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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New erry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, November 1, 1910. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS In the general election to be held on November 8, nine amendments tc the State Constitution will be submit ted to the voters of South Carolina Some of them are somewhat techni cal in their nature, and for that rea won The Herald and News attempts tc explain them as best it can, and tc advance the reasons why all of ther should be voted. The first proposed amendmen1 would modify Section 7 of Article VII] of the Constitution so as to allow Dar Jington to issue bonds raising the in debtedness of the town to more thar *he constitutional limit, for the pur pose of drainage of said town an street improvements. The section o the Constitution which it is propose' to amend provides that "no city oi town in this State shall hereafter ir cur any bonded debt which, includ 1ng existing bonded indebtedness shall exceed eight per centum of thi assessed value of the taxable propert3 therein," and so on. The second proposed amendmen would modify the sayme sec *on of the constitution, provid Ing that the limitations im osed by -this Section and b3 Section 5, of Article X, "shall not ap ply to bonded indebtedness incurrec by the towns of Aiken, in the count3 of Aiken; Camden, in the county oJ Kershaw; Cheraw, in the county of Chesterfield; Clinton, in the county of laurens; Edgefield, in the county of Edgefield; and St. Matthews, in thE eounty of Calhoun, when the proceeds 'of said bonds are applied solely and exclusively for the building, erecting, ietablishing and maintenance of water works, electric light plants, sewerage Mystem or streets," and so on. The third amendment would modify ibhe sections above referred to the ex tent that they "shall not apply to the Rbonded indebtedness in and by any anunicipa.l corporation when the pro Jeeeds of said bonds are applied solely land exclusively for the purchase, es 'tablishment and maintenance of a waterworks plant, or sewerage sys temn or lighting plant, and when the question of incurring such indebted tess is submitted to the freeholders and qualified voters of such munici gality," and so on. In other words this amendment, if carried, would re peal the section of the Constitutior 31miting the indebtedness to eight pei sent when the indebtedness shouli be incurred for the purposes mention IBd. The fourth proposed amendmen: would modify the same section of th< Constitution and relative sections bI providing that the restrictions "shall mot apply to bonded indebtedness in eurred by the city of Aiken, but said eity of Aiken may increase its bonded indebtedness in the manner provided dor," 'etc.' "to an amount not exceed ing fifteen per cent. of the value o1 'the taxable property therein for the purpose of establishing,, extending completing and repairing a system oj waterworks, sewerage, elec'tric lights and power. The fifth proposed amnendmen1 would modify the same sections of thE Constitution by allowing St. Matthews to increase her bonded indebtedness tc an amount not exceeding fifteen pei cent. of the value of the taxable prop erty therein, "where the proceeds oi the said bonds to the amount of $20, 000 shall be turned over by the towr council of said town of St. Matthews to the duly appointed commisioners o: the county of Calhoun, for the purpost of aiding in the construction of pub' lic buildings for the county of Cal -houn." Calhoun is a new county and this provision is for the purpose of al lowing the county seat to bond hersel to erect necessary public buildings. These are all local matters, andi is unfortunate that the Constitution is not broad enough to cover mattern of this kind. It seems to us that th< Constitution ought to be so amendet that amendments 'would not be neces sary in each individual case. If the fe communities affected, however, desire to vote bonds for the purposes men- 01 tioned, we can not see where any oth- w er section will be hurt, if there is di hurt at all, and we can not see why o1 Newberry or any other county not in- c4 volved should prohibit some other w community from managing its own af- bi fairs as it sees fit. It does seem, how- pl ever, that the Constitution ought to t be so framed that such frequent iz amendments in local cases would not fr be necessary. ti The sixth and seventh proposed it amendments would increase the num- N ber of supreme court justices from " four to five, and would increase their s] tenure of office from eight to ten 01 years. For the reasons which we have ti urged heretofore, we believe this ci would be wise. It1 The eighth proposed amendment ti would empower the corporate authori ties of the cities of Greenville, Spar- x tanburg and Columbia, and the town 11 of Manning, "to levy an assessment n upon abutting property for the pur- 1y pose of paying for permanent im- fp provements on streets and sidewalks n immediately abutting said property," fi and so on. The ninth proposed amendment t< would modify the provision of the Constitution so as to allow the town 1 ships in the counties of Greenwood and Saluda to vote bonds in aid of s the proposed Greenwood and Saluda S railroad. 11 A careful study of the proposed tl amendments shows that they are all!' local measures except as to increas- g ing the number of supreme court jus- 0 tices. As we remarked, the Constitu tion ought to be broad enough to cover if these local matters without an h amendment in each case, but since it h is not we can see no reason why the h communities affected should not be 01 the judges of their own affairs. As to ti the increase in the number of su- V preme court justices, we believe this t is wise and expedient. ha Therefore, The Herald and News al favors all of the proposed constitu- i tional amendments, and we have tried ti to explain as best we could what the 13 effect of each will be. si "THE SINS OF THE FATHER." 01 Thomas Dioxn wrote a great truth cI when he penned the sentence in "The t Sins of the Father" to the effect that vi the lone'iest road across the earth is e the way of sin. That there is sin, and i much of it, in the regard to which he calls attention, can not be disput- ci 2ed. But there is such a thing as mak- l Ing the cure worse than the disease- s of going so far in urging a remedy jfi that, instead of curing the disease, more disease will be contracted.n In our opinion, Thomas Dixon's t play, 'The Sins of the Father," has Lthe tendency to do far more harm! than good. We have no doubt that Mr. Dixon's idea was to teach a moral lesson, and there is a great moral les son that needs to be taught, but we o: can not see that the South or the na-tP tion will be benefited by abringing this r lesson home so brutally in the pres- f ence of girl children and of young la- ti -dies who are pure and innocent, who ti -<do not need the lesson sought to belo taught, and many of whom would t1 never dream of this condition whichr is portrayed unless it were driven o home to them brutally as is done in p iMr. Dixon's play.a Mr. Dixon urges with truth that the Bl women of the South are bound to be L the greatest sufferers from the evil h which he so dramatically portrays. c But it is not an evil which innocent h young girls of from sixteen years of s age upwards can correct, and the sug- N gestiveness of Mr. Dixon's play is ti something which ought not to come s to thier attention. We understand that Mr. Dixon has a been commended by women's clubs in different sections of the South for presenting the play. We believe these -women have been misled by a proper it fear of the evil without taking intoe consideration the evil which may re- Ir. suit from the remedy which Mr. Dix on. is appilying. c We repeat. the play was brutally siggestive. and no fit play for young wvomen to attend, at the same time realizing that there is urgent need for the teaching of the lesson, but be Ilieving that it can be taught in a much a: .rane eff:ctive way without the pre. d f ice of innocent girls. Mr. Dixon is a great writer. He is ie of the most eloquent and forceful riters which this generation has pro iced. His "Leopard's Spots" is, in ir opinion, the greatest novel in re mnt years. His "The One Woman" as forcefully written, but had no isine.ss in the home of Southern peo ,e, or of any other people, uncensor L. He is a deep thinker, and he real es strongly the danger which con onts us, but we can niot but believe te remedy which he is applying, in 5 brutal suggestiveness, is too harsh. o self-respecting father would allow leo" to state to his daughter what le said on the stage In Newberry i Friday night, and the glamour of te footlights and the preesnee of a 1ltured audience takes away none of e harshness of improper sugges ons. Mr. Dixon made a talk which was uch better than his show. We be eve an audience would have been I tuch more benefited by a talk from r. Dixon than by his play. He is a )rceful and eloquent talker, of mag ificent personality, as he is a force l and eloquent writer. But "The Sins of the Father" ought > be taken off the stage. COL. S. J. SMIPSON. In the death of Col. Stobo J. Simp )n, which occurred at his home in partanburg on Friday, South Caro na has lost a son who was a man in ie biggest and truest sense of the ord. He was a chival'ric Southern ntleman, and no more could be said any man. Col. Simpson was in the prime of fe, and had a great future before im, as he had an enviable past be ind him. He was a great lawyer. In is arguments on questions of law ie not familiar with the technicali es of the law could see the point at hich he was driving. Col. Simpson i clear and forceful arguments which a made, always had a point In view,. ad he made ;his point the centre of s argument, as the hub is the cen e of a buggy wheel-40 use a home illustration. He was general coun 1l for the C. & W. C. railway, and a had a large and lucrative practice tside of this employment. He fought ses on the merits, carrying the high' ~nets which were his creed in pri ste life, into his law business and ery other walk in life along which a went No man could be intimately asso ated with Col. Simpson for any ~ngth of time without learning to re ~ect and admire him, and all his iends loved him. His death is the departure of a tan whom the State could ill afford lose, and along with hundreds of thers we mourn it. A THRILLING WAR STORY. Cl. Dickert will begin soon in The erald and News the thrilling story "Gen Morgan and the Bluegrass artisans," the most fascinating and alitic of all his war stories. It Is L.cts of which 'he writes, recorded in' i War Archives in Washington, buz ie daring and unsurmontable objects vercome by those hardy riders makes e story read more like fiction, though ality. He tells in this tory deeds the great leader Forest, the unhap y VanDorn, who fell to the wiles of beau tiful woman, of the Unfortunate ragg, of the great fighting prelate, ieut. Gen. Bishop Polk, and of his ero, Gen. Morgan, who is the only~ onfederate commander who carried is colors north of the Ohio, and .vept like a cyclone through two ortheem States. And but for his un-: mely death, falling before a "woman~ ~orned" his name would have filled ie of the highet niches of fame, &a 1 the Souch's great rilers The story will run through many sues of The Herald and News, but ch chapter will be complete within self, the whole running through ich other, making one of the most adable and romantic stories of the ar. Subscribe now; don't miss a. >p. It will be interesting to the d and instructive to the young. Four oths subscription 50 cents; one aar $1.50. At the last session of the legislature act was passed which was intro ine bthe s-aenator from Newherry N1 READ This is a copy of worth of merchandise yo We are going to g you hold a lucky numbe Every one of thesi will entitle the holder to Number-_. We give a coupon bea: worth of merchan, These Numbers will Ties, Silk Hosiery a There is a number on every number -vill b our store next SaturdE Fellers FELLEI ounty relating to the dispositon of he old court house building of New erry county. This act povides and lirects the manner of the disposition A the building by the county super sor and the boa.rd of county comn issioners, provided that at an elec >on to be held in 1910, the said act is .tified. The act also provides that he commissioners of election for State td county officers shall publish3 no 3ie of said election at least thirty lys prior to the election. In other ords, the question was to be submit d to the voters at the general elec mo this fall as to the disposition of is building permitting it to be used i a Young Men's Christian associa mo, if at least $15,000 was spent on tfor improvements. Why was the election not ordered? THE IDLER. * In the eleventh chapter of Proverbs, bginning at the 24th verse, you may ad these words: "There is that scat reth, and yet increaseth; and there sthat withholdeth more than is meet, t it tendethi to poverty. "The liberal soul shall be made fat; d he that watereth shall be watered so himself. "He that withholdeth corn, the peo e shall curse him; but blessing shall eupon the head of him that selleth it "He shall trusteth in his riches shall 11l: but the righteous shall flourish sa branch." Now, I want everybody in Newberry oread these words and then turn er with me to the gospels and read] e account of the young man who me to the Master, and who had kept 1l of the commandments from his] uth up, and when the Master said to him, "If thou wilt be perfect, go d sell that thou hast and give to e poor, and thou shalt have treasure heaven," but when the young man iard these words "he went away rrowful." It was the manifesta mio of that old selfish and money eed spirit, which crops out even in i day. Couldn't part with his pos ssions, even to help the poor, andI bat did it profit him at the end. It ems to me if I had plenty I would :e pleasure in giving to the poor, d in helping to build those things :at would help humanity and make e burden lighter. But my observa mio and experience is that the people who have the most are the most selfish d greedy and griad down the poor,? d when they do turn loose a dollar ey want to know where it is going' bo enefit them. You just start oul in \wbrry any cold day to raise a te money for any charitable par ~~se, and after you get around stop nd look at your list, and I'll bet you y old straw hat that when you aa yze it you wil fnd that the men who i JMBJ AND BI a card that will be given u purchase from us CASH. ve away 25 articles every r you will be presented with e cards bears a number and a prize. READ COPY BEL -MAY GIVE YOU PRIZE i z ring a number with every $I.oo dise you buy for cash from us. U Get Shoes, Shirts, Suit Cases, nd a Great Many Other Articles every one of these articles and e given out. Bring this card to y night at 9 oclock.- 4 3& organ. S & M ire the most able to give are the ones who give the least in proportion. Sup pose one who has sufficient income to pay an income tax may put down $5 3.nd think -he has done well, while ome poor fellow who is working on scarcely salary enough to make ton gue and buckle meet will give cheer !ully probably as much. I reckon it bas always been so and is so every here. Read those quotations I have given you and think well of your duty and your responsibility, you who have prospered. -0 Buster Brown-you know I told you [ always read Buster-resolved a great truth the gther day, though it is as ld as time itself, still it will bear re peating, when he said: 'The only real appiness we have is making others appy. The only love you own is what you give away. Because love begets love. Love your enemy and he will love you." -o Had you ever thought of that? If not, stop and think. It will do you good. Beware how you trust in riches. Money is powerful in a way, but the reed will break some day and if you bave leaned too strongly on your money you are bound to fall. Don~t you think for a moment either that you are the whole cheese because you have a little money. The man who rides in chariots today and spurns those who walk, may have to shove a wheelarrow tomorrow. But use your money and the power it gives to help your community, to help the poor, to give them a chance. Then your pos sessions will increase -and will last. -0 I want to see all of the people of Newberry, rich and poor, get together nd give of their means and accord ing to their ability for every good cause to push the old town along. Eave confidence in your community. Rave confidence ini the men and wo nen who make up the community. Speak well of them, and if you can't, keep your old mouth shut. -0 I saw in an Atlanta paper the other lay where a citizen of that tewn loan d it $70,000 on the confidence he hadl in the town, so that some property right be bought for the town at an idvantageous price, because the town lidn't ha:.a 1v ine oney and under the law coildnt mak'e an obligation ha vond the fiscal y'ar. That's the spirit. 'hat makes a town. That's confidence n a substantial manner. If some one iad done that in Newberry some time igo, when an advantageous proposi tion was made for street paving, to :he tune of $10,000, it would have made :his town hum as it has never hum mnerl before. But if he had there would have been a lot of old knockers :o say that man was a tool. There nust b e confidence. And then we must <een~ the faith aind not abuse the con 'idence. -0 Now, let everybody get behind the novement for The Idler's park. Put p your money, and, please, Mr. Bur EBR WISE you with every $1.00 saturday night and if one of these artides. 25 of these numbers Dwe ARTICLES You May Wish to Purchase. Boyden Shoes for Men. E P. Reed & Co's Shoes for Ladies. Strong Line Boys' Shoes. Strong Line Girls' Shoes. Cluett & Monarch Shirts. Crofut & Knapp Hats. Wright's Health Underwear. Umbrellas. "The Quality Shop" ORGAN must have that park open by next summer and now is the time to start. I Today. I have faith in Newberry. I have confidence in the people who make up the community. I believe the people are ready to organize a. park association. I believe they are ready to contribute what money is necessary to start the movement. I believe the people who own the -land will either donate It or put the pi-ice at a nominal figure. There has bee. enough hc' air. It is time to get down to business. The first thing is to get the land or the options, and then we will know how much money it will take. Let the matter take shape.- It. will be the greatest thling for Newy berry that has been done in a genera tion. Look how the people flock to Willowbrook, and behold what a love ly place it is. Can't the people of the city do what one corporation has done. Certainly they can. Will theyt Read my text. . The Idler. P. S.-I would thank- you, Mr. Edi tor, to send 14r. Burton a marked copT of observations because it's the op. tions we want now, and tell him he may address me, care The Herald and News. T. I. P. S.Will you please find out for me what has become of the civic aso ciation. Would like to know at once. Another Kind of "Spirit." Blobbs-Harduppe must be seizet with a spit of reform. He save rasn't had a drink for a month." Slobbs--Oh, you must have misun derstod him. What he probably said was that he hadn't bought a drink for a month.-Philadelphia Record. On the Same Terms. "I shouldn't mind having my con ributions paid for on publicaties' wvere it not-" "What?" "That my meals have to be paid for 'in acceptance."-Lippincott's Maga* Mn. !odern Discipline. Mother--Wille, take your medicine and jump into bed. Wille-Idon't want to take medi Stern Father-William, if you don't take your medicine at once, you'll be put to bed without taking it! TO DRAW JURY. Notica is hereby given that we, the undersigned Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C., will, at 9' o'clock a. in., November 11, 1910, at the office of the Clerk of Court, open ly and publicly draw the names of 36 men wh'o .eall serve as Petit Jurors for the '>urt of General Sessions, which a convene at Newberry C. H., S. C., November 28, 1910. Jno. L. Epps, Eug. S. Werts, Jno. C. Goggans, Jury Commisioners for Newberry County, S. C. October 31, 1910.