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|ffli And <?m% E. H. AULL, EDITOR. % Entered at the Postoftice at New *berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, June 5, 1908. The News and Courier correspond ent at Washington writes what oui congressmen did during the sessioi just closed, lie says that "modest} forbids the members of the Soutl Carolina delegation from telling wlitu they did during the session just end ed, ' and he is telling it for them. We did not know that our congress men were especially modest in tliif particular. It is not a bad accomplish incut, however. CLIMATE AFFECTS PLUMAGE Gay and Gaudy Hues Chiefiy Confined to Tropical Regions. Nover gave tin- color of the plu 111 aye of onr birds niucli thought, <li< von And von couldn't come wit hit a mile, probably, of naming the pre dominating hue. if yon were aske< suddenly without warning, says ai ' rnalia Idler t?. I lie Now York I lor aid. <?n are aware, however, I suppose that I lie birds ol those temperate re -i"ns jire, I? r the most part, plainly marked, while down in the (Jul States and I lie further tropics, lliriv ing as tliey do under (lie vertical ray; of Ilit* sun, most of litem are chid ii tray and gaudy hues. The birds wo have hero in Nebras k,i and wo have llieiu in groatei abundance and groat or variety thai 1 I'ey do in any oilier State in |h< union thai have brighl colors dis play Ilieni, as a rule, on only re slricls parts of their plumage; as tin scarlel sploloil on the wing of tin marsh blackbird and most of tin W oodpeckers, | he orange throat o I Hack burn "s warbler, and the purph iridescence on I lie w ings of (ho mal lard and leal ducks. I he exceptions to ibis rule, thougl few, are somewhat remarkable, lirowi ' id black, wilb a lit lie yellow or rod are I he prevailing colors, (lie yellow being much the more plentiful. True -'eon, like that of the loaves of ali "uc indigenous trees, is never found I hough clear.olive, with decided greoi iefloelions, and metallic greenish lus tei on black leathers are comnioi: enough. Wo have Imt three bluebirds and yet not one strictly all blue. Qui common bluebird, the one for whosi note wo all impatiently await in the early spring time, ho with the. re flection of Iho skies upon his badand the bronze of the earth on lib hi east, is an example of the most vivid and purest blue of them all, the malt outshining the female. But only tin upper "parts, the head, the back, tin wings and tin* tail, are blue; tin breast is a russet red and the undei parts pearl or whitish. I'he only all blue bird we have hen is the liny little indigo, fliis beai^it'u little bunting is no more commoi anywhere than right here in our owi State close roundabout Omaha. lb has been well named, for his color i; purest inditro, both above and he "eat h. Willi no white markings anv whore. I lie blue deepens lo blackisl or dusky un the wings and tail, whih on I ho head and shoulders are souk '-ireenish reflections, lie has a browi little mate, like the sparrows, t? which fanii 1 \ the bird belongs. Sin builds her nest in a low sapling jus \\ it bin t ic border ol the woods, m in a secluded thicket, and while tin lies I is quite crude and bulky looking it is mosj cosily constructed. The male is a lively soi?i>si<?r, wit I seeping eanary-lik" notes that are l* be luard almost anywhere alorg otn r.uiol country ro-ids an-.', lane-; fron 51 ly M.iy until lale in August lii favorite site when si ming is on th top-most i wig ol soil:'1 hiv'li iroe, lui as he lre<)uenls the doepo<" and nior hidden toliage, despite his eonspieu ous coat, only the real bird studen and the closers see and intiniatel; know him. Oar uplands is the real home o Ibis little flinch, and you will fin it by industrious searching in anv <> our overgrown pastures, along th edge of the woods and bushy road sides. Late in September I have founi them in the corn fields and even i our city gardens. The female lav from four to five eggs along early thi month, and they are white, tinged wit blue. riie indigo bird feeds upon insect and seeds, but chiefly upon the lat tor. He searches industriously fo food and often covers a wide rang of territory while foraging. TTo (lie rapidly and usually nl a considerabl height from the ground. As a type h , is shy and retiring. \ , Must of our birds fin<l little t ' and perhaps liuvo little iiiclinatioi sing after the nesting period, but indigo bird, like the song .span seems to lind inspiration of the creased household cares, and as prospects of the family grow brij s er his voice rings out in ad strength. lie keeps the nest well t t plied with dainty morsels, but m lingers long in its close vicinity, always before ho leaves he give p few tuneful strains, just to show 1 1 happy he is. Hut we were discussing the co 1 of the plumage of our birds, and w as I said before yellow is the comir est color of all, one entirely of t color is rare anywhere in this co try. The gold llinch, often called yellow, thistle or salad birds, has)] sulphur yellow for its prevailing or while the top of the head, wings and the tail are velvety bh The nearest approach to an all low bird is our lit lie warbler, wl I has olive shadings and small ruf markings. The meadowlark lias bri sulphur yellow on tin; throat . breast, and the dial, the Kentu | warbler, the yellow throat, the llir , and I lie roadside sparrow all hav . fair share of yellow on their pi I aire. l I lie (rue red birds are also lev number. The red winged hlackh the wood pecker the cardinal, the i f start, the scarlet lanager, the > _ sucker, the chewink and the oreli ; oriole all have patches of red, f their prevailing colors, except in/; . cardinal and lanager, are of phii ^ description. \ I lie brilliant golden robin or It; more oriole, loveliest of all birds, . <|iiile as much black as orange. ' purple flinch and the crossbills, s| ) o\\ like birds that often visit us , winter, have much of Ibis vivid I . but the richest of nil the reds is . be found on the cardinal grosbc , our common summer red bird, and , scarlet lanager. ii The grosback is entirely red, f eepi his lace?i( patch of glossy, id > about the bill. The scarlet lanager - blood robin, as lie is sometimes cal has deep yet black wings und t i u bile the rest of Ids plumage is , of (he richest scarlet, a hue that, precious few tropical birds can mal Keeping among the deeper gr ? foliage, he shines like a coal of I when the sun's rays strike him. ( , (l|<y last summer I saw one of th , birds come out of the brush and . down to the liawhide to take a b; i and so dazzling was his color as , wallowed in the little shallow wr . that the showers of water drops ; filled the air with looked like dr ; of blood in the sunilght. But koc . close lookout the next time you t . a stroll in the woods and see . yourself which color does really r I vail in the plumage of our birds. TRIAL BY JURY. > Ten Resons For Abolition of Trial Jury in Criminal Cases. i Convinced by thirl.v-live years' I periencc at the bar that juries i slowly losing respect for Stale coi i as well as for law ami are beeoni j more and more aggressive in plac < their own interpret a t ion on the - and attending less and less to - rulings o| the court and his elm i defining I lie law of the case, Mr. ^ (it'ecr in the .American Law \ iew for March-April sums up his i jedious to the jury system in crimi > care to understand them. Thev ; lieve their own ideas are supreme I J hat they have the right to be < r cases thus: s I'irst?They do not apply the e> detinition ol crimes given in court's charge because they do i understand them nor in truth do t > erncd by the same. Second?They read into the 1 their own emotions, sympathies feelings, giving it their own inter| tat ion "putting themselves in ' place of the defendant," a posi never contemplated by the law good morals. ' Third?Sometimes juries are v rupted through fear, or worse fives, into returning verdicts in f fiance of law. d Fourth?Prejudice figures hii'j i in verdicts. A tramp or paupet e denied the "benefit of the doul 1- but a well to do citizen has it stre :1 ed to most unreasonable lengths in n favor. s Fifth?The method of selecting s juries is childish and puerile, enab h one who has been "influenced" to swer all questions satisfactorily, s operating against the conseienf - talesman who admits he has for an opinion. The latter, the wi says, should no more be objection s therefor than the trial iudgo I e self. e Sixth?The whole effort of def< ant s counsel is to keep conseienf hue men out of the box, whos e feeliu 1 to feelings or .sentiments cannot be r the pealed to. oW? Seventh?The law recognizes t i?i- fact that a jury can be improperly i the llucnccd in that^it locks up juries =ht- K'lony cases. clcil j.^hth?Counsel for defendit ;up. make statements and arguments ( 0 C1 appealing to the passions and pre; >u <lices of. tlie jurors, to violate direel s n their oaths and acquit the defendai which they would not dare to ma to the trial by judge. > bile ^nth?As the law is an exact s cnce intended to prevent crime I airly, justly, and reasonable puni; Ia ing those guilty of infraction, the ti ? e*m 110 reason ^or a j,u*y on t theory that it will be more mereil than judges learned in the law, a The deliberate and judicic 1 analysis and application of facts, lek. vol- i out 11?I'lte st congest reason agaii licit "K' s.vs,rm 's that instead of eve ous ()"('nst* heing accurately delined a <.],f punished, juries are continually ad ,M I ing to the delinitions and destrovi ekv ^''"tainty ol" punishment. If ker U('IV known to be a fact that eve ,(1 crime would be punished according urn-- ''s 't('tinilion, then' can be no dot: oC the salutary effect. It is the t certainly of Ibe jury verdict tli breeds criminal desire and anarch' 1 M |.(1(i In civil cases, says be, juries : <ap- taken to avoid lite law. " Persot ard htjtiry" suits afford the most striki lmj illustration. .Juries pay no attention ll,,. the law, the assumption of risk, jlu,r the eonlribulory negligence5 of ( plaintiff, hut decide, the case plait (|.. ?'ii a mistaken sympathy against t Iris ''' '< '' ''e fact that the plaint -pi is poor and the defendant is rich ^ sufficient, and the jurors relieve tin '. consciences by assuring one a noil ( that a higher court will correct tin ' mistake?if any. Appellate com , ?*o,nplacently hold themselves "bou the '>V 'thus found by the .jury and the law goes on ohnngiuu l'r< system of doubt, and from doubt ' * hopeless contusion and eonseienceh a('lv anarchy. . or ltd. .lN NOTICE OF FINAL SETTL ;?u; MENT AND DISCHARGE, but ?f last will and test l,.|i nieiit ot (leu. LaugTord, decoast ecu ' u'" make final settlement on l lire said deceased in the Con "),,<> I'''"bate for Xewberry county, 1 lCSe I aesday, .Inly 7, at 11 o'elo f]v '* the forenoon, and immediate itli, 'hereafter apply for letters "distil he sor.v? ns ?x?'eutor of safd est^tt'. / persons holding claims against sfi he estate will present them duly atte: ops r<' "" or before that date and all p< p a sons indebted to said estate will ma ake P.vment. for W. S. Laugford, Executor. >re- 1taw-4t. ASSIGNEE'S SALE. 1 will sell at auction in front the Court House on Saturday, Ju 20th, liMtS, at 12 o'clock, the folio ing property of the assigned assets (,x_ K. <!. .) us| us: ,m. Four Doors. trts | Two boxes of Tile. in<f And a box of plumbing tools, 'inir I ' hf* property can be seen at 1 law's,?,v antil the day of sale. ,ll(1 Terms: Cash. riro W.M. JOHXSOX, 1 la 1 Assignee and Agent for Credito We- I ol?- NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMEN inal Notice is hereby given that I w be-j make liual settlement as Adutinisti and tor ot the Kstate of Hen Herd, < rov- j ceased, in the otliee of the Judge j Probate for Xewberry County, Sot cacf ' Carolina, on the 7th day of July, 10< the at II o'clock a. m., and will invn not J diately thereafter make, applicati hey j for a liseltarge as said Administi I tor. law All persons holding claims agait and said estate will present them, duly pre- tested, to my attorney, Eugene the Blease, Newberry, S. C., on or bcf< lion said date; and all parties indebted or said estate will likewise make pi nieiit. cor- LEWIS HERD mo- Qualified Administrat de- 4t. ?ely Death Was On His Heels. i' is . I esse P. Morris of Skippers \ t," had a close call in the spring of 19 teh- Ho says: "An attack of pneumoi his left me so weak and with such a fe ful cough that my friends declai Hie consumption had me, and death v linf; on my heels. Then I was pcrsuat an- to fry ])|-. King's New Discovery, and helped me immediately, and af ous taking two and a half bottles I v mod a well man again. I found out tl 'iter New Discovery is the best remc able for coughs and lung disease in tim- the world." Sold under guaran at W. E. Pelham and Son's di >nd- store. f>0o and $1.00. Trial hot ions free. T 1785 College of tbarhston Ml lie Charleston, S. C. '!' 124th Year Begins September 25th. 111 Entrance examinations will be held at the County Court House ."J 011 Friday, July 3, at 9 a. m. All ?; candidates for admission can comi? pete iu September for vacant Boyce t-ly Scholarships which pay $100 a year, lit, One free tuition scholarship to eacli ko county of South Carolina. Board and furnished room in dorniitor\ ci- $11- Tuition $40. Kor catalogue by address Harrison Randolph, ih- President .TO ho NEWBERRY UNION STATION. ful ? nd Arrival and Departure of Passengei his Trains?Effective 12.01 A. M. Sunday, April 26, 1908. isr ' ry Southern Railway: ,,',1 No. 15 for Greenville .. . .8.57a.m |,l_ Xo. IS for Columbia .. ..1.40 p.m ng No. 11 for C5reenville .. ..3.40 p.m No. 16 for Columbia 8.47 p.111 tv 0., N. & L. Ry. j() *No 85 for Laurens 5.1)1 a.111 1,1 *No. 22 for Columbia .. ..8.47 a.m hi- No. 52 for Greenville .. 12.56 p.m in| No. for Columbia .. . .3.20 p.m ^ *Xo. 2e for Laurens .. ..7.25 p.m m> *NTo. SI for Columbia .. ..8.36 p.m ml * Doe* not run 011 Sunday i,,r I liis lime table shows the times al which trains may be expected to den|. part from this station, but their doj)p part lire is not guaranteed and the ,1 v time shown is subject to change with. ' out notice. jiy G. L. Robinson, js Station Master. r?i r ler EXCURSION RATES. i>ir rls Via Southern Railway for Special nd Occasions. >ir Haltimore. Mil., and return, account lo general con IV re nee M. K. church, May ss til5i-.Khli. 1;I(IS. \ cry low round trip rates upon in the public. Tickets to be sold May 3rd--ltli->ih, good to leave Baltimore returning not later than midnight, May 30lh, 190S. AN ashimrton. I). and return, aeM|, ;i;ii !':c:iuial Session National As|10 sociatinn of Colonial Dames, May 6thirt >hh. .1P0S. A ery low round trip rates on ?PC? to tpublic. Tickets to be t.|- sold May 3rd-;.)Hi, good to return leavly inir Washington not later than midis. night, May 12th, 190S. Further ex^)) tensions, tinal limit to leave Washingid ton not later than May 25th, 1908, can bo had upon payment of fee of 50 iV_ cents and deposit of ticket. ke 'Richmond, Va., and return, accouni National Conference of Charities and Correction, May 6th-13th, 1900. Very low round trip rates open to the public. Tickets to be sold May lst-4-tli, 1908. pood to return leaving Richmond not later thau midnight, May of 15 tli, 1908. lie Norfolk, Ya., and return, account w- General 'Conference A. M. R. church, of ^f?y -lth-30(h, .1908. Very low round trip rates open to the public. Tickets to he sold May 2nd-3rd, good to return leaving Norfolk not later than midnight. May 31st, 190S. ny ''Ml' detailed information, rates schedules, etc., appty to Southern Railway ticket agents or address J. C. i.usk, rs. Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. rT R. W. Hunt, ..." Asst. Gen'l Passenger Agt, Atlanta, Ga. rale of CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAR it li OLINA RY. f)8, ie- Schedule in effect February 16, 1908 ion Lv. Newberry(C N & L) 12:56 p.m ra- Ar. Laurens 2:02 p.m Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:32 p.m 1st. Ar- Greenville 4:00 p.m at. Lv. Laurens 2:32 p.m 8. -A-Spartanburg - 4:05 p.m >rc Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 5:00 p.m j() Ar. ITendersonville 7:45 p.m ,v. Ar. Ashcville 8:30 p.m Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:32 p.m Ar. Greenwood 3:42 p.m or Ar. MoCormick 4:38 p.m Ar. Augusta 6:20 p.m Note: The above arrivals and de partures, as well as connections witl rjt other coon panics, are given as infor OA* mation, and are not. guaranteed. njn Ernest Williams, nr_ Gen. Pass. Agt., ,.e<l Augusta, Ga. vas Geo. T. Bryan, j0(i Greenville, S. C., G'en. Agt. WINTHROP COLLEGE. Imt Scholarship and. Entrance Examina (dv ttion ail \ tee The examination for the award o ug vacant Scholarships in Winthrop col lie lege and for the admission of new stu dents will be held at the County Cour I House on Friday, July 3, at 9 a. m, | Applicants must he not less than fifteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 3 they will he awarded to those making the liight est average at this examination, pro[ vided they meet tho conditions gov| orning the award. Applicants for EH N C June and Coi and the presents fc The question is \ graduation day. How about a Fa I more appropriate. We have a selecti the ones to give, beautifully carved are trimmed in sp _ hantl painted in mo; ' | designs, They ha\ gj silk which adds mu I wear of the Fan. ( BHMEMgMgMBagHSaBanMB i ywmnwa?bw Do Your Own ? Banking z j HBHBMBBWHS8SBB cei' j int 4 !,j Interest Paid I Depai I The Comm INEWBEI JNO. M. KINARD, O. B. President. Vic< Low Eicm \ Atlantic ( To Birminghc turn account An : C. V. Tickets o ; 7th and 8th, fin For further in vations, etc., cc nearest ticket a W.J. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic 'IV [ Gene - WILMINC I , Scholarship should write to Presid6nt Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. [ Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 10, 1908. For furth er information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. ) W mmencement, )r the girl graduate. what to give her on n? There is nothing on of Fans that are because they have ivory sticks. They rangles, laces, and I st delicate colors and ? /e a double web of 1 ch to the looks and | ?MBBBaEB?E?Baaa?aaaB?i 11 ur earnings get into the bank ether you put them there or not. &fH9 you spend all somebody else deits your money. Better start a l;'M zings Account TODAY and re- nHR ve the benefits of 4 per cent. fWBt erest yourself. rlffl in Our Savings rtment. ^ ? 1 ercio Bank, RRV, S. C. , MAYER, J. Y. McFALL, 2-Pres. Cashier. rsion Rotes ria loost Line. im, Ala., and remual Reunion U. n sale June 6th, 1 al linit June 20th. formation, reser>mmunicate with gent, or <> lanager, T.C.WHITE, jJkt ^ral Passenger Agen?jl8j?p ITON, N. C. ..