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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New 'erry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. rriday, September 24, 1909. WINNSBRO'S EXAMPLE. From the Winnsboro News and Rerald we learn that the Commercial -Chib, of Winnsboro, had raised a fand of $1,200 to be expended in the employment of a civil enginear to be placed at the disposal of the county commissioners of Fairfield county, for the purpose of properly laying <at and grading and re-locatisg the publie highways in Fairfield county before any work of a permanent na tu.re is done upon them. This is a move in the rigih-t direction. There is no doubt that a great deal of money is being wasted in all the counties of This state, not only in the expense of chain gangs, but in the work that is attempted by the work of the road hands in an effort to improve the public roads. We are satisfied that if something of this kind had been done in New berry county, when the chain gang -was first organized in this county, and if the labor of the force had been intelligently directed, with the mate rial we have throughout the county, we coula have had, by this time, not less than 100 and., possibly, 200 ma cadam, gravel, and sand and clay roads. No good can come, however, in be moaning what we have lost. We should profit by our experience and failure to accomplish results, and now make intelligent efforts to do some thing. It would pay the Cbmbtr of Cond m6re, oi Newberry, if it could be possible to secure all of the mer chants, as members, to provide $1,200 a~ year in the payment of a salary of' a. 4ivi]) engineer, provided we could secure the co-operation of the county supervisor and county commission ers in following the instructions and direction of such an official. * We may be, and posibly are, cranky on the subject of road ,building, but as we see the situation, there is no line of human endeavor in this coun ty that will1 pay such large dividends, as that which may be placed in the improvement and permanent 'building of public roads throughout the coun ty.r It is simply painful to see public money wasted as it has been wasted in Newberry, and other counties, in the hap-hazard way in -which we have gone at the improvement of our pub Jie highways. In Newberry we now have a chain gang of about thirty *members: It is simply fierce to have these convicts building roads or mak ing efforts at building and working roads with picks and shovels, when many times the amount of work could be -done if advantage was taken of the improved machinery which can now be secured for road working. Besides that, even with the primi tive miethods used, if there was some intelligent direction of this large force, much better results could ,be obtained. We can never do anything so long as we continue to patch the aloads in different sections of the county. We have taken the position for years, that the proper way to obtain results from the chain gang was to -put the chain gang on permanent road work exclusively, and let it start at the Court Heu~se as the geographical center of the county, and take up each of the principal .roads and con tinue to extend the work on them un til the eounty line was reaehed. If that had .been done when the chain gang was first organized, we woulki have to-day a good permanent high way to the county line in every di rection from the Court House And every citizen of the county would receive the benefits. But because it has not been donge. iso much more the reason why it 5:. uId be startedl wvill.'ut furtho: de lo v. If we could :cilette baine muen~ an org n:za n nj: in :nme only. there would be little difliculty in se curing the co-operation of the coun ty commissioners, and results would be accomplished. It is passing strange to us why our business men will not unite and co operate for the general welfare, not only of the city of Newberry, but for the entire county. By united effort the burden would be light on each, and we could do something. Without it, we cannot hope to acomplish much. Just think of an organization in jMe town of Winnsboro, which is a much smaller town than Newberry, getting toge.ther and raising $1,200 for one specific purpose, when we have not been able to get the business men of Newberry to raise even a unit ed effort to improve and make good a short road leading to the steel bridge, and over which comes a very large volume of business from another county. We mailed yesterday a post card notice to every subscriber whose sub scription we have permitted to run over. After this all who do not re new by the 10th of the month will be dropped. We shall regreti to lose any and hope you will renew. But the expense and time of sending no tice we believe is useless. Watch your -label and renew from 1st to 10th of t!he month. When is a billy goat ? When is a billy goat an Angora? RURAL FREE DLLIVERY MAIL SERVICE IN THIS COUNTY. (/Continued from Page One.) than a decade the service has grown from one route going oult. from Slighs o a number of r9ptes reacihing well nigh every home in Newberry county. When the -route at Slighs was first established the carrier went out o.nly 06-ree times a week--every other day. With the growth of the service this and the succeeding routes in the coun ty were made daily, and all the routes in the county are now daily. Mail Handled During Three Months. Some idea of the' amount of mail andled by' the rural carriers of the ounty may be gained from the totals for tehe quarter ending May 31 of ;this year. On route No. 1 Mr. W. G. Peter son handled 18,294 pieces of mail; applications for money orders, 93; value of stamps on mail collected, $48.61; value of stamps, stamped pa per, etc., sold, $66.76. Route No. 2 from Newberry, John A. Peterson carrier--Pieces of mail handled, 11,348; number of applica tions for money orders, 48; value of at~mps on mail collected, $31.70; value of stamps, stamped paper, etc., sold, $33.98. Route No. 3 from Newberry, Thos. E. Wicker carrier-Pieces of mail Nandiled, 15,404; number of applIica tions for money orders, 156; value of stamps on mail collected, $43.05; value of stamps, stamped paper, etc., sold, $45.57. Route No. 4 from Newberry, W. II. Eddy carrier-Pieces of mail handled. 10,471; number of applications f *r money orders, 113; value of stamps on mail colledted, $43.21; value of stamps, stamped paper, etc., s.>ld, $50.56. Route No. 5 from Newberry, Frank P. DeVore carrier-Pieces of ma Il handled, 10.827; number of applica tions for money orders, 52; value uf stamps on mail collected by carriers, $31.96; value of stamps, stamped pa per, etc., sold, $53.75. Route No. 6 from Newberry, Thom as Chalmers carrier-Pieces of mail handled. 10,827 ;number of apphea tions for money orders, 76; value of stamps on mail colledtad by carriers, $30.13; value of stamps, stamped pa. per. etc.. sold. $28.99. Route No. 7 from Newberry, Y. T. Diekert carrier-Pieces of mail han dled, 8.695; number of applications for money orders. 39; volue of stamps on mail collected by carrier, $18.97; value of stamps, stamped paper. etc., sold, .$23.81. Money Orders Handled During a Year During the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1908, and ending June 30, 1909, 1,919 money orders were han ded by the carriers going out from the es, of New.berry among the patrons along their routes. The number for each carrier and the aggregate amounts are as follows: R oute No. 1-371. .$1.502.14. Rout e No. 2-157, .$702.18. R utI e No. ;--511. $2.13.2. Makin a Mi of1.fd19 :nonr r clerS h;lidle( by the carri1r (oing ut fri the Newberry post office. aggre gatiig $7748.56 Registered Packages During a Year. During the fiscal year beginning July 1. 1908, and ending June 30, 1909, registered packages were de livered to their patrons by the car riers going out from Newberry post office as follows: Route No. 1-40. Route No. 2-42. Route No. 3-47. Route No. 4-4-5. Route No. 5-9. Route No. 6-15. Route No. 7-26. During that period of time 87 reg istered packages were brought in by the carriers going out from the New berry post office. A Big Business. From these figures some conception of the vast amount of business trans acted through ILhe rural carriers throughout the county may be gath ered. Many Miles Traveled. The average length of the routes in Newberry county is twenty-five miles. The carriers go out every day except Sunday. which carries them one hundred and fifty miles a week. In a year of fifty-two weeks a car rier who goes every day will have traveled about 7,800 miles-a little less than that. because there are some legal holidays 4o be taken into con sideration. The carriers usually take two weeks' holiday, putting on their substitutes in the meanwhile. During the two weeks the subsititutes will cover about 300 miles, reducing the number of miles of the regular car rier to the neighborhood of 7.500. A good many of the routes are over twenty-five miles. so thait. even ex eluding legal holidays., that is about the average for most of the carriers. Pleasant Relations. The rural ffee delivery carriers come into closer relations with more people of a county perhaps than those in any other vocation. All the people on the route of a -rural carrier in Newberry county are his friends. The joys of the people along his route are his joys, and 06heir sorrows are his sorrows. Judge W. G. Peterson, carrier on route No. 1, had lots of happiness dur ing t'he pa-st several days. From Saturday afternoon until Wednesday morning, the population along his route wag increased by five. If this ratio should .conitinue Judge Peterson would soon need an assistant along his route. The Newberry Post Office. Along with the increase in the rural free delivery service in the county the Newberry post office has grown steadily and rapidly. *During ithe first of the year 1908 the receipts of the post office justi fled free delivery in the city limits, but at that time ithe names of the streets had not been properly posted and the houses numbered and the free delivery was delayed six months. Free city delivery was inaugurated on July 1, 1908, wiith Messrs. J. Claude ~Dominiek, William A. Wherry and Berry H. McGraw as carriers. The Newberry post office was made a second class office on July 1, 1905. 000K TIOLD YOUTH. One Member of Peary Party Knew Story.--Comanaded Vio Keep Silent. Battle Harbor, Labrador, by Mar coni Wireless, via Cape Ray, N. F., Sept. 19.-One of the men on the steamer Roosevelt at least knew long ago that Dr. Frederick A. Cook had claimed to shave rea.ehed the pole. He is William Pritchard, cabin boy and assistant cook on the Roosevelt, who iffmalined at Annatook with Boat swain Murphy to guard the stores. Ptritchard has not spoken to any one on board of Dr. Cook's achievement, but when confronted yesterd-ay, just prior to the sailing of the Roosevelt from Battle Harbor. with a wireless message from midocean that Dr. Cook said that Pritchard knew the whole story of his dash for the pole, the youth admitted that he had learned from Dr. Cook the details of, the final march and that Dr. Cook had exp)lained :o him the route fol lowed. Whether Boatswain Murphy also was informed of Dr. Cook 's success. Pritchard did not know, but unques tionably Harry Whitney, who was at the store house when Dr. Cook tre turned from his dash with the two IEskimos, is conversant with all the facts. Whitney did .not disclose this interesting piece of news to Com mander Peary and Pritchard kept it' from Peary during the entire voy age of the Roosevelt to Battle Ha bor. Pritehard said that he was at the anise at A.nnaook with Whitnrey an~d u'ok. wbl M[urphyI wais at Etahl. TIe 5rd D)r. ( ok dlescibe~~ t. ihe Nr(x Ifa\ellS })irtSaai I''w hie wet til tIle mlc, ndr reinme(l there two dIas. 'onk ,aid he renialned there April 21 and April 22. or whether it was April 22 and 23. Dr. Cook used a map to illustrate the route followed. Asked why he had not repeated this on board the Roosevelt, Pritchard said that Dr. Cook had told him to say nothing about his having been at the pole mrtil the Roosevelt reached civilization. Followed by the cheers and shouts of half a hundred Labrador fishermen and given a farewell salute from the historical old cannon whieh stands near the Marconi station, the Pe'ary Arctic steamer Roosevelt sailed yes terday morning for Sydney and New York, proudly flying the North Pole flag. This flag was made at Battle Harbor. The Roosevelt, now homt ward bound, is scarred and blacken ed from contact with mountains of floating ice. The Roosevelt will coal at Sydney. remaining there for one day, and then will head di-rectly for New York in the hope of reaching thar port in time to participate in the Hudson Fulton parade. Sydney, C. B., Sept. 19.-New light was thrown on the. controversy of the North Pole today on the arrival of the steamer Tyrian from Battle Har bor. where the correspondents learn ed from two members of Commander Peary's expedition that Dr. Frederick A. Cook had met them at Etah and had mentioned nothing of discover ing the pole. When Harry Whitney, George Nor ton and Larne_d went-to Etah on the Erik, to bring provisions for Com mander Pearv. both Norton and Larned turned back and Whitney ob tained permission from tCommander Peary to remain at Etah station. 04mmamier Plery statikned John Murphy. boatswai-n of the Roosevelt, and William Pritchard. assistant cook of the Roosevelt, at Etal to guard the store. Murphy, telling of his ex perience at Etah. said to the news paper men: "Commander Peary told me to go ashore at Etah to guard the stores which I saw taken from the Roose velt and Erick. Pritchard was with me. Some time last spring a white man came into eamp and Mr. Whit nev told me that it was Dr. Cook. He did not stay long in camp and soon went away. Cook looked Itiirtd and worn out, and said he was hun gry. I had an argument with shim, as he claimed that some of the stores that we were guarding belonged to him. He only had two Eskimos with him 'and as all his dogs were dead the doctor had to pull his own sledge.'' "Way, Way North." Pi-itchard said these Eskimos told him that they had been "way, way north." None of the Peary party at Battle Harbor would discuss what informa tion had been leawrned from Harry Whitney, as Commander Peary had given orders .that the Cook contro versy must not be mentioned. It was ommonly reported at Batle Harbor, however, that Pea'ry had some con ferenees with Whitney, who decided that instead of returning to Sydney on the Roosevelt he would do some shooting in Greenland. Not As It Used To Ee. Atchinson Globe. How ideals are changing! A few years ago the ideal wife worried if her :husband ididn 't eat, fearing 'he was sick, and worried if .he ate hearti ly, fearing the was eating too much. Now, she is so busy counting her own chews .that she doesn't even see him, and if he speaks she doesn't answer until he had counted 65 on ,bread and 138 on meat. A woman can have absolute faith in her prayers to keep her from harm and yet climb up on. a table to say them when she thinks a mouse is in the closet. EXCURSION RATES To New York and Return Via So,uthern Railway. For the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, New York. September 25 to Oteober 11. 1909. the Southern Railway an nounces round trip excursion rates as follows: Augusta, Ga...............$26 35 Abbeville. S. C..-.--.--.-.-.-.-.-.-24 70 Aiken. S. C. ......-.. -- ....26 05 Anderson, S. C. ...........25 00 Batesburg. S. C. .......----.24 85 Belton, S. C. ............24 23 ICalhoun, S. C. ............. 24 85 Donalds,.S. C...........-. 24 25 Easley, S. C. .......--..... 24 25 Edgefield, S. C. ............25 75 Graniteville. R. C-..--..-.....23 90 VI GARRY AC OF~ Osborne Rival We guarantee them your m'n- y back Thi fair proposit onl. I. L & A, 0, WISI IT IS' To Select AT OUR SA ecause you have so many diffe 'shop"for an instrument when ange of reliable grades arnd coi No matter ho wr little or how an give you the opportunity 1o rice, and you will find that arn alue of the money you may ps It is to your interest at least ake your decision. Anyhow send for cur illustral Every thing Kn able Building, J. V. WALL.A BROA DDU! AGENTS FOR CHARLOl Herald and N nidnight October 10th leaving New iork. Through Pullman sleeping cars and dining car service. For further nformation apply to ticket agents Southern Railway, or, WV. E. Mc.Gee. T. P. A.. Augusta, Ga. J. L. Meek, A. G. P. A, Atlanta, Ga TATE OF SOUTH OAROLI.NA, Counify of Newberry. By virtue of Delinquent tax execu tions to me direeted by John L. Epps, Esq., Treasurer of Newberry County. I will sell 811 Monday (Salesday) the fourth of October. 1909. at New berry Court House. at public sale the :axes~ for the year. 1908: T'wo lots t lanEl in8 Towns1~ip No. 1. C.,O ,;i - aiir 13 :roQs more or less. OMPLETE -LINE { VHE Disc HarrowsI to give satisfaction or s strikes us as being a 089roser1, 'S C. EA SY Your Pilo LESROOMS, rent styles tb select from. Why y ou can choose from a complete noare them side by side? much you may wish to pay we see many ins-.ruments at your y of them represents the full ~y for it to see our collection before you ed catalog. own in Music. GE, Mgr., Charleston, S. C. 3 & RUFF ~TE STEAM LAUNDRY. ews Building. assessed Newberry Knitti-ng Company, known now as The Ashley Manufac turing comp.any, bounded by lands of Theo Johnstone; estate T. Q. Boozer, Caldwell road leading from Newberry. to Dairy Farm *ow owned by Geo. W. Summer and by the street on back intersecting said Caldwell Road in front of Tabor Hi-ll dwelling place and leading into town by lands fo'rm erly owned by Win. Langford, also. A tract of land in Reeder township, No. 5, assessed to L. C. Sheely, con taining one hundred and thirty (130) .acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Dorothy Davis, estate WV. F. Kelly and Henry Kinard. Terms of Sale: Cash. Prchaser to pay for pap~e:-. 31. 31. B:iford, SMeriff N. C. Sheriff's omeeI.