The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 31, 1908, Image 1
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VOL XLT NO. SJ'i NEWBERRY, 8. O., TUESDAY. MARCH 31. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR
FAIRVIEW SCHOOL.
||jjiMntercsting Exercises On Last Satur'' 'W'
day Marked the Close of a Successful
Session.
hS; The Kairview .school, in Number 1)
township, he-Id ils closing exercises on
last Saturday. The school was (aught
Xa the past session by. Miss Jessie Brown.
II of Sumter county. There were nearly
y fifty pupils enrolled, and much interJT
est was taken in the school by the patSy.
rons and citi/.ous of the community.
^|lf one could judge by the evidence
and careful training which was manifest
in the dosing' exercises, the conclusion
should be that Miss Brown
had done good work during the ses^
. sion just closed'.
This school is located in one of the
most prosperous and thickly settled
white communities in this county.
Leaving Prosperity one never gets out
i,; of view of a farm home between the
J; town of Prosperity and the Lexington
'line. The people who live in this
community own their own homes and
in great measure do their own work,
and' as a result live in comfort, are
prosperous and have comfortable
bank accounts.
Th^ public road lending from Fairview.
however, is in an almost impassable
condition. There is need that
something should be done to improve
our public highways. Tn fact, the
condition of the public roads in this
county would almost convince one
that the county was moving backward
in those things which make for
the betterment of humanity, but Ave
should not judge by this evidence
alone, and let us hope that the condition
in which the roads have been
for the past several months will
arouse ouu people to more interest
^ and result in their making some "effort
to give us better roads. Until the
.people, however, make up their minds
to put some money into the building
of public roads, we can never hope to
have any system by which they can
be secured.
The exercises of the Fairview
school 011 Saturday, a full program of
* which is given in this connection,
were very much enjoyed by those
who attended, and it was gratifying
1 to see the interest which the parents
& and patrons of this school evidenced
Kfc by the close attention which they
Jr gave.
Professor Ballentin.e of Little
I Mountain, presided and announced
the various subjects.
The picnic dinner which was furnished
was another evidence of the
prosperity of the people in this comPmunity
and of the fact that they
|live at home and board at (he same
I place.
;j The following is the program:
j| Music.
|| "-My Country 'Tis of Thee."?
jj}?><?n?r by school.
I- "0reeling."?-Miss Mary Moore.
HHl Threads."?"Miss Linnv
UII'
i-m- "Live for Something."?'Master
Jtfpfjinzy Waites.
Hf "Now, Dolly, Keep 'O Kyes On
fjjj&ftPe."?Miss Pearl Fulmer.
' " Mamma's Darling."?Miss Yio|&let
Lester.
"Sam and Julius."'?Dialogue be|fflB,tween
Mr. Hunter Connelly and Mr.
^$SjV\rillie Mc. Lester.
V{||' Music.
! ? "Which sha'll It Re."?Miiss Ada
uSHFm.v Faith Looks Up to Thee."?
jfjB^antominie by Miss T/inny Waites,
il'jgghng by Miss Irene Moore.
^a^|"'Tho Wanderer's Return."?'Miss
iV^Mpessie Morris.
? M. "''10 ^' ' Woman Who Lived Tn a
ifpjgjhoe."?blaster Cecil Dminick,
v-.^pv Music.
Four Clad Seasons."?Misses
;'.|j|'Bonnic Lest or, Bessie Connelly, Pearl
and ISTimiic Fulmer.
? "A Psalm Of Life."--Mr. Willie
;jJ|:Mc. Lester.
. "Little Things."?Miss Una Mor"Battle
Hymn Of the Republic."?
j|tSong by school.
;J| "The Return Of Spring."-?'Miss
jwjVfary Moore.
# Music.
"A Lecture."?Mr. Wilbur Mborc.1BC
Curtnii.
"Rock of Ages.''?Pantomime by;Ex
Misses Ann ie Waites ami Maggie!
Moore, sony by Miss Irene Moore. J
"An ! : ncou rayed Farmer."?-M r. |
jlfnnler Connelly.
I .Music. I
I lie Drowning Singer."?Miss Mlag- f'1
!i>io Monro. i bo
" Da?f's Old Breeches." Master i );ei
Linzy Waites. j aw
"A Daisy In a Meadow. "? Miss M h?
Funice Connellv. Ian
1 -w " I
.M nsic. on
Curtain.
"'I be Borrowing Neighbors."?j lie
Dialogue bcMweon Sr. Croon and Sr. br
Freshours, Misses Hat lie Wailes and I'b
Irene Moore. i lli
"1 Love Von. Dear."?Miss Bessie! w?:
Connolly. | in,
Flay Kecilnlion.?Misses Funice'lh
Connelly, Minnie Fulmor, Mi'. Willie i 11n
Me. Lester and Linzy Waites. |it\
"dim and John."?Dialogue i><?-i
I ween Mr. ,JelV I lam. and Mr. Tiller ! I In
Conmdly. nil:
M'u.-io. i K.'i
"A Romance Of the Revolution." j si i
?M iss Ada I!unI. 1 re;
" Columbia Tlie Com of ilie Ocean." nit
?Tableau. X. S. K. W.. Misses 11 al- 11's
tiie Waitos, Maygie Moore, Irene ! rii
Moore. Aurrie Waiter: America. Missjve
Sular Waites. I
t . <?Mr. Tiller ('onnelly.
"Hearts Should Be Jolly."?Mas-job
tor Cecil Dominiek. ?Br
"A Merry Little (Jirl. "?M'.iss Hallie
Belle Lester. inil
Music. 1st.
"In Heaven We'll Know Our i Br
Own."?Mtiss Inez Fulmor. j fr?
"There Is A Tongue In Fvory wi
Leal'."?Miss Sular Waites. , j ha
Fai;y Drill by the little girls of the i ,ve
school. j C?
A Change of Opinion.?Misses Ada j Br
llunl. Irene and Belle Moore, and ed
Dora Fnlnier. i ne
M nsic,
"Ten True Friends."?Miss Min-h'u
nie Fulmor. ' fr?
"The Water Melon."?Miss llat-1
tie Waites and Cecil Dominiclc.
"The Scwanee River. "? Sony by
Musses* I na Morris, Inez Fulmor, I
I
Belle Moore, and Ada IliiU't.
f , I III
"'live Singer and The Child."?I
Miss Aurrie Waitos. a
Music. ;co
"Simon and Jacob."?Dialogue be- sa
tweon Mr. Meadows Connolly, and ai]
Willie Mo. Lester. (j,
"In Want of a Servant."??Dialo- ai]
uue by blisses Hattiie, Aurrie, Sular (a
Waites, Maggie Moore, and Mr. Wil- an
bur Moore, Mr. Eugene Connelly. ru
"Just As T Am Without One tii
Plea."?Pantomime by Miss Irene in
Moore. | ad
"The Crave."?Miss Dora Fnlnier. I be
"Aunly "Puzzled'." ? Dialogue, lot
Misses Irene Moore, Lin/.y Wailes. fe
M'usic. i a!
Hoop Drill, by the big girls of the Tl
school. v mi
Farowell."?Miss Bonnie Lester.
"Vacation Sony," by school. ro
Prizes awarded the following cliildren:
Belle Moore, deportment and
lessons; Hunter Connelly, deportment
and lessons; perfect attendance, Ada|"'r
Hunt, Bonnie Lester; improvement, |',a
Inez Fulmer; politeness, Sular Pp
Wailes. ro
Address.?Col. K. II. Anil. ?s
so
Every School Must Bo Safe.
Philadelphia Telegraph. of
It is so customary, after a holo- n0
canst, for a comnminity to momenlar- mil.v
clamor for protective measures i),
and then to fall into inaction that as
the present earnest effort of the an- j tic
Ihorities in systematically proceeding | kn
to guard Ihe lives of Ibo ohild'ron in-on
our schools from fire is a ne-cessary ' ha
and a prompt recognition of their ro-[s|r
^ponsibilily. AH whatever cost of L],
money and labor, the "work should bo ; pj.
recognized as an imperative duty, norln|]
cease until every school house shall
i be .provided with every needful ap- 0n
i pliance. This is an undertaking which ,Wf
must not he delayed by any financial )<n
consideration. What sort of economy wr<
will it be to stint needful expend!- trr
(ture and sacrifice even one life that tlv
is passed into the keeping of the inun- pj<
ficipality! j
)MB THROWN IN NEW YORK.
ploded In Hands of Thrower,
Wounding Him, Killing His Companion,
and Wounding Policemen.
New York, March US.?A red flag
iliti1 it'll in I'ninn square today; a
n.lb fell; two men lay living in I ho
upK-'s p'lay ground. and \'ew York
'oke to tlit* fact that il harbored
se prepared to give llteir lives in
med resistance to eonstituted authty.
Tin* bomb was intended for the poe.
who. with roueli firmness, had
oken up a meeting <>1' 10.000 unetn>yed.
It exploded prematurely in
hands of the assassin; horribly
mnding him, killing his eompanioii,
juring slightly four policemen and
rowing to the ground a score of
use who were massed in the vieinToniuht
I'nion St pi are Park, where
i' public demonst ration had been
ide. is roped off from pedestrians;
It policemen patrol I lie boundary of
eels and at the station house I,f>tl0
serves, armed with revolvers and
lit sticks, await in readiness to
row lIk mseilves into any scene of
>tin!v. Xo further disorder has deloped
at a late hour.
The bomb thrower's statement was:
"I am Selifc Silverstein. 21 years
I. 1 live at 21 Van Brunt street,
ooklyn.
'' I was told to do this. T bought
roglycerine for the bomb at a druji
ire at Clark street and Broadway,
ooklyn. 1 made the. bomb myself
im a piece of gas pipe. 1 had a
fe and two children in Russia. 1
ve been in the I'nited States two
ars. My nearest relative is name.l
lien ajid lives at 21 Park street,
ooklyn. I worked" for a tailor nani(l?<!dstt?in.
near K'dridue street,
ar Broome street. CManhattan.'')
lie refused to incriminate other*
I imthinu- further has been learned
>m him.
A Call To The Rural Carriers.
P(rother Carriers: The time ba.=
me when something must be dont
r better roads. The condition ol
e public highways in this county i.;
shanve and a disgrace and a flat
ntradietion to our civilization ft
y nothing of our boasted culture
id progress. Oood roads con von ms
have met and passed resolution?
id adjourned and in traveling ovei
e roads it is impossible to observe
iv "before and after" effects; tin
ral caritiers assoiyation has fron
no to time passed resolutions pray
g t'he supervisor for- a more strict
lniinii-1 ration of the road law ant
seeching our representatives in tin
i'islature for a better and more of
ct.-ive law but all these resolutions
1 these appeals have been fruitless
le present road law lias been tie
innced by our best citizens and In
e grand jury of this county as :
tten failure and yet we arc compell
to jiut up with it. It is ontrageoui
say the least!
The laiw is a farce; wo have out
own it. The idea of warning oui
nds and obeying the sinmwons t(
rform manual labor on the publdt
iids of t'he county is as antiirpiated
it is repulsive. ft is servitude ant
rvitnde of this character w'heth.M
luniary or involuntary has never
pen satisfactory results in anv liint
business because there is alwayhceable
a slipshod. halfhearted
inner of doing the work assigned
it honest-paid free labor would be
hanied of. Ainother oo;iection is
;it about one overseer in a hundred
ows how to work a rond and not
e in five hundred can keep his
nds at work without having them
inding ]?ropped on their shovel-han%s
more than half the time. AuoMiobjection
is that the roads are usuy
worked just after n rain when it
too wet to work anywhere else. This
ly .makes bad matters worse. Every
in, even the most simple minded,
ows flint the roads ought to be
Iked when they are dry so that
tvel and traffic over them will pack
run instead of cutting them to
;cea.
Now who is to blame f The over
seor 1 No! The hands? No! Tho fault
is with the system?tho law. Then tae
law should ho repealed and a new law
enacted that will provide for the
workimv of the roads by taxation and
| not by labor after the fashion of an
I old time !ou'-rollin<>\ Then overseers
I could ho employed who would make
I road-bivildin.u- a study; and then we
'wouldn't have to wait lor a wet spell
. to come alon<;' in order to ?ot the mud ;
holes filled up with more mud.
We will never have any roads tin- i
dor the present law. It is clumsy, !
I old fashioned, and impotent. It has
I boon tried dec a do after decade and J
the host (hat can be said of it today i
is that it is a failure?a failure complete
and final. A waste of money, a
waste of time, but roads, a cruel
sacrifice of horses and mules and the
tearing up of vehicles are some of
the fruits of this law. Then why tolerate
it any longer?
Tho only sensible and only feasible
way of improving the condition of
our roa is is !,? levy a per capita and !
a propo?-iy tax and let out the roatTs
by sections (?|- by districts to eontrao-j
tors; but before this can be done it |
must be enacted into law.
N -w fellow carriers. 1 have roach- 1
ed iiie object of this call to you. It I
is to ask you to join in a crusade for
better roads by securing the enactment
of a la>\ which will provide for
Me levy of a per capita and a pro-1
perty tax. How can this bo done you
sayV Well, this voar is known in the
realm of politic; campaign year
and rig* I now is tho "inso to set on
foot a good roa.is cnoipaign. We
, must get t >i?.ellier en mm next holiday
t'he ,'ll)th of May and organize and demand
that our plan of road working
be made a political issue. We will accept
"no halfhearted promises from
candidates for the legislature but will
re<|uire of them a written pledtie thai
this law will l o passed; ml the can-j
didak-s for supervisor and for snh- i
supervisor will be pledged to a stric'
and impartial adn.in; -! i .'.t'.on of this1
lav.
We "Ii nave no sl.?t.\ hut we will
j let low our friends. We will vote for
those who favor and advocate road'
, working by taxation, and wo will vote
. against t'hose who oppose it. When
> as>kcd' by our patrons or any one else
; for our opinion with regard to the
t position of any candidate on tae road
> question we shall feel free to ex.
press it. We can do this without in.
eurring tho displeasure of the 1'. 0.
; Department.
There are twenty-two of us in Noiw>
berry county and we penetrate into
> the nooks and corners of every neigh\
borhood and rub shoulders with every
. cross-roads store-keeper in the conn1
ty and out of all these there is a
| reasonable hope that we can interest
enough of them in our good road's
- plan to send it down to the next leg,
islature in safe and friendly hands.
Now in closing let me ask you if
- you couldn't give more prompt and
/ elliciont service to the department and
i to your patrons with "Tenter comfort
. to yourself and the poor, dumb but
s failiI l*u 1 animal that you are sacrificing
if y,ou had better roads. If so
come to the court house on the'30th
r of May. Will el her you are a member
, of the carriers association or not.
, come any way. This is a meeting <>t
I carriers in tho interest of hotter
[ road's; there will therefore he no poli.
tical gas bans invited to be present
. to bare you with loner speeches. Wo
, don't need anyibody to tell us about
. the roads and the road law; we know
[ all that we want to know about them
I and a big sight more. Now don't slay
, away and say that whatever the oth,
ors do will bo alright with you. It
| most of us should show such indifference
ti'erc will be nothing .lone. Come
i come if you don't have a word to,
say: your presence will sanction the I
movement, your absence will imply
opposition to it.
Yours for belter roads,
T. K. Wicker.
"I have often heard that it is safer
to hear and to lake counsel than to
i give it."?Thowas a Kempis.
" Give every man thine oar. but
i few thy voice; take each man's censure,
but reserve thy judgment."?
Shakespeare.
TILLMAN GOING ABROAD.
His Condition Sncli as to Necessitate
a Change and Absolute
Rest.
Ttvut'Wi. S. March 2S.?While
no alarm is felt there is considerable
anxietv over the continued illuoss ot
Senator l'<. K. Tillman, ami announcement
i-> made thai his physicians, Dr.*.
liabeock ami Hunter. have diM-ided
that the senator needs a complete
eltanye. It develops that Senator
Tillman's condition demands absolute
rest and quiet. hence any idea he may
have entertained ot' making another
lecture tour after the eolse of congress
or later in the year has been put
aside. The Senator and Mrs. Tillman
an1 making arrangements to jjn
abroad durin.ii (he late sprinjr or varly
in I he Muumer. and will he away several
months.
MINE DISASTER.
Between 55 and 70 Men Lose Their
Lives in Wyoming.
C'hcynne, Wy??., March 'J!'.- -lietwee
n ;\:itl 7U men. it developed |o.
: day, |o>t their lives in two explosions
yesterday aim' last nivrhl in coal mine
N'o. 1. of the I'nion I'nci!*: Coal company
at llanna. The explosions were
i caused Iiv uases ami coal dnst and
; each was followed by lire.
! The lirst explosion occurred at .1
| o'clock, killinir IS miners, ineludinu; a
superintendent and three bosses.
The second explosion occurred at
in:TiO o'clock last niuht. snutTinir out
| the live of from -10 to f>0 rescurers,
| including- State Mine Inspector I). M.
! 'lie.
PITCHER CROUCH RELEASED.
| Newberry ^College Recruit Let Go by
Manager /Clark at Pitcher's
Own Request.
I ('olumbia State.
1 Pitcher (' .l'\ Crouch, the younu
| college player who has been working
I out with Clark's Chicks, asked ihe
'manager for his release Saturday afIternoon
and his request was granted
by Clark.
JCrouch fell that ho was not fast
enuuiih for this lenc.ue and for this
reason lie asked to bo let tr??. Crouch
pitched in one of the exhibition ?r?me<
I and showed up well for most of tin
j innings, lie threw one ball away thai
| cost a run or two and the lanky Xewiberrv
lad must have become disconri
a'.t en'.
Clark -ays that the. youmr pitcher
will likely be with one of the Stale
league '.earns and should easily make
vii <!. ( 'v>'i' !i had done some ?ood
{ pitching in c-illeue circles and with a
J year's expei iciice in Ihe Stale leaunj
he -lionld lie able to land with on.1
I of the Sallie league teams next year.
| lie has the makinu* of a uood pitcher
I in him and the fans of Columbia wish
j him much success.
Crosses of Honor.
1 The Drayton Rutherford Chapter,
I 1.">2. TT. D. C., N'ewberry, S. ('., this,
2")!li day of Kebruarv, 1008, be.irins
the three months advert isimr require.l
t<, precede Ihe bestowal of crosses
upon the dooondants of veterans.
Kitle I. Sec. 2. The oldest livinu'
; lineal doccndant of veterans who have
j not received a cross may secure it.
; provided that notices for three consecutive
monIris he published in the
i city and county newspapers calling
j upon veterans to send in certificates
| for crosses. If, nt the expiration of
three months no veterans have applied,
the bestowal of crosses upon
decen.lants and widows may bojrin.
The chapter ur.'os the veterans to
be prom;>t in sendinu" in their certificates
for two reasons. First of all,
because it is the purpose of the
chapter to honor every veteran with
a cross and, second, to <rive to such
decendants as described in the rule
above, the opportunity to secure their
croses.
Mrs. J. A. Burton,
President.
PRITCHARD REFUSES
TO REVOKE DECISION
THE COMMISSION GIVES NOTICE
OF APPEAL.
Court Holds That State Tribunal's
Construction Being Subsequent
to Federal Court's Action
is Not Binding.
Judge Prilchard in the United
Stales court in Ashevillo on Kriday,
say*. ;i dispatch in the Columbia Stale,
heard the mot ion on boh all.' ol." tho
South ('aroliua dispensary commission
thai in view ol tli?* recent decision ol'
(lie South Carolina supreme court,
holding I liat I he dispensary coutiuissioniTs
were ollicers of tiro Stale, and
llial the I niled Stales courl was without
jurisdiction. Judge Prilchard
should revoke his receivership order.
A tier hearing holli sides Judge I'rilchard
reI used to revoke his receivership
order and dismissed the motion.
Attorneys for I lie dispensary connuisi-ion
uave notice of appeal I" llie supreme
courl of {lie I'nited States and
I tiled I ln> reipiired bund.
I he hearing on Kriu'ay w a entire|
ly upon I lie law in the case and many
J autliorit ies were ciled on both sides.
Messrs. Ahncy of (' >] 11 in I * i a. Kountree,
of Atlanta and .Mailresnn of
('In-raw aiguiug for the commissioners,
wliile Messrs. Barnard and Lest or
appeared lor the I'Meischmaiiu company.
Messrs. Carter and Mordecai
lor I iii1 W'ilsou Distilling company
and M'essrs. Wilikowski of CharlesIon
ami Nelson of ('olumlhia on heh
a 11 o! other intervening creditor;.
Ike judge. alter hearing arguments,
ad,journcu' courl until o'clock. when
lie rendered his <-pinion.
!>?.!. .;c 1111 decision wa- ivmlercd
'Mr. \\ iitko;-, -ki, represent i 1:4 the
Max Mulicr cmi any. suit..! to the
co;irj I hat the claim ol nis client had
been approved by I he < onimissi.,n and
asked thai ludv.e 1 'liti 11.-1!";I make an
order thai it he pain'. Thi> the
judge decline,! to ,|m till! 11 a reipiesl
to that fitoct iva- made ity the com!
mission.
Solution Suggested.
Although I lie decision is final so
far as the circuit court is concerned
and would naturally indicate that the
receivers heretofore named by the
court for the ^SDD.OOI) fund would
proceed to lake steps toward securing > "
the fund or that counsel for the coin- }
mission woubl lake some action, noth
itiy may be expected for several ilavs
! " cause ol a suggestion whic h al first
"lance seemed |<> ineei w'.th the apj
pi'iival of the courl and which if acled
(on by it will make ali the dispensary
! i i I i *_ a 1 i< hi peace.! u I and inactive for
|mo]i:!is and assure a final determinai
1 11 v. liicli ''i be acccpie<r I) ali
I laities. This is that the roan allow
the di~pensa r,\ cnmini.-Moii |o yive a
j mi;.ci -i deas bond and hold all disj
pensarv matters in the same -tain- as
.now penging an appeal to the t'niied
Slates circuit court of appeals and
hen I o the I ni.'d Slalcs Mipli i.ie
"ii I he (|ue>tion of the jurisdiction
of the circuit court. The suggesIon.
which cam." without previous notic;.
to c! unsi I lor the complainants,
a .'itah d them considei ably, and afler
j each of them had reinonst rated
I :iji ?us I (his iocce<lure, moved by P>.
,v of dispeusa.'y counsel, they
asked for time to consider the legal
aspects of I lie mailer. This was
'i'inted ai d since -111d*_re I'rilchard
will In out .>1 l lie city until Tuesday
there will be ;io deleriniiial ion of lit?
proposition until thai time at least,
it is slated.
Notice given informally by I'Yank
W arier indicates I! 1 a( a rule againstthe
coinmivsioners will b issued ty- luiiiny
them to answer to the court
whether or not lhc\ ha\" disobeyed
its order by turaimr into the Slate
treasury part ol the property for
winch the receivers were appointed,
the collateral given by various South
Carolina banks to ensure the safety
of I he d ispensary cash placed 011 deposit
with them. Judge Prit chard remarked
that on such a showing ha