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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, July 3, 1906. Congress adjourned on Saturday. Mr. A. C. Jones, candidate for gov ernor, came to his home in Newber ry on Saturday night. Mr. Cole L. Blease, also a candi date for governor, spent Sunday at home, but returned to' Columbia on Sunday night 'to be present yesterday at the meeting of the dispensary in vestigating committee. Both these gentlemen seemed to be very much pleased with the result of the first two weeks of the campaign and both i are very hopeful for the future. Mr. Jones is a prohibitionist, but is making his fight for governor on a platform to abolish the state dispensary 'and leave to eaelj county to say whether it shall have prohibi tion, dispensary or license as provided ' the constitution. Mr. Blease is mua 'n a fight for the contiar of the 'esent state disp 'y, hold ing that tir n A pvi all right if it isproverl exeited. The state campaig"ln has been rear r.anged so that the candidates vill have not only. this week as a rest. but another will he taken begininin .Tulv 2S. This will rearrange tie dates for the meetinigs in tle Piedmont so that time campaign meeting at Newherrry will be on August 14th instead of August 7th. This will probably necessitate a lit tIe rearrangement of our c.)unty cam paign iMasmuchi as under the present programme a county meeting is to be held at Prosperity August 14. TO UTILIZE COTTON STALKS. We take the followini from the Yorkville Inquirer, as it is a matter which is of considerable interest to the cotton -rowers and as the York ville Euqirer has stated the plan and proposition in condensed form the statemeit is appropriated. It will mean a mreat deal for the south if this corporatio'n is successful and we see no reason why it should not be. It has been practically deml oustrated that cotton stalks may be cotiverted intt paper of better quality thanl can be made from wood. and it is estimated that the zrea required for a bale of cotton1 will prodnee a ton of stalk<. The supply will be easily sufficient for all paper that we will need for home conl;ntimtion and leave a surplus for explrt. " Ito rmimi , ii e i ni e-z frili Nm >e wv York to the effect that Mr. llarvie Jordatl i- t t' 'it tlie Sol utr t otton a;soe-a ti'l! I') Ie '' ne I e )iaia<er t a I 'lit iii .ijtiu: it . ,o.Iiio 1 ir ali.l t'ther It\ i.e.toiel. an'l whioi "ill inicidle':ttalv I''k forwantl to am. oily of the uininii andii pacekin' o't' cotton1. 'he nte i. the itw '>r2aniza tion. which has already bteen ~ iecorpori atedl under the haw. of Maine. is tIe Mr. dordIan is pre' ilenit nd the otrh er' 'licerms arec: Vi ce prte.iden t. Sa muel F'. I. Mlorse. New Yrik : secretarv an] treasurer. ,\rthnnt F'. K{ales. New York. D)iretom s. .lohn P. Allison'. C.oncord., GIa.: WI. P. (. llardinm. ltirmingham. Ala.: Will iami H. H a-singrer. Itimrmig ham. A'lla.: H-arvie .Toordlan. Atlatnta, Samuel F. It. Morse. New York: Wt liam C. Seddoon, Balt iimore: W~ iltiam F. Auidiver. Mt,ontgoery. Ala.. and John D). Walker, Sparta, (Ga. ''Most of the paper now being used is made of spruce antd pinie and the supply of these woods is retreating far inito Canada with the tresult that there is ain annual increase in the cost of getting them to the mills, which necessarily have to remaiun stationary. Practical experiments have demotn strated that cotton stalks may be converted into all kinds of paper of ~'much better quality than can be made ''from wood and since, the area requir ed for the production of' a bale of cot ~iton is good for a ton of stalks, it is ~estimated that the supply will not o tnly be easily sufficient for the entire ~home consumption but there will be Aleft over an abundance for export ~ oth in the form of pulp and paper. 'Along with paper and aleohol oth * * by-products to be made from eotton ' tlks include acetone, material for ~o.ess gunpowder, celluloid, pry aadfeutilizers. It is ealonlated theb cornpany will be able to pay *.50 to $2A0 a tonr for eotton 4e Lveted at its plants, which be eventually seattered the cetton regions at in.. ot*iofye or pi: mniles apart. Y T n~ b3dry enthiusiastie i i~~t dovelopanontW. E ed alcohol at something like 10 cents a gallon will result in a tremendous stimulus of the use of gas engines and these will be a'vailable for pulling gang plows, farm wagons, autonobil es, freight vehicles, etc. Better roads will be a natural outcome of new con ditions and transportation by motor cars will then be cheaper than by rail roads which Mr. Jordan thinks will have to go out of business. "With the numerous contemplated )lants of the Cotton Stalks Products company in full operation, the south will soon be getting something like on hundred million dollars a year ad ditional from products that are now going to waste and there will be al most inconceivable stimulus to in dustrices of all kinds. "As we see it there are wonderful possibilities for the gigantic enter prise Mr. Jordan has in view, and if his pl)ans are successfully carried out, we may look for a tremendous in crease in the prosl)erity of the south; but then it is just as well not to At-. low ourselves to bcemne -ico enthus instic over- pr'nsflises, because at best yW1.p0n,ised benetits are to be quite a while in coming.' MHr. John If. Buchanan. who has for thirty years owned and edited the Chester lxeporter. announces in the last issue his retirement from jouria alism. and the sale of his paper to Messrs. T. T. Perkins and W. J. Ir w-in. "r. 1uehanan has given long tind faithful service to hiA people and to the cause of journalism, and is entitl ed to the " well done'' from those he has served so longt and so faithful lV. It is anlounced that the paper will be chatged1 to a semi-weekly, and The Herald and News extends to Messrs. Perkins and Irwin a most cordial welcome into the field of jour nalism and we trust that one or both will be presetit at the meeting of the Press association at the Isle of Palms July 17-19. We publish in another calumnn an article showing how a farmer made zoods roads at $10.00 per mile. We Iolpe that our supervisor and every body interested in the matter of Azood oads will read this article and if necssary, might communicate with tle gentleman who made the experi ient. There is searcely any subject which should concern the people of this section more than that of good roads. hiat was a sad tragedy in Orane hir last week. It is a pity men can it4 settle btisiiess matters without a resort to s hit'll violent method"s. We knew Mr. Parks well and pleas antly and1 we always found him tui C-I miuly curtous and conisiderate and kind. We r,ret exoe1i;iL,y hiSi ui I i elv talkin.t'-.,IT and h t to express ym atl h i t-t hr.velmnI)t. SPLIT LOG ROAD DRAG. Costs Little and Makes Good Roads for Ten Dollars Per Mile. Nash villhe American. hu:idte HI. Miller has an interesting articleo inl thet .lunme nmber of' Farm in, hinii. hiowvgood rtatds cant be ttonstructed at a cotst of $10) per mile. This is dontie by means of thme split log rt adh drma. which costs very little to buil and bunt little mote to operate. By its use the " cornm belt '' roads are bieine chiamnedl from mud holes to mttdel turnpikes. Mr. Miller savs in his article that teni vears ago a Mis souri tarmter whom had studied the sub. .ject of good roads hit upon a plan for improving the thoroughfares in his neighborhood, lie rigged up a home made contrivance out of an old wood eni pump stock that the frost had spoiled and an oak post. By means otf three pieces of fence board he nail edl these together so that they were hIeltd parallel to each other. Then he made a roughi plank platform on which to stand, and by means of wire hitched his team to this elumsy affair at such a point that it would drag along over the road with a slant of about 45 degrees. -THe began with the road that ran in front of his own farm. When it was at its worst he drove up and down, from his own front gate to that of his nearest neighbor. Like a huge mason's trowel smoothing off mortar, it scraped along eutting down the inequalities and rough pieces and filling up the wagon ruts. He kept at it, and after a number of drig. gings, in place of the flat basin that had serwed as a water course for every storm to settle in, he had built up a road with a crown and surface that was smooth enough to shead 1sater "like a duck's beek." Ta short he simnpI) demeonstrated the sounaness of his imt.or pren~aise. "Iff Ean geiw rid of the mund.the roads *lfl ese s ~be iudty" 'ltdevice ho ma lie VW~ W NW* called a ''split log road d Even after having perfeet he road drag the reason that it' t this wonder was not entirely",fear to its inventor until lie receiy 'I i_ spiration from observing a hog wollow t Ie says: ''One day I noticed that c water was standing in one of these i wallows long after the ground fll about it. had become dry. Probably f I had many times before observed 3 this fact, but not until now had it occurred to me to hirquire into its cause. Examining the edges of the wallow, I was impressed with the fact a that it was almost as hard as a pice of earthenware. Clearly this wasbe- s cause the wallowing of the hogs had mixed or 'puddled' the earth and the water together, forming a kind of t cement which dried into a hard and I practically watet-proof surface.' An Active Campaign. The man who had by such simple means worked such sronders with his road waD. Wathd Kin'g, of Maitland M." His idea was soon taken up by t the Missouri State Board of Agricul ture and an active campaign was star- a ted for better roads through Missouri. Co-operation was soon secured from the railroads running through the great corn belt section. The result c is that to-day Mr. King is traveling throughout the states of Iowa. Kan sas and Missouri. in fact all through I the Middle West section on special trains in company with college pro fessors and railroad officials preach ing the gospel of good roads and showing farmers how to make a road drag and use it. Villages and town ships, citizens and neighbors are for getting their traditional differences of , opinion and becoming ''soldiers of the common good'' in making better j roads. The Atchison, the Chicago & 4 Alton, the Burlington. and in fact all the great Granger railroads are run ning special ''good roads without a money'' trains. giving demonstrations j of the King idea of road dragging and encouragaing the organization of Good Roads Associations in the com- 4 munities through which the'pass. How to Build the\Drag. After several years' trial. it has been develoied that the best of a drag is made by splitting a log and placing the pices about thirty inches apar.t, with the flat sides both facing t in the same direction and pinning them together. The kind of wood used is not vitally important any kind of light timber will do. It is better not to use oak. Mr. King says that1v the be t split log drag lie ever used was made of red elm. The lower edge of the ftont piece should be protedted with iron aid a wagon tire will answer 1 for this purpose. The log should be s ten feet lon-r. A chain or heavy wire * is fastened three or fontr inches from the rirhmt hand side, and about half wav up. It is then vmried, to the front till it is about two feet away fronm the dra-. then to the left and over the t' p of' the front slab anid fastenedl 1 ar'und1 the cross bar. The team 'hould he hitehed so that the dre will more the dirt to the centre of . I the ro'ad. The importance of hitch ing up properly cannot he over-esti mated1, as it is only second in import a nee to the time at which the draz eine' is done1(. The road should lie dlragrr.ed aftecr every wet spell. because t a smobothi surface is thuts p)rodluce. P>nt that is not the object of drag gin2. Its object is to put the road in-t to such a shape that it will shed the next rain instead of absorbing it. f There are several thiners to be re memibered in op)erating the drag It is certainly not a plaything for child ren, and they should not be allowed to ride it any more than they should on a harrowv. If the drag should strike a rock, the result would pro- s bably be a serious fall. It does not pay to plow a road before dragging,c because that makes the foundation too soft. However deep the ituts may be, if you keep at them with a drag they will soon disappear. By haulnig the drag in a slanting position, the dirt can be esily dragged to the middle of the road In the case of narrow roads, fii-st drag the wheel tracks. After three or four rains plow shallow furrow just outside the part that has just been draged and spread this over the road. Only plow one furrow. Af ter the next rain if necessary you can plow another. At each plowing you widen the road bed two feet. If the earth is pushed to the middle of the road continually the road will drain itself. It is not absolutely necessary to make the drag out of split logs. It can be made out of plank, but it is not satisfactory as it it less rigid than a log. A drag shonul behauled at an angle of about 45 degree. If a girl lrus)t* on telling what a good titte she had probably she dtdn't. A woma~n haq theit be mighty sus-. pleious of t1h ab**d who tells her h - i only w one he knows. What's n McClure's. The July McClure's is a gs hi& y and satisfying literary. meal-sme. ood articles on, new things.tv World, s doing, sone iiportatit ones on vital o)pics. of 'the day, ail a gobd shar e f brisk tnd entertaining stories; the lustrations, many in colors. Ray Staunard Baker's-'Now M!usic or An Old World," describing Dr. 'haddeus Cahill's marvelous inst'u tent for producing music by pievtrie ity, the dynamophone, is full"'otsug. estion and interest for both the itsically and scientifically inclined. Ve have had many superficial de criptions of the San Francisco arthquake, but Henry Anderson after's record of experiences and lie impressions in "My Sixty sleep ss Hours" written on the spot, and t the time of the fire, touches the eal heart of the event. The begin ings of the corrupt methods that re ulted in the decent insurance scan als are interestingly shown by Bur on J. Hendrick in the third instal Lient of the I'Story of Life-Insur ice'' in which lie tells the career of lenry Baldwin Hyde, the founder of the Equitable. The ninth instal lent of Carl Schurz's "Reminiseen es of a Long Life" contains some teresting impressions of Mazzini, he Italian patriot, and Kossuth. the fungarian. Kipling's sturdy and im .zinative stories of Old England con ine with the life of Parnesius, the 0oman legionary, telling how lie was iVen command of the forces on the reat Wall and fought successfully The Wiged Hats'' (the Danes). .on-motorists and perhaps experts as -ell will have their first motorinb sen ations brought back to them vividly nd amusingly by Julian Street's My Enemy-the Motor." James lopper has a story of the Philippines, 'Caybigan" which is full of color ud power. ''The Generous Mr. )ean." by Abby Megurie Roach, is amusing character story with a ttle moral in its tail and 'The Still f Ballywan.'' by Stella F. Wynne. full of fine Irish wit. ''At the Top f the Road.'' by H. B. Going and The ionie Wind.'' are poems worth eadin and reiemberitig. Andre 'astaigne's pictures for the Kipling Ale are stories in themselves. so full bie* are of information and the spirit Id flesh and life of the time. Barbecue. The members of St. Pauls church -ill give a barbecue on the church rounds on Friday July 27. Every fKort will be made to make this the ery best of cues. Arrangements will e made so that the candidates can peak. Come and enjoy a good cue nd a sociable outing. L. I. Epting, Com. Policy Holder's Meeting. The policy holders of the Farmer's rutual Insurance associatio of New erry count y will meet in annual ses ni on Monday the 1th day of July. .t 10 o 'clock, a. mn.. at the court: ouse. A full attendance is desired. L. T. Eptin..r. Jos. L. Keitt. Secretary. President. NOTICE. All personis who wecrc members of he old Beth Eden Farmer's Alliance re requeistedl to meet at Newberry at urday, July 14, 1906 at 10 o 'clock a distribute the money awarded this liiance in the settlement of the af airs of the state exchange. H. H. Folk, Trustee. June 26, 1906. TEACHER WANTED. Good teacher and a good price for good teacher to teach the Smyrna chool. Term from six to eight nonths, beginning Oct. 15. Appli ations sent to the undersigned by th of July at ,which time election rill be held. J. S. Boozer, G. P. Boozer. Newberry, R. F. D. No. 1. For Sale. The, residence now >ccupied by Mr. Chas. J. Purcell. Also the residonce on the same square occupied by Mr. Frank R. Hunter. For terms and prices ap ply to Mr. W. F. Ewart at my store. For Rent The Pasinger store. Pss~es ivon July $4Wers 0.00 mn th payable rvfonth ly dt the end of each A, . JONES. 4M#25. 1908. Subscriptions Every Ladi best pattern The Combi many years forth in thes( AlI MONTH LY STY Every One aI .e .The Lad STATIE f the condition of The Commercial Ba close of business May 4th, 1906. Resources. - Loans & Discounts . $375,597 60 Demand loans ........4,647 56 Overdrafts .. .. .. .. .. 3,912 88 Furniture & Fixtures .. .. 3,051 93 Due from Banks & Bankers 44,774 80 Currency ..S........ 8,759 00 Gold .............. 2,400 00 Silver, nickles, pennies .. 934 64 Cheeks & cash items .. .. 4,004 46 $445,102 S7 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Personally appeared before me J. Y Bank, who swears that the above state edge and belief. Sworn to before me this 4th day of 1.. Attest: Geo. S. Mower. W. H. Hunt. 0. B. Mayer. [. C. MdSELEY, President. M. A. CARLISLE, Vice-Pres. THE PEOPLE'S I P ROSP E Paid up Caia,. Stocholders' Liabili't Protection to Deposi DIRECTORS: Burglar EO. JOH8NSTOE. Plt JOS. H. HUNTER. We war J. A. C. KIBLER. We nv JOH B. OFELLERS. ciples W. P. PUGH. 0. W. BOWERS. We rec H. C. MOSEI.EY. semi Thi isthe season foi have a full supply (all jelly glasses. Als6 rub us'supply your wants i 8EHO.. 0. Dl T8ken For The norui t prefers the for her dress ned Labor of is brought a patterns. NTS .FO*R TH E fER.N S.. LE BOOK FREE Greation of Art, lOWER CON ies' Store . . ,'MENT nk, located at Newberry, S. C., at the Liabilities. Capital Stock paid in .. $50,000 00 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses & taxes paid ..4..............43,335 75 Due to Banks & Bankers . 1,874 78 Due unpaid dividends .. . 675 00 Individual deposits subject to check ...........252,217 34 Notes and bills rediscounted .. .. .. 1.. .. .. ... 100,000 00 $448,102 87. McFall, Cashier of the above name ment is correct to the best of his know! J. Y. McFA LL, Cashier. ?ay, 1906. JOHN C. GOGGANS, c. c. C. p. W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. GEO. JOHNSTONE, Attorney. iATIONAL BANK, ~iTY, S. C. . . .. $2.S,000 00 - - . .3,500 00 ,..,25,000 00 tors . . $53,600 00 Proof Safe. anid Fire Insurance. nd prompt attention. it your business. te investigation. conservative business on business prin.. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. eive deposits in this department from up 4 pr cent interest allowed, payable JARS! putting up fruIts. We sizes) of fruit jars and bers fow fruit jars. ..et ri this line. Prices right. IVENPORT. od Things to Eat.