2:02 p.m. Lv. Laurens (O & W C) 2:35 p.m. Ar. Greenville 4:00 p.m. er Lv. Laurens 2:32 p.m. Ar. Spartanburg 4 :05 p.m. Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 5:00 p.m. IAr. Hendersonville 7:45 p.m. Ar. Asheville 8:50 p.m. . Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:32 p.m. n. Ar. Greenwood 3:32 p.m. . Ar. McCormick 4:33 p.m. n. Ar. Augusta 6:15 p.m. Tri-Weekly Parlar Car line be i. tween Augusta and Asheville. Trains ni. Nos. 1 and 2, leave Augusta Tuesdays, n. Thursdays and Saturdays, leave n. Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays and n. Fridays. ci Note: The above arrivals and de partures, as well as connections with it other companies, are given as infor 3- mastion. and are not guaranteed. -Ernest Williams, teGen. Pass. Agt.. i-Augusta, Ga. Geo. T. Bryan. Greenville, S. C.,