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Why Editors Are Liars. Did you ever read the vedaig no tice that dep:rted much from the tol lowing: Miss Esti Mabel Good and Mr. Sterling Worth were married last evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Swell, on Pros perity avenue, Rev. Mr. Big Fee offi ciating? Or did you ever read of a school entertainment where the exer cises did not "reflect credit on the teacher," or of a social gathering that was not a "most enjoyable af fair," or of a red-headed girl whose "auburn tresses" were not much ad Wired, or of a funeral where the de ceased was not the embodiment of all virtues and where the bereaved rela tives did not have the sympathy of the entire community? asks the May field Mirror. No, and you never will, so long as you will insist tearin.g the printer man's eyes out or wreck his office or stop your paper every time he tells the truth about you. You don't want the truth, unless it is something bad about your neighbor, and then you are mighty pleased and come around and tell the editor, "That was a hot shot you gave old Brown. Served him right, too." But if you stop to no tice, you will remember that you nev er told the writer such a thing when anybody else could hear you. You were afraid to, wern't you? And you don't want the truth, if it is about you; you want the editor to roast the other fellow, but with you he is ex pected to lie for. It is an item of news when your child fails to pass an examination in school just as much so as when it succeeds in passing. Lord, how mad you would get if the editor mentioned it. Your daughter's rnning after be-oil haire dry goods machinist is notorious town talk in fact, but when the wedding notice appears you don't want the editor to give a notitce something like this: "After several months' of hard work, Miss App Arent Fraud has succeeded in land ing that young rake, Mr. Oy Lee Tough, who is hustling dry goods for Jnes. The Lord knows she has ang led long enough for a beau, and the whole town rejoices that she has at last succeeded in landing a sucker." Now, you don't want that. If it is so, even if you are a good Christian your self, you want the poor editor to risk -'his immortal soul and lie about your -,.daughter. You want him to go to li vicariously, don't you? And * when you get a job after asking ev ery man in town, .you want the edi tor to say you "accepted a position." And when you get fired you want him et up on his behind legs and say -have "resigned a responsi ace." No, the poor editor can ope to have any great reputa r truth 'and veracity so long as insist on his.being a constant liar t your own petty, little contemp e affairs. And when your poor, d-working wife goes sixteen miles a 'visit for the first time in 'eigh een years, you don't want the editor to say so. Your standing-great God! would not permit of such brutality t'o a faithful, loving companion. Oh, no; you don't want the editor to tell the truth about you. Want him to ,3ie for you, now don't. you ?-Eliza 'bethtown (Ky.) News. -The Joke Was On John. "When John- Allen was running for congress a number of years ago .he feared he would not be reelected, and he called in to help him his old friend, John Sharp Williams," said former Representative Joe Sibley, of Pennsylvania, at the Willard recent ly to a gallery of newspaper men. "The two mapped out a plan of campaign, and they stumped the district together for a couple of -weeks, when Allen was called to an other part of the district, leaving Williams to go on and fill h.is en gagements. John Sharp always loy ed to play tricks on his friends. He bad been with Allen on so many of "his campaigns that he knew pretty much all of the latter's good stsories, and -so when Williams hauled up at a small place where Allen was popu lar he determined to have some fun with his frieigd. He began by telling what a great man Allen was, and then he told his audience every good story Allen had been telling. The Allen constituency listened and laughed, and dismissed Williams with a great send-off. "A week after Allen visited the same neighborhood, and once more the crowd was big. He began by thanking the citizens for their at tendance, and then launched in on some of his stories. He told one, two, three. There was not a ripple visible, not a smile to break the solemnity of the occasion. Allen was dumbfounded. He looiked around the audience, but in return got nothing but the glassy stare. He imagined that he was addressing a convention of undertakers. Evidently he had lost his grip entirely. "After the meeting adjourned, Al len /called one of the men aside and "Haven't I got a single friend in have talked for an hour and a half, told the very pick of my stories, and did not so much as evoke a smile from a single one.' "'You are all right personally,' re sponded the fellow. "The next time you come here to speak, however, don't repeat the same speech that was delivered by Mr. Williams over a week ago."-Exchange. Osculation. Don't let him kiss your hand, Daisy Bliss; Don't ever let him do It, Pretty Miss; There's danger in the act Of osculation-'tis a fact. 'Tis so subtle-the impact, Daisy Bliss. -New York Sim. Don't heed the horrid Sun, Daisy Bliss; In a kiss there's lots of fun, Daisy Bliss; It's a thing that no, one misses, And, besides, these very kisses Often make a Miss a Mrs., Daisy Bliss. -Rochester Post Express. That is very bad advice, Daisy Bliss; You'll be skating on thin ice, Daisy Bliss; For the deuce will be to play If you should get too gay And even kiss and run away, Daisy Bliss. -Scranton Tribune. Just to hear these news men talk, Daisy Bliss; We girls know how they'd balk, Sister Blis, If we didn't kiss at all, Or they thought we'd kiss at call We- use tact, or else we pall, Daisy Bliss. -Boston Transcript. If once you let him kiss you, Daisy Bliss; He'll always want to do it, Daisy Bliss; You must hold him at bay Till to you he hastens to say: "I'll make you mine. some day'," Daisy Bliss. -Detroit News. "Saved," Indeed! "John D. Rockefeller, before he abandoned the interview," said a New York reporter, according to the St. -Louis Globe-Democrat, "once advis ed me strongly against the policy of saving money, penny by penny, in stead of spending It for the good of one's business.: "Such saving, he said, seemed al most as foolish to him as the con duct of Pete.r Clay. "Peter Clay was a coachman. His master found him one winter morn ing lying on top of a snowdrift in the front garden quite drunk. "'Why, Peter, you scoundrel,' the master cried, 'what do you meani by getting drunk at this time of day? Your breakfast has hardly settled, and you're drunk?' "?'Well, sir,' Pete answered, rising carefully, 'my. excuse is that, sir, on the way home with a demijohn of whiskey for my wife's rheumatism, I fell on a cake of ice, sir, and the demijohn busted, and the good li quor all ran out. It lay in little pools and puddles between the frozen ruts.. I got down and lapped up all I could, sir. That's how I got over come.' "Well, you scoundrel, how much did yotu drink?" "Well, sir," said Peter, "I guess I must have saved close on to a quart and a pint." He Could Not Recommend It. The editor of the Plunkville Argus was seated at his desk, busily engag ed in writing, a fervid editorial on the necessity of building a new walk to the cemetery, when a battered speci men of the tramp printer entered the office, says the Youth's Companion. "Mornin', boss!" said the caller. "Got any work for a print?" "I have,' ' answered the editor. "You happen in just right this time. I've got only a boy to help me in the office and I need a man to set type for about a week. I have to make a trip out West. You can take off your coat and begin i ight now. I start to morrow morning." "All right," said the typographical tourist removing his coat. "What road are you going to travel on?" "The X. Y. Z. mostly. I've never been on it. Know anything about it?" "I know all about it. I have travel Led it from one end to the other.' "What kind of a road is it?" "Punk!" said the printer, in a tone indicative of strong disgust. "The ties are .oo far apart! Heiress (signing her wiU-It's just as well to take the precaution as only "the good die young," you: know. Lawyer--Ah, I always think that there's a mistake in that proverb. It should be "only the young die good.' -Lonndnn Opinion. THE POWER 0 'Mattiew 14:1-1, "He that i.e Qlor to anar i. oetter than th tan nl that taketh a cit OHN THE 1BAPTIST. because of L and mouth-pace of God, was a t his couriers ;wd the grent of tha and the wore prominent people co fanatics. Doubtless they would have m not been for their fears of the people. I gladly and declared that "never man spa people believed John to be a prophet. We will not undertake to say wheth not when lie reproved the king and Que it to be the wiser plan for Christian m God fearlessly and plainly, without attet each hearer to apply the message to hi represents an uncommon, class of wome ambition. She married the man who, fo tion to a kingly position. But when the peror to his brother. Herad Antipas. she and. deserting her husband, became He tist, while fearlessly denouncing sin, felt of his teachings to King Herod. Some have assumed that Herod had the' palace and give a talk on the reformns nection. the prophet pointed out the w that it was not in harmony with the Div brother Philip's wife. Herodias heard o accepted such counsel it would mean tha Salome. would become outcasts from the it would be impossible for her to return of Herodias over the King led to John's to effect his death. for she realized her p John's fearless speech might yet influence This ambitious. wicked, artful wom birthday celebration was her opportunity for a great banquet, at which were pre land. Wine was in plentiful supply. Shi flame the passions and relax the moral her beautiful daughter. Salome. specially her to perform one of the obscene dance sions. but not commonly indulged in exc by princesses. The occasion was to be a ence the King exactly as it did-to admir of any gift she would ask. The plan s words were. -Ask of me a gift, even to t suggestion of his willingness to niake her Following her .mother's instructions. inquiring of the mother what gifts she agine than describe the surprise of the c quest "the bead of John the Baptist on a disappointment this would mean: what v things it would destroy!-with what surr why this gruesome gift should be given.. to her that the death of John the Bapti the world for them both-that without from conditions of affluence into the aby can imagine her saying, "This. Salome. i ask from the King." And the power of the daughter was wonderfully exem plifie again amongst the company,.of nobles wl voice accepted the King's offer of what< half of his Kingdom and stated that acc< of the Prophet on a platter. The King's conscience was not quite i as well as his subserviency to Herodias c< a King to give his word of hionor in thE then to repudiate it. would be to him a I: tion of how "the fear of man 15ringeth'a this!-that a man's first responsibility is whatever the cost. Tradition has it that remainder of his days. It Is in line wit] and his mighty works. he expressed the or power of John -had passed to .Jesus. '. Our lesson brings before us two strol and Herodias were strong characters. the other for selfish ambition and sinful ind nation for their good and prepared the v message. The other swayed the hding a: and disgrace, and terrbl'ackened her in the future, when he, as a member of' forth to a "better resurrection"-to be a Jacob and ail the ptophets in the earthly Herodias. surely continuously unhap a course which led to his banishment. In cording to the Bible, will be a resurrect (Daniel 12:2.> Inasmuch as she degrade< nities, we may assiiredly know that she greatly handicapped by her improper cou: centuries, even under the favoi'able condit deeply-dyed character to purge itself of 1 and to rise gradually to true nobility anc do, to die the Second Death., I DOWNWAED COURSE, I Fast Being 1!ealizett by Newwberry People.4 A little backache at first. - Daily innreasing till the back is lame and weak. Urinary disorders quickly follow; Diabetes and finally Brighlt's Dis ease. This is the downward course of kidney ills. Don't take this course. Newber ry residents should profit by the fol lowing experience. Jonathan Werts, twelve miles from Newberry, S. C., says: "About live years ago I began to suffer from severe pains in the small of my back which grew worse rapidly until I could hardly straighten after stoop ing. My kidneys also caused me a great deal of annoyance, the secre tions from these organs passing too frequently, and containing sediment. I t.ried several remedies, but did not obtain relief until I procured Doan's~ Kidney Pills at Pel.ham & Son's drug store and began their use. They helped me in a short time and my kid neys have caused me but little trouble sin'e. I keep Doan's Kid cLhand at all times and* ai~ :ke a few doses, which serve to keep my kidneyss in a nor- j mal condition.'' For sale by all 'dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remem,4ber the name-Dan 's-Il nd t.ae nter. D D - A WOMA". .-Mpy 22. 6 mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit I."-Proverbs 16:32. is boldness and courage as a servant iorn in the side of King Herod and t day. Herod and the High Priests usidered John the Baptist and Jesus ade away with them quickly had it 'he common people heard the Master .e like this man;" the same common er John exceeded his commission or en. As a rule, however. we believe nisters to speak forth the Word of apting personal application-allowing s own heart. Herodias fortunately a. She was governed by boundless r a time. seemed in line for promo title was given by the Roman Em inveigled the latter by her charms odias the "Queen." John the Bap led to make a personal application requested John the Baptist to visit he advocated. and that, in this con rong of the King's conduct saying ine Law, that he was living with his r this and realized that if the King herself and her beautiful daughter, palace and be without a home, as to her husband. Philip. The power imprisonment. Her next move was osition insecure so long as he lived. the King. in plotted murder, and the King's . She forwarded the arrangements sent the nobles and princes of the well knew that the wine would in tone of the company. So she had prepared and attired,' and instructed s common to the east on such occa-. ept by the lower classes, land never rare one. It was intended to influ ,ition and a boastful offer to the girl ucceeded to the letter. The King's Le half of my Kingdom"-possibly a his true Queen. 5alome reported the matter at once, should request. We can better im .irl when told by the mother to re platter." We may conceive what a isions of the beautiful and -precious rise Salome must have asked as to We can imagine.the mother hissing ;t was the most necessary thing in it any dy might see them hurled ss of degiadation and poverty. We s the priceless gift which you must the woman over both the 'King and I in the result. Salome. went gaily iom she had charmed.-and in a loud iver she would choose, even to the irdingly, the gift should be the head .ead. He was grieved; but his pride )trolled him. He reasoned that for h earing of nobles and princes and isting shame. Ah, what an illustra snare!" What a lesson we read in to his God and to. his conscience, Herod was haunted with fear the Sthis that when he heard of Jesus conviction that somehow, the spirit ig and twvo weak characters. John one for the right and for God, the ulgence of* it. The. one swayed his 'orthy remnant to receive Messiah's id her daughter to infamy, murder own character. John's reward lies be Ancient-Worthy class, will come sociated with Abraham, Isaac and phase of the Millennial Kingdom. py. finally persuaded the King to which she shared. Her future, ac on to shame and lasting contempt. herself and missed grand opportu will come forth in the Millennium 'se in the present life. It may take ions of Christ's Kingdom, for such a he shame and the lasting contemtpt human perfection, or. failing so to iPECAL SALE -OF Window Shades Friday and Saturday, d4ay 20th and 21st. 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