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VOLUME XLTHI. NUMBER 87, NEWBERRi SoUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1910. TWCE A WEEE, $ A YR BOYS' CORN EXAIIT A GREAT SUCCESS PRIZES AWARDED AT MEETING ON SATURDAY. -fxhibit Gratifying to all Interested, Showing Gratifying Progress. The Prizes. Realizing that one of the greatest needs of this State is the growing of other crops than cotton, and particu Jarly the advantage of growing corn, -efforts are being made in Newberry to encourage the growing of corn, es pecially among the boys. The boys' -sorn club was organized, and there have been some* most gratifying re sults from the efforts put forth. The work has been in charge of -ounty Superintendent of Education J. S. Wheeler, who has been working along the lines planned by the gov ernment authorities. The exhibit was held in the old -ourt house on Saturday and it was -a magnificent exhibit, when the dif -iculties under which those wo have bad the matter in charge have labored are taken into consideration, and the fact that the plan is as yet % the first stages of development. There were some very fine exhibits, and the yields to the acre reported were far ahead of last year. Mr. A. G. Smith, of the Federal gov emient service, and Dr. C. M. Mor gan, veterinary surgeon in the employ of the United States government, both with headquarters in Columbia, were present and made addresses of in 1erest and of value to those present. Dr. Morgan urged the raising of live stock, showing that this section of the -*ountry is peculiarly adapted to this Industry, and Mr. Smith talked of corn growing, his address dealing with seed selection and the raising of the -standard in corn culture. The prizes on Saturday were for the members of the boys' corn club, the prizes being given by County Super intendent of Education Wheeler, Con gressman Wyatt Aiken, the Observer gressman Wyatt Aiken, the Observer, The Herald and News, Blease & Dom xick and the Farmers Oil Mill. The 'armers union prizes will be award -ed at the regular monthly meeting of the union to be 'held on next Satur day, which will be held in the court bouse at 11 o'clock a. in. All con testants are urged .to have their re ports 'and other matters required by the rules ready at that t'mne. The following pizes were maiz~ed en Saturday: $5.00 to Freddie Cook for the best group of twenty ears of corn; $3.00 to Edward Stuck for the second best ~group; $2.00 to Willie Dominick for the third best group. $5.00 to Hugh Epting for the best group of ten ears of corn; $3.00 to F'reddie Cook for the second best vroup; $2.00 to Thomas Hclloway Leitzsey for the third best group. $5.00 to I. M. Smith, Jr., for the best group of five ears of corn; $3.00 to Carl Epting for the second best group; $2.00 to J. S. Wheeler, Jr., for the third best group. The Farmers' Oil Mill, of Newber ry, offered one-half ton of cotton seed meal. worth $15.00, to the boy making the largest yield. This prize was won by I. M. Smith, Jr. Young Mr. Smnith's yield was 104 bushels on an acre. the acre being the basis in all the con tests. The following prizes were awarded for the best report, showing prepara tion, manner of cultivation, amount of fertilizer, and how used: First prize. $5.00, 1. M. Smith, Jr.; second pribe, $3.00, William Wendt, Jr.; third prize, $2.09, Carroll Mills. The acre of every contestant was properly measured by two trustees of the school district in which the boy resides, and the yield certified to by them. The committee on exhibits consist .d of Messrs. Walch Wilbur, Thomp son Hunter and J. A. Sease. Prof. S. J. Derrick examined the reports and pas.sed upon them, and presented the prizes. The following boys entered the twenty-ear contest: Carroll Mills, Johnnie Adams, James Richardson. Henry Hentz, I. M. Smith. Jr., Willi' H. Kibler, Thomas Hayes, Willie Dom Tnick, Andrew Cook, Sammie Cook. F'reddie Cook. J1. S. Wheeler, Jr.. Ed w ar d Smek. Frank Shick. Mille FARMERS' UNION CONTEST. S Corn Contest Will be Held Next Sat urday-Rules and Conditions. -1 Prizes. The Farmers' union corn contest for satisfactory reasons was postponed G from last Saturday to Saturday of this week end will be held in connection b( with the regular monthly meeting of dE the County Farmers' union at 11 P o'clock in old court hous . It is desired ai that all of the contestants in the prize ti acre contest be present and be prepar- er ed to give a report of their operations le and also bring ten ears of sample g; corn from the priza acre. tc The Farmers' union gives three PI prizes; the first for $25; second $15, sc and third $10. In addition to these qi Summer Bros. Co. will give in the si same contest a first priza of $50; sec- cc ond of $30, and third of $20. d: The following rules governing the r< contest have been published several t( times in the county papers but they bi are printed again: Any member of good standing in the union who has contributed some thing for the fund in prizes and who t grows an acre of corn complete and Vi enrols his name with the conuty sec- 0 retary, J. B. O'Neall Holloway, before ti May 1, can compete. In awarding prizes the following cb basis shall be used: (a) Greatest yield, 70 points. (b) Best ten ear exhibit taken from acre, 10 points. (c) Best written account showing history of crop and of expense, 10 points. (d) Greatest profit on investment, 10 e points. cc The amount of the yield and the L measurement of the land must be cer- t tified to by each man and attested by .0 at least three disinterested witnesses i who shall be satisfactory to the coun- tc ty secretary. In estimating profits uniform rates ti shall be used. For instance, $5.00 te per acre for rent, ten cents per hour cl for work of each laborer and five eT cents per hour for each horse. Corn 80 cents per bushel is standard of cl value in judging the production of the y acre; stover $10.00 per ton, one a ton of stover being allowed for y every twenty-five bushels of corn. I A sworn stated by each man hi and a statement of disinterested !I witneses of the yield per acre; a writ- h; ten account of the history of the crop; a written statement of the expenses and the profit of the investment and a ten ear exhibition of corn taken from di the contest acre must be made to the M county secretary at least ten days be- D fore November 1, 1910. No announcement of the yield by the judges shall be made before Novem ber 1. Dr. Byron King in Laurens. Laurens, Oct. 29.-Dr. Byron W. G King opened tha high school lyceum course here last Thursday evening si with a lecture on "Shakespeare," which in the opinion of every one who heard it, was the finest entertainment al of its kind ever given in Laurens. Dr. di King lectured to a crowded house that showed their appreciation with round a after round of hearty applause. Ic While Dr. King proposed to give a a lecture, and did give a good one, it was entirely different from the usual fi dry speech that every one expects M when buying a ticket to an entertain ment of this name. The speaker's C deep, rich voice and inimitable ge--I tures were features of his oratory Ic that carried the large audience with him all through the evening. His i1 luminating references to the works of Shakespeare, in which he carried the listener from the most solemn to the most humorous with perfect ease, h won for him close attention and con tinual applause. a Friday morning Dr. King delighted the school children with an 'hour of fun, mixed with some good, sound ad- T vice. He leaves Laurens with a big te string of warm friends and admirers. ci Stone-Evans. f The following invitations have been vi received in Newberry: u Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Henry Evans H request the pleasure of your compan. at the marriage of their daughter Camille e to i Mr. James Hollner Stone jP on Wednesday. the sixteanth of No vemaber ti at six o'cloak roll Mills, Johnnie Adams, Willie Mack Loster, Olin Adams, James Rich ardson, Henry Hentz, D. R. Wallace, I. M. Sm-nith, Jr., Hugh Epting, Carl Ept ing, Hermie Kibler Emanuel Wicker, Leland Boozer, Thomas Hayes, Willia Dominick, James L. Stephens, Andrew Cook, Sammie Cook, Freddie Cook, William Wendt, Jr., J. S. Wheeler, Jr., Carroll Leitzsey, Claude Wilson, Ed ward Stuck, Frank Stuck, Miller Stuck, T. Maffett Fant, R. C. Crump ton, W. A. Crumpton, Thomas Leitz sey, Otis L. Crooks. Five-ear contestants: Carroll Mills, Johnnie Adams, Willie Mack Lester, James Richardson, Henry Henltz, I. M. Smith, Jr., Hugh Epting, Carl Ep ting, Hermie Kibler, Leland Boozer, Thomas Hayes, Willie Dominick, An drew Cook, Sammie Cook, Freddie Cook, William Wendt, Jr., J. S. Wheel er, Jr., Claude Wilson, Edward Stuck, Frank Stuck, Miller Stuck, T. Maffett Pant Of course those contesting in the matter of reports are included in the other contests, and those contesting in the matter of yield are also as mat ter of course included in the list of those entering the other contests as stated above. Dr. Byron W. King Tonight. Do not miss hearing Dr. King to night. He will lecture in Holland Hall, 8.15 on "Eyes that see not and ears that hear not," or "All the world's a stage." Dr. King is a great man. His books on oratory are studied all over the globe. Among some of his stud ents were Ex-President McKinley, John Temple Graves, John Ingalls. He has acted on the stage in Shakespeare with the great Booth and others. The New York Herald says of him: "At the head of his profession." An Ohio paper says: "It is said that no man on the American continent today is his equal." Russell Conwell says: "A genuis, 'a king of the platform." Now what do our friends who heard him say? Prof. Jonei,. of Laurens, asks me to print this statement: "We people of Laurens have heard some of the best 'lecturers on the platform and we consider King the best we have ever heard. Our people want him back again this eason yet. Oh, but he is great! I hope all the Newberry people will make a special effort to hear him Tuesday night." Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter, of Prosperity, says: "For the information of the Newberry people who 'have never beard King, tell them 'he is the finest we have ever heard anywhere. You "'an't advertise him too highly. He will make good. A number of Pros perity people will come to Newberry to hear him Tuesday night if possible. He is grand." It is scarcely worth while for the management to say more about Dr. King except we urge you to come for your sakes, the town's sake and the sake of the lyceum course. We need you and you need us. Come on time as we are expecting a good crowd. Those who 'have not received season tickets for the seven attractions may get them at the door tonight. Dourble tickets $3.50, single $2.00. Dr. King is a high priced man but in order that we all may hear him, single admission for this particular attraction will be only 50 cents. Death of John N. Aull. News and Courier. M4. Jnlo. M. Aull died s'uddenly about 4 o'clock on Friday, while work-I ing on the roof of Matthews & Bouk night's livery stables. He had not1 complained of being sick. Death was due to heart failure. He was buried on Saturday at St. Marks church. Mr. Aull was reared near Pomaria, and was a brother of Messrs. Adam and George Aull and of Mrs. Fanny Crom er and Mrs. Mary Werts. Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, at a'dinner at Sanl:a Rosa praised Cal ifornia as a winter and summer re sort. "Besides our superb climate and our superb scenery." ended Mr. Burbank. "there is the further advantage of our reasonable prices. There are no Monte Carlo prices here. 1"At a Mone e Carlo hotel the pro p'rietor said one day to the clerk: "'Has Lord Loftus, room 373, re ceived his bill yet?' I"'Yes, sir,' said the clerk. 'I sent it up 'to him an hour ago.' "'Strange!' said the proprietor. 'A 3HOOL FACILITIES FOR RURAL CHILDREN r. J. B. O'Neall Holloway Made Ad dress at Dacusville on Duties of Rural School Communities. reenville News. J. B. O'Neall Holloway, of New rry, passed through the city yester LY on his return from Dacusville in I ickens county where he delivered i address on the subject of educa :n and In the interest of the Farm- I s' union, of which he is the State uturer and general field worker. The Lthering at Dacusville was creditable > the citizens of that wide-awake and iblic spirited community. This hool district will soon vote on the iestion of using bonds to erect a Litable high school building to ac ommodate the large number of chil -en in that district and the sur Punding school districts. They hope erect a $2,500 or $3,000 school ilding and equip it with the best odern furniture. Mr. Holloway's address was along Le line of duty and feasibility of tral school communities offering the ry best facilties to the country ildren and suggested in addition to e literary course offered that indus ial branches be added so as to meet f te needs of the great majority of untry boys and girls who will nev - have the opportunity of attending illege. Mr. Holloway also urged the atter of general education among te farming class, showing by intelli nt methods the increased yields in rn and cotton and the general bet rment in the agricultural districts Ld been accomplished. He urged te farmers union members to inform emselves in their organization and duce others who are not members 'join. That by the education of the embership and cooperation along e lines of selling and sane and in lligent distribution of their cotton op could they hope to get a remun ation price for it. Mr. Holloway expressed himself as tarmed with the interest of the peo e of Dacusville on educational and ricultural lines and he confidently -edicts a great future for this com unity with the establishment of its gh school and its increasing interest . farming which he saw on every Lnd during his visit. District Convention. The district convention of the fourth strict, I. 0. 0. F., will be held with ollcihon lodge, No. 112, on Saturday, ecember 3. The following is the -ogram: First session-public-3.30 p. m. Address of welcome by It :v. J1. E. Lies, of Mollohon lodge; I. H. Hunt, Pultski lodge. Response by Kenneth Baker. of reenwood. Address by grand lodge officers on 1 ibjects of their own selection. Business sessIon 4.30 p. m. Roll call and reports from lodges id business generally. Questions for 1 scussion: 1. Have our district meetings been success? If not, why not? Discussion i d by J. M. Davis, F. P. McGowan id J. W. Canfield. 2. Shall the minimum funeral bene :s be increased? W. C. Kelley, J. F.a connell.1 3. Our orphan horne and its mission. .L. Blease, J. C. Cox. Night sesion held in hall of Pulaski dge. Conferring first degree. J. F. McConnell, Chairman. Unsophisticated Man. "I hear that Burke and his wife ve decided to separate." "Yes, it is a very sad case. I'm raid the breach is irreparable." "You don't say!" "Yes, you see, it was this way: I be other day, when Mrs. Burke en- ] rtained the members of tthe Ibs-mn ub, Burke insisted upon showing I adam, the president, through the mily library, which contains 15 t lumes and a compendium of all eful information.-Chicago Record erald. The attention of a hansom cab dri" was called to a purse lying on the 1 at of his cab as he "crawled" along ccadilly. He winked and said:1 "Well, sir, when trade's bad I put i ere-it's empty-and yu'd be sur - IR. F. P. MIMNAUGH DIES IN COLORADO Vas One of the Largest Dry Goods Merchants of Asheville Before He Went West. Lsheville Citizen, Oct. 25. Friends of Mr. Frank P. Mimnaugh vere shocked yesterday to receive iews of his death, which occurred in )enver, Col., Friday night, after a everal weeks' illness of typhoid pneu nonia. Mr. Minnaugh lived in this city Lbout fifteen years ago and for five rears was engaged in the dry goods usiness, occupying one of the largest ,tores in the city on Patton avenue. ie left here and went to California, vhere he was likewise engaged in usiness for many years. Mr. Mimnaugb was born in the qorth of Ireland, 52 years ago. He ollowed John L. Mimnaugh to this ountry and for years was associated vith him in business in Columbia, S. 3. Afterward he lived for some time n Greenville and from there came to his city. Later he went West and 'r six or seven years has been estab ished in business in the Colorado cap tal, where he had prospered. Mr. dimnaugh was a man who made many iends and kept them. His was a )articularly hearty and generous na ure and he counted his warm friends >y the score. The three brothers rohn L., Frank P. and James A.-spent L week together in New York city dur ng September. The body will arrive in Columbia on uesday afternoon. The funeral ser rices will be held at St. Peter's church n Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The nterment will be in the family plot at it. Peter's cemetery. Mr. Mimnaugh was unmarried and eaves survivir- him two brothers, Fames A. Mimnaugh, of Newberry, S. 3., and John L. Mimnaugh, of Colum da, S. C. BLA*E ON OPERATOR. Phe Telegrapher Says He Pulled Semaphore and That it Failed to Display Danger Signal. knderson Mail. The coroner's jury at McCormick esterday placed on Telegraph Oper itor I. W. Browder, the blame for the eath of the victims of the Charles on and Western Carolina wreck, which occurred near there Sunday. The flacts elicited at the inquest howed that the train dispatcher had iven order for the two trains, Nos. !and 8, to meet at McCormick. lrowder failed to give orders to the :onductor of tra.in No. 8, allowing the rain to clear from the station be ore the arrival of No. 2, the result eng the head-on collision half way etween McCormick and Plum ranch, the next station. Browder states that he pulled the temaphore on the receipt of order to old train No. 8 at McCormick and hinking the danger signal bad work 41, he proceeded with his other du .ies laying the train order on his esk. He says that the semaphore ailed to work, leaving train No. 8 clear signal. He was busy with an musual rush of ticket sales and inking the danger signal was dis 1ayed did not hurry about giving the :onductor his train order. As soon as he could he started to id the conductor and was dismayed o find that the train had pulled out f the station and that only its tail ights were visible. In a few min ites the crash of the colliding trains was heard although distant about w, miles and a half. A Word to the Public. Wanted-Kind-hearted people to telp me sustain the Sheltering Arms {omes. They have been a blessing to near y 500 homeless women and children. Mothers have been received with heir children and given a chance to aise them under helpful influences. We employ no servants. Have no said officials. All money goes for ab olute necessities. Over 400 people have gone out to espectable positions. We need help for our five families LW very badly. Send contributions either to Min C. W. Simons. Summorville. S. C.. NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Mr. E. W. Werts Has Appendietis Personal Mention of Home-Folks and Visitors. Prosperity, Oct. 31.-Rav. and M.; I. S. Caldwell have returned from Staunton, Va., accompanied by Mrs. Oaldwell's brother, Mr. Boyce Bell. Mrs. C. T. Wyche and daughterA Cairo, spent Saturday in Columbia. Miss Sallie Pugh, of Route No. 1' left last waek for a visit to friends la Kingstree, S. C. Mr. Granville Wyche, of the Univer sity of South Carolina, spent the week end at home. Miss Katherine Bell, of Staunton, Va.. spent several days in town, ed route to her school In Anderson. Mrs. Ella Bedenbaugh, of Kiblee, spent Monday In town shopping. M- E. W. Werts, a prominent cotton' buyer of our town, was taken early, Sunday morning with appendicitis. He left Monday morning for the Columbi hospital for an operation and hopas to be back at his business in ten days or two weeks. Mr. Robert Wise is home from New berry college nursing a sprained ankle which he-recelved on the athletic field. Mesdames W. A. Moseley and J. C. Schumpert left today for Columbia, where they expect a pleasant week with friends and at the fair grounds. The Disastrous Exception. Man has within. the last century applied the principles of physics an4 mechanics to the problem of the an nihilation of time and distance with wonderful results, but occasionally we are reminded that however uni form these princples may be there remains a human element in the equation which Is very fallible. An illustration of this fact is~to be seen in the cause of the disastrous wreck on the Charleston & Western .Caro lina Railroad In Abbeville county, S. C., on Sunday. The train dispatcher wired to the agent at McCormick a "meet" order, affecting two trains approaching from oprosite directions. The agent re ceipted for the order and as a matter of routine pulled thb semaphore con nection at his elbow, an operation which he hlad performed several times a day probebly for months without its ever having failed to set the dan ger signal. A rush of applicants for tickets distracted his attention and he neglected to assure himself that the - mechanism bad worked for the hun dred and first time. One of the trains arrved and the agent, confident that the danger signal was flying and that the conductor would await orders, continued to sell tickets. Wen he closed his window and looke for his man 'the trwin was several hundred yards on its way to an inevitable smash-u P. Tt ebanced that the sema phore mechanism bad failed to re spond and that the sinl the conduc tor read g'ave him a clear track. Negligent? Certainly it was negli gence in the agent not to take every precaution in the discharge of his im portant duties, but the young man is as much to be pitied es condemned. In $ct, if only those criticize him who have never been guilty . of similar lapses the cbiorus of condemnatiCki will be faint. It is characteristic of human nature that habituZal actions are gradually removed from the con trol of the volitional portions of the brain and given over to the care of reflex, almost involuntary, action centres. In 999 cases out of 1,000 this is done with Impunity. It waS' the McCormiCk a.gent'e misfortune to be the exception which goes to prove the rule.-Charlotte Observer. A Twentieth Century Lullaby. Father's in his monoplane, sailing round the moon, Mother, in the taxicab, won't be home till noon; Brother's in his motor-boat, on the silent saa! Rock, wee motor-cradle, in the nur sery! See the Silver Dream-Balloon, down the Milky Way, Floating through the starry drift to bear you far away! Aeronats with poppies crowned at the helm I see ok. wo'Pn motor-cradle, in the~ nur --J'. T. M. in Life.