Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. E.ntered at the Postoffice at New erry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, September 6, 1910. RAILROAD CO.)1MISSIONER'S RACE. At its meeting on Friday night the State Democratic executive committee, after tabulating the returns, declared a second race between Cansler and Scarborough for railroad commission er, but since that time a clerical error of 3,000 votes in the Greenville returns in favor of Scarborough has been dis covered, which will place Hampton in the second race with Cansler. It was necessary for the State executive com mittee to meet again Monday night to recanvass the returns. While the railroad commission has been more or less a joke in this State, so far as accomplishing anything is concerned, it would be a serious re flection upon the entire State to elect Cansler a member of the commission. His cheap buffoonery ought not to ap peal to the voters of South Carolina in choosing one of their State officers. The railroad commissioners, as repe sentatives of the State of South Caro lina, come into close contact with men high in the business world, and surely 'We can have men on the commission who have some conception of dignity and of the amenities of life. Mr. Hampton pitched his campaign upon a high plane. He is a son of General Wade Hampton, and while that should not weigh in a matter of this kind, and while he did not use it in advancing his candidacy, it at least is not against him. As we have here tofore stated, we had never met him until the campaign meeting in New berry, and we have -io interest in his candidacy except the good of the State, but he impressed us as being a man capable of filling the position worthily, and certainly between him and Cansler there is no comparison. We hope very much to see South Carolina on next Tuesday pile up a heavy majority for Hampton. Elect ing a man to any State office ought not to be considered in the light of a joke. CONTORTIOMSTS. In the campaign for governor, be fore the first primary, many of the newspapers and others sought to nar row the issue down to State-wide pro hibition or local option. Some of the newspapers who fought the State-wide prohibition candidate are now support ing him, urging that now the issue is men and not measures. If the liquor question was an issue in the first primary, we fail to see how it is no longer an issue. The pretext that a local option senate has been chosen is very flimsy, because there is no certainty until a vote is taken how the next senate will stand. And then before the first primary it was urged by some that the election of Mr. Feath erstone would commit the State to a State-wide prohibition policy and re open the whole liquor agitation, which it was hoped was now happily at rest. Now we are told that the election of Mr. Featherstone will have no bearing on the question of local option or pro hibition. 'We have seen contortionists and contortionists, but these latter.-day po litical contortionists are at the head of the list. As matter of fact, the people of South Carolina are tired of the whole whiskey agitation~ and are content to let the present local option law alone, believing that the interests of temper ance and the interests of the whole State will be thus best subserved. Mr. Featherstone can either elect or defeat himself by saying a very few words. If he wants to be governor of South Carolina as a representative of all the people, irrespective of the li quor issue, the honor for which he has been striving for many years is with in his grasp. But if he prefers de feat as the leader of a faction and the exponent dj a theory, he can accomn plish that result by delring for~ a State-wide law, regardless ot the r~ suit of the first primary.-Sumnter Watchru and Southron. Having made a rigorous carnpaign thrughout the State with Stat.e-wila now stultify himself by jumping over cn the cal option platform? We Lo not b %- Phe ill do so. Mr. Featiusi - I stone, is r State-wide prohib'iinnis. and we do not believe he will :11L.u'lm his cols in the thick of the fray. Fve frow ta-e sele standpoint f a po1itiiai m.ove, Mr. Featherstone has more judgment than to do so, 1cause,. no man makes votes by jumping from one side t the other in a franTi eT rt t to get ca the poi;u*ar side. C The Herald and News today publish E es the official vote by counties of Please and Featherstone in the first! primary for governor. It will be seen r that Blease leads Featherstone in t twenty-two counties. His total lead r over Featherstone is more than three It thousand. It looks very much like Blease for governor. r c Col. Roosevelt is touring the west telling the people what they ought to t do and what they ought not to do, in t politics, business, social life, family life, and every other human relation. Religion also comes in for its share. a The colonel draws the crowds and has c a good time generally, and in the i meantime Taft is only heard of when the colonel sees fit to mention him. 0 OFFICIAL HIGHWAY. The committee appointed to locate s the official highway between Newberry v and Spartanburg, the route from Co- s lumbia to Newberry already being r settled, had decided to start from New- t berry this morning. A telegrara fromt Mr. Jno. Wood, of Spartanburg, says s the date has been postponed on ac- il count of the rain. e I a From Newberry to Spartanburg sev eral routes have been suggested; one via Laurens and Woodruff, another via t Cross Anchor, another via Santuc and t Union and still another via Whitmire and Glenn Springs. Of course the route to Greenville via Laurens is al-y ready determined upon.t The Herald and News is not advo- r cating the selection of any one of these routes. In fact we have not been over any of them and, therefore, could not F intelligently give an opinion as to 1 which one would be the best. The dis tance does not vary more than eight a or ten miles as among any of them. The question for the committee' will s be tb determine which route can be madie the best road in winter and in smt tiner and also the dispositon of the pe2ple along the several routes to co- 1 operate in keeping the route in condi- p tion. It is a very important matter and we would be glad to see the peo ple along the routes cooperate with th6 county officials and put their roads in g-ood condition. There should be r.c prejudice against automobiles for the reason that 'the automobile is here 8 ~to stay and besides a road that is good ter an automobile is good for a wagon or' buggy and if it should happen that r al the roads would be in good condi- r ton and properly posted, travelers fl culd select any route they might de- ~ sire. Some, for insta.nce, might desirec to go by Laurens, while others might a prefer the route via Union and we see no reason why all of the roads e could not be made so that a traveler ~ li could select his own route. In fact, there is no qu.estion before the people a today that is of more importance than a the building of good roads whether o they be automobile roads or wagon roads. We shall be very glad to see the people of Newberry along the three rj proposed routes through this county cooperate with the supervisor in put- I ting these roads in good condition. I b W are glad to see the movement for a new cotton mill at Prosperity take [I shape and we hope that it will soon be in such condition that work will be gin. There is no reason why there e should not be a cotton mill at Pros- c perity and if the local people will do t their part it will be easy to secure out side capital to make up what is want-t ing fronm the local subscription to as- K sure the building of the mill. As the t State suggests, there is no reason why s the people of Little Mlountain should not build a mill and the people at Chapin, and we have often wondered why somebody who owns the water !d. ?ED SPIDER A SERIOUS )ITTER. oinre Great amaiige to Cotton in TANc Section-Fariiers Are Much Concerned. Editor The Herald and News: The 'avages of the red spider are far more larming than many farmers realize.: ts presence is evidenced by a condi ion or by the appearance upon the otton of red spots in the centre of the eaves; then a crimping, drying and hedding of the leaves and fruit. This ondition in times past was recogniz d at "red rust," and very little or no tteition was given it. But it has now eached such proportions as to attract he attention of the national govern 2ent, and much more ought the cotton rowers' vigilant and zealous atten ion be given to it. Government authorities tell us the ed spider is observed throughout the ivilized world, and that it seems to ave an espe6ial liking for the poke erry, Jerusalem oak and the violet; dat among these plants seem to be :s birth place. I am convinced that ie poke berry is instrumental in per etuating and spreading this formid ble enemy to the cotton plant and otton grower. I and others have seen : before, but never so extensive and erious as now. The government, prescribes a spray f lime and sulphur as a destroyer and reventive. Some of those who have sed the spray claim that they could ae no beneficial results; that in dry reather the spider is more active and preads more rapidly than in damp or ainy weather. Now, farmers, it devolves upon us )-do everything possible to stamp out le red spider by destroying all poke talks, root and branch, and by chang ig our terrace this winter so -as to ffectually destroy the Jerusalem oak, nd plant the cotton field to other - rops. Scarcely has a cotton-field escaped ae damaging effects of this pest sl aroughout the country. The crop in :iis country will be damaged to the mount of several hundred bales. With the boll weevil threatening; c rith Georgia alone intervening; and ^ tie red spider present, with its des ructive work, the cotton farmers haveb eason to be concerned and alarmedd 3r the future,. These pests may be a warning ofi rovidence for us to change frQm an irational to a rational system; from' otton to something that will keep soul nd body together; to corn, wheat, oats nd live stock. I trust we will meet these conditions ensibly. W. C. Brown. Pension Board For 1911. Representatives of the Confederate_ eterans met on Monday morning at 1 o'clock and elected the following ension board for the year 1911: W. G. Peterson, chairman and pen ion commissioner; R. T. C. Hunter, A >. W. Kinard, David Pitts, Dr. W. G. e: [ouseal. ti Notice as to Corn Contest. C By action of county union I beg to tI ive notice to all contestants in the 'armers' Union prize corn contest that tie school trustees of the district in 1 thlch the contestants live are hereby - equested to examine the prize patch, N ieasure it carefully, giving its exact 1easurements, indicating the length S f lines bordering the plot, and as far s possible give the shapes of same, ounting 4,840 square yards to ( an a cre. ti We shall have to insist in the inter- E t of fairness that all contestants ir hall observe the rules already pub-. hi shed governing the contest. T Messrs. Summer Bros. Co. have y sked that the same trustees examine I 11 plots engaged in their contest and te bserve the same conditions. J. B. O'Neall Holloway, y, County Secretary. a' A Card. h, 'o the Voters of Newberry County: r I desire to adopt this method of ex ressing my sincere gratitude and high Iti ppreciation for the 7ery liberal sup- n ort given me in my reelection as pro- o ate judge.h I could not, nor did I expect the sup- b ort of every voter, but I feel that the onfidence and esteem manifested in iy behalf by my reelection was in a F ieasure an endrosement of my pres nt term as your public servant in the apacity in which I have endeavored N > discharge my official duties. I as- ( ure each and every one that I not nly extend to you my profound C tanks for this expression of your t pproval, but that my constant aim in y future as in the past, will be to f erve you to the best of my ability. Very respectfully, ti , Frank M. Schumpert-.r September 3, 1910. Now is the time to subscribe to The F eradia nd News5.50l per vaear. Seed Oats 400 Bushels Pure Bancroft PH y SEED T OATS we of For Sale 1 ma cha C Made THIRTY owl Bushels to the Acre This Year on SANDY UP-LAND E. M. EVANS )r. J. W. Pearson - Pyhsician and Surgeon Over Eastman Drng Store. lot Springs -- Arkansas NOTICE. Notice is hereby given to the sub ribers to the capital stock of Oak nd Cotton Mills that a meeting of e subscribers will be held in the iamber of commerce in the town of ewberry, S. C., at 11 o'clock a . aSaturday, the 10th day of Septem ~r, 1910, for the purpose of electing rectors and for such other business Smay properly ecme before the-meet . W. G. Mayes, J. D. Wheeler, C. D. Weeks, J. B. Hunter, F. N. Martin, W. H. Hunt, W. A. McSwain, Jno. W. Kibler, Corporators. *-2t. )TICE OF APPLICATION FRI CHARTER. Take notice that Woman's Home d socety of Newberry, S. C., at the piration of three days after publica-. on of this notice, will apply to R. M. 2Cown, Secretary of State, of South $ rolina, for a charter of incorpora on for said society. Sallie Kinard, President. Lilla Dudley, Secretary. )TICE SECOND PRDIARY ELEC TION. ate of South Carolina, County of Newberry. ..... In accordance with the constitution d rules of the Democratic party, and -==== e action of the County Democratic ecutive Committee, a second pri ry election is hereby called to be - ~ld in the County of Newbery on esday, September 13th, 1910. The 11s will be opened from 8 o'clock in e forenoon until 4 o'clock in the af rnoon. Said election is called for 'the pur se of voting for governor, adjutant: d inspector general, railroad corn ssioner and one member of the use of representatives from Newber-1 county. The same managers will serve as in e first primary election, and they ay obtain ballot boxes, etc., at theC fice of the secretary in the old .court use on and after Saturday, Septem r 10th., 1910. Fred H. Dominick, County Chairman. -- ank R. Hunter, Secretary. B TICE NEETING COUNTY DEI0- -- ATIC EXECUTIVE COMMIfTTEE. The County Democratic Executive >mmittee is hereby called to meet in e Court House on Thursday, Septem r 15th, 1910, at 11 o'clock in the renoon, for the purpose of receiving e returns of the second primary elec n, tabulating same and declaring theS suit of the said election. Fred. H. Dominick, County Chairman. ank R. Hunter, ull Season Prices ery Artcile Priced Way Down to Stimulate the Trade. Take Advantage of Our Low Prices rchase Your FaH and Winter Goods Now ou WILL SAVE Money e Short Cotton Crop will force prices Sky ward. We force prices DOWNWARD., L OUR FALL AND HINTER GOODS re bought before other merchants dreamed going North. We bought below present rket value and Nothing but the BEST In 71ity. The first choice to the early pur ser. This is YOUR opportunity. ome! We need money to pay what we e. A cordial greeting to all. )JKlettner (T COST'! OR TEN DAYS LL Refrigerators Water Coolers Hammocks Lawn Swings Porch Swings Ice Cream Freezers ept. Sale Now On 0 Per Cent Off on All Furniture. 'e Us, We will save you Money he J. L Bowles Co. . !UALITY AND STYLE FURNITURE HOUSE FOHN P. LONG Takes great pleasure to announne to the people of Silver Street and vicinity that he is prepared as never before to serve them with the most up-to-date stock of ENERAL MERCHANDISE WAGONS AND BUGGIES JYS COTTON AND COTTON SEED COFFINS AND CASKETS A full line of Coffins and Caskets are always kept on hand. ILVER STREET, S. C.