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v::--;-.:r;V"';'-: W' ' "" ' ' ' '- ' W ' ; :|l|i \ I . # |!.c f|erQlD and fetus. . VOL XLIY NO. 80. NEWBERRY, S. O., TUEJ^bAY' SEPl'EMBEli 3. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. SI.50 A YEAR SPECIAL JUDGE NAMED. Geo. Johnstone Appointed on Recon mendation of .Chief Justice Pope. The State, 29th. Gov. Ansel yesterday appointed M Geo. Johnstone of Newberry to b special judge for the coining term c suasions court in Richland county which begins Tuesday. The appointment is from Sep ten ber 2 until the first Monday in D( eember and for the entire fifth cii cuit and is made on account of th illness of Judge A Id rich, who has ask ed to be excused for that length n time. The appointment was made upo recommendation of Chief Justic I'ope, father-in-law of Mr. Johnston* The latter is well known here wher he has had a number of cases i court. lie is one of the leading at torneys of the Southern . Raihva company. IS IT THE BOLL WEEVIL? Dangerous Insect Attacks Cotton i j Laurens?Young Bolls Die In a Day. The State. Waterloo. Aug. ,'il.?l^armei through (his section are very nine concerned about the appearance o their cotton of a small insect reseinl] ling in many respects I lie Texas bol weevil, h stings th,- cotton bolls anthey die in a very short lime. Ver young bolls die in a day, wither an drop off. The insect is small and looks to b harmless and innocent, but it ha V been caught on the bolls getting i ' its deadly work. Some farmers say their crop wil be eut off considerably on account o I lie ravages of this insect. Persons here who have seen th Texas boll weevil declare this insec resembles it closely and that they ar one and the same. SOME NOTABLE RETORTS. Two Stories of Antc-Bellum Tennes seeans?Brownlow and I, Henry. " Tennessee bred two great orator t'.i ( i'1 the oldevil days?Andrew Johnsor a Democrat, once president of th jfj. United States, and Gustavus A. Hen f.j! ry, a Whig, known as the "Eagl ' Orator of the south." They ra J: against each other for governor, am ?v when a long series of joint debate |,Y had reached its close, Johnson ad KV dressed the Whdgs in the audience t \ ""I have spoken with the boast-eagl orator from the Mississippi to th , Unaka mountains, and as ' yet I se no flesh in his talons nor blood oi p his beak." Quick as a flash Ilenr; iU was on his feet, saying: "The Amer ican eagle is a proud bird and feed !j'- not on carrion." \ : One of the. best retorts in histor I' occurred when Parson Brownlow wa r wa,< goevcrnor of Tennessee. On on of his-journeys he attended servic U1 at a small Methodist church in th |l upper j)art. of the state. The parsoi was a devout Methodist, and seldou lV allowed his political rancor to inter If fo!'e wi,h 11,0 t,,iaii,y of his religion lfti> faith. On this occasion, being a vis 1|; iting clergyman, hew as placed ii Amen Corner," near the pulpit I he local minister was as ardentl1 Kyi Democratic in his views as Ooverno Him; Brownlow was Republican. In tli B;', prayer which followed the / length; K sermon the minister began to call oi Hi "IC f(>r ^l!U'0 his favorites "God bless Felix Grundy,' lie began Brownlow moved uneasily ii his seat, but responded with a con BJ! scientious "amen." "God bless Rob art 10. Lee," continued 'he speaker ' A fainter "amen from Parson Brown K |ow- "God bless the whole Democrat BM pnrly," cried the prcarher, waxim fervor as he progressed. This wa too much for the governor. Willi ; bound lie was on his feet and shout |v i. in" : n<)(l forbid! It would bank Uf[ 1 "I*' divine grace and exhaust tin mfih whole plan of salvation." VON PILIS AT CHARLOTTE. l- The Visit to Charlotte of Much In terest to Business Men of that City. Charlotte, N. C., August 20.?Tin r. conference between Baron von Filis ie Vice President J. M. Culp, of thi >f Southern Railway, Ex-Governor Iley f} ward, Count Wedel and Presiden Gadsden, of the Commercial Club, o i- Charleston, held in the vice prosi dent'a private car this afternoon > resulted satisfactorily to all concern o ed. Although this was only a prelimin f ary discussion of the question ol making Charleston a great port foi n sea-going t ra(Tic to I'hirope, it is be e lieved that Baron von Pilis and tlx Southern Railway will come to a mu e tually agreeable compact. ii Baron von Pilis and .Count Wede > left tonight for Washington to hav< y a talk with members of the immigra tion bureau, while the other members of the party returned to their homes in South Carolina. Count Wedel declared that the trij n through the Piedmont region was r revelation to himself and the Baron Their visit was an event of mud local interest and Charlotte busines. men especially have displayed a liv< 'S interest in the issues at stake?null migration and the establishment ol n | lie new steamship line of the Nortl i- German Lloyds with Charleston a.> U the terminal port. d y The Pledge of Baron von Pilis. d Washington. August 30. Mayor Whett, Charleston, S. C. e Here, on the line between South ant North. I feel the necessity of express n in?- my deep feeling- of sincere gratitude for the typical Southern hospi II tality and the splendid receptioi f which 1 enjoyed in your city. I waul you to feel sure that I shall devote al 0 my influence and time tor he I pi ng ( I lie Port of Charleston to prosperous e development. Frederick von Pilis. STEAMSHIP LINE WILL OPEN IN DECEMBER ' The Stale. Charleston, Aug. 31.?President P II. Gadsden of the chamber of commerce returned to Charleston todaj from Charlotte, where he was a partj ' to the conference with Baron von Pilij c regarding the establishment of the immigrant line of steamers to Charles c ton. Mr. Gadsden said today that the , railroad have pursued a policy oi friendliness to the project and he saw no reason why it should not be car" ried out successfully. He thought that the first steamer sjhould q^rivt here in December as a sort or Christmas present. C The baron sails for Bremen next Tuesday but before doing so he will write Mr. Gadsden on details in regard to the actual operation of the line of steamers and of the conditions required of Charleston. y s A Tart Old Lady. e In Indiana a good many years age 0 a certain old lady, summoned as a e witness, came into court wearing a 1 large poke bonnet, such as was then 11 much affected by rural folks. Ilei answers to the questions put to hei s being rather indistinct, the court requested her to speak louder, though 1 without much success. "The court cannot hear a word y von sav, mv U'ood woman," said the r . . ' judge. Please take off that luujc bonnet of yours." tl "Sir," she said composedly and , distinctly enough this time, "the ! court has a perfect right to bid a . gentleman take off his hat, but it has no right to mai<e a lady remove her bonnet.'' "Madam," replied the judge, "you . seem so well acquainted with the law _ that I think you had better come up v and lake a seat with us on the s bench." i "1 thank your honor kindly," .she - responded, dropping a low courtesy - to the court, "but there are old wo o men enough there already."?Law Notes. TO SAVE CHILD THREW IT IN WATER. When Horse Made Wild Dash Mrs. j Moore Threw Infant from Carriage Into Ditch-?Nobody b Injured. 21 Augusta Chronicle. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 31.?The Hort rv Herald tells of a thrilling' escape f from death Miss Mary T. Nance, : - president of the school improvement , association, had this week while out - on an expedition preaching the doctrine of country school improvement. \ - Miss Nance had just spoken to a large E gathering at Conway and was on her r way to another point in a carriage - with County Superintendent \Y. A.* 1 Prince, Mr. and Mrs. \V. I). Moore, - and Mrs. Moore's infant, when the \ horses got beyond control of Mr. ; 1 Moore and made a wild dash, threatj cning a smashup every minute. As the - vehicle was passing a ditch full of > muddy water, Mrs. Moore threw her j infant into the water and plunged , out of the carriage after it, Miss | ) Nance diving in after her. The plunge j i into the water, however, proved un- l . necessary, although ii was the wisest | i thing apparently to he done at the j < time. A few carriage lengths fur} I her on Mr. Moore brought the horses , - to a standstill and llm three helpless T ones were rescued from the water bo- , i fore any ureal damage was done to < j t hem. THE CADI'S JUSTICE. How He Taught His Sovereign a Val: liable and Lasting Lesl son. The following story is told of one - ol the Arabian caliphs of Cordova: i Kl llaccheni, the son and successor ol I Ahderahinan III., desiring to enlarge | I his palace, proposed to purchase from ; a poor woman a piece of ground that ? lay contiguous to it, and when she , could not be prevailed on to part with the inheritance of her ancestors the caliph's ollicers took by force what they could not otherwise obtain. The poor woman applied to lbuHeeliin, the cadi, or chief magistrate, of Cordova, for justice. The case was . r\ delicate and dangerous one to mod .die with, but the cadi resolved, even ' at the sacrilice of his life, to recall to f l is master's recollection a truth that | > the best of rulers will sometimes for get. He mounted his ass and, taking a large sack with him, rode to tho : palace of the caliph. The prince hap-* 5 pened to be sitting in a pavilion that 1 r had been erected in the poor woman's ( garden. ! t "Prince of the faithful," said Be- J ! chin, prostluting himself, "I liavo 1 come to ask permission of thee to fill ( this sack with the earth upon which ' ; thou standest." ' Hacchem, although considerably ' surprised at such a request, choerful ly allowed him to fill bis sack. When 1 this was done the cadi besought, his j sovereign to crown his goodness by aiding him to loading his ass with . the burden. This extraordinary re' quest surprised the caliph still more, d to the cadi's entreaty ( 1 and attempted to raise the sack, it 1 was so heavy, however, that, he could ^ scarcely lift it. "How thinkest thou that 1 can lift j such a burden'?" asked liacchem, laughing. i "Prince of believers," replied Ho- | chin, with impressive gravity, "this , sack, which thou fiudest so heavy to | bear, contains but a small part of the . | ground that you look by violence , j from the rightful owner. How, then, shall yon be able at (he day of judg- | j nient to support the weight of the i whole ?'' I The caliph, struck with his address, j .embraced the cadi, thanked him, ac- s j knowledged his fault and immediate- j i ly restored to the poor woman Iheij I Held of which she had been despoilod, | , touether with the pavilion and every- i thing i| contained. I , The praise due to a despotic sover-j? eign capable of such action is infer-! I ior only !<> that which should be ac-' : , corded to the cadi who induced him 1 ' to perform it. ' ( t IS COMING HOME. F< Senator Latimer Will Arrive Soon and Make Tour of the South? Studying Immigration. So i The Slate Hureau, ^ 1417 (! Street. N. W? jei Washington, Aug. 31. gti Senator Latimer is coming home. The good ship Cedrie will bring the xx, six members ol* the inmwgration commis-ion, including Senator Latimer, with several members of their families and sundry secretaries, steno^raphers, et al., into tlie port of New j? York ?i??xI Thursday. A Hit having seen every important nii siulii in Kurupe, these three months j*,,, pas;, hobnobbed with princes and pai.pi'is and collected a large number js of souvenirs these six who 'went ;lM abroad will meet the three who went if not abroad and talk over the situa- tin : r en they u ! anotiier trip throuj.'ii the Southern states, where tin tli-n wsi' pursue their sindie? in im- o-o. inijsiMiioii, shake hands ?\:: >. the pco- thi |i'e and il! them about Europe. When 0f it is ;tl) over they will proceed to their mj liomcs and the secretaries and stenog- <ia faphers will proceed to write the re- nn |X>rts. on 11 is expected that some members o-0 if the commission, if not all of them, )Sl>] will make the trip through the South | th lurin-r the months of October and No-1 rember. ! ,,,, mi the gUeak jV-rs. ,)() Vagaries of the Streams 1T~t Begin and End In the Sea. There are as many vagaries in the .,u water as in the wind. Why, for in- ]U| stance, should three great ocean cur- ,, rents send their warm waters across [lie wide Pacific, Atlantic and across j Ihe Cape of (Jood Hope? Many theo-' js rie* have been advanced to solve the (j, Hi .bleni of their origin, but all have. ,,) proved fallacious. i ,t) Other and e(|iially mysterious cur-1 tin rents eixst in well night all parts oil! let ihe world. The tides are so erratic in different parts of the world P'-d ! lib i mie hesitate- l<> accept the ry by that the moon c? < ' ' m in all kn [ a>es, says Wissen lie. It is on raj record that the sea has run for weeks tin nit of the Java sea through the strait l'l\ >f Ounda and thence back again for a po like period without any perceptible! yo rise or fall during those times. mi Then there is the equatorial cur- ou rent that flows into the Caribbean *ea, the overflowing current to the .vo eastward around ('ape Horn, the cold dream flowing from the icy regions be if tho north past Newfoundland and Sfova Scotia and along the American ?oast to the extreme end of Florida, the continual current running with a velocity of from four to five knots thi m hour through the strait of Gibral- " tar into the Mediterranean sea, the an swift current running across the w'i rocks and shoals of t'he end of Riliton island, which apparently starts an from nowhere and ends somewhere sai n the vicinity of tlie same place, and shi the current which, starting halfway as ip the China sea, runs from two to no hree knots an hour to the north and th< finally ends abruptly at the north of an (ai/.on. fai Then we have those tidal vagaries l)n viiown the world over as bores, lies-* dents along the North sea are famil' tin :ir with them and can see them run Ion I'rom side to side in a zigzag shape cvi intil they reach their limit, often gel earing the ships from their anchor- cm imc. They originate nobody knows sm ,v!i -re. i a in i The rush of waters in Ihe bay of] Kinidy is nothing lint a hum* boro iweeping all before it up to the head I if ihe bay until the western waters nive risen to the height of fifty or ixty feet. OH* Southampton, in Kngand. there are the double tides, while I"1 i Singapore, it has been observed "" ' i days al a lime that there has >n >.'cn but one rise and fall in the weiily-four hours. The tides may N<> >e and very often appear as though hey were "'moonstruck," but they bo re certainly not controlled with ol .:;rd and fast rules by that or any of >ther body. ha inner s Union Bureau of th Information to ?Conducted by the? 00 uth Carolina Farmers' Educa- ' I tlonal and Co-Operation Union. pr ^Communications intended for this partment should be addressed to J. C '' ribling, Pendleton, S. C. an uslil Be Still and Listen for the Minimum Prices sot by the Far- Wl mers Union September 3rd to 6th. When the wires begin to ring out p Farmers' Union minimum prices ,u r cotton lot everybody join in a 1 rular swan song to stand for the 1 11 mmum price and all will be well I* the good of the whole south. lie fore you offer a resolution that likely to revolutionize things to ^0 y considerable extent ask yourself !n< it is right. And then the second !'1 ought?can it be done? Tust so sure as there is a good ''U ne and place to begin, there is a j1" od time and place to stop in everying. It is stated that the good wife 01 a South Carolina Farmers' Union 10 in gave birth to three sons in one 4 y. At the next meeting of his local n ion a committee was appointed to quire ?>f file brother if he meant to out and possess the earth for liini- '^u f and family, or did lie intend this roe at a time act as a mild protest ainst the importation o|' I'oreign niitirants! At last account the comitee was .ml in shape {> make re- . rt. LT< Oil, no! When your local was ornized the thing was not finished. j" 1 ^ on were not organized for the rpose of passing a few strong resolions to blutT the other fellow! lint "" cooporale with each other for the <hI of all. Organization without eoiperation something like spending a lot of M ne putting 011 style. and losing lots sleep and other things too tedious incut-ion to win your position, and Sc pii for the lack of grit and pluck, some oilier fellow take the (prize. "Eternal vigilance is the price of icrty." You need not fool yurself '' t hi nk in.tr thai since you have oeked out the liuckel Shops, bully- .V(' aged the cotton speculator, hlul'fed 111 i' New ^ ork Coi ton Exchange and 'n -blown the (lovernment t'ollon rerts. that you can now retire to ,n( ur homes in peace and plenty; you ^( 1st keep at it all the while looking ',:l t for the same old enemies to poke ')l1 t their heads in a new place. Keep ur organizations strong and ready tin deal a deadly blow to these snake on ads every time they peep out of be ? boy below. de ?' Jo Ever Hear Anything Like This? tie "No! I won't join an organization bu !\t has a man in it like old Dave! coi I was in it and such men as him qu d old Tom got in, right there is Fi icre 1 would drap out." tin Now let's carry this resolution out d see if this man can live, in tho ed me school distinct, church, town- nu ip, county or state with such men ga old Dave and Tom? All these are as thing less than organizations for hii ? ipurpose of protecting the pence | or d dignity of I In* country, whilst the j nu rmors organizations are formed to re) ntect our common farmiiii>? interest. I coi If you can't stay in anything for) : good of yourself and all your I'd-1 I In v farmers, because you don't love.) tin tv man, you know, you had hotter j bn ! up a trot oil your old selfish car- ed ?s and keep it up until \"U laud in! I'e. ne country where you know no one ; pii il no one knows yon. 1 110 ... i j ii,, lling Cotton Before it is Made isj Taking Chances at the Other ' Fellow's Game. j u|, \\ hen you sell your cotton crop be- ] (; e il is made at Hie other IVIIow'sj ice it is selling your gun and sun- I inilion In your enemies thai will }j,, rely be used on your fellow cotton |)(> iweis this vesir ami on von next ! ,.1. i f!ii> cotton you hsive sold has been Tli 11 :lil l<? keep the mills going while I111 lion bears hammer down Hie prices tin your poor neighbors' cotlon thai tsi: vc not the sense to lake care of 101 \ emselves; it will also cause the ithl'ul to hold their cotton longer ret their prices, hut all holders o? (ton can even matters up hy adding e c??st of storage to the minimum ice. Some who have sold cotton before was made have got caught already (1 are now trying to make the bales small as possible to count out, and t out as little loss as possible. This 11 play into the hand of cotton ars again by increasing tlu' number bales in a deceptive way. A good le in warfare is to never do the inns that your enemies want you to t. Apply the Test to Yourself. Have you ever applied the tost to urself to see if you are good Farm's Union member or not 7 If you ve not, better start out on a test by si sticking a pin in your own hide si U> see if you are at Home or not, , (I then apply all the stirring test al you have accused the other felx with to your own case and if v ne of these or others as bad sting u, then go out among 3our brcthn and see if you can't lind some od in them and be sure to tell them out the good you see in them; then n will be on the winning side for tier things. If yon go about looking lor bad ings and bad people ;ill the while n are sure in lirnl what von are d<ing fur according in yonr opin11. Then why 1101 mil after the i)d things and good peopleLook d work fur good in mankind and tile as you no alter these and be IM'.v. If all the good people tell the farm's that they have something to ick to this time and that they are iii'j' )<? slick then I hey will slick. R. ALAN JOHNSTONE WILL NOT RETIRE es No Contlict in Being President of Board and Member of Legis- ,/ lature. ie Stale. Mr. Alan Johnstone, who was here slerday alli'iiding a special inect.: ol a committee of the hoard of istees of Clemson college, staled at he will not resign his seat as a tuber of the general assembly from wherry county, on account of his ving been elected president of the ard of trustees of Clemson. A Newberry paper, as reported in i* Slate Friday, in commenting upthe fact that Mr. Johnstone had en elected president of the board, elared that this would remove Mr. hnstone from the legislative delcgam. Mr. Johnstone is no lawyer, t is a very practical man and can list rue the constitution of the state ite well I.' nself. He announced iday to a reporter of the State ill he has no intention to resign. He is not one of the trustees electby the legislature, but one of the ijority trustees representing the lecy ol Mr. Clemson. His election president adds no new office to n, any more than electing a speakol the house of representatives reives that man from his oflice as iresentalive because of his official lined ion with the house. Mr. Johnstone staled furthermore it he did not seek to be elected to f legislature, but his friends night him out and as lie was electby such a complimentary vote lie ds thai I he people id' Newberry arc titled In his services and I hero is I hi .ig in < 1 i s< 111 a I i ly him from servI lie commit let* which met here yesday was 1 lie fertilizer board, licli consists ol Mr. Johnstone, Mr. hnncan Iicllinger. Mr. J. I',. W'anmaker and Mr. \Y. I).-will Kvans. e committee discussed the collcc'II of some guano lax which has not en paid and decided upon the mainerv lor inspecting cotton seed aI as provided by the act cd' 100(5. ii- commit 100 usually meets in Cnnhia as ii is more convenient I'm:* i' members. The collection r/t the c claims was left to the board's alneys. y