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F. H. AULL, EDITOR. .7 tered at the Postoffice at New '--rv. S. C.. as 2nd class matter. Friday, August 13, 1909. TiLe oflicer in Columbia have got ten very avtive in their efforts at the enforcemeiit of the prohibition law since the State has gone temporarily prohibition. Surely some of these so cial clubs were in Columbia before this and were doing business at the same places. Why this sudden spasm ,at enforcing law? Talking about good roads the city of Newberry has no cause to talk about the country roads until some thing is done to give us better streets. And we just as well make up our minds t1hat we will never have much better streets until we quit this patch work business that has been going on for years. With the present force we can not do better than get around and fill holes after each rain and the weeds can not be kept down,as fast as they grow. The continued rainy season has not given us an opportu-n ity to keep the ditches filled and the needs down. We need to do some Pi:rmanent work and we need more Uands and then we can have some vstreets. We hear of several roads being worked and put in good condition that have had very little attention for several years. If the agitation for roads has done nothing else it has been worth all it cost. A good dirt road is better in many respects than a macadam. Let all the overseers call out the hands and give each road six days intelligent work and we will have some pretty good 'roads. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL COME. Speaking of the suggestion of The Herald and News that a meeting of representatives from the organized bodies of the various-towns along the line of the Atlantic Coast Line from Greenville to Columbia hold a meet ing in Greenville the Greenville News says: "tCome along to Greenville and let 's hold a hearing. " The proposal meets with our hearty approval. The Greenville News in behalf of the people of this communi ty is pleased to issue a call to the va rious commercial bodies interested to send representatives to Greenville to attend a meeting at some date to be decided later for the purpose of con sidering and threshing out the ques-' tion and importance of improved pas senger facilities between Charleston and this city. We will at once take the matter up with our Board of Trade and ask their co-mperation in the matter of arranging a suitable * date for holding the meeting and for issuing invitations to it." * Combined with this meeting we should also have representatves along the line of the Southern from Colum bia to Greenville to take up at the same time the matter of a through train on t.hat line from Columbia to G3reenville. FOR BETTER EAILWAY SERVICE Following up the -remarks of the Index last week on the good sugges tion of tie Anderson Daily Mail that that extra train be put back on the Columbia and Greenville division, it seems that the suggestion has struck a number of papers as being the right thing at the right time. Not only has this particular sug gestion been tak:en up, but others. For instance, the matter, of a chair car on the Atlantic Coast Line between Greenville and Charleston and other things. The Newberrv Herald and News asks the Greenville News to call a meeting to consider all of these pro jects and others too at an early date in Greenville, and t.he News is per fectly willing; it is enthusiastic on the whole subject. Looking back a few weeks, The In dex is reminded of a facetious sug gestion of its own that the old South Carolina Traffic asseeiation hold a re union. At the time, the suggestion was made simply because t!here were so many other ''reunions'' of "'surviv or-'' being held or being advertised to te held over the State. If, however, t.2ere is work for the association to do. why let President Parker g'et busy and let the Secretary dig up some of th ol stationery and go to work. of the kind s,ig--este(1 by The fIerald al!d New, will (l41 the work. let that be valled. Aivthing, anyway. ju t we -et what is wanted, to wit: a third train oi the C. & G.-Greenwood In d ex. W\e sayv anylinl_. an1V\ay. aN jii--t s-o we _-et what We? ae afte..a tird tra in ()I th .w & G. di1*i-*i-1(0. We suiggest that President Mayer of t.he ef cImilerct et its proper 0mit1111tees bu-y ,r have a special meeting of the chamber of commerce and let Newberry cooperate with these other'towns in this move ment for better railroad service. The more trains we get running into and through Newberry the more people there will be to come here, and every one who comes spends something with our people w;ho have things to sell. * THE IDLER. Mr. Idler:-You speak of a certain family of this city donating a piece of land for t-he purpose of a park. The days of such donation, by South ern people, are in most cases past, for they do not feel themselves able Ito make such gifts for the public weal, however patriotie they may be. We must look elsewhere. Just east of the old Jones house is a pretty plot of ground, eleven lots, I think, that would make an ideal little park. On it is a beautiful oak grove, in front, with enough open land in rear to plant roses and ornamental shrubs, just rolling enough to add beauty to the scene. This plot of land, I be lieve, belungs to a wealthy Northern man, and a great many of these Northern men, with money,. like to leave undying testimonials to their generosity. 1 believe if the ladies of the Civic League would make the same proposition. that was suggested in the other case, that is, naming Vhe park after t'he donor, this Northern man might give, it outright, or else sell at so low a price that the money could be raised easily by popular sub scription. Or how would it do, for the city, to make the same proposition that the State did, in the matter of tihe Woman's Monument? Lands all around the city are rapidly being ta ken up for dwelling purposes, and there will soon be none available ex eept at a great cost. The lowlands will not do for a park, the ov'erflow of the stream, the boggy, mire~y na ture of the soil during the rainy sea sons, will render it unavailable for pleasure grounds. The plot I speak of is on our main thoroughfare and will ~be right o.n our front street-car line. Make a try for it, ladies of the Civic League, and we all will help. Dad. -0 -More 's the pity that Sout;hern peo ple do not feel themselves able to be patriotic as in days of yore. I am fraid it is too true, that our South rn people, even when able, are not s patriotic as tihey once were, and have gotten the commercial mania just like the rest of the ordinary eople, and thereby we have lost our. :istinctive characteristie. This is eally a very materialistic age in hich we live. I believe if I were rich I would do a great many things which ould be for the general welfare, and npe to' get my reward in the good [ might do. But I reckon if I were rich-which I am not-I guess I ould (do just like the rest of the rich folk. You know what tlhat is. --- That park, though, must come. I wih our rich folk would some even ing just walk down to the power ouse -and see how the young folks, and* the old folk. too, flock down there, and it would take no further argu ment to convince of the demand for a park. Along the branch is the place. Look at Willowbrook. It is not boggy.I No objection to tihe Northern rich man giving the place mentioned by Dad, but with the park along the creek we can have the rustic bridges and the babbling brook-I believe that 's good-and many other things that would be impossible out on the dusty street-but let that Northern' rich man give the ladies that place and I am almost willing to say tJhat I guarantee they will help to beautify it and call it-what? The editor has handed me a copy of the Laurens Advertiser in which I find the following long paragraph on The Idler: Down in Newberry there's a writer in The Herald and News, who calls himself "'T<he Idler.'' In every issue of this interesting newspaper, appears a column or Si) of veryv iteresting comments on current events, such as an idler would be expected to make. Last Friday's paper contained the allte Ia \-. in Lau1relin ''Over iII la aI III tI er ha V C ZI I u - day, law that wilI not permit a rei dent to buy a Ci_*ar on Sunday but a stranger or visitor can purchase such iecessarv supplies. A visitor w\a; at the hotel the other Sunday and a citi zen valked up and said t, hiin, 'Buy IIc a (luarter * WOrth of eigars. The visitor at li'st d11(1d not 1ll(dlrst a ld w-.I( his .friend meant. but ie bouht the eigars and te resident gave hhn the quarter with wh b to pax f4o tie m. Well, now, I have Ho Patiec( with any such sham and hypocrisv and such pretense at goodness by statute. Better not have any such laws. That is what I mean by saying that I am not in favor of too many Sunday and blue laws." The Idler should have stated that the incident above referred to occur red at the hotel, for that is the only place where eigars can be purchased at all, by even visitors in the city. That exception is made doubtless be eause guests at the hotel are strangers in the city and are not supposed to know about the regulation and will no doubt fail to provide themselves with these necessities. Besides many of them arrive in the city after night on Saturday. But the point The Idler makes is that our own citizens evade the law in the manner described and it is this 6sham and hypocrisy'' that !he has no patience with. He doesn't be lieve in trying to make people good by statute. That is the same old ar gument that is used in behalf of the sale of ,whiskey; it is old and thread bare; every politician and would-be writer takes it up and imagines' he has struck a snag that the "prohibi tionists" cannot get over. The fact that one man in Laurens has evaded the Sunday closing ordinance con vinces The Idler and his ilk that the law is no good. Since our "blue laws'' have gone into effect there are hundreds of our citizens who have learned to provide themselves with ci gars and such things on Saturday. It is now a 1iabit. whereas before, thay waited until Sunday morning to make these purchavses. The drug clerks are now given a little rest on Sunday; there is not that continual serving of cold drinks, and there is no one in Laurens who can conscientiously say that the old way was better. The Idler tught to get out of New berry once in a while, see a little of the world and then make his com ments on such subjects as t his. New berry's way is not the only true and correct manner of doing things. Lau-. rens' Sunday laws are all right, even if one or two fellows do get around them sometimes. And again we ask, what law is there that is not some times violated ? -0 Well, well, now isn 't this funny, that a paper away over there in Lau rens should even read what The Idler should say. They tell me that Lau reuis is a pretty good little town and though I a.m informed it is only about thirty miles from Newberry I have only been in the town about once or twice in my long life. But then you know it is like this paper ays I don 't get away from home very much and I reckon it would be better for me if I could get away more. But hen you know we can 't all travel for we are not able-that is I mean well I don 't believe I will tell the ex act reason. But Laurens must be a retty good town to be that close to ewberry. -o Now, as I said in my former ob servations, I am not going to get into a controversy with any one, and es eially with a newspaper editor. Thbe weather is too hot-but I promised also not to discuss the \veather-and i am now too old for any such fool shness-if I was young I believe I would like it-but then you know I id not start out on a literary careers until I was very far advanced in ears. But then this has nothing to do with what I want to say. This editor 'has something to say about "The Idler and his ilk.'' When I first read that I got very angry that is as angry as I can get-because I thought "ilk'' was a word which meant to carry some sort of op probriuim-I believe that is the wvord I want to use-you know I mean some kind of offensiveness-that is some kind of mild cuss word which called for a response-but I borrowed a Webster's big dictiona.ry and it says that ilk means "same, each, every."' "Of that ilk, denoting that a per son 's surname and the title of his estate are the same.'' So you see I am obliged to believe that in this con netion "ilk'' is used as a compli mentary expression, and so I take it. Of course my surname and the title of my est-ate are the same. Certainly. I said that the ei~arVs were bou2'ht at the hotel. and I do not see hoI w even the editor of the Advertise:r cani fail to uinderstanid hat. And I think it is right that even : I -iu -e I ) w h r h IV e W !e.i blue laws, they should sell suel nee ssarvies as cignars. and even "other things," to the guests, and I was making no complaint. You know "liese 1Ier i ings'" are sometinles more in the shape of "neessaries' even than eigars. I was n t tiin any fault v.it L1auren. Wh., le1. Your hear-t,. we hiave Ilhe ;ime ti; r rt ere in Newherry. You (allt buy1\ 4i0,r (.(r cohl *11- dr ink ereC onl the Sabbath. an1d even a traveller passing lun,h to appease his uIner. We will permit him to have a cold drink of t:he best water on earth, but that's all. I understand that the young man I believe he is a young man-w;ho edits this paper is an ardent prohi bitionist by profession and practice, and, of course, that explains his bringing in the liquor question, but let me tell you. I am not going to dis cuss that article with you. I will say, however, that a drink of good pure cold beer these summer evenings is very refreshing-when you can get it. --o "The Idler ough.t to get out of Newberry once in a while, see a little of the world,'' and that's what I say. But how is The Idler to get out of Newberry except he walk? I think it a good plan for every one who can to travel at least as many as two hun dred miles every year. Travel is an educator, I have always been told. It helps to broaden the horizon and to give one a more enla:rged view of life and men and affairs. Yes, sir, I be lieve every one should get out occas ionally from the narrow limits of his MwnI hom0111. I wish I could send some of our young men away occasionally and let them see what the great big world outside is doing and let them feel the public pulse, as it were, and I am sure it would give them broader views and would be worth much to Newbery. One can stay in a groove so long that the soul becomes contracted. And narrow, I am afraid. Now, as for me, I am getting too old for it to be of much benefit for me to travel be yond the confines of Newberry, but I am really going to make a desperate effort to go over to Laurens some of these days before long. By the way, speaking of Sabbat1 observanee, some one has sent me a post card and sent it in an envelope, which reads as follows: "Thou shalt not rest from all labor six days in the week, and work on the seventh, for the exertion might prove fatal.'' Now that does not apply to me and I don't know why any one would want to send it to me. I believe ti will com mend it to the young editor of the Laurens Advertiser and let him pass it on. -o I tell you some of these stree-ts and especially some of tihe sidewalks in Newberry are in fearful need of at tention. The small gravel have been washed to the surface and walking is almost out of the question with any sort of comfort and then the wear on the shoes is something else. And the grass and weeds searcely leave a t:rail wide enough for an Indian. The Idler has received a series of questions from an esteemed corres pondent who signs "Wire Grass" which I will have to hold over for the next issue of The Herald and News. The editor say.s I can 't, have any more space this issue. Well, I reckon when you come to think of it, I have taken up a sufficient amount of space. Speaking about that park suggested by Dad I want him to understand that I am in favor of that park, too. There is nothing that so helps a city as a number of even small parks. The Idler. STATE OF SOUTH CAltOLINA, Cou.nty of Newberry. Court of Common Pleas. Lula Thompson and Nannie C. White, Plaintiffs, against Emma Tlhompson, alias Emma Fras er, et al.. Defendants. By virtue of a deecretal order in the 'above entitled case, I will sell before the r-ourt house at Newberry, S. C., on Saleday in September next, within the legal hours of sale, all that lot or parcel of land and the buildings thereon, consisting of a two story dwelling-house and a two-room cottage to the south of said dwelling house and about ten feet therefrom, lying and being in t'he town of New berry, county and state aforesaid, containing about one-half an acre, more or less. fronting on South Cald well street and otherwise bounded by the Hoge Schoolhouse lot and by the 31etodist parsonage for colored peo Terms of' sale: Cash. Purchasers to p~ f M. 3M. Buford. Sheriff Newberry County. Nwerry, S. C., Aug. 12, 1909. There is a.Difference -- Between Wagons A cheap wagon looks about as good as a Studebaker when it is new,-but it won't compare with a Studebaker after several years wear; And what is more, The chances are that what you have paid on it for repairs, added to the original cost, would be more than we would ask for a new W AGON The cheap wagon is "played out" in a few years, But, The Studebaker will be practically as good as new. The prudent farmer buys the wagon that will do his work well and wear well. He buys x Studebaker. We Sell and Guarantee the Studebaker Wagon THE PRO3PERITY STOCK CO., Live Stock, Wagons, Buggies, Herness, Farm implements, Prosperity, S. C. SOUTHERN ANNUAL MOUNTAIN AND SEASHORE EXCURSION Washington, D. C., Norfolk, Va, and Wilm1iton, N. C., Wednesday Aug. 18, 1909. Good Returning Until September, 2, 19099. 15 Days Limit. Washington, D. C... $10.00 Columbia, S. C...........Norfok, Va. .................. 8.09 Wilmington, N. C. .......:.. 6.00 Lv. Columbia Ar. Washington Ar. Portsmouth Ar. Wilmington 5.2oa m 8-35 pm 5-45 pm I.15 pm 5.55 p. m 8So a m 9-5o am .... These trains consist of high class Pullman Equiyment, Dining Cars and High Back Day Coaches. Ten days stop over allowed at Richmond, Va. on all tickets. For detailed information and Pullman reservations call Qfn or write S.EBTCHBERGER, Trav. Pass. Agent, Columbia, S. C. OSBORNE MOWERS HAVE STOOD THE TEST. WE KNOW THEY ARE THE BEST. Then why can we not interest you in the best Mower and Rake on the market? We have been using the entire Osborne line on our ownl farm and know they will suit you. It is the lightest running machine on the mArket, yet one of the strcongest. You need not take arunning tarttocutyour heavy grass or peavine. Let us know if you are thinking of buying a Mower and Rake and we will be pleased to ex-.I. rain the merits of the OSBORNE line to yet. PROSPERITY. S. C.