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{ pc ||eralD and Jem | VQL XLV N?' 78 NEWBERRY. J3. P.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 1908~ TWJOE A WKE1C 81.B0A YKAR I RIDDER NAMED. New Yorker Succeeds Haskell as De- Pi mocratic Treasurer. New York, Sept. 26.?Herman Rid- , der, editor of Tllie Stoats Zeitung and [|| vice chairman of Hie publicity bureau ru of the Democratic national commit- or !tee, was tonight appointed by Nation- be al Chairman Mack as treasurer of the eh national committee to succeed Gov. to Charles N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, to who resigned his position early today fi< .M in Chicago. to ij$" The appointment of Mr. Ridder as al: treasurer of the committee was made de by telephone a few minutes before to v. Chairman Mack's departure for the in West. r0 Mr. Mack said: I5' "I am very much pleased Mint Mr. of i Ridder has seen fit to accept the re- pr sponsibilities of the troasurcrship. He is a very high type of the American D< business man amd one whose associations and connections will not bring N f him under charge of suspicion of tli having to do witih those corporations an |jK|' to which Democracy is opposed." in Mr. Ridder will probably leave for fr Chicago witlhin a few days to take up pi |j|- the work at headquarters. pr Mr. Ridder was seen at the IloffmE?, man house tonight and said: de $?. "Mr. Mack offered me the position of tresurer, and I accepted, for I he y< '?jf\ reason that I favor tariff reform, andjti< ^ as the only hope of tariff reduction is th :$f| in I he success of Bryan and the Do- 111 $1; mocratic party, I considered it my tc duty to take the office and do everything in my power to assist the De- ,n mocratic party to win, that the peo- on pie may be relieved from the extor- m tion of the trusts protected by the th \M high tariff." Pr \k 55,1 fc BIG STAKE RACES I 1 AT STATE FAIR 1 tli | ^ For th? First Time South Cairo* of Una Gets Stake Races-Big so U'i Entries. ol ??> [. >.VC Columbia, S. C.?(Special.)?In all the . PaMl life of the State Fair?forty years- l/fej there havo never been anything like wi the racea that are scheduled for this .year, The fair opens October W3th and ;; / closes October 30th. There will be four 1 ?> M days of raolng. Already five etako M&k -r^ceB have been arranged for trotters and pacers. Purses will be offered for ro both harness and running horses. , J Between $6,000.00 and $7,000.00 has been offered as prizes for these races, le WM The attractive prizes, together with the yfyi fact that so many of the Northern and - -ilj (Eastern tracks have had trouble with sij ^be raoers, will make the entries her? J'-ip fair week tho best Aggregation of fast horses over aeon anywhere In the di ii ft South. |1{1 tv;.W Strings of horses from the most re, m Downed stables In the country will be to here fair woek. With the races noarly w] lll'jtwo months off, the entries for the j#jjftfrstake races counted up to ninety-three, gv Pfig&and It Is expected that more than a m pv:M?hundred of Amorloa's finest racers will entered for tho stake races. w] The purse races will bo much above L'solf-'tho average thin year. Moro money Is (Offered and better horses will he raced, he JmM' The track has been put In apple pie f(1 >Mfii?rdor and the grandstands enlarged r??rl-^nd reworked. This was necessary to to ifefc^accommodate the Immense crowds that W( iM^HvllI witness all of tho races during fair /S^vKveek, this being the first of the series fe^Mfn the Virginia-Carolina Circuit. There will be other sports. Davidson . \v^>College plays Clenison on Wednesday, IZ tyym&nd the University of South 'arollna $S%vp1ays Davidson College on Thursday. Mr. H. C. Keenan will have the races' p<l charge, and he knows his business, if Sk?*resident Mobley expects tho races yfii*1' t? bring people to the fair ; Wl ^'yV'-Xtoin every part of the State and from en ' vjrtiany surrounding States. ^ "Human Hearts." " hSw- ^0<>^ plnys, like good wine, improve .ie J'&lWith age. This is certainly true of so W^!<fthat marvellously successful melodra- rn "Hnmnn Hearts" which Manager tli vfip^^nnkeville offers for the tenth year. f4^Wh? company to be seen in the play season comprises all of last w JKr^ear's favorites, and wherever a part or S?M?ould he improved upon, the change or been made, and it is promised qi lf|$PMtat never before has this beautiful fa J^i^^Way been so well presented. "Human be ef^menrls" gives a pure, wholesome lesn I*^^^>n that touches I lie .icart-strings in no n pathetic scenes and excites the on ;:|^$ibilit ios i i the humorous ones. Tho n^i?tihos and comedy are so well blendthat the audience is iti tears one Pi ?&j?m<>mcnt and convulsed with laughter next. The science equipment will perfect in every details, so it is u?|i|Baid, and the management has done ? f^w^r.Vtthing possible to insure a first nr performance. G< FOR GOOOD ROADS. esident Sligli of Good Roads League Sends Out Letter?VicePresidents. Sometime ago at a meeting of the ral letter carriers it was decided tn ganize a good roads league for Newrry county. Mr. W. K. Sligh was jctcd president and given auth n-ity appoint vice-presidents in each wnsliip. He has named tlie.se offers and sent out a circular lette*. each outlining his duties. lie ha-= so sent a petition for the vice-prcsimts to have the citizens in eacli wnsliip sign with a view of workg up a sentiment in favor of goo-1 ads. A copy of this letter from esident Sligh together with a eop> the petition with the list of viceesidents, is given in this connection Sept. 14, 1908. 3ar Sir: At a meeting held Sept. 7th, al ewberry a Good Roads League foi is county was partially organized id the president of the League was structed to appoint a vice-president om each Township. It gives m< easure to ask you to serve as viceesident from your township. The duties of your office will he 'fined when the by-laws of the Leaic are prepared and adopted. Bui m may assume that among your dues will ho to take active control oi io organization in .your Township id to advance in other ways the inrest of the league. The object of the league as its nam* dicates is to secure good roads foi ir county. It is its purpose to hel) lprove the condition of our roads ir e immediate future, and finally, il issible, to secure hard roads, thai nil bo properly laid out and graded > accomplish this latter object ma) ke years but this h*, our ultimate m. This work can ho done only aftei orough organization. Wo will firs! all need to educate our people t? o the great importance of improving ir 'highways. This wo hope to d< rough out county and local organat ions. Literature on the subjeel ill ho distributed and a liberal us< ado of the county papers. When the cal leagues are organized, speakers ill be sent to them to discuss gooc ads and how to get them. First of all we want to get a loca! ague in each township. Will yov >t at once secure in your townsliijr [?ners to the roll? I enclose a forn r members to sign. The only contion for membership is a desire tc ivc better roads and a willingness participate in a discussion of plans hereby they may he had. The leaic has no plans as yet. Such plans ust. be the result of the discussions liich will follow nfter we get organod. It will not be necessary tc >ld a meeting of your local league r some time yet. We simply wanl got signers to the rolls now, anr ? want to get as many as possible iter a Ciill will ho issued for tin wnsliip leagues to meet and organ e. There are no foes. Wo are counting upon your active -operation in this matter. Of course will take some of your time, bill o feel that this is a most worth) mse and that yon cannot serve yom iiint.y in a better way. Personally, I believe that this sub ct of roads should command tin rious thoughts of our people. Goor >ads would do more for the count) tan any other thing. .Their value ninot be over-estimated. T further believe that if our people ill give this subject serious consid at ion and band themselves togeth for a serious discussion of this lestion that some feasible and satis ctory plan can he evolved by whicl stter roads may bo had. T shall he pleased to hear that vov icept this position and that you art trolling members. Yours truly, W. K. Sligh. esident Newberry Good Roads League. We, the undersigned citizens of No Township, hereby enroll oui imes as members of the Newberry ood-Roads League and in doing sc we express our sympathy with the Good-Roads cause. We desire to i have this subject discussed to the end that we may become informed, and we promise to aid in this discussion to tlie extent of our ability. We do ! not hereby commit ourselves to any i plan for securing better roads, and we understand that there are no i membership fees. - Name Post-ofnce The following named persons have ' been appointed as vice-presidents > from their respective Townships: No. 1?Mr. C. T. Summer, i No. 2?Dr. W. C. Brown. No. ?Mr. William Whitnev. I No. 4?Mr. John W. Scott/ L; No. 5?Mr. W. C. Sligh. No. (i?Mr. W. 1\ Smith. No. 7?Mr. W. It. lteid. No. 8?Mr. T. P. Cannon. No. 9-?Dr. G. Y. Hunter. No. 10?Mr. T. ,1. Wilson, t No. 11?Dr. E. 0. Ilentz. , Sunlight Society. ; The thirlocnth annual State Grand t Lodge of the Sunlight Society con; votied with Welch Zion Baptist ohurch at ten o'clock, Aug. 0, 1908. The convention w?s called to order by > Bro. M. C. Scurry, t lie grand prcsi dent, and prayer was offered by Rev. t D. C. Copeland, of Laurens. President - M. C. Scurry then addressed the con? vent ion. Tie made some very enter> taining remarks lo the delegates and visiting wards. Ife spoke as follows: "As this is I lie thirteenth annual i session of the Stale Grand Lodge of the Sulnight Society, 1 want each ele> legate, each president^ and icach i friend to fully understand the purf pose of this convention. First. 1 will I say that in order thai we may not . return to our homes ashamed and ' that there be no whiskey selling or > drinking around iliis church or any killing, 1 empower each delegate if they see any selling or drinking of t whiskey about the church t'hey re> port it to me and 1 will send the j names of the party or parties sn > charged to the trial justice in the - city. I'urtlier it you see anyone [ carrying concealed weapons T want > you to inform me for we arc undei ; t'he State charter and for us to de? mand proper protection we must 1 help the Slate to uphold and enforce the law. T want it understood that 1 the Sunlight Society was not organizi ed for politics and T shall see to it > that no political speeches are made i in this convention. We are a chari table society. Now in conclusion 1 > will say that I shall not allow any > delegate or friend to speak a word ? against the white people for all ol - t'he white peoplo are my friends and ? they arc our friends if you will let < them, and T say to you work for the - white people if they ask you and d< ) them a favor. That is right. Do it 4 and they will not forget you. Tell t the white people that you cannot live I here without them, and they cannot . do wit'hout us and they will agree with you. Let us work for them ami I will assure you that the negro ol Newberry county and all other conn< ties especially I he members of the , 'Sunlight Society will receive full I protection at the hands of our while ' people." After this election of officers took place and the following were elected: Pro. M. C. Scurry, was unanimously | elected to succeed himself as the I grand president for two years. Wc trust in God to do more charitable 5 work this year. We have had 15 members to die during the past veai and all of them were buried by Mr - P. F. Baxter and Son and Mr. R. Y - Leavell and Son. M. C. ^ A man is not jnstifiedi n becoming a night rider merely because he cannot afford a high upower motor car, \ 5 Wilhin three weeks the political excitement will be allayed to some extent by | lie foot ball games. As for the town of Columbia, it never won a pennant in its life.?News and Courier. Ts it true that that Siavannah is f<i II have a sixteen-storv blind tiger sky*, scraper??-News and Courier. NEW EXHIBITS AT THE STATE FAIR October 26 to 30?Prizes for Successful Farmers. Une of the best attractions at the State Fair this your, whlcli will he I hchl in Columbia beginning Monday, October 26th, ami closing Friday, Octohor 30th, will l?t> tho Field Crop Department. This new feature will prove of :nl< rost to every farmer In I lit* State. !t will he under the inniriwmcnt ol Prot. J, X. Harper, Director of (In L'leinson Kxpcrlmcntal Station, who b one of the best agricultural experts in the South. Professor Harper has per-, onally solicited the exhibits for this '.epari n-.-'iil. and will arrange everything to inU'iintnue. I le will he assisted l>y liis whole corps of e\)ieri ihM>elat<v<, and It will be worth the trl| to the fair Just to talk to these expert pen !'iul got their ideas on prat ileal . -ininu. i'len.y.n College will have a big exlibit in this department, but will not be allowed to compete with the individual exhibits. Some line prizes will I e awan'ed the farmers. For Instance, $ >0 will ' ? given for I be largest yield of corn t i the :?' ! , $>.*? for the seeond best, and cotton will have tho same amount awarded for the best yield per tore. Dozens of other interesting con1 ests have been provided. President Moblcy. being a practical stoc.kinan himself, is giving much at'ention to this part of the fair. There will be n.ore thoroughbreds shown than ver before. The stalls have all been "(novated tnd the pore water from the city has been connected, so that th? cattle and stick will bo well taken :u-,> of. This v. ill b'> pood news t< 'lundrods of breeder.* who might otherwise have hesit itcd to send their finest to the fair. The poultry show bids fair to be a Ti'iind sii"ce?s this year. There seem.- to more Inti r< In every departitie.il. Tie n.;. nagement believes this will be the largest and best fallever held here. Information as to the prizes will be cheerfully supplied by President John O. Moblev, or Secretary 1 A. \V. l,ove, at Columbia. S. Neglect of Yellow Pine Forests in the South. In many parts oL' tho country the most progressive men of the lumber industry have felt I lie greatest necessity of adopting hotter met hods of protecting their timber holdings from lire bill in some places there still remains much to be done. This is particularly true through a pari of the great yellow pine belt of tho South upon which the naval stores industry of the world is largely dependent. A timber owner of Florida, in writing to the forest service at Washington, talks of (he matter as follows: "Speaking of fire protection: 1 here is absolutely nothing being done. The turpentine people, to protect their turpentine timber, rake around the trees during early winter, and then burn the woods. This is ; done to keep off the forest fires of ! early spring. These fires are sup! posed to be set by the cattle interests, for the purpose of burning off the dry grass, so that the young grass , will come up, on which the cattle I feed. Tn doing this, they destroy millions of young pines that have just started to grow and are too small and tender to stand the heat of the fire. "If these fires could be slopped, it I would solve the problem of re-forest( ing, as far as Florida is concerned. I have thought for a long lime that a no fence law would go far toward slopping the burning of tho woods. f As it is now, there is no regulation. "What 1 moan to say i<, thai if , you own a small piece of land, say 10 I acres, and had 10,000 head of calllo, , you are a I liberty to> graze your entile on mv 10,000 acres of land, or on inv neighbor's 20,000 acres of land, anil we cannot help ourselves. If we | would catch you firing the woods and had a witness to prove it, we could prosecute you, but this is hard to do. Tf we had a no fence law, you as a ^ cattle owner, would be compelled to ; keep your cattle in an enclosure, which would remove the temptation " of burning the woods of your neighbors, besides being of infinite benefit to poor people in starting 1 iI;t!e "arms. Fn many instances the rj fencing of the land is by all odds | the largest item of expense in start* | ing a small farm, and often puts it j beyond the reach of poor men who 'might otherwise make a little start . toward farming. "The burning of the grass not only kills millions of small pine trees hut j il impoverishes Iho soil and exposes sjtho ground to the heat of tho sun, thereby retarding tho growth of not only small pine trees but the large i ones as well. The thing that is necessary to make the trees healthy and 1 vigorous goes up in smoke every year. "What I have mentioned, and Hie many destructive methods being practiced in the cutting ol.' timber in I the lores! and in the manufacturing ot it, is costing the South millions of dollars of which she is taking no account, and the present low prices '1 of lumber and naval stores will add to the destruction, for the reason that a many of the owners of timber audi a turpentine leases will not have money n to pay the expense of raking the pines, r Our naval stores and lumber are being sent all over the world, and in the 1 majority of cases we are not making n expenses out of our commodity, which u is really valuable enough to bring a i good, liberal stumpage. We are sell- u ing our turpentine at ,T> and 3(> cents v per gallon, and it will cost $1.00 per r gallon to reproduce the forest from which it is being taken. The. same 1 thing will apply to rosin. We are | giving the world our crop of lumber j at an average of about $lf>.00 per t thousand feel that will cost us from t $40.00 to $50.00 per thousand feel to i reproduce." ? i, 0.. . GREAT GATHERING i OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS > The State Fair Tills Your?October * *20 to 80. ( Tl>? fortieth annual State Fair will be held fit Columbia this year October ' 2G-30, ami It gives promise to be the s greatest State Fair ever held. No nuitler how bud the crops or bow harcl the ' Union, everybody goes to the State Fair I at Columbia. It has been the custom now for nearly halt' a century, and It will over continue so with crowds increasing each year. The atato Fair Is the one time of the year that work can bo put down and overyono havo a good time for n few \ lays. Old acquaintances ami relatives ' meet at the State Fair If they lire not fortunate enough to meet elsewhere turlng the year. Friends meet friends >nd college men meet their college mates and renew friendships with good i stories of the good times of the past. This year the fair holds even more than that for South Carolinians. It , will be made up of new exhibits that will touch the farmers new methods ind Improvements that mean money to .'very one of them. The races Wl!i lie the lies! ever seen .n the South. This being the tlrst year i that the Fair Association has entered he Virginia-Carolina Circuit. The stake races will bring many of the ountry's very Hnest racers. The two 'ootbal! ganns will draw thousands ol 'iithusiastic "routers" from both On '.'arolinjis. Coiumliia is better Mtled to lake care >f her guests than ever before, with noi'e hotel accommodations. The railroads will all put on special rates. .isual. 1 'resident John <5. Mobley. of | :he Fair Association, hns worked hard :o get everything in ship-shape, and In uredlcts the largest crowd In the his- j tory of the fair. An Interfering Neighbor. It was a particularly hot summer in the city, and the Russel avenue ' district was a particularly hot (lis- ^ trict. For the most part it was :i region of lodging houses, and in windows and doors appeared, mi one form or another, the familiar sign, "Rooms to Let." Mr. Morgan, whose dwelling was a* the farther end of this region, dropped into his chair one stifling late afternoon, and mopping his forehead, sniil to his wife, "Well. I've made 1 her mad now. "Who's mail?" asked his spouse. '' I 'lease explain \ oiirsi ll'.'' 1 ''I don l know hct name, answer- 1 < (1 Mr. Morgan. " ll s tie." woman -- ' I the lady -win keeps a hoard inn1 house ! on the cori or of | lie avenue and Hammond -I: eel. I have In go by I here four times a day. you know, I and I just couldn't stand it any long- i er, so I rang the bell. She came. I told her what I wanted in as few , words as 1 know how, and then got out." j "Well, you haven't given me the slightest idea of what it's all about," said his wife. .. i I hat s so, guess I haven't," he ( admitted. "It is so hot. Why, that , sign in her window; I've seen it so ( oft en. 11's so hot.'' Again he paused. "I'm wailing." stated his wife pa! tient 1 v. "Oh!" He roused himself. "Yes. ' | It's so hot, and I guess I made her ! j pretty mild. Why, the sign read ' i ' Sunny Rooms. St eani 11eat and ( on-1 i I innous I lot Water! " ' j lie mopped his perspiring forehead again. "My, but she was mad when ll asked her to change it. Guess I I shall have to go to the office another I] way after this."?Youth's Oompan- j I ion. i ] JOHN McGAHA SLAIN tilled by Unknown Negro?Tlirco Times Acquitted of Murder. (y 'ho State. Anderson, Sep). 27.?Two killings, shoot ing wbioli may result in death nd an aeeidonlal death is the record lade in I lie jnisI 24 hours within a adius of 2") miles of (his oily. I lie lirsl oI t hese occurred in Dunkin township in (Ireenville count v last light, when John MeOaha, a 'white nan Ilirice tried and acquitted for nurde?% was shot and killed by a icgro whose name is unknown and ^ho has fled. According to reports ceeived here. ^Icdalui and one of tho Vshlov s wen I t roni their homes at lonea I'alli into (ireenville county ast night to arrest (iwo negroes and alee I hem hack to llonoa Path. Af?r capturing the men and while rcurniug with them tlicy were over ikon in the road by a negro, who pened fire upon I hem. Hot ween 12 nil I.) shots wore exchanged, and afor tho smoke had cleared away John dedaha was found dead as lie sat in lis buggy, with two loads of buckshot n his stomach. Mofiaha was aeqrtilcd by an Abbeville jury two weeks igo of the murder of (Se<>r<;o Clinkrales, colored, his third victim. The loiiro who shot Mcdaha has skipped he country, and liis whereabouts aro inkno'Wn. Letters Advertised. Lot'ters remaining in postoflicc at vewherry, S. <.tor week ending iepl. 2(>, 1 DOS. Mr. Aron Auterv. < arrie I bridges, Klora Houknight, diss hula llohos, Myiiie lluycsl. Mr. Charlie Cuiuhec, Mr. (i. II. ';inii?hi, I lenriel i a t 'ook. Mrs. .I;ispor Kichberger. Mrs. .biicv (iraliam, Aiihur Hraver, dr. flno. ('. (irilliu, Mr. Chester (irifiu, Mr. <). L. (Jrnbb.s. I'liemie I lair. lames Ji>1111 Si >n. Mr. Auric Kiiejhurn. Mr. |{. Koiikiis, Mr. Will MdIride. Muse McKines. ill. ( harlie Xc.shitl, Kosy I'olker, Mary I'onds, Hal tie ljiice. Mainly liulV, Mr. Adam i {11 rr (iarinon Sly, .lauic Smith, Miss Hitlie Summer. Mrs. Kmer 'laylur. Nora Wicker. All persons calling for these loiters will please say that they were advertised. ('has. ,1. Hurcell, 1'. M. Proving His Motto. "Well, sir." exclaimed 'he millioniiire, "what do you want this inornin"' '" I v'e come j:, ; , ;( !>' for y??:ir i la tinIi I c r. said l!ic poor but amhiI ioiis young man. "Haven't I |o|<| you six times over >n a-- many different d:ivs ihat it i-, "it of (lie question.' W'!>a| do yon mean by but herinv sue in this w;iv ? oil are makiitir a nuisance <,i votii >elf!'1 "If I >ecm t<> he inoi'c per-Menl llian circumstances warrant, I must, insist that you, sir, are to blame." "Me!" shouted the indignant old man. "I don't understand you." "There," said the man who loved liis daughter as he pointed to a motto over the banker's desk, "is my xcusc for coming here day after day, il at first you don't succeed, try, trv, Iry again." Do you believe iu that sentiment, or have you put il up I here simply to deeeivf' people?" After he had smutched his head iwhile the mean old plutocrat said: Yes, I believe in I hat. I haven't succeeded yet in making you underhand tlia.1 my daughter shall not. heroine the wife of a fool, bill I am L'oing to keep on trying till I do! rSo??il morn int:!'' And that time he did it.?Strand Magazine. We would not he in the least surprised if it should be developed that Senator Fornkor was a friend of the late South Carolina State dispensary. I