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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New werry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, April 22, 1910. It is important that Newberry shall secure an official highway be tween Columbia and Greenville and Spartanburg. We are on a direct line between these points, and not only the people immediately along the official highway, but the entire people of the county will be hene fitod by this highway. Therfore it should have our hearty -endorse ment. IThe spirit of getting ..ogether and pulling together has taken hold of the people of this community and it augurs a bright future for Newberry. By united effort we can aecomplish great things. Newberry is a good town and is set i the midst of a fine rural sectioni, and there is no reason why we should not go for ward. * * * THE IDL . * * * Talking about civic improvement in general and parks in particular, a gentleman told me the other day that he had spent % dy in Abbeville re cently, and he was telling me what a delightful town Abbeving is, and about the elegant new court bouse and the city hall, which includes one of the largest and best opera houses in the South, but the most lasting impression which Abbeville seemed to have made upon him was that of tho beautilul little park in the ema tre of the in strat 6pposite the 0ourt house, and, the little park in front of he court house and city hal. He said the grass was green and pretty and the ilowers in bloom, and the eement 'Walks around the grass kept as clean as a good houisekeper would keep her homke. F.Pha goes & long ways towards ine preming a stranger, aside from the benefit which the people of the town get from it. I was reading the Co lumdbia State the othier day, and I was very much impraeed with ani article ~wich told of the h.eaities of Ma rion at this season of the year, the streets appearig as drive-ways Throngh a giaat iloWer garden. I see'theocity counciis going ahead to ren~t the Coppoek grove for two years for the purposes of a park. This is a step in the right direction, and I hope the sheme will 'be carried through, and a nice park laid out. But this should be only the first step in a good cause. While we are using the Coppock grove temporarily we ought to go ahead and buy and lay out a pennmanent park. It's a great thing. Don't you see how these peo >le on the east side of 'the railroad hock to the West End park every night it is open? And there isn't a finer park of its kind in the country than this W,est End park, and Zack Wright and Miarion Davis and the ndll authorities did a great work when they built it. And it's a shamze end a disgrace that a corporation of the size and wealth of the city of New:berry ean't afford a park when a leorporadiion which it inelude-,the Newberry mifln-g ahead and bailds its own park for its employees. -o But it's coming, as sure as fate, and I am mighty glad city coneil is going ahead, even if the step whieb eouncil is taking only contempates the rcnting of temporary grounds for two years. When we get a pr for two years, we will see that we can:i do without one, and then we *will have a permanent park. I havi been writing myself hearse on thie subject, and I am proud that my ef forts are bringing anout results. J think Newiberry 's park ought to be named "The Idler's Park,'' don'1 you? Thait's a fine name, and will -give the proper :eredit. That is, ij the temporary park will hand dowr its name to the permanent park, he cause, really, I think both should be named for me. But I wouldn't urge this if there should he any kick whiel would interfere with getting the park -0 The Idler has received the follow ing from a friend in iColumbia: Columbia, April 19.-Mr. Idler: Have you noticed the grand result ol the efforts of the citizens of this city io bnul for the V. M (. A. hbovs oi every denomination and affiliation a new home ? The subscriptions aggre grated $86,367 for a new building for the use of the youth of this commu-' nity and strangers within her gates. To help uplift and save from evil ways should be a matter of deepest interest to every woman and man in our State. Give young men a place to spend their evenings and meet socially Christian people of charac ter and influence, where example and interest in their welfare will help them to lay the foundation that will be a corner-sone to a higher and no bler citizenship It is the need of. an. influence such as this that fills. the pool rooms ana lea&s to lives of sin, and at last the reckless find their names on the criminal calendar. Newberry should arouse herself to provide a home for her youth. Let her show a community of strength in this noble endeavor and all take stock in a grand assoleiation for the mak mag of men. The old court housel ean -not be put to a better use than a home for the Y. M. C. A. Little effort and little money will make it suitable for such a purpose and friends in the country will lend them aid for the refuge of their boys. Columbia has been visited by a heavy electrical and rain storm, which is a blessing to the farmer and the merchants, as the dust for a week or more was just awful on stock and patience. The city is in a garment of green beautiful lawns and flowers and the grand old trees are a delight and a Joy forever, to strangers and eitizens alike. The widle pavements are bejing curbed and fine drive-ways are alive with vehicles and the automobiles crowded with young and old enjoying "joy rides" over the cemented/streets make a gay panorama of color and style, in the greater Columbia. -0 - Mr. A. C. Jones some time ago had some articles in the Newberry papers, which I read with a great deal of interest, advocating turning the old court house over to an assoieiation for the purpose of a Y. M. C. A. 0uilding, and my recllection is-my mind isnt as good as it used to be that our dlegation in the last legisla ture put throigh a bill to su,bmit to the dear people the question of turn ing over the old building for tis pur pose, provided $15,000 was raised to put it in shape. oi- a. lotg tlie,t wanted to see tae old 'hallaing kept n the square: and put to:s6'me use, and urged that somewhere in it rest rooms should be provided for ladies who come to town shopping, putting the building to some public use of that kind. If itecould be used for aY. M. C. A. building, that would certainly be a good move. But I have become some what d:scouraged, and I dottbt if anyth'ng will ever be done with the old building in the way of improving it and p,utting it to some pmblie use, and I believe th.e best thing would be, under the 'eircumstances, just to tear it down. And then put a park where it stood, and let the park ex tend up to thre old central rock. You see, I can't get rid of the park idea. Mfr. $ditor, I see you have been writing along the line of getting up subscriptions for a Y. M. C. A. for Newberry. Tfhat would be a fine thing, and I hope the people of New berry will take hold of it. Of course you will have the knockers to con tend with. The little knockers with the little hamnmers are like the poor they are with us always. Unlike the poor, though, they could move away. But they won't. I suppose all toWns have them. I hope not. Did you notice ho.* niely the erossings over Caldwell street at Johnstone and Botundary streets eame in last Sunday morning after the rain The people- going to the churches could cross the street wtotlosing all the religion they hdbefore they got to chorenh, and could get home without losing the benefit of the sermons whfeh they had heard. I hope some of these peo pe v:th their little hammers who have -been knocking my sermons will take adivantg of these crossings and go to cehurch. You can cross this street at these places now even if it dojes iain, and you won't hurt your sl'oes, ei:bei. And some of you need the sermore which you will hear, and need them much. TeIlr SICKS HIS DOGS ON WICKERSHAM. Senator Smith Looses Oratorical Thunder at Attorney General. Cleverly Entraps Aldrich. Washington, April 20.-Senator Smith today turned loose his dogs of war on th aone mgeal for] prosecuting the cottoni mcn, Brown, Hayne, Scales and others. The immejdi).te question up was twhether or not the seqte should vote $65,000 for further investiga tion of the high prices of the neces saries of life. Senator Smith said -that he had been, in favor of this investigation at first but that now the thing had taken such a peculiar turn that he believed no good couldt be accomplished. This brought him into immediate conflict with Senator Aldrich and there was an interesting little tilt. "Do I understand," asked Mr. Al drich, "that the senator was in favor of this investigation at first but that now the attorney general is investi gating the wrong trust?" That seemed to put Mr. Smith into a hole, for while the contention has been for lower prices, here was a South Oarolina senator coming out in favor of higher prices. But Mr. Smith in turn put Mr. Aldrich into a hole. Mr. Aldrich said that he wanted an investigation to see wheth er the tariff was the oause of the high cost of living. '"Does not the senator believe that the tariff is the cause of the high prices?" asked Mr. Smith. "I believe that the tariff causesi prosperity,'' replied Aldrieh. kut you also have said that prosperity causes high prices, have you not?" said Mr. Smith. Mr. Aldrich admitted that. "Prosperity causes high prices, and the tariff causes prosperity," said Mr. Smith. - Unfortunately the gavel fell just here, time being up. But Mr. Ald rieh was ma!de to admit as no Repub lican had before admitted that the tariff is the cause of high prices. Sen,tor Smith in his speech declar ed that the department of justice had Blowed the beef trust, the steel trust, the ones w.ho had -ornered the wheat of the country putting up the price of bread to go on without prose Dution, hut that now when the fai vars of the South by a natural mono poly and by a shortage of the Orop were getting a high price for their -otton, the department of justice was ingling out this staple as a sUbject or proseention. .. =1l . '' ventutre the assertion,'' he de s1red, "that Browivn, Hayne, Seales, Patten, and 'the others do not hol1d 5,000 'balas of cotton. But cotton peulators in New York have sold hudrede of thousands of !bales which they never had, and n.ow wheii they try to buy them a~t a lower paee than the figure at whiiceh they soldt the ar mers of. the South either have not the cotton or will not sell at the figures ofered. These men supposed that the South would do as she has always: done, put their cotton; on the market at whatever price they could get for. it.'' ;Sam&al times in ,his speech, Mr. Smith referred to the eleetions in New York and Massachusetts and re minded the Republicans that the ver diet was going against them. He said it was on account of just such be havior as that of which thre attorney~ general was noW guilty, in singling out the .South for attacek instead of enforcing the law against the~ other combines. He admitted, with con sideable emphasis, tha.t he had tried to organize the Souathern~ farmers into a com1bin'ation. "Perhaps you had better investigate me,'' he de lared. .DB~MOCRATIC CLUBS. Orgaiation of Party to Take Place on Saturday-All Meet Same Day. Ward One Club. . here wil be ameeting of ti,eDemi oeratic club of Wazd 1 in the coun ztil chaniber Saturday, April 23, in *the evening at 8 o'clock. Geo. B. Cromer, John W. F,arhardt, President. Secretary. Utopia Club. Utopia Demiocratic club will meet Saturday afternoon at Utopia school house. J. R. Perdue, -President. Saluda Club No. 9. Will meet at the school house at 4 p. m. Saturday, April 23. J. P. Harmon, Secretary. Young Men's Club. The Young Men' s Democratic club of No. 6 township will meet at Trin ity Saturday at 5 p. m. J. W. Hendrix, J. Y. Floyd, President. Secretary. Ward 2 Democratic Club. Ward 2 Democratic eluab will meet in the new court house on Satunday, April 23, 1910, at 8 o'clock p. in., teeting delegates to the county con vcntion, and for the transaotion of other business that may come before it. J. F. J. Caldwell, Harry W. Dominick, President. Secretary. O'Neall Democratic Club. Will meet Saturday, April 23, at 2 o'clock for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention, and the transaction of other business. G. Zam Moore, President, Club 1, Ward 3. All voters residing in Ward 3 in Newberry, S. C., entitled to vote in the next Democratic primary are hereiby notified to meet in old court house on. April 25, 1910, at 8:30 p. m. Alan Johnstone, Lambert W. Jones, President. Secretary. Mt. Bethel. Democratic clu!b is called to meet at the Mt. Bethel school house April 23 at 9:30 a. m. for the purpose of reorganizing. J. C. S. Brown, W. H. Wendt, Chairman. ,Secretary. Liberty. Democratic clu:b will meet at St. Lukes church on Saturday, April 23, for the purpose of reorganizing and such other 'usiness as may come be fore the club. R. T. C. Hunter, President. St. Luke's Democratic Club. Will meet at the school house Sat urday afternoon, April 23, at 4 o'clock, in accordaince with call of the party. J. S. Niehols, President. Garmany Democratic Club. Is called to meet at Garmany chool house Saturday, April 23, at 1:30 o'clock afternoon. J. J. H. Brown, Vice-President. 3. B, Leitzsey, Secretary. Ofhttl Democratic Club Will meet at Central school house yn Saturdasy, April 23, at 2 o"cloek p. m. to reorganize and elect delk gates. J. D. Shaelay, B. S. Wieker, President. Secretary . Monticello Democratic Olub Meeting. All who wish to .conitinnxe their membership wvith this elulb, or who wish to join, are hereby notified to be present next Saturday afternoon :: IANI a EThe Kin( 0@ M The satisf M stnument c tomer mea & We arecdi ee some of I 1! HIGH ++ in Americ @@ considered gg ments for* parison of quat H W ee Masonic Tern DON'T Bf CLAMS DO YOU WANT TO TH WHILE REAL ESTAI Wat do yo1 550 acre farm three mi 12 horse farm open to ct home, seven tenant house. Owner has lived on this fi made compensation desire Here is another: 171 acr from Dyson, th -ee horse f 18 acres of bottom land it place will cut 300,000 feet 20 acres of brick clay rigI em railway ripe for devel feet thick and-sosituated.1 Material here for two b $2250.00. Four desirable building prices. Neat five room cottage bo high, healthy location, foi New South Re S-- Comn Herald and News Building t 4 o'clock, April 23. At this time club will proceed to organize. T. L Dawkins, Secretary. Ward 4 Democratic Club. 'The Democraticehilb of Ward 4 ill moeet in, the chamiber of comn IThat Continue ' ction of selling a:a mbined with a sa s increased businesi ect factory represe e best manufactui GRADE F . We can give 3 u can get anywhE We can arrange hose desiring them. y and prices and solicit ENDBROl ie ::Gr( A LAM N'T THINK INK ABOUT BUYING E VALUESARE LOW think of this: les from thriving village. .1tivation, good two story ;, all for $12.50 per acre. trm past 30 years; having s to sell. 2s, three and one-half miles arm open, good buildings, cultivation, timber on this all for $2Ioo.oo. t at good siding on South opment, clay at least 12 hat it can be easily drained. undred million brick, for lots, close in, ask us for me, with two acres of land -$2,ooo.oo. alstate T pany - - Newberry, S. C merce Saturday evening, April 23, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose af ror ganizationl, eleeting 4elegates to the coun111ty con'ven)tionl ad aay. othter, business that may come before i1t G3eo.-W. Summer, W. S. Lanigford, Presidenit. ERIT to Satisfy reliable in- e tisfied .cus es Seach year. ntatives of ers of IANOS rou as low ~re, quality time pay We invite corn your patronage. [HERS, ~enwood, S. 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