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tients and continue the developmen carefully and slowly. The debate and arguments pro an con on the State Hospital for th4 Insane measures have been higb 4class, dignified and effective. ~It ha -perhaps been the most strenuous contested matter of the session, an the 'decisive vote will no doubt sei tle matters in the public mind. Wit the general appropriation bill out o the way, the Hospital for the Insan issue settled, there remains bat littl now to do and all hands are workin towards the final adjournment, whic has now been scheduled to occur a tLigh noon on Friday of next week a week. henee. - High License Bill KMied. - Columbia, Feb 12.-Sen. Smith' high liense bill died almost as sud denly as the prohibtiion bill in th senate this morning, but -by a mucl larger vote. Only one vote was reg &teed for the measure, and twenty hree were against it, while Senato ainkler, of Oharlestovn, was paire iith Senator Black. The bill came up under considem tion of special orders, and Senato Carlisle, of Spartanburg, moved b indefinitely postpone and Senato: imith moved to table: Yeas, -1,. Nay 23. Senator Sinkler, who -would hav oted yea, was paired with Senatoi Black,- who would have voted nay. Senator SmAith states that he wil drame an amefidment, so that th( Aigh license bill shall provide for ax eleetion on the question of high 1i ense. dispensary or rohibition. Thi is practically the same as Senatoi Gi~nkler'a bill of last session. High School Act. Columbia, February I.-That nev er ending and commendable interes in the education of the eildren oA south Carolina was shown in th1 senate' today, when the high sehool 4it came up for discussion under a proposed amendment. This bil practieally took up the whole of thx afternoou and evening sessions ol the. senate. - Ihe -amendment to the high schoo a-t changes the present law in the 6llowing particulars should this bil pass the house: 1. It removes the population lim i?ation, thus opening the high schoo fund to more- communities. 2.. It increases. the amount any county may receive, from 5 per eeni to 6 per cent of the totai fund. 3. The eligibility of the school te ihe fuomd is based upon average at enance, and not upon enrolmenet. Senator Laney offered an amend snen4to the bill to the effectthat the e ligibility should be upon the en aohnent, caiming that this would give the' smali rural districts a bet tez'showing at the fund. The ,bill called for'th much diseus sian, and tanight Senator Graydon, chairman of the education committee irrdes a~lengthy speech on the meas ane, advocating the n'ew bill. Senator Laney made a very effec tiye speech against the average at *tendance feature, showing that there nas a strong possibility of in,iuring the raral communities and smaller fl"he vote on the motion to table eite Laney' amendment resulted-: Yeas, 11.;nays, 24. The'i Laney amendment was then After the Clifton amendment, to *Es effect that no highi school no'w mtablished shall-be effected- by the ill was passed, the bill was ordered 44i third reaiding. * Appropriation Bill Passed. *The 'house ha. Snally disposed di the general appropriation bill ani sent it to the.senate. The State levy as figured out b; tie ways and means committee wil The Class of Patrons a Store Has is the Best Evidence of the Kind of Goods it Sells We number amuong our regular customers the' "first families" of this town. why? Simply because we carry. the kind of goods discri:rninatinlg peo pie wt.nt-the choice'.t of everything. Whatever you get bere y ou can be sure has back of it the approval of1 men who know values in food stuffs, and who select from the thousands of brands the market offers, only snect as meproved worthy of a place among the world's finest. * Such abrand is ELECTA COFFEE a coffee of rare flavor-muade so by handiing he world's choicest crop in the one best way. fromn picking to packing, se as to produce a coffee of yo&"'Me E!ecta whatcver your tastc .:1 . - .: tb than any ;t is better. E. M.LANE & Co. t be 5 3-4 mills, or an increase of I mill for the various new features ax i emergencies that hav'. be ine B porated'in the bill-$40,000'. adi tional for -rural* schools $70,000 a 3 ditional for th6 State Hospital f y the Insane; $35,000 for a ne* sto: I for the Citadel, and $14,000 for - new dormitory at the State Color i college. f Mi. Garris piloted .through to e third reading his bill' toincioase t] e aid to the rural schools to $60,00 D During the past year $20,000 h, been used in this way and Mr. Gari t and a majority; of the House no - think $60,000 can be used in wi for'want of a better term, may I called a subsidy to the rural schooa The bill. provides for a State lei of 5 3-4 mills for State purposes. The State levy for 1909 was 5 1 mils. There is an increase of 1 mill for 1910 over 1909. r Senate Pases- Mileage Bill. I Columbia, Feb. 10.-That bill 1 much talked of among traveli . men-the railroad rate and milea4 e bill-passed the Senate today, ax a was ordered sent to the House. Lade with amendments and leaving 1 law practically as it is now, undi agreement .between the railroads a the railroad commission, the Grayd< bill was'hardly recognizable, even I i the friends of the iheasure as : b stalked out of the Senate chambe and made its way toward the Hous where it must again be discussed. The Bill as iassed. "Section 1. That in case any rai road company,or companiees shall pi on sale amy form of mileage books i 2 1-2 cents or legal or agreed rat the presentation of the correct nun !ber of miles, out of said book, to tI conkactor or other authorized offiu to -take up tickets, shall entitle ti person holding said mileage to travi on the train of any road selling sai L mileage and upon presentation of h mileage to the proper or designate, agent of said company to have h baggage checked, as now provided b law: Provided, that any holder of mileage book who shall have checke baggage over one road for a leertai distance shall not be allowed to us the mileage upon which the baggag was checked upon any other roa< and any attempt to do so shall be misdemeanor punishable. by fine, e imprisonment or both. The railroa may stamp for identification the mik age on which ,baggage is checked. I"Section 2. That all Acts and part Iof Acts hconsistent herewith be, an thei same are hereby, repealed: Pr< vided, that the provisions of this Ac shall not . apply to railroads of les than forty miles in length. "Provi'ded, that nothing in thi Aet shall be construed to prevent a agreement between the railroad an the pur.chasers of tic)kets whereb, special interchangeable mileage'e ets may be sold at 2 cents a mile c less, limiting IAheir use by terms o such mutual arrangements as may b agreed uipo.a by thre parties thereto. K"Provided, if any railroad issue the said interehangeable .mileag books, -at said rate such railroad sha. als~o issue mileage books for trans portation on such railroad to be ta ken on trains without exchange c tickets." MAY PAROLBD BY GOV ANSEJ 'Rock Hill Man Convicted of ED beuzlement is Victim of Tuber culosis. Columbia, Feb. 11.-Withogt pi cedent in the State's history- is-a pa role gran'ted .to-day by G'overn< Ansel to {)harles May, the-Rock Hi embezzler, who was sekitenced serve. three years in prison. YoiEt May was paroled for six months, at he will be brought to Columbia to I treated in the -tuiberbulosis hospit at the State:Peniteintiary. It willJ -recalled that May was tried only few months ago at Rock Hill, an although his shortage was made goo he was convicted on the charge< 'embezzlement.. A pitiful letter was received fro May 's widowed sister in which was stated that the man is dying< tuberculosis, and that the dampne of his cell in the county jail, the la< of air and recreation is shorten-ia his days. An appeal such as is rar ly penned in such graphic terms w made to Governor Ansel in May behalf. Having before him physicians' et tificates as to May 's condition -Go ernor Ansel paroled the prisoner f t ine rpose of iiaving him broug ri.. attu- aA..f t the State pri ci.. . ? he dlocst I t well the Go error will later make disposition the cae. d or a d ts ie 0. as s THE MONEY FROM t AN INSURANCE POUCY be has saved many a man from ruin. -% Start the New Year. by resolving 7Y to carry a policy that may prove your salvation before the year is - out. We will issue you one in a first class company at a very rea-. sonable rate. The sense of secur ity alone is worth more than the cost of the insurance. g Security Loan &Inestment Co. d J. N. EcOaugbrin a Trauurr. ie W. A. McSwain, r Secretary. d -ftck a i* iue. ly ,W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., it says he struck a perfet mine of r, health in Dr. King's New Life Pills e, for they Cured 'him of Liver amad Kid-ney Trouble after 12 years of suffering. They are the- best pills 1- on earth for Constipstion, Malaria, t Headache, Dyspepsia, Debility. 25. tt W. E. Pelham & So's, 1- NOTICE Or FINAL SETTLEMENT Le AND DISCHARGE. r Notice is hereby given that we, as Le 'Executriees of the estate of J. M. H. 1 Ruff, deeased, will make a final set Id tlement of the personal estate.of said is deceased at the offwe of the Probate i Judge of Newberry county, on Mon is day, February 21st, at 11 o'cloek A. y M., and immediately thereafter .ap a ply for a discharge as Adminitra d trices of said estate. U Minnie L. Caldwell, Lizzie Ruff Shaw, e Minntratrices of the personal 1, estate of J. M. H. Ruff, deceased. a 1-18-4t. Itaw. d. STA~TE OF SOUTH CAROINTA, -County of Newberry. Court of Common Pleas. s Hayes & Whittaker, Piaintiffs, dJ. Against Mrs. M. L. Werber, Defendant. t rBy virtue of an execution to me directed in the above base, and by virtue of other executiona against s the above named Mrs.'Kf L. Wer.ber, a ~I have levied on sund will sell on the1 1 7th of March, 1910, the same being y salesday, between the legal hours of :sale. in front of the court house, for r said county, State aforesaid, the life f estate of the defendant, the said e Mrs. M. L.:Werber, in one thousand and fifty acres of land, more or less, s situated in said county and State and e bounded as foTlows: by lands be 11 longing to the estate of R. L. Sehum -pert, deceased, lands of J. J. Schum -pert, -land of estate of I. H. Boul f ware, deceased, and others, levied on as the property for life of the said defendant, Mrs. M. L. Werber. Terms of Sale: C~ash. Pareahaser to pay for papers. - M. KL Buford, Sheriff N..'C. Shieriff% Ofie, Feb. 7, 1910. 2-8-3t. SChamberlain's Cough Remedy is j not a common, ever'y-day cough mx ture. It is a meritorious remedy for all the troublesome and dangerous icomplications. resulting from cold in dthe head, throat, ehest or lungs. Sold >by W. . Pelham & Son. ae NEWBERY UNION STATION. d, Arrval and Departure of Passenger ,f Trains-Effective 12.01 A. KL Sunday January 2, 1910. m Southern Railway. N. 15 for Greenville.. .. 8:51 a. m. s No. 18 for Columbia. .10.58 a. nii. k No. 11 for Greenville.. ...2.48 p. m 18No. 16 for Columbia......8.59 p. m. e- . a., N. & L. Railway, as *No. 22 for Columbia.. . ..8.47 a. m. 's No. 52 for Greenville.. . .12.56 p. mn. . No. 53 for Columbia.. . .3.20 p. m. r- *No. 21 for Laurens.. . .7.25 p. n. v- * Does not run on Sunday. or~ This time table shows the timnes hit at which trains may be expected to - depart from this station, but their of aiparture is not guaranteed and the n- time shown is subject to change with "out notice. of G. L. Robinson, e EPC The Newberrj NEWBEF At the Close of the Bus Condensed From Repo RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $269,495.25 Furniture and Fixtures 2,275.00 Overdrafts secured and unse cured ' 1,758 60 Bonds and Stocks 680.00 Cash and due from Banks 59,437.65 $333,646.50 4*!o Paid On S IAMES MCINTOSH5 President. While They Last. A limited number of slightly used $95 High Grade Organs for only $56 50. These organs appear near new and are warranted to last along liretime. Terms of salegiveri on-ap plication. Write for catalog stating terms desired This i? an opportu nity: of a life time to possess a fineor gan at about cost. Answer quick, flor such bargains don't last long'. Address: Malone's Music House, - Columbia, S. C. Pianos and Organs. Pant Wood's Seeds " For Superior Crops Wood's Rth Annual Seed Book j is one of the most useful and cm plete seed el issud It tebest and most profitable seeds to plant'for The Market Grower ThePrivate Gardener i The Farmer ni1 Wood's Seeds are'rnad selected with -epecial reference toW the soilsad cimateof the South, and every southern planter should have Wood's Seed Book so as to h be fully potda to the bestseeds )) fr ohrn growing. Mailed free on request. Write for it. Seedsmebn, . RIohmond, Va. We are headquarterS for Grass and Clver ed,Go Po GoaeannilS' If tronbled with indigastion, een iption,: no appetite oi- feel bilious, ~ive Ohmberlain's Stomaceh aid Iver Tables a traan you will beS >leased with the result-, Thiese tab ets invigorate the stomisch a.nd liver md etrengthen +he digsdton. Sol.d > W. E. Pelhem and San Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, I.O.O. F., B vi meet Friday' night, Febuay4 an iGettner 's Hall, at 8 p. m. Let ev y member attend. C. G1. Blease, W. G. Peterson, Noble Grand. Secretary. The Best Hour of ife is wnyou .do som~e great deed or iiseover some wonderful1 fact. This We are our came to J. R. Pitt, of Rocky greatest it., N. C., when he ga aern n people i b nsely, as he says, "from the worst sold I ever had, I then proved to my OJ great satisfaction, what a woner-. Eul Cold and Cough cure Dr. King's -LARGE New Discovery is. For, after taking one bottle, I was entirely cured. You samne ca can't say anything too good of a medicinie like that.'' It's the surest an best remedy for diseased lungs,i Hemorrages, LaGr'ippe, Asthma, iii Hay Fever-any Throat or Lung Troble. 50c., $1.00. Trig bottlej h fre Gurant dmyW ielhamW RT OF r Savings B iRY, .s. C. ness November 16 1909 rt to State Bank Examiner LIABILITIES. Capital 5 5 Undivided Profits. ?Oi Deposits Notes and Bills Rediscount ed 0046,000 $333,6465 ayings Deposts: READ FREE!S iBRARYt r 500 Books at YwuDi, S ~ER IT DOES NO0" 'COST YOU0 ON& Wil TelLYo lter Where t.Fnd rliese Books. WatechThisSpace. use of lO )Tins2 * Deposits January lst, 1910 $160,000.09 , Conservatism & av e prepared, ready and willing to renden the possible serviee .o the greatest number of n the greatest number of ways. FACILITIES ARE AMPLE AND SMALL AMOU]ITS receive the reful attention. 4 Exchange Bank