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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New A-rry. S. C.. n. 2nd class matter. Tuesday, M 1 8, 1910. It was a harmonious convention. Suppose we organize a thirteen booster's club for Newberry as sug gested by some one. Who will be the first thirteen to join. No knockers permitted. The attendance at the county con .vention on Monday was good. There are yet no candidates for political of fices coming out from hiding. The county convention will probably bring them. We would call the attention of the road inspectors to the act of the leg islature in regard to grade crossings on the railroads. They might 'ind something to do on thp several cross ings between Newberry and Prosper ity. If crossings can get much worse than these they would hardly be termed grade crossings. Ninety men are now employed on the public roads of the county. Ninety men ought to do a great deal of work during the summer. The trouble, though, is that most of the work they are doing wlil be washed away by the next rain. Very little of it is of a permanent or enduring charac ter. It will all hove to be done over -again next summer, When will the people learn that a change is needed in our public road system?-Ander Son Mail. That is the trouble with a great deal of the work that is done on the publie roads of the coun ty. It has been especially true of the work done by the chaingang in, Newberry county. We are told, how-. ever, that the supervisor of this coun 'ty is now doing some good work and that he has abandoned the use of the -picks and shovels where it is possible to use the plough and scrape, and the result is that he is building better roads and doing the work more rapid - ly. One of the great troubles in using the chaingang is that it jumps about tot) much, that is to say instead of taking up some road and putting it in good condition,, the custom has E been to patch a little on one road and then change to another and fill a *few holes in it to be washed out at the next rain, with the result that we h4d #9 9ne Good road any where in the county. We are glad to learn that the sup ervisor in nowing better use of the chaingang, and is doing some good --work and we hope that he will keep *this up. With a force of 30 or 40 convicts, & gd6ci scraps and plough * and six mules constantly at work we ought to have at least one or two good roads through the county that we could afford to point to with Spride. One of the troubles in securing public roads in Newberry is that the people who use them have come to depend entirely upon the chaingang rather than work the little road along their own premises that they have * occasion constantly to use; they will travel over mud holes and ditches and complain that the chaingang * never came into their section, where as, if they would take the labor that Is on their own place and work it for a short time the roads would be kept in good condition. We wouild like to see a few of the progressive farmers of the county put the roads which pass through their own places in good, condition, even if it were done in their own time. It would be a great convenience to them and an advertisement to their progressiveness and besides the good it would do them it would become contagious and others would soon do likewise. A little self-help in the matter of road building would soon work wonders. Will not somebody It will be seen by reference to the law in regard to railroad crossings that the grade of the road shall not exceed five per cent. and that the highway shall be on a level grade for not less than twelve feet on either side of the central line of said railway. The grade crossing over the Southern at the Fellers' place, about a mile above Prosperity, the highway approches the railroad from one side on an angle of almost 45 degrees. What the railroads should do be tween here and Prosperity is to co operate with the citizens and have the public highway on the north side of the railroad from Newberry to Prosperity and there would then be no grade crossing of the C., N. and L. and only one of the Southern and a better road could be made. Today is the last day to secure The Herald and News one year for $1. * * * THE IDLER * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I read Mr. A. C. Jones' letter about that Y. M. C. A. building and the use of the old court house. Well, we need a Y. M. C. A. building and the old court house is too good a building to be torn down, but it is going to be hard to get our people together on the proposition to accept it, because, unfortunately, we will not get togeth er on any proposition, it matters not how good a thing it may be. Why, I heard some one say that this build ing ought tob sold and the proceeds applied to the debt for the new court house. Of course, any thinking man, who does not want to fool the people, knows it would cost all it would bring to tear it down and there would be nothing left to apply on the debt, but there you are. If it were turned over to the Y. M. C. A. and $15,000 were spent in improving it we would have a beautiful and a useful place. It would be a useful place for the coun try people as well as the. town- people, but the temptation to receive a few dollars from its sale I am afraid would be a stronger argument with a great many of our people than all the uplifting influences of a Y. M. C. A. I hope I am mistaken but it is just as well to face the facts.. The chamber of commerce, I see-, is to hold a meeting and have an ad ress from Mr. Wood. I do hope every t member will go out and that Mr. d Wood may be able to stir them up j ike they tell me he has stirred Spar- a anburg. When I was younger I use , o take great interest In these things r yself, but now that I have grown ld all I can do is 'to encourage the oys. I wonder if I could get Mr. Wood o say a word about my park when be * omes. If he gets things pretty hot * t might do some good. I hope I may * get toseebhim while he is in town. * To The Idler: I1- am requested by 1 mne of the gentlemen whose name ~ you have been calling in several of ' y6ui- Articles to ask you not to call his name in the manner you have. I e is one of the liv men 'of the ' ommunity. -Editor. I Well,. I- am glad he is alive and ~ well. I ain' so fully convinced that if a e would he could head a' movement t and build that park that I am disap-e ointed that he does not do it, and I hought maybe he was In dreamland. I Any man who could be a great bene- C factor to his own and succeeding gen- ~ rations and does not grasp the op-. 1 portunity must be-well, I will de sist. It would be so easy.a So far as I am personally concern I d one big spreading oak and a three ~ egged stool is a good park for me, I ut I was thinking of* the children ~ and the women and the young folks J and the town-the. general welfare, I lause, you know. But if the people 1 are satisfied it is all right with me. Selfishness is the bane of this age. Selfishness, you know what I that word means. I would like to get 1 a good definition of this word before I this community and whenever I am I afraid that I cannot make clear the ~ meaning of any word I like to con sult old man Webster-the one that I wrote a dictionary. Lets see what ~ ie says. Listen: "Exclusive regard ~ to one's own interest or happiness: J hat supreme self-love or self-prefer- TI ece which leads a person to direct I is purposes to the advancement of I hs own interest, power, or happi- I ess, without regarding those of oth- ' rs." Do you grasp what it means? b f you do not, the sooner you do the appier :you will be. No one who Iis j ~bb supremely selfish can -be happy. Sir I a James Mackintosh says: Selfishness it - vice utterly at variance with the CE happiness of him who harbors it, of and, as such, condemned by self- JE love." Selfishness-selfishness-it has lY done more to retard the progress of a this community than any other one h< thing. Can't we get rid of it? Can't ce we get some great movement starte'l w by whicra there can be awakened a to community of interest-a common w sympathv-a common level some- v( where which will get us in touch rc with one another. That is what this w ::ommunity needs. If the whole com- cc munity could just wake up to a full cc realization of this truth there would at soon dawn a better and a brighter aE lay. If I could dip my pencil into the w: Eountain of human sympathy and hr- fia m an fellowship and write words that to would burn into the hearts of the w people and open these closed doors su :o this crying need I would feel that YE L had been a benefactor. MYr rhetoric fo nay not be good, but you see what P1 am driving at, I hope. It may take ch . great sorrow to do it, as Prof. fo Eembert said when he was in New- pz erry some months ago. I hope that vi xill not be necessary. T] -0- to Now, I do not believe that this I ac ommunity is peculiar or different to rom a great many other communi- tr: :ies, but if the men and women of si] :his city could see the direct bene#y hC :o be derived from the building of a or ark, for instance, in dollars and W] sents-I mean could have this bene- cl it come into their pockets in dol- th .ars and cents-why there would be t beautiful park on either side cf th scott's creek from the railroad to ge ,alhoun street by Saturday night, if m, noney could get it that quick. liz -0- i If we don't get the little monument of >ark in rear of the court house clean- is d off and the grass mowed, we can M, eed the veterans horses on Memorial mi lay, in addition 'to the dinner which do he ladies are going to serve the vet rans themselves. Maybe that is why he grass is being allowed so to lux- T1 iriate. If it gets much higher, hough, I am afraid some of the B4 iorses would be lost, and then some )f the veterans would have to walk oack home, and that wouldn't do at Sc a11. -o Fc Did any of you go to Willowbrook laturday Aight? - There was a big . rowd there and if you have any. eart. it would have done you good W o have been there. I want Mr. Wright to open the park some off iight and invite Eastside over and Ar ive them just a little taste of a good hing. Now, Mr. Wright, won't you to this for me? If you will issue the W nvitation, I will put it in my letter . nd then everybody will see it for, St o know, everybody worth while eads this column. The Idler. Fc Today is the last day to secure The Bi erald and News one year for $1. A VISIT TO THE * A CATAWBA INDIANS. * - * By Dr. 3. W. Wolling. * Of * * * * * * * * * * * *AI It just came to my mind that may e the friends in Newberry, city and ounty, would be interested in some I otes about the Catawba Indians as een by me, and I am sure. The Her- bo ,d and Ne'ra is a fine medium S. hrough which to speak. But let mec< plain how it came about De Some time ago I was invited by of tev. Dr. Mills, pastor of the Metho ist church in Rock Hill, to give U eries of five talks in St. John's the rnincipal church of that city, having th membership of over six hundred ,nd a fine church building. On Mon- YO lay afternoon, April 11th, I gave the ha Lrst lecture on "A preparation for ervice." The same afternoon the su epresentativeS of Winthrop college gho were present requested that the ecture might be repeated at the col ege. A special tea was given to Rev. lu /r Mills and myself, then we repair- m d to the chapel where I found over ie hundred girls from every part of do outh Carolina assembled to hear on ne. It was on this occasion that I go tad the pleasure of meeting three of th ny Newberry girls, Miss Corrie Hay rd- and the two daughters of your I orthy townsman, Mr. J. H. Wicker. But about the Indians. The settle- Ai Qent is called the Catawba nation nd Is the only Indian colony in this tate. It is nine miles out from Rock {ill on the west side of Catawba iver. There are 640 acres, and a Nc ioorer, more broken piece of ground Nc t would be difficult to find. The Nc ndians now make some efforts to- INc vard planting, but on such poor,. roken soil and with their way of 1N rorking very little can be made. IN( far as I could see, either because is too difficult to dig them or be -use they prefer the primitive way going to the spring. With Mr. ,s. Barber, of Rock Hill, who kind took me to the nation I visited number of their homes. The imes I found poorly made, in one se the door was so low that the )man who came to speak to us had bow the head to get out. The )men are short and rather stout, ry black hair, thick lips and a und face. The men are tall and Bll made but have a heavy, sensual untenance, and the true Indian red mplexion. There are, I am told, out one hundred heads of families I suppose, for in three families :ich I visited there were twenty e children or an average of eight the family. They are now the i,rds of the State and for their pport is voted the sum of $3,600 a ar. But ht present the State has r them no school, and though the -esbyterian church has a small apel among them neither now nor r quite awhile has any evangelical stor given them any regular ser :.e, nor indeed any service at all. ie whole nation is now given over a Mormon elder who on his own count teaches a school and teaches the Indians the ruindus doc .nes of Mormonism. It is rather igular that a man who would ,rdly be tolerated as a preacher a teacher in a. community of lites should thus be left to take arge of these Indians, wards of e State. Quite a number of them still talk e Indian dialect but I could not t two of them together to talk for . Of course they all speak Eng h. Nor did I get to see the chief, n Harris, who is said to be a man little force of character, but still the head of the Catawba nation. my other interesting items I ght mention, but suppose this will for the present. Calvin Crozier-In Memoriam. tere's a dear loved hero sleeping, Where the grieving Southern trees, nt above him as though weeping, Waft a requiem on the breeze. ftly sighing, gently breathing, Catch the story that they tell, r above'r his grave they are wrepth ing, demory's flowers for one who felL. b.ispering, that when Carolina, Crushed and bleeding, prostrate lay, Ld her daughters close beside her, Lived -in dread of every day. b.en the faith of life was shaken, a.nd the heart was sor~e with grief, dden, sharp, the sounds awaken Souls to action, for a flife is taken. ulest murder! Is the story, rold with many a tearful eye, Lt his name is crowned with glory as the fleeting years go by. r our children listen, breathless, Fo this deed of valor old, .d the hero's name is deathless uiving in the stories told. they cull from beauteous bowers, R~ose and lily, freshest seen, .d with wreath of sweetest flowers 3rozier's name keep ever green. Mrs. Mary Pinckney duzts. Irreenwood, S. 6. (Written in memory of the Texas r who was murdered at Newberry, C.. by negro soldiers, ,iust at the >se of the war of the 60's, because resented an insult offered by one them to a lady.) Beognitiom Bhe (on liner)--So you've crossed 3 ocean quite oft'en? ER-Hundreds of time. Why, do ii know, I actually recognize about if the waves we meet. She-Indeed! By their crests, I ppose.-Boston Transcript. The Spotlight Spirit. 'The census people promise abso e secrecy concerning any inf or Ltion you may give them." 'Yes," replied Mrs. Flimgilt; "I n't see why they want to waste e's time on domething that isn't ing to get anybody's name into a newspapers."-Washington Star. X;WBERRY UNIlON STATION. rival and Departure of Passenger Trains-Effective 12.01 A. L. Sunday January 2, 1910. Southern Railway. .15 for Greenviile.. .. 8:51 a. m. .18 for Columbia. .10.58 a. m. .11 for Greenville.. .. .2.48 p. m .16 for Columbia.. ....8.59 p. m. C., N. & L. Railway, o. 22 for Columbia.. .. S.47 a. m. .52 for Greenville.. ..12.56 p. m. sa i (MiniTiii. ..3.20 m . WHEN N( OUT OF There was just as muc but not so many people it. The price is higher ham and Lot. It will b and the year after. GET WISE Here is a 230 acre farm 15 horse farm in cultivation, bal The price is absurdly low, $6 . Another in Newberry cb railroad station, 2CO acres, tu ence well timbered, some orig CITY PROPERTY IS Two good lots at High Poi: A neat five-room house ani than renting from your moth< Four lo. s1well located, pric< home. An acre right close in, can lump and divide. You ought Twenty-five acres of good c are high. See? If we don't advertise W1 about it-our business i New South R -Com Herald and News Building, Newben SPECIAL Wednesday, a ANDERSON 17-Qt. Enamel Dish Pans .. 4-Qt. Enamel Coffee Pot.. 14-in. Feather Duster....... 8See our line of China. Crockery ~52-piece set Decorated China... Special sale Hair Turbans Satur< Anderson Always Busy," Dont It is not WORI WORK is healthy, yoi a man than he can bear, FED WITH THE PR W. 0. WILSON offers t make men strong. He h own. Nothing for sale a Class. YOUR MONEY This Proposition to your neighbor. W. 0. WJIL 1305 Main Street. 'o. 21 for Laurens.. .. 7.25 p. rn. *Does not run on Sunday. This time table shows the tim s twhich trains may be expected to epart from this station, but their eparture is not guaranteed and the me shown is subject to change with-* 1t notice. .G. L. RObinson, )AH CAME. THE ARK h land as there is today, to be fed and clothed from than in the days of Abra e still higher next year and AND GET IN miles from a thriving city, one nce good second growth timber. 3 .25 per acre. anty, one and one-half miles to o-borse farm in cultivation, bal-, nal growth, only $ii.oo an acre. ALWAYS IN DEMAND. at for $275 each. I two acres of land. Its cheaper !r-in-law and paying in board. s right for investment or for a be cut in four-lots. Buy it in a to clear your own lot on the deal. k lay right on the railroad. Bricks IAT YOU WANT, writeu. tto find What YonWAN aIEstate Trust pany. . Masoic Temple, reioi. la.25c._aLiy ah t 10 . C'lo, t hesan lason etc Worry I1 Ethat KILS men ND POOR. FOOD 1 can hardly put more upon provided he is PROPE OPER KIND OF he kind of Groceri as a pure food law t his store that is no BACK if not as represented is to YOU nd not , The Grocer Telephone No. 202 ANNOUNCEMENTS., For Treasurer. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for reelection Offles ot Icounty treasurer, subj the Dema ocratic primary..