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V POLITICS POPPING. New Political Sun Rising, and Raya Are Boing Pelt in Capital City. A dispatch from Washington to the Columbia Record says: A new political sun is rising. In this capital city its rays already aro beginning to be foil. The environments of political life in WashingIon are becoming superheated. Politics is fairly popping. The corridors of the capitol are thronged with men who rarely are seen in Washington except in the midst of a campaign which has its centre hero. The situation today recalls the days of the preliminary campaign for the prosidential nomination in 189G, when William McKinley and Thomas B. Reed were the leading candidates for the republican nomination. Tn the. early days of that year, when j\Tr. Reed was the speaker of the house of representatives, politicians and would bo statesmen hum* | about him with buzzard-like persistence. They gave him no peace. ITis | room at the capitol was besieged by | men who desired primarily to bask i i?i the li'jhl of his presence, and, sec-j ondaiily. to impress him with the power of their influence to their eventual political profit. Scores, even hundreds of tiresi people, Speaker Reed appeared to be forced to receive and treat with civility. lie was not a particularly impressionable character, however, and most of his callers experienced tiro blight of a frost.\ So if was, too, at Canton, Ohio. There McKinley received a veritable host nl republicans from all parts I of the country. The callers nearly badgered the life out of him. Being) in the public eve. he was unable to! rid himself of (he horde of Incon.io- j. qiiVMilial persons who desired every-| thing I roin him from a portfolio in the cabinet to a recommendation of a corn cure. It was a remarkable and characleristisaly American situation. In the respects noted, history is now repealing itself in Washington. Secretary Tall, who, for lire moment at least, seems to be the most prominent candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidency, is passing through an experience similar to that of Reed and McKinley. Hundreds of persons desire to see him every day. TTc is besieged by callers. So ureal is tlie pressure upon his time that he scarcely has opportunity to sign his personal mail, In addition to the time consumed in Veeeiving people who have to be seen he is obliged to prepare speech after speech to he delivered in various parts pf the country. As a weight-reducing process, the present situation is a decided success. Nobody but one endowed with immense physical ami mental power* could withstand the strain whi.li Taft is now nil leroging. Pie secretary, in self-,lefcn<". practically i.as abandoned bis ollice in the war department. lie appears there to allend to some official business, but most of his time is speni at his own home where he has sel apart a - u11< of rooms in which lie Ivansacts ollicial and political business. He has :t corps of clerks and stenographers assisting liini and one or t.wo confidential men who act as buffers between him "m .lie "general run'' of callers. ll is ;i fact. remarked np.iii by experienced observers, thai Secretary j Taft now i? receiving more callers than the president of the United States. The tide has turned towards liini and lie linds himself almost submerged. The president is not neglected by any means, but the politicians are looking to the east. A new political sun is rising. TESTING EYESIGHT. Southern Has Its Engineers. Firemen and Other Employes Examined. Chariot to Chronicle. A most interesting examination of 9 Southern Railway employees is being conducted at the office of Dr. W. II. Wakefield in the Hunt building on North Tryon street, this examination having been in progress for several weeks, and over 100 men inelud. ing engineers, firemen, conductors, * flagmen, and others, having been put through a "Mrd" degree of scientific testing as lo the accuracy of their sight and hearing and the interpretation of signals. The Southern has recently altered its tactics regarding this work, and where these tests were formerly conducted bv men who were in the employ of the road, and were not eye or ear specialists, the road has now appointed .specialists at nearly all of the important cities along their lines and these are busy this month making the examinations of the men. In the first place everything is done in the strictest order and every man in the territory covered by Dr. Wakefield, furnished with a wi-itten order from those higher up in tho A road's employ to the effect that ho fm present himself at the office of tJie examining physician on a given date to undergo the tests required. The most interesting thing in con- wS neclion with the examination of the ^ sight of the men, is a pecularly con- ^ structed lantern, which is made to show every known combination of railroad lantern signals and some that are not known, in order to ac- mm certain the correctness and the U promptness with which the man being ' tested can read these signals. The engineer, fireman or flagman ^ takes his seat *20 feet from the lan- . tern, (Ik; room is darkened, and the ^ I specialist begins to rotate a cylinder on which colored bits of glass cover small hloles, and from tho outside y have flie nppearanca of tlie usual lantern signals shown at night on the | .l railroad, and at day bv the senia- j phore or tT?<? flair. i, . Ly a simple adjustment of (lie lan- j ^ ^ lern being operated, the size of the' _ ry light is reduced t?? exactly that of \1 the regular lantern seen at a distance ' of half a mile. The light of course j y^r appears not larger than a small cher- J rv, but the amount of light falling you i on the retina is practically the same as that from a regular lantern, in In i. point of intensity, at half-mile dis- u9H6 fance. There are four grades or percentages of condition of the eyesight ~~~~~ which is included in the handbook sent out by the road, and prepared by an eminent specialist for this classi- Jjgg fication work. ll may sound strange to a man to be told that one eve on being tested, j shows a strength or condition of ?which means perfect eyesight?or i ' !Ul ."{(I which means a partial deficien-j Any cy of the eyesight. Invent r' . i , . , . I (long a - I oi instance a man who holds ai aontfi certain position of lilfle responsibili- ! ?p?i<h ly may be aide In show a record of i only ;">() per cent., expressed in every- j A^n day term, and not in the scientific SoJir1'1 method of registering the relative ef- J Milk ficiencv and strength of the eye. Bra An enginenian or a fireman, however, must be able to show up a perfect vision before he can take hold Assess of the throttle of one of t.he Southern's great' six-wheel engines, or 01 guide a. swift-niovi'Ug passenger train tbc f< through midnight darkness, with on- pnrpoi ly the semaphore lights and the lan- Prc tern along (be way to guide, w.hile At the mistaking of the color of any sig- At < nal may cause the destruction of a At whole train. Tt is for this reason At that the Southern is exercising with At other railroads, lire extremest caution At in the matter of having men in charge At with perfect eyesight and with per- At feet vision and with No trace of the At often-heard-of color blindiress. At "Just (he oilier day," said Dr. Wakefield, v'a railroad man came up ^ to mv office to take this examina- ^ lion,, and lie was sorting out the varions colors in the tray of colored skeins, which are tied up in little PcnA'' bows of various si/es. When 1 slepped outside for a moment and return- The ing, I found that he had picked out 'mrtg three distinct shades and colors and t;ix oi had carefully piled them up for npwai skeins of one color, or slight shades I A ( of that color, lie made no remark, sesso( except to pull out his wateb'and say expen that he was in a hurry. It.- never! ''a: realiz ed thai bis eves were seriously | caret.! affected by color blindness." jhavin The examinations of the railroad!'0^ 1 men have been carefully conducted J I here, and tho railroad will receive the j ^ ~' n ports of the specialist and if there join'? should be any man whose record in i 'e reading the signals or in selecting the I crtusc color,?d skeins or hearing the ticking of a specially-made apparatus, at a Iswon distance of L'O feet, is not up to the J I requirements t!ie officials of the road I lose no time in making a thorough in- 0m> ' vestig.ition of the matt'eiv ,state j their FOUGHT FOR LIFE. | \ lor I | Was in the Hands of Mob; Wounded Ton, But Was Himself Finally V0{1|, Put to Deoth. .. jnj,n' (bou Valdosta, (la., Feb. 1 '2.?While in "\y the hands of a mob of lynchers, who conn were taking him to a tree they had be o] just chosen just across the Florida and line, Jack Long, a white man, fought' burn his assailants, wounding ten of them desperately and forcing the others to kill him. Long was accused of killing James Sapp, a wealthy citizen. A son of j Sapp had killed a brother of Long Hnft and escaped. Long met the father of inr,st the slayer and shot him to death. xvjj], Long was arrested, and fifty men vis- I ?>liei! '.ted the jail and took him out l?jdavs j bang hiift. ' U.,1S Four of the mob were wounded so (dor I badly that they will probably die. ( Son1 /E THUST YOU! j re put a Victor or an Edison our home now, and you for it a little every week, wont miss the money, and first thing you know the ument is yours. CTOR - EDISON j e will arrange it today if1 come in. r's Art and Variety Store, Newberry, S. C. nnORcncllilft a Bkotrli rind description nmv y iiscortniii our opinion free whoUior im .'['cl'y or*!'. I * ill o IU 'uV.1CHANDBdO?onl>atontft8 ictttific Hmcricait. sweats M: ftsftss a "??? "owmlcAlorn. IN & Co.36,Broadway' New York nch Offlco. 626 IT HU WaahlSiti" D. c. " AUDITORS NOTICE. mcnt of Personal Property For 1908. ?m authorized agent, will bo at dlowing named places for the. se of taking retur s of porson perty for 1908: Newberry Jan. 1st to 19. Chappells Jan. 20. Longshore Jan. 21. Walton Jan. 22. . Glymphville Jan 23. May bin ton Jan ?i, Wh'tmire Jan. 25. t * Pomoa Jan. 27. Little Mountain Jan. 28. O'Neal Is Jan. 29. St. Lukes Jan. 30. Jolly Street Jan. 31. ~ Prosperity FeFby. 3 and 4. I at Newberry until .February after which time the 50 per cent ty will be ndded according to o ! law requires a tax on ail notes, ages and moneys a'ro an income II gross incomes of $2500.00 and ^ rds. apilation (ax of 50 cents is as- \; I on all dogs, the proceeds to be ^ doil for school purposes. cpayers or their agents should be' ill to assess all dogs and avoid I jr same listed by the school truss- > md township assessors. \ male persons between tire age N and 00 years (except Confed- ' soldiers, or those persons un- ' to earn a support from any ^ ), are liable to poll tax. return will be accepted unless e i to by taxpayer or some person >rized to make same. ! '"sons chancing residence from I 'i lownship to another should so I to assessor and avoid having names entered in two townships. icrs and others in making returns then hands should pay special tion to this. al estate is not assessed this , bnt be careful to not on tax re- , each transfer of land or lots srht or sold) since last return. hilo on the rounds throughout the ^ t,\ the books of assessment will poned each morning at 10 o'clock ! closed at 4. Th? office at New- , >' will be open as usual each day. W. W. Cromer, Auditor Newberry County. This Is Worth Reading. ! y V. Zelinski. of OS rjihson St., ! ' il". N. V., says: "[ cured the 1 annoying cold sore T ever had, Muck leu's Arnica Salve, [ apl this salve once a day for two . when every trace of the sore .none. Heals all sores. Sold unguarantee at W. E. Pelham and s drug store. 25c, . . The Pacific i\ 40 Years Old. "Old Line" Company. ROBERT NORRIS, This grand old company has just announced the 1 cessfu! year In Its history, which extends way back Every well informed and honest Insurance man.fr ance Company is the strongest Insurance Compar of at least $50,000,000.00 and the assets of $14,5( 500,000.00 of substantial backing?In other words This Company pays the largest cash dividends of holder how he is pleased with his dividends Th< cash and paid-up values. Every policy contains th This means that, if you hold a poll':/ in this Compi disabled, you will receive in cash. 3 i 00 00 o.:i rh y<insurance; and during this time you >/i>l not to miums. For the time, you lose c:i account oi sickn we shall pay you 15.00 a week S1.000.00 si in You will find be'uw ihe rates sj.ivj ol ^ur poll 'renn Policies. Age. Rate. Age 21 $10.05 20 2 2 IO.I5 21 23 10.20 22 24 10.30 03 25 IO4O o4 26 IO.45 2S 27 10.55 26 28 1065 2; 29 10.75 2S 3? 10.90 29 31 11.05 30 32 11.20 3, 33 n.35 32 34 11-5? 3} 35 u.70 , 34 36 11.90 -5 37 12.15 36 38 12.40 37 39 12.65 38 4? I2-95 39 4' 13-30 40 42 13-70 41 43 14-15 42 44 14-65 43 45 15 20 . 44 46 15.85 45 47 ' 16.60 46 48 17-45 47 49 18.40 50 19-50 49 51 20.70 5o 52 22.00 5I 53 23.50 ? 54 25.15 ~3 55 27.00 34 55 56 r>7 58 59 60 Chajige of Schedules. Elective 12.OJ a. m. Sunday Jan. ^ Ih, 1008. fiie following is the time 11 Of ^ \JkT f departure of all passenger trains /I wv C saving Newberry Union station: \ Garden S Southern Railway: I for superior 'O. 15 for Greenville .. . .8.57a.m. TABLES & FLO' 1S C'"' Columbia .. ..1.28 p.m. 0ur bu8i ^ , lo. 11 for Greenville .. ..4.17 p.m. II &nd Farm Seeds, is ( n; fn.- r..i..,?i.;o c i- largest In this couutr ,o. 1(? loi Columbia 8.4/ p.m. due to the fact that C., N. & L. Ry. lo. 85 for Laurens 5.10 a.m. i (U Quality is alwi 'o. 22 for Columbia ....8.47 a.m. 5 first GOTlSldcr< To. 52 for Greenville .. 12.4(5 p.m. We are headquart fo. 53 for Columbia .. n ,,tn. *o. 21 lor Laurens 7.25 p.m. Peas, Soja Bean :o. 84 for Columbia.. .. 8.30 p.m. other Farm Se. No'*. SI, 85, 21, and 22 run daily VS&SZSflSA *< ?!>? Sunday. I S?V?&?r8,a! The above srhcdnle is srivv-n onl.v \ freaon rSiSS!"' wifw'/o s in Iorniation, is not guarantee,] and \l _ s subject In change without notice. \ T. W. WOOD & 0.1,. liobinsun. Jl SEEDSMEN, - Richr Station Master. Marked For Death. " "Three years ago I was marked NOTICE OF FINAL SI or death. A grave-yard cough was ' W>H make ;t, rinai earing my lungs lo pieces, Doctors estate of \V. Jl. JJ;t 'ailed to help me. and hope had fl< 1. '',ft probate court : vhon my husband got Dr. King's ! Thursday, ^ew Discovery," says Mrs. A. ('. \ 1 J'OH, at II o'ekek in Williams, of Bac, Ky. "The first j f,"d will immediately t lose helped rue and improment kept j J'-.V ''' 'be ;ii*1 court J' >n until T had gained 58 pounds i;i 1 mi.'<Kory. AL persoiih iveight and my health was fully re- at*- /.-ill mak.j p storefl." Tliis medicine holds the before ??id dil I e a/id "world's healing record for coughs 1 having clai/un a/niu^t. mid colds and lung and throat din- present them duly a I tit; ^ases. Tt. prevents pneumonia. tt<d I A inie I under guarantee at W. M. Bel li am and Adr Son's drug store. 50c and $1.00. Trial ; . b(>,,lt- frcc- x 1 L10KNHU TAX Notice i> hereby gi 10,000! Iii ; for |li.> sear A iron Is wanted at once, previous due and must be paid a experience is no! essential, write soon By order of city con it you wish to make money faster ,j, than you ever did before. Address J. Eugene H. VVortH, F. Clark, Conway, Ark. Clerk und TrooflUi f /lutual Life. , Over $100,000,OOO.OO j business in force.. j V General Agent. fact that the year 1907 was the most sue- I to 1868. mows that The Pacific Mutual Life Insurly in America. The stockholders' liability )0?000.00 gives the Co pa y about $64,- # about $5 00 to every $1.00 of liability. any Life Company. Just ask an/ policy- p 2 policies pre most liberal, providing large ic Tolal and Permanent Disability Clause. my and become totally and permanently for ton y^irs, to every $1,0 30 00 of > ;y afiy monsy to th 2 Company for pree3s ( ;riy or on account of accident, cios; X o 11 pa i t ici pa t i n g Pol icies. Rate. Age. Rate. $T5-4? 20 $22.80 "5.70 21 23.15 i i6o5 22 23.55 \ i6-45 23 23.95 i6-85 24 24.33 !7-25 25 24.80 !7-65 26 25.25 18 10 27 25.70 1 >^.60 28 26 15 19-10 29 ( 26.65 y 19 6? 30 27.20 | 2^-15 31 27 75 ' I -?-7 5 32 28.30 1 2 1-35 33 28.90 22.00 34 29.50 22-7? 35 3015 / 23-45 36 30.80 24* 20 37 31.50 25.00 38 ^2.2 s " 25-s5 39 3305 26175 40 33.85 27-7? 41 34.70 2S-75 42 35-6o 29.90 43 36.55 ' 3r<1? 44 37.55 32,35 45 38.60 33-^5 46 59.70 35-?5 47 40.85 36.55 48 42.10 38.20 49 43.45 39'9? 50 44.90 \' 4I?7? 51 46.45 43.65 52 48.05 45-75 53 49-75 47-95 54 51.60 50-30 55' 53.60 52-85 56 55 75 55 55 57 58.00 5.8.40 58 60.40 61.45 59 63.00 64.70 60 65.80 iyjs our c i pains in nond, Va ^ --""".l..I |?T.?Irt*a1lcrI;,2^c- Money refunded I fit foils to do all I '< M **X J | * WOAHHKMKurCo.tHo?t<m,Mn??.,U.S.A. I S\ n nr.^jK irrj m e truu* BTTLEMENT An Early Riser! settlement in Hmvin <1 l.iiink T hear your fatliirm, deceased, cr's step on the stairs, so perhaps I 'N,jwl)?:rry li;j.I heller hid you goo.l :iight. I* <?hrary JO, Miss j lit Is (yawning)?Oh, it v I he forenoon, cjiii 'tfh<? faMior. He's a Into sleeper/ hereafter ap- I'ei-liups it's tlx- hired girl coming ui letters din- down to preparo breakfast.-^Detroit indebted to Tribune. , ' ayment on or * ?- uir;.n $15 saved v' riinintratrix. ToOrgan Customers FOR THE NEXT 40 DAYS. DUE. We will m II nut excellent <Ki? Organs at only , I . .. f'i?i. filll foil OlKfllltt for oni.y $75. iiiai. el I V file rlnl '1 ? ! hit ? )ii?*-( liir?l now, onc*third Nov IWlH ire now tv\ Imliinrf Nov. i.**). If Inieichlfd, cli|> this ad, anjl enclose it with I once, v- in Idler iiHkhif{ for catalog and price list 1 I " V?"' wimt the best organ 011 earth, don't * ' ell, (I' hiy, lull wi lie usat once and save Ji.s and make 1 | home hai inoiiimis, ' " 1 '? 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