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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as second class matter. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1904. The Circus. The :arrival of the circus has brought joy to the soul of the editor of the Atlanta Journal. Hear him: "Show us the man with 'soul so dead that he does not feel the least bit of thrill when the circus comes to town, and we will show you a con firmed cynic. He's a bad man: fit for 'treasons, strategems and spoils.' For the man who eleva,es his pro boscis at the circus not only admits that he isn't young and never has been, but furthermore, advertises the fact that he has no sympathy with yduth. And, while it may be only a misdemeanor never to have been young, it is deliberate criminality never to have desired youth. ..refore. the circus is your true test. as to whether your neighbor is 'human' or not. One who has be come thoroughly disallusioned is it only a heavy weight upon himself, but wearies all his acqttaintances as well, and it is a false sympathy which regrets his suicide. If a man claims that the circus bores him, it is because all the freshness is gone from his nature: and by the same tok en he is a bore himself. Except you become. again as a little child, you shall not enjoy the circus: and if you have the power to do that, you are in such a spiritual condition that you need not worry about the hereafter. Of course we don't mean to make the flat-footed statement that all who go to the circus will of necessity go to heaven, nor that all who are admitted to the latter p'ace must have been circus-goers; for even some of the circus-goers are wanting in the prop er childlike simplicity in other things. and may not be able to creep under the tent of paradise. "But the main proposition holds true: its a bad man and a bad neigh bor, and above all, a bad parent. who can forget his own juvenile delight in. the brave bespangled confusion of the Greatest Show on Earth. (Each circus is the Greatest Show on Earth.)". The circus is a great institution. and one that has more than kept pace with the growth of the country-in deed, its development is such as to make it one of the leaders. The cir cus brings gladness to the heart of more people-old and young, white and black-than any other institu tion, and the only sad feature about it is that as a rule it comes only once a year. The trust idea has invaded ~the 'ranks of the showmen, how~ever, as it has almost everything else, and now the big tented exhibitions block out the country and guard against conflicting dat's-in fact, the three or four' really big shows hit only in high places. The circus syndicate was probably driven to this course by. reason of the size of the shows and consequent expense and the wide spread hostility of legislators toward showmen. At present a circus is taxed to about the same extent as a rdilroad is assessed for damages and apparently with about the same feeling. The spectre of a circus sweeping through the country and taking all the money along with it is an old one and one which should. along with the idea that railroads are enemies of t'he people, be relegated to the past. The circus is a great institution, and we hope it will live to enjoy frequent visits. It is an event of a year for many people and that of perhaps a lifetime for some: it causes folks to forget their troubles and have a good time and in short it is America's leading amu1sement in stitution and its visits should not be so few and far between-Charlotte Observer. The circus is a great American in stitution. The editor of this paper has always bee a warm friend of the circu's. We were reared in the coun try and we remember most distinct ly with what delight as a boy we looked forward to the coming of the circus and what a revelation it was to us when it came and how what we saw gave us something to talk about for weeks after. Since com had a good word for the circus and have advised our friends to go and take all the children. We have known men to be so good as to criti cize the circus and then hide behind blinds to get a look at the parade. We do not believe in any such hy pocrisy. Newberry is a good circus town. The circus always attracts large crowds, but lately the city license has been made almost prohibitive and for several reasons the circus has been giving this town the go by. We may not be as good as some of those who have by prohibitive license charges kept the circus from New berry, but we still hold that the cir cus is a good institution and if we were able we would have taken every child in Newberry county to the cir cus which was in Greenwood y-estcr dar. \Ve hope the circus may live long and that the time may soon come when the "biggest circus on earth" may be permitted to exhibit in New berry. Newberry should put new life intm her board of trade, or have a business men's commercial organization of some kind. Nothing helps a town so much as haing some way of securing organized effort in promoting the general advance of the community. Some of our exchanges are discuss the jury sys' . and moralizing on the great responsibility which rest. upon the juror in the administration of justice, all of which is very proper. and very true. The office of juror is one of great responsibility and of much impor tance. The integrity of the jury box should be kept inviolate. It is impos sible for any nation or state to rise above the individuals who compose it. Our government rests upon the in, tegrity. the intelligence and the vir tue of the individual citizen. Our system of administering justice is as good as can be secured. What we need is intelligence and virtue in those who are charged with the ad ministration of the law. Without these no change of system can bring relief. It is said that the recent primary was more corrupt than any ever held. So far as this county is concerned we believe it was as fair as we could expect and we know of no illegal practices at any of the precincts. In some places it is said that money was freely used in the purchase of votes. 'We have none of that in this county. It is a fact that the cost of making a state campaign is becoming so bur densome that only those who have plenty of money can afford to go into a state canvas. This should not be. If it contiues the time will come wvhen the poor man will be barred from en terng the race for any position. If the primary is to remain this thing o~ buying votes, so to speak, and the free use of money should be made to rebound upon the man who uses it. And vet -we have heard that in the old time the same thing prevailed and the use of money and of wvhiskey was as general then as now. After all the only hope is in the education of our people in those virtues which go to make the good citizen. LANDS FOR SALE. There will be offered for sale at public outcry at Pomaria, Newberry County, to the highest bidder, begin ning at 11 o'clock on Tuesday, 18th day of October, 1904. the land at Po maria belonging to the estate of Thomas WV. Holloway. deceased, di vided into six tracts, contamnmg, ac cording to survey, respectively. 89.29. 146.27, 126-34. 99.82. 83.16. 13-002 acres, more or less. Also 19 build ing lots of about one acre each. Terms of Sale: Tracts--r-4 cash. credit portion payable in equal install ments in I. 2 and 3 years. Lots all cash. Plats may be seen at post office at Pomaria and with undersign ed at Newberry. Fuller terms of sale and further information will be furnished upon application. H. C. Holloway. E. R. Hipp. L. M. Fellers. 9 23-5 t. "How's you gettin' on wid youah rithmetic. Lou?" "I done learned to add tup the It is reported in China that the government will send Wu Ting-Fang. formerly minister at Washington. to Europe and the United States on a special mission concerning Manchur ia. A life of Andree, th lost explorer. is to be issued by the Geographical Society of Stockholm. of which he was a member. Important Notice. The Farmers Oil Mill Offers The Following Exchange Rates Per Ton of Seed. 11;0 pounds of No. 1 meal and 900 pounds of hulls, or 1400 pounds of No. 2 meal and 900 pounds of hulls. We will not make the No. 2 meal (that is, meal with hulls in it) but we have just perfected arrangements whereb-y- we can furnish it at that rate to per.ons desiring a low grade arti cle. To further prove that our mill is run in the interest of the producers. we now announce that at the end of the season we will substract from our gross income the legitimate rnnning expenses of the mill together with 10 per cent. on the capital stock and pay the rest to the people who have either exchanged or sold us seed and that in the proportion to the amount of seed furnished us. This is your op portunity to make the mill pay and to share in the profits. All we ask is seed enough to run 8 months. Fur nish them and we will pay a hand some profit to you. You get your share if you bring us but one load of seed. Beginning today we will pay 25 cents for seed at our gin. Next week we hope to be able to have ronm for all the seed offered us. We want to express our apprcia tion of the large business already given us and we regret that we have not had the room to take all the seed offered. Farmers Oil Mill Newberry, S. C., Sept. 2,3 1904. Tlie LateIstitle HATS. We invite the attention of the trade to our new line of Bats for Men and Boys, just received for fall. No gen teman feels well dressed with out one of Stetson's New Derbys, We have these, also a large assrtment of others varying in price from 25c. up. SHOES! Our new Shoes are the very best, and include Banister, The Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. and other good makes. Our values are the best, and our prices are the lowest. iFurmishing Goods! A choice line of neve styles. Neckwear, Gloves, Handker chiefs, Hosiery, Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Umbrellas and Purses. We believe you will appreciate the selection we Ihave made and the low prices we have marked them. Come and see us often. A. C. JONES, Proprietor. Win. F. EWART, Manager. Newbrry, S. C_, Sept. 22, '04. 0 co. 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