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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. MI- Sarah1 Pope leaves tomorrow to spend a month in Kinards. 111-, Te:npie Wriiglit. of Atlanta. Ga.. i visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wright. Miss Ha,ttie Smith, of Mt. Pleas ant section, is visiting relatives in the itv. Mrs. Everard Blackshea;r spent sev eral days this week with Mrs. Ann Jeter in Columbia. Mrs. Claude T. Boyd, who has been quite sick with grip for the past two weeks, is now able to be up again. Mrs. J. W. Humbert left itoday for Batesburg to attend a district mis sionary meeting to be :hleld there. Mr. A. Birge Wise, of Prosperity, ati.ended- the meeting of the Grand Commanudery, Knights Templair. in Columbia this week. Hon. Fred. H. Dominick attended the meeting of the Grand Comman dery. Knighits Templar. and th4 Grand Chapter. R. A. M., in Columbia this -week. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Newberry has -felt a touch of the blizzards which have been raging in other sections of -the country. There will be preaching at the A. R. P. chureh. Prosperity. next Sab bat:h at eleven a. m. and at Unity a-t three p. m. The banks and public offices will be closed on Monday, February 22. the same being the birthday of George Washington. At the meeting of the Grand Com mandarv. Knigh-ts Templar, held in Colunbia this week, Hon. George S. M6wer. of Newberrv. was chosen grand junior wairden. Mr. Antine Buzhardt, of the coun ty, paid The Hera-ldi and News office a very pleasant visit on Wednesday. It is always a pleasure to have sub scribers call in -and spend .a short while in the office. T'he Woman 's Home 'and Foreign Missionary society of the Lutheran Oh'urch of the Redeemer will meet at '4he residence of Mrs. E. R. Hipp on Monday a-fternoon, February 13, at 4 e'eloo'k. The post office at Newberry has re esived the new 'memorial stamps with the bust of Abraham Lincoln on them, and tihey 'will be put on sale today, thi.s being the anniversary of :his .birt'hday. TOWN PRISONER CAPTURED. Paid P'ine Which Was Imposed 'on Him and Expenses of His Cap ture and Was Released. Will Lomax. -a negro who escaped from ;the city chain gang some' months -ao, was located at Due West, in Ab beville county, where, at the request of (Thief oif Police Adams., he was a[r rested and held until OWh t Adams reached Due We't on Monday. Since .the negro's escape from the gang, to which 'he was sentenced for sixty days on two charges--beating his wife and creating a di'sturbaneehief of Po lice Ada'ms had been on the look -out for him. The negro escaped only _a day or two after he began his service en the . gang. Chief Adams got in communica'tion with the Abbevil-le wh1eriff, and received a telegram from one 'of the constables at Due West that the negro 'had been arrested and was beine held. Chief Adams, as stated. went to Due West on Monday. Wheni he arrived at Due West tihe pro prietor of 'the 'hotel, at which Lomax wvas wor'kingi, was anxionfs to keep the negro, and -the negro succeeded in raising enough ito pay t:he fine which had been imposed upon him' 'by Mayor Langford, in lieu of wvhich he was serving sentence when 'he escaped, and in addition to this he paid Chief A'dams' expenses in loeating him and Sgoing to Due West. Under these cir cumstances, (Thief Adams left him in Due West. EcCaughrin Rebekah Lodge. McICaugbrin Rebekah lodge, 1. 0. 0. F., 'held ian imnporta'nt and inter esting meeting on Saturday nighit, at wvhich time a prize of five dollars in gold 'was offered to the memiber bring ing in the largest 'number of applica tions for membership up to July 1. It was also decided' to giv'e an oyster and hot supper a't an early date for The benefit of' ithe order'. The young l.adies wh'4o are pushing forw"ard this 'braneh of the order deserve much credit for their fait hfuilness and dlevo tion. and theC order derives much be *iifir from their efforts in its behalf. COUNTY FINANCES. Statement Prepared by County Attor ney Holloway for Newberry De lega.tion-Some Interesting Facts. jM lrn.(,. Holow\ay wos asked yesterday for some facts ill reard to t.h. 1inani-iial condition of Ne LWbylrrV comity. On January 15 Mr. Hollo way prepared a statement for the use of the Newberry delegation in th-e general assembly showing .the finan cial condition of the county at that time, based upon the records at thait time and estimates made a-t that time as to the probable amount of taxes which would :be collected, It will be seen by this staitement, which is giv en below, that the overdraft of the county treasurer to January 15 was $3,374.38. A considerable amount of taxes has been collected since that time, of conrse, and the overdraft would be reduced by the amounit of taxes which bave come in. The statement prepared by Mr. Holloway on January 15 is as fol luws: Statement. lilcoime from taxes 1908, 3 mills on $7065237.00 ....$21,195.71 Animui- colleoted through January 15th ........16,172.42 Balance taxes unpaid Jan uary 15th .............5,023.23 Probable taxes col-lectible by Marc;h 15th.... .....4,000.00 Leavin- unpaid Marh 1.5th $1023.29 Owing by County: 0verdraft of county treas urer t > Jan. 15th......$ 3.374.38 Out.tanding cheeks unpaid to Jan). 15th ........ 693.57 $ 4,067.95 Anistiln. Brvos.. account steel. br-idg-e. Higgins fery ..$ 450.00 J. P. Bishop, account ap proach Whitmire bridge. 320.00 Ninety Six bridge ..... 200.00 (Ihappells steel bridge .. .$ 1,1.87.50 Chappells steel bridge ap proac-h (estimated) .. .. 812.50 Furnace new court house (es-tima-ted)....... .....1,500.00 General -elaims, not yet ap proved. (estimated) .. .. 400' $ 4,870.09 Total probable claims of all sor'ts...............$ 8,937.95 D)educt probaible It axes :to be collected by Mar~ch 15th. 4,000.00 Balance .. .... .......$ 4,937.93 A dd n:ote and interest . . . . 7,350.00 .$12,287.95 The tollow.ing showvs the~ amount of e,>nintation paid each yea begin ning 1900 and wha-t it brought in: 1900-$2.00.. . ... ......$ 298.00 1901-$2.00 . ... ... .. ....1,662.00 1902-$1.00 .. .. .. .. ...2,108.00 1903--$1.00.... .. .. .. .. 2102.00 1904-(Fixed by comity board -see page 527, Sec. 7., Vol. 24) .... .... ......612.00 1905-$3.00 .. .. .. .. ... 5.67.00 1906-$3.00. ... .. .. ..390.00 1907-$3.00. .. .. .. .. ...(81.00 190-$3.00 (To Jan. 15th) 343.18 The income from t'he three-mill 'ey mvy be somcw:hait decreased by loss of taxes une-ollected,.and if the su preme count should sustain Judge Memminger in his insaranee decision there will be a. further deduction from this amount of some $150 or $200 which -was paidl by mn'n-rance compan es under protest. The whole amount paid by insuranee companies in this county last year nder protest was $697.27. In conneection with this statement imay not be amiss at this time to say some thing in tregard to the levies and sources of income duri.ng t!he past several years. W'hen Supervisor J. Monroe Wick or took charge with the beginning of the year 1905, di'e're were a inmbe-r of claims against t'he county, and Suipervisair 'Wickeyr borrowed $5,000 from the Sinking Fund Commission to meet these el-a.ims. T'he ordinary county levy for 1905 wvas t.wo and one half mills, buFt 'the county 'had the dis pensary in 1905, wvhich gave a revenue af s:me four of five thousand dollars from tha,t source. The dispensa:ry was voted oti: in August. 1905, cu.tting off this sou-ree of revenue. In 1906 the levy 'was increased to three and one-half mills. During this year -the $3,000 indlebtedness to the Sinking Fund was inereased to $7, 000. In 1907, notwithstanding this in debtedness. .the .levy was reduced from the an.d one-lhalf mills st'o three mills, and in 1908 the levy remained at three mills. C'outy Attorney H4lloway states tha~t in Janua.ry, 1907, lie prepared an :ftimate andL( went 'to Columbia be fore thle delgation asking tha;: the levv~ be made four' and one-half mills, at i as redned to -three mills. Ex-Supervisoir Wicker estimates that the August fresliets cost New berry county somec eight or ten (0hou sand (ollars. In tlhis connection, it may be stated tIhat Laurens has a movement on foot 'to boind the county to the aiounit of $50,000 to repair the damage eaused by tle fresliet. Counl-ty Attorney- Holfloxv0Y ha; pre-' pared ai estinate of the expelses for 1909. and estimates that they will run to $33,000, and he has asked for a levy this year of four and one-half' mills. A TRIP TO INDIA. Presented Last Night By Herald Square Opera Co. The following is from the Staunton Dispateh and News of January 1: A lairge and very well pleased house greeted the fi-rst .appearance of the Herald Square Opera Co., here last night. "A Trip to India" is a tale of -the Orienit, which contains muach humor and. good music, a combina-tion which never fails to please. It was well staged. the stage settings being appropriate and handsome. The com pany itself is good, be.ing composed of a well balanced east and a chorus whie-h, judging from -the standpoint of bea-uty, has never been surpassed in the history of ithe Beverly -theatre. Especially deserving of mention was the wor k furnished by Ed. Gilmore and J.ak Leslie. The house was al ways in a laugi when these two com edians were on tie stage. The Civic Association. The Civie association lheld al inter esting meeting in the echamber of oommerce rooms on Wednesday after loon. The work whic.h -the association has in hand for the beautifying of the ci-ty .and the work which The associa tion qproposes to take up, was discuss ed at lenrzth. the association being in session -for a sconsiderable itime. The members are enthusiastic and the var ions committees which .have been appointed are pushing forward the work whielh has been assigned ito them. CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH. Rev. J. W. Wolling, D. D., Pastor. The <regular Sunday morning ser vices begin at 11 o 'clock and will be eonaiueted by t-he pastor. By request of the superintendenit of the Stud enlts' Volunteer Movement special prayer will be made for all st-udents. and the pastor will' speak on the sub ject. "Y1anng men and thle Ohristian ministry.'' All the college stud-ents are specially inviited. Th:e Sunday school] meets at 3.30 and all .persons in.terested in the study of God 's -word are invited to attend. A t niTht Dr. Wolling will speak on the question. ''Why am I not a mem ber of the chardh?'' Tihe usual song service vil-l be 'held, familialr hymns heing sunig. Now in Danville. A c'opy of tile Danville, Va., Bee of Februaty 8 gives an acouint of t-he arrest 'of seventeen alleged blind ti g'arsin Danvi-lle, made by the police on warran-its sworin out by deteetives. Thle Bee states t'hait "these detectivas are s:aid to come firm an agency head ed by Walte:- H. H-ubbard, in Colum bia, S. C. It is sta:ted in tile Bee that theCse detectives were secured in di.rectly thrloughd the efforts of ithe Law and Order league. It will be re call-ed tihat Hubbard 'was in charge of the detectives in Newberry when a number oft arres-ts were, made here Mmre time ago. Policeman Franklin Investigates. Seve.ral days ago Pol'iceman H. H. Franklin took from a stomek car on a Souther'n train at Newberry bound for Greenv'ille a negro who gamve hi.s name .as Henry Williams. Tile negro was beaingo his way' on thie train. Wh.ile he ga're his name .as Hentry WYilliams lie had an envelope in his p:>eket which 'had been thirough the mails, adldressed to Eddie Durham, C (olumbia. Policemnan Franklin was not satisfied with Williams' account of' himself, and has been investigatingj him somewhidt. Hearing -that some time ago~ B. F. McDowell, a colored p)reac-rl of' Gr'eenlville. had 'sent a b.>y to Tuskegee. Booker Washing ton's schloil in Al-abama, and had not |eaixd of Ahe boy s,ince. he wrote Mc Dowel-l. giving him a description of t he boy utnder arrest here. In reply McDowell writes that the description veryi' closely fits his nephew, -whom lie sent to Tuskegee last October, and whom he had not heard from since. Wihen Policeman Franklin gets his suspicions ar'oused he follows t!hemi out, and it is sate ;:o pi;di.et that hieI wxill knowx all -aibout Henry Williams bt -re he fini,Ces his -inv'estiga-tion.. Williams wxas tried in th:e .mayor' s court follow-"ing his arrest and was sentenced to serve fi-fteen days under the city ordinances. He .is serving TOWNSHIP INDEBTEDNESS. Sinking Fund Having Matter in Charge Prepares Bill Which is Introduced. viln'ts kvnhi 1has, charle of thera r"Il inde(bl"telnes, iII the tshl1,ipI)s )r Newberrv. Mendeniahll. and Stony Ba'ttery published some time ago a report of what had been done. From an aceumulation of the taxes -to meet the interest on the bonds in t-hese townships $14.500 was in hand and was used in retirinig these bonds. This money -was paid out in Novenbex. 1908-$2000 in No. 1 on -t-he bonds that -had matured and wlhih were issued for the C.. N. & L. railroad; $5600 on the bonds in No. 9 township for the C.. N. & L. rail road; $6600 in No. 1 townsbip on the bonds issued in behalf of the Augusta, Edmefield. .and Newberry railroad: $500 on .t-he bonds in No. 8 toiIlshilp in behalf of the Augusta, Edgefield and Ne.wberry railroad. The total amount of bonds issued in aid of the C.. N. &. L. was $10,000 in No. 1, and $15,000 in No. 9 townships. Of t:hese bonds $5000 have matured of the No. 1 township bonds and the $10.,000 in No. 9. township. in aid of the C.. N. & L. raih-oad. In No. 1 township there is also $26. 000 indebiedness for the Auguita. Edgefield, and Newberry railroad. and in No. 8 township $7200. De ducting t-he pvayments which were made by the sinking fund there is still an indlobtedness against N . 1 town S-hip for the Augusta. Edgefield, and Newberrv railro-ad of $19.400 and in N. 8 townsbip $6700. The bal-ance due in' No. 1 t,Ywnship in the C., N. & L. bonds is $8000; $5000 of t:his. however, does not ma ture une.i 1a13. In No. 9 towns-hip the ba-lance dive is $9400 of this $5000 does nt mature until 1911. TL:zse b,)(nds thave been drawing in terest at 'evn pi.r e:-:. By t-he pay mient o' them a ind borrowinl t.he money t 5 per cent. the annual in tees: savin will be $953. Mr. F. H. D)mini k, who has had charge of this matte-r of funding the indebtedness, appeared before the Newberry delegaition on Wednesday and suggested the tpassage of four bills which were introduced yester day by Mr. Kilbler through the~ ways and means 'commit-tee, providing a loan from -he Staite sinking fund at 5 per cent. to ta;ke up theo indebted ness -which is now due. I-t is estimated tha.t the t-ax which is now .levied to meet -the -int-erest on these b-....ds in athe several townships and to treate .a sinking fund if this loan is made will pay up the indebt edness -in No. 8 towvnshiip in eight vr,in No. 9 township in six yeairs, in No. 1 -township in eight years. Tphis estimgde is -based on the re tirement of the bonds -which a-re not yet due, and it is estimate'd that the principal and interest will be paid. as stated. without any increase in .the present rairoad' tax in these town ships. The tax is on-eJhalf mill in No. 1 township for the C., N. & L. bonds; two mills in No. 9 township for the C.. N. & L bonds; one and one-half mills in No:; 1 township for t,he Au g'sta. Edgef-ield -and New-be ry rail oad; .and three mills in No. 8 'town ship for the Augusta, Edgefield and Newberrv. Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edwvard Fulen-wider, Pastor.) Services at ithe Church of the Re deemer Sunday as follow's: 11 a. in., regular morning service with sermon by the pastor. T'heme: "The causes of tohe failure and success of the Gos pel." February 14 has been set apart by the Y. M. C. A. as a day of special service :and prayer for student's thrcughou't the worla. At 7.30 p. m. a service will be held in the Church of the Redeemer carrying out .this idea. There wil.1 be special music. in charge -of t-he young men of th~ col lee, a nd a s-ermon 'oy ,thle pastor on the word's, "Be of good courage..and let us play the men for our people, "d for the cities of our God: And the Lord do~ that wihichi seemeth him od" II S-a-m. 10 :12. T-he Sunday sehool convenes a:t :3.4~>. T'he pa st-or requests a full alt tendance at the Bible class. The p,uhlic is cordially invited to all services. Miss Shelor 's Typewriter. It will be reealled that some time ago Mr. G. Cart-er Riser, of Whit mire, raised by sub1.scriptioni $25 for the purehase .of a typewriter for Miss Shelo.r, who is at te -head of the "Sunshiners" in i:-his State. It 'has beeVn d-u ided if possible to increase is .1! u.m tI $40 in m: er to ecure a bet.ter machin for Mi;ss EK rl.r. :m:d ~ll who may desire to eontribute -to this .worthy cause are requested to send their contributions 1to G. Carter Ris& Whitmire. S. C. ANTI TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE. Meeting Held On Tuesday Afternoon, At Which Time Permanent Or ganization Was Perfected. A rer inter*e;tin_ lireeting Id the Ankiti Ttiberculo1SISiN leagu wasreld inl the(. roomls iof -t-he hmbrof (.1om-1 1me,11T 011 Tuies-dav afternoon. Dr. P. G. Ellesor, president of :the league. presided over the meeting, and Mrs. i. D. Wright was secretary. Tihe Bachelor Maids, who were at t:hat time holding a meeting in -the same building, were asked to join :wit'h the Anti Tuberculosis league m1eeting and a committee waited on t-hem and succeeded in adding a num ber to those already present. I)r. Ellesor sqtated tha.t it was said t1hat every seventh death was from tubarculosis, and he gave fie deaths in Newberry during the year of 1906 as 3. wit'h seven ca.used by tubereu losis; in 1908 .39, with 10 from tu beriulosis, xnd the comparison for 1907 gave the same result, showing that the ra-tio of every seventh death held traie in this locality. Mrs. R.. ). Wright :ead the minutes of the Ist neeting, and the reports from the different committees on can va.-ing fwr new members were called f;r. Mrs. E. H. A-uil. was the only nie present iho had been appointed on these committees and she made a vory od report. Dr. J. M. Kibier stated- that as chairman of the publication- commit tee 'he 'had had notices put in both of the county papers, and would, with permission o.f the chair, continue to see that -notices for the publie were given attention. He then took t'he 'lair and presided over the meeting, while Dr. Ellesor read the constiitution and by-laws of the league, as drafted by the committee appointed for that purpose. After considerable discus sion and adding amendments to this proposed conXstitutiorn and the by I law;. same wlere vated on favorably. An executive committee was elect ed to lo,k after the affairs of the lea gue. .onsisting of the following mem bers: Dr. W. G. Houseal, Dr. P. G. Ellesor, Mrs. J. W. White, Dr. E. P. McClintoek, and Miss Elizabeth Dom iniek. The time for the meetings to be held was fixed 'for the -lasit Fniday in each month at 4.30 p. mn., the hour to be changed according to 'the season. The following 'new miembe-s were added to the roll: Dr. aind Mrs. E. P. MClitoek. Mrs. T. F. Harmon, M~rs. John K. Aull, Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. Herman Wright, Misses Ma,ud Lang ford. Fannie MeC'aughrin, Eliza'beth Dminick, .and Vista Wood. The-'initiation fee was f,ixed at fifty e::- per member. IELK'S ANNIVBRSARY. District Deputy Lynahi To Be Present -Banquet To Be Served at Newberry Hotel. At the -next regu'lar meeting of Newberry lodge, No. 1103, B. P. 0. Elks, Distri.et Deputy R. Norris Ly nahi, of Charleston, will pay the lodge an official v'isit. This is the first an niverary of the organization of' the lodge, and it 'is gratifying to the mebiers that District Deputy Lynah will be 'with them onl this occasion. A unmber of, candidates who have been eledied to 'membherAlh p are ex eted to be present to receive their degrees. At 'the conelusion of t:he meeting a b~anquet will 'be 'served at the New berry 'hotel in -honor of Dist:riet De puty Lynah, 'the non-resident mem bers, and ithe '"fresh meat.'' The occasion is expected 'to be both pleasant and profitable and every member who can do so is expected to tend tihe 'meeting. a-nd, of course, he banquet following the meeting. MISS PLORENCE DAVIS. She Will Be Seen in Opera House on March 17 In "Under the Green wood Tree." T::e popular young comedienine and dlramtatie star, Florence Davis, now on -her fift'h annual tour, is announced for appearanee at the opera house, Wednesda'y, March 17. in her new ae quisition and most pronounced suc cess. "Under the Greenwood Tree," 'the latest comedy by Henry V. Es ond, who wrote "When 'We Were T wenty-one " for Nat Goodwin some years 'ago. Miss Davis and her ex ellent compa'ny, including Elliott De:er, opened their p)resenit season in "IUder the Greenwood Tree'' in New Orleans. where 'the critics of all five daily 'papers were nmost profuse in etheir praise of -the star, t'.he corn par:~. -the play and .the production; a verdict that has since been endorsed by dramatic reviewers in other cities; and from all reports. this will be one of the most enjoyab)le offerings of th cming month in theatricals here. Cotton Market. (Corrected by Nat Gist.) Good A1iddling.......... 9 3-8 S riet Aiddling ..........9 1-4 liddling ..9............ 9 1 Malrkt wveak. SPECIAL NOTICES. i CENT A WORD. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. DR. MELDErAU'S office hou'rs are ten to twelve-thirty mornings; three to six afternoons. Calls over 'phone 96 will receive prompt attention day or night. 3t 75c JARDANIERS for 43c this week. The J. L. Bowles Co., 1316 and 1318 Main St. HIDES WANTED-J. C. Sample, ol dispensary stand. t THE JEWELL STOVES are the bes cooks quick and saves wood. The J. L. Bowles Co., 1316 and 1318 Main street. IF YOU have any money to invest. why not let me get you a gilt-edged first mortgage real estate loan. J. A. Burton. STANDARD AND NEW HOME sewing machines at great bargains. The J. L. Bowles Co., 1316 and 1318 Main street. YOU MIGHT TRY in vain all your life to save enough to buy a home, but if you will purehase one on the insta-lmen-t plant, it will 'not seem long until you 'have it paid for. J. A. Burton. FOR UP-TO-DATE furnitu-re and house furnishings we will save vou money. The J. L. Bowles Co., 1316 and 1318 Main St. PURCELL & SCOTT will be pleased to see their old customers and to 'have new one:: in their new and commodious store rooms in the post office building. FRESH CANDY ait Broaddus & Ruff's. PURCELL & SCOTT are now in their new and commodious store -rooms in the post office block, and are better prepared to serve their customers than before. VALENTINES at Broaddus & Euff's. WE ARE NOW occupying two store rooms in the post officee building where we hope to serve all our old customers and-many new ones. Call and see us. Purcell & Scott. CINCO CIGARS from one to one thousand at Broaddus & Ruff's. J. W. WHITE, Newberry 's up-to-. date and competent plumber guar antees perfect satisfaction in 'all work entrusted to him. JUST IN-A nice !!n'o of ta:blets and box paper at Broaddus~ & RuEf's. 3. W. WHITE is prepared to give en tire satisfaction on all plumbing business that is required to be done in Newberrv. FOR NICE pork ebops and steaks J. C. Sample. old dispensary stand. 'PHONE 261 FOR FISH AND Oysters. f&t-lm. FOR RENT-S-room cottage within one bloei of post office. Apply t E. N. Austin. FOR RENT-A nice cottage on Col legt street near the new court house. Apply to William John son. GALL on J. WV. 'White if you care to have first class plumbing done. WANTED-A partner. either aetive or silent, in a good paying business, with $1500 to $2,000. W~ill pay 25 per cent and good salary. Address Business, care Herald and News. LOST-One Elk watch fob. Reward if returned to this office. 2t T. E. Wicker. GET YOUR GLASSES from Dr. W. Connor, a graduate of the lar est optical college in the world-t Northern Illinois College of Chic go. Dr. Connor is located permna ently in Newberry, gives both t objective and subjective tests electricity and guarantees his wo Offic over Coneland Brothers.