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FIRE DEPARTMETSa ET -ONEY. Newberry to Receive Benefit of One er Cent. Levy Resulting From Passage of Ordinance. The fire departments li: the se4ral towns in this State, which passed or dinances, requiring the levy of one per cent. on the insurance premiums collected in those towns, will soon receive the amounts paid by the in surance companies. Twenty-eight such towns last year passed these ordinances, and, accord ing to reports on fe with the in surance commissioner, the total re ceipts are $10,768. Charleston leads with $2,304.49. Columbia comes next with $1,771.22. Third is Spartanburg with $752.30. The least collected under the tax was $50.44 in Belton. These funds have been collected by the insurance commissioner, and by the end of this mnuth will be turned over to the State treasurer. The law requires the State treasurer to pay them out to he various city treas urers of the towns which have com plied. The Distribution. In collections under this one per cent. special evy, the 28 towns rank es follows: Aiken ... ... ... ... .....$ 235.96 Anderson ... ... ... ... ... 480.35' Belton.. .. .. .. .. .. ... 50.44 Bamberg ........ .. . . 121.42 Beaufort .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 52.09 Bishopville. .. .. .. .... . 123.91 Camden. . .. .. ......... 245.80 Charleston .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,304.49 Chester -. .. .. .. .. .. ...290.46 Clinton .. .. .. .. .. .... 95.051 Columbia.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,771.221 Darlington .. .. .. .. .. 240.021 blorence .. .. .. .. .. .. 334.01 Gaffney... ... ... ... ... . 156.48 Georgetown .. .. .. .. .. .. 437.87 Greenville .. .. .. .. .. .. 626.34 Greenwood .. .. .. .. .. .. 245.11 Hartsville .. .. .. .. .... 96.73 Kingstree .. .. .. .. .. .. 67.49 L aurens ... .. .. .. .. .. .. 211.651 Manning .. .. .. .. .. .... 168.10 Newberry .. .. .. .. .. ..258.93 Orangeburg .... .. . .... ... 246.30 Rock Hill .. ..... .. .. .. ...337.98 Spartanburg .. .... ....... 752.30 Sumter .. ...... .. .....5.77.44 -Union ... .... ...........185.31 Walterboro .... .... .......52.38 Total .. . .........$10,768.69 . . . . . . . . * .~ ** * . SOCIAL.* Satudayaftrnoo Mr. W H.Car wile entertained very i.nformally .two tables of bridge. '1'nose enjoying the games were Mes-dames W. D. Miene,: J. T. Mayes, L. W. Floyd, 0. B.~ Mayer, W. H. Carwile, W. C. Schenck and: Miss Esther Watson, of Philadelphia, Pa. An old fashioned candy pulling was given at the residence of Mrs. 0. McR. Holmes Friday afternoon for he bene fit of St. Luke's Episcopai' Sunday school. About 60 children were pres-: ent and quite a number of "grown ups." All had lots of fun and car ried away with them a nice plate of~ candy. Many of the little ones had never pulled candy before, and it was quite amusing to see them try to eat off the candy when it would stick to their fingers. Quite a nice little sum was realized for the Sunday school. BLEASE AROUSES CURIOSITY. Hints at Other Sensational Letters Held by Him. Columbia, March 25.-Governor Blease declared today that he had some new matter affecting Thomas B. Felder, of Atlanta. He exhibited a letter showing the signature of the Atlanta firm and another envelope gesuwwing a letter addressed to "Jean ette," (covering up the other part of the address,) and 'he declared that if these two letters were published it would really be "too much." He was asked to give out some more "hot stuff," but said he would wait. "It's not time yet," was the* explanation. As to one letter, he said that if it: were .given for publication, the papers would sell at 25 cents each. "All you would have to do wou:ld be to hold up: the copies and they would sell easily for 25 cents each, if it were known what they contained." The governor also said that soor.or than see one of the letters he hadl in the prints, the attorney genral would be willing to give a dollar for every copy that was not run otr. The governor did not intimate the exact nature of the contents of the letters he holds. The matater, in part exhibited today, was taken from his pocket and is not anything that h:is been already spoken of or written about INQUIRING ABOUT NEWBERIRY. Thinking of Moving to Newberry-Sec retary F. P. Devore Tells New. berry's Advantages. The secretary of the chamber of commerce has received the following letter, making inquiry as to the estab lishment here of a shoe repair store, and has sent the answer which is also attached. Rochester, N. Y., March 24, 1911. Gentleman: Will you kindly advise me as to my prospects to come to your town and open up a good up-to-date shoe repairing store. If you think it advisable could I get an alternating current to run my electric motor; also if a small store couid be secured a' a reasonable rent; also have you any place as I speak of. By so doing you will confer a favor on me. Thanking you in advance, I remain, Jas. E. Lathe, 436 Plymouth Ave., Rochester, N. Y. March 27, 1911. Mr. Jas. E. Lathe, 436 Plymouth Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Dear Sir: Your favor of the 24th inst., making inquiry as to the :pros pect of .coming to Newberry for the purpose of opening a good up-to-date shoe and repairing store, duly to hand. In reply I will say that Newberry is one of the best business towns in this State and has a splendid agricul tural community that does its trad ing and its business in Newberry. We have two cotton mills now in opera tion and another cotton mill will begin operation in the fall, making three large cotton mills, whose operatives do all of their trading in Newberry. I can see no reason why an estab lishment you suggest would not be a, success in Newberry, if good and re liable work is done and the people given satisfaction. I do not think you would have any trouble in renting a suitable storeroom. You can rent a storeroom in Newberry anywnere rrom $10 to $100 per month, the price de pending entirely on tne location. You will have no trouble in getting cur rent for your electric motor necessary for your business. Let me know at once if you desirel any further information. Yours trtily, F. P. DeVore, Secretary. MISS TILLMAN'S MARRIAGtE. Coming Social Event of Much Inter est In This And Other States. Tr~entorn, Marcha 20.--An even of un usual interest will be the marriage of Miss Lona Tillman and Mr. Charles Summer Moore, of Atlantic City, N. J., which will take place on the vening of April 26th at the IDp7scopal church in Trenton, the home. of the bride. As is very generally Known, 'tiss Till man is the eld?st daughter ci Senator and Mrs.. Ben Tillman, e'nd has in herited much of the brain of her* father and the .womanty charm of her mother. Mr. Moore is a prc iinent young lawyer who has already "omon strated his ability along prof-' -sional lines. The marriage will be the uniting aga,in of the North and South. Sen ator Tillman is one of the most loyal of the South's representati-es. Mr. Moore's ancestors were equally devot ed to the other side. The marriage will be an eunt nota ble in the his'ory of Tr'enton. Thel groom-to-be will bring down a party of Northern friends in a private car~ and there will be the Tillman friends from Washington, New York, and va ijous other places tnrou.ghout the Snuth. In fact, Trenton's hospitality will be taxed to accommodate them. The wedding will be thoroughly Sou thern in all its pretty details. There will be the old-fashioned many storied bride's cake suromunted by a cunning little bride and groom, carrying the various symbols for the attendants and there will be an especially large, bridal party. After the ceremony at the church a reception at the hospita ble home of the Tillmans will follow after which the bride and groomn will motor to Augusta to catch the train which will take them to Tallulah Falls where they will spend their honey moon at "Jacqueline todge", the pic turesque little mountain home of Mrs.; Ijamar Rutheirford Lipscomh, of Wahington, which she has placed at their disposal. Later the young people will go to Atlantic City where they will have an apartment. Death of Infant, The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlton T. Cromer, of Long Lane sec tion, died Saturday night and was bu;ied at Beth Eden yesterday after noon at .3 o'clock. the Rev. .Jas. 1). Kinard conducting the service. STREET~ NTiY. Street duty mmi~ b. raid by the t of April, or pairtis w!!l be br ought before the mayor. J1. R. SCITRIY, .3-2S-2t. City Clerk aud T rez~s. MAGiSTRATE KERR HOLDS ON. Letter From Blease of No Effect, Louder Thunder Necessary. Greenwood, March 23.-There have been some rather peppery develop ments in the matter of wno is magis trate in and for the town of Green wood, accorddng to the statutes ofE South Carolina, in such cases made and provided. Yesterday morning Judge W. H. Kerr received the fol lowing letter from the executive de partment: Mr. W. H. Kerr, Greenwood, S. C. Dear Sir: I am informea that you con tinue to act as magsstrate. I have al ready advised you that your commis ;ion has been revoked, and while I bad hoped that you would gracefully retire, I now repeat to you that you re hereby removed from the office of magistrate for neglect of duty, having railed and refused to make your monthly statement inwriting to the tuditor and treasurer of the county of Greenwood, and any further act or acts on your part Aa a magistrate will be dealt with in accordance with law, nd I request that you turn your books Dver to your successor, Mr. J. W. Can ield. I call your attention to Sec tions Nos. 409 and 982 of our criminal :ode. I had hoped that you would re tire gracefully, but it seems that you are allowing yourse:r to be made a lupe of by some of your fool friends and my enemies. Cole L. Blease, Governor. In commenting on the' letter, Judge Kerr says it has not yet thundered loud enough for him to turn loose. EIe says the cause assigned is one that will include every magistrate in the 'ounty, and also the sheriff and clerk f court. The law requires these of 5cers, as well as magistrate, to make monthly reports, and none of them lave ever done so At best, or worse, rather, Judge Kerr says his class can e suspended. From the tone of the overnor's letter, he has not changed ais mind about standing by his ap pointment, and, as the judge says, he s of his same opinion still, there will ikely be some doings yet. Attended State Teachers' Meeting. The following teachers, and prob bly others, attended the State meet ng of the teachers in Columfia last' week: Superintendent H. L. Dean, Prof. 0. F. Werts, Misses Mamiie Switten berg, Lizzie Dominick, Lillian Hill, Rosalyn Summer, Myrtle Dennis, Anniiebel Riser, Mary L. Burton, Ger trude Reeder, Olive Feagle, Novice Brown, Kate Dixon, Cora Griffin, Mary C. Burton, Bessie McGraw, Eppie Roof, Sallie Wilkes, Annie Higgins, Essie Pearson, Mayme Cromer, May Robin son, Pearle Price, Dorothy Buzhardt, Lottie Halfacre, Sallie Pugh, Gertrude Bobb, Ellie Jacobs, Kate Thoinps on, Dla Brown, Mary Brown, Susie Lang ford, Mrs. M. C. Morris, M14s. J. C. Swygert, Miss Ernesine Graichen, and Miss Elizabeth McMillan, aind Messrs. Geo. D. Brown, J. M. Bedenbaugh, F. 0. Black, L. D). Wilson, F. A. B3oland, R. E. Mood, 0. C. Shealy, L. Z'. K. Roof, Misses Vanessa Williams, Linda Welch, Carrie Lou Connor, Ruby Hol loway and Johnsie Miller. Special Notice. The corn judging school will be held in Newberry next Saturday, commenc ing at 10 o'clock in the morning. Ev ery one who is interested in having his corn examined 'by an expert so as to determine the merits or demerits of the seed is requested to have~ samples of his corn on hand. Prof. Barrow, of Clemson college. will conduct the exarnination and will gladly render any further assistance in 'his power. All the boys who in tend entering the boys' corn club of the county are urged to bring samples of their corn. J. B. O'Neall Holloway, County Secretary F. TT. Married. Sunday, March 26, 1911, at the Lu theran parsonage at Prosperity by the Rev. E. W. LeslIe, Mr. Wmn. L. Dominick and Miss Pearl Elizabeth Harmon, both of Newberry county. Mr. Ed. Morris' Mother-in-Law Dead. Mrs. Margaret Kinard, 88 years old, died yesterday morning at 3 o'clock, at her home near Pomaria, and will be 'buried at St. Paul's this morning at 10.30 o'clock, the service to be con diucted by her pastor, the R:ev. J. A. Sligh. This good old mother leaves three' children, Mrs. George Liviiigston and Mr. J. M. Kinard, of the Pomnaria see tion, and Mrs. E. Y. Morris, of this city. Reth Edeni Pastorate. The joint council of the Beth Eden pastorate will meet. at St. Janles r-hu-r- Sat urday 10i a. mt. Al! the members are urgeri to atiend.. Pd THE MOST Stock of Merchand Our two huge floors of ti crowded. We feel sure i: no such a stock of merchan city as is being shown acros Matchless MiL Town Talk anc Country Topi< T he Tremendous Succ Our Opening Thousands visited this department week and the most eloquent testin approval by the public was the tre business done. The models built in room by our artists won marked ad No risk to run in selecting your . here. It's correct. Another thing, more hats to select from here tht millinery stores of-Newberry combine New Sepa NEW SKIR TS ROLLING 400 new Skirts to select from. 14 never saw such a pile of new separat Panamas, Cream Serge, Mohairs, ett business of the town. Prices range i and up to $12.50. Foulard Silk D The latest scanty Skirted Peasant lard Silk, finished with lace yoke, ble dots, trimme4 in solid color self mate $12.50. $1.50 SKirt 14 Dozens and dozens different styles Embroidery or Lace trimmed fronts pure Linen Waists, 34 to 44, price 9. Get Reads We've got the biggest and best boi in the Carolinas, Vici, Pat. Leather, 5 cases Ladies' two strap Velvet 3 -5 cases Ladies' 2-strap Pat. Leath 10 cases Ladies' Pat. tip Blucher 0 10 cases Ladies' Pat. tip Blucher 0 10 cases Ladies Pat. tip Blucher 02 MIMN2 * * * * ** * * * * * * jing and most lit * * the political his1 THlE STATE PRESS. * times that has y * * Blease does not ** * * * * * * * * * * 'the State for cri Does Look So. good his case in Ogeburg Times and Democrat stand convicted Te Newberry Herald and News opinion of all t as"the more you dig in the meshes against him .by ofte dispensary muddle the worse it Blease can noti es" It does look so, and, for the active under the aeof the State, we hope the new Felder; he must boar will stir it up just as little as nocence and at psbe. .~ Col. Felder to be . . derer, or, by 'his Congested Opposition. under these moe uens Herald. con.fess that he i; e excuse heretofore given for Bayls he is. alg extra courts was because of h:ongested condition of our court Death of cets. But the cause of the present Abbeville Mediur tule between the supreme court Mr. .John W.] rdthe governor, is n,ecause of "con- afternoon at 4 o' etd" opposition to Blease. jVerdery, S. C. Mr. Fell was Most Libelous Ever. and was well kn umer Danhi., N-o. . nity. He was 63 o. Flde'r's hie is. all things con- vived by his wife 1TACTE. ise in Upper Carolina uis monster store are literally a making the assertion that dise was ever exhibited in this s our counters. Ilinery Showing the past ionial of MIAER *WEM mendous ? : J: our work niration. - 'X:4 s{ . . ? headgear + :. you get ' in all the rate Skirts. iN BY EVERY EXPR ESS. ecan fit any size, large or smalL You e Skirts, materials fine, Voiles, Chiffon, . I am determined to do the Skirt 1.98, $2.49, $2.98, $3.50, $4.00, $4.98 resses at $12.50. Waist models in Dresses of soft Fou ek and white stripes, with white polka ~rial, choice of any Dress in the lot for ~aists 98c. Each. at this price, fine quality Lawn, with md neatly tucked backs, also a big line , for Easter. ght stock of Slippers and low cut Shoes Velvets, Reps, etc. lippers, worth $2.50, sale price $1.-75. er Pumps, worth $3.00, sale price $2.49. dfords, worth $2.50, sale price $1.98. fords, worth $2.00, sale price $1.49. fords, worth $1.75, sale price $1.25.. W G H'S ielous contribution to; .A en fN~er,S . n ory of these parlous' isLl el fNrck a et appeared. If Gov. H lolae orsn.Tefn sue Col. Felder and ea a edfo h edr eh minal libel and make oitcuc hrdyatron h the court, he willinemnwainteailbuyg at !i n o puli A.ond ienn,ha oNwer.C;a Col Fldr.Go. He Dso leaveort Chap.Tefu emainilentndrin wshildre ofrConfteerdry ilMet e~r povehisin-onist curchrday afternoonrl1. aT'h the &me iniproermentck aroh fly Caidn silne vando pulct ounsi httw.. damgies charged *************. ColltaCl. Felder Go.' TeD .DcetCatr chargesW maeb Cl. at Byersiec SfuMrs.D.ADiet t'l didn hres, * * * * * * * * * * * * * *- * . molrta Cl Fl e thnahnrdi*uen ownock athis homme ing ples ille nowenty amountto years old, and is v/~ effective as that done !ater on.-Or and three daught rs, angeburg Times and Democrat. Kill.