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E, H. AULL, EDITOK. Entered at the Postoffice at New ferry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter. Tu-eday, July 20, 1909. THE RECORD'S SCOUT CARS. The good roads scout cars of the Columbia Evening Record will reach iNewberry either the last of this week, or some time early during next week li-probably e7arly next week. The Record's scout cars are seek ing roates for good highways from Columbia, the capital of the State, to the various county seats in South Car olina. One of these highways will be from Columbia to Newberry, diverg ing here, one route going to Green wood and on to Greenville, and the other to aurens and on to Spartan burg. In all likelihood the cars after reak4hing Newberry will go first over the proposed route to Greenville via Greenwood. This is an undertaking which is arousing enthusiasm throughout South Carolina in the interest of good roads and its ffects will be lasting and far reaehing. The plan is feasible, and with very little effort on the part of the various eounties a good highway from -the capital to every county in te State could be built, and this would mean the building of highways in every section of every county for, once a county has some good roads it is bound to have more goold roads. Newberry is,arranging to meet the escort them to Newberrry,and at least eseort them to Newberry. an dat least one Newberry car will pilot them on S'Vreenwood. A fitting reception for the scou~ts while they are in New lerry is also being arranged. The Newberry cars will meet the scouts at Little Mountain. Among the cars :whidh will make up the escort will be: Capt. W. S. Langford's speedy Ford roadster, Which led the Atlanta Jour Eal-New York Herald cars from Greenwood to Newberry, and which, driven by Mr. W. C. Waldrop, one of the best drivers in the South, led them well and gave them all the speeding they desired; a car from the Forde Motor Company, of which Mr. W. C. Waldrop, above mentioned, is a member, as is also Mr. Forde, from -wihom the company takes its name; Dr. Frank D. Mower's Ford roadstar, whieh was also of the party which went to Greenwood and Abbeville to meet the Journal-Herald scuts, hav ing preceded them to Newberry, to look out for some bald places in the road and have them .repaired; prob ~ably the Rambler touring car of Mr. R. Herman Wright, who did some fine driving in piloting the Journal Herald cars, and possibly others The co-operation of all .the people of Newberry is urged, and is expected in giving the scouts a warm welcome .on their arrival in Newberry. As soon as the cars get back from their pres ent trip the time of their arrival in Newberry can ,.. be. definitely, given. This matter of working up good roads enthusiasm means a great deal for V:e towns arnd counties affecteld. The details of the reception to be given the,scouts are already being arranged and will be perfected as soon as the '>e'~ate of their arrival is definitely The Record 's scout cars were in H.artsville yesterday, where tihey at tended a good roads meeting. From there they go to Cherawv and on to &2e::ettsville. rhenu back to C'heraw. :' hester'field an]id to) Lanc(as THE IDLEL. ** * * * * * * * * 4 4 ** My Dear Little Idler: I noticed some time ago that you asked about that little eart t'hat has been orna menting t1he Sunimer Bros. corner and that Mrs. Evans had said somethig about it, too. I will state for your information that I heard tiat th e mayor had directed Mr. Wicker to take one of his regular hands and hitch 'him to the cart and that Mr. Wicker had not done so because that would not (help 'him but would reduce his force that much and that it was already too small. You might inves tigate this and let the publie know what has been done. Your friend, Loafer. -0 Upon receipt of the above communi cation from "Loafer'" The Idler im mediately began an investigation, though the weather was very hot but I promised not to discuss the weatiher-and I went around by the corner which this little cart has been ornamenting and found it was not there any longer. Where it is I do not know and I .have not been able to get anyone to tell me. Maybe the mayor has sent it off. If "Loafer" is right about taking one of the hands from the street overseer I think it is I better to let the thing, go on as it has been for the grass is growing and some of the vacant lots and streets would make good pasturage now. The street force and the grass brigade should not be reduced. And Mr. Wicker is right. It would not be compatible with th;e dignity of the grass brigade to have one of its mem bers hitehed to a cart. -0 I was thinking about suggesting to city council that they might advertise good pasturage for rent or hire and maybe the papers would offer them reduced rates. Or maybe they might zo into the geese business as I used to be told when I farmed that a flock >f geese was worth as much in killing rass as a pretty good force of hands. At any rate, if something is not done it will be dangerous to go along the treets as the snakes might run out at any point. And they would be real nakes, too. -o I tJhink I saw in the paper the other ay where the civic association had ecured the co-operationm of the trus ees of the cemetery 'and that the >lace was now being nicely kept. I am afraid that the members of the ivic association are taking a great many things for granted. The ceme tery looks to me that it is in about as bad condition as -regards cleanli ess and neatness as it is possible for it to be. The squares are grown up in grass and weeds and where they have been cut down they have been piled either in the roads or on thre sides of tihe lots and this does not look as well as where they are left standing. Faet is green and growing grass makes a prettier appea-rance than a pile of dead grass. Then the fence h-as never been painted and is in a broken down condition. The pal ings are off and the whole thing has a dilapidated appearance to me. The people should take a little care of the city of the dead. -o I forgot. I wanted to say to my friend, "Loafer,'' that I am no "Li-t tle Idler'' and so far as I know I am not in particular any body's "Dear.'' Still I have been in th.is town a good many years and I am very anxious to see it get in the class to which it rightly belongs, but it is the hardest job I ever tackled to make everybody see that it does not pay to be selfish and that no man or woman either has any right to try to live all to him self or herself. But I am going to keep on preaching the gospel of sun sihine and brothe.rly love and kindli ness and friendship. -0 The Idler likes to go to church. He would like it more if it were not for the big hats in front of him every Sunday--or Sabbath-The Idler likes either appellation of the Lord 's Day equally well-which keep him from seeing tehe preacher--the hats, I mean, which keel) me fronm seeing the preacher, and the big coils of hair whie'h protrude from the seats in front, which keep me in mortal fear. But I take the risk, anyway, because church is a gooad place to go to under any conditions. I heard a sermon in one of the New berry churcihes not long ago which impressed me very favorably. It was on t'he sin of backbiting. The preach ~r had it put a little more elegantly, b)ut that expresses what he was talk ing about. He .told his eong regration abou(It how very mnean a thing it was i ih Je sight of i he Lord( to gon around mean things and sneering tings about them. That is about as mean 1ii t e a tellow to o and thlrowoing1 V( ld wiler ii evelrV eIIt er rise that is liliile(I. alu(i every el O rt that So1e fellow makes for the advance ment of his town. -U YoU kiiow, the fellhw is disguisting wllis a ollnd llie street Vorners alld tells von. wiell onl new enter prie is mentioned. --Well,. that will never auiouit to anything in Newber Ary, and especially in the hands of th-at fellow." Maybe we haven't many of that kind of people. I would that they were fewer. I would that there were none. What a glorious world this would be if we all tried to help each other. I was thinking along these lines on S.un'day when I ran across a beautiful little piece of poetry in the joke oo umns of one our great Sunday dailies. I don 't know why it was in the joke column. It is worth printing and studying, and memorizing, and I hope its lofty sentiment. and its rythm. and the purity of its diction and the beau ty of its expression will sink into the hearts of all who read it, or all who may have read it before and read it again. It is as follows: Is It Worth While? (Joaquin Miller.) Is it worth while that we jostle a brother Bearing his load on the rough road of life? Is it worth while that we jeer at each other In blaekness of hearti-that we war to the knife , God pity us all in our pitiful strife. God pity us all as we jostle each other. -God pardon us all for the triumphs we feel When a fellow goes down; poor heart-broken brother, ,Pierced to the heart; words are keener than steel, And mightier, far, for woe and for weal. Were it not well in this brief little Journey, On over the isthmus, down into the tide, We give him a fish, instead of a ser pent. Ere folding the hands to be and abide For ever and aye; in dust at his side ? Look at the roses saluting each otiher; Look at the herds all at peace on the plain Man. and man only, malkes war on his brother, And do-tes in 'his heart on 'his peril and pain Shamed by the brutes that go down on the plain. The Idler. WINE IN ROME. Romans Sometimes Punish Drinking Women With Death. Boston Transcript. For many centuries the Romans were water drinkers, th.e favorable location of bountiful spring now just. rediscovered having determined t.he location of the gerat city itself. Wine was used on important occasions or as medicine, and women were not ex peted to drink it. The feeling in Rome was much toward women wine bibbers, as it has been until recently in Europe regarding women who smoke. At the time of the Christian era the women drank only sweet wine, and many are the anecdotes of pun ishment under the Roman law that made the family council arbiter of life or death of the woman who drank and of her who stole her hus band 's keys to the wine cellar. In a vaunting way the Romans for a long time decried the use of fine wines. Cato boasted of having par taken of the same wine as the oars men. "But then,'' said the speaker, "Ca to was a queer fellow, who pleas ed himself by ridiculing luxury.'' It was unworthy of a.Roman to admire a choice wine. The Greeks were the wine producers, as are the French to day. The finer wines were served at feasts irr single portions. even at great dinners. This was the earlier condi tion. As Rome spread about the world the wine was distributed throughout Italy and the greater the conquest of foreign territory the stronger the home industry of wine producing. There is evidently a relationship be tween the two facts. As the policy of culture increased luxury spread and with it the use of wine. Rome not only slaked its thirst, but had veitable fountains of wine. The wars had two results: they care the soldiers into vine-zrowling connl ri VIs andit ther brPought to) ITaly1h skilled vinieultuiris s of the best re 1ifs. .Jos&t' I there 2a\.e been re-: eentlv in Californiia vine dresses from lit vifl"C of ilei biome islands. ile Wa M rnosti 1lip(rt;li: iii the po litical relations between Rome *and its provinces. Rome taught them war, building, language, and to drink wine. Gaul prohibited its importation. As China fears opium and France ab sinthe. so (he aniien-t elonies feared ilhe inh11-ientew of wine. Bu th1is feel ing disappeared when they were an nexed and beg-an to h assimilated. And as the colonies increased the prosperity of the mother country did likewise and largely through the vine, whose products found in every new province an additional field. Love of wine followed the army and the more Germany, Dalmatia and Pannonia drank the more filled were the coffers at home. NOTICE. ,Commencing at 10 a. m.. July 25th, t1here will be Sunday cu.rrent until further notice. Commiss,ion,ers Pub. Works. The Veterans Parade. Git my (1l knapsack, Mary, a. o. uniform of gray, Git my battered helmet, Mary, for J'll need 'em <'l today, my canteen an' ma leggms; reach me down my empty gun For I'm goin' out paradin' with the boys of sixty-one. Never mind them blood stains, Mary, never mind that ragged hole, That was left there by a bullet that was seekin' for my soul, Jest bresh off them cobwebs, Mary, git the bonnie flag of blue, For I'm goin' out paradin' with the boys of sixty-two. 'hese old clothes don't fit me, Mary, as they did when I was young, Don't you recollect how neatly to my manly form they clung? .ever mind that sleeve that's empty, let it dangle loose and free, For I'm goin' out paradin' with the boys of sixty-three. Pull my sword belt tighter, Mary, fix t,hat strap beneath my chin, I've grown old and threadbare, Mary, like my uniform and thin, But I reckon I'll pass muster as I did in days of yore, For I'm goin' out paradin' wit-h the boys of sixty-four. Now, I'm ready, Mary, kiss me, kiss ,your old sweetheart goodby. Brush away them tear drops, Mary, Lord, I didn't think you'Zd cry, [ amn't goin' out to battle, cheer up, Mary, sakes alive, 'I'm just goin' out paradin' with the boys of sixty-five. -Lawrence Poreber Hext. The above is so pathetically de scriptive of the facts that the stanzas bear repeating each time-the grizzled survivors of those fast fading batal-I lionls forgather annually. In the na ture and order of thingt, these re unions cannot recur many more years. Every veteran must have passed his three seckre years and many have ex eceeded their four score and some have' even attained the four score and ten. The above stanzas accurately de scribe conditions; empty sleeves and worn and faded jackets will be in evidence, telling the story of the her oism of those "boys of sixty-one,'' of whom Teddy the Terrible has writ ten: "The world has never seen bet ter soldiers than those that followed lce.''-G3. N. Saussey in Savannah News. Schedules Effective June 20th, 1909. Northbound Departures from New berry, S. C. 8:57 a. in., No. 15, daily, for Ander son, Greenville and intermediate points connecting at Greenville for Atlanta and points North. Arrive at Anderson 12:24 noon, Greenville 1:15 P. M. 2:48 p. mn., No. 11, daily, to Ander son. Greenville and intermediate points, connecting at Greenville for Atlanta and points north. Arrive An derson 6:14 p. in., Greenville 6:55 p mn. Southbound. 1:40 p. mn.. No. 18, daily,, for Co lumbia, Charleston, Augusta and in termediate points. Arrive Colombia, 3:25 p. mn. Charleston 8:45 p. mn. Au gusta, S :35 p. in. 8:47 p. mn., No. 16 daily, for Co lumbia, Charleston and intermediate points. Pullman sleeper from Colum bia, arrive Columbia 10:35 p. m. Charleston 8:15 a. mn. Summer Excursion tickets now on sale. For further information, apply to ticket agents, or, C. H. Ackert, V. P. & (4. M.. Washington, D. C. W. H. Tayloe. G.P. A.. Washingzton, D. C. J. L. Meek. A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. W. E. McGee, T. P. 'A, la&gusta.'Ga. MONUMENTS. I am representing the Mecklenbura Marble aqd Granite Co,, CGHARLOTTE, N. C., in this section, and am prepared to make you prices on anything in the way of Headstones, Tablets, Monuments, Etc. See my cuts and get my prices before placing your order. Material and work guaranteed first-class. Bo B. HILLER - NEWBERRY, S. C. 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