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4 4A VOL XLIIT. NO. 01- NEWBERRY. S. 0. *FRIDAY. JULY 27. 190'. TWICE A WEEK. $1 50 A YEAR DISPENSARY IS SOLVENT. Statement From Commissioner W. 0. t Tatum Showing Financial Condi- f tion of the Dispensary. t Commissioner W. 0. Tatum, of the t State dispensary, has prepared for i the public prints a statement of the financial condition of the State dis pensary. The following is the state ment as prepared by Mr. Tatum: "Recently a number of papers, and t Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, candidate for At- 0 torney General, asserted that the dis pensary was insolvent; that if it were t put in liquidation it could not pay its ] debts. At the time this statement was made, I came out in a card ask ing a suspenion of judgment and ad-; serting that the dispensary was per fectly solvent. I said I could pro duce the figures to prove that the dispensary was amply able to pay ev ery dollar it owed. I have the fig ures to more than sustain my conten tion and will-submit them in this state ment. It took much time and lots of Work to go through the gre.t mass of accounts at the State dispensary and pre pare a condensed statement showing exactly the condition of the institution. I could not expect the newspapers to publish all the'figures in their columns, but I invite any cit izen, particularly Mr. Lyon and the editors of the papers which questioned the solvency of the dispensary, to call at tihe State dispensary and ex amine for themselves the books and accounts, and so vertify the statement I have prepared. Now here are the fig ures, condensed to the point where any mind can grasp them and any memory retain them: .''On June 1, 1906, the State dispen sary owed for whiskey, beer, etc, a total of $735,886.94. Since June 1. and up to and including'July 21, 1906, there has been paid on the above ae counts a total of $451,005.61, leaving a balance of $284,881.33. But of this balance, $197,388 67 is not yet due, which leaves tle amount due on old aceolills $87,492 71. and the State dispensary had on hand at the close of business -Jily 21. a eash balance of $96,518.76, or $9.026.05 more than enough to pay 111 aCCoun1ts t1hen dIe. ''However, when tle new board of directors were restrained' by order of the dispensary investigating commit tee from payinv old accounts of the dispensary, instead of letting the dis- 0 pensary funds lie idle, they discount- r ed a numrber of new ceonllts, by this 11 cour1se ma11kimr an eXtra profit for the o State of $3,908 32. Of the accounts so dliomnted, an aggregate of $79, 119 76 would not have been due on or before July 21, so had not those ae counts been. so discounted the cash bialance on that (ay would have been $175.638 52, or $88,145 81 more t han enou'h to have paid all aceounts due at th.at time. ''On July 12 the State dispensary owed for1 whiiskey, beer, supJplies, ete, $443.225 34, t hiough only $87,492 .71 ofP t his amount, as stated ab)ove, was due en that date. Any assertioni that the dispensary is n ot solv~en t and could no i~ t pay' out e'very dollar it owes if it wvent into liquidation seems ridi~ culous when the assets of the inistitu-K tion arie c'ompalred with the total of its debts. ''On July 21 the total of its dlebt was $443,225 34, to meet avhich it' had easily assets of $900,000 in round fig ur'es, made up of $96,518 76 cash on hand, about $665,000 of stock in the State and county dispensaries, real estate, which cost $56,360 56, supplies ~ of bottles, seals, corks, ete, machinery and office supplies. If all of its as sets were so1(d at flfty cents on the dollar they would be more than suffi cient to pay its indebtedness. In the above I have given Ithe value of real estate at its cost price, but it must he remembered that it was bought be.. fore the tremendous boom of recent years iln the price of Columbia realt estate. The opinion of real estate men, architects and the county auditor of Richiland County is that a very conservative estimate of the presenflt valuie of the dispensary real estate j would be $150,000. Accepting that figure wvould make the dispensary's assets a million dohlars with which to meet debts of less than $450,000. Far from being insolvent, if the dispen- in ary were closed out it could pay ev ry cent it owes and hundreds of housands of dollars into the school und, to which it has contributed in lie last ten years $1,351.697 60, be ides paying $3,991,325.49 to the owns and counties in that same per ad, a total of $3,343,023 12. ''That is the condition of the dis ensary to-day. The facts given above ustain my contenton that the dis ensary is in better conditon to-day han ever before. When I took charge f the dspensary n March, 1904, the Ispensary"s condition was shown by he following statement compiled oi "ebruary 29, 1904: Quarterly statement of state dispen sary Feb. 29, 1904) . -490,036 69 904: Assets. ,ash in State treasury, ruary 29, 1904 .. .. $ 17,680 25 reams and wogbns 64 00 )upplies inventory Feb ruary 29, 1904 . . . . . . 34,828 08 I1achinery and office fix tures .......... 6,310 06 'ontraband, (Inventory Feburary 29, 1904).. 1,472 47 teal estate ........ 52,860 56 lerchandise in hands of dispensary, Feb. 29, 1904 ............ 400,558 85 ferchandise (Inventory of stock at Statedispen sary Feb. 29, 1904) 490.036 69 uspended accounts. .. 2,896 24 Oer'sonal accounts due State for empty barrels alcohol, etc. ........5,830 78 Total ......$1,012,537 98 Liabilities. chool fund .. .. .. ...$ 519.664 12 Oersonal accounts due by State for supplies whis keys, wines, beer, alco hol, etc .......... 492,873 86 Total. .....$1.0121,537 98 .''It will be notficed how little cash11 'as on hand at that time. The amount ti stock was $890,000 in round figures 1' $225.000 more than on July 21, 906. Of that stock aibout. $350.000 'as Ipresente(d Iy anl acculliliation f hard stock Wilichi had not been 'orlked off. since tile institution le all business. This has been worked ff diring my administration, and lie present stock contains hardly $20, 00 worth of any thing <xcept new, resh and salable goods. This alone, epresents a trelenilidols ilprovemellpt f condition in the last two years. 'Besides, in the liabilities as repre Plnted inl thle Statement Februlary 9th, 1904, there was over $300,000 of ecounts past due. some of theni as mliehl as six montlis overdu'e. This i!n1ditioll eonpared to tie statement o, the present day ought to he eon -ineing to any reasonable mind of he improvement of the financial con ition of tihe dispensary. 'The schlool fund is not a debt of lie dispenisar'y, but its priofit and( loss ('(ounlt . It is less uniderstood than any t her feat ure of thle dipensaryv. Tis r icle is too long to permit mnc to B ret "h it furltheri by ain(lg an axplao at ion if' thle school fund. .T will give Iie'h an1 explanation loteri in another rtilee. Endorsed by Gen. Jones. Gen. Willie Jonies also gave out the ohllowing statement to-day: ''After reading Commissioner Ta umn's statement, and after havinig xamined the balanice sheet of the o(1ks of the institution, I say without esitationi that I regard the p)resenlt ondIit ion of the finances of the in tit utioni as in better shape than at ny time dur'ing the last tell yearsn. I 'as chirm'ian of the board from April st, 1896, to Apri-l 1st, 1897, and( also member' of the board b)y app)oinl icnt of Governor H-eyward about six months in 1903, and I feel that I am hlorouIghly familiar' withl the affairs f the dispensar'y.' (Signed) Willie Jones. All In. 'hiladelphia Ledger'. ''How did you feel when you found, ''As if I w'ere all in,'' gasped the esnscitnted -inkn'_ gn,gling mc...'.'1ly1 PROSPERITY NEWS. Fine Showing Made by the Bank o Prosperity-Missionary Exhibit -Pine Tomatoes. Pilosperity, July 2.--The sad new vas received here .on Monday tha Ur. Oscar Bobb, who has been elerk ig in Spartanburg, was found deai in bed at his boarding house on Sui lay iighit. His remains were brougli :o Prosperity on the afternoon traii Wonday and taken to his father' 11me and buried Tuesday inorninp e was about twenty-two years ol indl haId a promising future befor iim. Mrs. W. P. Counts is certainly ell Aitled to the premiuin as champid :onato raiser. There was exhibite lore at cluster of Burpee's earlies pink variety that couxtained eleve: 'ull growin and ripe tomatoes ani weighed five pounds. Mrs. Count id photographi mia(e of then itir xvill send it to the originator of th mnriety. Your Awrespondent fell hei :o them and they were fine. Mrs. John A. Amick, of ticar Mi J. If. Wheeler's, wais buried at Si Peters church oi last Sunday 1? R?ev. AL. 0. J. Kreps. Mrs. Ani. ost i daughter just one month ag ,vith typhoid fever. Mrs. Amiek con racted the disease by waiting -on lie laughter. She leaves a hiusband an, ;everal children and iany friends t nlorunl lier departure. The annual meeting of the stoch iolders of the Bank (if Prosperity wa ield in the bank building July 20t1 rie report of the president showe, hat. this was the tost prosperou ear the bank lias had. There ar idivided profits and surplus of ove R12,000.00, making 50 per cent. o .lie capital stock. This bank has pai, leven semi-annual dividends amount nig to $5250.00, or more than 20 pe !et. of the capital stock. The fol owing- board (it directors was electod X. (1i. WVise, G. Y. Hunter, S. S. Birgx X. H1. Hawkins, Dr. J. S. Wheeler, 1 4. Warner. N. L. Black, C. P. 1ooze ind J. F. Browne. The board electeo %. G. Wvise president ; Dr. G. Y'. linn1 er. vice president ;J. F. Brow%.s ashier; .J. A. Counts, assistant (.,Ish] er and book-keeper. Y,our. corlespoident is under mnan;' Ibligationls for' tie kini(dIness show1 luing his absence f.'rom the state am ast week while sick and we wish t< !xpress thanks for tie same. Mrs. F. E. Sebumn1pert has retillurIel [1rom1 a visit to relatives in Colimbin Mi-s Erin Kohin has returned fron I visit to Mrs. Samu1111el M(r0-ckei 11id Mrs. Emma MahoiN . Mr.s. .1. M. Coaths, of Florence. i 'isiting. her mothtier, Mrs. D. H. With wspoonl. Miss M11do Livilgstonl is visitiln; wer sister. Mrs. F. E. Schuimperl. Mr. 0. B. Simpsonl is at hioie to be reunion. Oscar Ihs been si--,nei >y the Or'angLeburg'~ tetam andi( wil >iiehI for t his team in thie futuRe. Much in.terest is bieiui n manifestec ni tie reunioii at Lit tie Mounitaini os le 3rd( of Auagust. Th'Ie exhibit of mapsil), ('hiarts,5 eniio.( -Ic., oft .Jalpan, Chua, India, aiiil I har nah11 were shiownt and( explained b: \fr'. A. IH. Kohin, who tins the exhiibi n (ebarlge. Much interest was takei n it. This is a great sour'ceo upireadinig mission iniformat ion ait rives a reality to mIISissi woirk not ti >e hiad outtside of the mission field it self. The exhibit will be shiowii fo he last time before its reCtiun ti VIssionairy Brown at Salem, Vai., a 11. Tabor eur'chi, near' Little Moun ain, ntext Suiiday afternoon. Th'i 'xplaniat.ion of the chiairts aind enrio s (juite inter'esting. Mirs. Jennie Holenman, of Camecroin 4. C. hats r'eturnied to heir home afte very pleasant visit to Mr's. A. 11 Finawkins. 'Tie excursion to Atlanta was rairn: vell patroiiized form this ptoinit \mRon~g some of the goer's we're Unicl Anidrew K(inard, Mir. N. B. Wheeleei ~IraS A H Kohnu, Miss Gert 'rudeQ Hobb rhishiiell Bowers, Mr'. and( Mrs. *J. 1F 3r'owne and1( H. F. Whteeer Miss Mar'ie Bobb) is at home for th 1 e'senIt. Mesdames J1. L. WVise, P. C. Singley 1ev. M. 0. *J r. and A. II Khi have gone to the Sunday School Con veition at Bethlehein. r We had a hearty hankshake fron 4'ditor Cargile, of Saluda, on Sat urday. Come over, Mr. Editor, an give us a paper. Prosperity needs one s Miss higenia Harmon, after a loni t sickness, we are pleased to say, i - Colvalescent. I Mr. B3. B. Leitzsey, of Newberry - was in town on Tuesday as jolly a t ever. I Well, it does seem as though we ar< s going to have a shower and a good bij one of- candidates for the legislature I With seven candidates in the field p we heard one man say that he couh not get a ticket yet. Crops are coming out to some exten i inl the gray lands, but they need t I come out a great deal yet. On ou t trip across th'e state and up int i North Carolina, we saw some ver I poor crops, and in some sections ther, s was a good lot qf the crop abandoned 1 Some claim that the crop will not b D 65 per cent. Time alone will tell r Corn is fair to good. Out people for i good crop with a fair price of a least ten cents per pound. There has been considerable cot toi selling for the past week and it i chelping out the July pull over th [ July grade. Tried to Poison Hotel Guests. Meridan, Miss July 24.-Anna No ilan, negress, employed at the Laud erdale Springs hotel, about 40 mile above this city, was arrested thi morning charged with an attempt a wholesale poisoning of the proprietoT attaches and guests (if the hotel. It i claimed that the woman lplaced r quantity of roug11 on rats in the cof f fee served to the guests for suppe last nihlit in retaliation for a ren or fancied grievance she possesei a.-ainst. the proprietor. Two of th guests are reported as very ill froi the effects of the poisonl. Fast Mail Plunged in Lake. r At least ninie lives were lost, sevei I peimis seiiously iijured and a seor - of thems sistaiied eits anid bruise , i a wreck of the fast mail trainl o . hlie (reIal Nortlern, a miile and . quart1or east of Camludeni. Wash, 3 miles east of Spokane, late Tuesday when tie locoImotive, .1mail, ha.gga 1141 smiokiin (alrs le* the rails an plunin over' the seveitY feel Ilm bankmetii were sithimegt'ed in tlle wa 10ers of Diamlond Lake. HORSESHOES AND LUCK. Right Way and Wrong Way to Invok Goddess of rortune. There is a right way ald a wron; way in fth pickil"' g up o a horseshor I was walkin- with a couIlr Iybred ho; r long a Somiiset lane aid saw on, I lying in the ernmbliig snmmer Ilt I " 'There is a horseshoe,"' sai aL Th 'l lad sprantg fo.rwa rd, hut stocpped sudl I denly before his fingers toiucheI(d tI ironi. "'ult T wo n 't pick it up.'' sai< lhe, '"or I shall spoil your luck. It mia; perhaps have been oly a point 4' et iquet te, but lie aissuredl me I hat Shtorseshmoe of' myi f inmditng could brin; luck niei ther toi Ii m inor t4o me if hi t oneheld it be fore mue. T 1hie origin (f thIiis superst it ion, say: the London Evening Standarid, nov lingeiring chiefly as a sayiing and 1 jest, is perhiapJs earlier than thle horse shioer, and 11ias nothing whatever ti (1o with ii . t. was from thle inf'luenee of the new moon that goodl was to b exp)ected, anmd still there are som' who turn .thie miontey in their pocket. when theuy firmst see her in the sky SThe early horseshoe was a simph) erescent, anid thle sumperst ition ha lingered ar'ouind aii ob)ject t hat at firs was only a convenienit symbol. -It was to the protectioni of somi moon goddess, there fore', thiat thI, p householder frist t rusted when i .kept the witcli out, of his dwelling b; hani ng a horseshoe on thle door. Nei ,tIher spell nor ma ligant. wish, nor thi power of t he evil eye could cros: the thrmes'hold int thei presence of lie symbol. Ev'en thle pi xies, who broughi a certain wvhiimsical nmerriment. in< thir i pa retical jok ing, were no gomc in the face. of that. (heated out a their nocturnal rides t hey might a: - horseshoe barred their entry to the stable. 1 For these troublesome olvxes, in - days gone by, had a way of working I the cattle by night for their own amusement, and when the good mai came in the morning he found the 3 poor- beast "aill terrified like, an' cut in a lather o' sweat.'' And they had even a worse trick than this. They 3 would get at the good wifes' vat and wantonly spoil the brew. To pre. vent this she drew with her finger two hearts and a criss-cross upon tle mash, and tus the beer was sav ed. Whether crescent or cross, no matter. The pixies would slink away abashted by the sign of it. t To this day there are horseshoes oi y the doors of many cottages in quiet r villages. Doubtless the cottagers dc y but put them up for a whim, or in the same half jocular half serious spirit, a yet with a secret satisfaction, too, in which so many of us perform obsolete a practices "just. for luck.'' And why not, I who find a secret delight il its forgotten significance? t It, was rusty, with a croked horse nail still hanging in one of the holes I There are some ohio think there is vir-ture inl lie rust. But that is non sense. . I polished mine until it was bri--ht- as the silver moon, and indeed might. almost have mistaken for the metal sacerd to Diana. There is a right way aid at wronig. in pul.tinl". u) tle hlosvshoe oil your door. On< 4 thing is thorughly established; if you turn it upslide dowin it cannot hold the luck. And where ought it to be placedi The old world folk often nailed it on the threshold. The growing moon has her horns always toward the left andl(] otily on the wane does 4he point them to the right. I would have this true crescent, waxing.". every (ly. FIRST ASCENT OF MATTERHORN Season's Earliest Climb is Made by a Plucky Young Girl. 1 'all Mall (azelte. Il The heroinle (11 fi s Iii*s( asent Itli; SPaiseasn It the alterbu i. or M ii C eervin, as ifs famililiar inl the Valais vanton still love h, eall if. is it v-11tiun girl of sevelleenl, Mile. (imdraix, thI 41-d lhie of1 a zerma111t statillner, wN174 ilore than once il local moilnainleer. inl cireles. Twice duilg the pas1 - 1inihdi Mile. 0indrauix, who leter. - milted to at tem1pt the asecit tinavco.i plieitd excel)( by her t wo gilideA I'eirin and 1inuner, wIas previIend by ''dangvrolls'' weather, as she deserih ed it, bitt on Momlay last Ile cndi timis were I'la vlaible and a star wm: I made. ''he party left Zerttit 3 t 1 in. halilin. ai the Late Noir hotel, ill hour below ilie Aliine eliu hut. ic etna1ble tle ventiurtesomle youn elimibei to chiatnge inito veryi mai:seuine elimbth il estumell(.. Afiter it brief rest anll somtei supperCI at the eahin, tile asi5C' -i )owil ill ?Zeinlait all I Ihe teles(opes ii lihe viilflge weret levelled at I lhe shioul. er.o thegret pea'k whiete thle elim att S ii'clIck( ill thle ttorniin taz greal citeeri froi theI (irowvhs dII vislitrs ituI Svillaiters aitnoaune-d t hat the MitteI(r hornl Iit hadeeni wont f'or thle first time( this se-asot-and lby a girl ofseen t eeni ! Th'le descent was eammelned( ani houtr liater, awl11 ati ( p. mn. the lit tie partIy wits sa feiy back in Zermaitt, and -thle puleky little elimbiter was recei v in. t he congr~tatulaion 's of lier friends. Mile. (hinuziu'.'s wvas a genineti elimnbingu. feat, sihe scortned thle aissist - anee~ of lier gutides, andl elimbl)ed ' ' ai wvell a anty mian,'' as Ilinner e'xpressed it. A skedl if thle raretied a ir did not ItroutbleC I her ont the sum it, MIle. (Gind at au x5 da she fel t niIt illnenee my only regret was , '' she aidded, ''thai mlanl getileimani, whoi hiad set htis hlenart on baeinag ''first up'' this sea sonu, CItivalIrously gitve way whent h< heard oft MIle. Gitndaux 's inltettion an id statted ani hourt' behind1( the pion. ('(er11 party. Two~'~ yea.rs ago Mile G idaulx 's brothler mad1111e the first as een'i of I he seasomi; lie was acc(om. I an iied by thle guide Zutmhafngwld. 1' Never do any wvorryitg tod(ay tat I youIi (cani just as well postpIoneC unti 1t,i'oea THE CAMPAIGN ITINERARY. Where and When the Oandidates Will Meet the People Face to Face and Praise Themselves and Depreciate Their Competitors. Caunden, Friday, July 27. Lancaster, Saturday, July 28. Chester, Monday, Aug 6. Winnsboro, Tuesday, Aug 7. Yorkville, Wednesday, August 8. Gaffney, Tuesday August 9. Spartanburg, Friday, August 10. Union, Saturday, August 11. Newberry, Tuesday .mst 14. Greenwood, Wednesday, August 15. Abbeville, Thursday, August 16. A nderson, Friday, August 17. Walhalla, Saturday, August 18. Piekens, Monday, August 19. Greenville, Tuesday, August 20. Laurens, Wednesday, August 21. Chinese Newspapers. Century Magazine. Five years ago i man seen reading a newspaper, of which very few were t h IubIlishied in the whole empire, was ridiculed as a follower of the foreign (evils. Almost the only pa per published inl tile capital was the Pekiii Oaxette, containiig the de crev.s 1111( doiigs ofi the Court. Now there are tenl daily papers pub lished inl Pekin, among them one of the tew woien's dailies inl the world. This paper is interesting as being lar gely e(ited by women, and dealing just now with such topies as popular ast rolnomy, geography, physical geo graphy, the care of infants, and the training of chil(Iren. The general liewspapers are read by all classes, anId are constantly increasing their cir, (liation. Thiey cont,a Reuter's tele gram, Iews of' the cou41n1try and city, awil articles oif conisidierabhle length and acm-11 nvi (n liNve t4tpies. Somli aire pledged to the cmrrection of (bl-estalh lished (1slois. anld ti( (Ontents are extr-eielv interestiinu, wothl of a seIarate ari-icl. Bvy waY of1 itINverlisemenit, oir m1ore Iikiy bevause '1f he zea I of r1e'fl1rmers wh4p are( resimonsible for11 the. newspa 1Pers, copits -e 1isted nl blank walls d11141 i11 bi'-46 set up Il' 11. the pilrpluse, so that their c Ittnts nay be pe'rused by *hose whu wiouhlw i notai buy. Ii ad ditimn, at rn.-kable p)lanI to se-cure the atteition of the masses ihas been t'(lloiwed. Ini different11 plaves inl city and14 suibulrbs have beenl 1itted 11y readl inl halls, with onbehlr-es id 111 tables, where le'l is served fl'ee, aid ill tile (VV ill 'ii capaible inllI anit' e a i'ra (l t-o rem111(1 exphiini the papers. These 4, r4 said to be vol u1nteers, and tlhe haills, tiverl.wnt inl numb1er, arte litled up) 1ii'l Silip)(Irted b) .iv volintary 11nt 1l' u 51It tu l'ltls.I 'L'li Teveils too be ent1ire f'reedom (If thi' press. 14n) cellsrship beili ex I 'iis ('I y t p ly'ii,Ih( pr i fori( f the t part w('Iitht mole lead typehs, whCiehCC rlail y deteriorate,I(' making liading liaw ofie'very diffling weven,o Lwhose seewichigt a funblished in inrrent tliehu, hem languagic te ofth Teise nwspapirs tkee boefre ou)rig ait nion one of theu m stl rekdleo movementI'3s theui world has l(evofer sen. Ilachnday ias pub) lihed ai onist ofn nsti' tflersons IIinlig wnen,d bingout he m indei whc he emiti-' All i~(i lae ari iving1)4 tl ierli pro re wil ti enTs. Avekid of soit is, CShr iitst i ohurcthe cod eve pimary schoo'vls,' flve been1( feing i the~ con Truis 14oti t embes. Recently wasi(C p)uSblishCd ia tist oflind story ell iers, whose41 iin ist k ned iby goin fromLhouste 'otom hous wth .i Where wiill iled Thfish wav,e of (p1tr'idotim hsr lwept ovef tuhe soun sry. lIIleher Cf(th sam feelinis