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L H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New terry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter. Friday, May 20, 1910. A MATTER OF REGRET. We are very sorry to learn that the residents of Johnstone school district have voted to repeal the special tax in that district for the maintenance of the school. This school, during the past year, had one of its most pleas ant and successful sessions and that should have been an encouragement to vote even a larger tax. The building needs repairs and the grounds ought to be put in more at tractive appearance, and the school should have two teachers all the year. We had hoped that the patrons of this school and the citizens of the district would retain this tax and take more pride in building up, at this place, one of the model schools of this coun ty. It is finely locat::d and would have been an object lesson. The three mill tax for school pur poses would not have been very much of a burden and especially when three-fourths of it is paid by people t who own property in the district and who do not reside there, and, there fore, have no children to be educated in the district. The vote to repeal, however, was a very decisive one. Prosperity took a prominent part t in the meeting of the Newberry cham ber of commerce on Monday night. t President G. Y. Hunter, of the Pros- t perity chamber of commerce, made an t inspiring address, and he was accom panied to Newberry by other live cit-1 izens of Prosperity ready to aid in the forward movement inaugurated on Monday night. The State convention which met in i Columbia was a very pleasant and ''very harmonious gathering of the rep- I resentative Democrats of South Car- ti olina. Very few changes were made tl in the rules governing the primary 6 election. The State campaign is to I opien on the 22nd of June. * Mr. C. W. Moorman, secretary of' the chamber of commerce of Colum bia, who was in Newberry at the meet ing on Monday night, and who ac- *A companied the party from Newberry if to Columbiia, was very attentive and u his attentions were very much appre ciated by all who were in the party. d Secretary John Wood, of tha Spar- r tanburg chamber of commerce, is ab live twon builder, and his presence .in Newberry at the meetirg on Monday night will be an inspiration to those t ~ '~who heard him, and the effect of his>y earnest address in the interest of Newberry and of this community wiii be far-reaching. Newberry appreciated the presence of Secretary P. W. Mcglure, of the a 'Greenville chamber of commerce, an?d i of Secretary P. W. McClure, o ftlhe ~ commercial bodies of Greenwood, at 6 the meeting of the chamber of comn merce on Monday night. They both t made fine speeches, and added greatly i to the meeting. We are very much pleased to see the spirt which is characterizing the business men of our sister town of r Prosperity. They are taking a great f interest in their chamber of commerce and are cooperating and pulling to gether for the advancement comamer cially and otherwise of their commu nity. This town is the trading centre of one of the most prosperous sections of South Carolina. The population of No. 9 township is largely white, and the farr ,, while small, are owned by those who live upon them, and the' land is valuable and productive and' the farmers are prosperous. There is no reason why the peoplie of this con munity should not get togetimr ami build a cotton mill so as to enlarge, not only the pay roll of their commu nity, but also the local market for the; farmers who live in that section. Another mill at Newberry and one at Properity this summer would mark a very important event in the commercial history of the county. We, hope to see both built. THE IDLE.* ** * * * * * * * * ** The great end of all human indus try is the attainment of happiness. Hume. That is very well and very true, but did it ever occur to you the great dif ference in human beings as to what constitutes happiness? I mean the different conceptions men have of what is necessary to procure happi ness. Some seem to think the amass ing of gr-at wealth will bring happi ness. Others that political honors and the applause of men will give happi ness. Still others want power. All these are found wanting in the final analysis of life and the only real hap piness is to be found in a life of ser vice. Service not of self, but service :f others-helpful service. No purely gelfish life can find happiness any wAere either at the end or the begin ing or in the hereafter. -0 I have always believed in the gospel: >f hope and good cheer' and' kind iness and faith and I have here :ofore quoted the saying of a very old nan who in reviewing his life -said ie had had a great many troublee in iis day and most of them never hap ened. It is wrong to ourselves and hose with whom we are to live to be rossing the bridge before we get tp t. No use to hunt up old man troj- C le, he will find you. But what I tarted out to say is that I found the ollowing the other iday and I wish knew the editor who wrote it-it c vas in a newspaper. You know I ave come to believe from associa ion to some exteAt with the editor of 'he Herald and News, that the coun ry editor is the most hopeful soul in v !t he world, and with less real founda ion for his hope-except his general ake-up to believe in his fellowman.: lut I want you to read the following: 0 Hope. Hopefulness is a true signt of great .0 oess. It means a conviction that we sr orateor than aour . trub ersonet rh cosan tlyo worlitefgree than rat,cand can aheist ourow whatever omes, in hel onvr anyherean ionoakesall manva og. IWseore ill hs or highposkey;iont realy ares the aorteries ng. Apeso No mosantlys argh o woril his raially an sa,heist. coeane. ong faoit n marklly fli elgi. Worr ; out of date -just now and forever. our-looking people should be shut p in jail; they are dangerous. It is: good thing to throw back-your shoul ers, walk erect, and believe that you wn the whole city. You can do it as eally as any one else, and you feel1 etter for the belief. Most of our roubles are fear for the future, onlyt bogies" whicha disappear when you ralk up to them. There is a good ime coming. It~ is here already, if re only knew it. "To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin." I see some of these little towns like ipartanburg and Gaffnjey are getting .p protests against the census enu aerators even before .the work is fin shed and are making complaint that he people have not been correctly 0 numerated. That is usually the case. here there has been too much claim- 1 ag. The facts and figures are about o call their bluff. Now it does not d aake so much difference to Newberry >ecause if we do not show up over 6,- 1 00 in the census everybody will know hat the figures are wrong and New erry can still be the very 1best town ra the State if the U. S. census enu aerators fail to count all the people, r or we know that we are. 1 Of course, if we could get The Id- r er's Park started .that would give us ,littie better standing with ourselves ~ .n with visitors, but then I believe. t is the philosophers who tell us that ~ ig bodies move slowly at first but hen you once get tlyem started they 'emind you of the ,speed of Halley'sC :omet. Talking about a park I have been* catching to see when city council vould get started on the Coppock I ;rove. I thought I read in the New- 1 >erry paper~s that everything was ~ orelV anel r.gueable and that work vo ( a omn :!eed at oncie.1 The Idler. Identified. Stella-I wouldn't marry the best ~ nan on earth. Knicker-Have I asked you to? [arper's Bazar. 4~ ~ COVER CROPS Clemson Extension The importance of planting cover crops in our orchards is being more fully appreciated each year, yet in some of the principal fruit districts of the South we find many large or chards where no cover crops have been planted. The result is the soil in these orchards is becoming more impoverished each year by the leach ing of soluble fertilizers by surface washing and for want of humus. In most 'cases the orchards are located on the more elevated land which is hilly or rolling with sandy soil and clay subsoil. On such soil it is hard to prevent surface washing entirely, but it could be reduced to the mini mum by the proper use of cover :,rops. Not only do these eover crops prevent surface washing, but they Atilize the soluble fertilizers which would otherwise leach out of the soil. When the crop is turned under, it Ldds considerable humus to the soil Lnd the fertilizers required to pro luce it become available for the use )f the trees. The plants used as cov r crops are of two distinct types, eguminous and non-leguminous >lants. The legumes, such as clov r, cowpeas and vetch, in addition to urnishing humus have the power of :ollecting nitrogen from the air and ,dding this valuable fertilizer to the oil for the use of other plants. The on-leguminous plants, such as rye, ats and turnips, do not collect nitro 'en from the air but when sown in he early fall consume soluble plant Dod during their growth which would therwise be lost by leaching and Thich is returned to the soil when he cover crop is plowed under in te spring. Most soils where orch rds are planted are deficient in both umus and nitrogen and therefore a "guminous cover crop should be se cted. If the trees make sufficient 'rowth without the use of nitrogen us fertilzers then a non-leguminous C over crop may be planted. I think I am safe in saying, how very that th,ere are few commercial rchards in the South that are not i need of both nitrogen and humus. 'o accomplish our purpose of addingI itrogen and humus to the soil and o prevent surface washing, we hould have both a winter and sum ier cover crop. Rye f'oflowed by I cwpeas will give best results on poor i nil. The rye should be sown in the a.rly fall in order that it may covert i le ground as soon as pssible and ji revent surface washing. . The rye hould be turned tinder not later than i ie last of March. This may be, ac omplished by double harrowing 'withJ Facts About Dead King. Aged 68 years and 278 days. Baptized as "Albert Edward." ) Created "Prince of Wales" when 7] reeks old. Educated by private tutors and at de Universities of Edinburgh,, Ox >rd and Cambridge. Visited Canada and, by invitation f Presiden~t Buichanan, the United tates in 1560. Appo.inted Lre-.et colonel in '18'd nd' general in 1862. A lawyer-"bencher of the Middle 'emple"-in 1861. Visited Egypt, Palestine, Sy'ria ~and -thens In 1861. Gave up right to succed to duchy f Saxe-Coburg-G~otha in 1868. Took his seat in house of lords. in 868. Married March 10, 1863, Alexandra, aughter of the king of Denmark. Had severe attack of typhoid in 871. Visited India in 1875-'76. Visited Ireland in 1885. Celebrated silver wedding in 1888. Suggested "Imperial institute" ,as' iemorial of the queen"s jble In 1893 sat on the Poor Law com iission. Created chancellor of the Univer ity of Wales in 1896. Established the "Prince of Wales. lospital fund" for the better sup ort of London hospitals in 1897. Came to the throne on the death f his mother, Queen Victoria, Janu ry 22, 1901, as "King of Great ~ritain and Ireland and Emperor of ndia," taking title of Edward VII. Sudden illness, requiring opera-I ion and preventing his coronation a June, 1902, as planned, was crown d in Westminster abbey with ~bridged ceremonies, August 9, fol owing. Automobile owners of was,1th and rominence, representing nearly very State in the Union, every pro ession and the largest business in erests of the country, have cooper-; .ted with Thomas B. Jeffery & Co.j 1: aI 4 IN ORCHARDS Work-Article VI. the disk harrow and this method is preferable to plowing as it avoids the danger of plowing too deep near the trees. A strip of land six to ten teet wide between the rows of trees sown broadcast about the first of May. .Early in September the pea vines should be' worked into the soil by means of a disk harrow and the land can be seeded to rye or crimson clov er. After one or two crops of rye and . liav e oeen worked into the soil, cA imson - clover or hairy vetch may ue sown instead of rye. Crimson clov or makes an excellent cover crop from .OjLeinber to May. As soon as enough ,.eed A;ave ripened to reseed itself, Lue clover should be worked into the soil with a disk harrow. If the clov er is allowed to occupy all of the space between the rows of trees dur h g the months of March and April. it will retard the growth of trees to some extent, and therefore I think it best to turn under the clover early in; March. My plan is to fertilize and! cultivate the trees early in March, leaving a narrow strip of clover in the middle to reseed itself. A strip two to three- feet wide will produce enough seed for the entire middle. kfter the seed have ripened, the clov er is worked into the soil with a disk arrow and the land may be smooth 1d and the seed scattered over the ,ntire middle by means of a tooth iarrow. Hairy vetch is an excellent :over crop and may be treated in the ;ame way as crimson clover. The ;eed are sown in August or Septem-'* yer and the cr6p worked into the soil n the spring. If crimson clover or hairy vetch is :o be planted on iand where neither >f these crops has grown before, it viil be necessary to inoculate the * ield by securing soil from land where retch and clover have previously rown. This soil ma/ be scattered ver the Iand in the same way as far- * lizer immediately after sowing the , eed, and then mixed with the soil nd seed by means of a tooth harrow. heat, oats, and barley make good over crops, but they d!o not thrive on oor land as well as rye. In no case should grian be allow d to mature in the orchard as it ould rob the trees of moisture andl lant food at the very time they need- ; d them most. When a good crop of owpeas, vetch or crimson clover is dded to the soil, we are at the same ime greately enriching the suppl' of itrogen which is our most expenasive0 ertizer.Prof. C. C. Newma.. S. C. Experiment Stat:on. n the production of a remarkable iumber of the Rambler. Magazine, a mblication issued in the interesti of lambler owners. This magazine ,is in the form of a itandard' publication. The cover de ign is in four colors -and the book s printed on the finest rstock, con isting of forty pages of interesting0 eading matter for motorists. Aside from the contributions from >wners, there are appropriately il .ustrated stories of touring, one de ~criptive of a trip through the Brit- ' sh Isles. In addition, there are in eresting accounts of how a modern ~ar of the better quality is made. The Rambler Magazine is not for$ ~ales on news stands. It will be sent ree to anyone who makes request of ['homas B. Jeffery & Company, Ken. 1sha, Wisconsin.. Bishops Don't Do It. A friend of the late Father Tabb. aid in Ellicott City:0 "This fine poet and good man lought that class hatr;ed was due to -" gnorance-that the rich knew too lit- oc2 le of the poor, and vice versa. "He once illustrated this ignorance -ith the story of a' Methodist bishop's; vife who addressed a meeting of slum iousewives on their home duties. The did ddress made the home life seem all jud iery fine and ideal, but one housewife ocI roiced the opinion of the rest, per 1aps, when she said to h'er neighbor, - 'ith a sniff: "'She's all right as far as she goes; ut what I'd like to ask her is this: i What does she do when her old bishop ma 3mes home pay night with his en- shi -elope empty and a fighin' jag on?'" ma -Minneapolis Journal. diC ANNOUNCEMENTS. No th< For Treasurer. I hereby announce myself as a can iidate f,or reelection to the offic3 o,f ,ounty treasurer, subject to the Dem- nol .4.41. Is Isolation a Bur Thei The telephone makes t large family for business and aids in church work and su neighbors to social gathering the Bell System enables you most anywhere without leavii Write to nearest Bell Te] address Farmers' Line Depart6 SOUFHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND 1 163 SOUTH PRYOR sTREET. AT Newberry H Compa WEEDERS 1H CULTIVA] COTTON I HORSE H WHEEL I GRAIN CR2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN DOG WINDO~ CREAM FRI Newberry H1 Co mpa aic primary. magis: ** Jno. L;~ Epps. Ithe r For Judge of Probate. ereby announce 'myself as~a can- The e for reelection to the office of; nounc eof probate, subject to the Dem-foN 'ati prmar. M v. Schumpert.Dmo For Magstrate Nos. 1 and 8. hereby announce myself as a can- I he e for reelection to the office of didate gstrate in No. 1 and No. 8 town- Towns , subject to the Democratic pri. the D< John Henry ChappelL .-....... hereby announce myself as a can e for the office of magistrate in! I h< 3eo and ic8 townships, subject to didate J. C. Sample. ocratil For Magistrate No. 11. Te voters of No. 11 do hereby an-No ne W. F. Suber as candidate for Heral4 den to You? i Remove 1t he community one social purposes. It mmons friends and 3. Connection with to reach anybody al ig your home. .ephone Manager,or ient FIJEGRAPI C4. ..A.IT M IARROWS [ORS. OES WIRE RS AND7 wS fty rate .for No. 11, and will- abldeF a les of the Democratic primary. Voters., undersigned is hereby 1n ed as a candidate for mgs o. 10 township, subject to ~ratic primary. T.' E Stone For Magistrate No. 11. reby announce .myself as a can for Magistrate- for No. 11 hip and will abide the rules o ~mocratic primary. 3. 3. Kinard. For County Auditor. ~reby announce myself as can for reelection as auditor for ~rry county, subject to the Dem primary. E. S. Werts. - is the time to subscribe to The - aud News, $1.6 per year.' ----. .