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Entered at the Postoffice at New Jerry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesday. May 25, 1909. The city of Spartanburg paid .$14, 000 for rights of way outside the oity to induce the C., C. & 0. to come into that city and it seems that city council went ahead and did the thinc without saying anything about it to -the public. Son few pers>ns in Spartanburg say it was alright but city council should have said some thing about it to the public before expending the money in this way. It seers to us city council made a migh try goc investment if that is all it cs to secure this road. We would be willing to defend city council (f New berry against all attacks if by spend ing twice that amount this road can be secured via Newberry. Information is given out now that the C., C. & 0. is not going to build beyond Spartanburg for some time to come but will use otiher lines from Spartanburg to the coast. That is probably correct and the C. & W. C. will probably be used to Laurens and from Laurens to Augusta and Port Royal, and the C., N. & L. to Colum bia. PISTOL TOTING AND THE CARO LINA LAW. The Richmond county grand jury having recommended the adoption of the South Carolina law i and effort to cheek the carrying of deadly weap ons concealed, the Florence Times, published at Florence, S. C., warns us: "Don't.'' The Times says that it has had the opportunity and has taken pains to observe the operations of the law that it has in force in its own State, and that it is not effective. "Don't do it neighbor," the paper admonishes. "Don't do it. The law has accomplished no good in this State. Just as many tragedies and accidents happen in South Carolina now as did before the law went into effet.'' The Times says: "What we want is the enforcement of the law against carrying pistols. It is the conqealed weapon that does The mischief, and always will be. No body carries a pistol openly unless there is a necessity for it. A man is not ashamed to carry one concealed, but he is ashamed to go around with one stuck out of his pocket, where it can be seen. The trouble is to get people to make -affida'vits in the mat ter and to have men punished when they are caught with pistols. It is public sentiment that needs to be worked up. You want to show a man that he has not advanced beyond the stage of the savage school boy when he,ieonsiders it necessary to carry a gun. "Rigid enforcement of the law we have will produce excellent results. When the people begin to understand that to get caught with a concealed weapon means a term in jail-when a few punishments like this are insist ed upon-t'he practice will stop.' The interesting statement has just *been made that in London not one man in 100,000 carries a concealed weapon. In Berlin the same. In Paris the carrying of weapons concealed is confined wholly to tihe criminal class. -Augusta Chronicle. We think the Times is correct. No one in this State who desires to tote a pistol ever stops to consider that it is a violation of the law and goes on toting it just at if the law made it his duty to do it. There was an ef fort to make pistols of certain length ,and weight legal and not in violation >of the law to tote but the regulation pistol that has been in use for years is still used over here and no one is ever prosecuted for violating the law. Sometimes a poor negro is found with a pistol and is given a small fine but a white man is never even tried for carrying pistols. The pistol habit is not confined to any class or condition in this State. We notice that in G}reenville some time ago some Greenville county bonds were sold at $102.63 -and they were only 4 1-2 per cent bonds at that. if our city authorities ever get to the po4inlt w here t hey will need the money to put up a school building we hope they will consider the advisa bility of making the interest rate less than 5 per cent even if the bonds have to be sold at par. Under the ac tie rate of interest is not to ex ceed 5 per cent. The list of states now using convict ,labor on the highways is too long to leition in detail, but Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming are Using such labor to construct a great highway which will run through the three St ates, aid Washington, Oregon, North Carolina, and Georgia, as well as several other states, have gangs at work.-Popular Mechanies. This is what South Carolina ought to do with her convicts. Instead of farming and manufacturing the con victs ought to be put.on the public roads. We should not permit North Carolina and Georgia to get ahead of us in this most important matter and highest evidence of the most advane ed civilization. We ought to build two roads at once diagonally across .tihe State. One should start at Char leston and run through Columbia to Greenville and the other should start at Augusta and run through Colam bia to Charlotte. It seems to us that this would be a matter that would re ceive the attention of the automobile users and while there would be oppo sition from those sections through which these first roads would not go I it should be remembered that it is: impossible to go by every man's door with the first road. If we could get these two roads there would be no trouble to get more roads and we would wonder why we had not started this work long ago. We publish in another column an announcement in reference to the ap proaclbing meeting of the South Caro lina Press association. This an nouncement was sent out on Friday from Newberr-y to all the morning dailies in the State. The News and Courier was kind enough to give space to it in full in promifient place I but we regret that The State did aot have room for it and that the small notice used was placed in -an unknown corner. We realize that in order to g et the members interested in the annual meeting it is necessary to ad vertise and that the effective way is tirougib th;e medium of the 'daily press. It is no personal interest to, us but in the'interest of the editors themselves, that these announceeemnts are sent out. We want -to see a good meeting at Greenville. Let every ed itor come. " The only principles of public con dut 'that are worthy of a gentleman' or a man are to sacrifice est.ate, ease, health, and applause and even life it Iself, to the sacred calls of his coun " These manly sentiments, in pri vate life, make good citizens; in pub li life, t'he patriot and the hero.'' We are afraid that we do not often even in this enlightened age attain to that ideal. These were in the old days when patriotism barned in the b.east of man, but not now. The story "A Dance With Death'' which has been running in T'he Her 'ald and News for several weeks will be concluded in the next Tuesday 's issue. We have an arrangement with Col. Dickert, however, by whichi The Her ald and News 'will continue to print stories of the war and of the Dut-ch Fork written by 'him exclusively for us. They will run through the paper several months. In order 'that you may not miss any of these articles it is important to keep your subscription paid up, and if vou are not *a subscriber to have your name entered at once. We are far enough removed from th scenes of the war to make these reminisenees interesting to t'he pres ent generation and doubly so to those of that generation who participated in the trying scenes about which Col. Dickert writes. Subscribe now and Ikeep your subscription paid up so that you will not miss any issue con *taining his articles. Usually~ a man's shyness prevents him fronm wanting t.o meet his credi And many a man after robbing Pe te.t pay'P-al tries to stand Paul THE IDLER. The Idler had about made up its mind to tell the editor it would not w-rite any more until the editor had employed a first class proof reader or a correct linotype operator. I used to study Smith's grammar and the old blue back speller and, of course, therefore, I know correct grammar wihen I see it and know how to spell. If the readers know these two things it must have been clear that The Her and and News sometimes is in great need of a first class proof reader. That leads me to remark that I be lieve our graded sohool system needs an overihauling. Now, this is not per sonal but general. I mean the mod ern methods of teaching the children. I do not believe the Ohild is developed as roundly and as thoroughly as in the old system of teaching. I know there will be those to say at once that The Idler is an old fogy and out of date and doesn't know what it is talk ing about, but you just think of it and you will see the force and effect of my observations. -o I said something like this once to Prof. Hand, the high sehool inspec tor and he laughed at me. Well, may-, be he was right. But listen. A child 'starts .in one of our graded schools at the age of seven and if he goes regu larly through the ten grades he is seventeen when he finisihes the graded school and has done nothing from seven to seventeen but go to school and then is not prepared to enter the freshman class of any first class col lege, but say that he is, it takes four ears to finish the college course, and at twenty-one he is just ready to think about prepairation for life's duties and has done nothing but go to school. But apart from that my objection to the system is the -failure to devel top the individuality of the child. The maiking of the child too much of a machine. Now, I may be mistaken, but it has occurred to me that there is too much of hearing lessons with our teachers rather than teaching. This is not meant for personal appli cation except as it fits. -0 And then it too often happens that thoe who pretend to teaeh do not have a proper conception of the duty of the teacher or of the fearful re sponsibiity of the work and it also too often happens that those who se let tihe teachers do not seem to have a clear apprehension of their respon sibility, and make selection without reference to the fitness of things. When you come to think about it the average trustee, and it is said in all kindness and with no reflection up on the t.rustee, is not competent to select teachers. And therefore the plan adopted in most all first class and high grade graded schools is forI the trustees to elect the superinten dent' and then Jet him select the teachers and hold him responsible for the proper and efficient conduct of the school. I was delighted 'to read in .the last issue of The Herald and News in Dr. Woin's letter the success which is attending young WV. C. Bynum at Georgetown as sunerintendent of the shol. He is a Newberry boy and a fine young fellow. You know I told you once before' that the fellow who didn 't know any thing about the subject and who had o especial interest could do the most giving good advice and telling the other fellow how to do the job. You see the point. Now, really, The Idler would like to know about that trash ordinance and if it is being enforced, and if the people are cooperating with the flicials. How about that general cleaning up day before commence ment. Don 't erybody speak at once. It would be too great a shock for my~ nerves to have the people of Newberry unanimous on any question for the good of the whole and espec iallv for the good of :each iudivia dlual1. That reminds me. Did you ever see the people of this community united on anything t.hat was really for the advancement of the wihole people. Let some man try to get a position outside the county instead of !helping him they begin knocking and--you know the result. Wonder why that is true. It should not be. -0 Speaking about water ground corn meal I think probably the following from the Macon (Ga.) Telegraphi will be read with interest: " Corn bread'?'' Never again ! Pel lagra.-Hartwell Sun. Pellagra may result from drinking hea whiske made from damaged 'ra in, but. iur con 11t.emIIPolIIrV need Ila n1" ' em !10 fea ( tilat dread di-,,.Isease t'rimZ Cat ing Georria pone made from Georgia meal gr4und bv a Georgia Water Imil1, or steam mill either, as for that. There is no healthier o-r inure nutri tious food than corn pone or hoeake made from fresh meal intermixed with a little water and a little salt nothing more. Cut out your rising flour, your yeast, even your eggs you do not need these adjuncts. Sim ple corn meal, mix-ed with water, and a smidzen of salt. Jim-Jams -as well as Pellagra may lurk in blind-tiger whiskey, but have no fear of old Georgia pone or hoe ,cake. It is a. very .cheap and valua ble food. And t)his calls to mind that there is spreading all over Georgia and the south. In Texas they are talking about .the corn revival in Georgia, and they are going to emulate our exam ple and put in a few more acres of corn to the plow. It is not too late yet to do something more in this line. At Albany, at Nashville, and -at other poi*nts in the State local purses are 'being offered for the best yields of corn. The Georgia State fair to be held at Macon during the late Octo ber days when the frost is on the pumpkin and the corn is in the shuck, is going to pay out some fat premiums for corn. Plant, manuTe, and culti vate for tihem. The premium list will be out soon. -o The point in this is to induce our farmers to plant more corn. South BRAI R . -ilN .1--. SC.LOSS .05. & Co. M7i0 Cashes Kakes talSipere and New Yor. Men's Suits. Suits for men and youn men from $10.00 t $25.00 embrace style service and quality. 'HER Boys' Suits. Boys' Suits from $2.0( to $8,00, with plain o Knickerbocker Pants. MEN'S SHOES AND OXFORDS! We have a full and select line of the celebrated "Snow" and "Cros sett) Shoes and Oxfords for Men The best for wear and style that this country affords. Prices from $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00, in all leathers. Try a pair and you wvill always wear them. BEAUTIFUL OFODS AND SLIPPERS For Women, Girls and Boys. Try a pair of our "ULTRA" and "KRIPPENDORF" Slippers and Oxfords and you will have the best as to style, fit and wear. A plenty of the new Ankle Strap Pumps in tan or black for Ladies and Girls. NE Caroliniia iolds tthe world *s drev,rd tile roductioll 4)t Cor) Ier acre al yet produces less corn per acre th any corn growing State. Plant mo corn. cultivate it better and you w have more money when the accoui is cast up at the end of th-e year. Ai you will be a happier farmer, ar you will not be in danger of pellagr because you have water ground hon made meal. -0 I wonder iL Prof. Hand is re.ally earnest about our high school. If stand as low as he says in work i tempted we better quit high scho work. You read Mr. Sligh's lett< You see I can't get my mind off t school. Well. you know I once taug school, but then everybody teach school until something better turns i .and nobody is a school teacher 1 profession. Of course I mean th is the general rule. 0 You know Ioften think what a gre and good and beautiful world N could have here if everybody ju tried to make everybody else fA good and would quit saying and d ing unkind -things. Wouldn't it 1 *0reat. We would have a picnic evei lay. The Idler. A Coming Notable Marriage. The bridegroom-lucky and hapI -in a coming notable marriage, is I blood and family ties strictly i Edgefield boy. The writer of ti has attained thie age when all oth EXE by Met andYOL is what we call t by those wearin timore Suits or because they are clothes because they art and Fat because thev are in the tr because they give to thew because they cost clothes SCHLOSS Of Balting who~ design anc us have the mot skilled tailors ev one roof, and every stitch is ti his art and it ) we can guaranlt( r perfection and reasonable a co "SPECIAL" THIS WEEK A beautiful line of light weigi Summer Coats. 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