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H. It. AUI,L, HDITOW. ASSBSSING PROPERTY. The tax question is one of the most important before the people today and it is no new problem. It has ever been a perplexing question since gov ernment has been organized and taxes laid. If every property owner would obey the law and follow the mandate of the constitution the question would be solved and the burden would bear evenly on all property and not heavily on any one. The constitution of this State says as plainly as language can express it, that all property shall be assessed for the purposes of taxat.ion at its actual value. and yet people go on making thear returns at one half or even less than act.ual value and take the affidavit that they have assessed it at its actual value. Then the railroad board and the State board of equaliza t.ion meet and assess railroad property and cotton mill property at sixty per centum of its capital stock. Why should they fix sixty per centlum' Why not make it tifty or seventy five per cent um, or why not make it one hundred per cent um of value as the constituion requires. and what right have these boards to fix any ot.het valualtion than t.hat fixed by t he const it ut ion which instrumlent they are sworn to obey and ulphold. The whole thing is wrong. It makes but little ditTerene to the taxpayer whet.her his property is assessed at fiftv per cent.. of its value or its actual value so all propert.\ is assessed at tihe same rat.io of value. As it is now tle t.axpayer who assesses his property at it.s actual value. and there are soIre of this kiid, pays more than his pl opor tionate share of tle tax. The greatest objection to our present pla of assess ient is t hat the per cent age of value ditfers in the ditferent count iets. In some counties the per cent age is fi\ed as low as forty while in others as high as eighty, and as a result tihe eighty per centage county pays twice the amount of State tax that th. forty per cent. county does. The only equitable mode is to have all property assessed at its actual value. The Ways and Means committee In thit last house presented a bill which. if it had been adopted by the L.egishtmrv. would have greatly inereased the t axa ble property in the State, and would have gone a long way toward equal izing the burden, bnt some of the mnem hers were afraid of it. The State board of equalization is a worthless ap pendage. They do not equalize the as sessment s among t lie count ies, and they say to the corparat ion ret iI'l youir prXIp erty at sixty per cent. of your capital stock. That. eouhl be done without the board meeting. A committet was appointed by the 1ast. I,egislattuire to tajke this matter under consideration We do not expect any great things fl oim this committee. and even if they should agree upon a measure, we doubt if the L egislatuore would adopt. it. This is as important as atny quest ion before the( pheople. THAT MORNING TRAIN. We understand that t he railroad of ficials of the (C. , N. & I 2. are very ucuh pleased withI thle patronage on tIhe niew morning traini to Columbia. andt afternoon t rain out. So much so that they are thinking of making it a regular passenger t rain and ext ending the service to Greenv'ilIe. We have written a book on this sched uile and( are glad it is p)rovinlg a success. Anad it has hardly been on long enough for the people to know that it was run ninhg. It is a good schedule and gives p)eope~ the opportunity to go to Colum bia, sp)end( the day and return the same afternoon. If it shouild be extended to Greenv'ille it would be still more pro fitable. Tlhe tmore oppIortunity you give people to travel thle tmore they ar-e goimg to travel. And then it is a great conivenfiice. to the traveling men. It ives theml an op)portunity to visit the smaill towns without the expense and we*ariniess of a buggy dIrive. So far the train has been running on the wI:hod u and the patroniage ha~s been grvAL We- hope it wilt prove sufficiently profits Me to~ warrant the uthlorities in rraia .r4 it a regular pas4senger- and mail The paro ait White Stone Springs (gf.jiG ':,r night of the press asso 'A C .seu br.cet. L The governor's pri ra~ . w.a'y intimates that it was we~'ary ard f'ell on sleep on account of the prot1ad.-d talking of the after dlin r.er sweks. ft has also been sug geatsr 'that it died of envy because it wa. rot inivitedl to the banquet, wvhile aniother Parrot p)artook of the royal feast. It is our private opinion that Polly fell deadI when Solicitoir Sease re fused to touch his glass of champagne. -Pee Dee Advocate. We have been trying to findI an ex.. planation for the sudden dIemiise of Polly and we should think Brother Freeman's opinion was authority on the subject, though we had been sus pectinig that Polly gave upi the ghost when she foundt some one who could out te.ik her. The Governor has appointed a com mission to get up an exhibit for tihe St. Louis Exposition, or rather to take the matter under advisement. To raise $2,000 by private sub)scri[ption would require about $600J from each county. It is dIoubtful if this amount could be raised and it would be hazardous to de pend on an appropriation frcee the State, for unless the members have changed very much since the last aes lion no appropriation will ba mmae IM ISS ASSOCIAMtN. All ports of the rent neetin the State l ss Assoiattort at hit Stone Sprins give a most interestir account or the prooeedings. Thom meeting are no doubt profitable many, And should be pleasant to al One notable feature of the reci meeting is the inereased int*reat of ti brethren in the matters which perta to the welfare of the craft. Piesidei Aull has made a most popular and at ceptable President, and Secretary ( 0. L,angston is so efficient and so po ular that he was not allowed to resti No ni-ni has ever worked more e-e t.ivel. aan has President Aull, And I is now a power with the brethren. In his addrea he matde plaant mev tion of the memory of the dead. Ar in his editorial column he says: "We missed our friends Col. las. ' Bacon, of the Chronicle, Col. T. 1 Ciws, of t.he Laurensville Herald, ar Gen. R. R. Hemphill, of the Abbevill Medium. These have always been goo friends of the Association and promij in (heir at tendance. They are veterar in the profession and should lose n1 opportunity to Ie with t.heir younge brethren and give thent their counsel an encourAgement." For t.hirts years Messrs. Raeon, Crew and Hemplill have been active and it terested. as well as interesting mniemli of the Association. The wit hidrawal old merbers, and the death of oth-rn removes froi the Association nrarlh a .he original or charter members. 't new men and new facos are to be see in greater numbei t-han% were eve present in the olden times. In runn through the list. a large per cent. the recent meeting are new faces t us-men with whom we have no persor a1l acquaitanvce except t.hzugh the papers. As far as we have seen any not.1e 4 the proceings, t he discussions and tI intercourse have ben in good fellov shi , wit h due regati to the convitior andt ut t erances of each ot her This well, and must r-tsult in ksocx to al They\ will learn by personal intevoun the lessons which suhuld be exempli fied in their editorial ut Rarncs F these met-ings t.he individual mimi u-i be raised to the higher st.aniaids conduct one towards anot.her. 've the humblest may learn I.hat a broth( may differ in opinion fim hn. a still be a gentleman, though Pr dio It is to be h edn that t.he ience, President AuNl and the assxiatior. w be such t.hat in the future each mer her of the Yourt.h rlst.ate ma- s reg late his t-utoirial oolumns as to be honorable and mx fu' t.hat none ms resort to unhe-Nming or ungent.leman at tacks upon another. Mer, of ur.:e gence and abitliy need not resort t. . low thing device of astons. ms.n at ions, offensive epithets or of beNr unmst im Any- w&y tO others, The pr vaing sentiment of t.he bretter. . hoped. may be against t.he dera$Is,i. of the high eLinrg which t.hy-so It is to be hoped .hat the manrc rs , the street g-ammin ma3 be f-fe' barred fwim the bret.hrer. among who there should p-exail nothing but go. feeling. -- Abbeville Press an R an.ne We thank the Prss and Rainn f the kind and fratern words canr.yam in t he abe. and desi?x '.z Assu Brother Wison that our mfluenw. v-is ever .t may be. sha. a1ways t agan dirspect.fu and unbecormnc u..e ances in the ozt-rO elumlr. or ai other pari of the paper. W -eg that FAitor Wilson has dropped ou; attendance upon these annus. gahe ings. We hope. he n"&)- wit us ie time. lie is nw one of t.he vtrr and his g-enial presence and wars counsel wrould be of great benef; i.e t younger members. We remembser v.e weil wihen he was a egula.r a-.enai and we hope he may lay aside V-ham may have stod in the way of~ ha tendance in rewent years and meet v us again. We e.a.n aasure tarL. i kindly g-r'eeting fiom the rmers k members, and that they will t.e g; to have with them one -ho ~fai :.e so long the editor anid pubhs. er of successful a n-wspa.pe: as the Prs and Banner. We are s.lways gad have the veterans with us. The Herald arc' nws would :t:e suggest to the comnLassioners of pub works the advisability of baring a other well and putting in a new put instead of building a ENX,( ' ga. reservoir. The well and the pr..r would cost no more than a cist.errn a then the supply of water would be ways fresh, and with a reservoir y would be at the mercy of a pump case of fire, and with an additional we you would have two pumps and t'. wells, and fresh, p'ire water is wh we need as well as fire protection, ai with two wells you wo.uld have both. When the Newberry Real Est.a Company lay out the streets anid av nues on the very desirable tract of i they recently purchased from Senat Mower, they will have one of the mo desirable residence portions of the cit, We hate to see the Jones Grove clean. out, and yet it is but one of the inei tables in the growth of the city. Mo of our streets are too narrow. Th will not be the case in this new res dence section. This opening up of ne lots should give those who desire to b come home owners an opportunity (10 so, and it should also be a help I the Home Loan & Trust Company, at the two should be mutually beneficia Buy your lot and then take stocki the Home Loan & Trust Company an get the money ona easy terms to buil your house and thus become a horn owner inisteadl of a tenant. Instead o paying rent pay for your home witi the same money you would use in pay mug rent. We are glad to see that Supervisot Schumpert has decided to take up th< roads from the county seat and put them in good condition, macadamizing where necessary. This Is what The Herald and News has been advocating for a long time as the first step to. ward road improvement, and the right step. Keep on extending these roadi until the entire county Is covered. Who Is He? Who Is it that makes Icewer-gallona wnarsnmneh. tilu TOAT NEW DEPOT. >f W* hope the railroad commissionor Q havo not overlooked that new depot fo jt C., N. & L. We very much nee it Andi we underst-ood the matter woult I. be 1 aken upl At once and we would sool It Ae evidencos of A new depot. This i a goo d time to build and we hope tt t see somothing doing very soon. We asked the commissioners of pti lic works sene time ago if they ha ever had the ordinance making riule e for the sewerage printed, and. if so, i it was for distribmutin among the pa d trons of the system. We should ver. much like to see a copy of the ordi nance unless it iS to be kept soecret, and if it has not been printed we thint d it should be. We hope, this is a com-W e d teous request . 1O former. inquirv wwi t ignored. The livA and Raimer oiffers a farn d fil sale in Abbeville cOntaining thre hunded acres "at voW own pri-e anl on a ceniit three hundred years." Will that long a credit the price would be 4 f lit t Ie concern t o the ave'agc person This is an opportunity t'o sm oltim 1who may want a farm heap and 41 sy terms.. Address 'ress and Manner Ahbeville. S C Ths I% not A Fcntlv word hut whou ou thit. ho hAle yon are no( to pm c hase the only ivmi%d1 univriNlj\ nlisVwn And' -1 rem<N4 thAl hAs hmi 01hC largest sale of an modicine in the old sin 1t o Ihe om-e arsi irent ment of onsmptior anid Th:-oi mn bmg trublesv It,houw L-L.ing isg plu'larit ali those vean,. vou wir N thank rufl we calhvsi you nt teni ,r. tc Roscher 't-Fra S. r;p The:- N-c u marny% ordimlpr\ oughjz+ T1m1h04mdei druggsts and at.hc:-s thr,t a-e ehear an ~ od for hght colds whaps an;' fo onalyfi k%nsum)s ov.r wh:ion, Is Aifh ult t run. oughim rm t.he nig h an .' :-ni;h is not.hog like de -mnar 's em ''he 2 kNOt sve uhas .ms; ; r ; 'dai hi Te ichear W aie a teache- or .C: ". t ' . i.. wit a scho: ti.ln wIt.nan ma. K - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ tl Ie' Ortathrtnergn em that .d : .1:. ..fst'i hs , ''i s:. ":Ci s.-mNfN '. 0,M lia, 410ltS1101 all[ DISUM217: NA V., I Ii..,i M i i maki T fin s1lL temln. m t.n- e, .t u Z-11rit A -u, o Uhf ."-(lhlL u t To- Nowvl ... ::lill N . (a Mona. -'' up 1 S, 11CO:, SLY immedmaw,nnciate!t ereaftc an t - :ou-: in- s dis'nare aw M.misturasr~ : Miut es.atu Al lmdit.orr o' saJq esher.? a hre 1y not.ifiec t nm:sen: t.t oem.n P aainm ania. estt n roneTre attetes Or o- be!fnor RUC IaI. 'anrl,a V1orm1 aR Mest ' Maat. - m S men:i itt tti: un d i- r? on.,. A HM li. er :uanon. .. ' tivnm w ros m at s'.eto Aai:noui, 'n s a:i .tur : :uL 'XEt . n.. UItor'.tn-'c Vurnow V nfllr Lt Ifll'. u;ii Uetea9.. onf ftratt un brie wn L:E . ..:u: i4). a a oruat t. B~r.2F a teiate for te eta ti.. J. W. UMMER, nPresident. . Pomaria. S. C., July 15, 1903. It L. 0. 0. F. Ad PULASKI LODGE NO. 20. XEET'J EVERy PiUoAv NISGHt &A. at , 30 oClocK at, their hatll at h dially invited. J. M GUINN. N. (; d T. S Hudson. Secretarv. It d AT I Naes Book Store lOc. eaoh X%3'Call early and make a se lection before the stock is pnicked over. r Ji Dumps asserte< 1. summer causes t, What shall we That, without n Aid in gie best of a Why, "Force,' of cc Jim.", The eady-to the strength of without Evettedes Chae. .rsd Beet "' r~~' Ii, t a regular. break fad~ the okt standant A G The Following GilT PRIcES EXCEPT CON1 A0. Kor .LE]n Mao.tofar All Umbxre~.La s and r All CThns,o Vaie ad Come Boys Csloth and g t c. andl Seasonab)le Goods Copelan Outfitters for everybodiy. Notic ot P11181 SettlllOlt and( Digrh8rgc, xOTrICE IS H EREBY GIVE.N T!I'1 AT iwi wdl make a final settlement on the estate of Mary E. Fowler, deceased, dis: in the Probate Court of Newberry of1 County, S. C., onl Tuesday, the 4th day 25j oif August, 1903, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and will immediately there after ap5ply for letters dismissory as Admiaistratrix of said estate. All p)ersons holding claims against the said estate are hereby notified to render in same duly attested, and all those indebted to the said estate to pay the same on or before that date. SOPIE Di:LOAClI, Administratrix ria Newberry, S. C., July 2, 1903. * A cel - - . -of ' Farmers' Institutes.an By authority of the Board of Trustees of. Clemson .College, Local Institutes will be held in such counties as send re quests, signed by fifteen farmers, be fore the fifteench of June, to J. S. St Newman, Director of Farmers Insti.. tutes, Clem son College, S. C. The ie- r1a titioners will name the places at which - Institutes are dlesired and the dates willl wvill be arranged1 by the college authorites. on' The State Institute will be held at the Clemson College commencing Monday Lion evening August 10th and closing Friday evening August 14th.r . - A1 a F' XW Imrnproved I," Too much meat Purple )o much heat. Top eat all summer long eat, shall keep us strong, Rita ummer trim ? urse," laughed "Sunny .I L rirR C P Fonts .8~~eiof : iieat IBeautiful neat the heat. -an2e fColorn V (Iry Proctive. T rop N E Vd Laugh, ~~ e AND Th - e World Laughs w1th You! l :o.ott~ Make Everybody Laugh, OUR UG TETIORS ArilA-,P 11 Os. U - t I i ' Oranget Productie~ NNei ata W EE ALONE . STIL Cure dtea neycls, Set Endors foed awelcoan i 0 *'01'8 Fo saleo t Prpo asfrm upro--, Ispp. or t Stae unif l'PIICAUONS vol 'iu; iosi I eeii pArl I r a ggipt.ed ui IN . 8,~i ,, . Pr ty Wodmn e sc e'e (1n we ha. ) de ided ', t n te ig (Ol.IUrdt 'lerghttiAcrelrvGdstnfor op to (ir t,ilme iid'tn t to iPave Em rid -'sa o urihi od h andC l es N.5,i lect ili 1I(I l and Dirnitiessl o ieot 'h elos y( o.o Se .lMl ActinC l S it i a t ctifct. (hlce VV. uat c s i. u.iI,S4,,Jte2 TMlescpes a Wost ~tedy2s uya :0p n,For sale xons adCt elecionof iretor an trnnfob the ire t fo e au of ny th - 'ui n p he uonderadvaned; unstl .JNO M. 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