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VOL XLVIl NO. 87 NEWBERRY, S. (J. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1909 TWICE A WEEK.8$1.50 A YEAR O You Wait An Or $150.00 Call On Contest Manager Particulars.-It Costs V Ring and Three Otht The Herald and News is going to start, on Monday, November 15, a voting contest among the- boys and girls of this county, who are under eighteen years of age. Elections qave been exceedingly quiet during this year and it is our purpose to start one which will, in, interest and excitement, exceed any thing that has ever been conducted in Newberry county. The people refuse to vote bonds for good roads by a large majority, but with a very light vote. The people of the city voted bonds for the extension of the water and sewerage by scarcely a sufficient vote to count a majority. We expect to have runners in this voting contest, who will count their votes up into the thousands. Entries may be made at any time and you may nominate yourselves or be nom inated by some friend. The nomina tion -must be fled with the manager of this election, at 'The Herald and News Office. The prize isnot an offie, but some thing that will be worth probably idore than a political office. Besides that, while there is but one election. there is a chance for five of the run ners to win and none of them can lose. THE NEWS OF PORSPERITY. Reformation Sermon by Dr. Harms. -The Lyceum Course.-Of to Synod. Prosperity, Nov. 11.-Mr. Cecil Wyche, a rising young barrister of Spartanburg, spent 'Saturday . and Sunday with his parents. Miss Nannie Simpson visited in Leesville last week. Mr. J. L. Wise went to Asheville Tuesday and returns to-day with Mrs. Wise. Their many friends will rejoice with them in having her in our midst again, well and sound and happy. Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter, of St. Luke's, returned home Monday, after a. visit to her daughter, Mrs. Hayne Hawkins. Miss Rosalyn Summer spent Tues <day in the city en route from the rConvention at Leesville. Mr. A. G. Wise and Miss Mary Lizzie Wise leave Friday to attend Synod at Lexington. Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps, Rev. S. P. ~Koon, Dr. G. Y. Hunter and Mr. A. - H. Kohn are in. Lexington in at tendance upon Synod which is now in convention there. Dr. C. T. Wyebe went to Spartan burg iast week to enjoy the C., C. & 0. R.. R. celebration. Rev. J. Henry Harms delivered a most timely and beautiful sermon on the Reformation at Grace church. Owing to the inclement weather there -were not as many present as the ex .eellence of the discourse deserved. This eloquent speaker is always gladly welcomed and heard when he favors us with his presence. We were sorry not to have a full list of our people who attended the Fair, but 3o many went that it was impossible to learn all the names. Mr. W. P. B. Hjarmon, of Ninety Six, was in the city this week. Mr. F. E. Schumpert has accepted a position with the Blackburn-Morris Co.. of New Orleans. and will travel this territory. LMr. J. P. Bowers is visiting his brot.her. Mr. Geo. Bowers, at Saluda. Mr. H. J. Rawl made a flying trip to Columbia this week. There will be another Lyceum at traction on Friday evening, the 19th. KBrugderfer, the impersonator, comes well recommended. .Mr. Will Elmore, of .Newberry, was in our city Wednesday. - After the Suit. "What disposition is made of the children of the couple?" "They will spend six months with' - th serat of each parent"-Puck. Automobile in Gold, Which ? Herald rind News and Get ou Nothing. -Diamond ir Beautiful Presents The capital prize is a Browniekar Automobile, worth One Hundred and, Seventy-five dollars. As we expect to have woman suffrage in this elec tion, the manager of the contest has decided to give option in taking, in stead of the car, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in gold. 'The second prize is-a beautiful dia mond ring; the -third prize a hand some gold watch, the fourth prize a gold headed silk umbrella, and the fifth prize a ten dollar overcoat or cloak. For full particulars as how to en ter and a fuller description of the prizes, see advertisenient on the see ond page. Even those who enter the contest, and who are not winners of prizes, and remember it costs you nothing for you to enter, will be given a com mission of ten per cent. on all the moneys turned over by them, so ev ery one who enters will be a winner. Mr. Jas. L. Aull, of The Herald and News, is in control of this con -test, and we want you to talk to him about it. Get in the running at the begin ning. The contest opens next Mon day, November 15th. ABOUT PELSONS AND THINGS. News Briefly Told-Gathered Prom In and Out of the State, Nation and World. President Taft reached home Wed nesday night and was greeted by ringing cheers of crowds. --The pres ident left Washington again on Thurday afternoon for Middleton and Hartford, Cona., but will re turn to Washington shortly after noon Saturday and take up his du ties Monday morning. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, national president of the Daughters of the Revolution, recently addressing the Georgia division ft Brunson, Ga., urged the delegates present to great er activity in ~the interest of child labor laws, and the work for the] amelioration of sufferings of depend ent children. Also she pleaded for a more active interest in civic improve mients. Mrs. Jeannette Stewart, one of the 1 women accused by Chas. Warriner, the defaulting local treasurer of the Big Four Railroad, as having shared in his peculation denied that she re eived money from Warriner, but ays that it was another woman who did it all The neighbors of Warri-1 ner say*that he is a sick man. The general gran~d .ehapter of Roal Arch Masons of the United States was welcomed to the State and city of Savannah Wednesday, by t-he Georgia Grand Chapter, and began the 34th triennial convocation1 in that city. Commander Frederick N. Freeman assumed charge of his duties Wed-] nesday as commanding officer of the reserve torpedo flotilla, with head quarters on the parent ship Atlanta, at the Charleston Navy Yard.1 Wednesday marked the 85th an-] nual convention of the Evangelical) Lutheran synod of South Carolina in historic St. Stephen's Church in Lexington. Rev. C. A. Freed was re eleted President. Dr Henry Harms j of Newberry college, made an ad dress on the subject of "Education for the Ministry." Miss Florence Brown, the second victim of the typhoid fever epidemie at the Athens Female College, was1 buet Cullum, Ala. Miss Brown was a teacher ini the school. The other patients are convalescing and the shool has resmed. ADDRESSES STUDENTS. )f Newberry College.-Dr. Parken, Representative of Cecil Rhodes Scholarship. On Tuesday, November 9, in the .hapel of Newberry College, the stu ients .and friends of ,the College vere introduced to Dr. George R. Parken, of Oxford University, Eng and, and were made an excellent ad Iress by 'him. Being introduced by Dr. Bowers, vho said that Newberry College was :he only school that was visited by [r. Parken, outside of the Universi :y at Columbia, in the State and hat i:t would mean so very much to >ne of the Newberry College students .f he could secure one of the Cecil Rhodes scholarships and go abroad Ior several years. Dr. Bowers also mplained that Dr. Parken was on ;he committee for .the awarding of -he Cecil Rhodes scholarships. ,After being introduced Dr. Par en said it was always a great pleas ire, and also sometimes a rather ressing responsibility, -to him to- go 3efore a large body of young men md young women, and yet, he did aot kno% anything that made him nost desire to say the things that vere uppermost in his mind. Clhis, Dr. Parken said, was the irst time he had ever gone through ,he South so thoroughly, ind on this :rip he has gotten more in touch ith the country,. noticing particu tarly the intense love of the people for all classes in the southern com nunities. This was illustrated, he aid, wfhen he was- at a meeting when i young man was awarded a prize, md in accepting it the young man ledged himself in .the strongest :erms as being aroused by this prize :o give his life and all thought to :he good and the welfare of the outh. And Dr. Parken says the iex-t, and only question is how best to lo this. With all this patriotism and inselfish love for your, country, Dr. Parken says, "for goodness sake, lo not think that 'you have every :hing -that is best here in your cou-a xry; you haven't." For instance, Dr. Parken said, if rou want to acquire a fine taste in irt. go to Italy; for refinement, go :o France; for profound study, go :o Germany; and for an all round knowledge go to England. Try to et all you can in your own country, md then get all you can from these ther countries and bring the knowl dge back to your own country and our it out to: some good cause. Then Dr. Parken gave a brief out ie of Ceqil Rhodes' life in saying hat he was the son of a poor Eng ish elergyman and was brought up n a simple English rectory. He was :old by physicians t.hat he would die f he remained in England. After ;pending some time in southern Af rica he retuined .to England and :ook a degree at Oxford University t the age of twenty-three. He lived wenty-six years after and, died when 1e was forty-nine, and there is no nan of our time who has accomplish d so mucih in twenty-six years as vas done by Mr. Rhodes. Among his many achievements he mdertook the improvement of .the ~iviization of Southern Africa, rhich he accomplished and added to he British empire a country one fourth the size of -the United States, ~odicia. Then he conceived the idea >f building a railroad through the eart of southern Africa, which lies 600 miles north of the Zambeezee. Dr. Parken-quoted Aristo,tle in peaking of Mr. Rhodes' main hought in the awarding of these ;eholarships, "that the happiness in ife is to be derived from the pursu-t; >f a great purpose'' and this, Dr. Parken said, was the keynote of Mr. Thodes' ~high aims, and great ambi :ions for the young men, not only >f England, but for young men from ill pants of the country, so that the nglish race is probably the first to ise out of the national into the in ernational point of view. England 3r. Parken reminds us. is ,the mother ~ountry and the United States was he first to be sent out from her, but ye must not think the history began vith 1776, for England gave us the nen who fought in the Revolution. Dr. Parken said there were ninety . on Asmercn a Oxford, and that men have been drawing scholarships from Oxford for the past 500 years. Each student at the University is provided with $1,500 a year; and is free to spend his vacation anywhere on the continent. Perhaps the most important thing as shown by Dr. Par ken was the finding the right man and bringing him here, and .impress ing upon him the great opportunity that lay before him. And just here Dr. Parken spoke directly to the young ladies in tell ing them .that a movement was start ed by which they could also secure a scholarship, and he said this move meat was started by a Southern wo man, he thought from Alabama; and arrangements were being made by which young ladies could enjoy the same privileges .that were laid before the young men. In the awarding of these scholar ships, Dr.. Parken said that Mr. Rhodes entertained a definite idea as to what kinds of young men should. reegive them, and he. wisheA -them to be given into the keeping of young men strong in mind and limb, oie fond of athletic sports, a leader -among his fellow men. The reason for this was .that Mr. Rhodes was ac customed to the games in the English -schools and in those games every boy is compelled to take part. These sports teach more .than the mere rud iments of the game, insomuch as he learns to play fair, giving the ad vantage to his opponent and. taking defeat with as much grace as he would success. There is not one man at Oxford who would not rather lose a game than 'win it unfairly. And this is the substance of Mr. Rhodes' life, a sense of justice, a sense oj fairness, and a sense of high living, which gives .to the oppouent the ad vantage. Dr. Parken went .on to say that England does not offer these advan tages to. young Americans because she wishes them to lose .their love for their country, ' but because in order to be of superior worth in their qwn world they must glean the best things that the world has to give :and bring these things back to tha,t country for practical use. And above all, . Dr. Parken spoke of the erroneous idea that some, in fact most people, have in placing the -standard of money above that of culture and true 'worth. -He said it was all right to have the money with which to promote other more substantial good. - -At the conclusion of this addressy President Harms thanked Dr. Par ken for his inspiring talk, and ex pressed the wish that he migh.t -'at some time see one of the Newberry College students at Oxford. The testimony on Wednesday in tihe trial of Mine. Steinheil, was dis tintly favorable to the defense. The appearance of Marietta Wolf, the cook in the Steinheil household, and her son, Alexandre, threw no new ~light on the subject, but by a further mass of contradictions strengthened the aeeused's favor. The South Carolina Daughters of th mrican Revolution began their 1the annua conference at t1le Knights of Pythias hall in Green wood on Wednesday. They visited Ithe old star fort, and were entertained at the home of Capt. Frazier at Nine tySi. From developments within the past few days it seems likely that Dr. Bigham, who, with Avant, was convicted of manslaughter, will es cape his sentence of three years of hard labor in the penitentiary. Dr. Bigham cannot be found, and the Geogetown sheriff has searched for him in vain. Avant gave~ himself up, but the husband of the murdered woman is apparently missing. Bot h were under a bond of fifteen hundred dollars each. Local weather prophets of Green ~ie declare that this 'will be the mildest winter in years, basing their prediction upon the "infallible signs.'' But one snow is pred-icted and that will only be a "spit.'' Question ten men, and nine of them will tell you they don't gtt half of what they are entitled 'to in thi world.' THE CONrBDERAT1i HOME. 4 The Office of Adjutant Abolished. Mr. B. F. Day, the Adjutant Makes Statement. Mr. B. Frank Day has been in Newberry for several days. When it was determined by the legislature to establish a Confederate Home, Mr. Day was elected adjutant of the home with Mr. W. D. Starling as commandant. There seems not to have been that hearty co-operation between - these two officials at the thome which might have existed. Mr. Day ;has done faithful work, and being an old soldier himself took a great interest in making the home as homelike and comfortable for the old soldiers, as it was in his power so to do. He says that' when he was elected, and when he accepted the position as adjutant, he was told by the chairman of the board that he would be expected to take his fam ily to the home, and that his salary included board for himself and wife, and it was his purpose to make the home a home in reality. When the home was open-ed, and before Mr. Day moved ;his family the Commandant informed him that. he, the Commandant, expected to move his family to the home. Capt. Day then decided that it would not be wise for him to take . his family there also, and for that reason ihe has not, moved his- family there, buf has continued to discharge his duties as best he could. Capt. Day says that, the're is not that satisfaction by the inmates with the conduct of the home that ought to exist. For instance, the old sol diers who have been chewing tobacco for all the years during and since the war, are now not given an allowance of any tobacco at all,. and have to provide it from their own resources or beg it from other people. Even at the penitenstiary the convicts who have .eontracted the habit of chew ing tobacco, are given an allowance of tobacco. Mr. Day says that he has spent considerable money out of his own salary in furnishing tobacco to the inmates of the home. The board at a recent meeting -de eided that expenses would have to be curtailed, and therefore decided to abolish the office of adjutant, and without notice exeept of a few days, with no complaint against Capt. Day, the office was abolished. Capt. Day asked .the commission to hold a meeting at the, home and make an investigation of the conduct of the home. This the comnmisen declined to do. There was a i1peeting called, so Capt. Day says, at an of fice in the city of Columbia, which he did not attend. In a letter from Mr. Card4well, chairman of the board, to Mr. Day, it is stated that a notice of the meeting was sent to Mr. Day, and that the entire board was pres ent. The le,tter says: "Your not be ing here at the meeting, ealled at your request,- of course, so far as you are concerned, amounted to nothing. However, the matter of abolishing the' office of adjutant was handled and the unanimous vote of the board confirmed its previous action and the matter is now closed.'' The Herald and News knows noth ing of the trouble, if there is any trouble, at the home. -T:he following letters which were sent to the chairmani of the commis sion by Mr. Day, have been handed The Herald and News by Mr. Day and are printed. We understand that there are about fifty old soldiers in the home, and the appropriation for their main tenance is $12,000. It would seem that this amount ought to be amply sufficient to maintain comfortably that number of old soldiers. Confederate Infirmary Columabia, S. C., Oct. 26, 1909. Col. David Cardwell, Chairman, Columbia, S. C. My Dear Sir: R eplying to your favor of the 21st instat, I beg to say: Under all the circumstances I re spectfully ask that you give me an opportunity to be heard before a full mneeting of the Board of Coin misioners, 'with -permission to pre sent witnesses for examination, be foany fia action is taken. You say in your letter: "It has been fully demonstrated that there is not work enough at our Home to justify the employment of an Adju tant,-(this you must have observed yourself). If an opportunity is given me by your honorable Board I shall prove by the testimony of the inmates of our Home, your and my companions in arms, that -you and the Board have been grossly misled in the in formation upon which you have, based your conclusions, and that the inmates are arbitrarily deprived of the services which I undprstood I was to render, which I have endeav ored to render and which the de pendent old soldiers stand in need of. As an officer under your appoint ment and as an old soldier I desire to formally inform yolir honorable Board that the present management of the Hlme is such as to call for a thorough investigation as to its meth ods at the hands of the Board, and I hold myself ready to prove that the old soldiers do not receive the treat ment or consideration for which the State pays. And to this end the testimony need not be gotten beyond the wall of the Home. Your prompt attention is request ed. Yours very respeetfully, B. F. Day, Adjutant Confederate Infirmary. The investigation which I desired at the Home was denied me by the chairman of the board, he sserting most positively that the old soldiers would be allowed no voipe in the mat ter, and it was on their. aeiount I wanted the investigation made, and it should be done., Oh! the -shame of it, that those old men 'who er long shall '"eross the river and rest' under the shade of the trees" should be treatdd in the manner they , are -by the man who is paid by the State to care for them-and .I tell you paid. well. Some of these old ' soldierS who by age, ill health and poverty are too depressed to resent the.insuts heaped upon them. I thought and ,hoped that a statement published-in the Spartanburg paper some. time ago would have called forth a thor ough isvestigation by the board, but they failed to notice, it. Every worA that man wrote was true. That old soldier was told that he could not eat another. mouthful in that house and was put out of the "Home," his ".Home'"-without ' a penny 1to pay his passage to Spartanburg whieh money .was given him by a entleman in Columbia. This is one instance and I eould cite many more. Of course the rules of the "Hoine" must be obeyed, but" they ought to be enforced 'with wis dom and kindness. While at the Home I simply did my duty, and by so doing gained the esteem' of almost every old soldier in it and the extreme ill will of their mischosen commandant. The present appropriation is a plenty to sustain the Home, and al though sonie days our fare was pret ty rough, all the old soldiers were satisfie'd, provided the "Home" was saving by it. Hoping that our old soldiers will survive all harsh treatment until our law-makers meet again and that our ood men of South Carolina-for I 'know there are many brava and honest ones yet in the old State and .that the Daughters of the ,Con .federacy-those noble women who left nothing undone to get the Home established-may be able to build it up by p>utting an able man at , its head-a man who was a soldier in our late war; not a bute~her. Very respectfully, B. F. Day. The Women Folks. Polly 's is in the parlor, Dainty, fresh and fair; IWith the sun excluded, It 's delightful there. In the shady nook, Quiet, cool, bewitching, With a lovely book. Dolly's in the auto, Whizzing up and down, An inspiring picture In the dull old -town. Mother's in the kitchen, Doing all the work, Some one ihas to do it, Mother doesn't shirk.