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Washington, 1). C., Jan 31, 1902 Postmas*r, Newb,rrv, S. C Sir: he 1)epartiment ack nowledges the receipt of your letter of the 14th instant, and in reply will say that your aclion in accepting tile mailings of the extra edi tion of the "llerald and News" and de clining to receive the supplement of the "Observer" separately fr;m their regular issue, is approved in both instances, Sec tions 2S7 and 2SS, P. L and R , quoted by you, fully covering the cases. Very resp ctfully, EDWIN C. MADDEN, Third Assistant Postmaster General. The above is a copy of a letter received by Postmaster Bynum from the depart ment at Washington. Mr. Bynum sent the department a copy of our extra and a cupy of the Observer and its supplement and asked a ruling as soon as the Observ er made a kick The Observer also re ported the postmaster here for doing his duty. The letter is a thorough knock down for the Observer and a complete vindication of Postmaster Bynum and Assistant-Postmaster Bowman. The Ob server should now have the manliness to apologize to Mr Bowman for the ugly things it said about him Or will it claim that the third assistant postmaster gener al is showing official favoritism to The Herald and News and that the above ruling is "contemptible." It may find some satisfaction in saying that and con tinue its attempt to fool the public. No, cctemporary, the best thing to do when A ou get left and get mad about it is to go out in some old field and pull off your coat and cool off, and not berate conscientious officials who are trying to do their duty. Or it is better to do like the little boy the calf ran over, think what you please, but say nothing. Or hire a kicking machine and have your self well kicked for being left. But don't show your temper and suspect others of evil. CALHOUN F. BOYD. In the death of Mr. Calhouu F. Boyd the county and State loses one of its noblemen. There are few men who are his equal in manhood and patriotic devotion. In him all those qualities which go to make the true man came nearer centering than in any man of our acquaintance. With his fidelity and his patriotic devotion to his State he never forgot nor neglected his d"ty to his church and his God. Ge ail and kindly in disposition he never per miLted an impure or an unkind word to pass his lips. If be thought evil of any one he never gave expression to the thought. He was as brave as the bravest and yet as gentie and kind as a child. As a soldier ne was faithful and brave ar4d on the march and in tbe camp and in the thick of the battle was always coo!, cheerful and pleasant. As a citizen be was conscientious in the discharge of duty. As a husband and father he was kind and indulgent. As a friend he was always true. As a member of the Confederate veterans he was devoted to his work and always present at every meeting of the camp and beloved by his comrades. We are opposed to the establishment of a State furr ilizer factory which appears to he right popular among our legislators. Such an enterprise would utilize convic' labor and probably cheapen fertilizers for the farmers, thereby rendering them a temporary benefit. But we oppose it both as a principle and a policy. Thke State has no right to monopolize any business nor to enter into competition with interprises already establised She had just as well establish a cotton factory as a fertilizer factory. She had better go into the grocery busin'ess than remain in the liquor business, for the former is more respectable. Convict labor shou'd not be brought into competition with honest free labor in any industry. Let the convicts be employed on the roads and on such works as are intended for the benefit of the whole people. and let the State look after the legitimate objects of government-in other words mind her own business --Gaffney Ledger. The fertilizer bill we think has been killed. If it has not it should be. We agree fully with the Ledger that the con victs should be put to work on the public roads and if they were it would only be a short time before we could have a system of good roads. We do not think the State is making a gi at deal out of its farms, and we know they are as well managed as it is possible to have them, but when freshets come the crops are de stroyed and the management cannot pre-4 vent their coming. It is well to keep the Lexington farms to make a support for the convicts. But we notice the leg islature has refused to stop farming or toi sell the farms. But the hiring to private 1 parties is no longer permitted and there may be a chance to put some of the con victs on the roads. The Chester Lantern nominates Sena tor J. L. Glenn for the position of Lieu tenant Governor. Senator Glenn is a lawyer of fine ability and a most excel lent gentleman and would preside over the Senate with dignity. In speakingt of him the Lantern says:t "To the people of Chester and the neighboring counties it is useless to say anything of Mr. Glenn's character of, qualifications, and he is well known to i many people in all parts of the State. It is t fust'such men that are need-d in public places, men of pure life and unquestion ed integrity; men who can look impar tially at all sides of a measure and make their decision a matter of conscience." c Gen. J. W. Floyd has announced his C candicacy for Congress from the fifth dis tr' oscedHnJ .Fne,tea preset ongrcedsHan J.f.riney thatstit preen Flodrssan sparom that dinstr. Ge .-d i in spae,bti Mr Senator Graydon has succeeded in get- cil ing through the s, tiate a resolution to h( ix the 15th as the day for final adjourn ment by the legislature Resolutions of -o ,his character come up at every session, co but rarely ever amount to much exccpt th to take up the time w% hich should he de- t b voted to the business th.! ineibe.s w. nt u to Columbia to attend to. It wolild he well if the legislature could aind would )t adjourn on the i5thi, but why not go ahead and finish the business and then th adjourn, even if this could be done by - the ioth. Simply b c tuse no day for o final adjournment is fixed is no reason for killing time. And then if a day is fixed and the work is not completed the whole thing can be reconsidered and an- S other day fixed. As a matter of fact most of the members go there expecting jL to stay out the forty day limit and they or generally do. This thing of trying to fix : days for final adjournmt always ap- eO pears to us as a play to the galleries and U for home consumption. If there was less ar speechmaking and the members would y diligently apply themselves to the mat- re ters before them a great deal of time to might be saved. But everybody is ex o pecting the legislature to sit until about q the 22d, and it is just as well. If the ba work can be finished earlier why then ur adjourn whetherit be the ioth or the 15th or any other day. ot May we deferentially inquire what has in become of that pardon board the gover- i nor's scribacious private secret<ry and his friend, the senator from Newberry, P2 were to establish? We may observe in gr passing that when comments on the gov- 0 - ernor's pardoning proclivities became rather general the number of pardons were not so numerous.-The State. This question should be "deferential- ti ly" tut to the pretended dictator who ra presides over the editorial department of C the State newspaper and the senator from Oconee and not to the "scribacious pri vate secretary and his friend, the senator from Newberry." It was the former and not the latter who "were to establish" a board of pardons. For authority of this I assertion we refer the distinguished and e bumptious editor of the State newspaper CO to the files of his own paper in Septem- L ber and October of last year. ct "May we deferentially" remark that if CE we had the power and wielded the influ- ar ence the bumptious editor of the State bi newspaper imagines he does and wanted H a board of pardons established we would t simply direct and command the legisla- t ture to establish it and the job would be C' done. ~ til We present in this issue the argument b( of the Bell Telephone for a franchise as he presented to council by the attorney of a the company, Mr. Ingram. This propo- w sition is more reasonable, and it looks p now if the company and council might be able to get together We hope they may tb for we would like to see the system built w, into the town. It is a good system and a would give us an out of town connection which we can get in no other way. et Mr. D. H. Witherspoon has just started t b a new paper at Graniteville in Aiken ra conty to be known as the Graniteville H Advertiser. The first issue presents a ta neat appearance and we wish the .editor a and his paper abundant success. at to THE TELEPHONE SITUa~TION. fo -- ne LGeneal Superintendent of Consurucron of the Bell Conmpany Presentts HIs. Mde of the Case to the Town Couc I, Mak' s , a Proposition, Which Council Will Consider at Its Next Meet ing. pr -- pr On Friday afternoon a special meet- ha .ng of the city council was held w ben 14 Sr. F. L. Inagram, general suparin.ten- vi< lent of construction of the Southern lor Bll Telephone and Telegraph Conm- wi pany, appeared before them to prese*nt wi as arguments in favor of letting his th :ompany in without a restriction as to wi rices to be charged and certain other bo ections embodied within the franchise tal ~ranted by council. It will be reme(m- in ered that some time ago, about the 6th yo >f December, council granted this c'om- ce any an unrestricted franchise, which it ction they rescinded on Dec. 14, by the we passage of an ordinance granting the th Bell Company the same franichise as ou hat now enjoyed by Mr. L W. Floyd. wt A petition was immediately circulated an imong the people of the city asking youncil to grant the unrestrieted fran- p hlse and received t he signatures of a y najority of the citizens of the town. i ouncil, however, at a subsequent si~ neeting stood by its action. p The meeting on Friday afternoon was pr aeld in Mayor Kluttner's othice, only in >ne member of the council being absent- ad Mr. Ingram stated that his object in vil eing here was to see just what coun- wi 11l wanted his company to do and if an there was aray possible chance to get if ogether. His company was just start- p ng work on the other lines thoughout ari he State and would like to have the in natter of getting into the city limits wi )f Newberry decided as soon as possi >le, th Mayor Klettner said that the council th iad already stated Its position in the tL natter and it was now left to the tele- sa; hone company to decide whether or er' ot they would come. If anything was da o be done, a proposition would have st o come from them, which would be cb onsidered by council.pr Mr. Ingram said that it would be we mpossble for his company to becept gr, he ordinance passed, but be would like 33j. o talk the matter over and make a be ropositionl. coi Mayor Klettner asked for a legal lit1 pinion from the city attorney, Mr. at. Ilease, as to whether council could ma onsider this matter before the expira- 2 ion of the sixty days allowed for the to ceptance of the former ordinance. for Mr. Blease:-You could, of course, cor ear any proposition which the gentle- the ian deires to lay before U, but oun- we. cannot take any actioi until after (Aexpiratitn of the six"y days. lr. Ingrarmi here officially notitied meil that his company would not nt in UInder the franwti.' granted m (which puts upon his --mipany Ssae1 rt-striction-4 ar are nox laced on Mr. Floyd ) Mr. Inram was a-ket i> st.) his j :etions to thme franich io. \l r. I ngi am said that i ord in nce Lt was passed on the 6 h of 1) -eu r (:he tine granting the uanre-tricted nfhis.) was the one that his con ny was no N operati ng u nd er i ri i,very wn in which his cmnpan.: does busi s, witbout exception, in the seven utbern States. In Florirta they were nited to thirty years und,tr the State w. Oar objection to oe pmrt of the Llinanoe that you bav, passed is niting us to twenty years In our ipany we have to borrow money on nds, and where we iesue bonds they e i.sued for thirty, forty, or fifty ars, usually fifty, and we cannot bor w money unless our permits extend r that length of time. rhat is the jection to the short term franchise. >wever, I believe my company would williog to compromise and come in ider a thirty year permit. We object to another clause in the diance, the one requiring that we all use only material of tbe latest iproved design. The same section is the franchibe granted the local com ny, and that company has worked a eat many forfeitures of that ordi nee in this town. There is a great vursity of opinion as to what is the Leot improved design. We will agree at we shail use only firz:t-olass appa tus in every particular, and give uncil the right to condemn any ma rial, and wt- will furnish a fil*st-class rvice. Another obj-etion is tihat you state the ordinance that we shall never ceed the prices or $24 for t.usiness hones and $18 for res;& ne 'phones cept for metallic circuit service. His mpany could not accept that because ey could not tell what meturial will st twenty years from today. We n't name our pric- s for the future Y more than you can nam- it in your siness. It is simply an impossibility. e said he bad heard a good deal of Ik that his company was coming in put down prices and drive the home mpany out of business mid then raise ices to suit themselves. But be made e proposition that his company not allo.ed to charge any less than the me company. That would do away th that argument and his company uld agree to that Tee local comn .ny i3 competiing with us both in )artnbrg and Union and why should ey be afraid of comnpetition bere? But )n't it preteet local company if we ree to charge no lower than iney? Here Mr. Ingram presented a list of args prepared for a town in Ala ma, which would be about the same ey would charge here. The prices nge from $1.00 to $3 50 per month. said that a man can in this way ke any service that suits him. We ve about twenty-One different rates d we give the public the opportunity get what service they want and pay -it. But he could Dot guarantee ver to increase the prices. If it is a dship to restrict the local company do no want to see them bound up. want to see them enjoy the same vileges you grant us. We have low es if the p)ublic want them, but we ye higher and we ask for the privi e of givin gditY-rent goe E ee and charging different prices Our g ditance3 service is covering~ the ole con utry and if we eennect you hth his you can talk to any point on ine. There is no currect oa the es T wo little batterirs you can dd in your hand will enable you to k 1800 miles. If permissioni to come ii&tranted us, we will put up poles as u say. At first we would pumt in one ztal station and if one person wa nted w ould furnish a 'phone and if all ntd it we would furnish it. Fur r r,we would provide cros arms on r poles for the use of the city and uld be glad to furnish a rea.unable .ount of service free to the city. We are willing tnot to charge a lower ie than the local company, and if u pass an ordinance we can accept, wll furnish you with a contract -ed by the president of our com ny to the effect that the schedule of ies we submit to you shall not be :ra~sed for a term of five years. In liion to this, we will furnish ser ee for the city free, connect the city th the long distance line, and put in y restrictions of that kind you want. this could not be done, then his com n would simply skirt the town >ud tbe northern side of the town, tte hope that in the near future you I deded to let us in. dayor Klettner here wished to state tt it was the desire of council that Bl3ll Company should come in, and t ouncil had granted them the n anchise as the local company joys, which franchise had been this yoffcially rejected. As to the re etinfs placed upon the price to be rgd(, the highest price in the list setted to councii by the comup'ny $ 0 pr month, wvhile council had Lnid them thme right of charging 0O per month in Ne wberry. lHe had an told by meni who kn. w that the t of operating a single 'phone was le over 50 cents per- month, aid that (3 00 per month the canm-my could k& annimnmense profit. [r. Ingratm stated that the et way isabsebs his mind of tht ida was him to try it awhile. 'e exens es when the system becomes a lit old and every'thing~ cu:enc to +rot he poles to rot the wires to rust, and the repairs to be mod :lft r every spell of bad weather. He again stated that hii c.iom y would be willing that the fririse should be limited to thirty y't- lnd that their prices should nor, i- in er--ased for the per:od of five y.o-. ,tnd they would agree never to com.-1 n der the prices of the local compa.iy. lie also buggested that he would p. p t re an ordinance and submit it to couiol, when such changei could be made as council deemed expedient. Mayor Klettner: Our coicil a' way passes its own ordinances without the help of any one. We are the ?ep resentatives of the people of New bery, and have only the people's good at heart. We will take up this matter at our next.session on the 4th of Pvbruary, whe n your proposition will b) e trruilly considered, and you will be not itit d of the decision of council. In conclusion Mr. Ingram ihanked the members of the council for having granted him an audience wnd hoped they would give some consider.tion to the petition which had been sign-d by a majority of the business men of the town and presented to council. Mr. Klettner stated that the reason why the petition bad not been given more consideration was that many of the people who signed that petition came to him afterwards and asked him to scratch off their names, many of them giving as their reason that the petition was signed under a misunder standing of the case. The meeting then adjourned. S,me action will probibly be taken on this matter at the regular meeting of council tonight. INFLUENCE MENTAL AND MORAL. The state of the mother during gestation may influence the whole future of the child. It is highly important that pregnant women meet the issue with calm composure and with as little iain as pos sible. Animals of t h e lower k i n g d o m re quire no out side aid to undergo pain- 456 less gestation and delivery of young, for the are not physl - cally hampered or d~eforined by dress. suffer a g onies when with child, unless they make use cveries of art and science that counteract the effect of dress follies. To-day in every drug store there is one liniment sold at $1 per bottle, which excels in virtue and safeness any like remedy, to be applied externally by hand once a day on the skin in the region of the uterus. It is not a drug for you to swallow. It is Mother's Fri.end..so named because it has never failed to give comfort and ease to any woman who ever used it in motherhood. Send for our free book, Motherhood. THtE BRADIIELD REGUJLATOR CO., ATLANTA, GA. Sheriffs Sale. STATE OF sOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. D. P. Ward, Plaintiff, against The Western Union Telegraph Com pany, Defendant. B Y VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION to rue directed in the above stated case, I will sell beforegLhe Court House in Newberry, State and county afore said, within the legal hours of sale, on saleday in March next, being the 3d day thereof, the following described proerty of said defendant: the b'at teries, instrument, wires, poles, and all other property, real and perso'nal, in c'uding the franchise and right of way of said defendant within the county and State aforesaid. Levied on to Sat isfy a judgment in the stated case. Terms: Cash; purchaser to pay for pa pers and stamps. M. M. BUF'ORD, Sheriff Newberry County. February 3d, 1902. TO THE CITIENS 01' TOWNSHIPS NOS. 2, 3 AN] 11. Y OU ARE HEREBY CALLED TO meet at Mr. J. A. Cromer's resi dence at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday, 15th instant, for the purpose of organizing and lookIng to protecting ourselves in tbe case of incendiary fires. A full meeting of all the citizens is de sired.J. A. CROMER. J. P. WICKER. The Ewar MMATCH LESS In New Spring Hats, Negli New and Original Conceptions by facturers are controlled by us. Exclusive Novelties correct in sT Look at the "Lofter" Hal Stylish for middle aged or 3 The "Mascot" for young style than any hat ever sho The enviable record of thi will be more than sustaine been so well prepared to pl Than king the general for their most liberal ps continuance of the sam T~o Ewart Just finished takingr s, goods last year we hav Ends in short lengths. out at less than fifty ce your chance to buy renr almost your own pric Clothing and Shoes wi Throat Prices. Thousa Nainsook, Percales, Ch eries to be sold this v Spring goods as I am go Centre of the North to t plcnty of ready cash. I to all winter goods. 5 Bales 40inch White Cl 2 Bales 36 in. Drill wort 2 Cases shirting calicoes 100 doz. men's half hos 100 doz. ladies hose wor 10 doz. white bed sprea 10 doz. 300 pairs men's shoes v 200 pairs men's shoes ' 200 pairs ladies' shoes, If You Want a Pair a Now is I % 10OPAIRs MEN') ODD OUR ENTIRE LINE OF CI ATHA The Leading Knights of Pythias,y(d( Newberry Lodge No. 75. Te,eare a 'r A EDCON VENTIONS O( tor that has atti this Lodge will be held the 2n : fully tries to di~ ar4hTu 'sda. n ighx of each n~i'1 ~ th em they welcomed. TH()S- f.P- N customers. and rwell hitei BdIid'I- earth. and thbi world on inerit PO' reinie you h OO Write toda~ -Pifer big pronits miab BARGAINs " Vrrom 1 ee Shirts and Neckwear. PioI the greatest of the world's mann- IIU i In St rong 01 'LE AND PRICE. cncmais in Black and Sidi, very C.sh Assets. A roung man. jg| mrn has more snap and LieI ~n. In Pacific M Ls branch of our business nomical and 1it d, for at no time have we world. ase the trade. Acd public, and our friends tronage, we ask for a I In~ Travele1 Casulty. Mis~ha -Fifor Co, CliasF Over .I e for rms( a Song. Lock. In Selling so many e accumulated Odds and I am going to clean them nts on the dollar. Now is inants and short ends for e. All odds and ends in 11 be sold this week at Cut nds of yards of white lawns Bck Muslin and Embroid veek. We need room for ing to the great Dry Goods )uy Spring goods and want Fhis will be a goodbye sale oth, (short length) worth 6 1-2 only 5c. 7c. only - - 5c. worth 5c Mimnaugh's 3 1-2 e worth ICc. " price only 5c. th 10c. Mimnaugh's price 5c. ds worth 75c only - 50c. $1.25 only 95c. vorth $l.25 and $1.50 Odds and Ends, price 90c. orth $ 1 .75 and $2.00 Odds and Ends, price $1.45. button or lace, worth , Odds and Ends, price 90c. fShoes for Little Money our Chance. SPANT$ AT AI.F PRICE. 0TINM TO BE CLOSED OUlT Odds and Ends Sale. AUG 'S Store of Newberry, S. C. ikinds of men in the Piano business, but the meanest competi atisfy cu tonCr tUa have alred bought fin e ianosan bytel put in the tim e. vy aste in sub wor as this in hunting new pep bcuy theSI ?PAO are ~h best people on >NO 1r te ry fnest Piar nu1.ad:re sold~loe a tbe is you be e-i' fnish something s good for less money-just ~nd get F'actory prices on the STIEFF P[ANO) and save the by the dealer. Chas. M. Stieff, rfacturr, Baltimore, Md., North and South Carolina Branch Trvon 'at... Charlott e IN ,t Foreign and A m"ri --- rgate $34,643.297. iSUrance itual, the most eco- in large varieties from eral Comipany in the a cheap Stick Pin to a N? FINE GOLD WATCH, nsuranC all and examine my sand Maryland, stock before buying. ps are frequent. PelliaM, Etluard Sdlioltz, 'ost Office. Jeweler and Optician.