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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New Serry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, August 30, 1910. COL. CREWS IN NEWBERRY. Col. Thos. B. Crews the veteran ed itor of the Laurensville Herald, at tended the State campaign ma. in Newberry on Saturday, 1 eng the guest of Mayor Blease while here. Col. Crews has been in the newspaper business a long number of years and may be called the dean of the profes sion in South Carolina, both from the standpoint of long service and of pop ularity among his brethren. In feel ing he is still one of the "boys," and nothing delights him more than to be with his brother editors and his friends in other lines of business throughout the State-and all are his friends who know him. Col. Crews is one of South Caro lina's sons who has stood by her when men were demanded. He has been tried and found not wanting when pa triots and a high degree of patriotism as shown by deeds, were needed to save South Carolina to the Anglo Saxon race, and in times less strenu ous he has alw!ys stood for what he believed to be for the best interests of his people. Col. Crews' many warm friends in Newberry are always glad to see him, and -hope that he will visit them soon and frequently. THE VOTE OF 190S. The vote for governor in the pri mary two years ago was less than a hundred thousand, but in many of the counties the severe rains and high waters kept man'y from the polls. It may be interesting, however, t have the figures for the last primary. The following is the vote for gov ernor in the last election: Abbeville...........-.-...1,626 Aiken............-----... 3,751 Anderson............ .---3,813 Bamberg. .......---.---.---.1,192 Barnwell.......---'-.--.-2,190 Berkeley... ....---.------.---1,204 Charleston...........----. 5,148 Calhoun...............-.--792 Cherokee.............--.. 1,655 Chester...........-.--.--..1,836 Chesterfield. ... ........ ..... 2,280 Colleton...... ....---.---.--2,760 Darlington...........--.-..2,520 Dorchester.............---.1,406 Edgefield................--.-1,736 Fairfield.......... ......--.-1,512 Florence... ........... -...2,431 Georgetown....-.......------ 1,467 Greenwood... ... ... ... ..... 2,296 Greenville............-- ..-.---.3,828 Hampton...............-.--1,754 Horry.h..... .... ... ....... 3,287 Kershaw............-...----1,405 Lancaster ... ... .... ....... 2,367 Laurens... ...........--.. 2,514 Lee. ... ... ... ........--.... 1,556 Lexington .. ...... ....--.....3,801 Marlboro.......... ..--....2,158 Marion... ..... .... ...... ...3,460 Newberry... ... ...... ... ... 2,617 Oconee... ... ... .. .........2,525 Orangeburg... ... ....... ....2,219 Pickens... ... ... ....... ......2,319 Richland ... ... ... ... ... ..3 ,266 Saluda. ... ...... ...... ...2,089 Spartanburg... ... ... ... ...5,669 Sumter... ... ... ..... ... . 1 ,980 Union... .... ... ..... .. .. 2,520 Williamsburg... ... ... ..... 2,198 York... ... ... ...... ...... .3,239 Total. .... ....... ... .....92,586 On account of the heavy rains in 1908 there were many voters who were unable to get to the polls. The esti mate of the number of voters in the State in 1908 was 100,000. The vote for Clarendon county is not given in the above table. Since the last elec tion Dillon county has beenL formed and as a result the vote of Marion county will not be so large for the coming election. Col. W. W. Moore. candidate for ad jutant general, is a gentleman who would do credit to the office. He has many friends in Newberry, as he has throughout South Carolina. Of mag netic personality, and with the ability to give the State good service, his friends are confidently expecting a * * * * * * * * * * * *1 * * THE IDLER. * ** ,* * * * * * * * * * * * I see by the papers that the county campaign meeting for Newberry was. advertised to be held and was held' in Willowbrook park. That was very nice of Mr. Wright and Mr. Davis and all the others who built and who con trol Wiillowbrook to permit this. I wonder if the rich patriots on the Eastside don't feel bad. Because they have no such beautiful place as this Willowbrook and do you see how many different things it may be used for. Well, it is a nice place, this Wil lowbrook. and I am still hoping and laboring to the end that we may yet get the movement started over on the Eastside. There is plenty of money. -no shortage along that line-but there is contraction of the heart drawing up, shriveling away as it were -that same old selfish spirit which is afraid to do anything for fear it may benefit some one else who has not contributed anything. We hope gra dually to get rid of that spirit and those who persist in their obstinacy and continue to be stumbling blocks to civic improvement we are going to send to Helena-you know with which letters omitted. -0 The Idler's park is coming. Mr. Burton sent me word by the editor the other day that he was going to do something pretty soon. There can't be much accomplished until the options on some of the creek bottoms have been obtained. It seems to me that the peo ple who own these bottoms would: be patriotic enough to donate what is needed to make the park so as to en hance the value of their adjacent property. That motive would be a selfish patriotism and yet it would accomplish what I want. Let every body join hands and build a park. We are big enough now not to be jealous and envious and to be able to do a little something for the general wel- i fare. Fact is the town is big enough for every one to attend to his own! business and -not try to. run the af fairs of others and that being true we can get together and build the park. I am really delighted to see the in creased interested I have brought about in the matter of lawns. Of course I didn't do the work with my physical body, but I just kept telling how pretty it would be if some of them: were given a little attention until now there are some very pretty lawns in ~the city. Look at Central Methodist, for instance. Why, Jno. Mayes .just keeps that beautifully. And they tell me that the First Baptist law is be ing put in good shape and that they are not going to farm on it any more. I am going around that way some of' these days when the weather gets cooler and look at it for myself. And I will "write it up." And then you ko t was said about a year ago that the Lutheran lawn had been transformed into an onion farm, but! that now the lawn was pretty and green and neatly kept.. In fact I was at this church recently and it is greatly improved. Now I want to see' the several school properties keep up pretty lawns. They are educators. -0 I found the following in the South-' ern Christian Advocate of recent date' credited to the Laurens Herald. As the Advocate says it is well worthy a place in any one's scrap book, but better still place it in the scrap book of your cranium. The Advocate also suggests the reading of the book of ~James at least once a month and I second the motion. How many delight in passig along every little slander they hear. It would be a good idea to read some other passages from that Great Book on the tongue: "Yes, pass it along, whether you believe it or not--that one-sided whis per against the character of a virtu-: ous female. You say you do not be-: Flieve it, but you will use your influ ence to clear up the false report and pass it on the current. Strange crea tures are mankind! How many re-F putations have been lost by a sur-1 mise! How many hearts have been* bled by a whisper! How many bene volent deeds have been chilled by the shrug of a shoulder! How many in dividuals have been shunned by a gen te, mysterious hint! How many pnre bosoms have been wrung with grief by a single nod! How many graves have been dug by a false report! Yet you' will pass the slander along; you will keep it above the waters by the wag of your tongue when you might sink it forever. Destroy the passion for telling a tale. we pray you. Lisp not a w ord that may injure the character of another. Be determined to listen to no story that is repeated to the ir. jury of another, and as far as you are' co cerned the slander will die. But! tell it once, and it may go as on the w~ings of the wind, increasing with 'each breath, till it has circulated hrough the Statean bnr1ohmght to the Kep THEY LE Besides representing the'liighiest t Ltave a world-wide reputation for These shoes look as well when 'w The millions of wearers of these Let us fit you out in one of the I IWAR]l Fraternity Hall Building -ave one who might have lived and the fa en a blessing to the world." shows The Idler. makin and d4 Compulsory English in China. . HR An official order has just been is ed in China making the study of This alglish compulsory in the technical hools, says the London Globe. Severe sthis blow must be to the Esperan- In t its and their Volapuk friends-if the demor tter still sur.vive-it is a consider-{goverr >ble step forward on the new road that 'how t< iina is now taking; and its results -ers a: n not be predicted. If the Chinese grow erely learn English as a utilitarian says t nguage, it may help their trade con- for Se derably, but it will scarcely affectWh eir conception of life. But the Chi- suade< nse are a literary nation; and it is must ghly improbable that when once the must >or to English literature is unlocked raise tey will refrain from reading Eng- vate c sh philosophy. And the effect of himse aching the views of John Stuart Mill The ad Herbert S.pencer, to say nothing in a r fthe theories of our living scientific Thi! en, may prove extraordinary. It was strato ery largely the doctrines of John partm ocke that produced the French phil- select sophy which led to the French revo- suspe< ttion. A considerable amount of the Ithe fil resent unrest in India may be traced eager] o the results of the fermentation of neigh] ovel western doctrines in the eastern has it ind, through the same medium of in no r glish literature; another 50 years IThis -for changes of this kind seldom 1which uch the generation that ado pts them stratic -may see even more extraordinary receiv sults in China. He ha ew Idea Woman's Magazine for Sep- ~Und tember. that t: The New Idea Woman's Magazine fence r September runs in sets of threes. better thas three fine feature articles, three whitei attling good bits of fiction, and three Wit: iadline discussions of the fashions, comes .most interesting article is "Little ment. ars of the East Side," wherein is hood d how the boys and girls of the stratic treets and factories of the crowded man istricts of New York are made into was g ctors and actresses that bring tears just hi fjoy and sorrow to the eyes of the buy se udience. "A Feminine Financier" 1s and a: n intimate study of Mrs. E. H. Har- The man by Reina Melcher. Now that Iin the Nrs. Harriman has taken up her late these usband's gigantic schemes she is an ally ii tensely interesting public figure. is at: The article throws a new light on her. nthe South the government is ma-j ing over the poor white men. "Re making Millions of Men" tells with ICharl< vhat success. It is "The Greater Thing" is a strong ad- any I mture story by Roland Ashford !ans a: hillips of a Wall Street young man as sor who goes West. "Susanne's Solitaire" "You y Elizabeth Newport Hepburn, is a sponda lve story, too, that will delight young "wher nd old. "The Carved Door.' the serial You c; y Fred Jackson, grows more and Colunm more breathless.\ Enqui: Three authoritative articles tell of Iand-ot the QuaI. AD THE EARTH ON SIM; ______________{{__ I I AI rpe of ladies' and gentlemen's fashionable footwear, the V=-%* and Ga SA"Aw being the most comfortable and best-wearing shoe. orn, as they do in the store-their details of fne worsmu splendid shoes is your guarantee that they will please you aany beautiful new styles that we have just received. & HA -E~ SHO M 5hions for fall. The whole book a great advance in 9magazine g. It is beautifully illustrated ~serves' a place in every home. s Being Done in the South to A uprove the "Poor Whites." .e South today there are 60,000 stration farms backed by the ~ment to show the "poor whites" > farm. As soon as these farm- A I e shown that their land wi'l I LL crops they are willing to try,j e New Idea Woman's MagazineV ptember. n an indivdual can not be per to farm as he is advised heF be hired to do so. He himself row a garden about his house,L hickens, feed some hogs, culti rop under instructions. He must I perform the .miracle. government selects one farmer eghiborhood. one man becomes the demon-1 under the direction of the de ent of agriculture. He has been' d in the first place because of U teg latent possibilities. After st year he follows instructions y and works ceaselessly. His ors have seen its success and it pressed them deeply, for he is' way different from them. year his fence bears a placard announces that his is a demon s bulletins through the mail. s been selected from amongJ il and feels proud of himself. er the circumstances he feels bere should be no weeds in hisQU LT orners, his horse should have harness, his house a coat of vash. t the ripening of the second crop the local agent of the depart-TmiosleS.C,w For farmers of the neighbor-iouhsanorwe Lre called to meet at the demon--~on a oiae in farm and are schooled in theGoenrfSut a r in which the remarkable crop YrvleEqie rown. They are told in detail cc-n-ulsre W to go and do likewise. They Hcoyi ot ao ed from the demonstration farm,ofhste,byrni 'e advised by the local agent. twehihosan following year half of the farms laigtelegm' neighborhood are producingnetiNohCaln. same increased crops, and usu- 'htsre a n five years the whole community lt acse-i' But his don'to wenJ Caolnian. noiAtedr ~ nube ofSouh aroin-seves.nor ope Sotha re s wlfuly gnoantof isory -an d-bu Wll survey th ne ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ icoyi South Carolianwppr.jiadsumt needn'ttweed now,"oascorne -___ mt writes us fromhDarrilina. ol Anrew ackon ws tbrn. surey Walke any n ge mor thanevenwitht e " ans, talelait biaStae,andwih te orkiled Jacso anbitd - , oo CA. Smi,aks out-rw,Subl Ta ' Tar,ewhilfl igno w ofrsory ane, i l have the ity Up ~LE WORTH.~ t. SHOES 12s1hip anJ style are plainly in evjAenlce EB N Newberry, S.C.. COST! TEN DAYS! efrigerator~s Vater Coolers lammocks awn Swings orch Swings :e Cream Freezers I SALE 0W ON~! Cent Off on All Furniture. We will save you Money' . L Bowles Co. AND STYLE FURNITURE HOUSE. ere he throwed right. How would you feel with a he first come freak name like this? himself for Lt. She (coyly)-'Oh, Mr. Squibble, this olina. Now the is so sudden!--Cleveland Plain Deal ight take that er. utthat put old na by the skin Demonstration of Wit. ig the line be- "There's a barbecue today at Worn :he martin-box, bat's subdivision. Let's go out and Ld the goose- pretend we want to buy a lot. I don't believe "But how'fl we get out?" good, and that "Oh, let's go into an automobile es .o good, either. tablishment and get 'em to demon" ackson, nohow, "She said, 'You and I -are just the grandpa know- strat. a macie Pittsburg Post. e was a North_________ ading this our NO~TI CE OF MEETNG OF DEXO ere mentioned CRATIC EXECUTIVE COX amed of them- XJITTEE. :he Enquirer at In accordance with the rules of the grace to come Democratic party, the Democratic executive committee will meet in the court house, on Thursday, September 1, 1910, at 11 o'clock in the forenOoon, for the purpose of tabulating the re ght In- turns and declaring the results of the , Mr. Quibble."prmyeetin prbl. issr e ctoFred H. DominiCk, County Chairman. 's fneinerFrank R. Hunter, ly ever gets it Secretary.