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RAW DRUGS. Castor Oil Comes as Pretty Little Brown and Black Beans. Upon going into a pharmacy and lookihg over the mysterious jars and bottles and boxes that line the shelves did you ever wonder where on earth all of the drugs came from and how they appeared,before they were ground up and made into oils or dried or pul verized or crystallized into queer shaped lumps? Each jar and box seems to hide some secret which you Immediately become curious to solve. How many different lands do they rep resent? And, after they leave the jars that hold them now, what are they made into? Who, for example, would connect a great pile of dry, thin twigs, neatly tied into small bundles, with sarsa parilla? These twigs are the creep Ing roots and rootlets of a prickly shrub that grows in Jamaica. and they are worth from 10 to 50 cents a pound. Somewhat similar in appearance is Ipecacuanha, which also comes to us in dry twigs, which are part of the trailing root of a plant found in the damp forests of Brazil. These roots receive no preparation save drying before they ars shipped off to tihe United States. They are packed in large sacks, and the workmen who open the bales must beware of breath ing the pungent, Irritating dust given off, which is productive of unpleasant' results if incautiously inhaled. Castor oil, too, is hard to recognize in the pretty little brown beans, spot ted with black and with polished skins. that arrive in bags from India. They look far too attractive to suggest the much hated dose of our early days. Aloes, the base of many nauseous medicines, may be seen in its crude form as a solid mass resembling brown sealing wax, packed in heavy woodin boxes, from which It is chipped c in flakes with a chisel and hammer. It is of different qualities and prices, .according to whether it comes from Arabia, Socotra or the West Indies, -and may bring any sum from $4 to $45 per hundreweight. Aloes is the juice of the big fleshy leaves of the plant of that name. This juice is pressed or evaporated from the leaves and poured into chests or kegs in a semifluid state, hardening presently into a solid block. Not infrequently It Is inclosed in the dry skins of mon keys and in this strange form brought to market. One of the most interesting of drugs Is opium, both on account of Its aw ful potency and by reason of its great value. A case of opium, about 225 pounds, Is worth $400 roughly. The case is of rough deal lizied with tin and contains a number of soft, dark lumps, like large handfuls of dough packed very closely together in a oduantity of dry, chaffy seeds. The opium which reaches America Is of two qualities, one for medicine, the other for smoking, and comes from Persia and Asia MInor. China and In dia-St. Louis Republic. MONEY OF THE RICH. Of More Use Foolishly Spent Than Hoarded or Lying Idle. A great reservoir of water undistrib uted leaves men and women to perish of thirst and growing crops to parch and die. So also vaults bulging with stagnant money leave men and women to perish in abject poverty and ripened crops to rot within the fields and or chards that grew them. Therefore what happens to the dollars of the millionaire is a question of the first importance. Those of us w'ho believe In praying for material blessings will do well to pray long and earnestly that rich wo men will never cease to buy $100 hats' and $1,000 gowns, with diamonds and other jewels to match; that they will continue to give balls and teas and en 'tertainments of the most expensive kind; that they will be recklessly ex travagant in gewgaws and folderols of r .every description, because It will be -good for us who depend upon an in come drawn from the multitude of op - -erations involved in producing. mer chandising and transporting all those *gewgaws and other gimcracks that go - -to keep extravagance at a high pitch. Let us hope that rich men's sons will -continue to spend their fathers' money as foolishly as they are reputed to do -not because it will be good for them. * but because it will be good to have the money poured into the wage earner's money channels. Let us doubly hope that the rich men may be prospered in their money get ting, because they will not let it 1i'e idle. Whatever their wives and chil dren do not spend they put into stocks .and bonds and thereby turn it inlto the wage earner's money channels. Let us be thankful, too, that neither the dol tars of the rich nor the dollars of the poor are of any value save as they go into the wage channels of active circulation.-F. W. Hewes in Harper's Weekly., Farsiigted. "I kept my husband on a string five years before I consented to marry him!" "Why so long?" "Well, you see, I waited until I could see his way clear financially !"-Lippin cott's. Force of Habit. Nell--I'm afraid Mr. Guzzler had too much drink at the dinner last night. Belle--What makes you think so? Nell-When the charlotte russe wras served he tried to blow the froth ofT. Phiadelhia Record. THE USEFUL PIG. A Colored Woman's Story of a Trade and Its Results. A colored woman was being exam Ined at a conference at Tuskegee. "Do the people in your community own homes?" came the query from Mr. Booker Washington. "I think's they's fixing to own 'em, sah." "But do they own them?" "A heap of times you can't jest tell, sah. But they's holding 'em down." "Do you own your home?" "Yes, sah, I do," proudly. "And I can tell you jest how I got it. I swapped a puppy dog for it." "Tell us about it." "Well, it was this way. When I started I didn't have anything at all but jest a little yaller puppy dog. "I took the dog over to my brother In-law's. He had eight little bits of pigs, oh, jest so little, and I swapped the puppy with him for one of the pigs. It was sech a little pig that it didn't look like tt would lve, but I nursed it good, and I prayed to the Lord to make that little pig come for 'ard to do me good, and the pig lived and grew. "The first year I turned her out, and when she came back in the fall she brought me seven little pigs with her. That was my start. I've never had to buy any meat since. This winter I've killed three hogs, and I've got another at home now ready to kill. rve got forty acres of land now, all paid for, and a house, and It al come from that one little puppy." "Do you hear that," exclaimed Mr. Washington. "you men? Some of you'd better go back home and swap your dogs for pigs!" - Philadelphia Ledger. - THE GREAT PYRAMID. It Illustrates the Wonderful Ability of the Ancient Egyptians. The cost of the labor and material necessary to duplicate the great pyra mid of Gizeh at the present time would amount to considerably more than $50,000,000, according to a paper read 1 before the Society of Engineers in New York city by E. S. Wheeler, says the American Architect. The cost of the material alone is estimated at $48, 000,000. This structure, one of the wonders of the world, is founded on solid rock at a depth of about 120 feet below the surface level and rises to a height of 454 feet. Its base covers an area of almost fifteen acres. Mr. Wheeler's scheme for the repro uction of this pyramid contemplates first the setting of a base of cone,rete. This would represent about 2,000,000 cubic yards of material and would ost at least $10,000,000. The estimate for the superstructure is about $38, 000,000, and it would contain 3,313,000' ubic yards of backing stone and 140, 000 cubic yards of facing stone. Mr. Wheeler's estimate of labor is 24,000, 000 days. These figures are cited to show the great engineering skill of the Egyp tians and the fact that no task in con struction appeared to be too large for a people whose extant monuments showed their patience and ability to overcome obstacles that would daunt even the modern engineer. 1 Curious Epitaphs. Old New England graveyards are not the only ones which contain curi ous epitaphs. The old time dweller of ] Maine who "died of a falling tree," as tiis headstone asserts, had a fellow in misfortune in faroff Austria, as is shown by W. A. Baillie-Grohmnan's "The Tyrol and the Tyrolese." A wooden slab, painted with the rep resentation of a prostrate tree under which lies a man in spread eagle atti tude, bears testimony to the violent death of "Johann Lemberger, aged1 fifty-two and three-quarters years. This upright and virtuous youth was squashed by a falling tree." The record of Michael Gerstner is even more succinct and convincing. He "climbed up, fell down and was' dead." Horse Sense. A horse is so constructed by nature! that he has no desire to do anything which will injure his health. He! walks around whatever is not good for him and without a struggle. But man is so constructed that.whatever is not good for him he wants to do. He eats too much, and he eats too fast. He drinks while eating~ and there is nothing proper that he .oes without an effort. Why this distinc'tionl in fa vor of a horse? It may be said that a horse has only.instinct, while a man has reason, which he should use. It is a pity that man was not given more instinct and less reason.-Atchison Globe. First Aid. "If you were called upon to deal with a hysterical person," asked the examin er at the emergency class, "whiat would. you do?" "I'd amputate his funny hone," said~ the student with a turn for surgery and humor.-Youlth's Companion. The Invincible Britons. I Smith-The British, I believe, rare ly make mention of our Revolution. Jones-No, but I understand they oc casionally refer to it as a conflict in which some British colonists defeated a force of Hessians.-Lonldon Tatler. Loving hearts are like poor folks they are contented with whatever is given ohem.--SWetchine. "It Softens Removes all odors caused by perspiral you feel comfortable instead of experiei irritation and smarting that follows th Lavadura is the world's most successi Makes any water cleanse anything better Perfectly harmless-wonderfully helpft Ask for it at Grocers and L Lavadura Chemical Co., Savar The kind of drouth that is being felt er these United States will be pro luctive of good crops of every de ;cription.-Elberton Sta,r. There was a kid napping in Colum )us yesterday. We saw it. Bless its ittle heart. But this is no unusual currence in Columhu. and we make io fuss .about it.--Cahunbus iuIjuir -Sun. HIDDEN DANGERS. ature Gives Timely Warnings That No Newberry Citizen Can Af ford to Ignore. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 1 comes om the kidney secretions. They will yrn you when the kidneys are sick. ell kidneys exerete a clear, amber iid. Sick kidneys send out a thin, le and foamy, or *a thick, red, ill ~mling urine, full of sediment and :egular of passage. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes om the back. Back pains dull and avy, or sharp and acute, tell you of ;k kidneys and warn you of the ap oaeh of dropsy, !diabetes and igh t's disease. Doa n's Kidney Pills re sick kidneys and eure them per anently. Here's Newberry proof: Mrs. Anna Leopard, Mill Coin ny's House, Newberry, S. C., says: [I used Doan 's Kidney Pills and they roed of the greatest benefit to me. was subject to attacks of backacibe 'ich kept me in misery. The kid ey secretions were also unnatur'al nd plainly gave proof that my kid -ys were out of order. Hearing oan's Kidney Pills 'highly recomn ended, I obtained a box at W. E. lham & Son 's drug store and since sing them I lhave not been bothered bachache or any other kidney dis der.'' For sale by all dealers. Priee 50 nts. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, aw York, sole agents for the United ;tates. Remember the name-Doan 's nd take no other. N ORDINANCE ORDERING SPE CIAL ELECTION IN TOWN OF NEWBERRY FOR THE PUR POSE OF ISSUING BONDS TO THE AMOUNT or FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING AND EXTENDING THE SEWERAGE AND WATERWORKS OF THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY. Whereas a petition has been pre ented to the Mayor and Aldermen of e Town of Newberry, S. C., in the words following, to wit: " The undersigned freeholders of e Town of Newberry respectfully etition your honorable body to order nelection on the question of issuing oupon bonds to the amount of Forty housand Dollars, payable forty ears after date, and bearing interest t a. rate not exceeding five per cent xr annum, payable annually, or semi aually, for the purpose of improv g and extending the sewerage and waterworks of the Town of Newber rv''; and Whereas it appears by affidavit of olin L. Buzhardt, clerk and treasurer )fthe said town, that said petition is sined by a majority of the freehold rs of the Town of Newberry, S. C., s hown by its tax books; and Whereas. Section 202. Vol. 1, of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, Makes the Finest Kind of a Bath Try a little Lavadura in the water for your next bath and see how much cleaner and softer and fresher your body feels afterwards. Hard water, you know, is not suit able for bathing. To make it right you should use the Water" ion and "sweetens" the skin so that e icing the feeling of e use of hard water. ul cleanser. easier and quicker. A. Try it. uggists In 5 cent and nah. Ga. 10 cent Packages VINOL CURES CHRONIC COUGHS, COLDS AN BRONCHITIS After Other Remedies Fail "I have been troubled with a chronic cold and bronchitis for a long timb and have tried many remedies without finding relief. Through the kind sug gestion of a friend I tried Vinol, and after taking four bottles, am entirely cured." A. H. Wilde, 733-8th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. S. McDonald, 147 W. Congress St. Paul, 'Minn., writes: "I con tracted a severe cold last winter and thought I would never get rid of it. I tried Vinol as a last resort, and it has completely cured me." Vinol combines two world-famed tonics, the healing, medicinal proper ties of cod liver oil and tonic Iron, de liciously palatable and agreeable to the weakest stomach. For this reason, Vinol is unexcelled as a strength builder for old people, delicate chil dren, weak and run-down persons, af ter sickness and for Chronic Coughs, Colds and Bronchitis. VINOL IS SOLD IN NEWBERRY BY W. E. PETHA M & SON 1902, declares that it shall be the duty of the municipal officers of any incorporated city or town of this state, upon a petition of the majority of the freeholders of said city or town, as shown by .th~e tax books, to order a special election in any such city or town for the purpose of is suing -bonds for any corporate pur pose set forth in said petition: Now, therefore, Be It Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, in ,the -State of South Carolina, in council, assembled, and by authority of the same, that a spec ial election be, and the same is here by ordered, held at Council Chambers in said town, the polls to be opened at 8 o 'clock a. m. and to be closed at 6 o 'clock p. in., on May 18, 1909, for the purpose of submitting to the elec tors of said town who are duly quali fied for voting under the constitution and laws of the state of South Carolina the question whether said bonds shall be issued (according .to law) as prayed for in said petition. Those voting at said election who favor the issue of said bonds shall cast a ballot upon which shl' be printed or written the words ''For the Issue of Bonds,'' and those who oppose .the issue of said bonds shall cast a ballot upon which shall be printed or written the words 'Against the Issue of Bonds.'' The following named persons are hereby appointed managers of said eeto:F. M. Lindsay, A. C. Welch and J. H. (Taillard. Provided that any vacancy that may occur in the board or managers may hereafter be filled by appoint ment to be made by the Mayor, or acting Mayor as the ease may be. Public notice of said election to be given by the publication of this or dinance once a week for three con secutive weeks in the Newberry Her ald and News and the Newberry Ob server, two newspapers published in said town. Done and ratified under the cor porate -seal of said town this 20th day of April, 1909. J. J. Langford, Mavor. Attest: Olin L. Buzhardt, C. & T. T. C. N. great institution t.- carry. In my judgment, Dr. Mell is over loaded and cannot measure up to the responsibilities that have been laid upon him, and I am not quite sure if one or two of the faculty ought not to do t.he same thing. for the sake of peace and prosperity in Clemson College. Coke D. Mann. West Union, S. C., April 23. SPEECH FOR THE YOUNGEST BAND OF HOPE BOY. "I don't drink, I don't smoke, No sir, and I'll never: I am temperance through and through Now, henceforth, forever. NOTICE OF ELECTION. The School Board of Newberry Graded Schools will on May 6th hold annual election for the following po sitions. Ote Superintendent of the Schools at salary of $1,500 a year. High School Department. One male Principal at salary of $90.00 per month. Two teachers at salary of $60 per month. . Grammar School and Primary De partments. Nine teachers at salary of $50 per month. Hoge School (Colored). One Principal at salary of $45 per month. Four teachers at salary of $30 per month. No application will be considered unless said applicant shall hold a first grade certificate or diploma from some institution recognized by the State Board of Education. J. M. DAVIS, Secretary. INCOME TAX RETURNS. All persons liable to an income tax are hereby notified that the time for making returns of such incomes has been extended to May 1. After that date the penalty of fifty per cent. must attach upon all who have then failed or refused to taake such re Iturns. Under instruetions from the comp troller general, who is required under the sfAtute laws of this State to trans mit instructions as to the provisions of the tax -laws, I am directed "In case any person refuses or fails to file or swear to said returns to pro ceed to assess the amount of their income upon information and belief and add thereto a phaalty of fifty per cent., and charge the aggregate upon the tax duplicate.'' Blanks for mak ing these returns may be had upon application and those liable to this tax will please secure blanks and make returns before May 1. Eug. S. Werts, County Auditor. 42-09-1taw-4t. STATE or SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN PROBATE COURT. E. A. Griffin, as Administrator of the Estate of Ben Dember, deceased, and in his own right, Plaintiff, Against Mary Dember, Lawson Dember, Henry Dember, British & American Mortgage Company, Limited, E. A. Griffin and B. F. Griffin, partners doing business under the firm name of- E. A. Griffin & Company, and Ewart-Perry Company, Defendants. I Notice. It is ordered, That all and singular the creditors of t'he estate of Ben Dember, deceased, be and they are hereby required t orender in and es hereby required to rnder in and es in the above stated case, on or be fore the 20th day of May, 1909; and that all and singular the said credi tors be enjoined and restrained from enforcing their demands elsewhere than in the above entitled action. F. M. Schumpert, Judge Probate for Newberry Co. 4-20- '09-td. The Road to Success has many obstructions, but none so desperate as poor health. Success today demands health, but Electric Bitters is the greatest health builder the world has ever known. It com pels perfect action of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, purifies :and enriches he biood. and tones and invigorates the whole system. Yigorous body and :een brain follow their use. You can't aford to slight Electric Bitters if eak. run-down or sickly. Only 50e. Guaranreed by W. E. Pelham & Son, Newberry, S. C. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that I wil] make a final settlement of the estate of William C. Tyree, deceased, on May 17,. 1909, in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C., and will immediately threreafter apply to said Court for a final diseharge as Admin itratr of the personal estate of said deceased. J. P. Tyree, Adonr. &e., of Win. C. Tyree, deed. April 14th, 1909. The Wily Oriental Appreciates Our Shirts, not that he can wear them, but for the fact that they are so su perbly made of Ithe Finest Materials that they will with stand the treatment he puts them through when he washes them. OUR SHIRTS Are not only perfectly made of perfect materials but the"'pat terns of those materials are the most exclusive and up-to-date you could wish. $1.00 and More. EWARVPERRY CO. 0 0 PS o o' a = 03 0. tv -0 Quick! Mr. Druggist-Quick!-A box of Bucklen's Arnica Salvf Here's a quarter-For the love of Moses, -hurry! Baby's burned him self, terribly-Johnnie cut his foot with the axe-Mamie's scalded-Pa -can't walk from piles-Billie has boils-and my corns ache. She got it and soon cured all the family. Its, the greatest healer on earth. Sold by W. E. Pelham & Son, Newberry, S. C. Organ andI Piano' Bargains Some good square Pianos from $45 to $75. Some good used Organs from $25 to $45 Should the purchasers of these istrument desire to exchange them in a few years fat anew piano, we will allow their market value as a credit on the new pianos. Write at once for particulars, as bargains go quickly. Malone's Music House, "The Home of Good Instruments' cOLUMBIA, S. c. -EXCUESION RATES. To Louis'ville, Kentucky, and Return Via Southern Railway. Account Southiern Baptist conven-4 tion the Southern Railway announees very low round trip rates to Louis ville, Ky. from all points. Tickets will be sold May 10, 11, 12 and 13, 1909, limited for return leaying Louis vil.le not later than midnight of May 22nd, 1909. Round trip .rates from principal stations as follows: Abbeville .... .... .......$15.85 Aiken .... .... ........ .. 18.70 ' Anderson .. .... .... .....15.85. . Batesburg .... .........17.95 Blackaburg .... .... .... ...14.95 Blackville .. .... .... .....18.40 Branehiville .. .... .......19.00 Charleston .. .... .... .....20.80 Chester .. .... .. ...... .. 15.85 Columbia .... .... .... ...16.90 Gaff ney .... .... .... .....14.80* Greenville.. .... .... .....15.10 Greenwood .... .... .... ...15.85 Lancaster .. . ..... . ......17.05 Newberry .... ...... .....16.30 Orangeburg .. .... .......18.40 Prosperity .. .... .... .....16.45 Rock Hill .... .... .... .. 15.85 Spartanburg .... .... .....14.20 Sumter .... .... .... .....18.25 Union.. .... .... .......14.95 fiorkville .... .... .... ...15.85 For tickets, detailed information. etc., apply to Souehtrn Railway tick et agents or address, J. C. Lusk, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. J. L. Meek, Asst. Gen. Passenger Agt. Atlanta, Ga. A styp to-dyni. Has cured itch magically for others in Newb'erry and will cure for you. For sale at' Mayves' Drug Store.