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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New Ferry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter. Friday, January 28, 1910. THE RIGHT STEP. The city council at its meeting on Monday night adopted an ordinance prohibiting wagons, buggies and au tomobiles to stand on the public square in front of the old court house. The Herald and News desires to en dorse most heartily this action of the city CounoiL We have been advocating the re moval of the wagons from the pub lie squasre for a long time, and we are pleased to know that the city has at last secured a city council which sees the importance of this step and does not hesitate to take it. Now, if the counoil could arrange to put a coping aZouid a small part of this lot in front of the old court house a3id the civie association would take hold of the improvement of it and make a niee little park there, the citizens would wonder why this .had not been done years ago. Bill boaaids and other rubbish should be removed from against the building, end loafing around the steps, and eating of water melons under the ve randa in the summer time, should al so be prohibited. With the wood wa gons and other vehicles removed and the park made as indicated, this will be a very pretty little place and will adld very much to the beauty of this part of the public square. Then, however, to park it the walls that are now around a little square where the monument is, should be extended up to the mile rock, and the coping put along Caldwellstieet even with the mile rock. Then a pretty park could be made on all four sides of the old court house. The Herald and News desires again - to express its appreciation and comiF mendation of the city council for this or'dinance, and we hope to see it en foreeld It will not inconvenience aady one but of course the city coneil can expect to hear kicks and criticisms. All of these follA naturally after any progressive movement when the frrst steps are takeir. * DO NOT MAR THE GROUNDS. . -' The civic improvement league of Co lumbia is entering its protest ,against the erection of any other building on the State house grounds. We are inclined to thirik that. this is *a de serving effort on the part .of the civic -league, and that the erection of an -- other building on these grounds would m'aaterially mar the beauty and sym metry of the grounde. Only a couple of yea.rs ago the leg islature made an appropriation to beautify and improte the grounds, and the erection of a eheap.building for the supreme court as now pro posed woulgmaterially mar the beau ty of the grounids and the work which has been doine. The State hias considerable land near the. university and while there is no doubt that more roon is need ed in the State h~ouse and it would be sdvisable to erect a supreme court buildig, it could be placed on some of this lamd which is .now held by the trustees of the -university. This land is not far from the State capitol and we hope the civie improvement league will be able to show the legis latutre til.e advisability of not placing .any other building on the State house grounds. -We are glad to note that city coun cil'has ordered that the old grave yard near the Boundary street school be cleareid out. This sacired sipdt has too long been neglected and it should be the duty of the city to keep it cleaned. NOTE AND COMMENT. I dropped in on the legislature for a couple of hours on Tuesday night. The two houses were in joint session electing trustees for the State col leges. Everybody .was re-e@ecteid without onpbsition except for memi ber board pemtentiary idirectors where there was opposition, but the old members were retained. The members voted for the nominees without knowing in many eases who the nominees were except that they were the ones now on the job. This has been a remarkable ses sion as to elections. Never before in the history of legislation have there been so many elections where the in eumbents were retained without op posi_ton. There are always a number of men who want to serve as a col lege trustee or a director of the pen itentiary, or a circuit judge, but it seems this year no one except those now holding the position cared for it. It may be, as a member remarked, the office jobs pay so little and in this commercial age where money is king the honor is so insignificant, that men prefer to follow business pursuits where the remuneration is greater and the annoyance less. It would be a pity, though, if we did not find men of ability ani character who were willing to give themselves up to the pursuit of statecraft. The trouble ;it legislatora is not a lack of ability or character but in many cases wan of experience. Too many counties make a habit of changing their representatives too frequently. When a county finds a man of ability who is willing to make the sacrifice he should be kept iii the delegation and not turned out if he happens to favor some little matter which for the time being may not be popular. There are many familiar faces in both branches. I was glad to see them again. One of the pleasant features of going to the legislature is the friends one makes from all parts of the State. There are many new men in the present legislature who are serving their first term. Many of them are young men of abil iy and their counties would do well to keep them in continuous service. * * * What are termed by some the pol iticians-that is to say those mem bers who are aspiring to State offices -and there are always some and the legislature is a good traini-g school-seem to be somewhat at sea. So far as I could gather the coming State line-up has not yet taken shape. It is stated positively that ieutenant Governor T. G. McIieod will be a candidiate for governor. He will probably run as a local option candidate as to the liquor question. It is understood, and I think pretty certain, that Representative John G. Ri'eha7ds, of Kershaw, will be a' ean diidate for governor on a State-wide prohibition platform, and possible that Representative Olin Sawyer, of Georgetown, will be a candidate for governor on a high license platform as to liquor. All these gentlemen, as I understand it, have heretofon been endvocates of 'the State dispen jsary system as to liquor. Mr. Me iLeod has served in the house and senate and is at present lieutenant governor. Mr. Richards has been irn the house for a number of years and, is at present an elective member of the board of trustees of Clemson college. Of course there is Mayor Blease, of Newberry, Mr. Featherstone, of Laurens, and Mr. Manning, of Sum ter, all annouiced as candidates for governor. I am not authorized by any of the gentlemen named above to state that they are candidates. It seems to be understood that Mr. Lyon will not run for governor this year. I had heard some time ago that he made the statement that he wouldl be a eandidate if he was sue eessful in. convicting any 'one in bhe graft cases, and if it is true he is notI going to run. it may be that he does not consider the :plea of Mr. Far num a sufficient victory to warrant his entering the rate. But he- has another eourt yet before the cam paign opens and he may have better success. No onec is as yet an avowed candi date for lieutenant governor. Mr. M. L. S:mith, of Camden, will (prob ably be a candidate for attorne3\ gen eral if Mr. Richards from his coun ty does not enter the race for govern or. He is an able lawyer and a fine speaker and avoul'd make the State a strong man in its legal department should he be elected. The legislature so far has not done very much,. but it is probably well. More junketing trips are being taken by this legislature than any of its p)redecessors. The members are not oinly visiting State colleges, but they are stopng tton ad big entertained. Of course the cost of teetripis comes out of the State adterailroads are not furnishing fre tike or pas:m And on these trips a great many perscrF who are not members or attaehees of the leg islature take advantage of a junket at the expense of the State. * * * It seems that the liquor question is going to be prominent in the com ing campaign it matters little what the legislature does. I understand that Representative McMahan has a bill to prohibit newspapers taking liquor advertisements. Now, let some member who wants to become famous introduce a bill to prohibit lawyers from defending murderers and rapists and other criminals and to require every man who has ar rived at the age of thirty years to take unto himself a wife or suffer banishment from the State. And also prohibit patent medicine adver tisement in the newspapers. Or bet ter still make all newspapers State papers unider control and direction of the politicians and establish a press Loc .department with a chief 'at a good Fu salary and allow him to appoint his Ovi subordinates in every county and thus abolish all private ownership C of newspapers in the great State of Bo South Carolina. Uet the good work ca. proceed. Senator Johnstone anld Represen tative Kibler were in their seats on Tuesday night voting for the nomi nees, but I did not see Representa tiveg Wyche and Harmon. 'There io a proposition to establish an auditing department which will have to beprovided with offices in JAN Columbia anid,will cost the State about $25,000 a year. Comptroller General Jones' .sug gestion to provide a central board of elualization fo rthe assessment of property to take the place of the present State board of equalization is a good one, but will scarcely be adopted. The great trouble in the $s matter of taxation is the inequality $5 in the valuations not only as among lf invdividuals, but among the counties pi and it cannot be remedied by having tei a board composed of one member " from each county. The report of the asylum investi gating epmnnttee brings out nothing Z new. Dr. Babcoek, to my certai-n .. knowledge, has called attention to conditions there and the need of more room for the past ten .years. At the invitation of the ways and means committee he has appeared every year and stated that the insti tution was overerowded and that 'more room was needed and th'at con Iditions were not what they should abe, but in order to make them better ( wouLd take more money. He has said to the committee that it was a matter for the legisla.ture and that\ he would do the best he could with the maeans placed at 'his disposal. He has not gone around lobbying like the presidents and representatives of some of our' State colleges but he has J taken the 'high arid proper ground j that this was a State insti'tution and when he sta-ted coaditions and invited members to go out anid see for them- j selves 'he had discharged 'his duty and it was up to the legislatyre to provide the means. The legislature is responsible for the conditions and not Dr. Babcock nor the regents. It is too bad Representative Hiar mon's match bill and. his dog muz zie bill were both killed. They found separate graves it different places bat all' in one day. That has been the fate of many another good meas ure and Mr. Harmon should not lose . spirit. Repreisentative Todd, of Charles ton, is engaged in' the preparation of a very important message, which he will deliver to the legislature some time along the fading 'hours of the present session, - p4 . E. H. 'A. ~ ~[You Abolish Public Drinking Cup. --- Columbia, Jan. 24.--The StateLit Board of Health has started a cru- lt sade to eliminate the public drinking bur cup from the state ona the ground they that the cup is a dangerous spreader N of iufectious diseases. A Bill will IReni likely be introduced in the legisha- thin ture abolishing the common cup inem public places, including schools,en waiting rooms and railroad trains. and Dr.' Williams, Secretary of the goo< State Boand of Health, is 'exhibiting Nyt a supply of individual paper drink- mnal; ing cups which are placed in a small v vendor near the water eooler in the office of the board. m In North 'Carolina the Board of mne Health condemned the common cup for* last July. Authorities have provid- Iit w ed that germs of diphtheria, tuber eulosis and other more loathsome dis- NI eases are conveyed from sick persons to healthy ones on the brim of drink in cups in public plas REPOF 'he Newberry NEWBERF A I the Close of the Busin Condensed From Report RESOURCES. Lns and discounts $269,495.25 niture and Fixtures 2,275.00 ,rdrafts secured and unse ured 1,758 60 ids and Stocks 680.00 ;h and due from Banks 59,437.65 $333,646.50 40o Paid On Sai ES MCINTOSH, President. argains! Bargains!! While They Last limited number of slightly used 5 High Grade Organs for only 3 50. These organs appear near w and are warranted to last a long I MS etime. Terms of sale given on ap ication. Write for catalog stating *ms desired This is an opportu .y of a life.time to possess a fine or n at about cost. Answer quick, for ch bargains don't last long Adress: Malone's Music House, >4umbia, S. C. Pianos and Organs ure Blood - Means -LADE 3trength that wi I are hei the ne1 I hair an otprings loodRemnedgj RMEM iMain Sn *MAYES,.'.MS lowborn, 8 . Ban _________ n the i ing the ~ope sometimes ask us: "How Bank a I know when my blood is bad?"' may have rough or scaly skin in g faC sign of coming skin disease. O ' r mi te wounds, scratches, cuts or is, do not heal up quickly, asl pIus p should. .I ~Our d ow Nyal's Hot Springs Blood - 000.0C edy was devised for just one g, to make the blood right, to Our StE ch it, cleanse it, strengthen it, it does it. Good blood means r possib health, nine times in ten, and VICe. .1's Hot Springs Blood Remedy es good blood, rich, red blood. e do not recommend patent! icine, it is a scientific remedy 4 the blood, and we know what ill do. J. D. DAVEI ayes' Drug Store, Newberry, S. C. M. ?T OF Savings Bank Y,S. C. ess November 16, 1909. to State Bank, Examiner LIABILITIES. Capital $ 50,000.00 Undivided Profits 27,013.6 Deposits . 250,632.87 Notes and Billp Rediscount ed 6,000.00, $333.646.50 ings Deposits i. E NORWOOD, cashler. E P, FMMA IAIRS. ILERY STORE this week. the newest things in NECKi EAR, BELTINGS, ETC., 11 wash, and cost very little. We" Ldquarters for everything in hair ery lady should use, consisting of w Turban effect, Switches of real ciBraids. e of Ribbons is complete. Every Millinery at half price. ER, I have moved to 1102, et. - - Come to See Me Facts pf Interest. nterest of those.contemplat opening or transferring of a ccount, we issue the follow-' ts: mnageme~nt, Capital anc[ Sur ovide absolgte security. Sposits approximate $1 60, ), which indicates prosperity. ady growvth is the very best e proof of our excellent ser- - Ale ask your~consideration. EX CHlANGE B ANK )f Newberry, S. C. M4PORT, L:DW. R. H IPP, President. - Vice-President. L. SPEARMAN, Cashier.