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VOL XLV NO, 78 NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR RIDDER NAMED. New Yorker Succeeds Haskell as De mocratic Treasurer. New York, Sept. 26.-Herman Rid der, editor of The Staats Zeitung an vice chairman of the publicity burea of the Democratic national commit tee, was tonight appointed by Nation al Chairman Mack as treasurer of th nationral committee to succeed Go Charles N. Haskell, of Oklahom who resigned his position early toda in Chicago. The appointment of Mr. Ridder a treasurer of the committee was mad by telephone a few minutes befor Chairman Mack's departure for th West. Mr. Mack said: "I am very much pleased that Mi Ridder has seen fit to accept the rE sponsibilities of the treasurership. H is a very high type of the America business man and one whose associ tions and connections will not brin him under charge of suspicion o having to do with- those corporation to Which Democracy is opposed." Mr. Ridder will probably leave fo Chicago within a few days to take u the work at headquarters. Mr. Ridder was seen at the Hof man house tonight and said: "Mr. Mack offered me the positio of tresurer, and I accepted, for th reason that I favor tariff reform, an as the only hope of tariff reduetion i in the success of Bryan and the D( mocratic party, I considered it m duty to take the office and do ever3 thing in my power to assist the D mocratic party to win, that the pe< ple may be relieved from the extoi tion of the trusts protected by th high tariff." BIG STAKE RACES AT STATE FAII For the First Time South Car< IUna Gets Stake Races--Big Entries. .Columbia, S. C.-(Special.)-In all tr llfe of the State Fair-forty years ,there have never been anything lII the races that are scheduled for th year. The fair opens October 26th an closes October 30th. There will be foa -days of racing. Already five stall ;races have been arranged for trotte: and pacers. Purses will be offered ft both harness and running horses. Between $6,000.00 and $7000.00 ha been offered as prizes for these race; 'The attractive prizes, together with ti fact that so mnany of the Northern an .Eastern tracks have had trouble wit ~the racers, will make the entri-es her fair week'the best aggregation of fa. ~norses over seen anywhere in th South. Strins of horses from the most re zsowne stables in the country will 1 here fair week. With the races near :two months off, the entries for tU -stake races counted up to ninety-thre< and it is expected that more than 'undred of America's finest racers wi be- entered for the stake races. The purse races will be much abov the average this year. More money1 -offered and better horses will be race< The track has been put in apple pi order and the grandstands enlarge .and reworked. This was necessary t accom'modate the immense crowds the will witness all of the races during fai -week, this being the first of the serie in the Virginia-CarCina Circuit. There will be other sports. Davidso College plays Clemson on Wednesda and the University of South Carolin plays Davidson College on Thursday. Mr. R. C. Keenan will have the race iu charge, and he knows his busines: President Mobley expects the race this year to bring people to .the fai froma every part of the State and fror many surrounding States. "Human Hearts." Good plays, like good wine, impros with age. This is certainly truec that marvellously successful melodra ma "Humen Hearts" which Managi Nankeville offers for the tenth yea The company to be seen in the pla thiis season comprises all of las year's favorites, and wherever a pai could be improved upon, the chang has been made, and it is promise that never before has tshis beautifi play been so well presented. "Humai Hearts" gives a pure, wvholesome les son that toucehes the heart-stringsi the patshetic scenes and excites ti: risibilities in the humorous ones. Ti: pathos and comedy are so well blen< ed that the audience is in tears or moment and convulsed with laught4 the next. The science equipment wi be perfect in every details, so it said, and the management has dor everything possible to insure a fir: lass perfnrmance FOR GOOOD ROADS. - President Sligh of Good Roads League Sends Out Letter-Vice Presidents. . Sometime ago at a meeting of the a rural letter carriers it was decided te - organize a good roads league for New berry county. Mr. W. K. Sligh wac e elected president and given auth ri: to appoint vice-presidents in eact t, township. He has named these of y ficers and sent out a circular lette.: to each outlining his duties. He ha, s also sent a petition for the vice-presi e dents to have the citizens in eaci e township sign with a view of work e ing up a sentiment in favor of goo roads. A copy of this letter fron President Sligh together with a cop3 c. of the petition with the list of vice - presidents, is given in this connection e Sept. 14, 1908. n Dear Sir: i- At a meeting held Sept. 7th, a g Newberry a Good Roads League foi ,f this county was partially organized s and the president of the League wa; instructed to appoint a vice-president r from each Township. It gives mi p pleasure to ask you to serve as vice president from your township. - The duties of your office will b< defined when the by-laws of the Lea n gue are prepared and adopted. Bui ,e you ay assume that among your du d ties will be to take active control o s the' organization in your Townishi - and to advance in other ways the in y terest of the league. The object of the league as its nam< indicates is to secure good roads foi our county. It is its purpose to bell improve the condition of our roads it e the immediate future, and finally, i possible. to secure hard roads, tha shall be properly laid out and graded To accomplish this latter object ma; take years but this is our ultimat< aim. This work can be done only aftei thorough organization. We will firs of all need to educate our people t< see the great importance of improvinc our .hirhways. This we hope to d< through out county and local organ ' izations. Literature on the subjecl :e will be distributed and a liberal us made of the county papers. When th r local leagues are organized, speaker ~will be sent to them to discuss gooi r roads and how to get them. sFirst of all we want to get a loca s. league in each township. Will yoi not at once secure in your townshil h signers to the roll? I enclose a forn *eor members to sign. The only con e dition for membership is a desire t< have better roads and a willingnesi e to participate in a discussion of plan! I whereby they may be had. The lea e gue has no plans as yet. Such plan amust be the result of the discussions which will follow after we get organ e ized. It will not be necessary t< .hol<d a meeting of your local leagu. e for some time yet. We simply wan ,to get signers to the rolls now, an< t fwe want to get as many as possible Later a call will be issued for th township leagues to meet and organ .ize. There are no fees. a We are counting upon your activ co-operation in this matter. Of course - it will take some of your time, bu we feel that this is a most worth: ncause and that you cannot serve you: county in a better way. Personally, I believe that this sub e jeet of roads should command the f serious thoughts of our people. Goo< .roads would do more for the count: r than any other thing. . Their valui r. annot be over-estimated. y I further believe that if our peopl< t will give this subject serious consid t eration and band themselves togeth e er for a serious discussion of thil d question that some feasible and satis il factory plan can be evolved by whiel n better roads may be had. - I shall be pleased to hear that yoi n accept this position and that you art e enrolling members. e Yours truly. - W. K. Sligh. e President Newberry Good Roads Lea r gu?. s We, the undersigned citizens of No e Township. hereby enroll on: t names as members of the Newberr: Gad.Roads LTague and in doing s we express our sympathy with the Good-Roads cause. We desire to have this subject discussed to the end that we may become informed, and we promise to aid in this discussion to the extent of our ability. We do not hereby commit ourselves to any plan for securing better roads, and we understand that there are no membership .'es. Name Post-office The following named persons have been appointed as vice-presidents from their respective Townships: No. 1-Mr. C. T. Summer. No. 2-Dr. W. C. Brown. No. 3-Mr. William Whitney. I No. 4-Mr. John W. Scott. L; No. 5-Mr. W. C. Sligh. No. 6-Mr. W. P. Smith. No. 7-Mr. W. R. Reid. No. 8-Mr. I. P. Cannon. No. 9-Dr. G. Y. Hunter. No. 10-Mr. T. J. Wilson. No. 11-Dr. E. 0. Hentz. Sunlight Society. The thirteenth annual State Grand Lodge of the Sunlight Society con-.I vened with Welch Zion Baptist church at ten o'clock, Aug. 6, 1908. The convention was called to order by Bro. M. C. Seurry, the grand presi - dent, and prayer was offered by Rev. t D. C. Copeland, of Laurens. President - M. C. Scurry then addressed the con E vention. He made some very enter > taining remarks to the delegates and visiting wards. He spoke as follows: "As this is the thirteenth annual session of the State Grand Lodge of T'he Sulnight Society, I want each de- I > legate, each president, and each i friend to fully understand the pur F pose of this convention. First, I will r t say that in order that we may not i return to our homes ashamed and E y that there be no whiskey selling or 1 drinking around this church or any 1 killing, I empower each delegate if;1 r they see any selling or drinking of t t whiskey about the church they re port it to me and I will send the i names of the party or parties so c > charged to the trial justice in the t - city. Further if you see anydne t t carrying concealed weapons I want t a you to inform me for we are under a the State charter and for us to de- r ; mand proper protection we must I help the State to uphold -and enforce the law. I want it understood that I the Sunlight Society was not organiz i ed for politics and I shall see to it > t.hat no political speeches are made 1 in this convention. We are a chari - table society. Now in conclusion I y will say that I shall not allow any 4 3 delegate or friend to speak a word 3 against the white people for all of - the w~hite people are my friends and 3 they are our friends if you will let 3 them, and I say to you work for thet - white people if they ask you 'and do > them a favor. That is right. Do it a and they will not forget you. Tell t the white people that you cannot live I here without them, and they cannot .do without us and they will agree a with you. Let us work for them and -I will assure you that the negro of Newberry county and all other coun Sties especially the members of the , ~Sunlight Society will receive full t protection at the hands of our white ' people." SAfter this election of officers took place and the following were elected: - Bro. M. C. Scurry, was unanimously a elecited to succeed himself as the 1 grand president for two years. We i trust- in God to do more charitable a work this year. We have had 12 members to die during the past year e and all of them were buried by Mr. - P. F. Baxter rand Son and Mr. R. Y. - Leavell and Son.M.. - A man is not justifiedi n becoming i a night rider merely because he can-i not afford a high upower motor car.i 1 1__ _ _ _ _ _ _ * Within three weeks the politieal ex-1 eitement will be allayed to some extent Ji by the foot ball games. -As for the town of Columbia. it nev- iJ er won a pennant in its life.-News Ji and Courier. r Is it true that that Savannah is to< ,have a sixteen-story blind tiger sky- ,' NEW EXHIBITS AT THE STATE FAIR )ctober 26 to 30-Prizes for Successful Farmers. Une of the best attractions at the ,tate Fair this year, which will be 1 ield in Columbia beginning Monday, )ctober 26th, and closing Friday, Octo >er 30th, will be the Field Crop Depart nent. This new feature will prove of nte rest to every farmer in the State. t will be under the man:;(rnent of rof. J. N. Harp.-r, Director of the lemson Experimental station. who is me of the best agricultural experts in he South. Professor Harper has per onally solicited the exhibits for this ?epartn-nt. and will nrrange every hing to adiantage. r will be as iisted by his whole corps of experr tsso(iates, and it will be worth the trip o the fair just to talk to these expert ren and get th-eir ideas on practical :-ming. Clen:.-n College wil! have a big ex :ibit in this department, but will not )e allowed to compete with the indi ridual exhibits. Some fine prizes will -e awarr'ed the farmers. For instance, 50 will given for the largest yield )f corn t. the acre, $25 for the second )est, and cotton will have the same tmount awarded for the best yield per tere. Dozens of other interesting con :ests have been provided. President Mobley. being a practical sto,kman himself, is giving much at :ention to this part of the fair. There vill be ni.ore thoroughbreds shown than ever before. The stalls have all been enovated and the pure water from the 'ity has been connected, so that the :attle and st:ck v ili be well taken are of. Thi v. ill he good news tc lndreds of breeders who might other visr have hesittted to send their finest o the fair. T-e poultry show bids fair . be a grand success this year. There eem.: to be more interest in every de )artm.e'.t. T11:e n:.:nagement believes his will be the largest and best fair ever held here. Information as to the rizes will be cheerfully supplied by ?resident John G. Mobley, or Secretary . W. Love, at Columbia, S. C. g 0.1 Teglect of Yellow Pine Forests in the South. In many parts of the country the aost progressive men of the lumber ndustry have felt the greatest nec ssity of adopting better methods of rotecting their timber holdings from ire but in some places there still re aains much to be done. This is par icularly true through a part of the reat yellow pine belt of the South pon which the naval stores industry f the world is largely dependent. A imber owner of Florida, in writing o the forest service at Washington, alks of the matter as follows: "Speaking of fire protection: here is absolutely nothing being one. The turpentine people. to pro et their turpentine timber, rake ground the trees during early winter, nd then burn the woods. This is Lone to keep off the forest fires of arly spring. These fires are sup osed to be set by the cattle inter sts, for Vhe purpose of burning off he dry grass, so that the young grass gill come up, on which the cattle 'eed. In doing this, they destroy illions of young pines that have just tarted to grow and are too small and ender to stand the heat of the fire. ''If these fires could be stopped, it vould solve the problem of re-f orest ng, as far as Florida is concerned. have thought for a long time that no fence lawv would go far toward topping the burning of the woods. Es it is now, there is no regulation. ''What~ I mean to say is, that if -ou own a small piece of land, say 40 Leres, and had 10,000 head of cattle, -ou are at liberty to-graze your cattle~ mmy 10,000 acres of land, or on my eighbor 's 20,000 acres of land, and e cannot help ourselves. If we vould catch von firing the woods and Lad a witness to prove it, we could rosecute you, batt this is L6.rd to do. fwe had a no fence law, you as a attle owner, would be compelled to :eep your cattle in an enclosure, hich would remove the temptation >f burning the woods of your ieighbors, besides being of infinite enefit to poor people in starting lit e farms. In many instances the ~ening of the land is by all odds he largest item of expense in start ng a small farm, and often puts it >eyond the reach of poor men who night otherwise make a little start oward farming. ''The burning of 'the grass not only :ils millions of small pine trees but t impoverishes the soil and exposes he ground to the hea.t of the sun, hereby retarding the growth of not mly small pine trees but the large mes as well. The thing that is nee ~ssary to make the trees healthy and .igorous goes up in smoke every year. \Vhat I have mentioned, and the nany destructive methods being >raeticed in the cutting of timber in I he forest and in the manufacturing )f it, is costin, the South millions )f dollars of which she is taking no ieeouit, and the present low prices ' )f lumber and naval stores will add ;o the destruction, for the reason that nany of the owners of timber and i :urpentine leases will not have money r :o pay the expense of raking the pines. i )ur naval stores and lumber are being sent all over the world, and in the 1 najority of cases we are not making i ?xpenses out of our commodity, which is really valuable enough to bring a rood, liberal stumpage. We are sell ing our turpentine at 35 and 36 cents per gallon, and it will cost $1.00 per gallon to reproduce the forest from wvhich it is being taken. The same thing will apply to rosin. We are ] niving the world our crop of lumber t an average of about $15.00 per thousand feet that will cost us' from p40.00 to $50.00 per thousand feet to ceproduce." , 0... GREAT GATHERING OF SOUTH CAROUNIANS The State Fair This Year-October 26to30. The fortieth annual State Fair will be held at Columbia this year October 26-30, and it gives promise to be the greatest State Fair ever held. No mat ter how bad the crops or how hard the times, everybody goes to the State Fair 1 at Columbia. It has been the custom now for nearly half a century, and it will ever continue so with crowds in creasing each year. The State Fair is the one time of the year that work can be put down and everyone have a good time for a few days. Old acquaintances and relatives meet at the State Fair if they are not ortunate enough to meet elsewhere uring the year. Friends meet friends tnd college men meet their college mates and renew friendships with good 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 teach the farmers new methods ind improvements that mean money to very one of them. The races will be the best ever seen .n the South. This being the first year that the Fair Association has entered the Virginia-Carolina Circuit. The take races will bring many of the -ountry's very finest racers. The two rootball games will draw thousands of snthusiastic "rooters" from both the carolinas. Columbia is better fitted to take care >f her guests than ever before, with more hotel accommodations. The rail roads will all put on special rates, as .isual. President John G. Mobley. of ~he Fair Association, has worked hard :o get everything in ship-shage, and he redicts the largest crowd in the his ory of the fair. An Interfering Neighbor. It was a particularly hot summer in the city, and the Russel avenue district was a particularly hot dis trict. For the most part it was a region of lodging houses. and in win dows and doors appeared, in one form or another, the familiar sign, "Rooms to Let" Mr. Morgan, whose dwelling was at the farther end of this region, drop ped into his chair one stifling late af ternoon, and mopping his forehead, said to his wife, "Well, I've made he:' mad now." "W\ho's mad ?" asked his spouse. 'Please explain yourself.' "'I don 't know her name,'' aniswer ed Mr. Morgan. "It 's the woman the lady-who keeps a boarding house on the corner of the avenue and Hammond street. I have to go by there four times a day, you know, and I just couldn't stand it any long er, so I rang the bell. She came. I told her what I wanted in as few words as I know how, and then got out." "Well. you haven 't given me the slightest idea of what it's all about," said his wife. "That's so, guess I haven't," he admitted. "It is so hot. Why, that sign in her window; I've seen it so often. It's so hot." Again he paused. "I'm waiting." stated his wife pa tiently. "'Oh!'' He roused himself. ''Yes. It's so hot, and I guess I made her pretty madi. Why, the sign read 'Sunny Rooms. Steam Heat and Con tinuous Hot Water!' He mopped his p)erspiring fore head again.1 "'Mv. but she was mad when I asked her to change it. GuessI shall have to go to the office anot.her way after this. "-Youth's Compan n. JOHN McGAHA SLAIN tilled by Unknown Negro-Three Times Acquitted of Mur der. he State. Anderson, Sept. 27.--Two killings, shooting which may result in death ,nd an accidental death is the record aade in the past 24 hours within a 'adius of 25 miles of this city. The first of these occurred in Dunk in township in Greenville county last tight, when John MeGaha, a white nan thrice tried and acquitted for murder, was shot and killed by a iegro whose name is unknown and rho has fled. According to reports -eceived here McGaha and one of the ishleys went from their homes at Elonea Path into Greenville county ast night to arrest two negroes and :ake them back to Honea Path. Af :er captuTing the men and while re ;urning with them they were over ;aken in the road by a negro, who >pened fire upon them. Between 12 d 15 shots were exchanged, and af ;er the smoke had cleared' aaway John 1IcGaha was found dead as he sat in iis buggy, with two loads of buckshot n his stomach. McGaha was acqdit ed by an Abbeville jury two weeks tgo of the murder of George Clink ;cales, colored, his third victim. The 1egro who shot McGaha has skipped he country, and his whereabouts are unknown. Letters Advertised. Letters~ remaining in postoffice at ewberry, S. C., for week ending 3ept. 26, 1908. Mr. Aron Autery. Carrie Bridges, Elora Bouknight, Iiss Lula Bobos, Myrtie Bugest. Mr. Charlie Cumbee, Mr. G. H. annon, Henrietta Cook. Mrs. Jasper Eichberger. Mrs. Joicy Graham, Arthur Grayer, Ir. Jno. C. Griffin, Mr. Chester Grif in, Mr. 0. L. Grubbs. Phemie Hair. James Johnson. Mr. Aut-ie Kingburn, Mr. B. Loukus, 1r. Will McBride, Mose' McKines. Mr. Charlie Nesbitt, Rosy Polker, 1ary Ponds, Hattie Rice, Mandy Ruff, Mr. Adam Ruff Garinon Sly, Janie Smith, Miss Lit :ie Summer. Mrs. Emer Taylor. Nora Wicker. All persons calling for these letters will please say that they were adver-I tised. Chas. J. Pureell, P.M. Proving His Motto.. "Well, sir.'' exelaimed the million ire, "what do you want this morn "I've come again to ask for yo.ur laughter'' said the poor but ambi -iQus young man. "Haven't I told you six times over n as many different days that it is ut of the q1uestion~ ? What do you mean by bothering me in this way'! 'ou are making a nuisance of your self! ' "If I seem to. be more persistent than circumstances warrant, I must insist that you, sir, are to blame.'' "Me!'' shouted the indignant old nan. "I don't understand you.'' "There,'' said the man who loved Wis daughter as he pointed to a mot to over the banker's desk, "is my xense for coming here day after day, if at first you don't suer- try, try, try again.'' Do you be?ave in that entiment, or have you put it up there simply to deceive people'! After he had seraitched his head ,while the mean old plutocrat said: "Yes, I believe in that. I haven't ucceeded vet in making vou under 4tand that my daughter shall not be ome the wife of a fool. but I am going to keep on trying till I do! Jood morning!"' And that time he did it.-Strand Tiagazine. We would not be in the least sur prised if it should be developed that Senator Foraker was a friend of the [ten Souh Carolina State dispensary.