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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, November 11, 1910. PEANUT VS. BOLL WEEVIL. A New Orleans dispatch is author ity for the opinion of Judge L. M Pikin, of San Antonio, the owner o: a large plantation in St. James parish Louisiana, who declares that peanut production, is the salvation of the cotton planter, who suffers from the ravages of the weevil.- He says the hilly lands Infested with the weevil will yield per acre from 20 to 65 -bushels of peanuts valued at $1 per bushel and that the peanut hay may be easily disposed of at from $12 tc $15 a ton. He says these lands wil: not yield more than $20 in the acre in cotton. Judge Pikin stated that peanut oil is sold principally in Europe for a better price than olive oil and tha1 the peanut oil cake Is an excellent stock food. "Many cotton mills in the weevil district," he said, "are converting their plants into\peanut mills, where the oil and meal' are manufactured.' A feature in connection with the peanut Industry which the judge said amust not be overlooked is the fact that three years culture of peanuts in the present cotton fields will drive out the boll weevil.-Greenville News. The Herald and News printed the dispatch referred to and desires to call attention to it again in this con nection. While Georgia is known as the "Goober State," still peanuts can be produced in South Carolina to advan tage, and it does not cost a great deal to cultivate the crop. We would be glad to see some of our business men and capitalists look into the matter of building a peanut mill. We do not think it necessary or advisable to convert any of our cot ton mills into peanut mills, but it might be profitable and worth while to investigate this question. The Herald and News will begin mext week the publication of the story announced some time ago, written by Col. D. A. Dickert. The subject of this story Is "Gen. Jno. H. Morgan and His Partisans of the Blue Grass." This is one of the best war stories that 'has been written by Col. Dickert, which is saying a good deal, and it will be run through several issues of 'the paper. In order that you may not miss any part of this story, you had better sub scribe now, and if your subscription is about to expire, you had better re new at once. These war stories by Col. Dickert constitute a very valuable part of the kistory of the war and all of them are based on facts, and contain a great deal of history that has not been re corded. The electiorn on Tuesday was a reg uilar landslide for the Democrats. It kas developed some very strong na tional leaders and if the party makes io mistakes during the next two years and will use the leadership of these men, there will be a good chance for ~the election of a Democratic presi dent in 1912. Woodrow Wilson devel oped into a good campaigner and the strong point in his favor is that he met all issues squarely and fearlessly. We notice in the trial of the graft cases at Chestar that one of the wit nesses for the prosecution admitted under oath in his testimony that he had lied in a former investigation when he gave testimony under oath. It is not likely that a jury will place much confidence in the test'rnony of such a witness, though he says he is telling the truth now. * * * * * * t * S * * * *T HE IBLEBR. * * * * * * * * S * S * S I was reading a book the other day --yes, I sometimes read a book-in fact in my old days I anm beginning to enjoy books-we&, this was a nov and one of the heroes was talking to a rich merchant-one of these skin flint fellows w:ho gets rich by holding on to the dollars and hardening his soul to the point of demanding the piece of flesh next to the heart. Well, this hero's brnther was in troublea nd his family wanted him to pay him oat il and the hero was taking counsel with n this rich old merchant. The hero was a poor and honest and struggling and ri big hearted and kind as all heroes a: must be whether in story or real life. This hero was trying to harden his heart and I reckon he thought the old S -skinflint would be sort of a ?:racer to s1 him. So the old fellow delivered him self to the kind-hearted hero something like this: "You are saving, ambitious, and firm in all matters until you see other folks suffering, and then you Ia: get as limber as a rag. I admire you' for it-I admire you for being just like you are, and seeing the way you act makes me ashamed of the road over which I've reached my own in- t dependence." That sounds good, and you have heard it. These old stingy a rich a'dmire generosity and sympathy s for suffering on the part of others. a They still have a little touch of hu manity left, sufficient to admire gen erosity in the other fellow. But lis Iten to the continuation of this phil osophy and answer me if you have not seen it in real life. The old fellow t continues: "It makes me ashamed, I ir say, and yet, by golly, if I had it to ti go over again I'd take exactly the C same course. I don't know but what ti I'd hew closer to the line of justice and lat no man's idle hand tilt the tub ITm paddling. Folks preach that self sacrifice is the most beautiful thing e under the sun, and yet old Sac' has to li walk through the mud and mire, while ai Skin-flint is coming full tilt in a red 01 automobile and tooting for -him to a] stand out of the way or get mashed y as flat as a flitter. That's life, Gil bert. It looks like we were made to * live on our fellows just as bugs under * the bark 'of rotten trees do. Jim * ain't far wrong when he says, 'Cast * thy bread upon the waters, go hun- * gry, and let the mud-turtles have a * feast.'" -0 You know there is a great deal of h truth, from the human view-point, in V the old Skin-flint's philosophy. A b great deal of the charity and the sac- N rifice and self-denial that we read s1 about and hear about is always beau- tr tiful and commendable in the other fellow, but the Skinflints don't see\ L much beauty and loveliness in it when ti called upon to make the self-denial a' and the ciacrifice themsielves. And tc when we see how they prosper inh temporal affairs who never do any- a thing for anyone but themselves' we are sometimes almost tempted to for get. Remember what,I wrote inmy last and read again the quotations that I made from that Great Book, and do not forget. "Cast thy bread upon the waters" and it will return,N though it may be "m.any days." Lis- I ten to a further soliloquy on this some rich merchant.: -0 The hero after he returned to hisd ~plow from his conference with the Iwealthy merchant soliloquized in part 0 as follows: "What, in any sense, did the whole awful struggle of life mean?T With all the wealth Daggart (the rich skinflint) 'had piled up, what n whay had the merchast profited? Who loved him? Who cared if he lived or died? It had beenC said of Daggart's wife, now in her grave for a twelvemonth, that she had not loved him deeply. The sordid chase for wealth in her long, child less period of wifehood had afforded her no moment of ease or pleasure. After all, Gilbert mused, it was such Irresponsible individuals as his broth er David who would part with money N as rapidly as he would accept it-it was such as they who would be miss ed and even mourned." al ~~* fr There you are. Money Is good, but only good when used to a good pur-w pose. You may not believe it, but It Is as true as the Great Book itself. Improper use of it will be visited to the third and fourth generation. And A: if it were not, what are you going to til do about it and with it when you come hj 'to the common level of all humanity? lu All of it can't purchase one heart N< throb, but its proper use will give th pleasant recollections and add to the comfort of the passage beyond. I read in an Atlanta paper the oth- fo er day where Miss Geraldine Farrar, ni the beautiful opera singer, had just v returned from Europe and the report- :m ers-they are wonderful fellows-I g have often wished I was a reporter on a great big daily-well they had heard she was coming to America and pl they had also heard 'that she was i going to marry a duke, one of these to titled foreigners who have been pur- di chasing-God save the mark-our T] American girls, who are rich and th pretty, with their -empty titles. They told Miss Farrar that it was reported -I mean the reporters told her, not the dukes-she would wed a duke. cil Hear this American girl's rapir. Onlym t>rt more of aur girls had the courage of to take % same position. "Dukes?" nl asked Miss Farrar. "I've met many w of them, and believe me. taking them we individ'ualily and collectively, they are gr not worth a ding." That may not be Wi very elegant but it is expressive and tic tre, -if what I have radr about them iye only h.-lf truth. The American wo ten ought to remember that they are [ready princesses and queens by ,ght of birth and every other consid 7ation. -0 The following appeared in Frank tanton's column in the Atlanta Con :itution: The Juror Explained. This is the story of a court scene, 5 related by the Fulton Sun: "When the jury had been sworn to aswer questions, the attorney, after ;king if any of the jurors were re ted in any way to the defendant or rosecuting witness, asked if any ere related to an. of the lawyers in Le trial case. One old man stood up, id as he yanked at his long whiskers tid: 'Wall, judge, I don't know just jout that, but one of them lawyers id me married the same woman."' -- What relation Is the juror to the .wyer? Those who take pleasure in ruring out relationship might work out. You know, such a kinship is apossible in South Carolina, but it is te only State where it is. South arolina should be proud of the dis action. -0 But what has all this to do with The [er's park? Why, just this: It is ridence of what a great State we ve in and how proud we should be id it should stimulate us to beautify ir city and build a park we would I be proud of. See the point? Know u' do. Get busy. The Idler. SCINTILLATIONS. -- * By Squibs. * The R.~H. Anderson & Co. store, too, is been showing its faith by its orks in placing matters intelligently' .fore the readers of The Herald and ews. Everybody having been to that ore has been well pleased by the eat, trade and travel. The -Clinton correspondent of the 3urens Advertiser says that the Bap sts of Clinton are greatly distressed : the possibility of losing their pas r, the Rev. C. Lewis Fowler, who is been elected to the presidency of college in Missouri. The departure the Rev.~C. Lewis Fowler would be to best thing that could happen to inton. Dr. I. E. Crimnm, the faxnrous okt-' sl- will close hais engagement in awberry Saturday afternoon. Tho .terested had better see this cele 'ated eye doctor. His business is to ake people see. Were you an observer of the fact ~monstrated in The Herald and News last Tuesday that the 1/avird .Co. ~on caught on to the scheme of $ ods $3.98? And so on up and down. ie special ten-days sale is still run ng. You saw the newsy ad of the Mower >. in Tuesday's issue. It told of entful bargains. The Mower Co. is name to bank on in any statement. Jno. B. Mayes knows how to ad ~rtise his book store. His ads are eat and attract attention. When Caldwell & Haltiwaniger told e putblic through The He1%ld and ws Tuesday that they had three >ors of the world's best merchandise the lowest prices ever known. It as like unto announcing good news m the housetops. The stream of peo e deriving benefit is great and Cald ll & Haltiwanger found it pays to vertise. The fine work ina.ngu'rated by the nerican Cash Purchasing Co. is con iing and pleased multitudes of .rgain receivers are thanking their cky stars that Blaustein came to wberry and opened the way for: eir accommodation and benefit. Nothing succeeds like success is an i saying anid a true one. Never be re have Ewart & Perry had such a imber of customers and so great a riety and supply of fine goods to et the demands and wants of the neral public. Mimnaugh's is the place where peo e go as sheep to green pastures and >pling streams. Mimnaugh is a name draw many to his big store. Where i you get that hat? At Mimnaugh's. at Is the place to get lots of good ings at real bargains. Mr. Baxter Issues Card. To the voters and taxpayers of the :y of Newberry: I am taking this ?thod of letting you know something what has been done under the mu eipal administration of 1910, in ich I have been alderman from my rd and mayor pro tern for the eater portion of the time. To begin th, I will say that this administra- U n has borrowed during the fiscal ar, $32,100.00 as narainst the admin istration of 1 of of i , . 0.i. . :. I have nothing to say as to the differ ence, I being a member of the coun cil for both terms. I will .state facts and leave it to the voters and taxpay ers to draw their own conclusions. I was not chairman of any of the more important committees of council dur ing 1909. In the present administra tion, I am on the finance committee and am chairman of the ways and means committee. The chairman of the finance committee and the mayor are charged with the duty of looking after the finances of the city. The chairman of the ways and means com mittee, with the assistance of the mayor, has to attend to all of the buy ing and 0. K. all bills. As we all know, Mayor Blease has been necessarily absent during j por tion of his term and I was appointed as mayor pro tem. Thus, all of the buying, as well as the other duties of the mayor's office have devolved upon me during Mr. Blease's absence. With these responsibilities upon me, I have tried to do my whole duty and have endeavored to the best of my ability to enforce all of the ordinances of the city and especially the dispen sary or liquor ordinances. With the aid of all of my subordinate officers, I am satisfied that the city has been well cared for, and I am sure that if the truth were known and the facts could be obtained, there is less whis key being shipped in this city than heretofore, and especially for illicit sale and use of it. Back to finance and as to the man ner in which the finances have been used, and more especially, what has been used in permanent improve ments: To assistant in opening the streets around the school building, we have paid three hundred and fifty dollars. a Corrugated iron pipe on Friend street, from McKibben street on to the railroad, on Blue Ruin Hill and two places in Ward 5, we have paid $1,265. Three mules for city use, $885. Two horses for fire department, 1 $860. Enlargement of the fire house by T addition Which will accommodate the g extra horse and additonal hose wagon, c: $750. ti One street scrape, $150. W Extra blades for scrape, $60. Widening Main street along the Silas Johnstone property, $100. Widening sidewalk along Copeland a property on College street and lead- k ing to the new postoffice site, $800. In addition to the above, we haveA used and put in about 2,000 feet of 124inch terra cotta pipe; we have placed an r dditional street overseer, ti as assistant to the superintendent of streets, at a cost of $30 per month, and we feel that this is a step in the right direction, as it allows our super intendent to put in all of his time on permanent work, such as building bridges and their abuttments, putting in galvanized iron and terra cotta pipe and laying cement sidewalks. His assistant is thus enabled to look after the ordinary street and sidewalk 9 work, working same with convict and jJ free labor. Our street scrape is kept running practically all 'of the time, arid I can say without fear of success-. ful contradiction, that our streets are now in as good and clean a condi tion, if notibetter than they have been in the past. Now, I am a candidate for mayor~ of the city, and not having the time or the opportunity to call on and L see all of the voters personally, I am 11 taking 'this method of reaching you. If I am elected as your mayor, you will always find me standing for law and order and for the enforcement of all of the city ordinances. I shall stand for permanent work, and will use my Influence to provide for the services of a civil engineer to carry out the Qh plan of permanent improvements. I shall use all my power to upbuild mnan and place him on a higher plane, and do everything in my power, to up b.old and protect the purity of our women and children, so that we may ll become better 'men and women and ccupy the high stations for which we were created by our Maker. One more word, and I am done: I 9 dave not, nor do I intend to promise ~ mny man to vote for him for any of rice or position which is to be filled by the election of the incoming council; mnd should I be' elected, when the riames are read out as applicants for ~hese positions, I shall vote for the mnen, who in my humble judgment, will make the best officers for the 3itizens and town of Newberry. All I as'k is, that you give my can lidacy your earnest consideration be ~ore you cast your ballot for mayor. So It is up to you, voters! Yours respectfully, P. F. Baxter. As to the Boll Weevile. Washington, D. C., Nov. 5.-Practi tal steps are being taken by the 1 3outhern Railroad company, and the ! VIobile and Ohio Railroad company to :o-operate with the officials of theg Jnited States Agricultural Depart nent and the State Commissioners of teTculture in advising farmers, in the er-ito ang the lines of thes rail-j' BAKING MAKES THN HOT B Also Rolls E Crusts aj Send for Royal Cook Book ays which may eventually be reach I by the Mexican cotton boll weevil, ; to the best methods of growing cot in in spite of the presence of that sect. The experience of the farmers L Texas, where the weevile has been >r some years, demonstrates that, by Le adoption of proper methods, prac cally as large yields of cotton can be >tained as before the appearance of ie weevil. In most localities in exas the invasion of the weevil has nerally been followed by short -ops for two or three years until Le farmers have learned how to deal ith the insect. The purpose of making the co perative work of the companies as !ective and helpful as possible, an rganization has been -perfected to be 1own as the cotton culture depart .ent of the Southern railway, the labama Great Southern railroad, and ~e Mobile and Ohio railroad, with a ew to encouraging the adoption of ie most improved methods in ad nce of the appearance of the wee IT'S UP ~H E N BUYING class to get the and finish, foi chase that will S -for generations to c S line of these goods wl excelled-they are the and when you purchas' ! getting goods of the firf ing representsall the late SWe would be pleased visit and examine our lii Ster1ins Cut(A Fancy Pictures, Hammer SWe are placing these gc - astonishing low when< and class of goods. Mayes' B THE HOUSE OF A TI ISCT md Muffins ad Cakes 13S WWliam St. -C- New York vil. This, it is felt, will have the ef fect of maintaining the normal pro duction of cotton. Practical farmers who have had experience in dealing with the boll weevil will be employed and will devote their entire time to visiting the farmers along the lines of these railways in localities which may eventually be reached by the weevil and giving them practical ad vice as to the best methods of grow ing cotton under boll weevil condi tions. Planters and others in these local ties who are desirous of availing themselves of the practical advice and assistance of the agents of the cotton: culture department in this matter are invited to correspond with Mr. T. 0O Plunkett, general agent of the cotton culture department of the Southern railway, the Alabama Great Southera~ railroad, and the Mobile and Ohio railroad, at Chattanooga, Tsun Subscribe for The Herald and get the News. GOODS OF THIS BEST, both in quality i they represent a pur be used for a lifetime ome. The handsome A ich I have cannot be acme of perfection a these good~s you are ~t quality. Our show t designs and patterns. j to have you pay us a e before you buy r Silver China MeirrorsI: ed Brass a ,ds at prices that are considering the quality )ok Store ? HOUSANDS THINGS