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T A N i t 1 1 T.$ V LI ONEWBERRY, S. C.. T UES DAY, JANUARY 11. 1910 TIEAWE.$.0AYA METING OFOUNCILZ. Names of Mayors or Aldermen Whi Have Received Water or Lights Free Requested.-Othir Mat ters. At a meeting of city council, hel< ,n Thursday aight, the appointment of members of the board of health and the recommendations of th .the board as to salary of health offi <er and secretary of the board, wer oonfirmed. an ordinance was adopte regulating dances in the. city, th .commissioners of public works wer requested to ,furnish the names o any mayor or alderman who had re ceived free water or lights, and oth er business of a more or less routin( nature was transaeted. proceediugs in Detail. Council met at 7 p. m. Present Mayor Cole L. Blease, Aldermen. P F. Baxter, R. B.. Lominack and Gregg Evans. A communication was received frof the bLard of health stating that thi board had met on. January 4, and or ganized ,by the election of Dr. F. D -Mower as chairman and Mr. D. B Chandler as secretary. The communi cation stated that the board oi health had elected Mr. E. P. Brad ley as health officer. The board ree ommended that the salary of thE secretary be fixed at ten dollars pei month, and that the salary of the health officer be fixed at forty-five diars per month. The commieeadon was received as inforination and placed on file. Mayor Blease stated that he h,ad >p W W H. Hardeman a mem uer of the board of health to sacceed himself for the term endLig Decem ber 15, 1910; H. W. Dominick for the term ending December 14, 1912, fo sueeeed W. H. Lominaek, resigned; and. C.ampbell L. Havird for the term of fi.v years eiding December , 4th, 1914, to sneewed Dr. James K. Gilder, whose term expired in 1909. On motion of Alderman Baxter he appoinmeirts were ratified. I * On molion of Ayjkrman Baxter rhe recommendation of the board of - health that the salary of the health fficer be fixed at $45.00 per month . was adopted, and the salary so fixed. An Qrdina:nee Relating to Balls, Daes \and Dancing In .The Town of Newberry, South Carolina," was adopted. Said Ordinance duly signed and sealed is on file and was furdished The Herald and News and The Observer for publieation. Maiyor Blease reported to couatci tha C)geomplaint made to himthe hd investigated and nd tha - tere were no eots or heed ndn over sffieient for prisoners in th guard house. .demafn Baxter moved that the 'mttr be postponed suntil the next m etig of th~e coancil, in order t Bua out what was needed. The n1of tid ws carried. M .. ayor Blease stated that he would . ite ~upon himself .to tauthorize hi hif of police to providetencs Ny e yacommodagAons ifor prNoTher nl action by the Conl.-e The following motion was madeith Mayor Blease and was carrndwt j't.a disentng vote: ' That ,the Water Works'an hrC.Light Comminion (h gleq\i -ne of Publie Works) be 3 e m m is s o ns s hether or noag thi a een. estomay to furnish iottir aas ihs free of charge to -- as nd -aldermen or mayorso ayoen f this town, and if so by 'hatj authonty sai d eolihsSo furnisshed such wa.ter and liht ta sad aidmys and aldermen, anus tht theyy.be regnested to fu 1rnisnusorh names of any mayor or 'aldre suc lrawho have received sc ~free lights or water, anreceived the wha hattime they have reeie the .eaame. and that it is the sene fh an preesent town c,oixneil th0t each wate every one of them pay forin alwte and ights received duig a prereeentyear.' AemnC. H. Cannon eam eto the eetig~ at this .jnc-tureth Theenmitter of uniforms for th 1 1-e eforce was taken n and dis a 'e. lderman Bqxter favore' th e rneAlbert coat-s for winte a nd hack coats for summer, as a Alderman Lominack moved that the police force be furnished wi'i > blue uniforms, with brass button,, and that the styl- of coats be "sack'' coats. The motion was carried by the fol lowing vote: 1.1 Aye-Mayor Blease, Aldermen s Lominack, Cannon, and Evans. Total No-4Alderman Baxter. Total-1. The matter of the approval of claims was dizeussed. I Alderman Baxter moved that the Mayor be required to "0. K." ev ery claim and .that the clerk not be L allowed to give any check -except - upon the "0. K.'" of th-e Mayor. Alderman Canon offered as a sub stitute the following: "That all expenditures be ap proved by the chairman of the sup ply committee and the mayor, and that all claims ag paid be submitted monthly to, full council." The substitute was carried without dissenting- vote. City Attorney Eugene S. Blea.e, by direction- of Council at a previous meeting submitted an Ordinance reg ulating the storing of combustibles hi the Town. After some discusSion, on motio.i of Alderman baxter, consideratioa o.f this Ordinrnee was postponed until the next meeting of Council. On motion, Council then adjounnei. DUE WBST /OrICE ROBBED. Yeggmen Blow Safe Open and Se cure $1,100 in Cash and -~ Stamps. Due West, Jan. 8.-The Due West postoffice was entered this morning by safe crackers, and the safe was oblvo~n . The first report was heard by some pe,iis living in the immediate vicinity at 1:15 'a. "w. The robbers were"' not satisfied with their first effort, a-nd the second re port came about 15 minates later. When the office was opened this morning it presented a scene of wreckage. The er.tire front door of the- safe was blown off its hinges, and parts of it went through the building and landed some fifteen to twenty yeards on the outside, tearing off several plaik. About nine h.un- I dred dollars in stamps and two chun dred dollars in cash was stolen. No trade of the robbers can be found. Due West doesn't afford a night watchman, and the safe crack-' ers -had the advantage of sever'al h6unrs when the office was opened at 70o'clock. No other towns or stores in this section were visited. It is~ believed the robbers escaped in a buggy. In their fight they drop ped several dollars in small change on the floor of the office. This is the second time the Due West postoffice has been- robbed within the past few years. OALHOUN STATUE. Comissionl Will Accept It at Meeting on Jarnuary 19. Columbia State. The statue of John 'C. Calhoun which stands in Statuary .Hall in Washington, will be presente#I to the United States Government 'by the State of South Carolina on Janu ary 19.' The presentation exercises will be in charge of the statue com mission. Gov. Ansel has issued in vitations5 to attend the exercises in ident to the presentation and ev-I ery South Carolinian is invited to attend. Gov. Ansel will go to Wash ington on January 18 to attend the conference of Governors whieh has been called for that day. The statue of Calhoun compares most favorably with the others in the hall and has the best available' location. It is of white Italian mar ble and stands upon a pedestal of Winnsboro granite. At a meeting of the statue com, mission held recently i-n Washington. ~ tot"e was received on the part of the State and F. W. Ruckstahl. te enlnfr, was paid the sum of .eqOC0A Thlore viewing- the statue say that it is a most excellent piec of work. Tt was one of the amb +os of Mr. i4nento'i to -- his r name on a succes'sin1 stine of JThn 1t (' (alhonn and this has been real MAJOR J. C. HEMPHILL WILL GO TO RICHMOND. Editor of The News and Courier Will Assume Charge of the Times Dispatch. Richmond. . Va., Jan. 9.-An nouncement was made tonight that Maj. J. C. Hemphill, for the past 20 years editor of the Charleston (S. .) News and Courier. has accepted the editorship of The Times-Dis patch, his new duties here to begin about February 15. BOY KIJS TWO "YEGGS." Plucky Tallahassee Lad Prevents Postoffice Robbery. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 8.-In a struggle early to-day with two safe blowers, Paul Sauls, seventeen years old, son of J. M. Sauls, the night watchmai at the postoffice building shot and killed them both in the basement of the building. The boy was only slightly wounded. The two cracksmen, both of whom were white, have not been identified. Young Sauls was on duty for his father, and was in the basement when he heard a knock at the door, and going by a cot, took up a pistol before answering. When he reached the door some one on the outside -7houted that a mail pouch had been picked up in the street, and he op ened the door to receive it. Instead, according to the lad's story, he found himself looking into the barrels of two pistols and the order came to ''hands u1.p. Y "My hands came up as they ponced on me,". he 'said, "and as they tried to bind me with a rope, I managed to'get.my pistol in a strain ed position and fired. The shot evi dently took effect, for only one of he 'men clung to me. I then placed my pistol 'orD my shoulder and fired to the rear several times, after which I was free frowl their grasp. That every shot from the boy's revolver hit its mark is shown ' by bullet holes in the dead men. One has holes in his forehead and right temple, while the other was shot through the stomach and face. It is believed .that a third party as on the outside, for when the robbers' elothing was 'searched, three M.lantie Coast Line mileage ,books were found in the poeket of one, supposed to be the leader of the The books were purehased in the Broadway station, New York, Janu rv 3, being numbered consecutively ~6,19-91-92, and bear the names J. N~artin, J. E. Walters and J. M. Strong. A complete outfit for safe robbing ~onsisting of drills, nitro-glycerine, fuses, caps, soap, wax, and electrie ~earhlights, was found on the bod ies of the men. Seminay Site Selected. . Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, Hon. C. 1I. F,fird and Dr. 0. B. Mayer, compos ing the committee of the commission to select the site for .the Theologieal Semm,'ary, met in Columbia on Tues lav, January 4, and made their de cision. Four sites were offered, all xcept one having ,been named in the offer to the commission. An addi tional site of seven acres, located near the pretty suburb, Shando'n, a placed at the option of the ommittee ,since the adjournment of Fhe commission. Tii, committee ac epted the site offered by the Monti ello Home Company. It is a por tion of an eighty-acre tract, and is a beautiful property, located in a -com manding site. 'The 'seminary tract will have a frontage of 700 feet, with .trets on all sides of the sem inary proper, and together with two lots for professors' residences will omprise six acres exclusive of the treets. The value of the site is es impted by disinterestered parties to be wortb $20.000. making Columbha's offer with subscrip+ions of $17.772 nront to $37,772. Dr. A. (4. Voigt, H. Cox, of the building committee, ere in the city and interested in te d-isionl on the site. the nero tiation; being co".ducted throuzh the chamber of commerce, which will aso have charge of -the enler-tiAm of the sunhritions.-Lutheran Visitor. - TILLMAN'S TERM OUT. Successor as Trustee of Winthro Will Come Before Legislature. Other Colleges Interested. Columbia State, 8th. The term of B. R. Tillman, as tram tee of Winthrop College will expir this year and it will be necessary t elect his successor. It- will be re called that six years ago when th time of Senator Tillman as truste was.out, the General Assembly elect ed Dr. T. A. Crawford of Rock Hil as his successor. It developed tha the members did not know that the; were 'ousting the Senator and' whe Dr. i'awford declined to accept th office he was placed back on th board. There is much hiterest in the elec tion of trustees of other colleges an there will -probably be a numbe nominated for the various positions Few of these trustees now qualify b; obtaining a commission. from th office of Secretary of, State, som because of, dual positions held an are therefore afraid# the Constitu tional point might be raised ani others because of indifference as t this requirement of the law. A full list of the trustees o State educational instit.utions i given below, stars indicating thos to be elected at the oming session o: the general assembly. They are a follows: University of South Carolina. Martin F. Ans I, vernor, ex officio President of the Board John E. Swearingen, State Super ibtendent of Education; W. N. Gray don, Chairman of Senate Committo on Eduation, Abbeville; T. P. Coth ran-, Chairman of House of Repre sentatives Committee on Education Gieenville. Elective Nmbers-Robt. MeFar lan, ~Axrington; -Julius' H' Walker olumbia; W. T. C. Bates, St. Mat thews; J. Q. vis, Winnsboro; Au gust Kohn, lumbia; *R. P. Halner Jr., Hamer; *C. E. Spencer, York yille.V Clemson Agricultural College. Life Members-Alan Johnstone President, Newberry;'R. W. Simp son, Pendleton; B. R. Tillman, Tren ton; R. I. Manning, Sumter; J. E Wannamaker, St. Matthews; W. W Brad16y, Abbeville. Term Expires 191u-W. D. Evagne Cheraw; B. H. Rawi, Lexington; Ivy M. Mauldin, Piekens. Term Expires 1912-Jesse H. Bar din, Chester; John G. Richards, Jr. Liberty Hill; Coke D. Mann, Wesi Union. Winthrop~ -Norman land TIitrial Members Ex-Officio-Martin F Ansel, Governor, Chairman of the Board, Columrbia; J. E. Swearingen State Superintendent of Education Colmbia; W.. /N. Graydou, Chair man Senate Committee on Education Abbeville; T. P. G3othran, Chair man of House Committee on Eduea tion, GreenvilIe.. .Members Elected--Wilie Jones Coumia;' J. E. Breazeale, Ander son; E. S. Joynes, Columbia; A. M Lee, Charlestorn; W. J. Roddey, Roel Hil; *B. R. Tillman, Trenton; *D W. MeLaurin, Colum,bia. South-- Carolina Military Academy. Board of Visitors, Elective Mem. bers- C. S.. Gadsden, Chairman Charleston; J. J. Lucas, Societ) Hill; *W. W. Lewis, Yorkville; E M. Blythe, Greenville; Olando Shep pa-d, Edgefield. Ex-Officio Members-The Goveru or of the State,. the Adjutant and Insector General of the S.t-te, Stat' Supernen dent of Education; Chair man Military Committee of the Sen ite, Chairmnan Military Committee o: the House of Representetim'. The State Colored Cet -a-. Gov. M. F. A -sel, Chair en. Term Expire: 1910-G. WVhite hester: J. W. Flovd, Kersb w. Term Expires 1912-W. R. Low rn. Or""mr'e; D. J. Bradham Maning. Term Emnire' 1914--A. L. Dukes Qrangerg- C. E Saw'ee. \iken. "AIN'T NO POSTOFFICE." p And Same May Soon Apply to Nim iod Postmaster of Collethn County Hamlet. Columbia State. - Washington, Jan. 8.-White Hall! a White Hall! Ever hear of White Hall? I don't mean that ultra gay - and garish "white way" in Lon a don. but the real place. It's down e in Colleton. - "The postmaster is still deer hu.t I ing," runs a letter just received at b the postoffice department from one , of its citizens. "The postoffice here i is a shelf in one .corner of the At a lantie Coast Line depot. When I a have a letter 'o mail the fellow in there tells me to put it on, the ihelf . and when the postmaster gets ready he will send it off. I have put three there, and tley are thereNyet There is a whole pile of letter bags in the corner, and when I ask the letter carrier to open them up and see if there is any letters for anybody he tells me to go to Hell. There is a large amoint of complaint about the wa?s things is run. The whole trou ble is that they just ain't no post office." That's White Hall, when from the deep soltitudes of his deer pre serves the postmaster at this place where they ain't no postoffice emerges dragging his game beb him he might find that they ain't no postmaster for a postoffice inspee. tor is about to be dispatehe'd to take a look at the shelf and the piles of mail bags in the corner. Prohibition That's Probito In the early days of the old StAe Dispensary, mudh conp,aint was - heard about people drinking in the back-rooms of stores, alley-ways, ete. .& long 's whiskey was - I lowed to be sold legally, of those who lVought it had to have -some place to drink it. But --the city of Newberry-now. 'that whiskey can not be sold legally-seems to be of the opinion that it can not be drank legally. - The municipal authorities of that city have recently pas:sed an ordinance making it a one hundred dollar fine or imprisonment not ex -eeding thirty days for "any person -to drink or to offer or to attempt to -drink any intoxicating liquor or al .coholic beverage of any kind,. what soever in any street, way or alley of the town of Newberry, or in any public building or oie' of the said town of Newberry, or in any opera hourse, theatre, publie hail, place of amuisement, church, schoolhouse, rail road station or waiting room, or hotel office or lobby, within the town of Newberry." A resolution wa lopassed t the effect, "That any subordinate official of the town of Newberry who takes a drink of aleoholie liquors shall be fined in the sum of $5 for the first offense, anrd for eaeh of 1fense thereafter $I0'; and if any su.ch officer becomes intoxicated dur-' ino his term of office he shall ,be dis ejhrged from his position." The City Council of Newberry ev idently believe in enforcing Prohi bition so far as it is in their power, o do so. But we pity the poor po licemen-they can't taker a drink, even for snake-hite.-Laufrens Her aid. King's Umbrella. The King of the Belgia:3's once lost isj umbrella in a hansom when driving in Brussels, seeording to the London Globe. Th~is was returned to - : majesty a few hours afv by the proud cab>, who was offered or his honest- b King Leopold the vof 100 franes. The ar jok . however, begged ~re't f .'4 a t king. Could he - e t" --obrel' instead of the -, 1. ".c ranted, and - r * '- d pas:-ed the - t"e pmbrella for -t ''-- '-i-ked dowo- to '-inest for 1,100 W\hen v;ee Leonold heard of this - ex a -~ "n!l1. I've heard of - u: - no ~'t un to keep off we a u iwt this se-n to STATE INSURAIOE. Cash Assets of $52,000 After Ten Years' Operation.-Fund is Growing Stea4ily. Columbia State, 8th. After paying all losses and ex penuses during the past year the as sets of the insurance sinking fund on December 31 were $51,928, having increased '$6,243.29 during the year. This department is under the diree tion of the State sinking fund com misson. The assets of ~the eumula tive sinking fund are $700,835.58. The assets of the ordinary sinking fund are $79,208.47. This showing by the .insurance feature is made notwithstanding the losses sustained- in the destruetion of the State Colored ollege at 'Or angeburg and losses elsewhere in the State. The interest received on as sets during the year was nearly enough to pay all losses and expen ses, leaving about 95 per cent. of the amount received from premium. to be passed to assets. Mr. DeBruhl, now assistait attor ney general, in 1900 when a mem ber of the legislature infrodueed a bill by which the Statel sinking fund commission was authorized to car. insuranee at one-half of -the. annuA& premium charged by the standaii underwriters for insuring similar property, such as court ho;ss Ad. State. property, State.eolleges and asylum and .conty school houses ex eepted. The act was to take effen the first day of the following an. uary,pd upon the*expirqtion4of-the eii policies. It therefore- wen g dually into effect. The. preiu rate was subsequently raisedso as to require that trere would an nually paid to. the sinkig fund commission two-thirds of the annul premiuRm charged by standad e writers. Stating. without a , ing fund commission met, all losses and up to Janary II, 190!, ver '0 per cent. of the premiums clIet6d.J., had been passed td assets. Expe ses were paid in the meantime. In 1907. an act was pasped requiring t4e sinking fund eommission to carry one-tenth of the insuranee caried upon State, charitable and eduea tional institu.tions, t4ie other ganirie tenths to be carried coneurrently by reliable old .line* insiurance comrpa In 1909 this* act was again amend ed so as to require (he sninigsfudm~ commis'sion to carry two-temths o the insurance carried upor said in. stitutioni and eight.4entlhs to be ear- . ried by the old line. compad~es, prod vided,.whenever the. aEisets o l commbission should increase 25 per cent thereafter the pereentage oar.' nied by .the sinking fund comipemao should increase 5 per 'ee2lt. ~The pereutage carried by reliable 1o4 line companies thereon decreasin~g ' proportionately 5 per- cent., 'rovid- ' ed further that the insurance car- 'f ried upon no ubuilding shall exceed 50. per cent.~ of- the assets of the inla~ suranee sinking feud. , Within7 20 years all public property in the State will be insured for full amount in! this company. .Sure Proof. Two young lawyers, members 'f the bar. butt a few weeks, had grown rather obstreuerous in the office of . one of the court clerks, says Suc-o - cess. "1Tere, you get out of here," said the clerk. "We don't have to,." the more tolkative one promptly answered. "We've. got a right in here; we're lawyers." " Ah.go on," the clerk replied, "you- are nothing of the kind." "Sure, we are," the spokesmnan --'.. I commPnnded, "Buck, go over -"" get your sign." ?ashionable AdertiiVer. "T -a tt a recess be taken at *.- ndpt." etated coiursel in~ the~ nrom'inent div'orce eas'-. "On whatigrounds,l" inlquired the "My elient w~shes to chade her o"wn. She hasai't diml.ed .half her costumes .s yet.'"-LTouisv'lle Courier-Journal.