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,NVV e E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, December 25, 1908. Referring to the unfortunate shoot ing at Kinards between Mr. - Oxnet and Mr. Boozer and the appearance of Mr. Boozer in Newberry, the State of yesterday says: "If the sheriff or other impertinent minion of the law disturbed- the even tenor of his way, our correspondent neglected to mention the episode."' The correspondent of the State was not guilty of any negleet unless it had been to say that no arrest had been made, for so far as we have heard "the sheriff or other impertin ent minion of the law has not disturb ed the even tenor of the way" of any of these parties. Referring to this matter calls to mind another shooting up scrape, which occurred in Newberry during the carnival when there were some four or five hundred people on the grounds. The parties were arrested by the police officers, and put under $20 bond each for appearance in thermay or's court. If there has been. any other action, or any action at all by any of our other officials in regard to the matter, we have not heard of it. This Was really a much worse shoot ing affair than the one at'Kinards, because the .shooting up was in the midst, you might say, of a very large crowd of people, and it was almost miraculous that no one was killed. A stray bullet did strike an innocent party in- the foot, but. fortunately no serious damage resulted. We suppose the officers have their own good and satisfactory reasons for lack of action in these cases. The Herald and News has received an invitation to the marriage of Mr. S. E. Boney, the popular and accom plished editor of the Laurens Adver tiser to Miss Emily Bellinger, the ward ot Mr. A. C. Shaffer and Mrs. D. H. Terry, at their residence at Wal terboro, S. C. The marriage will oc cur on Tuesday, the fifty of January, 1909, at noon. * We wish to extend to Mr. Boney our sincerest congratulations, and we ish forlhim and his fianemueh joy and.happiness. -Mr. Boney has been ini newspaper * e ircles for several years now, al though still quite a young man, and there is a brilliant future before him. This will be the last issue of The Herald and News for the year 1908. The next paper will be printed on Fri-. day, January 1, 1909. We miss one issue in the year so that the help may take a little rest. We wish every body a ha.ppy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. 'Luthera.n Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor.) At the services at the Church of the Redeemer Sunday at 11 a. in., Dr. Geo. B. Cromer will make an ad1drgss .-on a very important s(teet, and all the members of the congregation are requested to be present. A cordial invitation is extended the public. Sunday school will meet at 3.45. The class in the catechism will meet at 3.15. Will Observe Holiday. The post offiee will observe Sunday hours on Christmas day. The city carriers will make the morning deliv ery. The rural carriers will make their rounds as usual. WARM STATEMENT BY HALTIWANGER Edgefield County Auditor Takes Is sue With Wilson-Declares Report Incorrect-Says He Stands Ready to Prove That There are Mistakes in the Statement by Wilson. The State. Edgefield. Dec. 22.-County Audi tor J. B. Haltiwanger today gave out the following statement: "As it appears from the report of Comptro!!er General A. W. Jones to Gov. AnsAl, based upon a statement mian to him by Eugene B. Wilson, his ehief elerk, that the finanei-al affairs of Edgefield county are in a 'deplor -able condition,' and as Jones and Wft son seem for some reason a little more 'than willing, even anxion's, to drag the c"un'ty a,ditor into the muddle, itisb . fai anil right that he mais E :0 anhood and hlonor riE or bot of them may at tempt through their venoms to do him. "T anve sucessively served as ler (,enerals (f this State fromi Geii. Ellerbe down to the present one. and no word of complaint has ever come to me from any one of them until this fraudulent and scandalous report comes out in the Sunday papers. Has either one of them any motive in this? If so, let him be honest enough to tell the truth about it. I hope-they have the capacity to do so. I am sure that I have always been as cour- n teous and kind to them as is becom- a ing any gentleman. I have been faithful and true in the discharge of 3 my duty, and the records, both in th& comptroller general's office and in the auditor's office here, will testify as to a my efficiency and ability as well as to accuracy. Nether Jones nor Wilson can truthfully deny this statement. During all these years of service I 1 have had no unpleasantness with any one until after Wilson had been hre about three weeks, accepting my hos n I t pitality and kindness, when he was insulting to me in the auditor's office, and I resented the insult in a much gentler manner than he deserved. The s next morning he left for Columbia -and tried to create a disturbance be- c tween me and the comptroller general, .which at the time I thought was cow ardly in him, to say the least. Hence, I it must be for this that he, in a sneak ing way, seeks to revenge himself by making this infamous statement. 10 "After he had returned to Colum bia, I earried to the comptroller gen eral a sworn statement of settlement V of taxes for the year 1907, and told him in the presence of Mr. Wilson of some of the errors that the latter had t made in his accounting here, and not withstanding Mr. Jones says 'the re port is correct in every particular,' 7 0 am here ready to prove to him or any other that the report is not correct. And when Mr. Wilson or any other man says that the county auditor's office shows carelessness, neglect, er rors and ommissions, both in the du plicates, abstracts and annual settle me4ts, he says what is not true, and he knows it to be untrle when he says it. I fully realize that to speak thus c of a superior official may seem harsh, 9 but facts are facts, and they can not be erased; and it is well for. us to re member that we are all men upon one common plane, regardless of position; besides, however lofty his position. may be, it does not give to him the right to rob me of my just due. "Gen. Jones knows, or he should know, that Wilson is not infallible, for two years ago I was employed to 'heck Dorchester county after Wilson had done it, and as our accounts fail ed to balance one with the other, we went to work to determine which was correct, and Wilson admitted his er ror. T'he work of both should be on file in Columbia now.1 "It is also stated in the report to Gov. Ansel that on account of under redits, errors, omissions, etc., the au ditor failed to charge $3,451.32. and as I failed to charge it, I alsq fail to see why I should, for with the charges already made I find that my account ing gives to the State $3.01 more than that of Wilson's, and gives to the schools about $18 niore, if Wilson will give a credit of $225, which he will be forced to give. ."Without going into further de tails, I say that his work is wrong, and a sober investigation will prove that it is. "Proof of the above statement can be got from recoirds either in the comptroller general's office or in the auditor's office at Edgefield. "To make the affairs of Edgefield ~conty appear still m~ore 'deplorable' he goes out of his way to say that the schools are run on credit, and that it would take. $15,000 to put them on a cash basis. The schools of this coun ty have been run in no other way since 1876, and. it would take $20,000 to put them on a cash basis. I wonder how much money would be required to run! the State of South Carolina on a cash basis under piesent management. I believe the expenses are paid on the warrant of the comptrollar general. Is it not 'deplorable' the State runs on credit? And has South Carolina [any floating and bonded debt? The town of Edgefield has a bonded debt of $23,000. The townships of Pick ens. Wise, Pine Grove and Johnston, in Edgefield county, ha.ve bonded debts of about $80.000, and the county has nothing but about $8,000 unpaid acounts on the supervisor's books, $17,000 on notes for current expen ses, and about $13,000 on notes due the State sinking fund provided for by special acts of the general assem bly. All these things are 'deplorable,' and all the assets I possess are honor, mnhood and a capacity for doing -ood. efficient and intelligent work. "J. B. Haltiwanger, VILL DISCUSS SEMINOLE DEAL. asurance Commissioners of the Car olinas to Confer-Letter Received from the Actuary on Whose Report the Deal is Said to Have Been Based. eiw; and Courier. Columbia, December 21.-"Semi ole" is still the topie of talk in fin neial and official circles, and bits of nformation and alleged informationl re dished out every now and then. Insurance Commissioner Young, of Torth Carolina, has informed Insur nee Commissioner MeMaster, of outh Carolina, that he will be in Co ambia tomorrow to talk over the iatter of the deal with the Southern ife Insurance Company, which is a Iorth Carolina concern. Mr. Young xpressed the opinion in a letter to he South Carolina commissioner that he Southern Life is probably not fin ncially injured by the transaction, ince it seems to have come into a um of money through the deal, but Le does not think it will help this ompany to be mixed up in such mat ers. As to the actual value of the stoc >urchased for $108 per $50 share here is some additional information. t was stated that this trade was made n the report of Mr. H. W. Buttolph, f Indianapolis, an independent ae aary, that the book value of the stock ras $150 per $100 share. This seems o be erroneous, since Commissioner TeMaster has received a letter from r. Buttolph in reply to a letter from he commissioner inquiring as to Mr. luttolph's alleged report on the value f the Southern Life stock, which re ort *as made to representatives of he ,Seminole Company. Mr. But olph states that he did make such re ort to Mr. W. A. Clark on what purported to be a correct exhibit of he financial standing of this com any, and in which he drew certain onclusions regarding the value of the tock." Mr. Buttolph says that after oing over carefully the papers, he :ave it as his opinion that "the con ition of the company was not a. avorable as the financial statements endered by Mr. Lacy would make it Ippea." Mr. Buttolph continues: 'After stating very positively, that 1 Lid not believe the report showed the rue condition of the campany, I said hat if it did the book value of the tock would seem to be about $117 >er $100 of par value, and if the con litions were just as shown by Mr. ack $150 per $100 would be not an ireasonable price to be paid the ~ompany for such an additional is ne as would give the control to the rchaser.'' Mr. Buttolph declares ;hat he never said the book value of ;his stock was $150, or that its actual alue was $150, except under condi ;ions which "I distinctly stated I had every reason to believe did not exist." Mr. Buttolph goes on to say that he mly recently learned that the par value of the stock is $50 per share, mnd not $100, and he states very em phatically, and repeats the assertion, hat his report was based on a $100 per share par value. According to the statements hereto Eore made by the officials of the com panies' involved, the Seminole comn pany paid $216 per $100 share, o1 108 per $50 share, for this- stock, and the Southern Life received $140 per $100 share, in round numbers. I'he transaction was said to' be basea n the report of Actuary Buttolph, which Mr. Buttolph now declaree justified a payment of $150 per $100 hare only for a controlling interest, f the condition of the life insurance 3mpany was what it was represented to be, whieh he did noi; believe to be the ase. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Health will elect a health fficer at a salary of $45 per month and a secretary at a salary of .$10 per month, on Wednesday afternoon, December 30, at 5 o'clock. Applica tions will be received until noon of said day. J. K. Gilder, W. H. Lorminiek- Chairman. Secretary. Attention Pensioners. I will be in the auditor's officee each Saturday in January, 1909, to pre pare applications for pensions. Those on the, roll do not have to apply again. Call promptly and get your blanks. W. G. Peterson, Pension Commissioner. Newerry, S. C., Dec. 18, 1908. A-styp-to-dyn. The he.st known remedy for burns. -m. brui'j.ey or sores of any kind on man or beast. For sale at Mayes' Drug Store. 2-11-8-t-f SEMINOLE HEARING POST..uN ED. Judge Watts Grants Trustees and Of ficers More Time-Counsel for Management Claim that the Company is not Defunct. NeV:.4 and Courier. Cheraw. December 21.-The hearing before Judge Watts on the applica tion for receivers for the Seminole Securities Company, which was set for today. was postponed until next Monday in order to allow the trus tees and officers of the Seminole com pany time to show that the corpora tion is not defunct, and that the best way to save the stockholders' money is by allowing the company to work out its own salvation. Judge Watts, in utter fairness, wished to give the trustees, Mr. W. A. Clark. Gen. Wilie Jones and Mr. Thos. S. Bryan, ample time to prepare their return and make their showing. Mr. J. S. Muller, of Abney & Mul ler. and Francis H. Weston, of Wes ton & Aycock, insisted that they have not had time to prepare their returns and that they thought on their show ing that the court would let the stock holders work out their own plans. Gen. Bellinger, representing the Semi nole, pleaded for time, and insisted that he could not make up a return, because of the lack of time to get the records, and that he would show' that the Seminole is solvent. The en tire hearing today was brief. After the request for postponement, Mr. F. Barron Grier, of Greenwood, Col. P. H. Nelson, Mr. Joe B. Lyles and Mr. Huger Sinkler argued against any de lay and wanted th!e court to take clharge at once, and pqinted out the reasons. They argued that the records should be in this State, and it was in viola tion of law that they were not. "If it were a corporation honestly con ducted.'" Mr. Grier said, "their re cords would be here instead of in Chattanooga." Mr. Grier explained that it was desired that the court get control of the funds iow being paid in, and not, let them go to the South ern Life, which, he argued, was "tar red with the same stick as the Semi nole.'" Mr. Grier said in reply to Mr. Muller that ''alas, the trustees were not stockholders and had nothing to: save.'' Mr. Weston stated that Gen. (Continued on page five.) NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice is hereby given than the town council of Newbei.ry, S. C., will hld an election on Wednesday, Dle czmber :30, 1908, at seveal 'clock p. m. for the following crdie Clerk and Treasurer at a salary of $65.00 per month. Chief of Police at a salary of $55.00 per month. Five Policeman, each, at a salary $45.00 per month. One Street Overseer at a salary of $45.00 per month. Lamp Lighter and Janitor at a sal ary of $25.00 per month. Two Hose Wagon Drivers, each, $20.00 per month. The Clerk and Treasurer will be required to give a bond for the faith ful performance of his duties in the sum of $5000.00, the Chief of Police in the sum of $1000.00, and each Po liceman in the sum of $500.00. Applications must be in the hand writing of the applicants, except that of the Lamp Lighter and Janitor. and Hose Wagon Drivers, and filed with the Clerk and Treasurer by six o'clock p. mn., December 30, 1908. For any further information apply to the Clerk and Treasurer. J. J. Langford, Eug. S. Werts, Mayor. Clerk and Treasurer. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that I, as the qualified administretor of B. H. Amick,, deceased, will make a final settlement of the estate of said B. H. Amick, deceased, in the Court of Pro bate for Newberry county, on Wed nesday, January 13th, 1909, and im mediately thetwafter apply to the said court for letters dismissory as administrator of said deceased. All persons holding claims against said estate will present the same duly at tested on or before that date, and all persons indebted to said estate will Imake payment. J. J. Amick, Qualified Administrator. A-styp-to-dyn. 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We guarantee to refund Idi your money if you are not satisfied is with the vigorous health and cleat omplexion it brings you. Sold only -at our stores. Prices. 50 C ents and $1.00 per bottle. Mail ord-; rsfilled.' Gilder and Weeks, New- R: berry, S. C. cc ____ ___ ____ __- ra A stip- to-dyE. Has cured iteh magically for others 19 n Newberry and will cure for you. J 'For sale atI Mayes' Drug Store. Iti< IRESPASS NOTICE-.\l peso the undersigned. 54 -3 . C. Leitzsey. L SALE oo late for Christ-' iust go at a price. [ck Rockers for $11.25 Rockers for $9.25 dirs for $8.75 Lrts and Carriages RIFICE. See our ds must go. vies Co. -- 0o -FOR SALE.. 115 horse power International Gas ne engine almost new. 1 12 horse power Steam engine, the zer make on scidds. 1 Flouring Mill with all fixtures. 1 good brood family mare, 10 years 1, fold from Caughman Bros. oded Kentueky horse. Will sell any or 'all of the above operty down at unheard of prices. Call and see me at Little Mountain, C. 'Lo C.. A. N. B ala*nd. NOTICE TO CREDITOBS. All persons having celaims against e Electric Laundry Company of swberry will render in their claims .or before the 18th day of January, 09, on whieh date, at 11 o'clock in e forenoon, a reference will be hele the offices of Blesse & Dominick r the_ purpose of winding up the. af irs of the said corporation. Fred. H. Dominiek, Receiver. aw-td. ir News and Courier and The Herald and News. Beginning with February 1, 1909 e combination price of The Gas News with the Charleston News and Courier will be raised Io dollars and twenty-five dents ar. Two months remain -in whi and old subscribers may take a ntage of this splendid combinatio the present price, two dollars. Sen your orders now. Think of it tIe. For the small price of $2.25 get your own county paper rice a week and a twice a week news .per that covers the 'news of th iole world both for one full yea iblished every Wednesday and S day, each issue of the The Weekl aws and Courier contains all t ws of importance, not only of th y of publication, but of all inte ning days. The cream of theAs ited Press News-the greate ws-gathering agency in the world .d all important happenings i iuth Carolina are given, as well at riking editorial articles and stories one kind and another. It has de rtrnents for men, women and che en. It it a clean newspaper, and i a omne newspaper. IHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES. The Charleston & Western C"arol' rilway will sell excursion tickets unt of the holidays at very lo ts for the round trip. Tickets e December 18,19, 23, 24, 25, 30, 3 08, and Jan. 1, 1908. Final li ,nuary 6, 1909. For further information apply sket agents. or, Ern#st Williams, General Passenger Agent. 807 Eroadway. 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