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COTTON MARKET CAL e.
Corrected by Nat Gist.
Good Middling. . . . 14% Butter..............2
Strict Middlin'g. . . 14% Hams,. (co) .. ..17 to 20
Middling. ..... .14% Flour.......5.75 to
By Robt. McC. Holmes. Corn..............9
Good Middling. . . 14% Meal..............9
Strict Middling. . . .14%/ SuaE.r....%ta
MJiddling . . . . . . - 14%Bao....1%t15
Cotton seed 30 cents. -
SVOLUXE XLmIII. sUoBEE 39. ~ NEWBEEEY, SOUTH CABOLIXA, FAIDAY, MAY 20, 1910. T
MWERRY INAUGURATES
BIG FORWARD MOVEMENT
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING FOR
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Many Visitors From Neighboring
Cities-Addresses by John Wood
And Others.
With prominent. visitors from the
commercial bodies of neighboriig ci
ties participating, and with a large
and enthusiastic attendance of the
members of the Newberry chamber of
commerce and of the people of the
city generally, the meeting in the
chamber of commerce rooms on Mon
day evening, having for its object the
bringing of all the business men of
the'community into the organization,
for the purpose of building up New
berry, and to bring the Newberry
chamber of commerce into closer
touch with similar organizations of
surrounding cities, was entirely suc
cessful from every point of view, and
its results for the good of Newberry
are expected to be lasting and far-,
reaching.
The principal address of the occas
ion was delivered by John Wood, sec
retary of the Spartanburg chamber of
commerce. It was a stirring address,
in which was emphasized the truth
thkt cooperation is the life-blood of
anything undertaken nowadays, and
that it takes persistent effort and pull
ing together for the general good to
upbud a town.
President I. H. Hunt, of the New
berry chamber of commerce, to whose
persistent efforts much of the success
of the meeting is due, presided. Presi
dent Hunt introduced the speakers. in
appy manner.
r Cole. L. Blease delivered the
of welcome on behalf of the
ewberry. Mayor Blease paid
to John Wood and wanted
ell Newberry how to get the
at has characterized the citids
Mr. Wood has been :at the
of the chambers of commerce/
esident W. G. Mayes, of the Busi
Men's Credit association of New
, warmly welcomed the visitors,
d was followed by President J.
enry Harms, of Newberry college,
ho delivered a' characteristically
trong address in whicri he offered a
e1co.me on behalf of the educational
institutions of Newberry.
In the beginning of his remarks, Mr.
ood emphasized the need for a park
Newberry. On the automobile
'ye around the'city he had been tak
en,'with the other visitors, to Willow
rook on Monday afternoon, and he
poke of the beauties of Willowbrook,
saying that it should be an object
lesson to the east side of town, as it
was to all visitors to Newberry who
saw it. The great trouble with most
chambers of commerce,. he said, was
that many people were afraid thatI
others would get more benefit from
~ an they themselves. The trouble
here was gqtting together. To
. her and to merge personal
nsL. into work for the comuu
as a nyhole, upbuilding the com
ty and. at the same !time helping
-interest ~in the community,
ant effort. It was better not to
.. a stran er come to a town at all
*than to hav4ne come and go away
disappointed. To be able to deliver
thie goods was required in this age of
*the world's commercial advancement.
streets and roads ca~me in for a .large
share of his' attention, Mr. Wood show
ing the advantages of and the neces
sity for permanent roads and the
great burden of the mud tax. The co
operation of the farmers should be
ecured, he said. by the chamber cf
commerce. It was to the interest of
the farmers and to the interest of the
city. Every farmer should be a mem
ber of the chamber of commerce, and
*he outlined the plan by which the
farmers of Spartanburg were being
taken into the Spartanburg- chamnber
of comerce at two dollars per year.
He pleaded for home-raised supplies,
and for making country life more at
tractive.
A chamber of commerce, he said,
needed a paid secretary, whose duty
it should be to see the people who
came to town and put them next to
the people they ought to meet. If peo
ple foming into a town were worthy
tbp' confidence of the people in that
the way to meet them and to
next to them ought to be made
and it was just as important to
against those coming in who were un
worthy. There ought to be a freight
committee to receive complaints, and
to take up the complaints which were
just with the propet- authorities. Bet
ter market facilities should be kep!
constantly in view.
"Get together; lay aside personal
prejudice and likes and dislikes; unite
on one thing; adopt some slogan of
your own and keep it constantly be
fore the people," he concluded.
Mr. Wood's address was practical
and to the point, and it will prove an
inspiration to all who heard him, and
of lasting benefit not only to his aud
ience but to the others who will be
reached through those who heard him,
Mr. Wood was followed by. Mr. E
B. Adams, secretary of the Greenville
chamber of commerce, who succeed
ed Mr. Wood as -secretary of that or
ganization when Mr. Wood resigned tc
accept a simlar position with the
Spartanburg chamber of comerce. He
gave an outline of the work in Green
ville, where everybody had pushed, he
said, and no spokes in the wheel had
been broken. Cooperation he urged
as a prerequisite to spccess.
Secretary C. Wardlaw Moorman, of
the Columbia chamber of commerce,
extended- a cordial invitation to the
good roads pa,rty to be the guests of
the Columbia chamber of commerpe
and of the automobile association 'in
Columbia on the occasion of their
visit to Columbia on Tuesday. He was
followed by Mr. P. W. McClure, sec
retary of the Merchants' Credit asso
ciation of Greenwood, who delivered
an interesting .and valuable address
outlining the plan which had been
followed in Greenwood in building up
the commercial organizations of that
city.
Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter, president of the
chamber of commerce of Prosperity
said that he had come to Newberry to
hear rather than to talk. The meeting,
he "said, had been an inpiration to
him. He u,rged that we get rid of the
knockers-the greatest obstruction we
have. Newberry was as good town as
there is in the State, and the county
as prosperous, but possibly it was not
developed as much as it ought to .be.
A prosperous rural community made
a-prosperous town. He made a strong
good rbads talk, and pledged the
hearty cooperation of the people of
Prosperity and the surrounding com
munity in building up the roads, and
in helping along the forward move
ment inaugurated by Newberryg
In addition to Dr. Hunter, Messrs.
H. J. Rawl and J. D. Quatlebaum were
in attendance from Prosperity, com
ing with Dr. Hunter in his automobile,
driven by Mr. Jerome Harmon.
The visitors to Newberry on Mon
day were entertained with genuine
Newberry hospitality. Following the
drive around the city on Monday aft
ernoon, at ,which time Newberry col
lege, Willowbrook park, and other
points were visited, the president of
the Newberry chamber of commerce,
and the representatives from the com
mercial bodies of the neighboring ci
ties who had reached Newberry at that
time were entertained at dinner by
Mr. E. H. Aull. The visitors left New
berry pleased with their trip here and
with the success of the meeting.
* * * * * * * * * * *
* SCINTILATIONS.
* By Squibs.
* * * * * * * * * .* *
One man who went to Chappe11s or
business Wednesday wouldn't stay all
night because he said if the come1
struck anywhere at all it would be a1
Chappells, as there is where cyclones
and other such things hit.
A citizen dreamed that he had th4
comet wrapped up in a piece of paper
They stood on the bridge at mid.
night, the watch was ticking the hour
but no comet rose over the city fron
oehind a dark church tower.
Grandma's' View.
"The engineers find Gatun Dan
safe," read Mr. Jones from his news
paper headlines to grandma, knittin
at the other side of the table. "Well,
she said, looking up over her glasse
in pained surprise, "I don't knov
anything about the safety of Gatuu
btI think a family newspape:
oughtn't to use such language i]
p-int"-Emnoria Gazette.
NEWBERRYS PART OF
ROAD WILL BE BUILT
LEXINGTON'S BAD ROADS GREAT
EST OBSTACLE.
Cooperation of Lexington and More
Columbia Enthusiasm Needed
For Highway.
With splendid weather conditions!
for motoring, and with ideal running,
the four Ford touring cars, which left
Newberry on Tuesday morning for Co
lumbia in the interest of the Colum
bia-Newberry-Spartanburg highway,
made the journey in excellent time
and established the fact to the entire
satisfaction of everybody in)the party
that Newberry county is enthusiasti
cally in favor of a good highway, and
is ready to go ahead and build her
part of the road,- which can be done
with very little effort, and that the
most serious obstacle in the way of
the highway is the bad stretch of road
in Lexington county.
The cars came back via Batesburg,
the lower steel bridge across Saluda
river, and Prosperity. Fine roads
were found along the greater part of
this route, and in fact, while the dis
tance is some 15 miles more, the trip
can be made in pradtically the same
time as via Little Mountain and Chap
in, the Lexington road lengthening the
running time along this latter route.
And the trip via Batesburg is d great
deal more comfortable.
The trip to Columbia on Tuesday
morning followed the enthusiastic
meeting in the chamber of commerce
rooms on Monday night, a full account
of which is given in ahother column
of this issue of The Herald and News.
The party was composed of the fol
lowing:
Capt. W. S. Langford's Ford touring
car, with Capt. Langford at the wheel,
carrying John Wood, secretary of the
Spartanburg chamber of commerce:
E. H. Aull, of The Herald and News,
and a member of the board of gover-.
nors of the Newberry chamber of com
merce, and Fred H. Dominick.
Robert Norris' Ford touring car,
with Mr. Norris at the wheel, and
carrying Messrs. JAo. B. Mayes, of the
board of governors of the Newberry
chamber of commerce, and Messrs.
Jno. K. Aull and James L. Aull. Sec
retary E. B. Adams, of the Greenville
chamber of commerce, accompanied
the party in this car to Prosperity.
Dr. E. H. Kibler's car, 'driven by
Mr. W. C. Waldrop, and carrying Dr.
Kibler, Secretary Moorman of the Co -
lumbia chamber of commerce) and
President I.-H. Hunt, of the Newberry
chamber of commerce, who .left the
party at Prosperity and raiturned to
Newberry.
Mr. Forrest Summer's Ford touring
car, driven by Mr. Summer, and car
rying Mr. C. E. Summer, Mr. E. M.
Evans, president of Post J., T. P. A.,
of Newberry, and Mr. Marshall, of Co
lumbia.
The actual running time to Colum
bia, a distance of 43 miles, was 164
minutes, exclusive of stops, which is
an average of a little more than 15
miles an hour. The speed on the
Newberry part Qf the road was con
siderably more than this, the slow
speed necessitated by the Lexington
road cuttir g down the average of the
~running time per hour.I
The run to Prosperity was made~ in
22 minutes, an average of forty miles
an hour being maintained on the mile
of government road between Newber
ry and Prosperity, which is by far
the best mile of road between New
berry and Columbia with the possible
exception of the road for a, mile or
two leading into Columbia.
At Prosperity all business was sus
pendid and an enthusiastic meeting
was held in thie city hall, at which
time, with President G. Y. Hunter, of
the Prosperity chamber of commerce,
presiding, addresses were delivered by
Dr. C. T. Wyche, who welcomed the
visitors on behalf of Prosperity; by
John Wood, of Spartanburg, E. .B.
Adams, of Greenville, I. H. Hunt, of
Newberry, and E. H. Aull, of Newber
ry.
1It was the generally expressed sen
timnent of the people of Prosperity
Sthat every assistance in their power
will be given the supervisor in build
Sing the road in the neighborhood of
rProsperity, and that he will be prom
ised as many teams as he needs fre
Sof charge..
jShort stops were also made at Lit
mal addresses were delivered at these
points.
Columbia was reached at 3 o'clock.
The party attended the baseball game
as the guests of the Columbia cham
ber of commerce and a delightful re
ception was tendered at Ridgewood
club in the afternoon by the cham
ber of commerce and the automobile
asso.ciation.
A fine run was made by the cars on
the homeward journey via Batesburg.
Supervisor Langford, of Lexington,
was seen along the route, and he said
that very shortly he is going to move
his force and build the Lexington road
from the Newberry line to Richland.
The thanks of the Newberry party
are due Secretary C. Wardlaw Moor
man for his untirng efforts in their
behalf. If he can get some of his en
thusiasm and his readiness for hard
work into the people of Lexington,
and a little more interest in the people
of Columbia generally, it would not be
a big pob to build the highway. New
berry's part of the highway is going
to be built, but it can never be a cap
ital-to-county highway via Chapin un
til some work is done on the Lexing
ton roads. It would not take a great
deal of work to put the Lexington
roads in good shape, but at present
they are bad, to say the least. The
foundations for good roads are there,
however, and the cost would not be
great.
If Lexington does not get busy,
N6wberry can tap the Augusta- Co
lumbia highway at Batesburg, giv
ing a fine road to Augusta and Aiken
and southern points, and also a fine
road to Columbia. But Newberry
wants the assistance of Lexington in
biulding the highway straight to Co
lumbia, and Newberry wants Colum
bia -follow the lead of her energetic
secretary of the chamber of commerce
and put more -enthusiasm into the ef
fort.. iia& help' Newberry irge Lex
ington to pull together with Newber
The worst part of the Lexington
road is a stretch . of several miles
about 15 miles this side of Columbia.
The road is bad principally along this
stretch' for the reason that instead of
providing ditches for adequate drain
age, brakes 'are thrown up across the
road. There is a good bed, and with
a little- permanent' W'ork and some
adeqate drainage, the roads could
be put in fine shape.
The only thing needed Dow is a
concert of. action. Laurens is build
ing her part of the highway, and has
a good portion of it completed. The
Newberry supervisor is at work, and
Newberry's part of the highway is be
ing built. What's the matter with
Lexington? And let's have a little
more Columbia enthusiasm.
L News of Excelsior.
Excelsior, May 19.-A good many 6f
our farmers are thinning cotton this
week while the weather continues a
little cool.
Mr. Ira Nates, of Columbia, is vis
iting,.at his father's homie here.
Grain in this section has come out
wonderfully since the rains, but the
grain as a general thing will be short.
Mrs. 5. C. Cook has been spending a
few days with her son, Mr. P. S. Cook,
and family, of Columbia.
Mrs. Banks, of Whitmire, is spend
ing some time with Mrs. J. D. Stone,
who has been very sick.
Mr. Jacob Singley and Miss Annie
Singley have been visiting friends in
Utopia section.
The automobile boys are in this sec
tion now on afternoons s working the
public road, much to the delight of the
traveling public.
Prof. Aumerle Singley, who taught
the Cross Road school, near Chapin,
the past year has recently been re
elected to teach the school another
year.
Mrs. Ernest Addy, of Saluda coun
ty, bas been ove, on a visit to her
fa+er's family, Mr. J. D. Stone.
Glad to see Mr. J. M. Schumpert out
agan after his long spell of sickness.
Sunday school will meet Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, and at 4 o'clock
we will have preaching by the Rev.
Ira S. Caldwell. Public cordially in
vited to the services.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kinard spent
Tuesday with his brother, Rev. Jas. D.
Kinard, and family, of Newberry.
On account of Old Folk's day in
Grace church, Prosperity, Rev. J. A.
Sigh will hold his service at Bachman
Chapel church at 3 o'clock in the aft
ernoon instead of 11 a. m.,. so he and
n+n, 'n attend old folks dayv in
PARTY CONSTIUION
REMAINS UNCHANGED
STATE DEMOCBATIC CONTENTION
REJECTS RESOLUTION.
Qualification For Voting Remains the
Same.-State Chairman Chosen
By Executive Committee.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
* Summary of Work Done.
* A summary of the work of the.
* State Convention, shows the fol- *
* lowing:
* 1. Voting requirements for pri- *
* maries were not changed. x -
* 2. Chairman executive commit- *
* tee elected by commitee and not *
* by convention.
* 3. Party platform adopted.
* 4. Party constitution practically *
* unchanged, changes mostly cleri- *
* cal.
* 5. Pra'ctical harmony. *
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Columbia, May 18.-Ending a stren
uous fight -before the committee on
constitution and by-laws, and upon
the floor of the 'convention tonight,
the South Carolina Democratic con
vention.by a vote of 210 to 79 refused
to adopt resolutions changing the
party constitution so that registration
be required to vote in the primaries.
By a poll of the counties represented
by their delegates it was overwh1ming
ly shown that no further restrictions
are wanted in this State in the Dem
ocratic primary.
There were several resolutions pre
sented but. the Ynain idea of all was
that only qualified electors should- be
allowed to vote in the primaries. The
committee on constitution and by
laws submitted an unfavorable re
port upon the. resolutions, and the
vote tonight was upon the adoption of
this report,' resulting: Yeas, 210;
nays, 79. Charleston county voted
its entire delegation of 17 members
for the adoption of the report; Rich
land county voted its ten members
against the adoption of the report, and
consequently for the restriction of the
primary system of voting. Nearly all
the low-country% counties voted for
the adoption of the unfavorable re
port. Newberry also voted against
any changes.
The question of j'ualification of
voters, upon which majority and min
ority.reports were made by the dele
gations, created much discussion. The'
various resolutions in this matter
were 'then read and taken up separate
ly. TIhe minority report by Mr. Mc
Mahan, recommended Ithe amending
of the constitution so that only regis
tered electors be allowed to vote..
The names signed to the minority re
port are: R. B. Caldwell, Chester;
no. J. McMahan, Richland; Jno. H.
Clifton, Sumter; J. C. Elliott, Lan
caster; Thos. J. Kirkland, Kershaw;
W. F. Stevenson, Chesterfield; R. F.
Smith, Pickens; J. G. Mobley, Fair
field.
Cole. L. Blease, of Newberry, claim
ed the effect of the adcption of the
minority report would be- to cut off
white poeplo from voting. Mr. Blease
said the benefit would be to the ne
groes of South Carolina. There would
not be sufficient time to register all
the voters, and 25,000 voters would
be disqualified. On the jury question
Mr. Blease said some men wouldn't
register, because they didn't want to
serve on the jury. R. G. Rembert
took issue with Mr. Blease in the mat
ter. He did not think the resolution
would go into effect until 1912, giving
all time to prepare for the new order.
R. B. Caldwell, of Chester, called
attention to the danger from votes of
persons who have no interests in the
welfare of. the government Upon a
call for the previous question debate
was ended. Senator Clifton's motion
that the vote be taken by counties
passed. The vote: Yeas, 210; nays,
79. The unfavorable report of the
committee was therefore adopted and
the resolution killed.
Constitutional Requirements.
The fight was upon Article 6, of
the party constitution, with relatfor,
to the primary elections.
That portion of the article which
it was proposed to change and which
now remains as it was, is as follows:
"At this election only Democratic
white voters, who have been residents
of the State twelve months and the
county sixty days preceding the next
geem election, and such negroes asf
ind as have voted the Democratic
icket continuously since, to be shown
)y the certificate of ten white Demo
,ratic voters, who will jiedge them
selves to support the nominees of
3uch elections may vote.
"Provided, that no person shall be
allowed to vote except his name be
enrolled on the particular club list at
which he offers to vote, at least live
days before the first election, which
club shall have a separate pollit
place for primary elections; except In
the county of Charleston, te voter's
name must be on the particular club
list at which he offers to vote at
least sixty (60) days before the pri
mary election, and the county execu
tive committee is authorized to desig4
nate the number of polling places in
that county.
"Provided, further, that in Charles
ton- county the candidates for con
gress, solicitor and- county offices
shall file their pledges and pay their
assessments within the time fixed by
the' county executive committee."
The McMahan resolution, upon
which the discussion was directed,
in part, provided that after the words
"at this election, etc" strike out ,"who
have been residents Qf the State
twelve months and the county sixty
days preceding the next general elec
tion," and to insert in lieu thereof the
words "whose names shall appear on
the registration books of the county'
and, who, when they offer to vote
shall make oath that they .are reki
teied electors of ,sad .county." Mr.
WcMan's resolution was the,mino
Ity report of the committee.
the action of the convention in nbft
interfering with the constitution as
relates to the election of tbe cbam
of the executive committee ratifs
the election last night of Gen. Wile
Jones, is chairman., of the executii
committee. As Mr. Whaley is n
presidet~'f the convention, t o
officers are thus. aeparated.
- Electon.otate Charman
Following the dispositon of the pri-',
mary matter the unfavorablI report
of the committee on the prdposo
change in the coffsitution. Arecting
the election of the State chalrman
was taken up.. Mr. Stevenson submit
4ed- a minority sreport and urged'the
passage. He thought the convention
should elect the chairman of the State..
2xecutive committee just as it elected
ielgates to the National'convention,
and the dounty chairman was named
the same way; that the, State conven-.
tion should retain control of the .
chairman.
It was charged that this was an at
tack on the State chairman. It was
a reflection on the ,Democracy of
Chesterfield. Gen. Jones was not con
sidered 'in 'any such, lt, -he said.
The previous question was then or-,
dyred, and by a large majority the
substitute was voted down and the
Eufavorable report-'dopted, the effect "
f which leaves the election of a State
chairman to the executive committeer
as heretofore.
Platform Adopted.
The convention *onight adopted the
following platform. as outlined by a
special committee:
"The Democrats of South /Carolina,
in convention assembled, express their
gratification that the signs of the
times poit to general dissatisfaction
with the a dministration of the govern
ment by the republican -party, and
congratulate the representatives' of
our party in congi-ess on the approval
given their course in the recent elec
tions in Massachusetts, and New York
at which iepublicans were defeated
and Democrats sent to the congress
in their place.
"The people of all sections are com
ing to realize that the Republican
party stands, for special privileges at
the cost of the mnultitude, and that
through the favoritism shown to the
trusts by tariff legislation, the coun- h
ty is now suffering from conditions
which mage the cost of living so high
that even the Republican congress is
compelled to institute an investigi
tion. The only substantial and lasting .
relief is to be found in the adoption
of the historic Democratic doctrine
demanding a system of tariff duties
sufficient to raise revenues adequate
to the economical administration of
the government
"Material reductions'/ should be
made in the tariff upon the necessi- -
tes of life. The protective tdrlff
makes possible the combinations
which are called trusts and only by
evision of tariff duties downward can
the growth of the trusts be checked.
Failure of thc Republican. administra-'