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I NO LUMBER FOR BRIDGES. - " mmm Tired of Hearing Talk About Liquor and Woman Suffrage?Want Leg- !islature That Will Do Something. ^ Mr. Editor of The Herald and News: Tftis article is not mtenaea as a matter of criticism but as a matter J of fact. ! I am living beyond my three score 1 years yet I have never witnessed a J time when there was not a scrap of ] lumber belonging to the county in < . my community to be found to repair 1 K-, bridges. - ? V There are about six or eight little L- tiridges within a mile of my home 1 | which I have always regarded to be H my duty to keep in repair with the 1 assistance of my sons and neighbors ! regardless of remuneration. < - For the past few months we have 1 faked up every scrap of plank ? ? around my place that is fit to use for ( *; bridge flooring. J I dont think of getting anything : / better than pine and cedar poles to I /v use as sills. 1 ' My neigghbor, E. L. Strauss, was 1 kind enough to give me a few old ? pl^nk he raked from under the saw 1 - dust to repair, a little bridge of '< > aboutv ten feet space and-also enough i fr, cedar poles to answer for sills but 1 Kavs mt th#?m too short and we had to use pine poles after all. < Last week one of my sons started r to town with his wagon and team, he t hadn't traveled but a short distance ,< ^' when crossing over a bridge one of j 1 w the mules fell through which dis- j 1 abled it to go any further, in fact it j 1 v was fortunate that the mule did not;( SPyS I t. break both hind legs in effort to get j < ; out. j< :WV After my neighbor, Tom Epps, |< . heqfrd of this he suggested that we ' club together and buy a few plank I < from Mr. D. W. Buzhardt, who is j J running a saw mill in this section, 11 before someone would have to enter j < ^ suit against the county for damage < to stock. . 1 But after I picked up /my Herald and News and found that Mr. T. P. J >j" "Richardson had three contracts of < bridge building as follows: The long ^ bridge over Little river at a cost of 1 $3,900. The Werts bridge over lit- < tie river for $98&.00. The bridge at 1 Chappells over Saluda for $4,200. I < ' . .X 3 ?1 said to Tom Jspps let's josc wait ana j get a few slabs from Mr. Buzhardt < which I have already hauled which 4k-will answer for repair for a short 1 while and s rely some of those old 1 plank from above mention will'come 1 this way in. the .sweet. 3 I do trust to live to .see the time * gpjvhen our law makers will inaugurate ! * a road system that will give us roads j1 and bridges ?hat# we can travel both , 1 in safety and satisfaction. 11 ! * vl xi? i Q p -i( I ' JL Ev>jpv' We gwu tuiACiia vu. w. v> , when they go to elect a new set of j( ? |^aw makers will say to each man who j1 aspires for office if he intends to j ' talk liquor and woman suffrage down : ^ yonder at the capitol to just .stand j1 aside and trot up another horse. If!1 vV there was ever a thing that j' I' hiis become obnoxious to a' peaceable set of citizens it is J f the contnual howl oyer liquor j pr \ or, on top of that now here i '0 comes something worse, woman suf-! ? ^ frage. If I can keep my old mind act- j ing I expect to have something more x r|" to say along this line in the near fu- x ? tore. s Yours very respectfully, ( r. ? : - T. i. W. , .Sir / ? ? W m WHY THAT LAME BACK? f ? .1 v That morning lameness? those ! sharp pains when bending or lifting, v mare WQJK a ouraen ttiiu irrao impvo- . I-'- sible. Don't be handicapped oy a c ' bad back?look to your kidneys. You : will make no mistake by following 1 this Newberry resident's example. > ^ S. T. Matthews, 621 Davis street, I says: "Several years ago I had a; bad case of kidney trouble. I had a t dijl, steady ache in my back and I I when I made a quick move, a severe c * pain would go through me. I was c 1 *- i_* ^ emA/tlro S F dizzy at times itliu Uldt& *yould, appear before my eyes. I i was just all tired out and weak. In I i t^e morning I felt stiff and it was j hard for me to get started. My head l ached, I was nervous and the kidney secretions were highly colored and S & full of sediment, causing a burning ( sensation in passage. Hearing of j *"* X>ille T crftt a cnnnlv 4 2JVa.il a iviuuc/ x ius) * s,w ?. , and they relieved me right away. Af- ] ter I had used them awhile, I was ] . entirely cured of this trouble." !j Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't \ Hfesimply ask for a kidney remedy? ] gfc Doan's Kidney Pills?the same , that Mr. Matthews had. Foster-Mil- 3 burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. "Rat-Snap Beats the Best Trap Ever j Made." Mrs. Emily Shaw Says. "My husband bought $2.00 trap. I { bought a 50c box of RAT-SNAP. The trap only caught 3 rats but RAT- 5 i SNAP killed 12 in a week. I'm never < without RAT-SNAP. Reckon I j couldn't raise chicks without it." i RAT-SNAP comes in cakes. Three sizes, 25.c, 50c, $1.00. Sold and ^ p* guaranteed by Gilder & Weeks Co. 1 L A REDUCTION IN THE STATE LEVY Entails Saving $200,000?South Car* olina Should Adopt 100 Per Cent Basis. News and Courier. Columbia, Aug. 24.?Acting under authority vested in him by the last session of the general assembly in the general appropriation Act, Rut. L. Osborne, comptroller general, has reduced the State levy from nine and >ne-half mills, entailing a saving to the taxpayers of approximately $200,000. In making the reduction the comptroller general said: "The appropriation act passed by the last general assembly amounts to $3,882,682.78. From this is deducted $382,000, the amount estimated that will be raised from sources oth -4-1 1 A ^/M. rvtolrinrr +Vnc Ho. tr tnaxi acs. mtci luaAmg v<?*w v.%. duction it will be seen that the amount to be raised by taxation is $3,500,682.78. i "In 1918 the total taxable property of the State was assessed at $378,300,000, this being an increase over 1917 of $59,000,000. However, 1918 was the year for assessing real estate and the increase for 1919 over 1918, it is estimated, will be about $15,300,000, which will give the State ?393,000,000 worth of taxable property. It is thus shown that nine mills will raise the necessary amount. "In fixing the levy it has been necessary for me to estimate the amount ;o be raised from sources other than &xes, and also the amount of taxable property in the State. The South Carolina tax commission has been engaged in equalizing me assessment >n merchandise. This work was completed during the week and the issessments forwarded to the various ;ounty auditors. The tax commission also have been assessing automobiles :his year, and these classes of property 'are now placed' on an equal basis & assessment with corporations, ranks and real estate. "All property, real and personal, s being assessed on a basis of 42 per lent and our tax levy is nine mills. Were these assessments made on a aasis of 100 per cent, as in many >ther States, the levy would be about four mills. It is, in this manner that >ther States have such small tax evjes, their assessments being made >n 100 per cent basis. "It is my opinion that South Caroina should adopt this 100 per cent >asis and thereby reduce the levy to ess than half what it is at present, [t was at the request of the general assembly that the tax commission idopted the 42 per cent basis. A ow rate of taxation is one of the bigjest advertisements to outside capi* ! ??? A +- tlio ni~oc_ /<11 & ^ CUUIU UOVO* XXV viiw jnt time there are n<? income, franchise or inheritance laws in this State. Such laws should be passed jy the next general assembly. A large revenue could be derived from ;hose sources which are contributing lothing towards the expenses of the State government." kSKS NEW SENNTENCE FOR T. U. VAUGHN Greenville, S. C., Aug. 23.?Soicitor J. Robert Martin today served i&tice of a motion for an order for * ? TT TB 1 e-sentencmg inurston u. vaugmi, ormer superintendent of the South Carolina Odd Fellows Orphanage, ho confessed to having attacked everal young girl inmates of the orhanage and was sentenced to death n the charge of criminal assault in 912. The solicitor at sessions court ere next week will move for an orier remanding Vaughn from the tate Hospital for the Insane at Colmbia to the Greenviile county jail "/here another examination of his aental condition may be had and if ound sane^ the court will be asked j resentence the defendant in com)liance with the judgment of the :ourt heretofore rendered. The order :ommitting Vaughn to the asylum .pecified that should he regain his lormal mental condition he Would >e subject to resentence. Her Sex's Failing. noimar usually walked to school ^ith Mattie, his 1'^tle neighbor next ioor, but nearl. /ays had to wait for her. One momng he was obliged ;o wait an unusually long time for Mattie to get her hair curled, and ater he confided to his mother that le was not going to walk to school vith her any more. His mother asked lim why he had decided to go without waiting for Mattie. "Well," he replied, '*when I call for her I al arays find her so unready." / Neighbor: "How is your boy geting along in the army?" Veteran: "Well he attracted the attention of the general and made juite a hit with the colonel, and he is very popular with his captain? t)ut he is finding it awful hard tc please the sergeant and the corporal." GRAIN GRADING DEMONSTRATION Federal Supervisors to Conduct a School at State Fair. Clemson College, Aug. 23.?An r | open school in grain grading will be ; .'conducted for the benefit of farmers ! i by federal grain supervisors, accord- j ing to an announcement by F. L. 1 Harkey, field agent in marketing. In order that farmers, country grain dealers, millers, county agents, and others interested may have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with correct methods of grading grain under federal standards, FederaL Grain Supervisor K. B. Seeds will conduct grain grading demonstrations at tne State fair this fall in connection with the agricultural exhibits which the United States-department of agriculture will make. A fully equipped grain inspection office will be arranged with exactly the same equipment as is used by licensed grain inspectors in the large markets and in the offices of the federal grain supervisor. j In order to make a demonstration ! thoroughly practical, farmers will be ! invited to bring samples of wheat, j shelled com, and oats in order thatj j it may oe shown how grains are ae- j i I terminedi. At this demonstration j I grains will-be handled in the same i way as any actual inspection. The importance of this demonstration is emphasized by the fact that; the United States grain corporation j is requiring that the federal grades I ^ be applied by county buyers, and by! - ' " " 1? 1; ^ J ' the turtner iact tnat properiy apj;ucu . ! grades insure a premium. Ml | OF INTEREST TO j SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS | Spartanburg, Aug. 25.?Announcements of unusual interest to the j Sunday school people of South Car olina are made this i week from the [headquarters of the South Carolina I Sunday School association. The cen| tral committee of this association re jCently voted to release the general: j secretary, R. D. Webb, for the month j of September that he may go to the state of New York to serve as one of jthe educational directors in the | campaign to raise a million dollars in j New York state for an enlarged pro} gram of Sunday school work. This | action was taken at the request of ithe International and the New York State Sunday school association. Mr. jWebb Is one of a few State secre- : itaries that have been requested to | assist in the New York campaign.! I He will be absent from his work in South Carolina from September 4 to j October 8. j j Under the auspices of the Spartan-: r ; burg County Sunday school associa- i ' ? ~ ?-f 'Dwnninlao an/1 I [ HOI1) ct tbUIIUUl Ul X X11XW1JL/1VO MUVI AU.WWAA ! ods for Sunday school leaders will ; be held in Spartanburg the latter part of January, 1920. Some of the outstanding leaders in religious edu- i cation will be secured as instructors for the entire week of the school. It will be held primarily for the Sun- j day schoof workers of Spartanburg county, ?ut it is expected that peo-; pie will attend it from all sections of . the State. i Plans are being mad? to have a Sundav school exhibit at the State, fair in Columbia the latter part of J * . October. This exhibit will be edu- , cational in its nature, consisting of actual work that is being done in ! he! Sunday schools of the State and of' m'aterial that will be suggested in all I 1 phases of Sunday school work. A jsimilar exhibit will be prepared for; many of the county fairs in Novem-j I ker- * | Special efforts are being put forth: i this year to unify the Sunday school j j interests and build up all Sunday! schools through the county associa- ( :tions. According to announcements! from the State association, all coun-j ty conventions will be held by De-! cember 1. Early in 1920, the county) associations will hold one day coun-j ty institutes for specialization work j ;in every department of the Sunday ; school. At each institute three or four specialists in Sunday school work will be in attendance to assist i the county leaders. In addition to jthe county meetings, the district as ; sociations, which are small divisions i 1 l i."L _ of each county, win noia on uie average two conventions each during the year. Through this system of conventions and institutes, consist; ing of more than 500 in the State , during the year, it is believed that 'practically all of the schools in the j State will be reached and that the \ Sunday school cause will be greatly ! advanced. I - Classified. Pennsylvania Punch Bowl. | Jack?Say, Jill, you didn't know that I was an electrician? I missed my calling. | Jill?How's that? * 11 Jack?Why, last night, over at - Jane's the electric light fuse burned -out. Guess who fixed it; Me?i? > myself. j Jill?Huh!^ You're no electrician ?you're an idiot! I Women! i S M MB X 0H i A) A] Here is a message to fsl\| j (all ?^erinS women, from j j |j " * * -* ilvu> V* I SH II I Public,^ Ky.: "I suf- 9 fered with painful...", I 9 she writes. "I got down I j with a weakness in my y U "back and limbs...I 9 9 felt helpless and dte- 9 9 conraged.. .1 had about 9 9 given up hopes of ever 9 9 being well again, when R 9 j^g a friend insisted I jjjj|g Tflks CARDUI Hie Woman's Tonic fBiTI I began Cardui. In flSTH I a short while I saw a D I marked difference... n I I grew stronger right I along, and It . cured me. 9 I am stouter than I JjjU have been in years." | m If you suffer, you can 9 appreciate what It H B means to be strong and H gj 1 welL Thousands of wo- H ffl men give Cardul the tW credit for their good ^ I health. It should help jjA ! you. Try CarduL At all j J druggists. E-73 gj | HP is t common ailment" that^B n>Anla arm tivt nrmid tfl RPff. aH - ?* v w? w Hp lect until the danger line is sM- i b retched. Don't YOU do lU gg B Get a 35c bottle of B dr. thacher's ? '< diarrhoea v ; mixture m fran your dru* store and hive it ready at the first jB MS symptom of Diarrhoea, Plus, " B Cholera, Infantnat etc. In use B half ? century. PleasaatB ' HTand .harmless. B/ B"' THACHER MEDK3NE C9. B KOMlv>MP,Ta?hU.lA.'. . > Notice fa Automobile ( From now on we open on Sundays der you the sar grade service that during the week. ^ I V if you clon't watc to have on your over. Run-down B Ptntei! MjCfT^ M H E IB B If you're bilious, c up in the morning M your mouth?you relieve, these co GUARANTEED; empty bottle and Manf. by JUST Rl NEW CROP TURNIP All Vc Drigintil COLLEGE OF( Founde \ ' ' A college of highest stan men. An intentionally lim dividual, instruction. Four Bachelor's degree. The Pr I feature. Unsurpassed clim, i For terms and catalogue, Harrison Rand' Chariest NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT j We will make a final settlement of j hhe estate of J. B. Shealv in the! w - v - t Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C., on Wednesday, the 3rd day of September, 1919, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will immediately thereafter ask for our discharge rs Administrators of said estate. B. F. Shealy, J. A. Shealy, Jr. Newberry, S. C., August 5, 1919. Subscribe to The Herald and News 7 | " " Hvners /M shall be ( Iwmw to renne high HgjU t we give XI jyj^ M J Phone 300 Mi laria Will Get You :h out And Malaria's a mighty trail. Once in its clutches, you , lazy, no-account for business oi nd don't let Malaria get you. . . IH |HH' v v D^He onstiDated. have dull heavy heada< I with a coated tongue and a nas need OXIDINE; to PREVENT, nditions. At your drug store druggists will refund money if you say you've had no benefit. EEHRENS DEUG CO., ' aco. T ZCEIVED LANDREHTS 'SEED irieties Packages :harleston d 1785 dard open to men and woited enrollment insures in-year courses lead to the e-Medical course, a special ate and fine sea air. n /^i<oca , auui^oo olph, President * on, S. C. Rat-snap KILLS RATS Also mice. Absolutely prevents odors from carcass. One package proves this. RAT33NAP comes in cakes?no mixing with other food. 25c size (1 cake) enough for pantry, kitchen or cellar. 50c size (2 cakes) for chicken house, coops, or small buildings. $1.00 size (5 cakes) enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by Gilder & Weeks Go. x \ \ V V / / \ , t ower's iarage Lower Main St ? * ' "' Ther^gf re sick all Q| gg 'pl" " DoJrt I iiflisr SAND FEVER And dies, wake IklllS ty taste in TL^ fl| as well as ^ for 60c. Germs B take back. Of m Malaria S exaa. Mm *