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COTTON MARKET ARKET. Corrected by Nat Gist. E cte. .. a ..ek St . 4 -a s . .25 Strt Mdin. Holm. - Cottr.. ........ ....925 Good Middling. . .14M Strict Middliu. ..14% II Has. Miiddling . . . . . . 14%Bao....1%t15 13y Robt. XC. Holmes. -For...50to60 Good Mliddling. . 14% i Strict Mfiddliug- .140s'a.....5 t64 41iddling .. .. ...14 Y Cotton seed 30 cents. VOLUME XLVIII. NUMBER 55. FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1910. TUESDAYVL42,9 01TW910. . WANTS MORE TIME. Clemson Board Can Not Make U] Mind About a President-Riggs Continues. Columbia State. Clemson College, July 13.-The an nual summer meeting of the Clemsoi board of trustees adjourned this aft ernoon. No action was taken towari the election of a president. The ar rangement by which W. M. Riggs ha been acting as president was con tinued. The board authorized Actin President Riggs and Chairman John stone of the board to make such ar rangements as they thought wise an( mecessary in regard to the conduct o the engineering department, of whicl Prof. Riggs is director. The board ex pressed itself as well pleased with th< condition of affairs at the college, th< business affairs being so thoroughl: systematized as to meet the entire ap proval of the board, which felt tha meither the college nor the people o the State could possibly ibse anythinj under a continYuance of the present ar Tangement until the board was thor oughly prepared to elect a permanen president. The same committee 01 the president was continued. Appropriations. The annual appropriations wer, 'made for the conduct of the collegi for the coming year, as follows: Fo: State work of various kinds, $85,000 for normal operating expenses, $143, 000; for completion of new buildings '$6,000; for insurance for next fiv, years, $14,000; for unusual expendi tures, $6,000. Twenty thousand wa appropriated for a dairy building an $8,000 for a dairy barn. This will.pu the dairy work on a fine basis. The agricultural committee of thi board was authorized to ask the leg islature for permission to establisi experiment stations in the Pee De< and possibly in the sand hill sections The trustees received the report o the board of visitors which inspectei the workings of the college in May The report -will be published latez The report of the auditing commissioi as also received and read. Thi commission, consisting of W. B. Wesi J. P. Derham, E. C. Elmore and J. E Haltiwanger, recently made a thor ough audit of the books and account -of the college for the past seve years. The report sets forth that th ~accounts of the college are in ever respect satisfactory; that the money "aave been economically spent in ac cordance with orders of the board -and that all accounts are properly ac counted and voigched for. The acting president and the chair -man of the board were authorized t< -carry into effect the purchase of th, 'Lewis lands under the authorit: -granted at the last legislature, the at torney general to approve the titles. RECORD PARTY SAILS. . 'ight South Carolina Ladies Off fo Six Weeks in Europe. New York. July 13.-The Record' poarty of European tourists, eight i: number, sailed today at noon on th steamship Presidelat Grant of th Eamburg-American line. The party is in charge of Mr. Ritte 'of McCann's tourists agency. All ar 'well and comfortably quartered. The members are: Miss Lillia Hammond, Miss Lucy R. Hoyt an 'Miss Fannie C. McCants, of Columbia .Miss 'Rosabel Wessinger, of Ne' Brookland; Miss Etta Zemp, of Cain .den; Miss Amelia Pride Beckham, c Rock Hill; Miss Elizabeth Dominici of Newberry; Mrs. L. G. Heinitsh, C Columbia. "A Fair Exchange." "Do I have to exchange weddini presents in the department fror 'which they were puirchased ?" "Not at all," said the floorwalkel "Thank ycu," said the Juza~ bridf ''I want to trade a china vase fori frying pan. "-Pittsporg Pos. The Helpful Ones. "Here is the list of people we ough to invite up to our cottage this sum mer." "But you've left off all our rela tions." "I know, I'm only going to ask thos people, who I'm sure, will do thei ae of the work."-Detroit Fre THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Agitation Started for Cotton Iill-T C. T. U. Entertainment-Social Functions. Prosperity, July 14.-Mrs. E. I - Ycung and Master George Wise ar i in Columbia visiting Mrs. A. H. Kohn - Miss Mary Willis spent several day I in Columbia, the guest of Miss Marl - Dent. I Mrs. Rosa Dominick has returne - home after several months' stay wit her son, Mr. Jake Dominick, -of Kii - ards, S. C. Mr. P ihert Elmore, after a visit t I his daughter, Mrs. E. B. Kibler, h3 E returned to his home at Whitmire L Mrs. W. L Mathisp and little davugh - ter, Helen, are visiting in Newberr Miss Lillie Mae Russell spent tb week-end at Peak, S. C. j Mr. W. L. Mathis spent several day with Mr. J. 1'. Wise en route to hi home in Durant, Okla. Mesdames 1 C. Singley and F. V Schumpert spent Wednesday in Ne% - berry. - Mrs. J. P. Whe'eler and daughtei Grace, have gone to Silver Street t spend some time with relatives. Mr. Tom 'Wicker, of Newberry, i visiting Mr. A. B. Wise. Mrs. L. A. Black and little daughtei i Virginia, left Wednesday for RurE y Retreat, Va., to spend several week with relatives. - Miss Lillie Mae Russell has as he guest Miss Nora Curlee, of Winnc boro, and Mrs. Robert Murrell, ( - Peak. Miss Annie Mae Bedenbaugh, ( i Kibler's Bridge, is visiting Miss Elle t Werts. Mr. Godfrey Harman, Jr., sper T Thursday in Newberry. - Miss Ione Caldwell, of Newberry, i visiting Miss Mary DeWalt Hunter. Miss Helen Vaughn, of Columbia, i the guest of Mrs. J. F. Browne. r Mrs. M. L. Lovelace and little Miq j Edna Kinard, of Newberry, are spen ing this week with Mrs. J. M. Wert Miss Eula Joiner, of Helena, Ga has returned home after visiting re' atives and friends here. Mrs. L. S Bowers has as her guel Mrs. Kate Swittenberg and Sara . Merchant, of Newberry. Mrs. C. M. Harmon has returns i from a visit to Miss Julia Matthew! e at Ninety Six. r Miss Myrdie Taylor, of Newberry,.i g visiting her cousin, Miss Mamie Le - Taylor. ,Don't forget children's day at Zioi - July 16. The programme is an intei esting one. - Miss Lula Matthews, of Atlanta, G; y is spending this month with MIL ,Nannie Simpson. , Miss Ruby Wheeler will return I .. Lake City, Fla., with Mr. and Mrs. I T. Boozer.. Dr. E. N. Kibler has returned froi a two weeks' stay at Gleen Springs. Cashier V. L. Smith, of Pomaria r was in town Wednesday. Mr. E. S. Kohn, of Little Mountail is a guest at the Wise Hotel. s Mr. S. S. Birge, of Little Motuntai i spent the week-end with M?. ,A. 4 a Wise. 3 Mr. Charlie Kibler, U. S. A.. is vil iting in town. r The chamber of commerce m e Tuesday afternoon in city hall Se eral business matters of important were discussed. Among these wt the necessity of a cotton mill, a 'id th manufacturing committee was al ~pointed to urge its erection. The coni mittee on the annexation of a part< SLexington county to Newberry vws continued. ,Following is the programme of th W. C. T. U. to be held at city ha Jtly 15, at 8.30 o'clock. Public col dially invited:. Welcome chorus. S"Why Don't the Christians Help" SMiss May Dominick. Vocal Solo-Miss Janie Russell. Recitation--Miss Elizabeth Hav kins. Instrumental duet-Misses Wheeli and Russell. "The Power of the White Ribbori -Miss Blanch Kibler. tTableau. Vocal solo-Miss Annie Moseley. Recitation-Miss Julia Schumpert - Motion song-Susan and Hent Quattlebaum. e *"A Mother's Letter to Girls"-Mis rEthel,Counts. e I nstrunmantal duet-Misses Will Quartet-Hail! Home of Liberty! Misses Moseley, Russell, Grosclose . and Mrs. Morris. The Misses Werts in their usual charming manner entertained at a "Progressive Salmagundi Party" on D. Thursday evening in honor of Mr. e and Miss Joiner, of Helena, Ga. The attractive Werts home was indeed at s tractive in its decorations. At the e close of the games a very delicious Ice course was served. Those enjoying the Misses Werts' h hospitality were: Misses Groseclose, .. Bess and Della Bowers, Ethel Counts, Isoline Wyche, Effie and Elizabeth o Hawkins, Lillie Mae Russell, Annie s Mae Bedenbaugh, Eula Joiner; Messt. 7 S. B. Bowers, H. J. Rawl, W. E. Mos - eley, G. D. Brown, E. S. Kohn, J. P. r. Wise, W. B. Wise, A. B. Wise, Tom e Wicker, of - Newberry, J. B. Beden baugh, and Dr. 0. B. Simpson. s s COTTON TARE ACT VALID. r. Supreme Court Renders Opinion In . Very Important Matter. , News and Courier. o Columbia, July 13.-In fewer words, perhaps, than it has taken the su s preme court to tell of much less im portant cases, that tribunal this even e ing, in an opinion being handed down i by Justice Eugen'e B. Gary, dismisses the appeal of W. G. Mullins in the now famous cotton tare case involving r nearly $2,00.,000. - The court says: "The facts are set )f out, in the order of his honor, the judge, which is affirmed for the rea f sons therein stated." Appeal dismiss U ed. Justice Woods, concurring, in a t separate opinion, says: "I concur. The statute attacked as unconstitutional 3 does nothing more than fix the maxi mum quantity of bagging and ties q which shall be regarded for trade l'ur poses as a component part of a bale of , cotton. The Important public purpose -.of certain and uniform rules laid 3. down by the statute is to induce fair ness and prevent disputes between . buyers an4 sellers of the chief com mercial product of the State, and the certainty and uniformity which will a probably have this result make the statute reasonably adapted to the pub d lic purpose in view. There is no substantial interference with freedom of contract, for, of course, buyers and s sellers, in agreeing- on a price, will have in view the bagging and ties, which under the statute must be treat 1ed'as a part of the bale of cotton." The tare case came up when W. G. -Mullins was arrested for violation of the act, passed at the last session of e the general assembly, in which it was decreed that 6 per cent. tare should o be deducted- from bales of cotton, ex Scept in the case of round bales and 300 pounders, in which case the excess was to be deducted. Heretofore 20 pounds had been the tare. S The argument made by the c.otton buyers was that the act was unconsti Stutional, principally in that it tried to put the cotton business under police Spower. Following arguments before ;Judge Devore, the circuit judge pass ed an order sustaining the magis Strate's decision. TBe main theme of the order was that the tare was a Sreasonable bit of legislation. The de cision by the supreme court affirms the order of the circuit judge. Mr Ls Mullins was fined $5. As this case involves nearly $2,000, 000, the fight is not over yet. One of Sthe cotton men said tonight that it was pgobable that there would be s"the biggest fight you ever saw this fall." "'What are you going to do?, was asked. "Refuse to buy the cot e ton," he laughingly replied. 11' _ No Children Allowed. "Have you any children ?" demnand -ed the landlord. "Yes," replied the would-be tenant solemnly, "six--all in the cemetery." "Better there than here," said the' landlord consolingly; and proceeded to execute the desired lease. rIn due time the children return.'d , from the cemterey, whither they had been sent to play.-Life. In M.*e. Visitor (in aeroplane apartments) :What became of. that beautiful little water spaniel you had on your yacht slast summer? Hostess-Oh, he was so unfa.shion e ab!. up here that J c!xchangd i.jtm SEEING SIGHTS IN AIKEN. til ec E. K. Charmed With Aiken Hospital- w lty.-Writes Interestingly of -City tb ofParks. itj Aiken, -July 8.-It seems that we a] can't, or rather don't, want to get di out of the habit of writing to The In Herald and News. As Editor Aull has ri kindly offered us the continued frae- 1l4 ,dom of his columns we find our cc heart and pen turning back to that D I particularly pleasant task of greet ing you through this medium and we S can't resist the temptation of an- 9 other old time chat. It seems ages, though in reality Jts ul only two months since we turned the lo Prosperity letters over to our worthy I successor. And here we are away fO down in Aiken. Aiken, famous for its I01 climate, its drives, its hospitality dc and its general progressiveness- cl teaching drawing in the Tri-county m Institute that is being held here. Be- b( fore arriving at this much talked 7P about place, we had the usual mis- ai givings about being a stranger in a st strange land, and wonderment con- vi cerning. our rieception. But when we h( stepped from the train we were met it by the county superintendent, a typi- sl cal, philanthropic schgol man, and A given the glad hand. We were sot n made to feel at home every where, le and like the old darkey at the wed- ' ding, we don't care -how long it lasts. P1 To prove that the surroundings are h not disagreeable, but suggestive of things near and dear to our heart, ho we have but to look ou. our windows tT to see "Newberry street" in gilt let- P ters smiling up at us and seeming to a, say that after all the world-our par- d ticular part of it is very small. Aside d4 from this happy habit Aiken has of P naming the streets for the counties, w there are evidences of "Prosperity" everywhere. And what more could a, one desire4 "Tell it not in Guth nor on the streets of Askelon," but there t was one thing the Aiken people for got to mention-and this was truly a b flagrant error-but easily accounted a for as they are mnore "Crackers" than ti South Carolinians-and know more t about Georgia than the pot of gold "I at the foot of the Piedmont rainbow e: (i. e. Newberry county). Yes, they forgot to ask about "Frog Level." ei Maybe we are wrong in thinking o proximity to Georgia caused this if breach in the usual .etiquette about ti what shall be said to Prosperity peo.- ti pie, for they may be following a cer- tlU tain injunction concerning stone cast -l1 ing. Let this omission be due to what- di soever cause it -may, the fact that Aikt- al en has a natural, nocturnal, never- h< tired concert company remains the tU same.a As a child we used to speculate u13 on the poem, "Twenty Froggies Wentt to School." Well, all the 20 froggies. ai that you, we, your relatives and T friends ever read or sang about .are e all down here in this grand schooi, or c< rather university, just on the out- tl skirts of Aiken. Talk about making!b night hideous! These frogs can give h a sealed, signed and delivered (at any ! times contract for so doing. But then j01 with all these faults- we love Aiken al still-and we can but admire the cir- L cumspection of the little brown and! green coated hoppers that prefer Aik- W en and Prosperity to other places~ al that shall be nameless for the nonce. tU Jokes aside, however, for our orig- st inal intention was to mention some: s4 of the things that make Aikein unique,' aa One's first, last, and all-the-time im- ti pression of this city is that it is noth-c ing but a delightful, long-drawn-out'h parke, a succession of parterres, yucca, 0 magnolia and privet that accidentally c4 have charming homes sandwiched in gi among them. The business portion tU of Aiken is to all appearances close akin to this same section in other r cities of its size. (I believe Aiken ti boasts of 4,000 inhabitants, exclusive di of its floating population). There is bi nothing just here indicative of North- ci ern sojourners. But not so all of b Aiken! When one leaves Park street T: and goes south, a few paces will land in one in Yankeedom proper. We had tr the good fortune to be driven over jvi this "Kingdom of closed Doors," sev-- 01 eral times behind the mettlesome a Mowitza. Her traveled master told'it; interesting facts, fanctes and fables! ic about those who come and go. We ci shall not stop to give more than a W few salient facts and the points of ~ - ~;l...,.., he has filled his lungs and delight his alfactories with the piney., Dodsy, invigorating air and odors at one encounters on the famous hitney Drive (where such modern es as autos and aeroplanes are not lowed). Biltmore can boast of no ive more enchanting, or disclose a ore unusual phenomenon than Sand ver. This to all appearances is a acefully gliding waterwa,but on intact proves to be drifted sand. >n't for one moment connect Aiken th nothing but sand dunes, for at me places the scenery strongly sug sts "The Land of the Sky." There are parks everywhere-nat al and artificial-wistaria and yel w jessamine in wild - profusion, ake a most desirable background r the stately Yucca or Spanish bay Lets-which stand like grim, formi Lble sentinels at every corner and rve. Some are as upright as a an in his prime, while others seem nt with the cares and trials of ars and leaning towards their fall, id moreover in the midst of the raight and the bent, are springing gorous young yuccas. We can not 1p but think how much like life in 3 various phases these beautiful ecimen of natures handiwork are! id the privet hedges, they truly are t disappointing! The addition -of tter and the rearrangement of one ake 'private.' They were planted rforce to keep out prying eyes, nee they are not disappointing. The Sleeping Beauty surely was dged about with no more -unpene able barrier than Amoor River rivet We did not tarry wondering to the open sesame to these hun ed or more hermetically sealed gar ,ns, or whether or not our voices )ssessed the magic notes, for we ere not caring to be in a class with e Sleeping Beauty's Prince or Alex ider, but every day, * sight-seeing -ortals, with an eye to the aesthetic, e beautiful and the Southern. The climax of Yankeedom seems to the Squash Court. Please don't ;k us to go into details as to what Lis game is like-there's enough in Lat rose's name, 'twould be like ilding refined gold" to attempt an planation. We've not even heard that the play -s themselves are entirely enamored the game. The building cost $20,000 we remenfber aright. Its architec re is-well, we'll call it Florentine, is at least has a classic sound ough the building does 'not look It. is surrounded by an English gar n with its usual hobgoblins and :rocities in the way of plant, and ~dge trimming. Like the wrath of e horsemen, such gardening is not consummation devoutly to be wish unless one likes a change. The homes, the houses themselves e beautiful, white and commodious tiey are inviting, so much so, that en a plain sightseer could but n.ecture as to what goes on when e windows are open, the gates un ~rred; the lights turned on, and the ~ppy faces here and there. But we ust pass after - we have said that e of the most interesting homes is exact replica of the 'Washington age''w Mrine at Cambridge, Mass. The re.ee course is itbre3tinlg, in a y (and i'n se-ere.1 we ys presum= ,Iy when the bookmakers, etc., are Lere). The long, long' rambling ables seem to be endless. and de ~rted. And now for the golf links a we have done. I believe this Is e game Taft made famous. This can ~rtainly be said to his credit that If plays golf he is not lazy. One of r friends warned us against ac ~pting an invitation to play -this me, as she was afraid we might iink we too belonged to the 400. The game is a little too strenuous to bceive our hearty, summer coopera n and indorsement, therefore we d not wield the sticks a -id glubs, it contented ourselves by acting as ddy and trying to locate the balls fore the trained eyes could do so. lk about putting stumbling blocks one's way. Whoever invented golf led to see how many visible and in sibe ones he could put in the way the would-not-be transgressor. On whole our idea of the game Is that Stoo much like work and our opin n of those particular links is coin dent with Mark Twain's when he as in the wake of some fellow who as knocki:ng upr a deal of sand and tne oest ne ever LaWU. =.u%L =w a - with us. Thmk you, friends, for bearing and forbearing this lengthy epistle. We are only sorry that you are not al guests at this lovely home on Park street, and learning about' these things at first hand, for we've only made a beginning and a poor one at that. A happy vacation to you all. ** * SCITILLATIONS. * * * By Squibs. * * * * * * * * * * * *e*g The katydid is all right, but take the mosquito. A meeting of prdminent men was on a street corner when it was agreed that it was the sense of the gathering that the seats of the legislative dele-. gation be left vacant next session. A nice little reward will be paid for a successful anti-mosquito remedy. Apply within. If you don't believe that the gimlet is a source of great amusement ask T. P.- J. at Johnson's hardwary. Mike Kinney in The Gimlet says: "'The efficient clerk gravitates to the efficient store, and the poor clerk finds his resting place with Cobweb, Flyspeck & Co." There was a young lady named Bank er, Who slept while the ship lay*at an chor: She woke in dismay When she heard the mate say, "Now hoist up the top sheet and spanker." -The Gimlet. You found' it-that lady's gold watch. Why don't you fetch it here?. To that Florida fellow: Waiting on you. Hurry up. A Play Upon the Letters ". F. D? The Rural Free Delivery carriers of the State were in Newberry mnking the fourth of July season big and momentous, although -in a different manner than customary. Ted Roose velt was not here, however-he was not expected-but as the unexpected so often happens,.there was no telling when he might have butted in, as he likes to be where there is something doing and somebody at home.. So, while the big pugilist4c fight be tween Jeffries and Johnson was being waged in. eno, Nev., the South Caro lina R. F. D. men of Uncle Samuel America were in - the midst of the kind of fighting that means much to the country: Good roads, better mal faclities, finer riding and driving highways, etc. Therefore, all the peo ple of Newberry welcomed the men of the R. F. D.~system, and they think these ~ht Fine Delegates are Royal Fraternal Dealers, as they should be having had conferred upon them the Route Finding Degree of a noble or der, although they would like to have better Runners Fine Drives for the Rural Free Delivery. IIt would be a slander to call this body of men the Rich Feeling Ducks, because they are not paid what their services are worth, and what they should be. And it is not believed that the psalmist of old had them in mind when he exclaimed: "Some put their trust In chariots and some in horses," for when David was a singer in Israel, the rural population on his side of the sea did not get their letters and coun ty papers, semi-weeklies, etc., through the good R. F. D. way. Long to umany will be remembered the 1910 Fourth of July, the Rousters' Free Day. , Squibs. Career Clearly Outlined. Visitor-Isn't your little boy in clined to be-er-inc'ined to be boastful? Mother (proudly) -Yes, we have planned an arctic exploration future for him.-Louisville Herald. "Why don't they have women on juries ?" she asked. "Imagine a woman sitting through a long argument by a lawyer and not interrupting." was the answer she re revd-BnffalO Express.