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"tilt An *es E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New '. --ry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, November 23, 1909. WILL OBSERVE THANKSGIVING The Herald and News proposes to ,observe Thanksgiving day this year. We propose also that the people who. work in the mechanical department shall olyserve Thanksgiving day, therefore the office will be closed and Friday's issue of the paper will be printed Wednesday night. Those who desire, however, to have notices or advertisements in Friday's paper will be good enough to send in their copy not later than Wednesday morning or sometime during Wed nesday. Our correspondents will also please bear this in mind and let us have their corespondence- by Wednesday morning. The Herald and News announced some weeks ago that it would print a sketch of Bishop H. M. Turner, of the A. M. E. Church, by Col. Dickert. Col. Diekert says that Bishop Tur ner is a native of Newberry, and as he has risen to prominence in his race, and is in fact the leading ne gro in the world, Col Dickert desires that Newberry shall have the credit of his birth. The publication of this sketch has been delayed in order that we might secure a cut of Bishop Turner. This cut has come but too late to use the article in to-day's paper. It will be printed in Friday's paper together with the cut. If any of the colored people desire to secure copies of the paper contain ing this sketch and cut, orders must be left at The Herald and Neews of fice not later than Wednesday morn ing, as we expect to print Wednes day night and will not print more than the usual number of extra cop ies unless orders are received for them. Wie make this annouiecement think ing .that some of his colored friends would like to have this sketch. Some time ago the editor of The Herald and News -made a statemenlt in, regard to the plan which had been adopted by. the paper, of charging eash in advance for subscriptions and receiving none on any other basis,that while there were a good many thous and dollars owing on past subscrip tions, that we had decided to leave it to those who owed it wiheiAher or not they would pay it,'that we needed money, that our efforts to collect had ~been so unsuccessful, that we had de cided not to send any good money after bad. We are pleased -with the cash plan, and our ~only regret is .that we did not start it ten years ago. Out of the great amount that is <due for past indebtedness, now and theri one feels that he ought to pay this and whenever it comes of course we are glad to have it. Only the oth er day we received a check for $10 .on an account that ha.d been running for sixteen years. Of course we should nht have run any subscription that- long without payment. The only thing that is grieving us in this matter, in addition to the loss of money which we put in white paper, is that in so many cases those persons who have been running long est, not only did not pa*y what they owed but, when we declined to send the paper longer to them, instead of coming in and paying the cash for it now, showed their appreciation of our kindness by subscribing for some other paper. There is a satisfaction, however, in the fact that they can *not get any other paper, in this county, without paying for it. . OUR JURY SYSTEM. The Edgefield Chronicle coil ained, in its recent issue, a very sensible ed itorial on our ju-ries. It is very true as The -Chronicle says, i-hat iP is easy to condemn, but difficult to produce a remedy for the evils complained of. It is also true ,that in some oases there sa miscarriage of justice, but under the spirit of our government, is better t-bat now and then some giIty man shall es-ape than that an innocent man shall suffer, and that has been the spirit of our system. We believe with the Chronicle that in most eases the verdicts of our ju ries are honestr?y rendered, and now and then there may be a mistake of judgment. The Chronicle very truthfully says: "Exact justice is an abstraet virtue unattainable in dealing with human affairs. There is no system yet de vised by man that is perfect. Study it out and be candid with yourself and you will find th-t .almosit every thing in this world is relative.'' As already stated, it is very easy to criticize and .in many cases ;the crit cisms are unjust because the person making the criticism never heard the testimony and possibly knew less of the law and nothing of ithe cir cumstances surounding the alleged crime, and yet he is ready to pro nounce the jury system a failure. The Chronicle further says: "We lay it down as an inflexible rule that no one is competent or .is in a pozi tion to rightly judge the verdict of the jury, unless he hears the cases. We take -no stock in this growing disposition to criticize the juries of our land and believe that it is more fruitful of harm than good." There i's quite a differende in one seeking honestly to carry out his Dath to render the verdict acording to the evidence as produced on the stmind by the vitnesses, and the law as laid down by the judge, and stand ing off and criticizing sthe fellow who is called upon to do this. We should remember that there is nothing per Fect, in this world, and we believe that ou.r present jury system is about the best t-hat has been devised in meting out justice to those who offend against the law. We think, as sug- MI gested some time ago, that it would be wise to repeal ithe law which al lows so many exemptions, but we do not think it would be wise to amend the law so' as to reduce the numbern of names that are .placed in the jury a box. There can be no objection to hving the box filled, or the names selected,. during the summer, whenb te commissioners have some time, rather than having the names plNeed P in the box in Deemtber, as the law now.stands. We notice that several of the s newspapers have printed the article from Congressman Aiken in regard to soil surveys. iLt seems to Mr Aiken - that some of the newspapers have been claiming for 'ongressmaa Le ne more than 'he is entitled to in this matter, and in some editorial com mea:s the disposition has been to make it appear that there is antagon- y ism between these two Congressmen. We do not re.call to have seen any thing said on ;the su.bject by Mr Lever w: bimself or any claims made by him along this line. We may be entirely 0 ignorant- in information, but we woud like to know what there is in t.he soil survey of benefit to -the people inq onr congressional district;. Mr. Ai koaysi.hat in this distriettwo'thou sand four hundred and eight square miles have been surveyed and that in Mr. Lever's distraet one thousand - seven . hundred and seven square we miles save been surveyed. We would .do be glad to know where these two w thousand four. hundred and eight sur 'Ci veyed square miles in our distdect are, and what benefit has resulted from ha such survey. It seems thzti:his work by It the government was started, in this pe district, when Mr. Latimer was a con- S gressman, and therefore some of the fri redit is due to him. But what we ye wanted to say, or rather wliat we ' wanted to ask, is what benefit has H< been derived from having ithis soil o' surveyed and how many acres or how ab many square nmiles have been survey-di ed in Newberry county. or ne There is more merit in the con- les t.ention of Mr. Smith as to that rise 0f in the sidewalk at the .corner of Main ut, and Nance streets than would at first du appear. We saw a lady get a very le ard fall there one night on return- is ing from the theatre, and a lady who sit rely stumble Just why this step c. REP( THE CC OF At the ( Gonden RESOURCES Loans and discounts . . Furniture and Fixtures Banking House. . . Overdrafts, secured and ui secured . . Cash on hand & with Bank 40Io P JNO. M. KINARD, President. JONES' GRC S. B. JONES, PROPRIETOi pecialitieso Thankskig . EVERYTHING GOOD 7 Newberry, S. C. , Oc s. Particular Housekeeper. Dear Madam: Do not worry over your TJ es, but phone or call on us ieasy matter to get your we We have just had fresh er ~rs,' Celery, Saratoga chips, rnes, Figs, etc, etc. We can supply youwith the Sthe substantial part of *t Lck is full of the very bes t,e pleasure in filling your We will have a suipply of 'pe Fruit, Apples, Banans a We still have a few Home 1N ie quality of which cannot t Iu want one of these let us k Please don' t forget that v th Seal Shipped Norfolk Qy e anid you will use them als Yours to ple Jot ppoite Newberry Hotel. smade there we do not know. We now it ought not to be there. It Applicat uld 'not be very difficult to remedy. Sprne ycouncil should take notice. invited.] As to blocking the sidewalks that urday, No pens every Saturday afternoon. eaitions w: svey difficult to avoid. 'Of c.ourse November ople should not congregate on the wichd rese ewaks to talk and prevent, others and all ap] m passing. But just how to pre ntit is another matter. Clerk Cou: he negro 0hildren coming from t.he ey1s.2-0--E )e school every afternoon about 2 lck have a habit of coming four RGI rast and one going in t'he opposite Notice i ection has to get off the sidewalk books of r e run againsit by them. They jNewberry, r give part of the sidewalk un-- 199, and sforced to do so, or rarely give it. to, will ourse it takes only a few min-. day from for the procession to pass. But1 day excep rng t.he time it is pasing all traf- of Decemb n foot in the opposite direction S absolutely cut off so far as tihe _ ewalk on that si.de of the sre sSbci mre. stee nJ 1.50 1896-1909 )RT OP THE CONDIT] MMERCU NEWBERRY, lose of Business November sed from Reportto.State Bank $305,229.76 Capita I . 3.1 1-693 Undivided i 9,750.W Dividends t Cashier's C 28,602,79 Dug to Ban :s 166,93763 Individual $513,637.1 1 . aid on Savings DE DR, 0. B. MAYER, Vice President. CERY Tha vingDinners o EAT. - Than t. 30th, 1909. The "Pr state tha but it is dressed v ank sgiv ing Din- We've Sb and it will be Thanksgi nts supplied. or Woma r ivals af Cu cum- Such spl Nu ts, Rais ins ' some mo( tion mus dei cious as we1 givng. he ainner. Our i goods, we will order.R ie Eruits, Orarges, nd Grapes. Lade Fruit Cakes, e surpassed, if .E' :now at once. e can supply you sters. Use them is,SA~N as e,1 IES' GROCERY, I Being anxious 1 good people of thi 'and satisfactory 3 my agents for th< command ever mi NOTIoB. where o'ne and a ions for the position of most desire. The dent of the County Poor m for the year 1910 are prettiest dolls, m' ~leetion will -be held Sat- all the boys and ith20the ndersigedapb- Factory in Toyla] 19th. salary, etc., this day I have instruct< resolution of the Board, ie o hs rves the right to reject any prie o hs lications. there must be pre H. C. Holloway, and they have pr< nty Board of Commission IMy gifts will b< t-staw. .Christmas Eve. TRATION NOTICE. Don't forget th s hereby given that the1 egistration for the .town of S. C., will be open Oct. 2,1 the undersigned as Super-- . egistration for the said keep said books open every 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. (Snu ;ed) inluding -tthe 1st day a er, 1909. 0. L. Buzhardt. ipervisor of Registration. .N e to The Herald and News1 year. ON OF kL BAN 116, 1909. . Examiner. LIABtLITIES. . $ 50,00000 - :rofit, . . 60,521.99 inpaid . . 894.0.0' hecks . . 33102 ks . . . 86609 leposits . . $401,024.01 $513,637 11 &posits. J. Y. McFALL. Cashier... rks.giving OCLAMATION ksgiving Shoes! clamation" does not~ specifically t you should buy new Shoes expected that all feet should be rell in honor of the occasion. oes, that will inspire a feeling of 1 ving in the heart of every Man n, that wears them. mndid ~Shoemaking, such hand-. lels, such all 'round Shoe perfec t 'awaken a feeling of Thanks 'oclamation --BY [A CLAUSY ;o-distribute my Christmas gifts to all the M s town' and county in the most effective' vay, I have appointed Anderson 10c .0 Holiday Season of 1909, and heartily 3 mi, woman and child to go to their store 11 will find those presents, which thiey re you will find my choicest Books, my r daintiest China, and all the Toys that girls are looking for, direct from my ad. id Messrs. Anderson 10c Co. that their >eautiful gifts shall be reasonable; that sents to suit the taste and purse of all, >msed me it shall be so. Son display every day from ndw until e place-Anderson 10c Co. Signed: ta Claus1 crth Pole.