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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New Serry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, March 19, 1909. There is a school at Mollohoi sup ported by the mill which should be a part of our system in the city. If you are interested in the educa tion'of the children of this community -why wait another year to do what ought to be done today. What are a few dolars compared rwith the health and life of the eh1dren of this commun itY? There should be n,) hes itancy. Every man wtho has -he wel fare of this community at heart should vote for the bond issue and the additional tax for the maintenance of our schools. The facts cannot be con troverted. The need is pressing. It should not be delayed. Why wait an other year to do what we should have done a year or more ago. Thirty dolfars were received by the State yesterday for the woman's mon ument fund from the studenti of New berry college. Good boys!-The State. How about the girls? We think the girls at thd college -had a little part in that contribution. Why not good girls, too? The grand jury recommend that the probate judge occupy the room in the new courtqqhouse ih th-e rear and that is at present not dbeupied and that there be no turther moving. That will probably .end the .ase before the court. THOSE SCHOOL BONDS. Ini the matter of voting the bond isue.;or 4ie improvement' of 'our 'sehxel system, it .is well to keep the record straight. WiTb 'the toFal assessed value in the city of Neiwbierry of $2,346,597 the city oain issue boinds to the amoumnt of $197,727 and be within the eonstitu tiOnlal limit. Not taking into consideration,the railrioad' debt whieh is on the town ship, the total bonded indebtedness of the town at present so far as we kave bee ab1e to easeertein is as follows: Opera hourse .. .... .......$19,000 Waiter 'works ................42,000 Sewerage .. .'..... .... ...25,000 Giraded schools .... ......,. 12,800 $98,800 We undersband that there is also * ontstanding for' past .iudebtedness som0thinUg like '$20,000, awhich would make the total $118,800. Of thiis iidebtedns .tihe school *bonsare practially.all padorwill 'be inexit year. -There is on~ hand for payment of the water bonds $14,000. Deduceting, Therefore, $26,800 fr.om the total in debtedness of $118,800 leaves a bond ed debit on the see~in -of $92,000.' It rwiRl be seei, therefore, that' we eni issue at ]east $100,000 in bonds and stia be within the constitutional li -:moit ations. * If ehe township bomds arc &onsid ered the limit is inereased to 15 per cent. We can,. therefore, .easily vote ,$40,000 for the improvement of schools without increase of the taxe.s for bonds -and still have a margin of $60,000 for' streets and extension of sewerage. The conditions, at our present sehool ~buildi:ng make it imperative that additional .buildings should be erected and they should be put up at once. As stated in The Herald and News on Tuesday in which an itemized statem:ent of expenses for the con - -dcering of t.he schools was given, it will be necessary .to ihave a two mill tax aditioinal for the proper mamn tenae'e of thle schools., We regret that anyone should op pose a tax for ,this purpose. We re member. howverr when it was origi na:lly proposed to st,abl.ish the schools 'in Newberry that -there was opposi tion .to the tax, and tihere will alwvay s be fonnd ~those Twh'o oppose any mve t iat Is t(r te beterment of tihe comnmity if it involvez tire outlay of moirey aind we cannot have these improvements without an ex penditure of money. We believe that the two additional school buildings can be erected and the lots bought for $30,000 and if they can *we are satisfied that the board -will not use over 3$0,000. The present building, however, needs re pairs, buit that will not cost more than two or three thousand dollars. While we are putting up additional buildings we should look to the fu ture and no investment will pay bet ter for this community than the eree tion of modern, well equipped school buildings, and buildings that will serve the purpose of th'is town for twenty-five or t1hirty years. * * * THE BOND ISSUE. * * As there seems 'to be some confus ion of ithe facts about the needs of the schools in Newberry, we make the follow-ing statement: Lot and new graded school building ............$ 20,000 igh school building .. 10,000 Two new heating apparatus 3,000 New desks .. .. .. .. .. 1,500 Other needed improvements 1,500 $36,000 % Cost of Maintaining the Schools One superintendent .. .. ..$ 1,500 Sixteen techers ....... 7,200 Two jani4o.. .. ........ 360 Fuel .. A .. ........... 600 Insurance ............ 250 $ 9,910 Colored school teachers ...s 1,413 Total ..............$ 11,323 The present income for Tunning the schools as they now are is $7,300; as it will 'require $11,325 the two mills increase will provide $11800.00. The 'o'fity thousan4 dollars of bonds proposed for -thdis sohool equip ment will be the entire indebtedness of the.. towin for school purposes, as the bonds for the did graded school will be retired ivexit year. T:his seems to us to be as cheap as such a school systiem could popsibly be obtained for', and is less than has been expend ed by 'other townrs. The one mill now .collected for the interest and 'retirement of the old graded school. bonds wifl pay the in terest and iietire the new. bonds in forty years, therefore mligno: in rease of.taxes Loor this purpose. The only irncrease of -taxes -p:roposed is the two pmills foi- maintai'ning the schools. This will, have to be done, whether we build new buildings or rent touses for the accommodation of the childre -one~ or the other will hve to be done. The sebooil cannot ~be nianother year as.it is now be iing run. This is said after a careful inspectikJn of the school, and after a careful and painstaking in 'estigation of 'the needs of the schools. The trustees of the grap ed school agree not to expend any more of the forty thousand dollars of bonds than s absolutely niecessary. and will not sue any of tthe bonds in excess of tie amounit necessary. .F. N. Martin. 0. Klettner. J. H. Wicker. * J..M. Davis. W. A. MeSwain.' 0. I4. gayer.. - JnoL M. Kinard. W. 'K. Sligh. is Geo. s. Mower. - Geo B. Cromer. Whikey, Cards and a Fight. Will Ruff and George Miller, alias Shine," both co 'red, became en aged in a game o~ eards with a lit tle pile on 'the side in Epting's stab les on Tuesday ..nig'ht, and ''Shine' won $6.15 of Ruff's money., Ruff tried 'to borrow ra dollar of ''Shine's'' winniings, but "Sihiine" refused to et him heare it. He then wanted to sell "'Shine'' a quart of whiskey for $1.50, but ''Shine"' refused to buy, having previously purchased a pint fron Will during the game. ''Shine'" offered 'to buy- another pint, but Ruff 'refsed to sell a pin:t. As '' Shine'' went out Ruff 'hit him beihind the ea-r with a brick, and ''Shine'' almost lost consciousness, but he grabbed Will .as *he was falline, and as soon as he reeoveredl himself proceeded to make Will yell for mercy. Police man Franklin went in and arrested both the n'eg'roes and secured t wo quarts of whi.skey and a deck of eards. Rotih we're before Mayor Lang ford on Wednesday morning, and "Shine"' was 'tried Oin two chiarges, gabliing and fight.ing, and sentenc ed to pay $7.50 or serve 40 days; Ruff got $70 or 90 days on three * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE IDLER. * * The Idler has received the follow ing letter. I desire to say first that the Idler is at present engaged by The Herald and News and not by the Ob server, though the editor of The Her ald and News, I am afraid, is thinking seriously of putting a little closer cheek on me. I am not "punching'' anybody. In fact I am observing, suggesting and commending. Here is the inquiry and I pass it on to those concerned: The Idler, Dear Sir: I have noticed with interest your pointed punches in late issues of the Observer, and should like to see your compliments to the citizen who wantonly blocks drains out of the public highway until an im passable muck makes remedy imper ative, he sets about to repair the dam age charging the expense to the coun ty! And what about the supervisor who allows himself so hoodooed ? An Interested Reader. -0 Did you read the following para graph from the speech of Judge An derson in the famous Cooper trial in Tennessee. Judge Anderson is the leading attorney for the Coopers. If you have not read it I commend it to your careful and prayerful considera tion: "There was a debt owed by Car mack to Cooper-not money, but the debt that hurts and stings and burns w-hen its payment is withheld-the debt of gratitude." Then tell me how many politicians with whom you have dealt and for whom you have worked ever discharg ed the debt. Sorie one has said that most people, especially politicians, de fine gratitude to be thankfulness for things hoped for and for favors yet to be bestowed. There are many who feel "the debt that hurts and stings and burns" but who, nevertheless, never discharge it unless it be to their interest to do so and they expect to mike something by so doing. -0 I heard a gentleman.say the other day that he was in the court house and heard a lawyer say it would take his partner, 'another lawyer, two days to come from Edgefield to Nwberry. What a powerful argument this is for the building of the Augusta, Edge field, Saluda jand Newberry trolley. Just think of it. Only forty mile: and this modern age of progress it takes a lawyer two days to make the trip. It is a sed commentary on our progress in this section. We need the road and must have it. City council has made some good rossings in Caldwell street for ped estrain&. They are very nice-one across Friend, Johnstone, and Boun dary streets each. They are made of brick, thbe same quality of brick used for the paving. Citizens who live out in College street have sent word to the Idler to call attention to the sidewalk crossing Harrington street and request Alderman Green to hive a crossing put there. ,This is an important street and t.hen~ it pi joins the new court house and when the~walks are laid out on this square and the grass is green the crossings sould be in. keeping, but it~ is not, meant to suggest thkt council wait for the lawn to grow on the court hoiide square before fixing the cross ings. Let it 'be done now-today. The Idler. Funeral of Mr. R. C. Leavell. The funeral of Mr. R. Chalmers eavell was one of the most largely attended funerals ever witnessed in Newberry. The floral tributes were umerous. and unusually beautiful. From all parts of the city waiters of lovely flowers were sent to the be reaved ones to comfort, them and to show the high a.ppreciation in which t:he deceased wvas held 'by those who kaew h.im. Among the floral designs of special beauty and which came from Columbia florists were a hear~t of white flowers ordered by the fam ily, "Gates Ajar'' from the Red Men and a cross (white) from the Baptist Sunday school, a wreath, (white) from the Philatheas, also a white wreath from the Baxa-cas, white carna tions from the W. C. T. U., a white cross from Baxter and Son, a white and pink wreath from Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Matthews and Miss Cannon, Mr. Duvall, white earnations, and a winte wreath from Mr. W. S. Langford. Many a time had Mr.1 Chaimers Leavell covered the graves of otheis with beautiful flowers, and it was doubly appropriate that the mound which was to miark his last resting place^ should thus .be made a spot of beauty by being covered with nature's loveliest emblems of life and the res urrection. The Sunday School Teacher-And now, crhildren. can you tell me, wvhen Balaamn and his ass coniversed, what language they spoke in ? Little Harry Green-Please, sir, Asrin-Rellmuan. KILLED BY TRAIN. Ned Kinard, Aged Negro, Accidental ly Killed by Southern Freight On Wedneslday. Ned Kinard, colored, probably the oldest pye.rson- in Nwberry county, was iecidentally killed by a Southern freight train in Newberry shortly be fore 1 o'clock on Wednesday. Ned w'as leaning against :he -end of some box cars on the siding, in front of the depot, when a shifting freight struck the ears and threw him under the wheels, the first wheel passing over him and cutting off both his legs and the next wheel stopping on him. Death was almost instantaneous. Coroner Felker empanelled a jury and held an inquest, the verdict being that the killing was accidental. Ned was a ditcher on Mr H H. Kin ard's place, in the upper part of the county, and was about 106 years of age. Something of his long life from the time b.h' was brought from Afciea is given in another column in this issue. Following is the testimony taken at the coroner's inquest: R. L. Murrell, sworn, says: I am engineer on train No. 65, engine 109, freight going west, Southern railway. Thi.s man was killed about 12 .50, March .7th. 1909. [ was switching on east end of the yard. Was getting signal to go ahead by brakeman. I struck cars, about 17, in house track, attempting to'couple to them,. when cars rolled off, (cannot tell whetiher coupling made or not) I did not see negro when he got killed. Bell was ringing, as I came back. I was using every precaution. I was not kicking cars in. I was doing usual shifting. Svitchman was in lead of me. I do not know how fa.- up line of cars switchman was. I stopped my en gine because I knew I was as far as I was intended to go. R. L. Murrell. L. H. Collins, sworn, says: I was in engine. Murrell sent for me to plug flue. Engine was too hot to plug vhen I got thetre. Conductor signol ed engine back, and Murrell, engineer, hit cars very carefully. He could not see two cars ahead of him. Engine -was headed front. There was two lines of cars on tracks. Engineer was signed back. Bell was ringing while the shifting was going on. Engineer was shifting as ,carefully as he could with the cars he had to shift. I never knew man was .killed until after wards. Dead man was in the same position as he is now .when I first saw him. I doin'it know who moved En '. From my judgment car moved seven or eight feet when he was hit. - L. H. Collins. Nathan Hardy, sworn, says: I am fireman on the freight train that kill ed the old negro man. We were on the house track shifting. We were going ahead. I did not see any signal on my side. The bell was ringing all the time. I was ringing it. We hit the cars ordinary. Nathan Hardy. Fred. H. Russell, sworn, says: I was in front of laundry when I saw it. Car moved about three feet wvhen it struck him. Saw negro fall. Could not say whether negro was walking or not. . F. J. Russell. C. W. Fant, sworn, says: While heading in the house track, signed en gieer down. Hit cars and knocked old negro down. The cars moved aout three feet. Was doing usual shifting and made coupling with no kicking of cars. C. W. Fant, Conductor. Pleas Boyd, sworn, says: Old negro leaning with back to car. Car struck him from back. I saw him but did not have time to tell him of danger. I work for railroad company. First wheel run over him. The other stop ped on him. * Pleas Boyd. J. P. Shealy, sworn, says: I was on the platform of the freight depot opposite the first door when my at tention was attracted by his cries. I went to him- and attempted to pull him out but he was fastened by the wheels. I clled to those standing to signal to the engineer to pull the cars off the body. After the car was pulled off the body the body was moved off the track. He was still alive but did not talk any. The train erew was doing ordinary shifting, and I summroneid a doctor im mediately, and he was dead when doe tor .arrived. The train passed over both legs. I don 't know the old man. J. P. Shealy. Texanna Spears, sworn, says: The body lying near the crossing of the Southern railroad is my father, Ned Kinard, who is 110 years old. . .her -Texanna X Spears. mark. 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