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VOLXLY NO. 72 ~ ~ NEWBERET. s7o.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1908. " TWICE A WEEK. 81.50 A YEAB
CLEMSON IS OVER FULL.
Many Applicants Have to Bo De
nied Entrance?The Dismissed
Cadets Will Come Back.
Anderson, Sept. 3.?Col. Allet
' Johnstone, chairman of the boarc
of trustees of Clem son college was
in Anderson today en route to hi:
home in Newberry from Clcmsoi
where he has been attending a meet
ing of trustees, lie said that 1,00?
applications for admission had beer
^ received at the college and that tin
college capacity with the new dor
mitory is 718. About 2." 0 of tin
300 dismissed cadets of the Apri
Fool escapade have applied to tin
^ discipline committee for admissioi
and 22.") of the applications have re
ceived favorable action.
The conduct of the cadets befon
dismissal is guiding the discipline
committee in determining the dispos
} al of l lie applications. The cadets t<
be readmitted will be required t<
stand examinations for advancemen
with their former classmates am
they will alsj> bo retiuired to sign :
contract declaring that they will
abide and be uoverned bv the rule:
and regulations <>|' the colicue.
CAN ALAN JOHNSTONE
HOLD AS CLEMSON TRUSTEI
Y
Interesting Question Raised by His
Election to the Senate?Is Life
Trustee Such an Office as the Lav
i Contemplates.
f Greenville News.
Columbia. Sept. I.?The old ques
lion as to the right of a member ol
the legislature to hold the oflice ol
elective trustee of a State college i>
very likely to come up again at tin
next session of the general assembly
Tt is a question that should be set
tied once for all.
At the last session of the genera
assembly, Mesrrs. John G. Richards
(' Jr., and Coke I"). Mann, both mem
j\ hers of the house, were elected trusi
toes of Clemson college. They hav<
both now been reelected to the-house
of representatives, and it is a serious
question with many who have looker
into the subject whether they eai
hold hot It positions.
Mr. Alan Johnstone, who has beei
elected to the senate from Newborn
is a life trustee of Clemson undei
A the will of Mr. Clemson, and it i;
held that his status is different fron
that of Messrs. Kichards and Mann
but 1 lie issue was raised against bin
in the campaign in Newberry.
The law requires all officers ol
the State to bo commissioned by the
governor but with few exceptions tlu
trustees of the State colleges do not
trouble to get commissions and it is
thereby implied that they do not
consider themselves officers of the
State. At some time a serious question
may be raised in this respect
and it will be well enough to have
the whole matter decided by some
competent authority in time.
The meeting of the Slate board ol
education today will likely be the
last meeting under the adininistration
of Sup!. Martin, as it is frequently
necessary to hold a ineolin.E
, in January or in December before
the new official^ come into office. The
ij governor may at the beginning ol
^ | the year have two vacancies on the
{11 board to fill by appointment. Tt
M Mr. \Y. J. Montgomery is elected tr
Wj. the senate from Marion, he wil
\ doubtless resign from the Stale board
of education, as that has been the
11 custom if not the law. I'rof. A. T\
Banks who lias been on the boarel
$ longer than any other member, ha?
^removed his residence from the fifth
| but that may not legally impair his
%'right l<< hold his seal on I ho board
JSj$He is in close touch with a large
Mfmrt of his district from here.
??
There are 202,000 Sunday schools
V.flli the world, with something like 20,0(10,000
pupils.
..JW .
IllfcWhnt tree is of I lie greatest iinfi^ffi>rtance
in history? The elate.
JfipSt. Louis reports a case of hvpnot
f&ufcm over the telephone at a distance1
j #|f lot) miles.
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NEWS FROM EXCELSIOR.
- New Phone Line? School Closes? T1
Picnic and Addresses on
Education.
i Excelsior, Sl>pt. 7.?Our school dis
1 closcd Friday. co
5 Mr. J. D. Lorick lias made some In
s improvements on his dwelling house, tin
i Our people are busy picking col- M
- ton. The crop in (his section will "
') not he much more than one half of a ra
i yield. di
? Miss Annie Xinglev is visiting in h;i
- Utopia section. pc
i? The Kev. Ira tt. Caldwell will yc
1 preach in the school house the early to
i part of this week at night up to w<
1 Wednesday night service U> eom
mence at 8 o'clock sharp. Public cor- wl
dirtily invited, to the services. pi
j We still have a few cases of fever \\
2 in this section. I\?
Prof. .1. S. Wheeler had a good pi
) | horse to die Thursday night. The ra
) horse was lying in stable dead when fo
I i lie went to IVed Friday morning. ra
1 | The phones were put in on the be
i | new line Friday and our people are in
I now calling out for central. yi
< j Miss Mamie Counts has been elect- of
| eil principal of the Mi. Pilgrim Ir
jM-hool for the next sclioh?>lie year. \v<
i Mr. Aumerle l,orick came up from cn
I Inno Friday and was at the picnic be
i here Saturday. lit
3 i Miss Kosalec Wlieeler is visiting in wl
J 1 Newberry. ar
' Miss Mav'jic Homier, of IVl/.er, ami
Miss Kosa Sponcc, of Newberry, have ,s
been visiting Messrs. K. M. and P.
| 1>. Conk "s families. ')n
,, I Miss Ollie Counts will leave the
Jl lth of this month for Marion, Virginia,
where she will attend school (,u
another vear. ' '1'1
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The Iiev. 0. H. Shearouse preached
an interesting sermon at Ml. Pilj
grim church Sunday morning after 'M
j j which the communion was adminis- ; 1
^ j tered. The sermon was principally
j to the vouug folks and oueht to do s
i ca
. i ?r??od.
i' . 'v
? I Kxcelsior Farmers union will '
! j meet at the school house next Sat?
urdav afternoon. 1-th, at 2 o'clock ^
j , | > ( 1
I i sharp. Fach member is asked to be
i present as business of importance ^
I will come before this meeting. ^
i i The weather on Saturday morning
' was very threatening for rain, how- an
i* ever, this did not keep the people at ()|'
? home and a good crowd gathered p.,
i early in the morning to enjoy a day Ml
, of picnicing. Owing to the weather (|t,
i the committee in charge thought it cu
j best to hold the gathering on the nj
' j school grounds and we all thought ()p
: the committee had acted wisely |C|1
'[when the occasional showers of rain sj,
t" | began to fall. Mr. .7. 1). Stone's oak p|t
' j crrove was first selected as the place n;
( and would have been nice had the
1 went her been favorable.
The Kev. J. A. Sligh one of the J.'
' speakers of the dav was sick and
i * nit
unable to be on hand which was very ^ .
much regretted by the audience as
Mr. Sligh is a good speaker and alwavs
has sonicthinir irood to say.
> ' fo
Prof. .7. K. O'Xeall Hollow,'ly. an.'other
one of the speakers, was on |
r Miami and made a good long address ,)n
> ! on education and agricultural inter- (<;1
> ests. Mr. ITolloway is a good speak- ^
p er and don't seem to lire in talking. |j,
> Prof. J. S. Wheeler the other speak- ov
* j er for the day was also on hand but f,(,
i only made a few remarks and intro- (>1.
| dneed Mr. ITolloway to the audience.
| ! This closed the exercises of the day ]((.
> j and next thing in order was dinner
.land the table in the little oak grove f j(
linear the railroad was soon filled to ,
. i
? J over flowing with nice eatables .inst
i J such things as the good Indie? in this
t! section know how to prepare for pic- ,
, ; nie occasions being plenty for all
i | present and a good supplv left over.
'fhe afternoon was ldeasantlv spent
... it'll
liu talking and singing in the school
i : house while the occasional sIiowoks ' .
I ,? n I, nu
. j o| rain I ell.
i . 1
j flood lemonade was furnished the j
people to drink and keep cool by Mr, <i'
.7. I). IT. Kibler which was much en- .)((
joved. Notwithstanding the rain the (l)j
picnic was well attended, very much j),,
enjoyed and will long be remembered ]of
' j by all present. So mote it be.
Sigma. r*.
I - j re.
BREAD FROM AIR. sa
10 Modern Miraelc of Inventive en
Science. to
"A prodigal world is beginning to is
soovor that it can not indefinitely hi
ntinue to despoil the stores of na- tr
re without taking thought for the su
"row, writes Mr. I,. (J, Cliiozza
oney, M. P., in |||(> London News, g(
Forest, mine and prairie have been (1
vaged until in respeet of many iz
liferent coin modi ties world scarcity al
is made itself fell at a very early b<
riod in the age of machinery. Fifty fi
ars of wanton waste are beginning in
tell; fifty years more would mean <>|
>rld famine. Il
01 tlie problems of reparation
liieh have arisen, none is more iin- ti
>rtant than the nitrogen problem, g;
ithont nitrogen flesh cannot bo ai
nned: without nitrogen man is im- P
>ssible. With I lie preservat ion and 01
l'id multiplication of men the call ! ti
r nitrogenons funds has led In the'H
pid exhaustion of soils and manure I ri
ds. The soil of t|u. ,,1,1 w..rid de- ' I!
und payment in nitrogen before they i st
(del a crop. America has got rid ! pi
the available nitrogen in great fi
iicls <>f her lately virgin soil. The ! is
" Id s guano beds are praet ically ' n
nausted. I lie nitrate deposit^ will |]
in the same comlilion within the'
'elime of many now living. This ' )l(
Itile the world's mouths to be fed j 'p
e always increasing in number.
'' Fort nnately for mankind, science rt
proving et|iial to the occasion. The i v,
ily loaf. endangered by the arts of u,
isiuess. i> lo lie |.reserved for ns bv j |.\
e arts of | lie labaratorv. j.(
"Several scientific processes claim 1,.
r attention in this connection. First ' w
us note that Prof. Ostwahl and ' |>;
" Braiier. two of ||?. brilliant | in
emists whom fierinany produces so a"
olifically. have made it possible to1.,,
oduce nitric acid from the amnion- ! su
[ al li<|tior of gas and coke works. It !
impossible here to detail the techni-!|||
I process, but it consists essential-'m
in the decomposition of ammonia ' ih
Por by patinnm. It is a bautiful1,,,
t'thod, which depends upon the ex- ! 0t
sure of tlie ammonia to the plali-js<i
im for 1 -.">()()(h part of a second of ! ?(
'ie. It the exposure were longer
an this unlixcd nitrogen would be \
eated, and. of course. lost. The f|
lmonia vapor has to pass like a gale m
wind, so that decomposition goes ;li
r enough to produce nitric acid and '
>t free nitrogen. The area of lliel"
composer used is but that or a lea- Li
p. but it produces 200 pounds of! or
trie acid in a day. The production (|(
nitric acid from ammonia lias been ! ci
iowii as a classroom experiment forjtli
ctv years, but the Ostwald-Rrauer I p:
ocess is economical, and gives cheap ;,t
trie acid.
t ii
''Not thus alone is the scientist m
oving himself master <.f the sitna- 1,1
>n. Kven more fascinating are the '
iMhods employed for utilizing the t('
t rogen of t lie air. j <1
"Air is a mechanical mixture of j'
ygen and nitrogen. 2.'? pounds of the
riner and 77 pounds of the latter 118
iking 100 pounds o air. We have. '
en. but to manure the soil with air ^
id the thing is done. The farmer |
n do it <|iiilc easily?after the scien-! ?
:t has shown him tlie way. He fore i
e scientist finds out the way, how-j
or, your practical man will make j
i*lsiiii caustic references to 'dream- i
s. 'faddists* and 'cranks' if you ''
lk ol turning' air into <|iiarlern >'1
lves. I"
''In Norway, at this moment, with
'' "'d of I* rench and (lerman eapi-j .
I, the power of great waterfalls is
ing used to produce nitrogenous j
inure from air at prices low enougli p()
r commerce. "
<<?ei . ,'11
I lie process used in Norwav is fj
at of Hirklaml and F,y do. which 1 ,,|
iI'lo.vs the electric furnace. The j ;l
is led into the furnace and sub- |:,
I led to an electric disk ?lame with |,,
liameter of about <0 inches. Sweep- j |)(
i this terrific flame on both sides, w
o air i< momentarily heated to a ' Wl
int at which the nitrogen is oxidiz- pa
Immediately the gas coming from !
[ furnace is cooled down to av^>id j mi
of nilroiren. and led over limo-!|j,
>ne sprinkled with water, with the'be
'nit that calcium nitrate, or lime!
It peter, is obtiiincd. I( is u scionfie
triumph which looks prosaic A
lough when the stuff leaves the fae- ?
rv in wooden barrels. T
"In another direction, also, science
operating in order to utilize the
Mindless stores of atmospheric nibgen,
7."),000.000 tons of which are
ispended over every acre of land.
About twenty years ago llellerei'1
showed that leguminous plants
inown from ancient times Id fertile
the soil in which they grow, and
ways therefore grown in rotation
-fore corn) obtain their nitrogen
om the air, and that bacteria, living
i nodules or tubercles on the roots
the plants, are the media by which
ic nilroucn is obtained.
" rhis line of investigation was con
nued until a culture of the root orinism
was obtained by Beyeriniek, A
id named the bacillus radicicola. (
rof. Nobbe of (Jennany failed in an ^
uleavor to prepare the infective eulire
on a large scnlc. but in 1001
te I niled Slates departnii'iit of agculture
took up the work, and bv
10.5-0 1 1 he State department was
'iiding out lens of thousands of
lckaires of prepared microbes, at
r>l dried on col ion wool, but now
sued in lic|ui,| |-/ Ml- |,, iihi.-, ||,(,
ports showed that 71 per cent of
ie trials were successful.
In lhe same \car our own board
I agriculture look up the mailer,
hey <mi samples I mm America and
ermany, distributed llieni, and ;i> a
,>n'' reported that the mailer was j
ill in an 4experimental stage.' And'
ere, imforl :inat ely. they dropped it.
orl unatcly Prof. I Jot ion-ley, the
dauical professor of King's 'college,
has I lie work
liicli our board of agriculture did so
idly and laid down so <|iiicklv. Durg
100(i and l!)07 a thousand packres
were distributed here for testing
lrposes, and so far most of the re- G
ills have been successful.
"It should be clearly understood
at ihe bacterial culture is not a
anure. What it does is to add to aJ
e soil organisms which breed and St
"It iply "ii I lie roots of a legumin- B
is crop and enable it |o grow in a tw
>il which contains li((|,. or ,1(l nj|ro- ,
n. Alter the leguminous crop. of if
itirse, I he succeeding crops benefit,
Iter the doctored clover the wheat
ourislies. The poorer the s,,i|
ore marked the effects. With ||,e V
<1 of the culture peas have been 1T
o\yn luxuriantly even in cinders.
"The scientist appeals lo the gov- ?
nment to take up the tools of set- of
ice. The United Stales agricultural h<
parlnient is distributing bacterial fi:
ilture free, and cannot cope with lli
ie demands for it. Our own de- lb
irlment, after tinkering with a few so
1 ported and in some cases, dead culm's
is doing nothing. !| is little >i(
oney that is needed, but poverl v is ai
e excuse pleaded, I understand, bv li
ie department. Prof. Mottouiley 01
lis us that wasle land can be re.limed
and made lerlile for sixpence
1 acre, and as lie puis it. 'can we nf- fi:
>rd lo neuled such possibilities of jc
it ional weall h ? " ''
ISHERMEN'S SUPERSTITIONS.
ancing For Salmon?Words to Be
Avoided When Baiting a I in
Hook. a I
In British Columbia the Indians h?
remoiiioiislv went to meet the first he
hnon and in flattering voices tried 1 f'd
win their favor by calling I lieni all
1 iefs. ?<
Kvery spring in California the Kar;s
used to dance for salmon. Mean- yji
'"'e M||e of their number secluded
niseif in the mountains and fasted ""
r ten days. 1 pon his return he sol- ap
iinly approached the river, took the
' -1 >'?hiu | he catch, ale some of
it and with the remainder lighted f|(
sacrificial lire. The same Indians m<
hoi iously climbed to the mountain pc
p after the poles lor the spearing lea
?olh, being convinced that if thoy j
I'l'e gathered where the salmon ' M
re watching no fish would be ' N<
ughi. :(li
\ cry widespread, in fact, i~ thisj"itivc
belief of ihe necessity of can-lot
11 whenever Adam is on fMiin" '
nl- , en
In Japan among the primitive race ' di;
MEN OF AFFAIRS IN ATLANTA {
EPPS^ ^
en'l Manager Southern Bell Telephone & Teleg raph Co.
The Atlanta Constitution is running1 cuts of men who
:e doing things in Atlanta. By permission of the Con;itution
The Herald and News runs the cut of Mr. J. Epps
rown which appeared in the Constitution August 2(ith.
tr. Brown is a Newberry county boy who has made good
1 Atlanta, and is now the general manager of the Southmi
B?11 Telephone and Telegraph Company. We are
Iways pleased to note the success of Newberry boys.
fe congratulate Mr. Brown on the success which he has
lade.
llii' Ailios even I lie women left ;il mailt1 an iniaye of m swimmini; fish
tine art' not allowed to talk li'sl tin* ami put il in the water to nil raid
s!i may hear and disapprove, while live fi^li l< hait. Los Angeles Times,
e first Cisli is always hroiiyhl in
"V1"'' ;l <l" ,!" THE HUMAN ENGINE.
t lie ot her I ish may mil see.
The lvsi|iiiinau women of Alaska
ver sew while 'he men are fishinu, i'^0 Operate This Mastcrpiocc Air is
nl should any memliny: he impera- The First Necessity.
ve they <lo il shut up in little tents
it of siuht of the sea. <ir..n .1 1
'M all the enyilie- cnnniii'jl v devised
I nder no cireutnslanee on hi" . . ,
., . .. . ... "> ln:"1 ""I ?"< fail eijimI that master
irthesal cicist ot Seotlaml will a . . .
. , piece o| construction, I lie engine of
slicrinan al sea mention certain 0I1- ..1 .. .
. . . , . . .. 'lie linman Inline, lo run that enirine
ets on lami, such as minister, . .
....... . .. ,, - ... , an is the lust necessity. ( oii-trud it
kirk, swine. do<_r. elf., ami , ... ,
.. ... 111, l|,,w Wlll< lll?' -t'ealer part of the
e line Will surelv he lost il ;i pm , . 1
, , euervy winch !eeds ;i power plain is
seen while liaitimj it. A s on | lie . 1 1
1 * 1 1.1 . 1 1 '"'I"'!' il reaches tin- npplvinir
ml chickens must 11 ?t lie counted . .
... 1,11 . I- I machine. I he hodv onlv has the
1I1I tliev are haleheil, so al sea lish
; , ,1 . * , 1 power o| nsiny enerl'jA reallv eeonolist
not lie coiinleil until tliev are .. ,
, , , . 11 1 * " r* 1 nneally and ellicienllv. ||> loud is
I caiitdil. II is -rood luck to 1111 d .
.. ... . st ituents hi that lood 111 u I lie hurtled,
ice 111 lil il in-j ainoiej the nets; a . '
1 -| 1 . ,1 . . 11 producing: heal and power. For l hat
irseshoe nailed to the mast will . '.
, ii- , 1 1 1, nurniiiu I lie oxvjeii of the ;nr is eslp,
and a herring camjlit and sail- . , . .
i n 1 , sen 11 a I. hituallv true is n 1 hat nitrodown
will produce wonders. 1
t ,1 mi . 1 111 1 1 1 mii-t lie present |o prevent v'ie
In tlie Shetland Islands ;i cal musl ' ^
. , .-iic 1 , rapid eoinliiistion which would lake
i| he mentioned lielorc a man hail1
i- 1 ,1 m place m oxvuen alone. I'ut, whether
? hi- line and anions Ihe .Man- ' . ...
.. I. .? 1 ,11 the comInisl urn he hisl or slow, the
irs ol llunyarv a lishermaii will . ..,1.1.
rn hack and wait over a tide if he ,h" SJ,n,<'- T1"' ^ *?"'?*
,'cts a woman wearing a white =""1 li.v<li;?jr<-,i of us I
iinil 'jivrs out I Ix* n.\ulcs 11I i Im?so <iiI>.,
, ^ 1 1 1 -lances, c;irlion dioxide (carhoii aeid
r.verv veiir the native- ol the Puke , 111 . ,
, -a -) and hvdro?en ovule (water).
1 iirl; IsijiihI deeorale a canoe with ,,,, , . .
. .. .... . . , ,, lue water thai is lormci) within the
iwcrs and lern, till il with -hell . , ,
, 1 IhmIv Iiv 1111 * Imrmii'j ol hvdro'jen is
mev and cast it adrilt 'to com- .. " ' . , ,. ,
... ... . . .... "I comparatively sli-jht imporlanee in
nsat e the 11 s 11 lor their lellows ' ,
. , a eoiisnleraI ion ol I lie vital questions
I'jrhI and eaten. .. . .. ,. . . r
, , , ? ,, ol ihe ellecl id cilv air upon Ihe lull
was alwavs the custom ol Ihe , ' , '. .
. "... .... . r dividual, lint Ihe oilier laclor, the
aoris, the primitive inhabitants ol . .
,,, , . n- . earhon dinxiile lormetl 111 the liodv, is
w Zealand, to put the lirst 11.-I1 ...... , ..
. 1 . 1 1 . ,i "I direct importance.- Mollis (oitllrev
..I 11n*v cau'jiit hack into the sea , .
1 " 1 1 , in AI lant ic.
kvith a prayer that il nnv'hl tempi
iier fish to come and he canyl'l.'*
If 1 he fish did 111 >1 come soon Some wniueu are so slow that il
o 11 h in I?ri 1 i-h ( olumliia the In take- lliein alioiit forty yen's to reach
tins used to employ a wizard, who the aye nf 2.">.
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