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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09
AN ORDINANCE.
American.

Fixing the Rate and prescribing
the Time for the Payment of Town
Taxes for the fiscal year 1906.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor
and the Aldermen of the Town OF
Newberry, :. c.. council assembled
and by auth"ritH the same:
That for the purpose of raising a
revenue and in the exercise of the
taxln" power of said Town. the fol-
lowing taxes are hereby levied for the
fiscal year endin" December 31sta
1906. upon all real and personal pro-
nertv within the corporate limits Of
SAID Town Except such as is exempt
from taxation under the Constitution
and laws # this state) upon the val
uation thereof as assessed for taxa
ton for the county and state purposes
viz:
Section l. That tax of Sixty cents
on each one hundred dollars worth
OF real and personal property within
the corporate limits Of the Town of
Newberry, in the State Of South Car
olina Except such as is exempt from
taxation under the constitution and
laws Of this State) is hereby levie 4
for the purpose of raising revenue
to defray the ordinary expense of
said Town for the fiscal year ending
December 31st, 1906.
Section II. That a tax Of three-
fourths of a mill on each dollars
worth Of real and personal property
within the corporate limits of the
Town Of Newberry Except such as is
exempt from taxation under the Con-
stitution and laws Of this state) is
hereby levied for the purpose Of rails
ing a revenue to defray the bonded
Indebtedness Of said Town for the
Opera House.
Section III. That tax Of two and
a half mills on each dollars worth of
real and personal property within the
corporate limits Of the Town Of New
berry Except such as is exempt from
taxation under the Constitution an1
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09
TAX NOTICE.

The tax books for Newberry county
will be open for collection of taxes
FOR fiscal year commencing January
lst. 1906. the 18th day of October,
1906. and will remain open without
penalty until the 31st day of Decem-
Der, 1906. Upon all taxes paid after
the 3lst day of December, 1906. and
before the 1st day of February, 1907,
a penalty of one per cent will be al-
ded; upon all taxes paid during the
month of Feb, 1907, penalty of one
the Fifteenth day Of March, 1907, in,
elrsiv" 81 aidit;c"ol penalty of five
per cent will be added.
The following is the levy:
For State purposes =. :. 5 mills.
For ordinary county purposes 1-2
mills.
For constitutional school purposes
8 mills.
For court house :. :. :. 1-2 mill.
For Dispensary >. :. ;. 1-2 mill
For back indebtedness ;. 1-2 mill,
total .. IL mills.
Except in the following localities,
where an additional railroad tax has
been levied viz: .-
Township No. l.. :. :, :. 2 mills
Township No. g.. :. :. 2 1-2 mills.
Township No. O.. :. :. :. 3 mill
And except in the following sehv.i
districts where special school tax has
been levied, namely: :.
Newberry school district No. 1. 8
mills .....
Chappells school district No 80
" mills.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09
E. B. WESLEY DEAD.
Blue Ridge Bonds-A Millionaire
Who Never Smoked, Drank or
Attended Theatrical Per-
formance.

E. B. Wesley, who died in New
York, Wednesday, is well known in
this state because of his persistent
efforts to force the recognition and
payment of the Blue Ridge bonds, of
which he held very large amount.
These were issued in Radical times,
but were repudiated after white peo-
pie rcgaincd control of Affairs.
Numerous suits and various techni
cal actions have been taken to force
the issue and the bonds have been
before state and federal courts in
many phases. but as yet the state has
won IN every instance. The court of
| last resort has not been reached, but
! ii is not known whether his heirs will
continue the effort to enforce pay
mcnt or not.
Mr.. Wesley was known in Wall
street as the "ollcst American spec
uIator.'
The New York American says Of
him:
Edward B. Wesley, regarded as the
oldest Of American spectators, died
yesterday at his country mansion at
Purtcicstcr on the sound. Of heart
disease. He leaves an estate valued
at about $3,OO0.0OO.
Almost up to the day cf his death
hr had looked after his business af-
fairs, and made daily trips to Man.
haitian. Last week he attended a
meeting "f tie directors Of the Union
Trust company, Of which ne was one
Of the i"lln't"r>. ~ llr tinr Of his
death he was in his nincty-scventh
year.
Mr.. Wesley started his business ca
r"rr selling birch beer when boy to
rr"wL Of persons that had gathered
at his birthplace at Lester. Mass, to
see General Lafayette pass by. Tie
made ~. and with this money he
walked [" New York and landed there
in lS25.
AZ II salary "r IS week he began
specializing in fish, and from that
he hranchrd off in. the financial
w"rld. llc numbered among his assoc
ciatcs in trading in notes Commodore
Nnndrrbuilt, Russell Sage and JAY
Gould. Tie often said that he laid the
foundation of his success to the fact
that he had never smoked. chewed or
drank in his life. and he said he had
never been III theatre. His fortune
will be inherited by his only daughter,
Mrs. Ida Breck, of Mount Vernon.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09

Big Creek school district No 20.
2 mills.
Utopia school district No. 10. 2
mills.
Whitmire school district No. So. 4
mills.
Prosperity school district No ID.
4 IA mills.
Little Mountain school district No.
80. 3 mills.
Excelsior school district No. 35. 2
mills.
Zion school district No. Sc. 2 mills.
Pomaia school district No. 26 1-2
mills.
A poll tax of $1.00 has been levid
on all male citizens between the aces
OF 21 and GO years, except those ex-
empt by law.
"A tax of SO cents each levied on all
dogs.
Persons liable to road duty may
pay communication tax Of $500 from
the 18th day of March, 1907.
the lJ>h day of march, 1907.
All tax payers remember all pro-
perty has been listed separately and
please see that you have the receipt
Tor each piece of property so listed.
John L. Epps,
County Treasurer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09

laws of this state) is hereby leived
for the purpose Of raising a revenue
to pay the interest on and create n
sinking fund for the bonded indebted
ness of said Town for the water
works and electric lights plant.
Section ". That tax of one mill
on each dollars worth of real and
personal property within the corpor-
ate limits of the Town of Newberrv
Except such as is exempt from taxa
ton under the constitution and laws
OF this state) is hereby levied for the
purpose of raising a revenue to pay
the interest on the bonded indebted
ness Of said Town for the sewerage
system.
Section V. That all taxes herein
imposed or levied shall be paid to
the said Town in lawful money of
the United States, between the fiji
teenth day of October, 1906, and fiji
teenth day of November, 1906, and a
penalty of ten per cent is hereby
imposed upon, and shall be added to.
all taxes in arrears.
Section VI. That execution issue
aceordm" to law for the collection Of
all taxes. fines, or penalties past due
and unpaid for fifteen days. and cost
Of said execution.
Done and ratified under the cor
porate seal of the Town of Newberry,
III the State of South Carolina, this
the third day Of October a. d. 1905.
Attest: y. II. Brown.
tug. >. WertS, Mayor.
Clerk and Treas,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09
Little Pitchers.

Willic-Unele Jack, did you choke
on that cake batter ma made yester-
day?
Rich Old Uuclc-Guod heavens, no.,
child. What put such an eXtraorli-
nary idea into your head! Willie,
Why. | heard pa tell ma he made you
cough up the douyh.-Baltimor
American.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09
A Tribute to The Dog.

Savannah News.
In this latest novel. "Jane Cable"
George Barr Cutrhcon says of one
Of his characters: AS hard as nails
and rs treacherouS is dog. he was
feared alike by man and woman. +"
Had he said some certain doc WAS a..
trcachrr"u$ Is Il man. nc would
have given the dog very bad name
indeed, aud we cnull have understood
that the beast ranked even lower in
the scAlc than the pariah But when
he rcvrrSes the term and says the man
WAS rs trrachcrouS as lo" we ob-
.lcct and say that Mr.. McCutcheou
dneSn t know dogs. \ cat Is treach-
er"uS. but Il dn" never. for there can
not be trcachcruu< without lviur and
the dog is never liar EIe may be :,
fool. hut he is truthful. Sometime,
he will bark up the wrong tree. but
that is an error Of Judgment and not a
deliberate intent to deceive. He rpts
the wrong scent and follows it. and
is "f the head and not the heart.
The dog has many human weak
nesseS. but lying is not one Of them
and treachery is us far From his nu-
ture as the antipodes. He may be
vicious, a thief, lazy. ill-tempered and
thoroughly despicable; he NAV be
frisky, affectionate. dependable and
tenacious of purpose; he may be
brave or a coward, intelligent or ,lull.
noisy or quiet. but he never tries to
fool anybody about any Of it. He
talks with his tail as we'll as his
mouth, and in a language that any
person who knows dogs at all can
readily understand.
Much that has been written about
the eternal constancy and love Of a
dog is tommyrot. 1t doesn It take q
dog a great while to transfer his az
tections from an old master to a new
one, and no dog ever dies of brok-
en- heart outside Of fiction. But so
long as dog remains in close asso-
citation with a master he is faithful
to him under all circumstances and
never tries to lie to him. II is mere
ly to be wished that the man never
lied to the dog and that the masters
were as uniformly truthful as their
foar-footed friends. A dog may turn
upon his master, but it is always un.
der provocation and not by stealth OF
treaehery. A dog doesn't smile with
his taiD and then bite. He doesn =
hold ous one hand in welcome while
he eonceals knife behind his back
with the other. He doesu t cultivate
"a friendship With the purpose in
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09
Cold Blooded Opinion.

"Whcn a man loses his money!"
remarked the cynic, "hc finds out
who his friends are.'
"fes,' answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax, "it is wise compensation.
When man loses his fortune he
saves the time he used to spend shak-
ing hands and listening to hard luck
stories and gets chance to make an
other. '-Washington Star.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09

view of betraying it. lie is brutally
frank in his declarations Of inten-
ti"ns, of likes and iislikes, and in
variably carries openly in his per-
S"nal appearance an index of charac-
ter. Traitor? No.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09
An Organ

that will last life time is what you
want. Our O. gans have a pure tone
and lovely cases We can supply
you with an Organ that will please in
every particular for only $65 and $40
delivered. Write US for our special
terms OF payment, and for illustrations
of the beautiful Organs referred to.
If you prefer Piano we have beau
tiful and good new Uprights from $185
up on easy terms.
Address
MaIOne'S Music House,
COLUMBIA, 8. c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
Precautionary Treatment.

The Dutch peasant lives with canals
by way Of a drawbridge. Perhaps it is
in the blood of the Dutch child, says a
writer In M. A. p, not to fall into a
canal. At all events, the Dutch mother
never appears to anticipate such a pos
sibility.
One can imagine the average English
or American mother trying to bring up
a family in a house surrounded by
canals. She would never have a mo-
ment's peace until the children were
In bed. But then the mere sight Of a
canal to the English child suggests the
delights of a sudden and unexpected
bath.
An Englishman inquired Of a Dutch
woman, Does a Dutch child ever by
any chance fall into canal?"
"Yes," she replied, leases have been
known"
Don't you do anything for it," con-
tinued the questioner.
"Oh, yes" she answered. "We haul
them out again"
But what 1 mean is" explained the
Englishman, don't you do anything
to prevent their falling in? To save
them from falling in again?''
YES" she answered, 1--WE spank
them"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
State News in Brief.

The work of tearing down the old cap
itol preparatory to rebuilding has been be-
gun.
Mrs Appolonia Roza of Milwaukee,
who was shot by Albert Mankiewicz dur
ing drunken frenzy, died at the hospital
Alma Schaub. years old, was badly
burned in Madison while playing street
car with a lighted candle in shoe box.
Lightning fired a barn on the farm of
Frank Barta at Refs and it was burned
with contents. the loss being several thou
sand dollars Barta lost his season 5
crops.
Commissioners Of the Yorkvi.Ie and
Raymond drainage canal in Racine coun-
tit have commenced collecting assessments
and have advertised for the construction
Of the canal. bids to be received on Sept
10 The canal viii be nine and one-haIf
miles long.
Oshkosh relatives have received the an
nouncement of the death. at Chattanooga.
Tenn. Of Miss Lucille Peck Of Fond du
Lac. Miss Peck was prominent in Fond
du Lac and Oshkosh social circles. and
the family have for a number of years
been spending their summers at Pau-kQ-
tux,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
A CROOKS
REVENGE
By a Secret Service Man.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

When an expert crook calmly and
deliberately sets to work to get even
with former pal against whom he
has a grudge, something uncommonly
artistic in deViousness is bound to be
the result
The release from the New Jer-
sey State prison of old man Brock
Way the Octogenarian counterfeiter
and fOrger, and the man who. as ey-
erybody knows, has been at the very
top OF his profess sion for a matter of
nifty years, reminds me of the stu
gularly handsome fashion with which
Brockway got even with another ia
nous crook who had done him an I'M
derhand trick.
The other famous crook was the
celebrated Tom O'Brien, the man
who is said to have made a million
dollars in the puryeying of gold
bricks, of whi2m great deal is writ
ten III the crooks book of former In
spector Byrnes of New York. O'Brien
is now doing a liter in a French
penal settlement. After he had brib-
ed the keepers who were taking him
to DannemOra prison a number of
years ago, he escaped and made his
way to Paris, where not long after.
he SHOT and killed his pal, Kid Wad.
dell, aud the French authorities put
him away for life. Every once in a.
while q story pops up to the effect
that O'Brien's wife, who lives in New
York, IS about to buy a South Amert-
can man-O-War and undertake an ex-
petition to the French penal settle
ment to release her husband by lev
cling the prison walls, but those are
New York Sunday newspaper stories.
a good many years ago Brockway
and O'Brien were on friendly terms,
although, as their lines were diff.
ferent, they never worked together.
Then O'Brien pulled off some sort Of a
mean trick on Brockway, the details
of which are only known to a few
close-mouthed veteran crooks, and
Brockway determined to get even.
'O'Brien was making his annual
goldbrick-selling tour through the
State OF Pennsylvania a few months
after he had gained the enmity of
Brocllway, when, in little town not
many miles from Pittsburg, he was
approached by an extremely simple
looking old farmer who asked O'Brien
a question as to the time of departure
of the next train for Pittsbmg. The
appearance Of the prosperous-looIdng
old farmer Immediately caused the
gold-brick man to chirk up
Got business in Pittsburg eh,
pop?' said O'Bmen, with the anna
bility for which he was noted.
Well, l reckon l have-some,' re
piled the old farmer. Coz a few
bonds that I'm calculating to sell in
P1ttsburg
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
He Needed Food.

The models leg was tied to the cell
ing by means of a rope. They gave
him a prancing air, but he looked sad
He was tired. For several hours h.
had stood in this difficult position with
out rest. He had also look Of hun.
ger, for the sculptor had forgotten to
furnish him with his nosebag Of oats,
which lay in one corner. Again and
again the eyes Of the model turned
longingly in the direction of the nose
bag, but each time the sculptor walked
forward and sternly turned his head
back.
This would be a fine equestrian
statue" said he, wouldn't it-with a
nosebag on the horse?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
SUMMER RESORT DAMAGED.

Miniature Tornado Injuries Expen-
sive RowbOats and Docks.
lakewood. one of the largest summer re-
sorts near Oshkosh, was considerably dam
aged by a miniature tornado which accom-
panied a brief rainstOrm. The wind toss
ed rowbOats upon the shore and DANA ged
a number of expensive docks along the
beach besides tearing down trees and dam
aging cottages. The storm does not seem
to have struck anywhere else with such
great severity. Several expensive boats
were found five miles from their mornings
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
Newsboy's Quick Wit.

A newsboy jumped on a Linden ave
nue. car the other night and yelled
Evening -! Seven hundred people
found dead! !"
The few papers he had were bought
quickly. AS the boy was nearing the
rear door Of the car a gentleman who
could not secure paper asked: "Son
ny, where were the 700 people found
dead?"
"Out in a graveyard" responded the
urchin as he jumped from the car.
The passengers all Joined i'll the
laugh except one old man, who mum
bled something about enforcing the law
imposing a penalty for getting money
under false pretenSes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
A Window Cleaner

= "illOSW GlGdnEF.
al, cay they have toiled w, the sun
burned slope,
HomeWard bound with their heap
ed sheaves;
BraWny the arms in their blue
checked sleeves,
Buoyant each heart with youth and
hope.
"hlIe | watch through a tree with
yellowing leaves,
FROM the window behind the hello
trope.
DO they guess for a moment the
splendid dover
They bear up the hill, those har-
vest hands?
With their ringing song DER the
harvest lands
Day at the flood, and life at the flow
er?
The wheat that cannot be bound
in bands,
unlimited gold in Midas shower?
Not they, But that other whose
couch is spread
By the window O'erloOking the Wag-
on track;
Who cries a bit at the sweetmeat
lack,
With the daily portion of bitter bread.
While this the taunt of each creak-
ing rack
Who 60 not afleld must stay unfed!"
But now that the last of the loaded
wains
Has rolled out Of sight, my tired
eyes close;
And a river Of dusk thro' the still
room flows,
Till the travail passes, and peace re-
mains
look-and the sky is a dew-damp
rose,
And the panes Of my window cathe-
dral panes!
Look down the steep where the ho!-
lows lie,
Full to the brim of the red-gold.
light;
And a picture unrolls on the fall
ing night,
Limned by the artist, Imagery!
Q purblind reapers gone over the
height!
Ye have passed much goodly sub
stance by!
So I must CLEAN from my window
seat,
Nor so afeld with the hale and
strong;
When the daylight fails and the
shadows throng.
Behold! my gamers are full of wheat!
4 marvellous canvas, a sheaf of
song
And vision above and beyond them,
sweet!
Emma Herrick Weed, in Youths
Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
NEVADA'S DIAMOND DRILL
Is TO Cut Through Gold Leads of
New Mining District.

| - 10 Gut Through Gold Leads Of
New Mining District.
| Inc curiosity Of Rhyolite, the CAPT
TAI OF the BullfrOg mining district In
| southwestern Nevada, has been aroused
oy the workings of the giant drill in
| the Rush mine on Bonanza mountain,
| near the town, says the New York
Herald. To see a great steel rod, top
ped with eight lustrous black dia-
monds, bite into the solid rock In search
OF gold is sight with which few but
inhabitants Of well-established mining
! centers are familiar.
Forced into the earth by a powerful
engine, the drill is twisting it's way into
the rock farther and farther each day.
IL VIII be driven down about 400 feet,
every traction of every inch being slow
ly worked through by the eight hard,
unylelding jewels at the end Of the
long rod. By the time it is down its
full length a new drill, capable Of per-
torating the rock for 1000 feet, will
be ready for operation at the mine.
The diamonds that do the work are
clean-cut, f1aWless black diamonds, each
about three carats in weight, and worth
about 1925 apiece. They are set in
the tip of the drill around the hollow
center Of the rod. When brought into
the light by the lifting of the drill
they CLEAN and twinkle merrily in the
sun as though laughing in triumph over
the victory deep among the rocks.
In little book kept by Dan Mckee,
who went all the way from the Mon
. tana mining districts to watch over his
pet, the big diamond drill, there are
more diamonds $4,000 worth of them
waiting their turns at a rapid de-
scent through the tunnel bored by their
sister gems and q try of their own
at the rock wall far beneath the sur
face. Lying there in their case, they
seem to say, smilingly: you've heard
that it takes money to make money?
Well, it takes diamonds to get gold"
AS the precious gems cut into the
rock the hollow Of the drill fills with
the finely shaved cuttings. 1t is as
tightly filled with the cuttings as is
the bowl Of an Irishman's pipe after
he has crammed it with tobacco. At
the end of the days work the drill is
backed out and this pipeful Of cuttings,
called the core, is taken from it. The
core looks like a long candle. AS 1t
comes out it breaks into lot of little
cylinders Of rock cuttings. These cyl
inders are sent to an assayer.
The diamond drill thus enables man
to pierce q mountain to any depth to
determine whether or not gold lies hid
den beneath the surface. 1t saves the
time and much of the expense of tun-
neling and shaft sinking and is much
more satisfactory in its results.
Great things are expected from the
new drill that is on its way to the
Rush mine to be used in boring more
than mile past the earth's surface.
1t is to be started from the west side
of Bonanza mountain. Boring through,
it will strike the rich veins Of the An
mex, Keystone, Rush No. 1, Venture,
Denver and Peerless mines. At length
it will flash into the sunlight on the
eastern side Of the mountain, above the
town Of Rhyolite
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
News OF WISCONSIN
SOCIETY WOMAN browns.
Miss Mary Nunnemacher of hill
vaukee Dies at Pine Lake.

Miss Mary Nunnemac5er of nil
vauI1ee Dies at Pine Lake.
Miss Marie Nunemacher, daughter of
Robert Nunnemacher, the Milwaukee mill
ionaire maltster. was drowned in Pine
lake while sailing in an 1S-foot yacht The
body has not been recovered, although cot
tagers on the lake worked unril late in
the evening to find it. c. J. hasten Of
the Alsted hasten Company in Milwau-
kee was the only person so far as known
who saw the drowning. Miss Nunnemach-
CT. who was % years Of age. was an eX-
pert swimmer and it was her custom to
sail alone on the lake, it being thought
she was in no danger owing to her skill
as Il swimmer. Mr.. HASTEN. who was on
shore long distance from the yacht. saw
the boat capsize 1t is thought the boom
III swinging around struck Miss Nunne-
macher. stunning her so that she was I'M
able to exert herself to keep above water.
The parents Of the girl are Frustrated by
the news of her death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-05
Raisinu a Girl the Wronu Wav.

An Atchison girl Of fifteen gets up
in the morning, eats breakfast which
her mother has prepared, goes up
stairs and takes care of her room,
and then goes downtown, sometimes
taking two hours to buy a spool of
thread. She eats dinner which her
mother has prepared, wears clothes
her mother has made, spends the af-
ternoon reading story books or CAD.
ding with her friends, eats supper her
mother has prepared, and spends the
evening with her girl friends. She
has done nothing wicked all day, and
her mother is satisfied that she is
bringing her UP right. But is she?
-AtchisoN Globe.