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PLANS TO SLICE OLD LEXINITON PORTIONS WOULD COME TO RICHLAND AND NEWBERRY. Prosperous Dutch Fork Section Anx ious to Annex Itself to Other Counties. Columbia State. Lexington, Feb. 18.-The several moves that are -on foot to cut the old county of Lexington is causing the residents of the central part of the county to sit up and take notice. It has just come to light that there was a meeting held at White Rock. in the Fork, a few days ago, tlie purpose of whieh was to diseuss the advisability of that section seceding from Lexing ton and joining Richland. It is stat ed that resolutions were "almost un animously passed to circulate peti tions asking ithat considerable slice of Broad river and Saluda townships be added" to that portion already seek ing to be annexed to Richland county. It is said that this meeting was at tended by more than 50 citizens and nealy every one present was a most enthusiastie advocate of the scheme. Another meeting is seheduled to be &eld at the same place to further dis cuss thea subject on the 26th. Should this move meet with suc cess this county will lose much of its best territory. Some of the finest farming lands in this section of the State lie in Broad river and Saluda townships and the taxable property would mean -a great loss to the old county. Another Movement. But this is not all: a movement is being agitated, it is stated, by tihe res idents of the upper portion of the Fork to go to Newberry county in the event that the lower part goes to Richland. This would practically re move from this county the entire Duteh Fork, all, in fact, except a very small trip lying just beyond the river, -which can not go, for the reason that it is within less than eight miles of the county seat. It is reported here that the' movement has many strong backers and that it is sure ,to carry when it~ comes to a vote. It has not been learned what inducement, if any, Newberry county will offer these good citizens of Lexington to join their county. It is believed by many that he recent developments in building of the steel bridge aeross Saluda river are responsible in a very large meas ure for this feeling of unrest among the citizens of the Fork, but this, per haps, only lends support to an effort which has long been trying to mater iaize, but whieh has up to recently been kept in the dark. It is very -likely that the citizens on this side of the river will get to gether at an early date to talk the matter over 'and prepare to make a fight to defeat the move if possible. It is not known what steps will be us ed to bring about a reeoncileiation be tween people of the Fork and .those residing on this side, but something will 'be done. Another County Plan. And in this connection it must not be forgot that the people of Leesville and Batesburg bhare not given up the idea of forming a new county with Summerland as tihe county seat. This move wvould .take in port.ions of' Aik en, Saluda and Lexington, and would again remove from Lexington much of her present desirable population and valuable taxa.ble property. These people are lying quietly now, but the matter is not dead by any means. If all of t'hese schemes are successfully carried out ther'e will not be much of Lexington left, and in an editorial in the current issue of the Dispatch this week ,the .suggestion is made that 'if Lexington is to be cut on all sides" then the people sihuuld get together ind annex the wvhole c-ounty to Rich land and have a "Greater Ricehland." THE PRESIDENT-ELECT NOW A MONSTER MASON William H. Taft Taken Into Ancient Order "At Sight'"-Brilliant Social Functions Follow. Cincinnati. Feb. 18.-Wmn. H. Taft, president-elect of the United States. is a Master Mason. The impressive ceremony whic'h brought him that dis tincion today was conducted by Charles D. Hoskinson. "the most worihipful grand master of the lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Ma sons of the State of Ohio." The procedure, whieh culminated in th declaration that Mr. Taft was a Mason, ooeu.pied 35 minutes. As a Mason. Mr'. Taft 's appr'ecia tion w"as of his father's character as uh and of h1is ,wn reui'et that the delay had been so long in his own case, and a rejoicing that his brother. Chas. P. Taft, who was p)resent, had been made a Mason under th~e tute lage of Alfonse Taft. The eperience of being declared a Mason ''at siwlit was not- ended with h,. af'teri)MM -essidin of thlie grand lodge. Mr. Taft witnessed during the ev ening the regular form of initiating a member. Between tihe two sessions of the lodge there was a receptionu for Masonic br-efitell at the C. P. Taft residence, and concluding the cee monies with a brilliant ball at the Alms hotel. The presence of thie president-elect graced all these fune -tions. Fra:nk H. Hitchcoc, at the request of Mr. Taft, came here today from Chicaio, and after his conference left for Washington. Their discus sion related to the undeoided post of secretary of the treasury. The state men.r. was made that no conclusion was reached. The sugestion that the place will likely go to Chicago or further West was Ialde. The )resident-eleet will attend the dinner of the Knockers' elab tomor row night, when he will hear Cincin nati "boosted.'' He will leave for Philadelphia Saturday. PRESIDENT-ELECT TAFT TO CLOSE "DOOR OF HOPE?" Inside Information That He Will not Appoint Any Negro to Office in South. A dispatch from Washington to the Cohmbia State, says: If Mr. Taft does not ehange be tween now and March 4, he will dis cuss the negro question at length in his inaugural address, and ihe will de elare himself universally upon , the question puit up to him by the failure of the senate to confirm Cram, the hanging fire of the reappointment of Deveaux, the negro collector of Sav annah and others. He will make in effect an explicit announcement that he will not make any appointments of negroes to office in any of the Southern States. It is intimated, ihowever, that he might ap point some elsewhere, When Mr. Taft was in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday he show ed the draft of his inaugural address to several friends, some of whom had opportunity to read it all or ihear it read. Others saw or heard portions of it. As it stood then the draft con tained a very strong and unequivocal asertion as to the appointment of negroes. It said that where negroes had de monstrated their fitness to share in the responsibilities of government and their personal qualifications for offee, and where their selection would not create feelings in' the com.munity in which ethey reside, t.hey were en titled to take their share in the ad rinistration of the public business. But .it is added where their appoint rnnt would tend to create a feeling. in the community in which they live and to arouse opposition from the people, among whom -they have to serve, such selections should not be made and he would not make them. This is in effect a plain statement that e would not appoint either Crum or Deveaux. Tie draft of the inaugural address which these few friends saw contain ed an exhaustive discussion of the ne gro gene rally. It discussed the advance of the race since slavery and the possibili ties for future developmeits. Mr. Taft showed the draft also to Presi dent Roosevelt, who differs radically orT the question of negro appoint ments. GARY WIELDS HARPOON. Claims Immigration Commission is Useless Expense-Says Comm.is sion Has Spent $358,000. Washington, February 18.-De cla ring that the national immigration commission has spent .$358,000 since it was created two years ago, that it has on its pay roll one officer drawing $7,.500 per annum. with an additional expense accoun.t of $200 a- month, al thought he has not been absent fromj his eriiployment of teaching a single day since he was appointed by the c:;:miion. and that miany of the o:nplaint.s made as to the laxity of the immigration laws are apparently well tounded, Senator Gray todlay said, on the floor of the senate, that a plan has recently been on foot to dump on the shores of the Unistedl States 30.000 people from tihe most degraded slams of European coun tries. Another expensive :employee of the commission, he declared, is Miehael Claton. This man, according to the Congressional Record of January 26, a secret service agent, has been look ing into the sumggling of Oriental cooies into ,the United States over the Mexican border, when, as a mat Iter of fact, the same matter had b)een fully iLrestigated and reported upon byv a sp)ecia1l commission comp)osed of 15 M. Easley, J. W. Jenks, J. B. Rey Inolds and Maurice Braun, appointedI by President Roosevelt in 1906. rCatn is n.ow merely raking over tOe coals anld relasliu V.-im'at tie'e oflivials have already dne. 114 hill Ir M.\iarC. 1908. was $1,025. aiid was made up of $20 per diem salary. $S per diem hotel .allowance, and over $5 per diem travelling expenses. Senator (arv sail Illat illere iht be It her cases ot a simiar nat t. a l{ wilell e di(I noI kn w. but that lie would protest a"ai ist suich wasie of 1ie publie funds. He declared -that the time was ripe for something to be done to make the steamship compaiies stop liheir prae tice of landiiig thousaids of immi grants in this country when oir bread line is growinig larger day by day: when the list of unemployed is being, steadily increased, and when it is im possible to find work for all our na tive-born American citizetis. Referrin., to tlh: efforts (if tIlle SIilh t enollrl ge i i aralhIll. Stn ator Gary said: "I take occasion to say just here, lest I be nisunder.4ood. thait I. in commoii with mayil\ other Solithernlev.4, wX-uld weleume tf) mr midst home-seekers. whether they be of foreign or native birth, who from ehoice lhave embraced our form of Government. and wish to be part and parcel of us, and will work with us to build up the waste places and Coni tribute to a free and stable govern ment. But it is better that our un cultivated lands should forever lie fallow, and our water power go un harnessed to the sea, -than that we should be overrun by a lot of aliens from Southern Europe, who have been brought here through the cupi dity of steamship companies, and who have not left behind them, and who 't intend to forsake th-eir Black. Hand and Mafia methods, and who contribu-te nothing worth 'having ito the common good. "Much is being said about the de velopment of the South's resources in connection with the alien labor agita tion. For myself, I have but little pcxience with such agitation. I do not see tihe necessity for all this hot haste to use -up the country's treas ure, and -at the same time make .an outcry of th;e conservation of our nat ural resources. Our forests are al most gone, and our public domain is exhausted. The South has prospered marvelously and bids fair to make even more irapid strides. This has been accomplished without the aid of such immigration as that whic~h now comes to our principal ports. Without them our white civilization 'has been main tained, and I, for one, am willing 'to dea.l with the future without their aid." A Diet List. Prsibla Leonard in Harpe'r's Bazaar. The -rivers eart amray 'their banks, The 'tides devomr ,the sand, The. m'orning sun dr'inks. up the mists. The cicaan eaits the land; Tales eat up *a propeirty. And pride eatis onit tihe soul But m'cbhs the dciet ,record 'hold, Because tihey eat a hole! Talking Down to Him, Boton Transcript. Hub (during a quarrel)-You talk like an idDot. Wife-I've got to talk so vou earn understand me. F.R. HUTER & W, K.SLIGH, Real Estate, Stocks and Mortgages Bought an d Sold For Rent. Store Room on Main 'treet, now occupied by R. J. Watts. Seven Room Gottage en Main street. Six Room Cottage on Mayer Avenue. Seven Room R es i dence on Johnstone street. Desirable Office Rooms in Herald and ~Nws Building. OPERA HOUSE EARMARDT & BALTER Lessees and Managers FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. Wednesday, Feb. 24 The Gibson Girl Co In a Two Act Frivolity Entitled THE __ Seaside Hotel The Effervescent Laugh-Provoking Hodge-Podge of Mirth and Melody Pretty Girls Pretty Dresses Pretty Songs Pretty Dances Prices: 25, 35, 50 and 75 Cts. Tickets on Sale Monday, February 22, at Newberry Hardware Comyany. Excursion Rates to Washington, D. C., Presidential Inauguration Maxch 4th. The Seaboard Air Line announces very low excursion rates from all sta tions on their line to Washington, D. C., and return account inauguration of President-elect Taft. These excursion tickets will be on sale from February 28th to March 3rd inclusive; god to return leaving Washington not later than March 8th. The excursion rate from Columbia will be $15.05 correspondingly low rates from other stations. A personally condueted trip at this time is also being arranged covering all expenses, including railroad fares, sleeping car berths, meals enroute, sight-seeeing automobile trips, seats on the reviewing stand and hotel ac commodations atWashington at an ex tremely low rate; full information can be secured by addressing Mr. J. D. Hardin, P. 0. Box 77, Savannah, Ga. U?ndoubtedly .the inaugurationwseere monies which are most spectacular and brilliant, the popularity of Presi dent-elect Taft throughout the South~ and the attractiveness of a visit to Washington at this season will offer unusual inducements to large numbers to attend, therefore secure sleeping ar reservations and make your ar rangements in advance. Full information cheerfully fur nished by applying to nearest Sea board Agent, or write J. S. Etchber ger, Tray. Pass. Agent Seaboard, Co lumbia. S. C. VERY LOW RATES. To New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola and Birmingham, Via. South ern Railway. Account Mardi Gras Celebrations the Southern Railway announces very low round trip excursion rates to New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., and Pen sacola, Fla. Ticekets will be sold February 17th .to 22nd, limited for re turn up to and including, but not lat er ithan midnight, March 1st, 1909. By depositing ticket at New Or leans, Mobile or Pensacola and pay ing fee of $1.00, ticket will be extend ed until March 33th, 1909. To Birmingham, Ala. Account Laymen's Mi.ssionarv Movement. Presbyterian Church in the United States. Birmingham. Ala..' very low round trip rates have been authorized, tickets to be sold Febru ary 14th and 15th, good to leave Bir mingham returning not later than midnight of February 20th, 1909. For rate, schedules and detailed in formation. apply to Southern Railway ticket agents or address. J. C. Lusk, Division Passenger Agent. J. L. Meek, Charleston. S. C. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. COURT OF COM:ccmi PLEAS. D. W. Alderman & Sons Company, Plaintiff, against Carrie K. Gruber, Defendant. By virtue of an order of the court herein, I will sell before the court house at Newberry, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, at public outcry, on saleday in March. 1909, the same being the 1st day of aid month, all .that lot of land near the town of Newberry, in the county cf Newberry, and the State of South Carolina, fronting seventy-five (75) feet on the road leading from New berry to Prosperity, and running back therfrom one hundred and fifty THE NEW SUN TY IS the res ence, and c< inarkable q writers, wit' nents and N: one niachin, ment in the machine, w! every demai any one whether no, It is a type-lever or type-bir machine. It has visible writing in its truest form. It has unlimited speed.I It has an auti-ribbon inking mechanism. It is a heavy manifolder. THE PRICE 4G. L. R O B I N 4 Let me Show you this Machint Ewart: Comi STILL - AND IN B THEY WILL CON All Winter ( Heavy Shoes COME *When in need Clothing, Shoes, I *We Will Save Thanking the ger their past patron; fully ask a contir promising to give and square deal Ewart: Cm (130) feet, with the same width, the same being the lot conveyed to Carrie K. Gruber by Antine Buzhardt by deed recorded in the clerk's office at Newberry, S. C., in Deed Book 16, at page 100. Terms of sale: One-half the par chase money to be paid in eash, the b)alance on a credit of twelve months, with interest ait the rate of eight per cent per annum from the day of sale, to be secured by the bond of the pur haser and a inortgage of the premis es sold, purchaser to pay for papers and for recording same, with leave to the purchaser to pay all in cash. And if the purchaser does not comply with t-he terms of sale within five days after sale thle premises will be re sold on the saleday following at the risk of the former purehaser. H. H. Rikard, Master. Master's Office, Newberry, S. C., Feb. 3, 1909. TOWN AN TOWNSHIP BOARD or ASSESSORS FOR 1909. The following persons have been( appointed to serve as Town and I Twnship Assessors for 1909:j Township No. 1 Town. Otto Klettner, Jno. A. Senn and L. W. Flod. 'ownship No. 1 County. .Juo. C. N eel. S. P. MeCracken and1 G. McDffie Sliglh Township No. 2. D-. W. C. Brown, Chias. S. Suber and B. B. Leitzsey.1 TownshiP No. 3. J. H. Ringer, E. L. Glyniph and B. Mybin. PEWRITER No. 2| ult of nearly twenty years' experi )ntains all the advantages and re ualities of the earlier SUN type i the addition of marked improve aluable features so combined in the as to make it the latest develop art and a STANDARD writing iich is confidently offered to meet id of typewriter users, as well as needing a typewriting machine, ice or adept. t has the universal keyboard of 27 keys and writes altogether Si characters. It takes in paper 9 inches and writes a line 7,% inches. IS $40.00 3 N A get , it will Cost You Nothing. Perry 3any ALIVE USINESS TINUE TO SELL :lothing and AT COST TO US f anything 11 -lats, Shirts, Etc. You Money. erous public for age, we respect uance of same, in return a fair to all. = Perry many. Township No. 4 Town. David Duncan, P. B. O'Dell and El. E. Kohn. Township No. 4 County. Z. H. Suber, James C. Dunean, Sam W. Derrick. Township No. 5. G. C. Glasgow, Welch Wilbur and Carr W. Bufo'rd. Township No. 6. M. M~. Livingstone, Geo. P. Boozer a.d J. B. Smiith. -Township No. 7. Press N. Boozer, A. P. Coleman and Jno. W. Sanders. Township No. 8. G. T. Blair, H. 0. Long and W. H. Township N. 9 Town. A. H. Hawkins, A. M. Lester and W. T. Gibson. Township No. 9 County. J. P. Harman, Jno. H. Garrett and J. W. Hartman. Township No. 10. Adam L. Aull, D. B. Coo~k and W. B. Boinest. Township No. 11. Perry Halfaere. R. H. Hipp and 'elix A. Graham. The above named assessors are re piired to meet in the officee of the ounty auditor Tuesday. March 2. ~t 11 o'lock a. m. for the purpose of aking rbe oath of office and attend ng to othr business necessary before assing on the assessments for 1909. E"his is an important meeting and ev ry member is urged and expected to e present. Respeetfully, Eng. S. Weds, (onuty Andiam.