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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, April 27, 1909. With wheat at an almost prohibi tive figure and pellagra threatenin,, us if we eat corn bread what is a poor mortal to do ?-Greenville News. Have his corn meal ground on a 'water mill, from home raised corn. In commenting on the prediction of . the Times and D3mocrat that should Senator Tillman be out of the Senatorial race next time, that Mayor Rhett would be a formidable candi date, the Augusta Chronicle says: "Hon. A. F lever, of Lexington, will beat him and will be senator Till man's successor. Just put this in your pipe and smoke it, Brother Sims." That would suit us all right.-Orange burg Times and Demoerat. That would suit us alright, too. If Governor Ansel's administra tion should not be remembered for anything else, it will always be a source of gratification to the -law abiding people of the state that he used the pardoning power with wis dom and discretion. We are not an advocate and never have signed a pe tition for executive clemency, but we think the governor was exactly right in pardoning Tiner, of Spartanburg. -Anderson Intelligencer. Why for pardoning Tiner? We ask for information. As we under stand the case Tiner was president of the -aw and order league; killed a man; was tried by a jury and con victed of manslaughter and given two yeas in the penitentiary. Why should he be more entitled to executive clem ney than any other man in like cir cumstances. The Civic League? We have heard of such an organization, but have failed to notice the results of its la bors. The court house square is plead ing for improvement, and just a few dollars and a little energy will ac complish the task. Why not get busy ? What is the use of wasting time? La.urens Advertiser. ! We dare say it is not the fault of the organization, but lack of support on the part of the people who ought to give eneouragement and support to the organization. Why should not ev eryone be interested in keeping the premises clean? Why should it be necessary .to make people do those. things which are for their own good? Yet it is true and then they some times, get mad. Civic leagues comn posed principally of our women in the various towns and cities are dong a* great work, not only' for the beauty of the city and town, but as con servators of t'he health of the com mnunity. These leagues should be aided and encouraged. We have a live one in -Newberry that is not being encouraged and aid ed as it should, but it is doing a good and 'great work and it will not be long hefore everybody can see results. It is proposed to hold a world's fair in Boston in honor of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims and the founding of New England in 1920. They are starting in time and should be ready to open on time. The News and Courier is calling upon t'he State authorities to produce the contract which they made with 'the Atlanta attorneys who were em ployed in the dispensary litigation. Greenville News. It seems to us that in justice to themselves the State authorities would be anxious to take the public into their confidence as suggested by the News and Courier. The people have a right to know. We do not be lieve the Atlanta lawyers received the fees stated by the At.lanta papers, but no harm can come from stating the facts and the State authorities should do it without being requested to do so. We understand that Mr. Felder is an attorney for the liquor men in At lanta. so his work was for the money be could make and not for glory or as a prohibitionist or for political preferment. Of course nobody in this State is doing any of those things or has done any of them. We have andretood Mr. Felder wsw1rking a comrtisSion basis a per cent of the claims lie kept the State from paying. But we don't know. We have made no comment on the Clemson muddle because we do not know anything of conditions up there, and further, anything we would say would have no influence one way or the other. Some of the papers are saying Pres ident Mell should resign. That seems to us to be unfair to Dr. Mell. He may be at fault, but it is due him that he should be heard before any such de mand is made. No doubt the trustees are familiar with the facts and they are the ones who are to say as they are in charge and as a majority hold for life the State cannot touch them if they fail in their duty. We do think, however, that ik board should investigate the charges made by Capt. Minus and give the people of the State the result of their investigation. There must be some thing wrong at the college. The trus tees and everybody connected with the college compliments the good work done by Capt. Minus and it has been spoken of highly. The criticisms he is now making cannot change the record he has mad-e. The State, in directly, in contributing a large sum to the support of the institution, and is entitled to know something about the management, and the record made by him during his stay at the college en titles his criticisms to some consider ation. It is unfortunate that -there should be so much trouble at Clemson. We believe -that if there were not the life tenure in the board the institution would be in better condition. The col lege has done a good work and there is fine opportunity for even better work. The college should be a State institution or the State should not contribute to its support. We do not have these .troubles 'at the other State institutions and would not have them at Clemson if it were ~really under State control and the life tenre were removed. Anyhow the .trustees owe it to the people of the State to have a thor ough investigation made and to take the people just a little bit into their confidence. We thave received the first issue of the Hampton County News, a new paper started and published at Brun son in Hampton county. T'he grand jury has presented a cit izen for having committed perjury, which means telling a lie and swear ing to it. Fortunately the first part of the offense alone is not indictable. If it were, .the grand jury would have to remain in continuous session all the year round attending to violations reported by the bill collectors.-Spar tanburg Jou.rnal. What is said 'to .the bill collector is not to be taken seriously. The ordinance against leaving ye "hieles standing on church street be tween the postoffice and Broad street shou-ld be extended to include the en tire business district. The streets shou-ld be kept open for traffic at all times. No person should be allowed to make private or exclusive use of the streets, as it is done when vehaicles and animals or automobiles are left standing in them.-Spartanburg Jour nal. Our people here, or some of them, at least, think the main purpose of the streets is for hite;hing. T'hey want to see 'wood wagons, hacks, drays, au tomobiles, buggies and empty wagons all standing in the streets an'd on the square. They 'have an id'ea that it ereaites business. Some days ago the Daily Mail had some reference to an editorial note which appeared in The Herald and News and in some way we have mis placed thlat copy of the Daily Mail, but we desire to assure our contem porary, if we remember correctly its criticism, that there was no intention on our part to be discourteous or to say anything unkind either directly or indirectly about 'anyone, and if what we said was so misconstrued we 'e nwto apologize. n - uregZl . howvever,.ota ad mmeC postoffice bidnwhc,as we remember the Daily Mail stated had been secured for Newberry. we arc very thankful for; and we hope that within the next five vea.rs, at least, the government will be able to decide upon the location for the building, and thet within five years more the contret may be awarded. * * * THE IDLER. ************** * City ouncil is going to fix up a wagon yard on the city's property in rear of the opera house and then a nice little park can be made out of the lower public square and have plenty of roadway there and some hitching places, too. Then I hear city council is also going to arrange to extend the little park in rear of the old court house so as to come up on either side and just a little way in front so that hitching to the building will be dis continued. When these things are done the people will wonder why they were not done long ago. -0 I found the following ia the Au gusta Chronicle the other day: "Between high-priced flour and the danger of having pellagra from eat ing corn-bread the average man is getting into a hard row of stumps." Now, friend, if you'll just get wa ter ground meal and especially water ground on a pair of Cloud's Creek mill stones you'll never hear of pella gra. But this meal must be from home raised corn. To make water ground meal the best it must be ground from home raised corn. You try this and I guarantee you won't have any pellagra. -o I forgot to ask the editor to send Mr. Childs and Mr. Williams a marked copy of the Herald and News containing my reference to the con veniences at the Union depot and I am satisfied -that they have not seen the paper or they would have acted on my suggestions long ago. In fact, I have often heard Mr. Childs say that the newspapers knew more about nning his road than he did and I m satisfied any suggestion from The dler would have received his most arnest and prayerful consideration. othing has yet been done and as smmer time is coming it is very im ortant. Please send these gentlemen arked copies. --- By the way, how about that little lower garden we were to have at the nion depot. A 'little beautifying now and then is helpful as well as leasant to 'the eye. I wonder if the editor has seen the rural editor's spring poem, I think it would be nice to print it. Here it is: 'his is the season for planting seed And it's also then printer's time of need, ow radish seed, and lettuce, too, And pay the printer whatever is due. ro build yourself an onion bed, And remember the printer must be feds Sow several rows of early peas, And pay for last year's paper, please. Dig up 'the earth 'round each straw berry vine, And if you want your paper just drop a line, Plant some potatoes to put in the hash, And remember the printer is short of Fix up a 'hill of beans, And with the editor divide your Of watermelons you'll need a pateh, The editor's pants needs one to match. Pay up your subscription, Then> plant your corn, And you'll raise a big crop, As sure as you're born. The Park and Tree Commission of Augusta, Ga., are considering the proposition of planting dogwood and wisteria among the shade trees of the city. The shade trees of Augusta are beautiful. Those who have seen Green street in Augusta will agree with me that no city anywhere can produce a prettier street. When one sees these beautiful streets one cannot help but wonder why The people of Newberry will not ooopra'te in making some pretty etreets here. -0 A Methodist preacher i itlanta is quoted as saying, "Georgia could not do a better thing than send her leislature on a trip around the world before they pass a single law.'' His idea is a good one. It is so easy to get contracted and narrow and selfeh by taying in one place. Travel, going bout and seeing what other people not the wiile siow and that there are other people and other places. In fact, you are in a position to be more liberal and to take a broader view of affairs and of men. I believe if we could send some of our people on even a shorter trip than around the world it might do good. But don't misunderstand me, I believe we have the best people in .the world right here in Newberry. -0 Dr. Lee's text was in t1he 9th verse of the 16th chapter of Second Chron icles. Look it up and read it. -o I want to say a word to Inquirer. While there was .nothing in the law or the act or the order of eleCtion to that effect yet the appeal to the peo that effet yet the appeal tothe people in behalf of and in justification of the $40,000 was the need and the wis dom of erecting two buildings in two different sections of .t-he city--one for the lower grades and a high school building separate. There was nothing Legally binding but that was the prop )sition as it was presented to the people. I believe the bonds would [iave been voted any way and that proposition probably had little to do with it, but that was the reason as ;igned for the $40,000 and the argu nent on the other side was that one uilding would do and that could be ad with $30,000. I am not speaidng for the board, but in answer to In juirer. I should think that the board wvould feel at least morally pledged ] ;o the two building idea. Don't you hink so, Inquirer? -0 Seems to me I heard somewhere omething about amending the trash >rdinance and that the Civic Asso iation and the board of health had igreed upon an amendment and that :he mayor was there, too, and that he igreed to it and that the city attor iey wrote out the ordinance as greed upon and submitted it to coun il with all this endorsemrent. And ben council concluded that what :hese other people submitted was just i copy out of the ordinance book and ;ht it would cost .too much to print .t. Well, anyhow -it wasn't passed. rhat is a nice compliment to the Civic A.ssociation, the board of 'health and ;he city attorney and the mayor, that hev 'would solemnly go -to work' and ~cpy an ordinance tha': was already f force and ask council to re--enact t word for word and pay these news papers $150 to print it. My, I didn'"t now the newspapers charged sueh arices. No wonder they are getting so reh. 'The Idler. MAY FESTIVAL AND BAZAAR. o Be Held in This City the 5th, 6th and 7th of May, Under the Aus-. pices of the W. C. T. V. The following is a list of the comn nittees that will serve at the "May 'estival and Bazaar.'' These commit ees will please meef, at the residence >f Mrs. Mary Wright, Thursday af :ernoon at 4:30 o'clock. Fancy Work:-Mrs. W. W. Horns by, Mrs. Clarenee T. Summer, Miss Belle Epting, Miss Daisy Cannon, N[iss Dessie Shackleford. Larkin Booth:-Mrs. C. H. Can aon, Miss Blanche Davidson, Mrs. J. El. Wicker. Candy Booth :-Loyal Temperance Legion, Mrs. E. E. Williamson, chair man. Cake and Pie Booth :-Mrs. G. Whit Connor, Miss Lois Fant, Miss Edith Henderson, Mrs. Agnes Schum pert. Vegetable, Fruit axil Flower Booth :-Mrs. E. A. Ward, Miss Eu genia Epps, Miss Fannie Ramage. Temperance Booth:-Miss Lurline Evans, Miss Eva Gary, Mrs. J. W. Humbert. Apron and Bonnet Booth :-Mrs. Burr Martin, Mrs. P. C. Gilliard, Mrs. Dora Williams, Mrs. Frank Spear man. Country Store:-Miss Minnie Todd, Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Mrs. T. W. Smith, Mrs. Adelaide B. Harmon. Counittee on Floats and Decora tions:-Mrs. E. M. Evans, Mrs. R. D. Smith, Mrs. W. H. Hunt, Mrs. Ed ward Fulenwider, Mrs. W. G. Hous Prize Committee:-Mrs. F. N. Mar tin, Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. E. E. Williamson, Mrs. M. A. Carlisle. Table Committee :-Mrs. 0O'Neall Holloway, Mrs. J. H. Summer, Mrs. Geo. T. Epps, Miss Gena Bradburn, Miss Mamie Salter, Mrs. J. R. Eison. Cake Table:--Mrs. W. G. Houseal, Mrs. McDowell, Mrs. T. C. Cannon. Meat and Salad Table :-Mrs. Mary Wright, Mrs. Corrie Greneker, Mrs. Eidson, Mrs. C. Bradburn. Macaroni a.nd Rice Table :-Mrs. Mary Halfaere. Mrs. H. S. Boozer. Mrs. W. A. Hill, Mrs. W. W. Crom?r. Coffee:-Mrs. Colin M. Cook. Mrs. F. C. Williamson. Mrs. A. V. Hol lowa.. I Ice Cream and Strawberries : Mrs. - Reeca vasinger. Mrs. Etta using it has 'dence that sweet,and perfect wh guard against the cheap the greatest menacers to ROYAL IS THE O1% MADE FROM ROYAL GE Blease, Mrs. Win. F. Ewart, Mrs. J. B. Walton. Soliciting Committee:-Ward one, nd Helena, Mrs. W. A. MeSwain nd Mrs. P. C. Gilliard; Ward two, &rs. J. W. White; Ward three, Mrs. Vm. F. Ewart; Ward four, Mrs. J. E. Wieker. The program will include the fol owing: Maes' Fa Is the nicest on the markE pound. If yc for quantity you a nice pa p Mages' I HAVE Y( COLE P1 $100.00 No, the Cole PLi $1l00.00. Thousan valued it at'various to $200.00 per year compared with its v The testimony of convince you, or it r thousands of farme Planters agree in Planters save them and earn more thar doubt ho longer. Don't listen to far have not thorough) A man can not testi has not tried.'- We Planter and guaran or refund you your We have been se for years, why is it using them? It is ti into the matter, anc receive further infoi Ius a card or a short ~SUMMER I |AA7NG Thousands of millions >f cans of Royal Baking 3owder have been used a making bread, biscuit ad cake in this country, md every housekeeper rested in perfect confi her food would be light, olesome. Royalisasafe p alum powders which are health of the present day. Y BAENG POWDER APE CREAM OF TARTAR On Wednesday, May 5th, A grand parade. On Thursday, May 6th, A baby show. On Friday, May 7th, A medal con test. The W. C. T. U. asks the coopera tion of the entire city in this festival eand bazaar for the cause of Temper ane-e. bric Finish Pound Paper 0t for 25c. per u are looking ,I can give tper at 10O. lb. loolk Store )U TRIED -IE .AN TER?, CASH. nter does not cost ds of farmers have figures from $25 00 . It costs very littleJ alue. one good man mightj night not, but when rs who use the Cole aying that the Cole more time and labor a:-y other, you can mers or dealers who ~tried Cole Planters. (fy about a thing he will sell you a Cole. tee you satisfaction money. 3liing Cole Planters that you are still not me you were looking if you would like to rmation please write letter at once. IRos. CO.