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Examination for Teachers.

The next regular examination
for Teachers will be held in the
Court House, Friday Feb. goth,
1908. Examination to begin at
$50 a. m. and close at 4 p. m.
All persons expecting to teach
in the public schools of this coun-
ty, not holding a certificate of
qualification should bear this in
mind. Respectfully,
A. @. RowELL,
GO. Supt. Of Ed.
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Administrators Sale !

i will sell at the residence OF the
late DR.. O. G Welsh at public auction
to the highest bidder on
FRIDAY, FEB. 2lsT, 1908,
beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. the per-
sonal effects of the late DR.. G.. G..
Welsh, consisting of
head OF mules,
wagons. buggy,
Saw mill, engine and boiler,
head RI cattle, and goats.
l Dixie Pea Huller.
cane mill,
Also quantity OF corn, Peas, Cot
ton Seed. Fodder, Farming Imp!e-
ments, etc., etc
s@ Terms of sale, CASH.
j. w. WELSH, Admr.
. Feb. 3, 1908.
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Administrators Sale.

Take notice that the undersigned,
as the Administrative of the personal
estate of the late Samuel Il. Usher de-
ceased. by order of the Probate Judge,
Will sell on Monday, Feby. 23d, in-
stants at IL O'Clock, m, at the late
residence Of the deceased in this coun-
ty the stock Of goods On hand consist.
ing Of Shoes, Cloth and various arti-
Giles Of Dry Goods and Merchandise,
Term of sale DASH.
EMMA A. SMALL,
FeD b, l903-2W. Admx,
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In the Magistrates Court.

In the Magistrates Court.
Magistrate Caskey has been
quite busy the past few days.
Walter Glover, COL, pleaded
guilty of malicious mischief and
was sentenced to 80 days on the
gang or pay $40.
Lewis Barnes COL, pleaded
guilty of breach of the peace and
paid $40. in preference to serving
80 days on the gang.
Alex McGriff, col was convict
ed of entr- after notice but judg-
ment was suspended pending no.
tlce of motion for a new trial.
Jim Sadler, COL, was found
guilty of larceny of doy but a
motion for new trial was made
and sentence suspended.
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Eliza J. Wylie, Plaintiff,
Rufus C.Crockett, Mamie l.. viii,
Hams, ct al, DEFENDANTS.
DURSUANT to an order of court
L made In the above case by Judge
Ernest Gary, Oct %, 1901 1 will sell
at public, auction within the legal
hours OF sale at Lancaster court house,
at'risk orformer purchaser, on the
First Monday In March, 1908.
All those tract of land situate in the
county Of Lancaster and State Of South
Carolina described as follows in a
mortgage ofsame by T.. e. Crockett
and ID. M. Crockett on Decembe 29th,
lSS9-the one tract containing
231 Acres More or Less,
bounded on the Moth by lands Of b.
+. Miller. formerly owned by VIM.
Stevens; on the East by lands form err.
ly owned by ID. Eli Dunlap, but now
owned by MIS- Amanda Brown: on
the Sout. by lands uf TurteIine Draf,
I'm, formerly "wne hy ID Eii Crocks
Ell; and on the West by lands OF ]
A. G.. Csskey and John s;istare; and
the other tract containing
30 Acres. More or Less,
bounded OIL the North iy lands {
Robert q Crockett; on the East by
lands of B r.. Miller above designat..c: !:
on the South by lands of James p
Caskey and John Sistar,; and on tie
West 10y Robert Tbum ns0n, f,rmerly
Withersp ,On land.
Terms OF sale-CASH. at aisk of
toriner purchaser. Purchaser to nav
for papers. The purchaser or pur.
chasers ofsaid lands or any part there
OF must comply with the terms Of sale
within one hour from the time OF his
or her bid and in default of compli-
ance the sal premises so bid Off are
to be forthwith resold at his or her
risk.
J. p, HUNTER,
Sheriff l.. G,
PLAINTIFFS Atty.
Lancaster, 8. c., Feb. 6, 1903.
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To Cure 4 Cctd in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggist. refund
money if 1t fails to cure. f. w.
Grove signature is ON each box
Csc.
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The Tax Law Problem.
County Auditor Cook Shows why
Assessments Should be Made
not by the Taxpayer
Himself.
Cor. News and Courier.

iot revising Tue TAX laws OF the
State is attracting some attention
here, as we'll as elsewhere. The
consensus of opinion here is that
the proposed changes do not
promise much, if any, improve
ment in the present laws. Among,
those with whom your correspond
ent has discussed the matter is
DountY Auditor Cook, who is one
OF the most intelligent and eff
cient public officials in the State.
Though a young man he has had
several years experience as coun-
ty auditor, and having been raised
ON farm, and being successful
farmer himself, he is we'll equip
ped to look at this troublesome
tax and assessment business from
both sides-that is to say, from
the standpoint of farmer and
taxpayer and as a public official,
whose duty it Is to see that all
property is properly assessed for
taxation.
In the interview your CORES
pendent had with him Mr.. Cook
said: Eyes l have read the gem
eral tax bill as reported by the
ways and means committee, and,
in my judgment, it should be
amended in several important par
ticulars, especially in the matter
of taking the taxpayers returns.
10 get at the actual valuation of
property it would be much better
to have appointed for that pur-
pose three of the best business
men-land' owners in each towns
ship, and provide them with the
books, as mentioned, for the
Comptroller General to furnish.
And let the three men SO appoints
ed go ON every Taxpayers farm
in their territory and, in the pres
ence of the owner, assess his
lands, buildings, and personal
property then and there. The
chairman of each township board
should be a member of the county
board of equalization. The duty
of the latter board should be to
hear grievances of. taxpayers as
sessed by the township boards.
"Where the codnty board of
equalization approves the assess
ments made by the township as
SCISSORS such board should turn
same over to the county auditor,
in order that he may thereby
make up his duplicates and cal
culate the taxes from the assess.
ments made by the townships as
SCISSORS and approved by the coun-
ty board. ~,.,
81 am confident that the bill as
reported will not give satisfaction.
1t requires, for instance, that the
township assessors shall meet with
the county auditor at certain
places. in the township and assess
a mans property that. neither the
auditor nor the board of assessors
has ever seen For example, A
has very poor sand hill farm of
one hundred acres, not actually
worth more than three dollars an
acre, and he has a rip of a mule
worth about twenty-five dollars.
Never having seen the land nor
the mule, would it be right for
the township assessors to assess
such land at six dollars an acre
and such mule at seventy-fve dol.
lars?
Nov us to the assessment of
property in tho months of August
and September, ] do not see how
auditors could attend to such work
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Local NJ alters
Will have Brede's
Steam Bread

St0dk11 orOaO
to arrive on Tuesday & Thursday
of each week. j. B. MAoKoRELL.
See adv. of sale of the per.
sonal effects of S. E. Usher by the
Administrative.
Miss jamie Hardin, of Ches.
ter, is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Lula PIyIer, of Ker-
shaw, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Higgins, at this place.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Clark Robinson, Feb. 4th, 1908,
a daughter.
Mr.. D. N. Mackey, the new.
ly appointed postmaster at Heath
Springs, has taken che :ge of the
Office. ~.
Berry Mobley, of Heath
Springs, returned home Tuesday,
after spending few days in the
city with his sister, Mrs. A. j.
Evans. Rock Hill Journal.
Mrs. j. S. Wilson is visiting
her husband in Columbia who is
sergeant altar ms of the house of
representatives.
-Mrs. Il. j. Mackorell and
children, of Yorkville, are visi-
ting Mrs. Ms parents, Maj. and
Mrs. j. M. Riddle, at this place.
Mr.. A. ID. Hilliard, of Ian
caster, spent last Saturday and
Sunday here visiting at Prof. R.
N. Nisbet's. -Waxhaw Enter.
prise.
Jesse Collins, the 1O-year
old son of Mr.. G. B. Collins who
moved to Arkansas'from the up.
per edge Of this county, died at
his fathers home near Columbus,
on the 10th, ult., ot typhoid fever.
Mr.. j. Mike NsowelI, of the
White Bluff section, met with a
bad accident last Saturday. While
wrestling with Mr.. Judson Fun
derburk, at Tradesville, he broke
his left leg above the knee. Re
view.
Rev. q. Croft Williams,
rector of the Episcopal church
here, and Miss Margaret E. Per-
ter of Blacksburg, will be mar.
ried in the Episcopal church at
Blacksburg, next Wednesday,
11th, instant.
-Cards are. out announcing the
marriage on Thursday, February
10, of Miss Ophelia Davidson to
Mr.. Jake S. Mackorell. The
ceremony is to take place in York>
ville at the residence of Mr.. VIM.
H. Herndon, on East Liberty
street. .-YorkvilIe Enquirer.
Hon. T. Y. Williams of Ian
caster, was chosen speaker Of the
house pro tenn. by acclamation
during the absence of Speaker
Smith from Columbia on account
Of sickness in his family the past
week.
Mr.. j. B. Client while saw
ing lumber in the Buford battle
ground section the past week
found bullet imbedded in the
heart Of q piece of stock timber,
which from its shape and the in
dications of the age of the tree he
judged to have been there at least
100 years.
Mr.. N. E. Moore, who Is
now with the Charleston Live
Stock Co.. was up on a business
trip this week. All his old friends
were delighted to see him and
"Dr. Buck" wore a specially
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nai llSuC NJ us OepOC mere IhlS
was made necessary on account of
the night trains.
We are requested by Rey.
Mr.. Lawson to announce that the
Stewards of Lancaster circuit will
meet at the court house at 10
O'Clock a. M, on Friday, Feb.
18th. Itis important that every
Steward be present.
The F. p. U's meet the End
and 4th Friday nights each month
in the hall Of the Jr. o. u. A. M.
Members are requested to bear
this in mind and be punctual In
attendaqce.
Rev. T.. A. Dabney has re-
ceived a call to the Second Bap-
tist church at Lancaster. He is
considering the call, which he
will probably accept. Rock Hill
Herald. ox~
Letters advertised as remain
ing in the Lancaster post Office un-
called for for the week ending
Feb. 6, 1908, are as follows: Mrs.
Lembisa Mosk, Miss Betsie Watts,
M. A. Watts, Rev. l.. Belk, Jack
McManus, Jonah McGrlff, COL
u. w. Porter & Co.. is the
style of new firm in Kershaw
to deal in dry goods, etc. Mr..
j. Wylle Porter, will move to
Kershhw Monday from this place.
He expected to move several
weeks ago but was disappointed
In getting house then. Houses
for rent seem to be about as scarce
at Kershaw as in Lancaster.
AT a recent meeting OF the
Lancaster Chapter of the u. D.
C's the following officers we're
elected: President, Mrs. Ira B.
Jones; Vice-President, Miss Annie
Witherspoon; Cor. Secretary,
Mrs. M. j. Perry; Recording
Secy., Mrs. j. T. Green; Treas.
urer, Mrs. M. K. Cauthen; His
torian, Mrs. G.. r. Foster.
The store of j. G. Hilton &
Sons at Westville was burned last
Monday night while the mem bers
OF the firm were at Camden at
tending court. The origin of the
fire is not known. We have been
unable to learn the loss of the
Messrs. Hilton or the amount of
Insurance carried
Verify the times do change.
Not many years ago it was unlaw.
ful for members of the legislature
or State officials to accept a free
pass from railroad; now there is
u bill pending bef.re the legisla-
ture to require railroads to give
free transportation to State and
county officials. Why they should
be required to do so, does not ap.
pear, and the proposition on It's
surface seems to have no more to
commend it than a bill to require
merchants to supply this class
with free groceries, clothing and
other neeessaries, and the dispen-
sary or blind tiger to chip in free
booze, would have.- Kershaw
Era.
MIR. j. S. Riddle will leave
next Monday for. Wilmington,
DEL, on very happy mission.
At high noon on Wednesday fol-
lowing he will lead to Hymen's
alter, Miss Mary Ellene Evans,
most loveable and attractive
young lady of that city. The
marriage will take place at the
home OF the BRIDES mother, Mrs.
Catherine A. Evans. 111R Waat
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Our Mr.. j. M. Hood is al
ways in the market to purchase
mules and cattle. And don't you
forget it.
Lancaster Mercantile Go.
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SHERIFF'S SALE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
In Court Of Common Pleas.
Eliza J. Wylie, Plaintiff,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
DOTS AND DAsHEs.

Nine. Adelina Patti signed the con-
tract calling for 60 concerts in America,
beginning November next.
Alexander H. Revell, of Chicago, is
mentioned for secretary or assistant
secretary of the new department of
commerce.
The naval appropriation bill report
ed to the house carries a total of $751;
o4S, 42o and provides for large increase
in officers and men.
The car ordered the severe punish
ment of those Finlanders-14,7 1893 men
in all-who failed to comply with their
military obligations in 1902.
James Flynn, of Chicago, died at a
hospital from injuries alleged to have
been received in fight with his wife.
The latteris now in the bridewelI.
Gennara Rubino, the Italian anarch-
list who tried to assassinate King Leo
Pold of Belgium on November Is last,
has been placed on trial at Brussels.
Fifteen Chicago office buildings have
been refused coal by transfers to aid
striking elevator men and janitors.
Elevators are stopped in seven build
ings.
Secretary of War Root, in an address
at the New York Union League club, de-
clared failure has resulted from be-
slowing citizenship and equal rights on
negroes.
San Francisco officials are urged by
commercial bodies of that city to CO.
operate with United States officials in
stamping out the bubonic plague. The
governors also asked to act.
Arevision of football rules to abolish
dangerous mass plays is urged by 70
head masters Of schools in petition
to the Intercollegiate rules committee.
The game as now played is declared too
severe,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
ROMANCE IS ENDED.
Out Of Longing to See Her Children.
Crown Princess Of saxony Parts
from Her French Lover.

Geneva, Feb. 9.-The Crown Princess
of Saxony and M. Giron have parted
forever, the princess giving up her
lover for her children's- sake.
The sudden end of the Saxon royal
romance is said to be due to the re.
fusal of the Saxon court, Influenced by
Emperor Francis Joseph, to consent to
a divorce. 1t is reported that the prin-
cess sought her fathers pardon in
order to get permission to see her chill.
dren, but was refused everything un.
less she left M. Giron. Her LAWYER
visited Dresden, but failed to get any
concession beyond the offer of a small
allowance and the promise if the crown
princess gave up NJ. Giron. and returned
home, that no legal proceedings would
be taken against her.
Dresden, Feb. 9.-The separation OF
former Grown Princess Louise and
Prof. Giron does not change the pres,
ent legal situation and will not have
the slightest effect on the divorce pro.
ceedings, which will be resumed Feb
ruary II.
Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 9,-The
lawyers of the former crown princes,
OF Saxony Saturday received a tele.
gram from Dresden definitely refus.
ing the princess request.to be allowed
to see her sick child under any CIR.
,uunstaneeR.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10

An Iowa farmer had a COW killed by
the cars and short time since wrote
to the railroad company asking slight
remuneratiye damages, adding,
Thirty dollars will be considered
satisfactory, as the animal was but a
common cow and by no means the best
in my herd. The claim agent of the
road promptly answered the letter and
enclosed check for 300 saying: cit
is the first instance since my connec-
tion with the claim department Of
the road that any other than a full
blooded animal Of great value has
been killed by our line, and I enclose
800 as damages and reward for
honesty, and would humhly ask your
photo to be framed and placed in my
offlce,''
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10

The wife Of the first bishop Of Iowa,
Mrs. w. FL. Lee, died at the home of
her daughter at Salt Lake City, at the
advanced age of 80 years.
She was the daughter of Gov. Mar
Gus Morton, of Massachusetts, the man
who was five times a candidate and
was elected by bare majority of one.
She had been 30 years resident of
Davenport, where Bishop Lee died in
1874, and where she was buried beside
her husband.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
NOV. 2s.-

NOV. 28.-
81. F. Mitchell has a commission
and is goingito work in earnest to raise
a company of sharp shooters for Her
ron's Brigade. This is to be the
"Crack Regiment" of Iowa; will have
the best and most pleasant duty to
perform Of any in the field, being re-
lieved Of guard and picket duty entire
ly. If any of our friends think Of en-
listing into the service, we should ad-
advise them to do so in this company,
under 81. F.""
"Pettibone's Hotel-We would call
the especial attention of the travel
ing public to the ract that w. S. Pet
tibone, one of the oldest and most
popular landlords in Iowa, has re-
sumed the hotel business at Howard,
in this county. His house is entirely
new and is constantly furnished with
all that heart can desire or comfort
need; it is truly the travellers home.
He is well worthy the confidence and
patronage of discerning public"
DEC. l2.-
"Married- Hall-Gibbons- AT Sar-
atoga, Iowa, Nov. 81, atthe residence
Of Thos. ]. Gibbons, Esq, by the Rev.
@. E. Brown, James Hall, Esq. and
Miss Maggie Gibbons, all OF Howard
County,"
"Forreston-During the week we
made flying trip to Foreston. We
found many changes made in the
town since our last visit. Then
Messrs Velie & White were in the
dry goods trade; now their place is
supplied by S. L. Carey, who has fine
stock of goods and appears to be doing
a thriving business. The firm Of
Velie s. White has been dissolved.
Mr.. Velie is building new store near
the grist mill, owned and run by him
self, which store he will ill up as soon
as completed. The goods being al
ready at the river. The town has a
blacksmith and harness shop. We
observed also that Mr.. r. G. Preston
is manufacturing wheels and reels, a
superior and much needed article In
this community. The town appears
to be flourishing finely for these hard
| times"
1.-THE Bridge-The people Of this
village have constructed Temporary
bridge across the Turkey river at this
place. This will give the travelling
public good opportunity for crossing
the river during the WINTER,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10

of agent and not otherwise and that
all moneys, notes and securities taken
for such articles are the property of
the combine, such articles having been
paid the agent for the Company.
Harvesting machines and imple-
ments are commissioned to agents at
fully 60 per cent above the cost of
their production, which explains how
nearly every member of the combine
in few years has become a millionaire
and some of them multi-milliona aires,
yet they are not content with this
prosperity, and seek to compel the To-
cal deals to become their plant tools
to still further enrich the combine at
the cost of the consumers of their
goods, that is, the farming public, or
go out of business.
Paragraph of the instructions
made part of the contract, takes about
80 per cent of the warranty that the
CONTINGENCIES, as follows; "knives Sec
tions, sickles, canvasses, reel boards,
reel arms, neck yokes, singletrees and
tongues are not warranted and must
never be given free," so that really
the only thing warranted is the bull
wheel, which, If it proves defective
the first year, we suppose will be fur
nished free.
This, we believe is a fair and Impair
tial review Of the most remarkable
contract we ever DAD the privilege OF
examining. The matter is now up to
! to the farmers. They are the ones
aimed at by the combine, their
only use for the agent being
to exploit the farmers through
his assistance. In all this re-
markable contract the only promise
made the agent is that it will demand
the proceeds of the sales, not even a
promise to ill the orders sent by the
agentand stipulates that the combine
shall be exempt from damages fol
such failure resulting from any cause
whatever.
The practice OF railroad companies
to divide up among themselves the
territory each may occupy to the ex'
clusion of the others meets with al
most universal disapproyal of the pub
lie, yet the combine in imitation Of
that reprehensible practice assumes tt
divide up the t erritory where itt
agents may make sales and to fix pen
alties for sales made outside the pre-
scribed limits. From what source
does it derive the power assumed, an6
which in morals and law it has ne
right to enforce? The right assumed
does not exist and it is pure asurpa
tion and would be in restraint of trade
and comes under the ban of laws en-.
acted by the American congress.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
Deara... C.pno, a. on-.a

~ local applications, az they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There 70
only one way to cure deafness, and that 10
oy constitutional remedies. Deafness 10
caused by an infamed condition Of the mu.
e coy lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
sound or imperfect hearing, and when K i
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con.
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of Of ten are caused by catarrh.
which Is nothing but an inHamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness Caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
Ell. Cheney 4 Co. Toledo, O.
Eli .i.1 y Fl DiiS;sfI;iii :; 4: 4: u. =.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10

peating their blockade next month
IL they desired, whereas an adverse
verdict from The Hague would add q
new canon to the law of nations and
stop such course of practice COM
pletely. 1t was to gain this princi-
pie, which necessarily vitality affects
not only the future of Venezuela
but of the other republics of this
continent, that Mr.. Bowen stood out
for arbitration by The Hague tribu-
nal instead of by the president.
Task of Preparing Protocols IL Biz.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Many ex-
changes are going on between Wash
ington and European capitals as the
result of the efforts of the allied rep
resentatives here to prepare salts
factory protocols providing for set
Element of the Venezuelan claims.
The task of drawing up these docu-
ments is much more complicated and
arduous than would at first appear,
owing to the necessity for providing
against all contingencies and franz
ing set of agreements for the set
Element of the claims that will resist
the attacks of astute international
lawyers at later stage.
Revolutionary Movements.
Willemstad. Island of Curacao, Feb.
9.-It is said here that the revolu-
tionary armies of the east and center
of Venezuela, which are operating
against Caracas, are waiting for the
cooperation of the revolutionary
army of the west to join in an at
tack on the capital. Gen. Matos, it
is added, will march with the army
of the west, with the center and
eastern forces on his left and right
wings, respectively.
1t is further asserted that the revo
lutionists recently defeated gov
eminent force at Duaca, near Bar
quisimeto, killing an important Officer
and many of the rank and file.