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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as second class matter. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18. As to Judges. The term of Chief Justice Y. J. Pope is to expire ir a few months, and his successor is to be elected by the legislature at its coming session. Of course the chief justice will stand for re-election-no doubt about that, although he has not so publicly an 7ounced. He is one of the "re formers" who went into office in i8go on the platform of rotation in office but who do not want a personal ap plication made of the principle. Sup pose we rotate the gentleman out this time-he has been sucking the public teat steadily for fourteen years and ought to be satisfied-and elect C. A. Woods as chief justice. He is now associate justice and writes most of the opinions of the court anyway. So if he'is to do the work he ought to have the honors-Bamberg Times. It is not probable that Associate Justice Woods will oppose Mr. Pope. In fact we have reliable information that he will not. He declined to do so when Mr. Pope was elected for the unexpired term of Mr. McIver. It is scarcely fair to the other members of the bench to say that Mr. Woods writes the greater part of the opinions and we do not believe Mr. Wood himself would bear out this assertion. The work is divided up and each member of the court writes his -proportion of the opinions. The Herald and News believes that, if there is to be a change in the judiciary, there should be some other reason assigned than the mere fact that some other fellow wants the job and that a man has been there ten or twelve years. Chief Justice Pope dischargei the duties of the office with satisfaction and we can see no reason for a change and do not be lieve that the members of the legis lature will make any (hange. The Hoyt Hayes Case. Governor Heyward has commuted the sentence of Hoyt Hayes to life imprisonment in the state peniten te.ry. There was a petition signed by about one thousand citizens of Oconee asking the commutation and a counter petitioh signed by about five hundred citizens asking that the sentence of the court remain undis turb\d. We are not disposed to criticize a governor for the exercise of the Sis difficult to put yourself in his place. One thing in this case seems clear to us. Hoyt Hayes is either guilty or not .guilty... If guilty it is a most atrocious. crime which he committed and if the death penalty should be ever imposed this case deserves it. If not guilty he should be given an unconditional pardon and it is a crime to send him to the penitenti ary.:and put the stripes on him. The .jury of his countrymen who heard the testimony say ,he is guilty and the court imposed the death penalty. The governor says he is not guilty, but sends him to the penitentiary for life. Since the governor finds him not guilty he is doing wrong to have * him kept in the penitentiary. The governor bases his conclusion on the testimony of an expert on hand-writing, who says that the note was written by Mrs. Hayes and that she took her own life. That ques tion -was argued before the jury and they did not believe - the note was written by 19rs. H ayes. WVe do not know. of course, which is correct the governor or the jury, but when ,cases of this kind are stub bornly and ably contested before a jury and the courts and the verdict reached in these tribunals is set aside. it is useless for the state to be making. efferts to stop mob vio lence and to talk about disorder and lawlessness in the state. The lawyers in this case were able men and learned in the law. If the case hinged on the note in question these lawyers should have secured the expert on hand-writing and had him testify before the jury. This in a case in the courts in this cour ty and this will be recalled by man of our people. It was the case of Beard vs. Brow in which Mr. Brown denied the gent ineness of his signature to some note! It involved some $o.ooo. Mr. Co1 valho. that is the expert's nam< found that the signature was nc genuine and the jury found in ac cordance therewith a verdict for Mi Brown. Rural Delivery. The rural free delivery of mails i bringing about a marked change i the south. It has put her peopl to reading. At the fireside ever evening they may inform themselve of the events of all the world only yes terday. Calm and serene they ma cogitate upon political issues an form their conclusions without e traneous pressure. If they see ad vertised a campaign speaking the go to it or stay at home accordin to the amount of "show" it offer! They do not regard it as an..engin of education, but rather of entertain ment or excitement. Certain papers have been complain ing of the political apathy of ou people in this campaign. How muc of it is due to the acquirement of th reading habit? "Th-: old orde changeth. yielding place to new." Charlotte Observer. This is very true and it is also tru that when a campaign orator goe out the stump before the people h finds them as well informed on th issues of the day as he is and he can' fool them even a part of the timt It is true that they sometimes reacl conclusions which are not justifie, but we all do that. There is only one thing to preven the extension of rural delivery of th mails to the point where every fam ily in the rural districts will have th mail delivered every day at the dooi and that is the condition of our pub lic highways. And strange to sa, tlhe opposition to any movemen looking to the improvement of ou public roads comes from the peopl who will be most benefited by suc] improvement. The only way to im prove our roads is by getting mone, to put on them and the only way th state has to secure money is by ta: ation. '.txation for this purpos cannot be compared to taxation fo the support of the government fo it is an investment that will pay larg er dividends to those, who pay th least part than any in'vestment the: could make. And yet our peopb strange to say, will be fooled by th statement that the only way to ge good roads is the spme old path ou fathers trod. They will learn b and by that the country will receiv the greatest benefit from mone spent for road improvement. The rural~ delivery of mail is th greatest blessing that has come t our people in a long time and, a we have said, the only obstacle to it further extension is the condition c our public roads. We are sending from this offic an average of 335,000 papers a yea: That is small compared to many c our large dailies but a pretty good Ic of readinggnatter to go from a sma country office to a limited constitt ency. This includes only The Hei ld and News and The Telegram. We want to do everything we ca to make country life attractive an pleasant. Good roads, good school! churches, are necessary, and all de pend on the roads. Attorney General Gunter has d( cided that there must be four seps rate boxes for the constitutiom~ amendments to be voted on at th general election. This, he says. necessary in order to avoid conft sion. The voters should read th notices of election and inform thenx selves on the proposed amendment so that they may be able to vote thei honest convictions. Amending th organic law is a very serious matte and should not be done hastily. I order to submit an amendment to th people it requires a vote of two-third of both branches of the general as sembly and then it must be ratifie by a majority vote of the peopl and again go before the legislatur to be put properly in the constitutioi We have on several occasions unde1 dertaken to explain the severs amendments upon which the peopi -STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN! y COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. By John C. Wilson, Esquire. Probat Judge. - WHEREAS, Eddie G. Havird hat . made suit to ne, to grant her LetteI - of Administration of the Estate and effects of Pope L.Havird. t THESE ARE THEREFORE t - cite and admonish all and singula the kindred and Creditors of the sai Pope L. Havird, deceased, that the be and apepar before me, in the Coui of Proate, to be held at Newberr on November 2nd, next after pub] cation thereof, at ii o'clock in th forenoon, to show cause, if any the have, why the said Administratio should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 14t day of October. Anno Domini, 190. J. C. Wilson, J. P. N. C. Letter to W. C. Tyree. Newberry, S. C. Dear Sir: How easy it is to g< things mixed! This comes from or agents, Messrs. B. K. & G. M Stickle, Rockaway, N. J. A Rockaway man was going t r paint two houses, a year ago, lea( and-oil. They induced him to pair e one Devoe, by agreeing to bear an r loss it might bring him. One of his houses chalked-off, an he called for a settlement. The boot was on the wrong foo s Lead-and-oil is the chalker; not D< voe. It was a mistake, not a but a co. t If Devoe chalked-off as lead-an. oil does, it wouldn't stand a ghost < a chance in the market. Yours truly, F. W. Devoe & Co. t The Newberry Hardw*e compan a sells our paints. Half Rates to Columbia and Retur Via Southern Railway. The Southern railway will sell ticl ets to Columbia and return from a t points in South Carolina includin r Augusta, Ga. and Charlotte, N. C. z very low rates account State Fai Columbia. For military companies and bras bands twenty or more on one tick< rate will be one cent per mile in eac direction, plus trbitraries per capit Tickets will be sold daily Octobe r24th to 27th inclusive and for trair r arriving Columbia noon October 26t with final limit of all tickets Octobe 30th. 1904. The Southern railway in additio to the regular passenger trains rur ning on convenient schedules to CC lumbia, they will operate speciu rtrains Oct. 26th and 27th, 1904, b< tween following points: e Branchville, Camden and Sumt< to Columbia. Spartanburg and intermedial epoints to Columbia. SAnderson, Belton and intermediat points to Columbia. s For full information apply to an agent Southern railway, or wvrite. R. W. Hunt. e Division Passengery Agenlt, - Charleston, S. C. -The Union WAREHOUSE COMPANY OF Columbia, S. C is Prepared to ;STORE COTTON II Standard Ware houses and to arrange Proper Cash Advance if you desireto hold your cott or -details will be e gladly suppliec Sif you address olumbia, S. C. 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