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! * WHITE RIBBON ECHOES * I * * >it >:? ><< % >;< >:< >;< # >)s ?je + ?;< % % * ] Never has "King Alcohol" had such good reason to tremble as today. Hoys and girls who twenty-five years ag shouted, "Tremble, King Alcohol, we shall grow up!" and whose heads, hearts, hands and feel have been trained for temperance "work in public school, Sunday school and the L. T. L., through the untiring efforts of the W. C. T. U. have proceeded to grow up, and are suiting their actions to their woi;ds. 1 The child who two score years ago | was taught by a W. 0. T. U. mother, ' the meaning of her little white rob. bon bow and who at the twilight hour I prayed for I lie temperance cause, as I her hand rested upon his little head, is today a temperance warrior, battling against home's direct foe. Already nine States stand for prohibition and others are falling in line. Four counties in this State are soon to have an election to vote out the dispensary. * + * Our union is considering the propriety of holding a bazaar similar to the one recently held in this city by the Elks. The proceeds to begin a fund for a "Temperance Hall." * * * ""Walking tip iMnin street one night I saw a thirteen year old hoy standing in front of a saloon. "Well, Harold, this is a queer place for von to be! "Why are you looking in there?" Looking me square in the eye, he said: 'When my father was a little bov, lie went up and down iliis street looking for his J at her in snI loons, and now my mother is sending me to look for my father, but 1 will never have a boy looking in a saloon for me. Til die first.' And 1 have watched him through these years that have passed, working hard to keep in school and fo reach his ideal, and T know that he will reach it. for he is striving through Christ.?Wm F. Gibbons in S. S. Times. * * sjs Temperance workers in the t\ S arc fighting what is equivalent to ;i capital of $3,">00,000.000. That b they are fighting in all 3,032 distil leries and breweries, 17,111 wholesale houses and about 225,000 saloons. LAWS ON USE OF WATER ALL IN A SINGLE VOLUME Washington, Nov. 2.?The nation al convervation commission is com piling for publication in a singl volume all the laws and court do cisions, both State and Federal, whic relate to the use of water in th United States. This manual will b of immense practical value and it i somewhat remarkable, considerin the wide number of interests whic are touched by Ihese laws, that n such compilation has been made hi fore Ibis. With the constantly grov ing demand for inter-State wate ways, the increasing utilization c water power for I he development < elect ricit v. and the widening areas ( semiarid Western plains that are b inir made arable Ihrough irrigalio !ho?'e laws ;:l I lie present lime a HV f '? ? ( . i ; i,f ;l wide variety of i [ di\" -I and corporal ion*--. and ll-.c 1 xncdialc I'm 1 u ? ?* l!?r? numb I w " > * ' n?* : ; d n?ci! * 11itilit L w " ' i! . :!)( l?(. a11 v iiM-rea I ' ' k >' ' i'-'t tlx' national co | ' >!l i< .1 ii||o- ;)loI i i' cv| v ? ) t borough ai >,'a|iiin will h(> complete. i * will ?* ?#*! '?flc :?11 St:'|c and nation [ sla1 ' and all court decisions wlii | eo" water rivals ;?11.1 kindr i one ' mi bt?lh navigable and no ' UfP >'<!<> . i |m,J l-ik''?'. The I f i " w -11 ioid'tdi* ?l| which I l'?l? ' ? "?:>?riaji righN. and pub ' it'-""' ' o| w-?ter, and all slain w' ' ' 'Tit >?i111 ~. ixdlulion of w | er >'"rf.'rcnce with navigation ! (lie " n of streams for power, da I mini* of streams, diverting siren I flow, and si * on in short, all a l< whic'- afl'ecl the use of waters a I' the-- a I'1 an'tronrial ion to po\ % or other purposes. In I lie book v | be included also some aulhorita! L discussion of I he principles invob | in those laws. | rriie national conservation comn I, sion in ils endeavor to make the e< I pilation absolutely complete and I; curate has called upon the govern I; of nil I he Slates for assistance i ft. the replies in every instance h i promised support. Considers .more than half the Stales have Vo'ead" appointed State conserval Kr commissions for the specific pur| J of cv.nj.r i| ing with the nationl c inis?i?n in its work of gathering I' mn'",-:,,1 which will be embodied I'Vtho >? ( to the president I he I il l lie yesir. in (he other St silos llie " I:i11* ollicistls wli.i-c vv..rk most nearly touches tli is project si i t' sit work. A single volume containing sill the laws which besir ujum the use of waters in the various parts of the country, will be sin exceedingly useful! reference handbook. It holds possi-' bilities of an eve.n greater usefulness J in Ihsil it will exhibit within limits that make ready comparison possible, not only the general tendencies of I Inlaws and decisions on this subject, ! but the discrepancies that exist between the regulations <?f different I States. Plie fear is frequently expressed that the tendency towards nionopoli- | station of water power, which hsis a I- J iesuh inside very great progress in j some parts of tlie country, will re-j suit in practically all of this ex- | Ireinely valusible nsitural resource passing from the people sis si whole into the hands of compstrativelv si few men. with resulting higher cost of water power smd water developed j | electricity to consuincrs and si tremendous advstntago to the few possessors. If this danger is justified by 'he present lsiws, it is a matter of great importance to msike tliis fact sippsirent sit "lice. For this purpose nothing could be more effective tlisin such si presentation of ;il] t!ie laws on the subject sis t hat which the commission is prepsiring. I; Up-to-lh3 Minute D - HATS All Styles and Shi ^ I ::! ^ 1 vill |? Isaac Hamburger i ive & Baltimore k'ed raj paul and Winter 19C ?rS 111 There's a responsib 111,1 lH| that means a lot to ihiv | SI we're responsihie to ;,j. 'H| ie new Kail and \\ shoes, hats a 7,"0* jjj Newberry, S. C. | ^ REPORT OF CONDITION OF | THE EXCHANGE BAR of Newberry, S. C., Condensed from report of State Bank Exam: iner September I 1th, 1908. KKSOURCItS: Loans and discounts ... ... $214,655 05 Overdrafts 3,143.18 Furniture and fixtures 3,696.62 Cash 011 hand and in Banks 17,138.44 $238,633.29 UAMMTIES: Capital stock $ 50,000.00 Profits less all expenses paid (earned) . 7.391-77 Unpaid Dividens i7-5? Cashiers Checks 1,476,87 Re-Discounts ' 6,789.22 Bills Payable 95,000.00 Deposits \ Banks $ 3,o75.9i i * " "'(Individual 7.},882.02? 77.957-93 I | $238,633.2 Your business is what we want. We pay 4 percent on time deposits ! J. D. DA VKNPORT, M. 1, SPKARMAN, Piesic'ent. Cashier. [ lvDW. R. HIPP, \V. B. WALLACK, \Tice-President. Assistant Cashier. OKO. B. CROMKR, Attorney. sealers in Fine Stylish Clothing tor Man and Boys. 1 |:.'i -?A I SHOES . r iw 8 finished 1 ^ Product I ^ in all things, com- 1 pels preference | Lfrom I 1 O? The man j jp' | ^ | ^ I I ? is pre-eminently so j m \ ^ji So!(! oruv by (sowr, HATS Ewart=P erry C(ir -pary. ility in the name of Kuppenheimer and Isaac IIambvr^er <N: Sons the thinking clothes-buyer. The maker- are r?-ponsible to us? you. No chance for disappointment. WVd liktr to show you 'i iter models and the newest styles an 1 novi-lties in Furnishing-.. ND FURNISHINGS FOR FOOT, HEAD AND PUltSB. :W?iWT-Pt"RRY CO c or. Main and College Sis ammnfflSM SOME OF OUR POLICIES: To be conservative. To pay four per cent. | To calculate interest semi-annually. To bond every employee. To be progressive and accommodating. To lend our money to our customers. To treat our patrons courteously. To be liberal and prompt. To sceuie business from all classes. j? TO Blv TIIK VKRY MOST HANK FOR YOl' | to no m*sinfss with. | Our institution is under tin? supervision of and regularly I examined by the State Bank Kxaminer. K The Bank of Prosperity. I Pi osperity, S. C. I DR. G1CO. Y. IIUNTKR, DR. J. S. WIIKlvLlCR, I I President. V. President. ,] J. F. BROWNE, J. A. COUNTS, 1 Cashier. Assistant Cashier. g iifiSESBB3SRlBS3BnB8S3QKffilBBBffiKSHElBB8ERSianBEEBBMCBBnRBRnBCIKBIBnBHHBHni iiiiiiiH?HI wmmmmmmmammmmmKnmmBmMmmanaBmamgmaamatmmaa I 4 A Check Account gives a I 1^^ C'i I systematic record of all busi- I * ^ ^ a * ness transactions in detail. | i \ jl 711 FN you issue- ii clu-ck tl'st as each check is a I'uli 19 V V for every obligation, account of tlie particular |j you can be positive that you transaction, so all the checks m cancelled the debt. Kacli you issue are a reeor<l of youi check contains a complete business transactions. C'an I record?tlu: date, amount, to you afford to be without this whom and from whom, and means to systematize your with both parties' signatures. business.'' 4 per cent, interest paid in our Savings De- B part in en t. ft Pay by Check?it will benefit you just as it ft does others. | The Commercial Bank, I (NEWBERRY, S. C. I J NO. M. KINARD, O B. MAYFR, J.Y. McFAl ,l? jj a President. Vice-President. Cashier. S IT H E MILLINERY department in our store is just as busy as can be turning out the most beautiful and attractive creations. Come and select, your shape and have your hat made, i We are showing many handJsome and becoming models, of 'which the variety is great. The making and trimming of these hats is in the hands of artists who know iheir business, Misses iPursley and Pope. Miss Joe Jones is in this department, and will be glad to see all her friends, and assures them that her very best services wiil be given, come and see us. U fi. S. MOWER CO.