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E. R. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at Nev kerry. S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, January 24, 1908. Wouldn't it be a gooa idea for tl young ladies of Newberry to folio the example set by the young me and organize a gymnasium associ tion ? An hour spent each day in would be of great physical benef to thes young women who are co fined in the shops, stores, offices ai school-rooms. Senator Gmydon of Abbeville h introduced a bill denying any pe son the right to set up the plea self defense in homicide case whe a pistol was the instrument of dea unless the defendant was at the tin of the killing on his own premisE Are we to infer that if this measu becomes law that he who kills on 1 own premises with a pistol is entitl: to be acquitte-1 on the plea of se deifense regardless of the circui stances? There is as much reason the latter principle as in the formE It is rather strange that so mai distinguished citizens of South Cai lina, men who are know to be hone honorable. men who are cultured ai polished, should care to be electi to the United States senate. whe they would have to associate wi Aldrich, Depew, Platt and Peff Day While discussing the question what to do with the old count hou biulding, don't forget that NewbE ry needs a wagon yard-not on t public square, however. If you are a progressive citizen Newberry, be sure to contradict a: report that may be in circulation th a man got stuck in the mud on t street so deep that he had to be pu ed out. It wias a horse, not a ma And at the same time, can't you s to the members of the town coun thait you won't vote against them they spend more money for strE improvement? IN A STFEL MTTL. DISTRICT. Life of Men Who Daily Face Dea for a Fe-v oills. Chicago Tribune. Tmeiately west oi the mills the Illinois Steel company, at Sot Chicago, there is a colony ab< three-guarters of a mile long, a.nd quarter of a mile wide, which has counter-part anywhere on the glo .There are in that colony from 7,( to 10,000 men of thirty differenti tionalities, and livi,ng in thirty a ferent ways. To the stranger it migiht seem if these thirty eoignt.ries had ea sent a number of their men as ex bits for a sort of internatinailihvi muxseum. But t.his is niot the ca -The men were driven from home .poverty, and they came to Sot Chicago to work in the steel mills a ~better their conditions. Nearly all .Ahem are men in the primec of lif' under thirty. The greater part -tRem are unmarried, and of th< wvho are married but a small numi have their families here. Most of them stay here a carts -peiod, save a few dollars, and sturn to.their niative land, where th~ spend the rest o~f their lives tilh The soil ~six days in the week a -in "Ameritsa'' on the seventh d over a glass of vodika or a jug kvas. - The few having families in il country work antil they are meal citted, eather by accident or t1hrou natural causes, or until Vhey rea iSIe age limit-forty-five to fif Then they live on what their ch dren earn or else tihey keep -boan er. Of the 6,000 or 7,000 inx -grants of the Slavic ra'ees, atbout 5 are liste? by the company a~s bei afble to speak Englisih. To the r4 th-e English language and Amerie customs the sealed books. To the suparheial observer t life of most of these immigrants mn seem primitive. They wear the sai shirt for weeks. They seldom undr< when they go to bed, especially, th< workin~g at nighit and sleeping in t Aav-aime. Bathhouse;s are unkno' in that vicinity and the congesti in the 1-ouses where tie live's more than most civilized men havi an incom'a of $10 to $12 a week, those- people have would submit to. But this unnatural life, unnati al even to them, is tihe result, not savagery, but if. the strange con tions and harsh surroundings w which they are confronted upon thi arrival here. America to them is i a contry for people to live in, have 1nli'es. ailt ianilies. hut llere \ l Co illl'\ t o Wor 11. to iall a I e oills lil, and to ;'t u of as fa -t 5 one can. ll r- I.'ndary heroes braved the drag on in their search for golden hoards. E These mill workers, men of more or l less primitive instinets, coming from I primitive environments, have the =dragons of modern progress and in e dustry, the most complex and dan gerous machinery, to earn a few dol n, lars with which to pay back taxes I a- and rode'em their soil ifrom the it ha:ids of an oppressive aid despotic i European regime. Duty and neces sity. not, adventure, bind them to I their task. and the minute these du ties and n.e sidlies are met thevi t leave the mills and furnaces for the more congenial life of their native, t s villages. ia. u ib f th [Ui- t nois Steel company says that. this re hoteerogenous population is 'peace- t a - quiet, h-1" . in i. ri os a:d !' l1(e m:nI t.''." 3.tA policeman who was watching' a r crowd of Bulgarians, Servians. Croa is tia:, and 'r:.gdnets knows how many other nationalities, as they were en- 1 if terinl- the gate. took a slight V different view of them. n "Much home life among them?" he was asked. "Home life? I 'should say so. They: o- live twenty-five and thirtyJfive in one room, so there must be home id life," he answered not without a id shudder. The policeman then told of rd certain places in the neghborhood 1 where nearly 100 people lived in the same space and number of rooms s. which an American working-man's family of five would occupy. sa Unvalued Advice. r- Surgeon General Rixey was talk e ing about his recent statement con cerning the harm th'at cigarettes do sailors. of "Let them defend the cigarette as ay they please," he said; "whenever I at hear these defenses I think of the l 1 sick horse and the turpentine. 1I- "'Tom met Bill on the road one n day.'' "'Bill I want a word aY with you,' he said. Cil '".'Be quick. then,'' said Bill. if 'I'm in a hurry. :et "'What did you give your sick horse the other day?'' "'A pint of turpentine.' "Tom hurri-ed home and poured a pint of turpentine down the throat .th of his own ailing nag, which at once grew worse' and in an hour was -dead. "Then Tom, digusted with Bill's of vetinary ability, sought him out. Lth "Why, Bill,' he said, 'I gave my >ut horse a pint of turpentine and it a killed hili.' no '' 'iSo it did mine,' said Bill."' be. Washington Star. a- An Impenetrable Place. . if' When Seeretary Cort'elyou left theI department of commerce and labor' as to asume direction of the postoffice ,eh 'department he took with him a very hi- dignilfed' and gentlemanly old darky .n messenger., se- 'A day or two after Mr. Cortel by yous' assumption of his new dignities ith the old messenger was d'ozing in his aid -ehair just outside the anteroom of of the postmaster general when anoth er messenger' approached h.im, say of ing.:. >se '"There's a gentleman in the room >er acros the hail who wants to see iMr. Coittelyou.'' in"He can't see hi.m,'' was the -firm reiply. ey "But he says he must see him."' ng persis'ted the second messenger. nid " I don't know not-hin' about ay dat,'' returned thre old chap; "but I of do 'know dalt nobody can see Mr. . ortilyou. THe's just gone to his n sanetum sanita.riumn.''-Lippineott 's. h Some years ago there lived in I.Perth, :Scotland, a man of convivial -d- habits, well known by his Christian . name, Jamia. One dark night an 00 acquaintance found Jamie lying atL the foot of an outside stair. t"-Is That you, J'amie?'' asked thre an aequaintance in a voice of the great est astonishment. he "Aye, it's me'' replied Jamie in a ytone of complete resignation. De "Hv you fa'en doon the stair?'' as he next question. >se ", I fel.l doon, but I was com hie in" dloon, whether or,no.'' on Items From St. Philips. is The new telephones which have ng raecentlIy been put in this section as are the cause of a good deal of amus' ment nowadays. 1- Mr. Adam Kibler wbo has had a of pretty severe spell of illness is able cli- to be up again. h. Dr. W. T. Dickert's baby is very a'ir low at this writing. There is a good iot deal of sickness in the community t) motly colds. 1it.'re -wil be a -1un,uting match at 1. H1. [Ut1I's s "ct nl Satur lay, the "h. begi;nin.g s'ne 1 lie in tlI, iornine . The next regular meeting of the ;t. Philip's farme,rs' Union will take lace on S'aturday, the 25th, at St. >hilip's school house. The meeting rill begin at 2.00 o'clock p. m. Deci:u i. Sis Hopkins' Sa.ying. 3v Rose _Melville. Some homes are acquat'ie-so much 'rowing''' there. Pa says a man can crow without eing coped up. It takes the -reen horn to make he loudest noise. A good many deeided blondes came o a late decision. A man doesn't have to wear a mus ache to have a. hair-lip. An arist. can starve while his pie ures gather dust. A girl doesn't have to change her nind to change the subject. Ma. says a. man can be insufferable vithout being in pain. la's motto for framing: When a. nan eeases to doubt-he achieves. When a. man drops the subject he bould be careful not to break his vord. Ma says a woman can own the ewel song without having any pre ious stones. Some farm hands think they are diek simply beeanse they own a cel uloid shirt. If Adam hadn't eaten the apple, oor man might have had an Eve's Iropper in his throat. Ma says some men run to extremes -when they aren't hot-headed they iave cold feet. Be ea A woman's axiom is 'Let's all cry mnd .have a good time." Fun is short-lived, but the bills it th runs up for you go on indefinitely. Ai The only kind of red hair a woi-an s ikes to have is when it isn't really. Ex You can make a girl think you have i lot of sentiment 'by never having 6 ea my sense. M< ne A big passenger trains of the ge Southern. one of its Florida specials, mi vreeked last Friday near Hiram, Ha. th Three persons were killed, including m ihe en.ineer whose name was Ed wards. He was a naive of Abbe-' su vile. S. 'C. About S0 passengers were P( ijured. a The tolbacco war continues in Ken- ba tueky. Barns are burned -almost night ly. The burning is done by "night a raiders'' wiho want the price to go up at and want all growers to hold their be tobacco. w Incipent Knowledge. That the royal road to learning is full of strange pitfalls is shown by lia some of the definitions and state ments given by school children- s some of whom are well along the er way. Tha foillowing aire bona-fide as samples coming under the knowledge fa of one teacher. he About t:his time Columbus was a1 cruising arounid among the West In- ~ w dies. -tf Jiokson 's campaign in the valley en was the greatest piece of millinery at l1ork ever known. The Valkyrie -wi were t.he Choosers of the Slain, and i a the Valhalla the Haulers of the Slain Ot The oldest son of the king of France is called The Dolphmn. The duke of Clarence, according to his usual custom, was killed in bat tle. bu Heathen are paragons (pagans) vo that wash up idle things. The Indians call their women squadbs.-Harper 's Weekly. In Russia and extensive domestic ndustry consists of the manufacture of wooden spoons, of which as many as,30,00,000 are made annually. They are nearly all of birch wood. 10,000! Agents wanted at once, previous xperienee is not essentiai, wrt soo Sc if you wish to make money faster L F. Clark, Conway, Ark. A than you ever did before. Address J -NES AT. Li EXPERT TO NETG E-.A Sientist Will Observe Earthquake L Results on Masonry Structures. Al in order to investigate the effect of A2 the earthquake shocks In San Francis- IJ co on concrete and other structural mna- Ai terals, Director C. W. Walcott of the A geological survey has ordered R. L. A Humphrey, expert in the structural materials testing laboratoiry of St. Louis, to proceed to California, says pa the Washington P6st. .otl Owing to the possibility of similar me seismic occurrences in portionis of the west in which the reclamation service is constructing great masonry dams and structures of concrete a careful in vestigation of the effects of the recent earthquake will doubtless afford much valuable information. lumor as Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH LOOKS SO EASY. Hear the latest? No? Well, here it is Standing round on one foot Waiting to be heard, If you will just unfurl Your listeners And look interested. No; it is not a fairy tale Nor a joke, But still to be on the safe side It might be well To have the buttons Sewed on your vest A little tighter. The people who know it Or think they do, Tell you all about it With a straight face. Evidently It impresses them Mightily. What is it? Oh, just this little easy Simple third grade stunt We are going to abolish Graft. That is all. Talk about falling off a log Or eating strawberry shortcake When you are hungry Being easy. This boy's job Has them skinned Three ways From the county treasurer's ofice In that respect. Going to abolish graft. That is all. Not going to make the earth Turn the other way Or cause water To run uphill Or make autoists Obey the ordinances. Just going to abolish graft. EIGHING OF THE EARTH. zerican Scientists Will Use the > Great Pyramid In the Job. Cwentieth century science Is dissatis I with the accepted figures of the th's weight, says The World Today, I Americans are planning to weigh again. he last time it was done was more m half a century ago, when, under y's direction, pendulums were ung at the top and the bottom of an tglish coal pit. Che comparison of their times of ing showed how heavy the whole rth was compared with the outer )st thin shell, a shell of the thick ss of the depth of the coal pit. Since >logists were able to give a fair esti ite of the weight of this surface shell i weight of the entire earth became a re matter of multiplication. Che same experiment is to be repeat by a scientific expedition from the vey department at Washington. ndulums are to be swung at the ex of the great pyramid of Egypt d in the chambers at its center and Erom the swing of these pendulums comparative weights of the earth d of the pyramid can be learned; d, the weight of the pyramid having en estimated, the weight of the earth 11 again be a mere matter of multi cation.* Canadian Boy a King. & strange story recently came to t about a young Ontario boy, and Is to the effect that he has become a g among the South Sea Islanders, ys an Ottawa correspondent of the icago Chronicle. His name Is Thorn Darling, and be Is the son of a small rmer at Sparta, Ont. It seems that had a fancy for going about without .y clothes on, although sane and ra nal upon every other subject. He mt to Honolulu, but was transported n there to San Francisco on ac unt of this fad. He was a student Stanford university for awhile and as known there as "Barefoot. Bill," .d when he was expelled from there account of his queer antics about; thing he went to Tahiti and has now come a virtual king among the South islanders. You an fin.d daring in a man or ldog grit, but for real heroism u 'e got to go to a woman. Habits cured at my Sanatorlum in a few weeks. You can return to your horne in 30 days well, free and happy. I have made these habit a spcaty for 3oooinHoeTretment senl FREE Address DE. B. K. WOOJ.LEY, -0 No P.1ryor street, Atlaa., . [ARLSTON & WBTERN CAR OLINA RY. hedule in effect November 3rd, 1907( .Newberry(C N & L.) 12:46 p. m. .Laurens 1:52 p. m. .Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:15 p. m. .Greenville 3:40 p. m. .Laurens 2:07 p. n..j -Spartanburg 3.35 p. m. . Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 3:40 p. m. .Hendersonville 6:25 p. m. .Asheville 7:30 p. m. '.Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:00 p. m. Greenwood 2:56 p. m. McCormiek 3:55 p. mn. '. Agusta ' 5:40 p. m.( N'ote: The above arrivals and de rtures, as weli as connections with er companies, are given as infor Ltion, and are not guaranteed. Ernest Williams, Can. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. Geo. T. Bryan, Greenville, S. C. Gen. Agt. RES ELE LAKAY,/ WIH4 /PR OS.WD Pli Talks - A/al t/F Yo ue fetlie of corse, ut doyou use enugh ? The yil/prace andf ' he prfthrfo inrese.i fr rete propotionhantecos .f.ddtina. frtlier Wha isaninceas i cost f $2.0 to-10.0 Plaihereuns talksfro showan icraseolk00 to You oena Fertilizer useenofferen Theiel hpe r ra and ~~the profit theefrm incree 75i.far reatr proprtin tacre ctnwe of addtiona 50rtiler. pe apre wcre usr ertlie turen the eturns therefr omb showg and inreasngecp of$5.0t cther welown irinar ovete onandrtlie ingo si diffren aa ancy qdesities ani ing berry crop. Perc 00lls. Lawn rev w selv.th / / --'I /e $ *-*~~*- * * rf ;"". rrv/ HTI HEIR TO THlE HOORAR.' %SDAY, JAN. 29. nFertihzers dutGrowers The vield will be . according toto ~-l amount or :t food you give your ti:es or plants - ye a e >,~pend on it. The better thecy are fed the greater NJand more valuable will Sbe ycu-'r crop. Fertil ize sparingy and you reap sparingly. The fact that over a m%illion on s o f Virginia-Carolina ertilizer were sold last year roves them to be without eual. Every fruit farmer, o matter what method he ow uses, should get -the Vir inia - Carolina omnpany's ew Year Bok r Almanac. is'free to all ho are inter-. st ed enough o write for it. ddress us..to *. he nearest city - elow. VIEGINIA-CAROIWNA CHEMICAL CO.. Richmond. Va. Durhtm, N. C. Norfolk, Va. Charleston, S. C. Columbia, S. C. Baltimore, Md.* .Atlanta. Ga. Savannah, Ga. IMontgomery, Ala. Memphis, Tenan. Shreveport, La. MOERCO. gets the best. ng replenished als of new and ennesand Baby s in neat and colors. grade and good , Linens, etc. efore buy now. lOWER 00.