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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Pbstoffice at New ry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter. Friday, December 31, 1909. The commissioners of public works, in replying .to the question ol -Adty eouncil by what authority of lav they received their water and lighti free, say it is by resolution of coun .eil passed Septembeer 30, 1901. Wo would like to know by what author ity of law -city council authorizes frei water and ligHts to the commimon -ers, and also if this resolution whic is referred to by the commissioners did not carry with it free water an( lights to members of the city council .ad if the commissioners have beei furnishing free water and lights t< the city council. Why not publisi the resolution of council in full? An examination of the report ol '.he clerk and treasurer of the city, a ontained in the report of Mr. D. H as conained in he repor of Mr. D. H Wise, it appears that t e city is pay ing over $7,000 a year for water and lights. The private consumers pay a good deal more than that. At this rate of income the oommissioner, ought soon to be able off the bonded indebtedness for the building of the - system. We had been under the .im pression that the water and lights bill of the city was only about $5,00 . year. Mr. D. H. Wise, the expert ac lcountant, who checked up the books of the city; pays a deserved tribute to the retiring clerk and treasurer Mr. 0. L. Buzhardt. He has been e faithful and efficient offeer. H, wa! afways at his post and kept every thing in good shape aaud his accounti aceurate. It is a pleasure to havt your offiials. commnendied by. one ivh< is in position to know snd competen to pass an opinion. The condition of the public roads *in many places and the indifferene< of the people to their imnprovemen would be a good excuse for the cur * tailment of the free rural 'del-ivery of mail. One is almost constrainei to reach the con clsion: when he tray els over some of the pu4blie roads tha the people, who permit such condi tions scarcely desire to have an3 * advantages. But .ve still hope t< *arouse the public conscience to thi . important subtject. - BOONOMTE. ELSBWHEB. The postmaster general. bas an nounced that no more free rural de Rivery routes would be established un til the United States treasury was ir a more healthy condition. - The gov ernment deficit is now about $50,000, 000, and a big one is in the postoffie department.. Would it 'not be- better to begir economizing in some other direction! Thiere is no work undertaken by- tha government of so farv'eaching val1 to the great mass of the people, boti town and country, as the free deliv ery of mai'l. The en.tire postal laws need revis don, and there should be some ma: in congress with brain big enough t undertake the work. The -postoffic department ought to be self-eustain ing. As it is nIow the ruling of th department is law, whether there i any statute to sustain the ruling o not and some of the rulings scarce] have the suspicion of common sense. But it would be much wiser to bi gin economizing in some other dire tion than in the curtaiihent of t1: free delivery of mail. Cut off son of the big battleships and some < the public buildings and some of ti standing army or something else rat] er thani curtail the delivery of mail thle rural dlistrict for it is tihe mfo~ potent educational influence ever i augurated1 by the the federal gover ment. * THE IDLEL. * Happy New Year to everybody. To" all my friends-and my enemies, too, if I have any. Santa Claus for got my big stocking, but I'm happy all the same andl want to send kindly greetings to all the world. I expect it was tliio pesky North Pole dis coverers that kept Santa Claus from paying me a visit. But I am going to continue to believe in him all the same for I bnow it was not his pur pose to slight any of the children who were looking for him. I see they have decided that Dr. Cook is a fakir-whatever that is. I reckon it means that he did not go to the North Pole. I don't read any of th6 stuff they have been writing about him but I do glanee at the head lines when I have opportunity to P read a daily paper. And I was-and I am now-a believer in Dr. dbok. He acted. so much mo?e like a real gentleman than did Mr. Peary. Arid why does not Mr. Peary agree to send his docments to the same court that passed on Cook's, as Mr. Schley suggested. I believe Cook is gbing to show up all right yet. But what difference does it make 'to us whether the North Pole is dis covered or not, and what good will result. Of course it gives the news papers something to fill space with and then the people like to read about it and that .creates a demand for the papers. But really I don't see where it is doing any good to suffering hu manity. Better soend the money that it takes to discover the Pole in helping the poor-feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. That is the way it looks to sie. I don't see where I am to be made any better. Maybe it -will do some good to science. I reckon it is all"right. I hope so. I don't know much about it, anl may 'not be competent to .judge, but my observation leads me to the con elusion, that retiring CRhief J. C. Adams made a good officer and un der his administration the peace- and good order. of the city have been well preserved. Two of the old men are retained and Mr. C. -W. Bishop, the r.e%v chief, has filled the positoai heretofore. The people should be satisfled if the new officers do as well ais their predecessors. Chief Adams was always cool, fearless, sober, and impartial amud did his duty. It is right somebody should say this niuch and .1 feel like sayig it and I'am go ing to say it. I say it believing that the new administration will do as well. I always try to obey the laws under whieh I live a.d to respect the officers 'who are chosen to 'execute them.' We should all do this, andi more. We should cooperate with the officers in emfreing the law. This I am going tc do in so far as my feeble .power will permit. Polities dis a curious thing. I reeiL on it is proper to ca-ll a thing. Sometimes' I have wished I was- a politician-that is when I was young. Now I[ have about concluded that it is well that I am not. Somebody said that the politician may today have ringing in'his ears the plaudits of the ppulace and be on the crest of the popular wave and tomorrow lie' may be rolling .the wheelbarrow. Popular *avor is very fiekle and the success ful politician can niever be a leader. lHe must always keep his ear to the ground- and hear which way the pop ular. current is going sa then 'fol ~low along near the acest -and~inake the people believe he is a leader when as- a matter of fact he is. only' drift ing. A leader should stand up bl y and tell the peol what is right whether for 'the mornent it is popular or not, but under our system he cain not often 'hope to win office. He is obliged to ,be ahead of the procession and then when the' procession gets along there some other fellow gets the office. But what am I writng like this for! What difference does it make to me ? I am 'no candidate for office. eOnce again a Happy New Year to you all. May you live long and pros pe.Iam not going to write a hom ily. But don't make too many res oiutions. Go along and do' your duty every day. Do not despise tlhe doing of little deeds of -kiindness. The do ing of them will prepa.re you for big ger~e things. Every effort you put forth gives you strength for aunother e eort. if The Idler. - FARM DBMONSTRATION WORK The Secretary of Agriculture Honorn the ::012. Prize Wim:ers in the -Boys' Corn Club Contests. in the Office of the Secretary of Ag rieulture December 14, 1909. at 9:30 o'clock. Secretary Wilson presented diplomas to Bascomb Usher of South Carolina, DeWitt Lundy of Mississippi, Elmer Halter of Arkan sas, and Ralph Bellwood of Vir ginia. These boys were among the 12,500 in the Boys' Demonstration Work in the South who planted one acre of corn apiece and, worked it under in struetions from the United States Department of Agriculture. Dr. S. A. Knapp, who has charge of the Farm Demonstration Work, offered a trip to Washington to the boy in Mfississippi who should get the best results. The State Bankers' Asso iation in Arkansas offered a similar prize in that State. Citizens of South Carolina and Virginia 'dupli cated the offers there. The above named boys, all under eighteen years of, age, visited the Department of Agriculture and other interesting sights of the Capital, and. were received'~by the President. Thousands of dollars' worth of prizes have been offered this year to these Boys' Clubs in the South by merchants, Boards of Trade and pub lie spirited -citizens generally, under regulations furnished ,by the United States bepartment of Agriculture. These regulations do not encourage freak yields, bat are drawn to en egurage profitable farming. The ba sis of awards rests on showing of profits, written records, t-rhibits of ( ears and stalks, and yield per acre. The greatest yield does not get the prize in every ease. Still there were some fine yields this year. The prize Ij winner from South Carolina made, 152 1-2 bushels per acre; a boy ir: Mississippi made 147 bushels; a boy L in. North Carolina made 135 bushels, and the Virginia winner 122 busheis. More than fifty boys made over 100 bushels per uere:In several counties no boy.fell below 50 bushels per *%re, and the club average was about 60. Arrangements are bei-g made in all of the Southern Stats 1o. send the ptize winiiers to Washin. next year. In a brief address to the boys, 1 Secretary Wilson declared that they and the boys engaged in like work are "the only hope we have for the continued greatness and prosperity of the country.'' He pointed .out that she South n&w, .in agriculture and in manufacturing, was prosper ing as neve~r before, because the men and women of the South, had put into the work their own energy and ability and in no sense were de- 4 pendent upon the capital. or the in dustry of people from other parts of the country. "These diplomas,'' he continued, "are unique. No boys ever have re-. eeived a similar recognition of their merit. Nothing I have done since I have been tSecretary of. Agridulture has given, me .more pleasure than to present them to you. You have earned them... You have begun right.( You are now in line to' achieve ,the highest honors of your respective States." Prof. W. H. Smith, County Super intendent of Holmes county, Missis sippi, and one of the leaders in the Boys' Corn Club movement of the Farmers' Cooperptive Demonstra-i tion Work came to Washington to witness this interesting event. NOTIOE TO CREBDITORS.~ C. E. Powell having made a deed of assignmnt to me, there .will be a meeting of the creditors ini the offBee of Blease & Dominick, at Newberry, ~ S. C., on. Monday, the third day of January, 1910, at 11 o'clock, :a. m. C for the appointment of an agent of the creditors. Cole. L. Blease, Assignee. Newberry, S. C., Decmeber~28, 1909. - NOTICE. Noti-ce is he.reby given that the ( Board of Health of the Town 9f t Newberry will elect a health offider t for the ensuing year on Tuesday, t January 4th, 1910. Applications must be in the hands of the clerk of the I board by 12 o'cloek of that day. -t W. H. Hardeman, I ~Clerk of Board. THE NA BOY -MAN FURNITURE aoes Back as Far a. Integritu -and )ur Principle isto Sell C So as-t< Reasonal When you buy from ts you kno, oods that will stand the test. Th lon't cut prices, because when ot heir part that the prices were toc vhe' the prices are cut they are n re right to start with;.we only wai s for handling the goods through and when you sell your crops or We have some particularly attra oliday trade to offer you. Let us REMEMBER, when we put out )e exactly as. represented3 NEWBET )PRAHOUSESpn EARHARDT & BAXTER, Lessees and Managers. THURSDAY, JAN. 6' f4essrs:Martin&Einery's~ o ossal Production of Richard Wagner's S'acred Festival Drama ~A RSIF A LI ~dapted by Wmn. Lynch Rob rts ansd Presented on a Scale -~ *of Grandeur never before ktempted. vening Performnance 7.45 prompt There is mE ~arriages at 11r o'clock.- buyer. - pale will open Monday, Januar 3. O~i geat ( ~RICS-$iSo, $1 co, 75 and5Soc. IleSSonr in Pial S-- useful inforrr The regular ana meeting of ** You need r ~toekholdes of The National Bank a good Piano *fNewberry, S. C., will be held in he banking house on Tuesday, Jan- will give you Lary 11, 1910, at 12 o'eloek M., for he election of a Board of Diretors of tone and C nd the rtansaetion of sneh oth3er;al otec business that may be brought before al otec Re. . D. Smith, If you hay Cashier. various style OUR RULE ON NEW YEARS Ibury, Wellin is to wish everyb)ody health 'ready for yoi ard happiness.' We extend . that greeting to you now and You w1lf even if you have 'not bought lumber froin us before we trust you show keener discrimina tion next year and fill your 4 lumber needs here. It will.be" better for you for your build ing and of cvurse for us. E Happy New Year to all. NWRHY LUMBER CO. Cab1 BuMiE kME OF Vt THE 1876, and Stand Foir Den. lood Goods at Fair Prices )Show a :1e Profit. N .absolutely that you are gettg ey are exactly as represented hers do it it is an admittanc T high in the first place, and" 4i >t as low as ours, because our Pridlir it a legitimate profit to compe,nat our store, the same that:y rnerchandiseetc. ctive propositions left over from the' quote you. a piece of goods we gtaranteeit I I _F IRY, S. C.~: .i - - --, ic here to .interest the prospectiv~" ollection of instru~ments .presents an ~bje~ iovalue from which every visitor can gair~ Laton. tot purchase with lack of knowledge f ht~ is. An examination of these instrmnts a very clear understanding of the qua onstruction essential to make a Piano adeeptm -itical b.uyer.. e it in mind to buy, take an hour to seethK 3 in Mason & Hamlin, Conover, Cable, Kin ton and Inner-Player Pianos which wehat ir inspection. nd it profitable to act on this suggestion. verything known in Music. . V. WALLACE. President, Chadrlii