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ELBERT H. AULL, EDITOP. ELBERT H. AULL, Prorietors. WY. P. HOUSEALY r NEWBERRY, S. C. WEMNESDA, FEBRUIRT 17, 1892. LET US GET TOGETHER. The Herald and News has tried, in season and out of season, to preach the doctrine of peace and unity for the white people of this State. That has been our theme, and sometimes we have almost felt that we dwelt upon it too much, but it is a matter of supreme importance to'us politically, financially, socially and every other way, and needs, again and again, to be impressed. For the past two years-since the publication of the famous Shell mani festo-we have been a divided house. There has been discord; there have been strifes; there have been prejudices and passions --oused, and in many cases enemies A'Aave been made of for mer friends, and all to what purpose. There is neither reason, rhyme nor common sense in it. A few men have gotten on the waves and been landed ashore and are drawing good salaries from the public treasury, but the great rank and file who endured the heat of the day, and "fought, bled and died," as it were, have received no benefit. In many cases they have f.llen out with their neighbors and estrange inents have been mad, t will take years to heal, and A iat purpose ? %en can afford to stand up for prin ciple. They can and will face the can non for principle's sake, but pray tell us what great principle was in the campaign waged two years. It was a campaign of prejudice and of passion. A campaign of charges without proof, of promi4es th.t have not been per formed. It is a sad sight to see honest and intelligent men dividing them selves up-and quarreling over one man, who is no better, no truer, no braver than they are. If he was the exponent of a great pri:.ciple it would be differ ent. Now we are about to* enter upon another compaign. In fact, we have not yet gotten out of the last one, and if this one i. w::ged in the same way it will be years before we get rid of it. It is simply a choice of men. There are hundreds of men in South Caro lina who will make just as good Gover nors as any we have ever had, and if we could get rid of the prejudices of the last campaign, there would be no trouble in making a selection. It could all be done peacefully and quietly. But the people must make up their minds to put down any man, or set of men, whose whole stock in trade is abuse of other people, and whose main effort is to create class prejudice. Every man cannot have his own way in everything. There must be concession and compromise on all sides. The E~ arald and News cares very little a1-. t who is elected Governor, -so long ashe is a good and true man. But we will never lend our voice or in fluence to any man, or set of men, who are helping to divide the people of this State, and endeavoring to array one class against another. We will acqui esce in the choice of a majority of the white people of South Carolina, whether it is according to our notion or not, and we wil! do it- cheerfully. If the majority want Tillman re-elected why let's have him. The Herald and News can stand it, but then let us have a fair and full expression of the popu lar will, and let us have it decently and in order. The Greenville News, speaaing along this line very truthfully says: "Now the thing for us to do is to get togetber, to recognize and acknowledge like men the blunders which have been made, the misunderstandinlgs which have been allowed to develop, the wrongs which have been done all around. "If we act now, we can prevent seri ous harm. If we go stumbling along, doing a thing merely because we did it two years ago or because somebody says we should try it again, we may do more mischief than fifty years of work and prayers can undo. The fac tion nowv in power n ishes to hold on and is working to hold its grip and to make its rule absolute and irndefinite. It is trying to give us a new set of bosses~and to establish a new line of promotion. "Let us get together, show that we have the courage, manhood and strength to change again as we did two years ago and to shake off any power which may try to master the people. Let us find honest, conservative, com petent men and elect them to office re gardless of whether they were Tillman or anti-Tillman men. Let us restore peace among ourselves, have our State affairs managed on business principles and work all together for the increase of our prosperity and the advancement anid glory of the State we love.-' The Republican State Convention is called to meet in Columbia on Tuesday, April 19, at 1:2 o'clock, to elect delegates to the national con vention to be held at Minneapolis, Minn., on the 7th day of June. The S:ate convention will be composed of 1:25 delegates. Newberry will be en titled to three representatives. Each Congressional district will be entitled to t wo delegates to the national con ventioui. Ne.wberry will be entitled to five del egates to thbe Congressional convention. The time and place for it have not yet been fixed. It is a little stranuge that with the low price of cotton, the price of cotton goods remains the same. Why is this? It does seem that with cotton at 53 and -6 cents, cotton goods ought to sell for less than when cotton was worth S and 9 cents. "I1 often recur to that period--when Newberry was covered with small farms, when each homestead furnished pretty much the means of food and raiment-aud fancy that the people were then happier thani they ever have been since.'-Juidge O'Neall in hii. Annals. True words and not merely a fancy. Whenever each farm homestead fur. ishes even for itself the means of food we will all be happy again. This truth cannot be too often told or too forcibly impressed. Raise your own supplies at home and the days of prosperity will return. OUR ANSWER. Last week we received a letter at the postoffice directed to "E. A. Aull, Newberry, S. C.", in one corner of which was the word "editir." So we presume it was intended for The Her ald and News. It was postmarked "Cross Hill. Feb. 10." On the inside was a clipping from the Laureni Herald of February 5. Across the margin e :he paper was written the following: "B. R. Tillman will be your nex Govner. We wonder if you will howl over dis, any way aire you a Radikil or wat air you, let us hear from you." There was also a hand pointing to an extract from the Mountain City Echo, about tax return comparisons, in 'which it is undertaken to excuse Gov. Tillman's return by comparing it with that of B. F. Crayton, of Ander son. No name was signed. Our answer to our unknown friend will be brief. We have never howled or made a similar noise about any, man, and do not intend to do so in the future. We do not belong to that spe cies of animal which is given to howl ing. Now, how about our unknown friend? Will he howl for Tillman if he is elected, or will he growl if he is defeated? No, we are not a "radikil," nor a radical, in any sense of the term. A radical is "one who advocates a radical reform or extreme measures in refor mation." The Herald and News is conservative, and has always been so. Our platform is simply this: To labor within the Democratic party, which is the white man's party in South Caro lina, for those things that are pure, that are clean, that are true and hon orable; for the right as we see it; to fight evil in whatever form or shape it may appear; to fight any man or set of men who are trying to sow the seeds of discord, and whose sole cbject is self aggrandisement and public office; to be fair and just to all men, and to give every man the right to differ from us and the right of free speech. We do not hide behind a bush, but on all public questions affecting the welfare of our beloved State we express our honest and conscientious convictions, regardless of whether they are popular or unpopular, bearing malice or ill will to no man. Can our unknown friend stand on that platform? As to Tillman, we opposed his nom ination two years ago, and there is nothing in his public record to change our views of him. When he was nom inated we supported him. That is our position to-day. We shall oppose his nomination, within the Democratic party, as is our right; but if he is the choice of the m'jority of the Demo crats of this.State, we shall acquiesce. We do not propose to get mad or quar rel with anybody about his views. .Let us all get together now and elect a good man who can resto:e the unity and harmony of the whize people of South Carolina, and all will be well with us. We need to rid ourselves of every element of discord. How does this suit you, unknown friend? NO MARCH CONVENTION. The Herald and News is not on the inside with any faction in our politics in this State. We do not know what is being done, nor what is intended to be done. We have seen some intima tions in the newspapers of a purpose by those who are opposed to the re election of Gov. Tillman of hol'ing a convention to "suggest" a candidate to beat Tillman, or rather to be elected Governor. We hope that no such convention will be held. We don't want to hear of any mbre "Marcif con ventions" or any more "suggested" candidates. The one two years ago has been enough to last us for the next century. We do not question the right of any set of men to meet in convention and "suggest" as many candidates as they choose. We did not question that right two years ago. But we do ques tion its wisdom now as we did then. That March convention and the Shell manifesto is the fountain head of our trouble and division. Another convention this year will only tend to widen the breach and make the bitterness more bitter. Let us appeal to the people, the supreme power, to give us good men to rule over us, and try to heal the di visions that exist among us, and for bear from doing that which will widen them. True, Governor Tillman does not need a convention to "suggest" him this year, and there are good men who will enter the race against him .gith out being "suggested" by a conven tion. Let the people demand a State pri mary direct for Governor. Gov. Till man can't consistently object to that. Even if he does object to it the people can have it if they want it. Trhe Yorx Enterprise very truthfully says on this subject: "Give us a State primary from Gov ernor down, and let every candidate stand on his own merits. Then, and then only, wvill the voice of the people be heard with no uncertain sound. "Governor Tillman has the right to announce himself as a candidate just as any other citizen of the State has a right to do. He must rely upon his record, good or bad, and must stand or fall by it according as the people en dorse or condemn it. Let other aspi rants for the gubernatorial chair come out plainly, squarely and 'fat footed,' and make the race upon the vital ques tions that affect the interests ot the State. Do away with secret caucuses and conventions within the party, which only tend to bitterness and dis ruption, and leave it to the people in a State primary to decide 'whom they wvill have to rule over thenm.' " Then let everybody vote in this pri mary who will pledge himself to abide the result. We are opposed to caucus nomiina tions. We want to see a free, fair and open fight conducted on a high plane. We direct attention to Col. Keitt's article in another column. He proposes a ew scheme in finance, which wvill pay the State debt and abolish taxa tion, and everybody will have plenty of money. The administration has no end of litigation. The Phosphate Companies appeal to the Courts to reduce their as emente also. THE BANK CASE DECIDED. We take up a good deal of space on our first page in printing the decision of the Supreme Court in the New berry Bank case. It is of great importance and no doubt our readers will be glad to have it. The bank has won. The decision seems to us to be just and fair, and the reasoning of Judge Fraser logical and conclusive. H The main thing in assessing property . is to get an equitable assessmient. It is an undisputed fact that no property is assessed at its true money value. Then there should be no discrimination against any class of property. The bur den of taxation should be borne equally by all property. t The othe'r banks in the State will foL low suit. The credit of the success of this case is due to two Newberry law yers: J. F. J. Caldwell and Jas. Y. Culbreath. Judge Fraser, in his decision, follows very much the argument of these gen temen. The other banks of the State ought to give them a good fee for open ing the way. It is due them. The Marlboro case has not : et been t decided, but Judge Fraser's decision 1 virtually decides it. By act of the last Legislature the t number of regents of the Lunatic Asy- I lum were to be red-iced from nine to five, and they were to cast lots for the place, and i. was to be done as soon as practicable. The regents for various c reasons could not agree on this point, and at the meeting last week seven of those present decided to resign, and their resignations were accordingly sent to the Governor. Dr. Tailey, of Columbia, did not coincide with thiz view, and consequently he did not re- I sign. Col. Rhett was ill and not pres- t ent. The Governor has not yet taken any action in the matter. There may some very nice questions grow out of all this. t PAY YOUR TAXES. Coptroller-General Ellerbe's Mandates as to Delinquents. [The State, 15th.) The time for the payment of State and county taxes expires next Satur day, and some lively times are likely to precede and follow tbat day. The comptroller-general has also made his preparations for the close, and he intends that no one shall escape this year. Yesterday he sent out a circular to county treasurers, in whieh he stated "that after the 20th of Febr uary treasurers will collect until the 9th of March with the fifteen per cent. penalty added. Immediately after this last date treasurers will issue executions, against all delinquent taxpayers. and at once turn them over to the sheriff of their county and forward to this office the date of so doing." The treasurers are required to report separately t'e time of delivery to the sheriff of all executions. The railroads have not yet paid their taxes in Richland, and Treasurer Campbell has received no instructions how to act in case the roads present revenue scrip, as it is generally believed they will do. SENATOR IRBY AND DR. POPE. A Conference at the National Capital on South Carolina Politics. WAsHINGToN, Feb. 15.-Dr. Samp- t son Pope, of New berry, is in the city. e and Senator Irby had a conference about State politics. Dr. Pope left for New York this evening. Senator Jrby said to the State corres pondent that the vote polled by the Greenville News of the Democrats of each county in the State, as to the standing of Tillman, was very encour aging to him. "It does not matter who will be nominated for Governor, Tilman or any other Democrat, there t will be but one ticket in the field," continued the Senator, "but Tillman will tbe overwhbelmingly nominated and elected."-The State. LITTLE MOUNTAIN. A Delightful Village in a Healthy Section. Salubrious Climate and Hos pitable People. LITTLE MoUNTAIN, Feb. 15.-About 1 twelve months ago we were requested by f you to write up Little Mountain, and have at this late day got the consent of our mind to undertake th- task. And in the first place allow us to say,2 by way of parenthesis, that newspaperI correspondence is something which, as we< grow older, we less and less admire. t Although, in years gone by, in the hal- t cyon days of youth-when the mind was naturally free from all worldly cares and t anxieties-we took delight in scribbling for a paper edited and published in your town, known as the Progressive Age, vet, 1 as life drags on, and the years roll by with their many cares, we find hut little timei for such work. But to the point. t Little Mountain is situated on or near the C., N. & L. R. R., eight miles south of Prosperity and twenty-nmne miles from Columbia. It has the most healthy and salubriousC climate in the State of South Carolina, I and is named Little Mountain from the surrounding hills. Th. town is beauti fully laid off, the site comprising twenty 1 There are three gencral merchandise and one drug store in full blast, a flour and grist mill, owned by A. N. Boland; an elegant ginnery, owned and operated by W. C. Shealy & Co.; a postoffice, tele graph office, express office and depot, the last four under the management of D. W. Boland, a very courteouc and gentle manly young man. About one thousand bales of cotton have been marketed here this season, and, last but not least, a hand some and commodious Lutheran church, an orrasent to the place, has recently been erected. One mile distant the Mount Tabor 1 school is situated, presided over by Prof.t WV. A. Counts, with Miss Mary Monts asj assistant, than whom none better can be The land upon which the present town bids fair to stretch out was formerly theI home place of F. H. Dominick, but more I recently sold by him to A. N. Boland. I The health of the town is watched over by Dr. J. M. Sease, a gentleman in every sense of the word. The surrounding coun t.zv is settled (we were almost ready to say by Sheaysl, but while the Shea1y name predominates, the Monts, Derricks, Mil [es, Feagles, Wheelers, Fulmers, Risers, Swittenburgs, Longs and not a few Bo lands prevail. Upon the wl-o1le, a more thrifty, gener aus-hearted people the writer never lived among. Taught by hereditary law "by the sweat of thy brow thou shalt earn thy bread," thev obey the mandate to the let :er ; hence 'they' make their bread and Kind and hospitable to the stranger in :heir midst, they are ever ready to lend a elping hand to~every good and charitable 1 purpose. jt But, if time will permit, we propose in 1 :he future to give a historical sketch of '.I his sturdy yeomanry, taking the Shea1ys $ Ls our text, to commence with. f Grain crops in this section are not pros-, >ering, owing to the recent heavy freezes. '.larger acreage has been sown this sea- 9 on than heretofore. Money scarce ; cot A -NEW SYSTE31 OF FINANCE. rihe State Debt to be Paid-No More Taxa tion and Money at 2 ptir Cent. $300,000 for Education-A Beautiful Theory. To the Editor of The Herald and sews: Call them by what name you ,lease, there are only two parties in this ountry. We have Democrats, Repub icans, Reform Democrats, Mugwumps, klliance Democrats, Alliance Republi ans, Labor Unions, Knights of Labor, ?eople's Party and a host of other names; >ut in the last analysis there are only two eal divisions-the oppressed and the op )ressors-the people on one side and the )wners of metalic money on the other ide. The former are striving to better :eir condition. The latter are doing all hev can to reduce the people to serfdom mid slavery. This is the real contest. Che names by which they are called only erve to confuse matters and pave the ray for the unworthy to attain office and >ower. Matters are serious and are growing rorse each day. Let us, one and all, ome together, regardle- of names, and t ake counsel and do all we can to lift the leadly depression that is settling down ipon us, and advance the good and hap >iness of mankind. First, what is the :ause of this deadly depression that is set hng down upon the country. and is para yzing every business? It is not confined 4 o the United States. It is in every na ion on the earth. It is not local, but reneral. What is the cause and what is f hE remedy? During the last thirty years ( ailroads, steamships, the opening of the E 3uez canal the electro-magnetic telegraph hat belts I nations and makes them, as 1 t were, one family, and the wonderful mprovement in tools and machinery of mvery kind havc revolutionized and mar ,elously changed the world's methods of >roduction and distribution, while the 1 inancial systems have remained station Lry, sometimes taking a step backward. Chis, in the opinion of the writer, is the eal cause of the depression. An instance >f the change in production and distribu- t ion is, the labor of one man in the North- t est produces 5,500 bushels of wheat, and r he labor of two men delivers it in any eaport of England or France. This holds rood in every department of labor. Not ithstanding this, we have the money I ?braham used thousands of years ago. I Che remedy is, thefinancial systems should >e revolutionized and changed, and noved up abreast with the demands of C he times. - It is contended under the lead t )f England, the most powerful govern- i nent since the days of the Roman Em )ire, that gold and silver alone are money, Lnd gold alone is the standard of pay- t nents,-that all others are only promises o pay gold or silver. Such are the sys ems of finance in all civilized govern nents the world over. The report of the director of the mint, ruly 1st, 1891, shows that the total t Lmount of gold and silver coin and bullion I n the United States on that day was t 1,168,860,392. The deposits of money in tate Banks, Loan and Trust Companies, 3avings Banks and private Banks mounted to $2,661,752,961. The deposits t n National Banks as reported by the I :omptroller of the currency October 1st, 890, was $1,564,845,275. Total deposits n the banks, $4,226,508,236. To meet these vast deposits there is in n the country, of gold and silver coin and )ullion, only $1,168,860,392. The figures j ;how there is on 4eposit nearly four times f LS mV.ch rion - as there is gold and silver t o meet it. If there was a simultaneous -un on the banks by the depositors, every )ne would have to close its doors regard ess of its assets; hence the system is de ective and wrong. J. E. Cairnes. professor in the Univer ;ity College of London, in his work writ :en in 1874 on Political Economy, says: 'Government paper money has always nriched a nation when properly issued, estricted and secnred. It has ever been .success. Specie for a domestic currency, r as a basis for paper has been a failure rithout a solitary exception." In verification of the above assertion, he Northern people, during the late war,t frew enormous1 rich on government aper money. Snece the war the country as returned to metalic money and paper1 ased on specie. The result is we have ad, in round numbers, 200,000 business irms to fail, with liabilities of $4,000,000,. md the failures are on the increase. 2 There were 405 failures in one week the niddle of January last past, against 357 r the same period in 1891, 324 in 1890,. 131 in 1889 and 259 in 1888. We are on he down grade under the present finan [ial system. Aristotle, the most erudite man of an iquity, speaking of money, said: "The1 rigin of money is not natural, but con entional and arbitrary." Such it has >een in all ages, and such it will be to the nd of time. 3!oney is not property, it is only the ~epresentation of property. It is a cre [tion of law, while property is a creation >f labor. It is simply an instrument for he easy transfer of titles to property rom one person to another. It should iave the least intrinsic value, and be in mple volume for the transaction of busi iess. It is oil upon the spindles of civili :ation which could not have had a begin iing without it, and if it is not in suffi ,ient volume and properly used, ,'viliza ion must languish and die. This truth he history of man demonstrates. For ack of it we are now in a fearful condi ion and still going down. Our firaancial system before the late var was State banks. It was displaced 4 >y the present National banking system hich is a great improvement, although 1 t is a monstrous monopoly. The attempt t o return to State banks of issue wouldt > a step backward and is impossible, if 1 egally tested. The constitution of the Jnited States, Art. I, Sec. 10, says, "No 1 state shall" "coin money; emit bill of :redit," &c. A State cannot delegate a ower she cannot exercise, hence State t anks of issue are unconstitutional. National banks deposit government t onds with the comptroller of the Cur- t -ency and take out circulation. The nited States government emits the bills rough these banks and is responsible or them; hence they are constitutional. lthough National banks are monopolies. re shall not make war upon them except o devise, if we can, a better system, one hat will displace them as improved ma ~hinery displaces the old Before pro ceding to outline a financial system rhich the writer believes will prove rastly superior to the one we haive, he mili say, while the enactment of the free, :oinage silver bill now before Congress is -ight under the existing system. as the ilver dollar 4124 grains 9-10) fine was our, mit of money up to 1874, it will prove o be a very small favor to the people. t will be water on the wheels of thej ilver miners. Business men detest the jiver dollar; hence it is piled up in the 'reasurv. The increase in the volume of noney by the free coinage of silver will >e so'small it will not be felt by the peo >l in business transactions. Again, the money of Abraham is not uited to the demands of our times. The scarcity of money and the high ate of interest we have to pay for it will lestroy any people. It is only a matter if time. The wealth of nations shows hat 3 per cent. is all the most progress ye nations in the world can create. In 1880 the wealth of the United States a round numbers. was $43,O)00,0'0.. n 1890 it was 860,000,000,000, an increase f $17.000,00,000. This is a little over 3 per cent. increase. at some of it was brought here by immi yrants and foreign investors- In the gov- I rments of the old world no such per ent of increase is shown. 1 The report of State Traasurer W. T. C. 3ates shows that on the 31st of October. 91 the principal of the funded debt of he State was $6.574,830.62. The princi- I al of the unfunded debt was $38S7.429.22. he interest paid on the funded debt was1 343,~4C .6G. To pay the interest on the, anded debt and meet the expenses of the tate government it took $1,087.OS81.>9. this money was raised by taxation of the! The last of the government bonds on -hcth +N aina banks are based are iue in 1907. The National banking sys em will go out with them; hence we can iot begin too soon to devise a financial ystem to take its place. The National banks deposit United 3tates Government bonds with the Comp :roller of the currency and take out cir :ulation paying semi-annually the i of per cent. tax. Let South Carolina deposit her bond ith the Comptroller of the Currency and ake out circulation, say $40,000,000, which rill be less than $40 per capita, paying )nly for the paper and printing. Let the ills be a legal tender for all debts, pub ic and private. Let this money pass into he State Treasury. Let the public debt >f 0,962,20.81 be paid off. That will ;ave $343,429.GUG intere-t. Let the bal ance, about S33,000.0o0. be loaned to the >eople, one-half on real estate at 3 per -ent. per annum the other half on non 3erishable products at 2 per ccnt. per an ium, all properly restricteJ and secured. V Let Kiat on real estate be loaned for wenty years, the interest and one wentieth of the principal to be paid at ,he end of each year. That loaned on ion perishable products to be paid prin ipal and interest within the year. Let he maximum be $3,000 and the minimum )e $100 loaned to any one person. The nterest on the loans will more than pay 0l the expenses of the State government w md the people will have. no taxes to pay. s< The royalty from the phosphate inter- r st, if judiciously managed, will yield the tate an annual revenue of at least $300,- r 00, which can be applied to the educa- li ion of the people. If this system of t] inance is adopted the bills will be based i; n the whole property of the State and o ndorsed by the United States. They T vill be good everywhere. The green- a: )acks of the government now command u 6 premium in London and Paris, the a reat commercial centres of the world. si ['he holder of these bills will be the s1 >wner of that much property, as they will n e based on property, and they will be al edeemed every time they pass from the 01 iands of one person into the hands of ai mother. By this system the people will c< ave immense sums they now pay in in- e< erest and what they pay will go into their T reasury instead of the coffers of corpo- ol ations and individuals, and meet public c< xpenses. 01 With no interest to pay on the public T lebt, and nz taxes to pay to meet the pub- w ic expenses of the State government, and p arge income to be used for educational a >urposes, what a happy condition! What . ;outh Carolina can do all other States I an do. The writer has not given the de- f: ails of the system. buffice it to say it al s constitutional and practical and will t) neet all the demands of the times. How c, an it be put into operation? By filling rt he State offices, the Legislature and Con- p ,ress with capable men pledged to its a, upport. iH The Supreme Court of the United tates has declared it is the duty of Con- t, ,ress "to provide a National currency for t< he whole people." Let the Legislature ti vhen it meets adopt a concurrent resolu- p ion embodying the systen and send it to ai >ur members in Congress with the re- s< juest that they lay it before that body tl md ask Congress to order the printing of t he bilLs, and let South Carolina deposit a ier bond with the Comptroller of the i ,urrency and take them out, thereby pro- . riding "the people with a national cur- tj ency." It will be the beginning of a inancial system the best ever devised. t! Based on property, properly restricted tj d secured, it will be perfectly stable and 1 afe, and will commend itself to all na ions. If it is adopted by all the States, 0 ongress can fix the per capita circulation T md let each 1tate take out circulation 1 ecording to her population. It will leave tj he States with all their rights and dig ity unimpaired. At the same time it fa vi cement the States and unite the peo- si >1e as nothing else will, for any one who a iolds a dollar of the money will be di n ectly interested in the perpetuity of the c< government. If it is done the country will 1' iave a volume of money sufficient and ti table for any legitimate business The a states can pay off their debts and save t< nterest money. f The interest on money will be reduced te o 2 and 3 per cent. per annum, an im- h. nense saving on what we now pay. The , nterest arising from loans by the State a vill pay all the expenses of the State gov irnment and save the people from taxa-. in. The vast sums now employed in bank ng operations will have to be invested in roperty and its improvement. New en erprises will spring up on all sides, and 'V 11l who desire to better their condition tl ~an get full employment. All the spindles of civilization will be st iled and run to their full capacity, and $: he people absorbed in work will be con- h ent. The writer knows that the system >f fance proposed is new, but he feels hat it is a vast improvement on the sys- h ;em we have and will meet the demands tl >f the times. ec Railroads, steamships and the telegraph were all .new, but they have proven great blessings to mankind. When the inancial systems have been moved up breast with the marvelous improve- . nents in production and distribution all - ill be well. Respectfully,S ELL1soN S. Krrr. Enoree Plantation, Feb. 11, 1892. MORE MrANDAMU'SEs The Greenville Banks Go to the Courts. ] [Special to The State.] c GREENvILLE, Feb. 13.-Three banks C >f this city have had to apply to Judge re udson, at Anderson, for mandamuses t o compel the county auditor to change y beir assessments to the original re urns and to force the county tr easurer t: o accept taxes on the assessments as nade by the coun y board of equaliza ion. Papers were served to-day onl the - uditor and treasurer to rhow cause at S oderson on Wednesday why peremrp ory mandamuses should not be issued. urrihe is expressed here that Comp- p roller Ellerbe has forced the banks to his action since he has lost his tight! FACE DISFIGURED :C Painnl, Disfiguring Skin Disease. "' Every Known Remedy Falls. Cured in One Month by Cuticura Bemedies. o) Some time the last of last November I had seine T skin disease in my face. It grew very fast, and hout the last of December it became so painful md was very disfiguring, and I had tried everything hat I knew, but all to no effect- My face grew orse instead of better. After trying every A snown remedy I ordered a bor of CuTzcrta . .EMEDEs from you, and began tO use it, and in m month my face was well and as smooth as ever. es [have used it for old sores and find It to be good in ll cases I have used It, and would not be without . I do not think the C1rriculA can be recom. nedd too highly. CUTrcunA is good for every hing I ever knew It used for. It is good for all it recommended for. MISs L. A MERSON, Teledo, Ala. a1 .Another Bad Face J Ihave used the CUTrecunt R:zzmzs with great , uccesa for acne. My face was so bad that I was. .hamed to go on the street. Everybody had a cure, . ut none of them were any good. I tried several loetors, they gave me medicine, It did me no good. , a last resort I tried CUTrzcvna Rzxznrzs with q ;reaLt success. W. M. 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(f HOW MY BACK ACHES! se Back Ache, KinyPains, and Weak ness, Soreness, Laeness, Strains, a-..l Pain relieved in cne minute by the Cuticura Anti-Pain Flaslter'. 4 TEACHER COLUMN. Tnos. W. KEIrr, Editor. The Teachers' Association. The meeting of the Teachers' Asso iation on Saturday last was a decided uccess. It was with feelings of pure elight that r-- looked upon those resent and saa zeal and determina ion depicted ia their intelIigent faces. 'here were about, thirty present, some t wbom had ridden f.fteen mnilei, or ire, in order to be prtsent. This de erniuation on the part of the teachers ; worthy of highest praise, and will urely eventuate in keeping the New erry County Teachers' Association breast of any in the State. There are still teacher; in this eountv -hose names are notenrolled as merm ers of our associatior . I appeal to bem tojoin us and aid -s in the grand rork of elevating hurnaity. We need be sympathy and assiAtance of every ?acher in our uphill v-ork. Come in -liow-teachers, let us all join hands nl march with sirried ranks against ur country's greatest fce ignorance. T. W. K. The Public School System. In our communication of last week -e suggested several changes in our -hool system which we thought might .nder it more efficient. We now desire to say a few words in -gard to the apportioning of the pub c school funds. It seems to us that ie basic principle underlying the pub c school system is that the property f the State shall edu:ate the people. he chief end of thesys.en is to render 3sistance in the o6taining of an ed cation to those who are not able to iist themselves. Does out present ,stem of apportionment do this? We TI irely think that it does not. As it is ow the very communities that are le to sustain a good school by means r their own funds get the greatest TI nount of public moi-ey, and those I minjunities that, of all others, need locational facilities, get the least. heu conditions tend to depopulate ir rural districts. A great imiany of >untry people move to the town-; in der to get better school facilities. hese towns represent aggregated ealth, and a small tax, self-imposed, rovides sufficient money to have EI school open for nine or ten months. 2 these centers of civilization, if we uly so terma them, there is a demand r educational facilities, and the :ility to pay for them, and hence an iey do not need the especial fostering re of the public. Iow is it in the A iral district ? With ar average school 10 pulation of from 35 to 40, and an I rerage attendance much less, it is TE upossible by the average attendance - an to obtain sufficient funds to run 5( ie schools long enough for the people > see the good result: ng from educa onal facilities. As a rule they are too aor to supplement the public funds. ad the result is a two or three monta's C .hool. The average school term for iis county in '90-'91 was3.months,for e entire State 3.51 months. Of course Tb iany schools must have been open for sol ss than 3.57 montbs, and those schools $4. ere rural schools. Can any one deny iat such schools neecd the help ot the. I ublic ? .In order to be of any service UD iey must have more funds. - How are to iey to get those funds ? Let us again reg ok at the principle underlying the ublic school system. The property f the State shall educate the people. 'his help should be given whom it is lost needed, and where it would do ie most good. Then let us apport ion the publice nds with this in v:ew. We would aggest that instead of making the verage attendance the basis, that we take the teacher the basis. In our unty the average pay of a teacher tat year was about $1(2. Now making ne teacher the basis, let there be set part to each school.$80 per qualified eacher, and the remnaioder of the inds distributed upon average at indance. In this wi.y we will give elp where help is most needed, and re think we may confidently look for general improvement of the masses. T. W. K. Harris Lithia Hotel Barnedi. ( WATERLOO, S. C., Feb. 9.--Again Vaterloo suffers from fire. Harris Ly 2iaSprings Hotel was >urned to-night. he House was valued at $6,000, in red for $3,500. Furniture valued at 2,000, insurance $7.50. Supposed to are been incendiary. Every one who has tried the "Tar eel Cheese" recommend it as being 2e finest cheese ever brought to the ity. Leave your order for some, at 1y Mc.[TosII's. hidren Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,-( COUNTY OF NEW BERRY-IN THE PROBATE COURT. ohn M. Kinard in his own right and as Administrator, &c., of Richard C. Chapman, dec'd, Plaintiff, against Colin M. Cook, et. al., Defendants. [)U.RSUANT TO AN OR.DER OF Court herein, all persons holding ainms against the estate of Richard C. 'hapman, deceased, are required toA nder in and establish the same before ? is Court on or before the 1.5th day of [arch next, and are enjoined from Bet rosecuting their dermands otherwise an under these proceedings. J1. 1B. FEL LERS, J. P. N. C. Go: February 10, 1892. o TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA- 4 COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN a COMMON PLEAS. [attie Swittenberg vs. Mary A. Kinard et al. Partition. Y ORDER OF THE COURT. LIherein, I will sell at public out- . -y before the Courthouse at Newberry, - n thbe first Monday in March, 1892, the.. al estate of the late John G. Kinard,. i the County and State aforesaid, in >e following~parcels or tracts, by plats . iereof, to-wit: --- Tract No. 1-Containing Fort.y-two.~ .cres and1o Half, and bounded by lands.. Geco. G. D)ewalt, D. H. Wheeler, and-.. ract No. 2. and by the Road to New- -- rry Courthouse. whtich separates it.y om lands of Mrs. Mary Ann Kinard. tonD TIract No 2- Con tait ing Thbirty-eigh t si2 cres and a Fourth, and bounded by T. act No. 1, D). H. Wheeler's land, and J ~tate of John' Kinard, deceased, and - y thle Road to New b.rry Courthouse, C hiebh sepatra:es it fromt Tract No. 3. Tract No. 3-Containing One Hun-T redl and Nineteen Aesand a Fourth,.L 2d boun;ded by the Road to Newberry 13o ourthouLse, (whi-ch separates it from be ract No. 2,) and by h.nds of estate of tra .)n Kiaard, deceased, Benson Counts, rig tatet oif - Rikard, WV. G. Metts, and rs. Mary Ann Kinard. TE-:ns: The purchaser will be re uired to pay one-third1 of the purchase oney int (ash, and to) secure the bal ice, parable in one and two years,A ith interest from the day of sale, by a md and mortgage or the premises- u ith lea've, however, to antticipate pay- rett ents. i;m whole or in part-and to pay' rt r pap:ers-.o SI LAS J OHNSTONE, M:mster. Co a.-tr' Omlee, 15 Feb'y. 1892. M ST TOTICE IS HEREBY G;IYEN ( -that alil the stalis in the Public Sal arket will he rented to the~ highest dde-r at public auctioni, ini front of id nmarke-t. at 12 o'clock M. on Fri yv, th" ninteenth day of February, i tIe year commni(ng on the First IM0 'ndav in May, 1892, the Council re- of I rvini the right to reject all bids. se~ Barder of the Cou ncil: -~J. S. FAIR, Clerk. for Infants . "Castoriaissoweadapted tochidrentbat I recommend itassuperiortoanyprescripdon known to me." H. A. A=w, M. D., 111 So. Oxford St., BrookLyn, N. Y. "The use of I'Castoris, IIs so univerWa and its merits so well kmown that it see-ns a work of superroga_on toe~ndorse iL Fovra-'ethe intelligent faumilies who do not keP CAStOri& within ewsresch.l% c4nLox MKwr. D D) New Y Late Pastor BloomWgdale Reformed Cb=rJ TO CWrAV AUE URTAINST ie Opportunity of a Life Time. I E G tllEJ!T E ST BIRGE1NS - IN ACE CURTAIIN A fER OFFERED IN NEW-11 BERRY. HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM importer's sale 0 PIRS LACE C[RTAINS. will offer them for the NEXT IRTY DAYS at ) Per Cent. Less than Import Cost. ou can buy an Imported French rtaiu for $2.00 a Pair. ese Curtains have never before been d in the United States for less than Do a pair. N'T MISS TIlS CH8 1CR0 Jecorate your house for half of the ular price. J. D. Davenport. Newberry, S. C. FOR FINE JIOJORS' IGARS9 TOBACCO CALL ON . 0. BOOZER. A CHOICE LINE OF FAMILY 20GE RI ES' ALWAY8ON HAND AT T. Q. BOZER'S. rLATICC EN E IEPARTMENT. Wllmixet,N {C. Jan. 4, 1892. ween Charleston and Clubia and Uppe North Caroline. GWCONDENSED SCHEDUGLNE. s 60. No. 52 No. 53. No.49. 550 Lv...Charleston..Ar. 1151 0 7 30 " ...Lanes... " 1140 950 )i 8 40 " ...Sumter...." 10 35 83'0 ) 9 50 Ar....Columbia..Lv. 9 30 7 10 .. "...Wi.nnsboro... " 4 26 .... ..7 27 " ...Chester....... " 3 28 ... a m 80 4 ....eo... ... Hll " 23 0.... 43"......Abbeiote..." 15.... exe. en woodll .. " 12430......... s M. E MESO.AnTraffe Manager.. rd of CoundCmsoersoile wil 35e nforopaintan the bialdarings Thr tpers betee Coarjct ald inci.na G.E ERO.s' B.n' CROME. gnt H.KELY Gn'Clna er k in 1 go'ccito an mero ther yrdooderountthCoBoardioofrCowity GEO. B. CRO;MER, ] ebrar 8,182.Clerk.~ OTY~T OF FWERER- I ROAO 'PLE SE ~ AR eL. Grtingdton Phaetirf agaionst in goo coition a.Dfndwauethe y claims agaf the etad of Con s >n,U deceasieare eurdyodr >re 4try of Febrary Cl892. SIM LAS.HSOE Ma ter ind Children. Cawi,com! CO&i, consPM,-L sour St=aa *La&m. Zrutawn, M-19 wW fkvw deep. wad pmmot di W&MUdmediatim ror anad yar I have reeOhme.nd e, I, aud salal alwayx contaneto A soas' is a mUWpWodoiced bmgWWa results&" EDWEffF. PARnUMX D., NewYorkOlt I CoPAr, 27 Man.A sTans, NXW YOa, /at k SAD REFLECTION Yes, it is indeed very sad to eflft over the fact that we must ell our goods at such very low )rices. Still we are bound to ead and We Must Make aStir When we get on the warpath he people chuckle with almost iendish glee as they Listen to the Crack )f fallirg prices. It is the sig ial that they are going to be )enefited, and they Rush With Eager Haste o look over and buy BAR xAINS from our large and care ally selected stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, 3oots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, md General Merchandise. t is no time to hesitate. You ust come at once and take ad antage of this Extraodimary CLEARANCE SALE Yours to please, 3, KLETTNE' GR E AT EST Q'lothing sale Ever Attempted by Any House in the City or State. )WING TO THE DEPRESSION of tbe m6ney market and the w price of cotton. I have decided to ~lose out my stock regardless of the ost. This is earlier than any house ias ever attempted such sales. The isual time is February. Counter No. 1 contains 250 Suits that old at $10.30 to-$15 will now be sold at ;7.50 cash for your choice. This is the ET OFFER EVER MADE IN THIS CITY y any house. No odds and ends, but Lgood run of sizes. This is your op )ortunity to invest if you want a bar- __ Counters 2 and 3 contain 500 Suits In sacks and Cataways, formerly sold om $15 to $25. Now you can have our choice for $10 cash. These count ~ounters contain values that have never een offered by any one. No trouble ao find your size in these tailor made ~arments when you have such assort nents to select. from. I want the noney and room, so this stock must be old, and if you are judges of bargains o wilil not delay, but come and help nove these goods. In addition to the above I have laced 250 pairs of Pants on a counter. rhis line formerly sold at $.5 and $6; tow take your choice at $3.50. This is he best bargain ever offered mn pants. Remember this line of ~oods is not old stock, it new stock, this fall, ad will be sold for cash. >To goods of this sale are milowed on approbation. M. L. KINARD, NOTICE. Having retired from business all tersons indebted to me will please call d settle at once, with me or my ttorneys, Blease & Blesse. H. C. SUM\:MEBS. ~TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. ly J. B. Fellers, Esq., Probate Judge. H ER EAS,Robert Y.Leavell hath made suit to me to grant him etters of Administration of the Estate nd effects of Emanuel Berry, de eased. These are, therefore, To cite and ad nonish all and singular the kindred d creditors of the said Emanuel erry, deceased, that they be and ppear before me, in the Court of Pro ate to be held at Newberry Court ouse. on the 24th day of February, 892, after publication hereof, at 11 'clock in ta he forenoon, to show cause, any thU have, why the said Ad riinistration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 9th day f February, A. D. 1892 J. BFEL LERS, J. P. N. C. )issoluton of Pa,rtnerrh.ip HE PARTNERSHIP HERETO Lfore existing between M. J. Scott, A. Martin and WV. S. Scott under be firm name of M. J. Scott & Co., .as this day been dissolved by mutual onsent. The business will be contin ed by M. J. Scott at the same old Land. Persons indebted to the firn till sette with M. J1. Scot t, who will Iso pay the debts dr.e by the firm. M. J. SCOTT. J. A. MARTIN. W. S. SCOTT..