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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New &rry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter. Friday, September 3, 1909. "Looks now as if the 'movement for a third train will soon get to the passing-of-resolu;tions' stage. After that then a eommittee will be appoint ed and a mem4fr or -t wo will do some thing. By the way, didn't the Green ville News offer to call a meeting?" -Newberry Observer. The meeting has been called and the improved service will be a reality soon.-Greenville News. And -the chamber of commerce of Newberry has received notice of the meeting and the editor of the Oibser -ver is a member of the board of gov ernors of this organization. But what we wanted to say is that the meeting is to be held in Greenville today and it may result in passing resolutions and not!g more. but. unless some ef fort is made the railroads will proba b. think the service is entirely satis factory and nothing will be done. Better agitate to keep from stag nating. That was a great fight the oppo nents to the bond issue for good roads put up in the recent eampaign. If it had not been for the wise counsel and timely advice of a few far seeing lead ers there is no telling what might have hpn the result with the strong senti ment in favor of road building. But the democratie voters have been sav ed the expense of making some roads in this county as well as the benefits -whieh come from such improvements. Mr. Blease is right. Every demo erat in the county should register. It is the duty of every one to vote when a:y question is before the people for settlement. And then there is no tell ing when these fool advocates of good roads will be wanting 'to have another .vte on the issuing of bonds and .the voters should be prepared for the fray. Thechi-ngang has been at work during this week at and near Silver Street and has been doing some good work on the roads in that section. The people who live in the neighbor ~hood have been hauling gravel and for several days from ten to fifteen wagons have been doing this work and the farmers are doing it without cost to the county. As a result where it is nieeded the road is being graveled and put in fine shape. If other sections would only do the same we could really get a few miles of good roads each year, but if we sit down and expect the chain gang and a few ne groes to do the work we will be a long time getting even a few miles of road. Co-operations on the part of the peo ple with their teams and intelligent ~use of the chain gang will do a great deal for the roads. Now is .the time to to do. FAR?MING THAT PAYS. -Perusal of the newspapers of .the two Carolinas gives the gratifying information that the farmers are paying more attention to the pro duction of corn and wheat than for many years past. These grains are again ibecoming staple crops. Farm ers are again looking to their produc tion as a market producet of the farm and are no longer content with simply ,raising enough, or much less than enough, for home consumption. This has not yet become a universal eus tomn, but it is spreading every year. And every year there ai-e more farm ers who practice intensive farming. They are becoming more and more in tere~sted in inereasing the yield per aere with all crops and at the same time improving the condition of the soil. They are learning that large &jelds with .proper fertilizi:ng and cultivating do not exhaust the land as muuch as small yields with poor farming. Thirty and forty bushels of wheat, seventy to one hiundred bush ehs of corn and a bale and a half of otton to the acre are much more fre quently seenredl now than a few years ago. Men who m1ake hieret ofore worn out l:mads produce such erops find that the:e is monmey in faring nd 11( that the more they can prod(uceeon an aere the more profitable it is. Every year more men are falling in line with these advanced farmers, both in in -.easin the yield per acre and di versifying thei-r crops.-Chariotte Observer. This is true in this section of South Carolina and when it is seen that it is profitable. there will be more farmers following suit. The Herald and News for twenty-five years has regularly and consistently and persistently preached the doctrine that the only road to successful farming in this sectoin of the globe lay in raising on the farm those things necessary for the maintenance of the farm, it made no difference what the price of cotton was. The farmers who have followed this rule have -made money, while the all cotton farmer who made money was the exception. Another dhing, too, the successful farmer is making one acre produce what it for merly took two or three acres to pro duce. The good times for the farmers of this section are near at hand if they will only continue to diversify and pursue the intensive system. The assistance of the general government in the .co-operative work is doing much to bring about the improvement in methods. Let the good work con tinue until farming shall be as it ought to be the most profitable and independent business of our State. We hope that all these suicides and homiides in Spartanburg about which we read in the papers now is not due to the defeat of the bond issue in that county. The bond issue is defeated as we expected it would be. The agitation, we believe, has resulted in arousing an interest in road improvement and will, therefore, be of benefit to the people. The agitation for road improvement must not stop. Let those who opposed bonds and those who favoredibonds give each other credit for honesty of pur pose and motive in their positions and all get together on a plan to improve &he roads. We all admit that there is room for iumprovement. The Herald and News is ready to lend its influ ence and effort to any good plan. In the meantime we commend the plan of self-help. Co-operate with the chain gang, get the peo ple of the community out on the roads with their teams re gadless of days or commutation tax and stay there until you have the roads built., It will benefit every manr in the community. "We told yon so.'' The bonds were defeated by a very large majority-in fact, by -an overwhelming majority. How mu-0h better it would have ibeen, had there been any way to do it, to -have taken the advice of The Her ad and Neiws and -galled off the elec tion on the issue of bonds for roads. We will, however, give f-air warning to the opponents of bonds and to their leaders, the bond issue is com ing, and that in the very -near future. The bonds have been defeated, and now we expect to see a marked im provement in the condition of the -roads. We expected to -note this im provement early Wednesday morning, but it ihas been delayed a ;day or two The leaders of the opponents of bonds urged numerous plans-in prose -poetry and otherwise-by which it would be easy to make good roads without the issue of bonds. Of. course t'here .will be no trouble to put them immediate ly into operation. With the bond election over, the next thing in order is the muni.ipal ~campaign. How do the candidates stand on improvements to the streets and sneh like matters? *** * * * *** * * * ** * It * * THE IDLER. * The Idler has received the follow Fiend Idler: Greeting! "Et tu Brute.'" We h.aven 'i obtained the bridge in Harrington .street, there fore I h.ave lost my faith in your boasted influence. I had the honorable mvor's eroald pledge four wek minutes. "'In the morning it spring eh up and flourisheth, in the evening it is c. down. I Tgu.ss that is why T have not seen it, as I pass only early in the morning and ilte in1 the even lung. L. 0. -0 Now this is too bad. The Idler was not counting on the mayor because- je has so many promises that it keeps him busy trying to remember them.! But, Jordan Green, in his ward, and: I have ibeen laying so much store by him. Now, Jordan, or to be more re spectful, Mr. Alderman Green, surely you are not going to have people lose confidence in my influence. I am sat isfied there must be some mistake somewhere. Have you forgotten about that bridge, Jordan, and in your ward, too, and. you the man I have been holding up as an alderman who did things. Your reputlation and mineI are both in the balance and you can I save the day and I can't. Now, old fellow, get busy and fix this bridge. Do it now. Don't promise, but do it. -0 Talking about bridges and streets, I wonder if -the street force hasn't moved out into the country. I haven't seen them anywhere in two or three weeks. But this dry hot weather has somewhat retarded the growth of the weeds, but the holes. That one in the sidewalk into which I fell some weeks ago is still there. Wonder why council doesn't adopt my suggestion and put a force of hands in each ward. It's no use trying to keep up .the streets and sidewalks with the same force that was at work when Newberry was! a small hamlet. It ean 't be done. And they tell me that the bonds, were defeated. I .told you so. I knew when the voter read them "figgers'" of. M.r. Keitt 'and Dr. Brown .that the jig was up and even that beautiful picture of Dr. Brown would not over come the "figger," 'ecause "fig gers" never lie, even though -they sometimes mislead. Well, I reckon. it is alright. It suits me alright any !;how. I congratulate you Mr. Keitt and Dr. Brown, and I eame near for getting Mr. John Wicker. Now, gen tlemen, you all claim to favor good roads, so come along and tell the peo ple how .to get them. _---6 It does not concern me for I own neither an automobile nor a horse nor an ox nor a mule nor an ass and I am not going to walk much so it con eerns me personally very little. Nei ther am I a candidate for any office, so don't worry about me and if the editor of The Herald and News does not pay me better for my services I will have to continue to walk. I tell you since Atlanta has got pro iliition they 'have got .to be powerful good over there. Had you seen the following from the Chattanooga Times: The Atlanta spirit thas overdone the thing in at least one particular.I They are having too mueh kissing in that town. It has ,been founmd nec essary to place anti-kissing police men in the parks and at dark eornersI to break up t.he pastime. People who live near the parks have complained that they have been compelled to leave their verandas tthese hot nights to get beyond the sound of the bliss ful buss. As a first aid to the police the electrie light company has been ordered 'to put more lights in the publie parks. If the crusade keeps on the chances are that spooning cou ples will be compelled to go beyond the city limits to enjoy the pleasures of the ordinary kiss. That is carry ing things too far, and we suspect that it is unconstitutional anyway. Cruel and in-h.um'an punishment is barred by the federal constitution. -0 I saw in a paper somewhere not long ago wvhere a polieeman was sta tioned at the union station to stop friends from greeting friends in the old time blissful bussing way and even a man was arrested for kissing his wife. Well, there are kisses and kisses and I think myself that some of .them ought to ,be prohibited by law but some of them-well, you know the .rest. Tbere are so many germs now and microbes that we never heard of inl the good old days before the war that after awhile one wvill have to get a box to put himself in to keep from getting one of these germs. When we get rid of the deadly germs and get everbody 's conduct regulated by statute we will be happy once mor-e. Sneaking of statutes and reenlating thins I read a pretty good editorial! in the State a few days ago. I read the editorials sometimes. The ques tol under' dliSenssion was wvhet'her or ot the end of the liquor discussion b.d b)(een r'che(+d :nud thw editor said it ii h-C' e(cel)beun. "Let ,jov and the discussion be nu :eoinedIQ(. Tink f whit vet is to be dine ! We .t ill h fve ;all the pr'ohibition~ conltets. And then we still have the w.bole pro g-amme of a State-wide prohition bl to go throuh with. And then we have the interstate commerie law to npset-which permits the thirsty and wicked soul to bring liquor into pro hibition territory. And then we have the making of the taking of a drink of liquor a crime. And then who knows what next? Even after liquor there still remain evils. Coca-cola is a wicked drink. Coffee is bad for the digestion-if you don't believe it read the testimonials that appear in the advertisemen.ts of a well-known substitute for the vile and sinful po tation. Then, too, tea has tannin and tannin is bad for something, we I forget what, and it should be pro hibited. And shall Alabama lead the good State of South, Carolina in the legislative enactment of public vir tue? Alabama has its face sternly set against tihe playing of pool and dominoes in the "social clubs." Shall South Carolina be less virtuous than Alabama-? Shall croquet and easino continue to rear their ugly headso. Shall gol-f and gumbo be unrestrained of the law?" -0 Truly, who knows what next. There is no telling what is next. And with it all is the world growing bet ter, especially in those things which make for a higher lit-e a-nd .a life that really sympathizes and helps-that is truly unselfish and that commends a virtue even in -an enemy-that is if you should have an enemy. You know I said some while ago I was an opti mist and I am going to keep on try ing to be one but sometimes I can't help thinking that a lot of people are spending some energy in trying to take The mote out of their broth.er's eye that ought to be spent in taking the beam out of their own eye. --o I forgot-you know Mr. Blease was the leader of the opposition to the hbond issue and then there is the Ob server, the people should be reminded of the services ofi these patriots. There may be otheTs, but these names oecur to me now-and I am suire the people appreciate the services of these patriotie gentlemen and the "fig gerin," they did. No doubt When the next campaign opens there will be 9ther patriots who 'have not .been named, but they will be able to- tell it. The fact is as I see the votes it w.ill be easier to spot the bond advo ,eates than those who opposed bonds. The. Idler wa-nts to do exact justice to everyone and would not do otherwise for a great deal. In fact I don't know !how and don't intend at my age to try to learn how to be unfair. The Idler. A Stylish Marriage.' Lippieott's. The Rt. Rev. Bishop of Delaware tells the following story: "A young man came to me one day and said: 'Bishop, I want you to mar ,iy me on next Wednesday.' "All right young man; I'll marry you,' I assured him. "Well I want the bell to ring,'' he continued. "Very wel,1, you c-an have .t'he bell rung.''" "'Well, I want the organ to play." "All right ; you can have the organ played.' "And I want everything else that anybody ever had at a ehoirch wed ding.'' "Certainly you shall have it."' "Well, the .night came, the bell rang, the organ played, the church was erowded and everyt'h.ing went off as the young man wanted it. When the ceremony was over t'he young cou pe waited instead of leaving the chan eel. So I held out my hand, shook hands with the bride, and then held out he said somewhat impatiently had 'his hand deep in his trousers pocket and as I stood with my hand out he said somewhat impationetaly and in a tone tVhat could be heard all over 'the church: "Now, don't be in such an allfired hurry, Bishop; I'm getting the money out just as fast as I can." "And everybody in the church gig gled.' POLITENBSS THESE DAYS. Not What It Used to Be, More is the Pity. We 'are all prone to speak of the past and declare that things were quite dieffrent and far better than they are in tihe presen,t. We are not iisposd to say. teat this is true, as a general thing; for we think there has been wonderful progress made in hese latter days, and we believe that t e world is growing better, but there are customs which existed in the past that are a lost art and we do not hes-. iate to declare that. it is a pity that it is so. Let as enumerate. In the first place tere. is not that deference shown to ladies thalt was shown in the day of(i our fathers. It is hardly necessary to mention illustrations to substntiate this. It was, in the olden days not ra.ried as good form for a gentle mian to wai.t on ladies in a store in his .hir sevs and if a clerk wished to L 0 0 K for the name On the traces when you buy Harness It stands for quality strength and style We carry a complete line of Studebaker harness, also whips, horse blan kets and other supplies. THE PROSP1ZRI Live Stock, Wagons, Buggies, Hnness receive his walking papers in a hurry let him so far forget his manners as to do such a thing. Again, a gentle man would not t1hink of accompany ing a lady on the streets minus his coat. This is all in the past now. Clear out of date. Another custom was when a young er person addressed an older the blunt "yes" and "no'' was never used. To us it was a sure mark of a want of proper breeding. It stamped that person as ill-mannered in the very 'lighest degree. But we are told, save us from the custom, that it is not good form, these days, to say "Yes sir," and "No sir,'' or "Yes ma'am," and "No ma'am," but'that the youngest sprout must blurt out "yes'' and "no" to elderly persons on all oceasions. It may be custom, but when we kear it, it makes us think less of the youth who does it. We need a revival of politeness all along this line. We believe, and 5be iieve most sincerely, t.hat, in this re speet, the olden days far surpassed the present, and we believe that a re turn to the olden custom is bound to take pl-ace. Good manners, in the past, was the mark of a gentleman or of a 1ady, and it is so to-day. Let the ill mannered 'take due notice. They have not t.he passport to polite and elegant society and never will hiave it untii they learn to be gentlemen and ladies. -Greenwood Journal. Cockney Talk. Housekeeper. An Englis'hman who had grown tir ed of 'his tight li'ttle ilse came to this country to teach school. One day while rehearsing a elass of boys in spelling the word "sa-loon"' was giv en out. The first boy missed it, like wise the second and the third. The fourth boy, spelling it correctly, was asked -to go to ,the blackboard and write it so that all could see how it was spelled. Pointing to tihe word, the teaebher said: " This is the way you spell it. Easy, isn't it ? Just a hess, a hay, a hell, two hoes and a hen.'' In writ'ing the word .the boy had placed the letters conspicuously far apart. This peeuliarity did not es ape the observing eye of the master and he asked: "Whiy did you write it th'at way? Why didn't you place the hay nearer the heli' "Coz I 'se afraid it would burn up!'' blurted out the irrepressible youngster, as he dug his. hands into his pockets. The next word missed was "Ven ice.'' It was spelled with two n's. "What wounid you say if I told you there was but one hen in Venice '' asked the pedagogue as 'he surveyed tihe class -eritie.aHy above the rim of his glasses. "'I should say the price of eggs would be pretty high,'' came the an swer tromn the boy who stood at the foot of the elass.-Housekeeper. Capt. HI. P. Nuse of the Celtie was repling3 a lirtie' roup of ladies with sea stoies. "'One trip.'' he said. "there was a w man who bot hered t he officers and me to death about whales. Her one desire was to see a whale. A dozen ties a day she besougzht us to have her called if a whale hove in sight. "'I said rather impatiently to he ne afrternoon: "- ut, mna'hun. wvhv are .-cou .5o u:iiou's about this wvhple qu1estio)n?' "Captain.' s:e answered. 'I want to see a whale blubber. it must be very impressive to see such an enor mous creature erv''-Rochester Which Costs Most, Horses or Wagons? Horses, of course. Then why wear your horses out with a hard running wagon? You owe it to your horse to hitch him to the lightest runni.g wagon you can buy. That is the Studebaker wagons are built by men who have spent a lifetime study ing how to make easier running and better wagons. They "'know just how." No doubt about it. For the horse's sake, get a Studebaker. TY STOCK COt, , Farm Implements, ProspeAty, S. C. OPERA HOUSE EARHARDT & BAXTER, Mgrs. FRIDAY and SATURDIA Sept. 10 and 11. BROWN & TUGGLES LADY MINSTRELS,, BAND AND ORCHESTRI. Pretty Girls, Happy Comedians,. Good Singing, Laughable Sketches. An Enjoyable Entertainment, A Show that Pleases, Nothing Objectionable. A complete Minstrel First Part, followed by beautiful team and sketch work and vaude ville stunts. Don't miss it. PRICES - 10, 20 and 30 cts.. STATE OV SOUTH dAEOL1NA, County of Newberry. By Fra4 M. Schumpiert; Esq., Pro bate Judge. Whereas Laura P. Moore hath made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effeets of Jacoob D. Moore. These are therefore to eite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Jacob D. Moore, deceased, that the~y be and. appear before me, in thee Uourt of Probate, -to be held at New,berry, S. C., on the 18t'h day of September next after publication thereof, at 11 o 'e9 ek in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administra tion should n~ot be granted. Given unzder my Hand, tb.is 1st day of September Anno Domini, 1909. Frank M. Schumpert, J. P. N.C. NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND. Notice is hereby given that I in tend to sell at public auction on sales day in Noveinber the tract of land belonging to the estate of J. S. Floyd,. sr., in No. 6 Township, containing 802 acres, more or less, same to be sold in subdivided tracts. The land and plats of the subdi vided tracts can be seen by calling on the undersignied at his home. The plats can also be seen by calling on my At torneys, Hunt, Hunt and Hunter. Newberry, S. C. John S. Floyd. Jr., Executor of the Last Will and Tes tament of J. S. Floyd, Sr. Newberry, S. C.. Aug. 24, 1909. Soldier Balks Death Plot. It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civiL war veteran, of Kemp, Texas, that a plot existed between a desperate lung trouble and the grave to cause his death. ''I contracted a stubborn eold,' he writes, ''that developed a cough that stuck to me, in spite of all remedies, for years. My weight ran down to 130 pounds. Then I began to ue Dr. King's New Discovery, which restored my health completely. I now weigh 178 pounds.'' 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