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in its lite'zi ralImslation. that g,od "Mr. A." and good "Mr. B." with a "rep'table physician at his back," could get all the stuff he wanted and who hasn't a "reputable physician" pray? Remember anything about getting liquor on Sundays on "repu table phy.ician's" order, from drug stores, people having pains. cramps and aches mostly on that holy day years ago? Forgot it, Qr just slip ped up? Now inasmuch as The Ob server quotes old Rural. it is presum ed he endorses it, so we will ask him a few questions and old Rural and all other fighting mad prohibition papers can sit in the class and take notice. Do you know that of all in sidious, treacherous, subtle and death dealing, soul-destroying enemies of man the drug habit is the worst? That once its fangs pierce the flesh it never loosens its hold till the very heartstrings are severed. That it de stroys health, manhood, every ennob ling impulse, degrading a man in his own estimation so that he becomes an outcast from society and a pariah -to all. That in comparison to the drink habit it is as hell to an Eden. Know ing all this, do you know that opium, morphine and all kindred drugs are old over the counter of -every drug store in this place (with one possi ble exception) indiscriminately to reputable and disreputable persons, and without prescriptions from "rep utable physicians" by others than "licensed pharmacists?" Did yon know this; if not, why? Or do you ,_deny the facts? Better not, just take Dow's word for it and let it go at that. No doubt every dry stown in the State is the same. If one tow4, why not another? Police? Perhaps. Did you know that the sale of the drug has increased more than au hundredfold since prohibition; that there are more drug fiends in this town today than confirmed drunk ards in 10 years past; that the habit is spreading daily even among the ne groes, an unheard of thing before? some towns making it misdemeanok to even have the drug upon the per son. Couldn't the guardians of the law do a little in this direction. if they could be prevailed on, to let up on booze for ever so short a timeT While the Observer and old R. F. D. are hunting up answers for ques tion No. 1, I will ask another: Did you or any of the town's guardians know that there is an ordinance in this city (and every self-respecting -city I expected in the State) against spitting upon the sidewalk or in houses of public gathering? That in this good town I think the fine $1. Didn't know that? Well, Dow .says it's so.' Ever hear of the great white plague?- Well, to the police I will tell it's ''consumption'' so-called. They haven't time to read, and are not expected to know. It is one of the most deadly of all ills to the hu man race. No person, no place is immune' from its ravages, that it is spreading like' a forest fire and feeds upon what it breeds. Do you know what the great doctors and scientists said in their congress? There is no - cure for it. Any preventive? Yes. -How? Kill the germs in their breed ing grounds. Where are those grounds? In the highways, in the *streets, in public places, where peo ple congregate and spit. Do people *spit upon the sidewalk, in the court *h~ouse, the opera house or postoffice, whiere innocent childhood -trip along e r young womanhood unguarded tread? Do the police arrest them? If not, why? This is where Chinky John feels aggrieved. ''Equality to all, special privileges to none.'' While -the police and council are looking through their ordinances about ''spit'' and the prohibition press are getting sleepy in their class, I 'will shoot question No. 3 about this whiskey drinking and ''keeping it aways from the boys,'' ''stopping it at the border'' and ''reputable phy sieian 's prescriptions'' and all ''kin dred questions.'' ''People are begi-n ning to realize that whiskey is a pois on,'' R. F. D. Since when pray? *That's news to the scientist at last. They thought it injurious to the sys tem when used to excess. So is green apples, persimmon beer and pump kin ,pie. ''We must keep it away from the boys"'-Observer. What boys? not yours nor mine, for neith'er drink. Then whose? The .other fellow's? Well, if ours don't drink, why should his? Can't be those ruddy cheek, round headed boys on their way to sehool, for there is a statute on the books against selling '- minors, and furthermore if you stood in an alley and tried to entice him with a bottle, they would guy you out of town. Just try it once. Then whose boys are you so anxious about ? Is it the noble anny of young men that fill our mills, our workshops, the railroads, our mercantile houses and banks that toil from daylight till dark to keep die wheels of eommerme and th.rift spinning ? Is it the horny handed sons of the plow or the bright and ambitious t young men that fill our colleges and institutions of learning? Are these the boys or any part of them that yon insult their manhood by contin ually spreading upon your prohibi tion sheets, "Keep it away from the boy." Any paper, it matters not by whom published or where. that orig inates or disseminates such a vile slander upon one of the most noble, sober and loyal manhood of any age or country, desrves the same treat ment by the community. as if it had impugned the purity of our young womanhood. Do not some fall? Of a surety al ways did and always will-it but fol lows the law of nature and nature's God. Do any of these journals deny what science declares a fact, that the crav- e ing of whisey is not a habit but a disease? Do you know that teachers are compelled by law io teach in their S schools from text-books the injury to the human system by alcoholic drink? If keeping it away from the boys was the remedy for drunkenness, why P take up time teaching it in the d schools? They could learn all that is required in the prohibition press C and Sunday schools. That would be to hide from it. Now, in closing this lesson. I want the whole class, Obsever,. old R. F. D., the clergy, temperance lawyer,I lecturer and all the "'keeping it away a from the boys" advocates to stop serouging on the bench and listen to this last question I propound (any ' time will do to answer it). The first e 20,000 troops South Carolina sent to S the front, were nearly all compara- t tively boys, none over 35 years old, S the great majority under 21. They P were officered by . boys. lieutenants 0 and captains under 20, colonels at 25 and generals at 30 or 35. A finer, more loyal, brave or temperate body of young men never offered their lives ' to a cause or country. They did deeds s of prowess, executed military strate- p gy and fought battles that in magni- t] tude and results have astonished the f world. In ability, devotion and cour- .h age in battle they were the peers of " the knights of old. But they went down in defeat. They returned to s their ruined homres, wrecked fortunes, their lands a waste. The same indom- i itable will that sustained them in de feat did not desert them in their re- t cuperation of the wasted country. 11 Their deeds in peaee is as much a $ wonder as in war. Now, do you ~ know, or do you not, that during h the formative period of those boys' lives and a century before liquor was sold without let or hindrance in 1 every town, over the counters of ev ery country store, at all the taverns, rossroads, railroad, stations?~ And? the farm house, where there was not0 a jug of rum was the exception.c At every gathering, in the back-h woods and under the very shadow of a the chureh, all could buy that wish ed, old men or boys of tender age, no law, no restriction. Now if under~ such oondiitions, spieh soldiers and men were raised, to what influence do you attribute it? Were the boys better then or are they worse now? Either answer these questions satis- d factorily to all fairminded men or forever shut up this cant about thes boys. Be at least honest with your I readers if not with yourselves jri and say ''I am in for my party''" and "politics are my sentiments and not temperance.'' I do not care tos obtrude myself upon the public, n neither do I hide behind a bush. 1 t] an easily be found by inquiring of this paper. u I fight for truth against error, the a weak against the strong and against p all kinds of hypocrisy' wherever seen, and subscribe myself Dow, Jr. Newberry, S. C. h _ _ _ _ _ _ - p Jim Tillman Goes West. ci The latest issue of the Edgefield d News contains tihe following comn- " munication: Varied emotions poss:ess me in bid- t< ding adieu, perhaps farewell to Southp Carolina. and to the people who have I known me from ehildhood. i It is hard to say good-bye, and oni ly those who do so can feel its sor-. row. h When I think of the thousand a kindnesses friends did me, of tiha for- 12i bearances they have shown my short comings, 'tis then the heart throbs a strongest with gratitude, and beats i2 the sad farewell. But destiny de- 'p rees that I go. In a distant section of the country, o in far-off California. where it is said el all is sunshine and clouds are un known, I wander in search of health. p There, among strangers in coming s years. if years be left to me. T hope to clasp the hands of many and call t them friends-friends such as 1I h 1e.ve bhid. . n S < t ilo , W ille 1101.",.- 0. ! II;.' uehig lines of ill-fated Bvrun: Here's a sigh to those who ix:e me. And a smile to those who hate; .1ni whatever sky's above me, Here's . heart for every James H. Tillm.n. 'OR SALE-One second hand engine and boiler. For terms apply to M. A. Ham. tf Prosperity, S. C. CASH IN ADVANCE. In March, 1887, I became a part wner of The Herald and News and ave beeo connected with the paper. Dntinuously since that time. I wa ith the paper a couple of years prior > that time when under other own rship. I have, therefore, been the ditor for nearly twenty-five years. luring that time my duties have al i been -to keep the books and sub ription ecounts. I have always had great faith and )nfidence in the honesty of the peo le and their purpose to pay their ebts. For that reason I have never elieved I could conduet a strictly sh in advance subscription. For the past few months I have een giving a closer study to the sit ation than ever before. When the postoffice department is ted its order that a subscription to: semi-weekly more than nine months 1 arrears could not be accepted at he second-class rate we endeavored, ) comply with the order and had to utt off about 650 names. We first 1nt each subscriber at least two let -rs calling attention to the rulng be ides mention of it was made in the aper. This fall we have sent an-, ther letter to these perSons but we ave received no response. These 650 owed us over $5,000. lany of them not only did not pay -hat they owed but wAi directly and abseribed f_x o-r comporary and aid for it. We have no objection to: iat but we mention it as a reason >r the shaking of our faith in the onesty of the people. It certainly 'as a striking evidence of ingratitude. We . still have a good many sub ribers who are in arrears. State tents have been sent or will be sent i a few days to all of these. During the 25 years of our connee on with this, newspaper we have. st in unpaid subscriptions at least 20,000. We have no one to blame. ut ourself and the people would ave thought more of us if we had ade them pay it. We are not com Laing but we propose to stop this ak or go out of the business. After the first day of February The [erald and News will be run strietly a the cash in advance plan. A post rd will be mailed you giving you irty days notice so that you may ave time to send in your renewal rid to remind you if you should over lok it. There are doubtless some errors in i credits. If you will call our at mtion to these we will gladly make ie correction and in every case will [ve the subscriber the benefit of the oubt. It takes too much of our time to md statements and to pay postage. 7'e will keep no books except our eeipt stubs and a cash book and the ailing galleys. We shall hate to part with any sub-; ribers but we cannot longer be an yed with tryirg to collect these lit e amounts and then not get them. a The post offiee rule does not permitp to carry a delinquent longer thana ine months and we had just as well t it on the cash bas r We find that for a eleven months 'w f this year only about 1000 have a' aid anything at all. Just about one alf of the present list. We can not E ay ur debts and keep up this rate of i llecion of what is due us. And we o not want to offer compromise if e can help it. Remember you have two months >put yourself financial. If you can't ay all of your back dues give us your g ote and pay the advane3 subscrip The rule we adopt will be followed ;rictly. No doubt some of those who ave been indulged will show thei ppreciation by getting mad and tak- a Lg the other paper as some have done. Te will not raise any objeetion for e will have the satisfaction of know tg that you will no longer get a pa- t er without paying for it. a Those who pay no heed to what they t, e us will have their secounts turn over to a collection agency. We have worked hard to serve the ople of this community and we de rve what we have earned. The Herald and News will continue be an up-to-date paper and we ir ope all- of our subscribers will ap- F riate the si&nation that it costs' ALlenl EWAI EVERY AR A CTUAL NO FAlM Come with Gobble up ! wear, Hosi< Etc., AT A SALE CON Remember we Merchandise to< the-Minute. TI Ewar ney to buy paper and pay printers adit is much easier for each one to ~yus than.it is for us to be continu yhuting up these little amounts. E any man's subscription is in ar-' as and he has a claim against us ewill thank him to present his claim adif we owe it we will try-to pay it. Remember after February first The erl and News is going to be cash advance. E. H. Aull, Editor. A-styp-to-dyn. Made from the long leaf pine. The 'etest remiedy to present time. For Leat Mayes' Drug Store. NOTICE. The regular annual meeting of the ,okholders of the People's Nation Bank, of Prosperity, will be held the banking house on Tuesday, nuary 12th, at 2.30 p. in., for the etion of a board of di.reetors, and .etransation of such other business the stockholders may see proper or atmay be brought before them. R. T. Pugh, Cashier. A styp.to-dyn. Has ured itch magically for others Newrerry and will cure for you. rsale atI Maves' Drug Store. tion Buj (T=PERRY )ECIDED TO CLOSE ( TICLE IN THEIR AT NEW YORK THIS IS H R OT. AI the money and Gobble, 4 suits, Shoes, Hats, Shirts, ery, Handkerchiefs, Suil CTUAL COST. *:. TINUES FOR 30 have NO OLD or SH( >ffer. Everything New is Sale will continue f 4= Perry STATEMEN *The Commercial Bank of New densed from report to State Bank ber 27, 1908. RESOURCES. Loans.... ........ ........ ... Furniture and fixtures.... .... ... . Overdrafts ...........-......... Cash and due from banks.. .. .... . LIABILITIES. Capital stock................... Profits less expenses taxes paid. .... Dividends unpaid. ... .... ....- . Cashier's Checks................ Re-discounts ........... ....... . Deposits Individual.......... .........$2 Banks............ ..-... - The Comumercii NEWBERRY, E JNO. M. KINARD, 0. B. MAYEE Preidnt. Vice-Presiden {ers )UT STORE COST! TALl( &obble, Under tLCases, DAYS )P WORN and Up=to= or 30 days. Co. T. berry, S. C., con Examiner Novem .......$268,751 87 .-------3,116 93 ..... 12,64560 ...... .....101,181 65 $385,696 05 ... ....-..-.-$5,00o00 . ..... 54,677 53 ...... 1,277 00 ........ 25500 ........ 15,00000 >,000.03 3,486.49-$264,486.52 $385,696 05 ii Bank, . C. ,J. Y. McFALL,