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| VQL XLV N?' 78 NEWBERRY. J3. P.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 1908~ TWJOE A WKE1C 81.B0A YKAR
I RIDDER NAMED.
New Yorker Succeeds Haskell as De- Pi
mocratic Treasurer.
New York, Sept. 26.?Herman Rid- ,
der, editor of Tllie Stoats Zeitung and
[|| vice chairman of Hie publicity bureau ru
of the Democratic national commit- or
!tee, was tonight appointed by Nation- be
al Chairman Mack as treasurer of the eh
national committee to succeed Gov. to
Charles N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, to
who resigned his position early today fi<
.M in Chicago. to
ij$" The appointment of Mr. Ridder as al:
treasurer of the committee was made de
by telephone a few minutes before to
v. Chairman Mack's departure for the in
West. r0
Mr. Mack said: I5'
"I am very much pleased Mint Mr. of
i Ridder has seen fit to accept the re- pr
sponsibilities of the troasurcrship. He
is a very high type of the American D<
business man amd one whose associations
and connections will not bring N
f him under charge of suspicion of tli
having to do witih those corporations an
|jK|' to which Democracy is opposed." in
Mr. Ridder will probably leave for fr
Chicago witlhin a few days to take up pi
|j|- the work at headquarters. pr
Mr. Ridder was seen at the IloffmE?,
man house tonight and said: de
$?. "Mr. Mack offered me the position
of tresurer, and I accepted, for I he y<
'?jf\ reason that I favor tariff reform, andjti<
^ as the only hope of tariff reduction is th
:$f| in I he success of Bryan and the Do- 111
$1; mocratic party, I considered it my tc
duty to take the office and do everything
in my power to assist the De- ,n
mocratic party to win, that the peo- on
pie may be relieved from the extor- m
tion of the trusts protected by the th
\M high tariff." Pr
\k 55,1
fc BIG STAKE RACES I
1 AT STATE FAIR 1
tli
| ^ For th? First Time South Cairo* of
Una Gets Stake Races-Big so
U'i Entries. ol
??>
[. >.VC Columbia, S. C.?(Special.)?In all the .
PaMl life of the State Fair?forty years- l/fej
there havo never been anything like wi
the racea that are scheduled for this
.year, The fair opens October W3th and
;; / closes October 30th. There will be four 1 ?>
M days of raolng. Already five etako
M&k -r^ceB have been arranged for trotters
and pacers. Purses will be offered for ro
both harness and running horses.
, J Between $6,000.00 and $7,000.00 has
been offered as prizes for these races, le
WM The attractive prizes, together with the
yfyi fact that so many of the Northern and
- -ilj (Eastern tracks have had trouble with sij
^be raoers, will make the entries her?
J'-ip fair week tho best Aggregation of fast
horses over aeon anywhere In the di
ii ft South. |1{1
tv;.W Strings of horses from the most re,
m Downed stables In the country will be to
here fair woek. With the races noarly w]
lll'jtwo months off, the entries for the
j#jjftfrstake races counted up to ninety-three, gv
Pfig&and It Is expected that more than a m
pv:M?hundred of Amorloa's finest racers will
entered for tho stake races. w]
The purse races will bo much above
L'solf-'tho average thin year. Moro money Is
(Offered and better horses will he raced, he
JmM' The track has been put In apple pie f(1
>Mfii?rdor and the grandstands enlarged
r??rl-^nd reworked. This was necessary to to
ifefc^accommodate the Immense crowds that W(
iM^HvllI witness all of tho races during fair
/S^vKveek, this being the first of the series
fe^Mfn the Virginia-Carolina Circuit.
There will be other sports. Davidson .
\v^>College plays Clenison on Wednesday, IZ
tyym&nd the University of South 'arollna
$S%vp1ays Davidson College on Thursday.
Mr. H. C. Keenan will have the races' p<l
charge, and he knows his business, if
Sk?*resident Mobley expects tho races
yfii*1' t? bring people to the fair ; Wl
^'yV'-Xtoin every part of the State and from en
' vjrtiany surrounding States. ^
"Human Hearts."
" hSw- ^0<>^ plnys, like good wine, improve .ie
J'&lWith age. This is certainly true of so
W^!<fthat marvellously successful melodra- rn
"Hnmnn Hearts" which Manager tli
vfip^^nnkeville offers for the tenth year.
f4^Wh? company to be seen in the play
season comprises all of last w
JKr^ear's favorites, and wherever a part or
S?M?ould he improved upon, the change or
been made, and it is promised qi
lf|$PMtat never before has this beautiful fa
J^i^^Way been so well presented. "Human be
ef^menrls" gives a pure, wholesome lesn
I*^^^>n that touches I lie .icart-strings in no
n pathetic scenes and excites the on
;:|^$ibilit ios i i the humorous ones. Tho
n^i?tihos and comedy are so well blendthat
the audience is iti tears one Pi
?&j?m<>mcnt and convulsed with laughter
next. The science equipment will
perfect in every details, so it is
u?|i|Baid, and the management has done ?
f^w^r.Vtthing possible to insure a first nr
performance. G<
FOR GOOOD ROADS.
esident Sligli of Good Roads League
Sends Out Letter?VicePresidents.
Sometime ago at a meeting of the
ral letter carriers it was decided tn
ganize a good roads league for Newrry
county. Mr. W. K. Sligh was
jctcd president and given auth n-ity
appoint vice-presidents in each
wnsliip. He has named tlie.se offers
and sent out a circular lette*.
each outlining his duties. lie ha-=
so sent a petition for the vice-prcsimts
to have the citizens in eacli
wnsliip sign with a view of workg
up a sentiment in favor of goo-1
ads. A copy of this letter from
esident Sligh together with a eop>
the petition with the list of viceesidents,
is given in this connection
Sept. 14, 1908.
3ar Sir:
At a meeting held Sept. 7th, al
ewberry a Good Roads League foi
is county was partially organized
id the president of the League was
structed to appoint a vice-president
om each Township. It gives m<
easure to ask you to serve as viceesident
from your township.
The duties of your office will he
'fined when the by-laws of the Leaic
are prepared and adopted. Bui
m may assume that among your dues
will ho to take active control oi
io organization in .your Township
id to advance in other ways the inrest
of the league.
The object of the league as its nam*
dicates is to secure good roads foi
ir county. It is its purpose to hel)
lprove the condition of our roads ir
e immediate future, and finally, il
issible, to secure hard roads, thai
nil bo properly laid out and graded
> accomplish this latter object ma)
ke years but this h*, our ultimate
m.
This work can ho done only aftei
orough organization. Wo will firs!
all need to educate our people t?
o the great importance of improving
ir 'highways. This wo hope to d<
rough out county and local organat
ions. Literature on the subjeel
ill ho distributed and a liberal us<
ado of the county papers. When the
cal leagues are organized, speakers
ill be sent to them to discuss gooc
ads and how to get them.
First of all we want to get a loca!
ague in each township. Will yov
>t at once secure in your townsliijr
[?ners to the roll? I enclose a forn
r members to sign. The only contion
for membership is a desire tc
ivc better roads and a willingness
participate in a discussion of plans
hereby they may he had. The leaic
has no plans as yet. Such plans
ust. be the result of the discussions
liich will follow nfter we get organod.
It will not be necessary tc
>ld a meeting of your local league
r some time yet. We simply wanl
got signers to the rolls now, anr
? want to get as many as possible
iter a Ciill will ho issued for tin
wnsliip leagues to meet and organ
e. There are no foes.
Wo are counting upon your active
-operation in this matter. Of course
will take some of your time, bill
o feel that this is a most worth)
mse and that yon cannot serve yom
iiint.y in a better way.
Personally, I believe that this sub
ct of roads should command tin
rious thoughts of our people. Goor
>ads would do more for the count)
tan any other thing. .Their value
ninot be over-estimated.
T further believe that if our people
ill give this subject serious consid
at ion and band themselves togeth
for a serious discussion of this
lestion that some feasible and satis
ctory plan can he evolved by whicl
stter roads may bo had.
T shall he pleased to hear that vov
icept this position and that you art
trolling members.
Yours truly,
W. K. Sligh.
esident Newberry Good Roads League.
We, the undersigned citizens of No
Township, hereby enroll oui
imes as members of the Newberry
ood-Roads League and in doing sc
we express our sympathy with the
Good-Roads cause. We desire to
i have this subject discussed to the end
that we may become informed, and
we promise to aid in this discussion
to tlie extent of our ability. We do
! not hereby commit ourselves to any
i plan for securing better roads, and
we understand that there are no
i membership fees.
- Name Post-ofnce
The following named persons have
' been appointed as vice-presidents
> from their respective Townships:
No. 1?Mr. C. T. Summer,
i No. 2?Dr. W. C. Brown.
No. ?Mr. William Whitnev.
I No. 4?Mr. John W. Scott/
L; No. 5?Mr. W. C. Sligh.
No. (i?Mr. W. 1\ Smith.
No. 7?Mr. W. It. lteid.
No. 8?Mr. T. P. Cannon.
No. 9-?Dr. G. Y. Hunter.
No. 10?Mr. T. ,1. Wilson,
t No. 11?Dr. E. 0. Ilentz.
, Sunlight Society.
; The thirlocnth annual State Grand
t Lodge of the Sunlight Society con;
votied with Welch Zion Baptist ohurch
at ten o'clock, Aug. 0, 1908. The
convention w?s called to order by
> Bro. M. C. Scurry, t lie grand prcsi
dent, and prayer was offered by Rev.
t D. C. Copeland, of Laurens. President
- M. C. Scurry then addressed the con?
vent ion. Tie made some very enter>
taining remarks lo the delegates and
visiting wards. Ife spoke as follows:
"As this is I lie thirteenth annual
i session of the Stale Grand Lodge of
the Sulnight Society, 1 want each ele>
legate, each president^ and icach
i friend to fully understand the purf
pose of this convention. First. 1 will
I say that in order thai we may not
. return to our homes ashamed and
' that there be no whiskey selling or
> drinking around iliis church or any
killing, 1 empower each delegate if
they see any selling or drinking of
t whiskey about the church t'hey re>
port it to me and 1 will send the
j names of the party or parties sn
> charged to the trial justice in the
- city. I'urtlier it you see anyone
[ carrying concealed weapons T want
> you to inform me for we arc undei
; t'he State charter and for us to de?
mand proper protection we must
1 help the Slate to uphold and enforce
the law. T want it understood that
1 the Sunlight Society was not organizi
ed for politics and T shall see to it
> that no political speeches are made
i in this convention. We are a chari
table society. Now in conclusion 1
> will say that I shall not allow any
> delegate or friend to speak a word
? against the white people for all ol
- t'he white peoplo are my friends and
? they arc our friends if you will let
< them, and T say to you work for the
- white people if they ask you and d<
) them a favor. That is right. Do it
4 and they will not forget you. Tell
t the white people that you cannot live
I here without them, and they cannot
. do wit'hout us and they will agree
with you. Let us work for them ami
I will assure you that the negro ol
Newberry county and all other conn<
ties especially I he members of the
, 'Sunlight Society will receive full
I protection at the hands of our while
' people."
After this election of officers took
place and the following were elected:
Pro. M. C. Scurry, was unanimously
| elected to succeed himself as the
I grand president for two years. Wc
trust in God to do more charitable
5 work this year. We have had 15
members to die during the past veai
and all of them were buried by Mr
- P. F. Baxter and Son and Mr. R. Y
- Leavell and Son. M. C.
^ A man is not jnstifiedi n becoming
a night rider merely because he cannot
afford a high upower motor car,
\
5 Wilhin three weeks the political excitement
will be allayed to some extent
by | lie foot ball games.
As for the town of Columbia, it never
won a pennant in its life.?News
and Courier.
Ts it true that that Siavannah is f<i
II have a sixteen-storv blind tiger sky*,
scraper??-News and Courier.
NEW EXHIBITS AT
THE STATE FAIR
October 26 to 30?Prizes for
Successful Farmers.
Une of the best attractions at the
State Fair this your, whlcli will he I
hchl in Columbia beginning Monday,
October 26th, ami closing Friday, Octohor
30th, will l?t> tho Field Crop Department.
This new feature will prove of
:nl< rost to every farmer In I lit* State.
!t will he under the inniriwmcnt ol
Prot. J, X. Harper, Director of (In
L'leinson Kxpcrlmcntal Station, who b
one of the best agricultural experts in
the South. Professor Harper has per-,
onally solicited the exhibits for this
'.epari n-.-'iil. and will arrange everything
to inU'iintnue. I le will he assisted
l>y liis whole corps of e\)ieri
ihM>elat<v<, and It will be worth the trl|
to the fair Just to talk to these expert
pen !'iul got their ideas on prat ileal
. -ininu.
i'len.y.n College will have a big exlibit
in this department, but will not
be allowed to compete with the individual
exhibits. Some line prizes will
I e awan'ed the farmers. For Instance,
$ >0 will ' ? given for I be largest yield
of corn t i the :?' ! , $>.*? for the seeond
best, and cotton will have tho same
amount awarded for the best yield per
tore. Dozens of other interesting con1
ests have been provided.
President Moblcy. being a practical
stoc.kinan himself, is giving much at'ention
to this part of the fair. There
will be n.ore thoroughbreds shown than
ver before. The stalls have all been
"(novated tnd the pore water from the
city has been connected, so that th?
cattle and stick will bo well taken
:u-,> of. This v. ill b'> pood news t<
'lundrods of breeder.* who might otherwise
have hesit itcd to send their finest
to the fair. The poultry show bids fair
to be a Ti'iind sii"ce?s this year. There
seem.- to more Inti r< In every departitie.il.
Tie n.;. nagement believes
this will be the largest and best fallever
held here. Information as to the
prizes will be cheerfully supplied by
President John O. Moblev, or Secretary
1 A. \V. l,ove, at Columbia. S.
Neglect of Yellow Pine Forests in the
South.
In many parts oL' tho country the
most progressive men of the lumber
industry have felt I lie greatest necessity
of adopting hotter met hods of
protecting their timber holdings from
lire bill in some places there still remains
much to be done. This is particularly
true through a pari of the
great yellow pine belt of tho South
upon which the naval stores industry
of the world is largely dependent. A
timber owner of Florida, in writing
to the forest service at Washington,
talks of (he matter as follows:
"Speaking of fire protection:
1 here is absolutely nothing being
done. The turpentine people, to protect
their turpentine timber, rake
around the trees during early winter,
and then burn the woods. This is
; done to keep off the forest fires of
! early spring. These fires are sup!
posed to be set by the cattle interests,
for the purpose of burning off
the dry grass, so that the young grass
, will come up, on which the cattle
I feed. Tn doing this, they destroy
millions of young pines that have just
started to grow and are too small and
tender to stand the heat of the fire.
"If these fires could be slopped, it
I would solve the problem of re-forest(
ing, as far as Florida is concerned.
I have thought for a long lime that
a no fence law would go far toward
slopping the burning of tho woods.
f As it is now, there is no regulation.
"What 1 moan to say i<, thai if
, you own a small piece of land, say 10
I acres, and had 10,000 head of calllo,
, you are a I liberty to> graze your entile
on mv 10,000 acres of land, or on inv
neighbor's 20,000 acres of land, anil
we cannot help ourselves. If we
| would catch you firing the woods and
had a witness to prove it, we could
prosecute you, but this is hard to do.
Tf we had a no fence law, you as a
^ cattle owner, would be compelled to
; keep your cattle in an enclosure,
which would remove the temptation
" of burning the woods of your
neighbors, besides being of infinite
benefit to poor people in starting 1 iI;t!e
"arms. Fn many instances the
rj fencing of the land is by all odds
| the largest item of expense in start*
| ing a small farm, and often puts it
j beyond the reach of poor men who
'might otherwise make a little start
. toward farming.
"The burning of the grass not only
kills millions of small pine trees hut
j il impoverishes Iho soil and exposes
sjtho ground to the heat of tho sun,
thereby retarding tho growth of not
only small pine trees but the large
i ones as well. The thing that is necessary
to make the trees healthy and
1 vigorous goes up in smoke every year.
"What I have mentioned, and Hie
many destructive methods being
practiced in the cutting ol.' timber in I
the lores! and in the manufacturing
ot it, is costing the South millions
of dollars of which she is taking no
account, and the present low prices '1
of lumber and naval stores will add
to the destruction, for the reason that a
many of the owners of timber audi a
turpentine leases will not have money n
to pay the expense of raking the pines, r
Our naval stores and lumber are being
sent all over the world, and in the 1
majority of cases we are not making n
expenses out of our commodity, which u
is really valuable enough to bring a i
good, liberal stumpage. We are sell- u
ing our turpentine at ,T> and 3(> cents v
per gallon, and it will cost $1.00 per r
gallon to reproduce the forest from
which it is being taken. The. same 1
thing will apply to rosin. We are |
giving the world our crop of lumber j
at an average of about $lf>.00 per t
thousand feel that will cost us from t
$40.00 to $50.00 per thousand feel to i
reproduce." ?
i, 0.. . GREAT GATHERING i
OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS >
The State Fair Tills Your?October *
*20 to 80. (
Tl>? fortieth annual State Fair will
be held fit Columbia this year October '
2G-30, ami It gives promise to be the s
greatest State Fair ever held. No nuitler
how bud the crops or bow harcl the '
Union, everybody goes to the State Fair I
at Columbia. It has been the custom
now for nearly halt' a century, and It
will over continue so with crowds increasing
each year.
The atato Fair Is the one time of the
year that work can bo put down and
overyono havo a good time for n few \
lays. Old acquaintances ami relatives '
meet at the State Fair If they lire not
fortunate enough to meet elsewhere
turlng the year. Friends meet friends
>nd college men meet their college
mates and renew friendships with good i
stories of the good times of the past.
This year the fair holds even more
than that for South Carolinians. It ,
will be made up of new exhibits that
will touch the farmers new methods
ind Improvements that mean money to
.'very one of them.
The races Wl!i lie the lies! ever seen
.n the South. This being the tlrst year i
that the Fair Association has entered
he Virginia-Carolina Circuit. The
stake races will bring many of the
ountry's very Hnest racers. The two
'ootbal! ganns will draw thousands ol
'iithusiastic "routers" from both On
'.'arolinjis.
Coiumliia is better Mtled to lake care
>f her guests than ever before, with
noi'e hotel accommodations. The railroads
will all put on special rates.
.isual. 1 'resident John <5. Mobley. of |
:he Fair Association, hns worked hard
:o get everything in ship-shape, and In
uredlcts the largest crowd In the his- j
tory of the fair.
An Interfering Neighbor.
It was a particularly hot summer
in the city, and the Russel avenue '
district was a particularly hot (lis- ^
trict. For the most part it was :i
region of lodging houses, and in windows
and doors appeared, mi one form
or another, the familiar sign, "Rooms
to Let."
Mr. Morgan, whose dwelling was a*
the farther end of this region, dropped
into his chair one stifling late afternoon,
and mopping his forehead,
sniil to his wife, "Well. I've made 1
her mad now.
"Who's mail?" asked his spouse.
'' I 'lease explain \ oiirsi ll'.'' 1
''I don l know hct name, answer- 1
< (1 Mr. Morgan. " ll s tie." woman -- '
I the lady -win keeps a hoard inn1 house
! on the cori or of | lie avenue and
Hammond -I: eel. I have In go by
I here four times a day. you know, I
and I just couldn't stand it any long- i
er, so I rang the bell. She came.
I told her what I wanted in as few ,
words as 1 know how, and then got
out." j
"Well, you haven't given me the
slightest idea of what it's all about,"
said his wife.
.. i
I hat s so, guess I haven't," he (
admitted. "It is so hot. Why, that ,
sign in her window; I've seen it so (
oft en. 11's so hot.''
Again he paused.
"I'm wailing." stated his wife pa!
tient 1 v.
"Oh!" He roused himself. "Yes. '
| It's so hot, and I guess I made her !
j pretty mild. Why, the sign read '
i ' Sunny Rooms. St eani 11eat and ( on-1
i I innous I lot Water! " '
j lie mopped his perspiring forehead
again.
"My, but she was mad when ll
asked her to change it. Guess I I
shall have to go to the office another I]
way after this."?Youth's Oompan- j I
ion. i ]
JOHN McGAHA SLAIN
tilled by Unknown Negro?Tlirco
Times Acquitted of Murder.
(y
'ho State.
Anderson, Sep). 27.?Two killings,
shoot ing wbioli may result in death
nd an aeeidonlal death is the record
lade in I lie jnisI 24 hours within a
adius of 2") miles of (his oily.
I lie lirsl oI t hese occurred in Dunkin
township in (Ireenville count v last
light, when John MeOaha, a 'white
nan Ilirice tried and acquitted for
nurde?% was shot and killed by a
icgro whose name is unknown and
^ho has fled. According to reports
ceeived here. ^Icdalui and one of tho
Vshlov s wen I t roni their homes at
lonea I'alli into (ireenville county
ast night to arrest (iwo negroes and
alee I hem hack to llonoa Path. Af?r
capturing the men and while rcurniug
with them tlicy were over ikon
in the road by a negro, who
pened fire upon I hem. Hot ween 12
nil I.) shots wore exchanged, and afor
tho smoke had cleared away John
dedaha was found dead as lie sat in
lis buggy, with two loads of buckshot
n his stomach. Mofiaha was aeqrtilcd
by an Abbeville jury two weeks
igo of the murder of (Se<>r<;o Clinkrales,
colored, his third victim. The
loiiro who shot Mcdaha has skipped
he country, and liis whereabouts aro
inkno'Wn.
Letters Advertised.
Lot'ters remaining in postoflicc at
vewherry, S. <.tor week ending
iepl. 2(>, 1 DOS.
Mr. Aron Auterv.
< arrie I bridges, Klora Houknight,
diss hula llohos, Myiiie lluycsl.
Mr. Charlie Cuiuhec, Mr. (i. II.
';inii?hi, I lenriel i a t 'ook.
Mrs. .I;ispor Kichberger.
Mrs. .biicv (iraliam, Aiihur Hraver,
dr. flno. ('. (irilliu, Mr. Chester (irifiu,
Mr. <). L. (Jrnbb.s.
I'liemie I lair.
lames Ji>1111 Si >n.
Mr. Auric Kiiejhurn. Mr. |{. Koiikiis,
Mr. Will MdIride. Muse McKines.
ill. ( harlie Xc.shitl, Kosy I'olker,
Mary I'onds,
Hal tie ljiice. Mainly liulV, Mr. Adam
i {11 rr
(iarinon Sly, .lauic Smith, Miss Hitlie
Summer.
Mrs. Kmer 'laylur.
Nora Wicker.
All persons calling for these loiters
will please say that they were advertised.
('has. ,1. Hurcell,
1'. M.
Proving His Motto.
"Well, sir." exclaimed 'he millioniiire,
"what do you want this inornin"'
'"
I v'e come j:, ; , ;( !>' for y??:ir
i la tinIi I c r. said l!ic poor but amhiI
ioiis young man.
"Haven't I |o|<| you six times over
>n a-- many different d:ivs ihat it i-,
"it of (lie question.' W'!>a| do yon
mean by but herinv sue in this w;iv ?
oil are makiitir a nuisance <,i votii
>elf!'1
"If I >ecm t<> he inoi'c per-Menl
llian circumstances warrant, I must,
insist that you, sir, are to blame."
"Me!" shouted the indignant old
man. "I don't understand you."
"There," said the man who loved
liis daughter as he pointed to a motto
over the banker's desk, "is my
xcusc for coming here day after day,
il at first you don't succeed, try, trv,
Iry again." Do you believe iu that
sentiment, or have you put il up
I here simply to deeeivf' people?"
After he had smutched his head
iwhile the mean old plutocrat said:
Yes, I believe in I hat. I haven't
succeeded yet in making you underhand
tlia.1 my daughter shall not. heroine
the wife of a fool, bill I am
L'oing to keep on trying till I do!
rSo??il morn int:!''
And that time he did it.?Strand
Magazine.
We would not he in the least surprised
if it should be developed that
Senator Fornkor was a friend of the
late South Carolina State dispensary.
I