The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 21, 1907, Page FOUR, Image 4
E. H. AULL. EDITOR..
Entered at the Postoffice at New.
berriy S. C., at and class matter.
Tuesday, May 21, 1907.
CAPT. AGUSTUS P. PIFER.
It may not be amiss in one wil
knew Capt. A. P. Pifer, and res
pected and adired him, and whi
often went to him for advice and wa:
advised by him, to pay to his muemuor%
a simple tribute, its merit being it
deep sincerity.
Capt. Pifer died as he mIust hav
wanted to die, amd as one who had]
lived the life which he had lived,
deserved to die. He retired to rest
and gently fell on sleep eternal.
When it was learned that he was
dead, found dead in his bed, his
features in as calm repose as though
he were a child asleep after a day
with its toys, one was reminded or
tho omssing of Tennyson's ArthIur,
for Capt. l'ifer was as kni.ItlY, and
his passing.. was a fit Wet. We are
told 1.ha:1 whei Kin.". A rtilmr was mo
taly wottded, thenl saw he hlow there
hove i dISky ha r ar. 1.1-k as a fiune1r
al scarf from sIti to steini, beneath
hii; and11l whe1 he was pled uponi it
it 1in41ved rloiml the brink on3 amd oil,
fill whe hull looked like one black
dot a'gainlst verg.e of dawn, going
from less to less and vanishing into
light. It was as though Capt. Pif
er's funeral barge had been launch
ed upon the great. sea, gently float
ing beyond the horizon of mortal vis
ion, ''to the island valley of Avelon,
where falls not hail or rain, or any
anow, nor ever wind blows loudly,
but it lies deep-meadowed, happy
fair with orchard lawns and
bowery hollows crowned with sum
iner sea."
Capt. Pifer was, first, a geItleman.
He was east in heroic mould, but. he
was a,s tender as a woman. He had
a kindly word for every one of whom
lie spoke. He realized the frailties
and the Weaknesses of humaiiity, and
for those who failed lie hald cheer
and hope, and those who transgress
ed he was ready to forgive. Ho
''spake no slander, no, nor listened
to it.'' His owln life was pure and
unstained, and(l lie was as far remov
ed from lending himself to stain the
character of others, as man is re
moved from the erawling things of
the earth. Exemaplifyinl ill his daily
life and conduct the hi-hest ideals of
the old Southern civilization, lie was
ever courteous, and himself ''wear
ing tile wilite flower of a blameless
lie,'' lie reverenced t uIle womianl
hood. 1Ionlor he held above price. It
was far beneath him to take advan
tage of aiiy man, in things large or
small. Ie was always approaehable,
and was frequently sought by those
younger t han himnselfC for the adlvice
whiich thIey knew t hey woubtd receive'
at his han mds, antd whIiich t hey kn ew
wiould1( he nmade va liuale b,y his symn
paithet ic interest, his soumd jolg
meiit al his deep iinsight inito hui
mian (cha1racteri and. hunman a ffairis.
It was5 worthi the time oIf any man
to engage him ini conversation, for
he was deeply lear.ned and widely
readl, and his discussions of men and
measures were always interesting
andl entertaining. And in all his
.conversations, as ini all his acts, there
hvas ini evidence the gener'osity of his
naturei'-,for generosity and( chairity
,-ere partis of himself.
'aplt. Piferi wasi a courageous man.
HIe 11a( hothI phiysical aiid moral
conrage of the highest, type. In the
war bet ween the states lie had the
(list ingiiishted honor ofC being captain
of General Robert E. Lee 's body
guardl and1 his comriiaces inl arms say
that in t hose days wheni cour'age was
put to test at the point of steel and
at thle mouth (of the caninoin, lie did
his dtuty and his whole duity.
Personal let ters to him alter thle
war from General Lee showed in
w~hat esteem isld 4( 'ommiIanider' hld
him. And Captain Pifer loved Gen
eral Lee and( lie loved the south. Uie
loved Southern t radit ions, lie loved
Souther.n. peopIle and( lie loved South
ern soil. Memories of the Southern
Confederacy were (lear to him and
were cherished by him fondly.
And, as in the days of blattle, so in
after years, lie shiirked 'no dlutyv
avhiicht was his to perform.
lHe was a knightly Southern gen..
tleman, aitd of no man can more be
saidl. Those whlo knew him blest loved
him most. J. K. A.
GOOD ROADS.
The Union Times, after stating that
its editor does not own any real es
tate and is a poor man and does not
owni as muah as a lhen e'oop in the
way of a house in all Union county,
anid for t.hat r'eason. says it is hard
to tal&e'a standl on a question wvhiebi
is muech in the publie mind, viz., the
building of public roads, proceeds to
talk sense and give good advice on
the subjeet.
As a iatter of (aot as the law now
stands, we would like tk ask tit,
Union Times if what little work is
done on the publio Mads, is it not
almost entirely done bhy those who do
not own any pro'pert4y, and many of
them not as mneh as a mnle.
Is it not also trae ih-at the corpor
ations and t-he pmvrty owners in the
incorporated tuwns contributeC practi
cally nothing i) the working of the
Is it not a1o true I,hat this class of
pIperty and the people w'ho own it
receive the greatest benefit fIXm im
proved highways.
No, the t'nion Times, whetlier its
editor owns a hen coop or not, has a
right to discuss this question and he
is striking at it in the right direct.ion.
Yout callnot build good roads w4h
out money, and we believe that this
monley should come largely at least
from taxation upon tine property in
the township or county in which the
roads are to be improved.
We believe that it is the best in
vestment which the owners of this
property coild m.ake. We believe
,0.i1t, it will pay tle bigest. returns
of any ionley that t.hey could invest.
We are Satisfied it' they would make
the investizeni either in the way of
honld.,;, which is iea) 1ly I lie nost
qlinitll way, if you enn he assur
ed that tile Imonvy is not goin to be
wasted, or whether they make it. in f
the way of a special tax, they will
themselves be convinced t1-at it is a
good investment:
This question of improving the n
Public highways cannot be .held up id
before the people to'o often or too s
strongly advocated. These good roads f
are coming, and the sooner the bet- t
ter. 7
We take pleasure in quoting the d
following from the Union Times on f
this subject: f
But we believe the way to build i
permanent good roads in Union coun- n
ty is to issue bonds and build them. f
The whole country will be benefited b)
alld file whole county should build e
the roads. The private subscription d
method shows commlenldable public si
spirit, blt it is a process that is too d
slow an(] that is too liable to lead to it
wrangling and to small results. The s<
Times is always ready to give every v
man who has a contrary opinion the A
full and free use of its columns. h
We have no "axe to grind," no b)
political designs, no "fad'' to con, p
stantly hold lp to the reader's 'pyes.
We honestly believe Union county c,
will he greatly helped in all material u
lines by good roads. We believe the
way to aret these roads is to issue p
lihfis and build themt. But, the man u
who believes somethinig else fand will Ib
offer his arg-uments for publication c
shall have tile use of our columns. a
We believe in full, free discussion
11)on. all questions of public interest. o
-Union Times. (
WHAT HURTS A RAILROAD. bi
The late Iinii out of Columbia
Tluesday was blocked in a wreck near
Al1st on andl did ntot reach Greon.ville I
utnt il a fte 1i o 'clock yest erdlay morn- A
imi. There were a nnmber of Green-- a
v'ille passenigers, and for hours their a
fr'iend(s and( relatives wtaiting fore
them here could not learn a single ti
dletail ot' t.he accident. As it hap- hi
Pented nto oneo was injured, -but Green- lI
yille people would have beent none ~
he wiser htad there been casualties, e
so far as the Southern Railwvay was h
coincerned, for the 'omlpanly mnade ino
effort to give the pulblic ally informa
tion about te wreck at this end of o
the line.-t
There is a great dleal of travel over
t.he Columbia And Greenville road, 1:
and .t-he public has just as' munch right I
t'o expect 'informna'tion as to the move- I
ment of t raints at this termitus as i
people in Columbia or anywhere else.
Oii the main line of thle Sout-hern the<
local railway people arc always well- 1
informed and anty inform'ation about
tr'ains can lie obtained ftrom thei
Greenvlille omnees.
On, the Columbia and Greenville
line, however', things are very dliffer
ent. It is almost. impossible to ob-<
la.in in formation about Ithe arrival
of trains. Nobody in Greenville
seems to know whether they are com- i
~ing inl on time or not, and as was the
case Tuesday night, not a detail of
a wreck tha.t locd the track for
six htours was to lbe obta.ined ini
Green.ville.
The division omeials in Columbia
should at ontce make arranigemenits to
remed(y this shiort-comning. There is
no reason~ why Greenville people0
abould not get 'as full and accurate
information about trains over the Co
lumbia and Greenville line as is to
be obtained ~from the offices of* the
Atlanta and Oharlotte division of
the mian line.--Greenville News.
We agree entirely wvith tale Green
villu Neirs. 'XVe had an oxp)erieflce
wvith- this samec train, and it Seems to
us 'th.at from wvhat wve leaid of. the
collision the delay was inugl greater
tihan was absolutely 'nenann 1'he
train was due at Newberry- at 4.36. 81
We were expeO ing sone delegates to f
i convention that *ii being held at t
LTowberry at that -time, and ,when the o
lime came for the trai to arrive the o
agent at Newberry informed us that A
it was one hour late and When that ti
hour expired, we were informed thait a
it was two and a half hours late, and ti
finally it came something after 8 t1
hlock, being nearly four;.hours late, li
and those who were on -tho train u
tated that the collision was' due al
nost entirely to carelessneis, and it it
Lloes seei that another engine could o:
iave been got ton from Columbia in p
very much less time than was con
1umed in having the engine brought y
I) fromli Coluibia to bring the trainl
im through to Greenvrtle.
It does seei thaft the. i'ailroads j
nake a mistake in 'not telling the el
iVople. who are waiting on.trains at A
Iarious stations that are delayed, el
low much the delay is, and if there tc
s an accident, giving them some in
ormaotion as to the extent of the ae
ideit.
The INw requires that if a trainl is
is much as 30 minutes late notice
hall he -.ivent on tihe bulletin board
) -11h.t ellf'ecl, bu t thle law eanl he n
omplietd with by posting it every at
hirty minutes. thongn the author-t
ivs miiiht know that the train was
WO hours 1.1te. wve do not see whe,!rv
t Would hurt tle railroads, and.1 it
requently would he a very great 0on- j
enienee to the traveling publi-. C
til
It seems -that the winding up comI
iission of the state dispensary are
Iseussing the question. whether it
hall pay the $400.000 due e school
und before paying the debts, which Oc
lie state owes for liquor pnrchased.
'lie first, thinqg this commission 4hould
o is to aseertain what the state owes (
,r liquor and then ithndlsoS556..
:r liquor and 'then it should he paid.
,fterwards if anytihing is left, it Al
tiglit lie turned over to the sehool
[In(]. The amount it is claimed to
P due the sehool fund was suppos
'I to Ie in 'the stock which the slate ap
ispensary had on hand, but if the il
ate owes for this stock, of course it is
oeS not. )Cloncg to thie state and, fa
ierefore, there is nothing for the tic
'hool fund. It. does seem that if that be
'as a bone fide offer, wIhich the tio
ate had, to take the liquor off the at
ands of the state, that somebody 19
hindered in not accepting the, pro- pro
osition. -1
In that event the whole business Ti
auld have been wound ill) at once and qu
Ie would have been done with it. 1g
As we understand, the state idis- en
ensary is running very much as it
'as heretofore, and licior is hieing ed
o tied atid sent. outi and sold in those i:
)untics in which county dispensaries t i
I-C in operafion' t.h
As we understood it, the purpose ge
f the carey-Cothran bill was to Close thi
Iut an"d' wind up the affairs of the U
tate dispensary ,as rapidly as possi
le. "
We regr'et that we could not1 ait
pndl the closing exercises at Little
foiiuntain i school0 on last, Friday. We
rec pleasedl to learn, however, that
teps have been take looking to the
stablishment of a high school at
his p)oinit under the provisions of the
igh school act passed b)y the recent
agislat.ure. We hope that the peo
le of this community may lie sue
essful in their efforts to secure the I
igh school.
Th'le coimptroller general has sent
ut. to the counties the remainder of
lhe dispenisary profits under the old
*ispensary law. The amount distri-=
'uted is $63,409.94, and represents
le last, payment of the state d'ie
bensar'y made on Jan.uary 9. This
rose from the business of 1906, but
a5 the b)ooks of the (dispensary clos
don November 30, it woul<I have
ecen credited to 1907 if the dispen
ary had( continued in business. It 4
s probab)ly thle last payment which
lie sc*hool fund will r'eceive from the
ftate (dispensary profits. 'Thle law
rovided that the schools should re
eive the profits, but there can be no A
>ro fits, bu11t there can mieshrd lustaoifw.
>r<ofit s until the debts are paid, and
t is probable that the balance of the ~
tock wvill have to go to the payment
>f the liabilities.
Newberry received no deficiency,
nit onl enrollment her part1 of' this
listrIibuitionl is $1,343.82.
It cannot lie trmuthifully said that
thie immigrat ion experiment, by this
state so far has been a failure. A
number of immigrants are at woirk,
mn various parts of the state, well
la tisfied, and it stands to reason
hat they will send back good reports
to the old country. The dissatisfied
)mes-we (10 not want them anyWay.
G~ood riddance wVherver' they have
one.- Green wood Index. '
It is perhapis true that the 4'. 4
iieni, as such, i's not a ftailuro'is
nuch as we are poorer and 'er ~d
visdom isnete ha,. gra 1h~O
ry immigrants. One of the grati
yng feAtures of the experin.t i
at while we:qan retain the" benefi
f our experience, we :have got ri4
' the immfgrantg, such 'as they were
4lother. pleasing consideration i
iat it stands to reason that the die
itisfied ones, which means most o:
tem, will send back bad reports ti
ie old country and we may be de
vored from having, another such lo
n-loade'd' upon us.-.-Chcgter IAintern
And while; we Yave gotten rid o
imigrants we haVe also gotten ri<
I a good deal of our cash in the ex
Driment.
LEOTION ASWSTANT STREEI
OVERSEIR.
City council will, on.. Wednesday
ine 5th, 1907, at 8 o'clock, p. mn.
ect an assistant -street overseer
pplications may be filed with th<
ork and treasurer at. any time ut
6 p. m. on June 5th.
Eugene S. Werts,
Clerk and Treasurer.
TO DRAW JURY.
Notice is liereby given t1hat we. the
idelsigind, will on the 3lst. inst.
s) 'lock A. Al., in the oliece of
e Clerk of Court for Newberry
mIIuytv, S. C., ope-:y 111( publiely,
aw the nam1i;Ies of thir1Y six men
1m are to serv( as Petit .Jurnrs at
e Court of Commillion Pleas for Sitil
'unly 111and State, which will convenle
e 17th day of June, 1907, and con
iie for one week.
Jno. L. Epps,
Wmll. W. Cromer,
Jno. C. Goggans,
Jury Commissioners for Newberry
'uinty, S. C.
Nfay 20, 1907.
IOMPETITIVB EXAMNATION
FOR ANNAPOLIS.
>plicants Will be Examined at An
derson for the Third District.
Tihe principal and both alternates,
poimited as candidates for admission
o the Naval Academy at Annapol
from the Third District, having
tled to pass t'he entrance examina
n, a new appointment will have to
made. A competitive examina
n will be held in the Court House,
Anderson, Thursday, June 6th,
)7, for the purpose of selecting a
incipal and two alternates, to be
Med as candidates for midshapman.
.e successful candidates will be re
ired to report at Annapolis, June
tIi, for the purpose of standing the
trance examination.
;'acli applicant should be well vers
in the followiAg subjects, to wit:
gi.eli'h -amminer, English composi
n. history, arithmetie, algebra,
ouglh quadratie equations, plane
>Melry, descriptive geography and
elements of physical geography,
ited States history and the outlines
up,
We know that
ut not necessai
ad a large stoc1
. New Good
Lawns! La
) in. white Lawn, nice an<
10 cents yard.
) in. very fine white Lawn, p
) in. sheer white lawn, per
and 25c.
5 in. Cannon Cloth, per yd. I
lI light and blue Calicoes 5c.
Embroidery, Ladies' Undervi
)0 doz. L.adies' Bleached Ve
5c. eachi.
The
CheapE
Now located
We lose eVery daY,
1 259oloc pndn.e
- of general history.
Applieqnts must not be und'r sti
t teen or ov'r' bwenty, yehrs of' age,
must be bo""fide- residnts of the
Third Congressional Distiict and must
be able to"pass: a thoroigh physical
examination.
Wyatt Aiken,
M. C.
Death of K. D. Suber.
r At the ripe age of four score years,
I Mr. Micajah D. Suber quietly and
- peacefully passed away May 9th, at
10 a. m. His death, though oot unex
pected by the family, came as a shock,
as he appeared no .worse than usual
that morning. His wife had just giv- i
en him the usual morning nourish
ment andl he seemed to be resting
quietly, when suddenly he ceased to
breathe. He suffered much during
his last illness, but he bore it with
christian fortitude. He had commit
ted himself to the Lord and was ready 1
AT THE'S
c.ai.s. I
In our ad. of last week we did
Fronts which we are carrying thl
more seasonable. Beautifully ei
the thin materials so much worn
Baby Irish effect. Also a varied
round. In these too is the Baby
For those who want much for
some Waist Patterns, with the tr
for $1.00, our price till sold 48c,
We are selling lots of China
48c. to 85c.
These Silks are used with Lac
effects. Some of them wash we]
Come. We will be pleased tc
stylish things.
L&iS.M
We are agents for the
America-The Home Jo
UP'
goods- have gone
-y to feel it at thi
k bought before ti
s Coming in Ei
W ns SIO00do2. Lad
ieratspecial 10O<
IeratThe best line
city. See
er yd I121c. One lot wide,
yd. 15, 20 broidery, w
Other lines ai
Oc. Ask to see ou
the yd.for men. C
the yd.Drawers, H:
~sts, Etc. . Shoes, made
sts at only 1,500 yds. gc
______64c., very
Bee I
~st in South -CE
in W. T Tarrant's
BAILES, Propr
axcept Saturday, at 7.30,
for the summons. He leavc A wiY
and ieven. children-foug sois h9nd
three daughters-to mourn his death;
lie died at the home of his younest
son, J. M. 'Sber,..'near 'Jalapa, at
which place they have been only i
Cew nAonths. His reWains were in
terred in Enoree cemetery, in.t A
presence of a. 1rge number of syn
pathizing friqnds,. the funeral sqf
vices being coaiducted by 'his pastor,
Nfay the Lord comfort the -ianiiy
with the promise of an everlasting
reunion beyond.
B. P. Mitehell.
Lots of men seem to think the
wvrong side of a saloon is the out
tide.
Before giving advice a wise man
)repares to dodge the consequences.
There's nothing like a good reputa
;ion-if you -have the backbone to
ive to it.
TORE OF
COWER 00.
not speak of the line of Waist
s season. There is nothing
nbroidered on goods to match
now, and combined with the
lot of appliques, square and
Irish effect.
little money, we are offering
imming needed, made to sell
Silk in white or black, price '1
es of either light or the heavy
I.
show you lots of pretty and
OWE C,
best Patterns made in
arnal Pattern.
LIP.
up a great deal,
is store, as we*
le advance.
reru Day!
ies' Bleached I15c. Vests at
:., or 3 for 25c.
of 25c. Ladies' Vests in thej
these.
very sheer, good edge, Em
orih 50c., at only 25c the yd.
id cheaper are in proportion..
r line of T. D. Barry's Shoes
its, Childreis's and Ladies'
by the leading factories.
special at only 3ic. the yard.
lIve!
rolina.
Old Stand.
and on Saurdays at