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APPEAL FOPE VETERANS' HOME President of State Division; U. D. C., Issues Statement. C(>htmbia, Mar(' 18.-rs. Rob ert D. Wright, president of the South Carolina Division. U. D. t'., has sent out a call and is making a strong effort in beh.-alf of the hom11e for Confede-ate Veterans. which is now being fitted up for tihe rtception of the old soldiers. The call -is as follows: I .Me:bers of the South Carolina Division. U. D. C.: As you know, the commission having in charge the plans for the Infirmary for Confed erate Veterans in Columbia, asked t-he last legislature for $16,000. Of this amount $12,000 was for main tenance and $4,000 for furnishings. After a very stormy experience the bill finally passed. cut to $12.000. This reduction cripples the plans of the commission; but the commodious building, beautifully situated, stands there waitng only -to be furnished, and then to be occupied by our sur vivors of the 60's, who are now in county alms houses or are dependent r care and suppo.rt upon the dhar ity of others. "Having heard the sentiment of the division as expressed at Abb-e ville, and knowing the members of the South Carolina Division as I do, when it became necessary for a com mittee to appear before the finance committee of the senate to urge the passage of this bill, it was in no un certaim tones that your president could pledge the loyal co-operation of the Daughters of South Carolina. And now the comaia? --n needs our help at once. "Every county is privileged to send two of its infirm Veterans. A number of applications is already on file with the commisson, and just as soon as sufficent funds are in hand for absolutely necessary furnishings the Infirmary wiill be opened. "At the Abbeville convention the committee of . Daughters to confer with the commission was continued. And now\this is the request I have to make of every president in th-e divis ilon: See that at least $50 from your -county is sent just as quickly as pos sible to the chairman pro tem of our committee, Mrs. J. W. Buneh, Colum bia, who will receipt for -t.he amounts and publish the lists of contributors. Do not wait for your chapter meet -ing, but eall a meeting immnediately upon receipt of this, and read this '.ommunnication to your members. If there is more -than one chapter in a county, -let the amount be prorated, if tepresidents see fit to do this. "For the Davis monument South IOar-olina stanids high in the list of contrbutors. When the calls come each year for Shiloh and Arlington, we have not been fouind waiting. But tose are matters that may wait for a few mon.ths if need be. This can not. Who gives now gives double. In a eyfew years the last of these men wRhave passed away, and shall it be said of the first State to go into the conflict that she allowed her Veteran sons, helpless through sickness a.nd age-in maniy cases thirough wounds received in this same confliet-to die in her county .poor houses? Now that the Infirmary is provided, let it be Sblazoned abroad that the Daughters of this same State came to the rescue, and made possible that which seemed for a time an impossible accomplish ment. Faithfully yours, "Mi's. Robert D. Wright, "President S. C. Division, U. D. C. "Newberry, S. C., March 17, 1909.' BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S AD DRESS. Good Advice He Gave the People of His Race at the Mass Meeting at the Columbia T-neatre The State. Dr. Booker T. Washington last night departed freely from the ad dx'ess he had prepaired to deliver here, but his rema'rks in .the essential were as follows: "This is not my first visit to South Carolina. Some 10 or 11 years ago I visited a number your cities and spoke t.o our people. I have kept in pretty close toneh wisth you and know something of -the progress you aire making in industrial. intelleei uai and moral directions. "In accepting the -invitation of some of your imiportant colored cit izens. I have bu.t one objeet in com ing into your State, and that is to see for myself some of the progress of which I have bheard so much which hias been m'ade during the time that I have been absent. Let me say right here that from whei' I have already been able to see. I feel thatt tire peo pIe of South Carolina of both races have good1 reas5on to congra.tulate hemselves upon the success which the negroes of the Sta:te arec making. The negro has done well in South Carolina. I repeat ihe has done well, but he e-an make himself still more usefu i,n the fntune thain she has in here. as I have -taied. 1- to sa me tfingi and as far as I am able to sug gest somethin-r t make the neg.ro 11r0 1, ulS-eful tA 'JI S?lf. ' 10ore S( u ful t) tie Si!te aniid to the na.ion Ilian he has been Jn the past.. A- I have said, I have ought to keep ],In clo-e :,uc,wvil : w po r of Vouir St--e bu I Ie w l at the IXa11ds 'tf!U~~jl~.: il~ respect, and that Is by reaIV 1e. f tihe fact tliait the outside world hiears of our difficulti-es. hea-rs of crime. hears of mobs and Ilcviins. bIt the out side wo.rld does nit hear of. neither does it know about. the evidenees of raclad friednd ,i aid )od will which eXlSt in mi-aityr:V of the cI:nunt!ji ties of South Carolnia and other Southern States where black and white live .tgete'. I do nt 1r believe tI0at one cAn. find .A: er .ecin Of t1l g'l0be WVIT n races lich are ghe':- inre -hv :nt :mmbe where of life than they do in our Sout:hern States. When we volsidcr, all that Ias taken place d: ins ta aos: 40 years, I believe that. we have every reasoi -to congratulate ourselves that thiqs have gone on a well as they have. tilhat 'theV are 11o worse than they are. "I am perfectly su-re of the. faut t,hat there is an elenei:t of our white friends who a-re timid and often re frain from helping the negro to the extent 11halt thev otherwise would, on aeoount of the bu-bear of what i, something referred to as s-ial equal itv. I am- const-alt.y minifng 'm.-; members of my own race. North and Sou,th, and of all subjects discussed that is.verv rarely referred to. "Let me say aA emphatically 4s I can that judging by my observation ond experienee witi my race, no where in this counitry is it seeking to obtrude itself on the white race. and especially here in the South. I think you will find that the more sensible the negro is 'and the more he is edu cated, the more he finds -satisfac tion -in the company of his own race. "To a very large extent the pro blem of -the negro in the Southern States is a labor problem. In order to secure effecitive and satisfayrteo to secure effective anid satisfactory labor from any~ race two things have got to hbe borne in mind. First, peo pie must be taught a love for labor, must be taught the digniity of labor and at the same time give~n proper methods in the direction of skill. See ondly, they must have their minds and -their ambitions awakened so that tir wanits will be increased. No individual labors except as he has a motive for doing so. The ignorant, unt-rained negro i-n South Africa works for pnly one or two days in eaeh week. He quits and returus to his little shut at the end of that time. The white man in South Afa ea wonders why this is true, grows impatient a-nd angry ' with the Afri ean for this kind of conduct. " The white man in South Africa forgets that he ought to -do the same. thing with the negro that has been done witi the negro in the Southern States-tihat he ought to educate the negro so that lie will want more. The knowledge of tihe South African is so limited, his ambitions are so low, that he can saitisfy all t'he wants that he knows anything about by 'working on ly one or two days i-n e-ach week. When hle has satisfied those 'he quiits. Human nat-uire is mu.eh the same way all over the world. In the case, 'how ever, of the Southern negro, he n >rks four or five days in eacih week be cause 'he has been educated by con tact with the white man, educated tbrough the church, the Sunday school, the day school, so that his wants are incre-ased, -are multiplied in many -direetions. The Southern negro wants land, wants a house with two or three rooms in it, .wants some furnit-ure, books, newspapers, ed uea tio-n for his children, wants to sup prt the minister and the Sunday school, and ina proportion a'sths wants are i'nereased he is led to work an incre-asing -number of days in each week in order- *to satisfy th em. If *be would make :the negro still more useful as a laborer. we must aro'.use his ambitio-n. weC must give him11 somel ting .to( live for. to hope for and just in prop'ortli a8 is n-anits ar-e multi phied, ar-e icreaised in many direc tionis so that he will want better homs, better furniture, better hurches,.better schools, more books, more newspapers, 'in .the same degree will he be led to work with more re gularity -and -a longer number- of days in -order that the i'nre'ased wants may' he satisfied. The mere matter of pay ing a highi wvae to an individual, un I es-s his wants h-ave b)eenl i-eased alng senile -and1( raitional linIeS. (does not4 solve the p)robIlm. because if the mn is still ignorant he can satisfy this few waqnts quicker when he re 'ceve a begh wae han when he re :;~i z~3.\\. a; fiot ITct ZAway X,froml th11e princilple whlich a P plie- to all Iu:nanii beings evcerYwhere. that in order to secure satisfactory bor we 1ust ake tie individual 1 cu l h Tl e u *1n ' lli -4 oen: m s . r l .s ill'I Ill ,1:1t cil-erils Ihe V.t fare of PV!*-:" i Ml il{e w 111(d wl.l a;i He st ie rfu! xvi hi:n. a hio uite a .ih. F.:r 1 in 1e ' ur whCi e ) i'rlCie win Ia T wilT Iill . 0 1! s1re. ) Z l e . race M m11:,1her of Owhe , e.ile. Ou0ilt frin s caII h c i" ' n t ii .. :-speet i several ways. First, by seeing to it ihat life in the country is Imde just as attractive and safe as life in the city. The negro wants education for -.i e d ren. le has an ambition io .im1prove the life of his family. It he f:ind4 in the cit, as he usuaiv does. azcho well equipped it.h -ot'd te:iher-s ei'her by missionary effort or 1)y public School funds iat i- in sessin eight or nine months in thever.and if 'Ii'h.'b:ds~ in hiS own mun:mity ' pul:- 5sfho! taught ina broken-down l cabin w1ithi a poor -teaeher and the school terin not l1n 1e tin four or five :nnths in the .ye:r. dlle n : 101o 1 iC t to UINove to lle city Wviere ie can edlic:te lis chidldren. Tiis isnatural and any oiher race would yield to the same tempitatioin Unld'er ille same circuui s,tnnee:4. Our w1hite fiends can help the negro 'and help themselve.s at the same time. by seeing to it that the nlegro family is provided with just as good school accommod'ati'ons in the' colnatry as in the city. In my opinion it would pav in the matter of dollars *.:d cents for every w.ite man Who 'ws a large plantation in this State Z see to it that on tlI!: plantation or Inear t'e plantation there is a good provided .an;d a good Chureb. wibith ood tea.ehers and upright min1 ister who are encouraged to remain in .that community. This will mea:n that labor will come to that planta tion, will be satisfied there: that tie individual who owns such a planta tion :a:d makes these provisions for school and church will not have to seek labor. but l.abor will seek him. There are some things in the li."e o-f every race that must be settled as speedly -as pbssible before they wil be able to make any real, permanent progress. One of them is the matter of permanent abode, a def.inite place to live. A race can not make the highest progress, become in t:he high est degree useful, until i.t makes up its mind .to settle down- somewhere on the soil and become .a useful part of the community in which it lives. FOR I In DE VOTEES OF e DAME FASHION ti ti: d< ci RI 4Q1 ti 11] fi. AMERICAN BEAUTY Style 43 Kalamazoo Corset Co., Makers FOR MAID ' ORMATRON I 400 Bushels Pure Toole Cotton Seed For Sale. Bought direct of WV. W. Toole, last spring, and handled with SPECIAL CARE since. Price, 75c. per bushel. Also a limited number bushels of Brooks' Favorite, Blazier's Defiance, Cleveland Big Boll, and Alexander's Money Maker, all at 90 cents per| bushel. Plant good seed and be eon-'i vinced. My crop yielded this year 66 bales on 63 acres, on what I consider very ordinary land. Apply to- J. L. Mayer, I Route 2. Newberry, S. C. NOTICE TO TOWN DELINQUENTS The Hon. J. J. Langford, mayor of the city of Newherrv. has placed in my hands executions for the collee tion of delinquent city taxes for the years 1907 and 1908, with instruc tinmt colet1th a mea once.n This in a very larg de-iTee still elinus to the race. of being an unsettled peo ple. Some portioni of our race ir-es eVery year11. People live onl one plan t,Iti,on*1,is yc:n-. onI :an10 1herl next y*earl, and on still another the following year. SwIe port-on of onr race lives 1 a indof IaU%r anri ne town. one year: n11( mve to a years. le 54w1n n make pgress. ve can nt make oirselves respected as WO 1:,6 ie l 11 b it.1. While I ani speak.ing upon this s ibjvevi of a permanent abode for tie ne-ro race. I wish to repeat 'here the advice which I -have given pri vately an"d publicly .in every part of the co1try ini which I have been, aiil ti:i is. in my opinion. there is no ace in this country where the negro is beltter off. or in any other counitry, all eahins consdred. tiran our Sou thr Sat es. and' part icularly in the a:urv istr i Ts. I have had the pr vilge of i-avelinga pretty exten a in'Horim eountiries, and I lhave no h1d: ati on in atin that taking the iter on the whole. there is no place where the m11e0 of the negro people are doia- S well. are so healthy in mind aid )odyfv as they are in the counerv districts of the South. I may say. al41 . in my opinion, the mass of my people have definitely determined to s htay were they are in what is known a- .ie black belt of the South ern States. Unbailable. Philadelphia Press. A man very much intoxicated was taken to the station. "Why did you not bail him out?'' inquired a bystander of a friend. "'Bail him out!'' exclaimed the oth er. "Why. you couldn't pump him out." 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGINS COPYRIGHTSAC. Anyone sending a sketch and descrItion may qickl ascertain our opinion free whiether an inventon is probably patentable. Comimunica tions strictlyconlfdenltial. HANDB00K on Patents. sent free. Odegt aency fr securing paet. Patents taken thrug Munan & C.receive specialiatiCe, without chre, in the ScienUfic .imtican. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation of any scientific lournaL Terms. S6 a ya: four months, $1ld byall ne wadealers. UNN&C.- - NeYork choosing a corset, ex cise good judgment in ie selection of this most 1portant article of . ac re, for upon such choice spends the success of ch that makes a arming appearance d personality. re recommend the MERICAN BEAUTY CORSET AAMAZOO CORSET CO. Exclusive Makers fulfilling all such re iirements and the fas dious woman who de .ands the best and latest corset creations will ad pleasure and pride wearing them. ic., 50c., 75c. and $1.00 very Corset a Bargain. ). KL ET TN.E R NEWBERRY, S. C. is to notify all persons of the city who have not paid such taxes that they can save costs by coming to me and p)aying' the same at once. M. M. Buford, Sheriff Newberry County. Newberry. S. C., Fe". 22, 1909. The Road to Success has many obstructions, but none so desperate as poor health. Success today demands health, but Electric Bitters is the greatest health builder the world has ever known. It corn-, pes perfect action of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, purifies and enriches the blo' d. and tones arnd invigora tes tihe whole system. Vigorous body and keen brain follow their use. You can't afford to slight Electric Bitters if weak. run-down or siekly. Only 50e. Guaranteed by W. E. Pelh?am & Son. STATEM ENT. The Commercial Bank of Newberry, S. C., con densed from report to State Bank Examiner Novem ber 27. 1908. RESOURCES. Loans....................................... $268,751 87 Furniture and fixtures....................... 3, 116 93 Overdrafts... .............................12,645 6o Cash and due from banks.................. 1, iSi 65 $385,696 05 LIABILITIES. 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