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E H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New. a] st berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, February 25, 1910. t< We hope it is true that Super- rc visor Feagle means to do some sys- b< tematie work on the public roads. With scrapers and road drags and fine young mules sad a large force E on the chain gang there ought to be fi a lot of fine road work done during d this year. til The time for hunting is out to-day. se Game Warden JameV, W. HendeT- ei smo will enforee'the law so far as he T] may be able and any violations fa coming to his notice will be proseen- cC ted withani regar.d to the person vi- b elating thelaw. That is right. It es is better to enfree the law, what- th ever it is. of The review of the legislative ses sion which we print was written by' Mr. August Kohn of t4e News and C Courier. It covers fairly and care- C ully all the important questions w seted upon by the legislature and P D te results. When you have.read it you will know what changes weret a made in our laws. There was .not Ik mueh done and therefore no harm di Was done. It is best not to change d our laws too frequently. ___ ___ __ . fie The address of Mr. J. Marion la Davis, on welfare work in the mil, . in which was made by him at the meet ing held in Columbia on last Set urday is published in full in this ssue .of The Herald and-News. It Ls- carefully and well prepared ad ai lre'ss inddeserves and will repay -. eareful reading. A great many oerwise-well informed people hafve0 a-nistaken idea of the conditions e iui- mi villages and of the char- e. aeterof the people who reside there. * Mr.Davs gvesa true -picture Of* I ~ naniy of the iinill towns#eim South Carolina. In this section conditions. agh country are not as had asthe .;paints them but it is too trge that d many of the people who live~ in the a couaitr~y do not give' that attention ~which they should and could to the S comfort and convepienee of their iiemes. - e ~~ Altogether that- was a splendid t] *address and will repay your reading. a: Mrs. J. C. Lask, who has been the d Division Passenger Agent of the t * Southern railroad with headquarters or at Charleston fo rseveral years, has 0 resigned, and has -gone into private y business in Bi-rmingham, Alabama. 't Mr. Lusk was a very efficient and y a v.ery popular railroad official, and sC while we regret to have him leave de South Carolina our best wishes a.t-m V- tend him in his new field of labor. -He- is-succeeded by Mr. W. E. Me --ee, who has ,been Traveling Pas- at senger Agent with his headquarters if in Augusta. Mr. McGee has been in F the service of the Southern railroad * or a'num?ber of years and has many th * riends in Newberry who congratu- ait late him upon his promotion. be . He is succeeded in Augusta as a Alex. H. Acker. n te: SSTUDENTS' DAY OF P&A.YER.. ht Next Sunday is the day set apart Ul i all1 the colleges and universities st of thegworld as the students' day of w] prayer. .In this day of ultra-corn- 1i< mercial activity, when it is too of- of ten the case that even in our sch'ools he 1ij and colleges the dollar is put a,bove bi the maa, the setting apart of such bc a day is a most -encouraging sign of gr the times.m *This "'call to prayer'' was issued ai by the Student Volunteer Move- u~ * ment, and it is published in part in l another column of The Herald and h( * News to-day. The call has been bt heeded by the progressive Young m Men's Christian association of Newberry college, and the service of bterest and arranged with a view of >operation in. the world-programme. i addition, the pastors of the city murches have been asked to make ppropriate intercession for t1he udents in their prayers in the iurches on Sunday, in line with the meral idea. The day of prayer for students is be strongly commended and the sults of the efficacy of prayer will largely felt. A card by one of the ladies of agefield to the editor of the Edge Ad Chronicle, published in the Lily papers and repriated in this sue of The Herald and News, is to ,e effect that the story of the nding of, a bunch of white hya aths, tied with crepe, to Senator lman, "is positively untrue, so ,r as the mothers of Edgefield are neerned." "If such a thing has en done," continues the eard, "it .me from some irresponsible iomree; e unwarranted use of the names Edgefield's mothers is serious in ed. I hope the whole thing is' a istake. The card of Mr. L. Wigfall eatham, editor of the Edgefield 2roniele, and the oorrespondent o sent the story to the daily tpers, follows the card of Mrs. anoranit. Mr. Cheatham saying -at his authority for using the ws item was supposed to be good id reliable,. and for this reason he d not verify it. Mr. Cheatham :presses himself as greatly grati d that the item was not true. In ~ view of the editorial in the st issue of The HeraM and News disapproval of the sending of the wers and the crepe, we desire to .press our gratification that there as no foundation for the story, so Lr as the "mothers of Edgefield" -e concerned, and to call especial ;tention to the cards of Mrs. Dun rant and Mr Cheatham. * ** * * s * *-* * * *- * * * '- * *THE IDIJL. * * * * * * * *,* * * * * * * * * ~The government officials have de ded that a hen,is a bird. The tariff w levies a duty of five cents a zen om hen eggs -while bird eggs c'e permitted free. Then I suppose ader this interpretation there is no wh thing as a hen that produces ;gs. So far asmy1use goes they >uld have leff a hen a hen be mse I 'don't intend to eat say of Lose imported eggs whether they e hen eggs or bird eggs. There have been a great many mths in Newberry recently. To ose who have been bereft of loved es whether in the prime and vigor young life or in the sere and ~llow leaf I etxend deep and heart It sympathy.. I have been under e rod and know what it all means. e mast remembez that we can not journ here always and whenever eth comes it is sad. We should so r that we are ready at y mo ent to pass under, but that does it mean that we shall go'- around Lth sad and long count;enances, but the same time so .act to. others as we expected to live always. Do ur didty faithfully and ehee 1y at all times. What's the use quarreling ..nd saying unkind ings. What's the use worrying out things you can't help. If you lieve.- the Bible and in an all-wise yas taught in the Bible you must ow that all things are for the best i while we may not aniderstand >w we shall know hereafter. I of a wonder why people get out of ior with one another and say kind things and put so much ress on money. The rich and the >or all meet on a cpmmon plane en they depart and a2l the! mil ms of earth can't buy one moment time nor purchase an atom of ppiness out the other shore. That e is the most useful and has the ggest credit to its account on tiae ok oPt records that has been of the eatest service and has done the ost good, been the most cheerful id has shed the most sunshine >on the lives of others. Don't be oled. Long prayers in public and ud professions unless backed by a art of love and service will avail it little. The hypocrite will stand ighty little show when the search ht is turned on. "It is the love of power that herent and iceradica,ble. A nation is only the individual in the aggre gate and selfishness is the guiding gospel of both." Wonder if that is really true. Is selfishness the "guid ing gospel" of evry individual? Well, sometimes I almost believe it is. It is all right to be selfish but that varrow, spiteful, mean kind of selfishnes which can't see to the end of a flat, stubby nose, which to injure a supposed enemy one goes out of his way and in the end hurts himself-well, that is contemptiblq and despicable and hurts a commu nity if very much of it is permitted to take root in the community. Of course there is none of this kind in Newberry. We are too big and broad and liberal and cultured to permit it to take root in our com mumity. Everybody in Newberry is working for the. advancement of the town and there is no.. display of lit tle methods. Certainly not, except now and then there is the mushroom growth of a little shrivelled soul trying to spring up, but it doesn't last. Joseph W. Folk says, "There are only two great contending forces in this country to-day, On one side are the advocates and the benefieiaries of special privilege; on the other are those who- stand for equality of. opportunity to all." Which side are you on? It may depend how far you have gotten on the special priv ilege class and how strong your rod of power and oppression is. "It is an issue between money and morals; between dollars and men." Which side are you going to stand on in the battle for reform. That was fine in the city coumcil to put that street light in Friend street at the union depot. This is a city council that does things and I have wondered why the civie asso eiation has not been more aetive in pushing some of those things for which the association has been con tending. Now is the time while you have a mayor and a coineil who are willing- to cooperate and who have the courage and the backbone to do things that are neede,d even if they do meet opposition from some strong financial cnters. That o*ppositzion will soon fade. away but it takes a degree of courage to brook it' and do things. .Speaking oL the eivie associatiois The Idler hei..beems the friend and advocate of the~ association and with its feebhle efforts has done ghiat it could' to help~ the 'work of Avic im proement, but when people t1I me' what is being done in other commu nities and I walk out and look around at the lack of civie pide in this old town-end I judge if the' appearnce of streets andiflge -gar dens, or the la.ck of the-4dam,al most discouraged beyond the ability to write another word. But I want ed: to suggest to the eivie asioeiation the advisability of havinig a social meeting with a few refreslmdents and inviting the men-the busines men, the- bankers, the lawg&s 'anJ doctors, the newspapers and the can dlestiek makers, in fact' get" 'm all out and have some light "refresh ments and; some speeches -said itoasts, in fact ha've a real good MMPtinie and get up some enthuiini ana get .'em -to talking. What do you say?i Maybe we could w'a'ke up Joni Einard. ~Give him s&iiatbing to eat and I believe he would stir. Let's try it. Somebody has called mny attention to an article in the News and Cou rier from Bennettsville where the ivic league is endeavoring. jo have the wagon yard and hitehing posts moved from the public squarp. They will win as they ought to. By the way I have been expecting that the, civic association would have. ordered printed those resolutions adopted at a recent meeting thank ing the mayor and council for the ordinance removing wagons from the square i front of the old court house, anid pledging their support in all efforts to make a city beautiful. I am sure it. is an oversight. The public ought to kn'ow that the civic association appreciates the fact that city coneil has done what it has been working for since its organi zation and that council has the sup port of the association. The Idler. Oyster Supper. The committee on charity and help for 0O'Neall Street church will serve an oyster supper Saturday night, February 26. at 7 o'clock to raise! funds to help the poor. The New erry Concert band will give a free THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Lyceum Attraction Good.- School Entertainment Tuesday Night. -Literary Sorosis. Prosperity, February 24.-Dr. T. F. Littlejohn, of Pacolet, was in the city over Sunday. ,The banks and the rural carriers are about the only ones of our peo ple who enjoyed a cessation from labors Tuesday. Mrs. Jeff Beacham, of Spartan burg, was the guest of Mrs. S. L. Fellers for several days of this week. Mr. Ernest Luther, -of Columbia, visited his parents a few days ago. The Lyceum attraction Thursday evening was rightly termed an at traction.. The persevering few who braved the weather which was not as bad as it really seemed, were more than repaid in full for their effort. Mrs. Allie Charles, of SaludR, visited Mrs. Clarissa Bridges last week. Mrs. Eliza Nunnamaker has gone to Columbia on a. visit. Mr. Fred Harmon, of Ri.hland, visited relatives here last week. Mrs. R. E..Shealy and infant son have gone to visit her mother, Mrs. Hatton at Pomaria. . Supt. Wheeler has gone to the Smyrna section to teach for a few days. Our representatives are home from their arduous duties at the legisla ture. We feel sure they are glad to get back where conditions are normal and people are not heard so much for their much speaking. Remember that the school lads and lasses are preparing to greet you Tuesday evening. We think we can safely say that you will hear something different under tie sun. All the songs are tuneful and new. The readings are all choice and the drills will be very pleasing - to the eye. Nothing wil be spared to give you a pleasant hour and value re ceived for the me're pittanee (15e. and 10c.) which will be the admis sion fee. The exercises will begin at 8 promptly. -The ;many friends of Rev. W. P. Blanton, who served the Baptist congregation here so .long and faith fully, will 'be'interested to know he has gone to Orangeburg. Since leav ing here about ten years ago Mr. Bla.nton has been serving the chur'ch ~ Graniteville -very acceptably. Miss Willie May Wise is home from Winthrop on account of a very severe attack of grippe. She will return as soon as she recuperates. , Miss Angie May Belenbaugh was the guest of Mrs. Eff Ridgell last week. Mr. Boatwright, of Ridge Spring, visited Mr. W. A Moseley 's family this week. Mrs. Ridgell and Mrs. Boatwright visited at 'Kibler's Bridge Monday and Tuesday. Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps has been very indisposed for the last . week. We hope he will ,soon be entirely well. The Liter~ary Sorosis enjoyed a most 'delightful reception at Mrs. Wyche 's on Tuesday 'afternoon. The parlor was festive with flags. A.roundj the walls were the pieta!res of all the presidents arranged in ordier with appropriate quotations. More brain teasing than merriment .ein sued' until the acquaintances of oth er days were properly . renewed. After lon~g enough time the re;ults were handed t*~ the hostess. Mrs. Morris and Miss Kohn were the two successful contestants. Mrs. Morris drew the lucky numiber, and received a handsome corsage bouquet of violets. Little Misses Wy'de, Fellers and Quattleba1um who 'were gay with red, white and blue sashes pr.'enLed the guests with appropriate favors in the shape of bunches of cherrie;. hatchets and the national colors. An inviting three course luncheon was served to the following _guests: Mesdames Moseley, Huniter, Mor:ris, Wyche and Misses Kibler, Kohn, Russell and Lester. Farmers Mutual Fire Association. All policy holders in the Farmers Mutual Fire Association are noti fed that Wednesday, March 2, is the last day for paying sinking fund as sessment. L. I. Epting, Secretary. NfOTICE OF STOOKHOLDEE.S MEETING. The Annual-'meeting of the Stock-. olders of Security Loan and In vestment Compainy will 'be held in the o ee of t.ae company at New berry, S. C., on Thursday, March 10, 1910, at 5 o'clock p. m. W. A. McSwain, Secretary. 2.25-it.w 4d. 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