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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at Nev berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, June 22, 1909. THE EDITORS' VISIT TO CLEb SON. We presuie that the idea of t] Clemson college authorities in sayi that they would entertain the Sou Carolina Press association at th( own expense in the event that t editors accept the invitation to ho their meeitng at the college, wast keep some jackass from saying th .they were using the college funds entertain the editors. And there is no reason why t editors should not enjoy the hospit ity of the college authorities. T Press Association has enjoyed the h< pitality of other communities in t State, and nobody ever suggested tb there was any impropriety in it. T Press Association accepts the hos) tality of the railroads and seems g! to do so. It is a new .thing to ins that the editors shall foot their bi when they go anywhere. The Press Association could i meet at a more delightful place th Clemson college. The newspaper m would get mueh valuable informat. by a visit there, and the college p( ple would be delighted to have t editors as their guests. It is very strange that Editor Ai should be so bitterly opposed to t Press Association acceptincg the h< pitality of the Clemsoi college pE ple, while finding nothing wrong the Association accepting the hos, tality of the people of other comuuz ties.-Daily Mail. All this discu;sion of a proposed i vitation and its :ossible acceptan it seems to us is rather premature, b in view of the personal reference the editorial from the Mail to the e itor of The Herald and News the e itor of this paper addressed the fR lowing letter to the Mail, in ord that his position might be set rig before the readers of the Mail. As to the other matters contain4 in the deliverances of the Mail do not care to comment except to se that we have been to Clemson a] know that the gentlemen who ma. up the college community are deligh ful and elegant gentlemen and knc how to entertain the guests in the midst and we believe they will appr ciate the position we have taken. The following letter to the Dai Mail explains more fully our positio As we' have said the Association es do as it pleases. We shall make2 effort to influence it one way or t .other except to express our individu opinion having at all times due r gard for the opinions of others ar giving them credit for sincerity: * Editor Dail Mail: I confess to son surprise and disappointment on rea ing the following paragraph in yoi issue of Saturday afternoon for have always regar<ed the Mail fair and just in its criticisms ar comments and the assertion that am "bitterly opposed'' to the Pre Association accepting an invitati< from Clemson college is so far fro anything I have ever said or writte that I can scarcely conceive of t] Mail making it and that too withoi /publishing what I did say: "It is very strange that Edits Aull should be so bitterly opposed1 the Press Association accepting ti hospitality of the Clemson colles people, while finding nothing wror in the Association accepting'the ho pit?ality of the people of other cot munities.' I regret that this matter has he4 discussedt in the newspapers in ti spirit in whichi it has been. So fa as I am concerned I am not antagom tic to Clemson college and on the Co trary have demonstrated my intere and faith in the institution by sen ing one of my sons there two years. a tui.tion paying.. pupil, and tl grea.test regret of my life is that ei cumstances were such that I was for ed to withdraw him. That is; mo: than some of those have done who aa thigh in authority with the collet and who have sons to educate. As to this invitation to the Pre Association, some days ago there a) peared a news item in practically of the daily newspapers of this Sta; that the Press Association wouldI invited to hold the convention of 19] at Clemson. as the guests of the inst tution, and the authorities would ps the Cost of entertainment out of the own pockets. The statement w: made in the same connection that th invitation would be extended in vie .of .the criticisms that had been ma< 'o h oll11e with a view of permi 'ile Voilditil ll at IeIsIIi . I . otI Ler \vol'dS, tle Press Associatioli was to aet .s; a sort (of investigating collilit tee. 'i Io ,it know ]I,\V other s imay feel hat so far a's I am concerned I did not thinik it was proper for the Press Association to go to Clemson in that capacity, or with t-hat as a reason for going. and at the same time be the guests of the authorities and permit th eir expenses to be paid out iof the pockets of the authorities. e,That is all there is to what I said. It t is true we accepted the hospitality ot ir the citizens of Gaffney and were their ie guests last year and had a most de Id liglitful meeting. We will have cer t tain courtesies extended at Greenville t but we were not at a State instita t tion at Gaffney in view of certain crit icisms which had been made of the he institution and for the purpose of as certaining the facts about the insti he tution; nor will be in that attitude at the Greenville meeting. There he seems to me to be a difference. And (at while the Gaffney people literally en he tertained us at the Limestone college he Ze and did it most admirably and. td the d satisfaction of all the members and ist we have a pleasant memory of that 11 meeting which will last, it is the feel ing of most. of the members with ot whom I have talked that they would an prefer to meet in some resort hotel en and pay their bill. on I have a letter from President Mell - extending an invitation to the Asso ;he ciation to come over from Greenville and spend an afternoon at the college qll during our convention in July, and he I have written him that I would take s. pleasure in presenting the invitation o- at the first session, and, in fact, if it in does not interfere with any arrange )i- ments which have been made in . Greenville and is agreeable to the Greenville people I expect to arrange that as a part of our program. I have written the Greenville people to that ce effect, and also to Dr. Mell. I have written more than I intend i ed but I trust that you will find space d- for it in your paper because you have d- placed me, unintentionally I know, in a wrong attitude before your readers. I am not bitterly opposed to the Press er Association going to Clemson, but I ht am opposed to it going there as the guests of the authorities if the condi d tion of the going is in view of the v criticisms which have been made of the institution and t.he purpose being that the Association might learn the d truth of the institution and then e write of it. In other words these an *t- nual meetings, as I understand them, are not for the purpose of investigata .ing conditions at State insttiutions, irand if they are to be made such, then e- the Association on that trip should not aceept the 'hospitality of the au l thorities, nor permit the authorities .to pay the expense of the entertain ment out of .their pockets. That is mall there is to it. 10 I would not be misunderstood. This ie is all a matter for the Association al and what I am saying .here and what e_ I have said in The Herald and News is only my individual opinion, and I iwould not assume to speak for the Press Association, nor will I under take to influence the Association one ie way or the other.- It can do as it d- pleases and I will be satisfied. Newberr.,H. Aull. I Nwer,S. C., June 20, 1909. d If life trustees at Clemson are the I halt that ais saving the institution s Ifrom ruin by the politicians, as some mof the papers are claiming, will t.hey nu please tell us why they do not put e life trustees in charge of the Univer t ity, of Winthrop, of the Citadel, and, in fact of all the State institutions. SThey tell us that it is this feature eof the managemer.t of Clemson that esaves it from ruin by the politicians. Why~ not ch<ange the State constitu -tion and provide life trustees for all of t.he State colleges and other State institutions and let them fill all va ie ancies. s-Does anybody know why the South aCarolina bankers had to go outside st the State to hold their convention? I- Daily Mail. iSuppose they wanted to get in a 1prohibition territory where water was e-plentiful. reEven if the national highway is to ego via Augusta would not our friends sin Columbia like to have a road p. branching out from that point via 1l Newberry, Greenwood and Abbeville te and another via Laurens - to Green e ville from Newberry i Why then not .try -to help us build some roads in y this section, instead of congantly re r minding us that the national highway isvaAugusta. We would like to see Columbia inaugurate a moveinent eto build a good highway from the cap t- aia toeah county capital in the Mimnaugh's June Sale' MATCF Quicb To clean up brok means will approa We have set out t, prices that can't bE 9 o'clock sharp. No Store Meets Mimi All Standard Calicoes-Indigo BI Grays and Shirtings at 5c. yd. 3 bales good heavy Checked Hoi only 4c. yd. John P. King celebrated Sea Isl2 at only the yard 5c. 72 x 90 bleached seam Sheets, E 81 x 9o bleached Salem. Sheets, 20 yds. good Bleaching, 36 inch buyer for $1.00. 12 yds. Androscoggan 3leaching for $1.00. Special Prices on Summer Silks, You will not match the tempti Silk bargains offered here this wef 36 in. Jap Summer Silk, formei 65c., sale price 39c. yard. $1.00 and $1.25 Foulards to closed out this week at 59c. yard. $1.00 Black Taffeta. 36in. wic sale price this week 79c. yd. $1.50 black 36 in. guaranteed T~ feta Silk, sale price 98c. yd. NEW MILLINE RY State. Why not start such a move- Fand ment? It would be worth more tof The: Columbia than a na.tional highway. er or If you get the road built to the New- to Gi berry line we will start a movement which will build it to Newberry and 0 we will help to send it on to Laurens and Greenwood. It would take very from little money and work, comparative- 'ay (y speaking. It is just forty-three a lit riles by this road from Newberry to News Columbia. We are now building sev- the I en of these miles between Newberry meeti and Prosperity. For three miles out Th of Columbia the road could not, be im- ti proved. For seven or eight miles this side of the river the road needs but irs g little work. The building of twenty miles of road would give a first class road for automobiles between'here and teir Columbia and the material is therethi along the roadside. If built for au- I tomobiles it would be good for bug- infor g ies and wagons also. p bes colles Read the law authorizing an elec- sumne tion on August 31 on the question of this issuing bonds for building good roads. supp It is published in full in this issue of corre The Herald and News with comments W after each paragraph explaining thepra provisions of that section. This is a ta very important matter and should be etena looked at in the right spirit. In the <got t election only the qualified electors of th will be allowed to vote. That meanseda ,you must have your registration tick- ed ax et and you should also remember that ciatic 'the office will be open only on the first yar Monday in the mont.h and if you have year no ticket you had better secure it at matic once. Unider this law a certain amountof0 'of work is to be done in each town- ofsid ship. It is the opportunity to have auth< some good roads in this county. the e this 1 After traveling over both roads be- of ex tween Newberry and Greenwood in they automobiles we believe the road via from H. T. Fellers' and the Williams place ty. and on by the railroad bridge and We thence to Ninety Six is the best way ereat: to go f.rom wbrr to Geenwood sion Mimnaugh's June Sale! ILESS JUN Selling is th en lines and small lots. Lch this matchless mover o make this the biggest 2 matched. Sale starts M iaugh's Prices. se ues, Turkey Reds, Silver Val Lace, Linen I nespun, worth 5c., to go at of yards Insertings a yard, all piled on a b nd, 20 yards to each buyer, 0c. kind, at only each 35c. Barl 75c. kind, at only each 59c. es wide, 20 yds. to each India Linen, Persi 12 yds to each buyer, etc., not a yard in th piled on a big bargai June Sale of StMIsh Suits. ng Every ready-to-wear suit must go. k. If you get your size, name your price. Any Longiere Dress worth ~$6.50 to be I $8 00. choice this week $3.98. Any Linen Coat Suit worth $5.00 le, to $7.00, choice this week $3.49. We want to turn this stock into Scash quick. COME. ROLLING IN ON EV ERY S we know it is ten times nearer. snfrsyn ta h road from the hill above the riv-goteeathiow the Greenwood side all the wayntashegssofh ~eenwood is a. good road. te r ow~t fa [IMSON AND THE PRESS. thmaerasbnd publish elsewhere the editorial mc si a hti i "our esteemed local contempo- e o st a hta "the Observer, commenting on tePesAscainw te squib in The Herald andedaltrfomn on ;in regard to an invitation foritrnwhc as" 'ress Association to -hold its nexttaiv,ndhruhx Lng at Clemson college. wr,tetute fC e Observer asks where we got igwt h aut,h formation that Ci.nson collegemehirofcaintt ng tok extend an invitation to the atPrstohodis Association and that "the col- ignx era lmo authorities will pay t.he expens a week's entertainment out of W aeas a o own pockets."dnewtPrsetM reply to this question we got the hl a tCesnd mation from the daily newspa-nulcvetoinGen in a news item, as we recall it, adw aeivtdP i was sent out under a Clemsontocmtoheetiga e date line, and whieh we pre-intaonesnayad d was correct. We did not keep ie i lot~peett news .item because we did not ~ fo i hc >se anyone would question its aeInditotot etness. tkntemte pW would like to ask our contem-comteofargmn - wher.e it got its information yl dwl rbbym the e>llege authorities have not toCms ded an invitation" and where itprga,iitsarea he information "that a memberGrevlepoeando e press from Oconee county ask-feeitan aagm ithority of the hoard of trusteesthyavmde tend an invitation to the Asso--_ _____ n to meet at Clemson next Tepoetr f ee the Observer has inside infor-meoftictywlpr n from this member of the press teSaePesAsca onee county, and seems to havE e ofhepgrmW a information from the college etraneto h ii rities, we would like to ask if tnugf~ a n ollege authorities simply gave Crln,Cicfed&0 nember of the press the privilegewhcwilbinoeai tending an invitation or whether ct hog oEkon handed him an. official invitationtieadwlfunsa the board of trustees and facul-ThC.C.&0pelea had no idea of this matter ti.Satntr or ng so much newspaper discus- Ta ilb ie and esewhrewegiveour e ebrs tokrie of masit Mimnaugh's June Sale. E SALE! 3 Ordee,, No other sale by any nent of merch andise. sale yet. We.name lednesday morning at dle of Laces. 'orchon and Cotton Torchon, thousands rd Edgings and Laces, worth 8 and 10c. ig batYain table, your choice ic. yard. rain Table of White an Lawns, French Lawn, Checked Dimity, e lot worth less than 15 and 20c., all n table your choice for only 10c. yard. Panama Skids at $5,00, Every one of these Skirts are worth $6.50 to $7.50, most of them blacks, but a few blues in the lot, this week for a $5 00 bill. 25 beautiful black Voile Skirts worth $8.50 to go this week for $5 50. 15 belautiful black Voile Skirts worth $10.00 to go his week for $7.49. It's up to you to secure a bargain in a skirt. OUTH BOUND TRAMN. press should for a trip over this road this year. expense and The road .not being completed to, e institution Spartanbarg we made no~ effort to ar hey see. it"' range for the trip. If the, arr ange wever, since mnents could have been made .or a iscussed as trip over this road. this- year we 1 be improp- would have suggested that as the side president of trip. have receiv e county ed- Tompkins-Merrimon, pon my ini-! Miss Marie Lucile Tompkins and iy personal Mr. Augustus Summerfield Merrimon emson, join- were married on Tuesday afternoon,. ye extended June 15th at the home of the bride's frteparents, Mr. and Mrs' A. S. Tomp ion frtek.ins. On account of a bereavement nnual meet- in the family, the death of Mrs. M. N. i college, as Holstein, the grandmother of Mrs. Merrimon, the marriage was a very e correspon- quiet though beautiful affair, being . 11i.rgr attended by the relatives of the hap 11 reardpy young couple and a few friends spending a from a distance. ing the an-, Mr. Ed. Foreman, of Macon, Ga., rille in July,' was best man and Miss Christine asident Mell Tompkins was ma-id of honor. d extend the The other guests were Mrs. M. E. have prom- Merrimon, the mother of the .groom,. .and Misses Marlylily Fisher, Mattie ie official in- Mims and Madge Mays-the three we nlow bridesmaids-witnessed the cere 113 we have mony but did not act as attendants, h the local and Miss Anna Twelvetrees, of Char ts at Green- lotte, and Mr. Joe Ashley, Elberton. ike this side 3Miss Maxeie Sheppard played tha ~ te oficalwedding march. C h fiil The Rev. C. E. Burts performed >le to the the ceremony.. ~s not inter- After the marriage a delightful re ents which past was served. Mr. and Mrs. Merrimon left on t-he afternoon train for a wedding tour in the ,Glenn North Carolina. newspaper The fair young bride has always bably invite been a great favorite here, and is lov ion to meet ed not only by all of Edgefield, but ~ar. A fea- by every one whose good fortune it is >uld be the to know <her. ors in Spar- Mr. Merrimon is a splendid young rip over the 'man, and is held in the very highest 2i0 railroad, esteem by 'his host of friends and- ac n from this~ quaintances, and occupies a prominent Ky., by that place in the business circles of his scenic trip home town, Sumter. -u America. We wish for our young friends the Sanxious to greatest possible joy and prosperity, n make the and may their lives be filled with -l nothing but sunshine and gladness. ome 'of the We want them to return to us often,, ane effort very often.-Edgefield Chronicle.