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Intered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, December 9, 1910. IT IS UP TO CITY COUNCIL. If Newberry wants to forge ahead and be a city, the in-coming city coun efl should refuse to allow the public square In front of the old court house to be made a wagon yard and a "bone ard." and -a water-melon-yard, and everything else, as it was used for be fore thie last council went in. . We can see no sense in the argu ment that it will help -a town to block its principal streets with wagons. It Is demagogy of the purest and simplest and most puerile kind to try to align town and country against each other on this proposition, because in a matter of this kind-and really in all matters-what benefits the town bene - fts the country. We hope the in-coming city council will have some back-bone. Back-boae Is a great quality. In fact, men can't get along with out back-bone. It may ~take some back-bone to stand up against the pressure which will be brought to bear .-u this public square measure. We shall await the outcome. We believe that every member of .ity counci, who w1l be sworn in on December 22 believes that it will be for the best interests of the city and of the county to keep wagons and drays off the public square, and to let Newberry keep, in some measure, with the march of progress. Will they bave the back-bone to say so and to vote so? We believe they will. Let's see. We have no doubt that Mayor Lang ford will hwve public meetings of city -oounctl In fact. Mayor Langford dur ing hir term af offiee when he was mnayor always 'told the reporters they were welcome. and always showed them every consideration. Now for the town and county, with *out regard to any special interests! Are the farmers of Newberry coun ty so fond of making slaves of them selves that they wanit to bring the product of their honest toil, vahich will bring market value in any mart of ~the world, where i't will best suit some persons to buy, because, for sooth, they do not care to walk a hun dred yards to buy it? We do not believe the farmers of Newberry county yet regard them selIves as slaves. OUR ADVERTISERS. The Herald sand News today pub lishes a Chrisias edition in which a.re tol1d the opportunit?ies Which the Newberry merchiants present to Christrna buyers. This edition is twenty pages. In round numbers sevenity-six columns are advertising matter, and forty-four columns are pure reading matter. We want to direct attention to the attractive advertisements in our col umns which appear today, and to the bargains which are offered. We have never known of better values than are -advertised by-the Newberry merchants! in Te Healdand ewstoday. It *will pay every reader of the paper to! read the advertisements closely before *making Christma. purchases.1 We also want to call attention to the amount and the variety of the reading matter in this issue. The Herald arnd News is the medium through which the merchants of New berry reach the people, and the peo pie will bear in mind the valuas pre sented in this iss'ue today. THE CORN EXPOSITION, We knew it would he a success, with a Newberry man at the head of it. We refe- to the corn exposition in Culumbia and to P' -deir- A. 'n. Hud so. cf Newberry county. The first exposition of its kind ever held in the South, it will be a stimulus to yet greater efforts in corn grow ing, and &a growing of corn me:ms thiat the Sonth will no longer depend upon cotton as its exclusive money Diversified fa4-.rmig has received ai impetus which can not be counter acted. When the farmers of the Soutb grow corn as they ought to grow it they will begin to realize that it pays to grow other crops-that there is money in wheat and alfalfa and oth er things, and that there is no longer any nead to be dependent upon the speculative price of cotton for a live lihood. The farmers of the South have been too long dependent upon the price o their staple product set by specula tors in the North, without regard tc the law of supply and demattd-nol really get by the Northern specula tors or their exchanges, but by the whims of chance. With the world's supply in their hands the Southern farmers have suffered this condition to exist and it stil exists. It has been their own fault. They could have con trolled the supply years ago, and the dam-and would have followed. They are now beginning to realize that they have the situation in their hands. They are beginning to realize that they can make themselves independent by diversified farming, for by raising other crops they will put themselves in position to demand a'fair price for their cotton, which nature "cornered, for dem, to use the market phrase, if they will only get together. The world must have cotton, and it can get only a little of its supply without the South. Why the Southern farmers have not got together before and demanded a bair price for the product which the marts of the world must have, and for which they will pay a price in ac cordance with the law of supply and demand, is one of those things inex plicable. The South is waking up. We are gratified that at the head of this first corn exposition, which must prove a great factor in this awaken ing, there is a Nawberry man. THE GOVERNMENiT ROAD. In another column of The Herald and News today attention is called to thbe good work in keeping up the mile of government road between Newberry and Brosperity, which has been done by public-spirited citizens living along the route. We went over the road shortly after the work 'was done and it was well done. The road as built is permanent if thiere is a flittle work done now and then, such as cleaning out ditohes and dragging the surface of the road. With the machinery of road working as now organized ir. Newberry county-a lit tle patch work being done here and there, and the c'haingang being imayv ed from the east to the west and from the north to the south, without any thing permanent having been accom plishied-4he best mile of road in New blerr-y county is liable to go to pieces, if deft to the authorities that be, be cause all thngs are sub.iect to wear and tear. Therefore, the co-operation-not to say the so efforts-of public-spir ited citizenis living along the route, is peculiarly gratifying. This mile of road, under government supervision, was built sat very al comparative cost. We venture the as sertain .that many miles of road in Newberry county which are in terrible condition have had much more money expended upon them. The moral is plain. Permanent road work is what is needed, and is whait the people are going to demand as soon as they awake to condtions as they aTies. It seems to be a hard matter to get people to realize that conducting the affairs of a county, with thousands and thousands of udollars involved, and with th*e interests of thousands of peo ple at stake, is as much a business as the running o>f a private enterprise. After all, honwever, the matter is up to the pople. It would seem from events not long past that they would rather pay a huge mud tax than a small tax on bonds for permanent roar impro~ emer:t. The day is r.ot far dis La. t when they will realize the condi tionis which confront hem and whex they will see things as they are. NEWBERRY LEADS. Not only has Newberry the presi dent of the South Atlantc States Corn exposition being held in Columbia tion of the South so far as the award-, Ing of prizes is concerned. Read the list of prizes, and see how large a proportion there is of New berrians. The slogan for the county: "Grow corn; "Grow other crops than cotton; "Diversified farming; "Make cotton, of which we have the monopoly, an independent money crop; "Control thie supply of cotton; "Make the demand for cotton follow the supply, of which we have control." "The women ac 1 nie.1 wl o raised. th, boys who raisled the corn in South Carolina deserve soma credit," thinks the Columbia State. And that is a very conservative statement about the mat-ter.-Oharlotte Observer. It's the woman who deserve the credit, and from the list of prizes awarded at the corn exposition in Co lumbia this week, it would appear that the wemen of Newberry county are the graatest women in the world. They are, anyway, whether that appears from the list of prizes or not. STATEMENT Of the condition of the, Farmers' bank, located at Prosperity, S. C., at the close of business December 1, 1910: Resources. Loans and discounts.. ....$ 6,081.25 Overd-rafts.. .. ........ 74.70 Furmiture and fixtures.. 2,767.10 Due from banks and bank 1,162.87 Currency.. .......... 549.00 Gold... ............. 20.00 Silver and other minor coin 50.79 Other resources,viz.: expen ses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 1,169.75 Total.. ............$ 11,875.46 Liabiffties. Capital stock paid in .- .. $ 7,190.00 Imdividu'l deposits subject to check .......... 3,182.26 Cashiar's checks.. ....... 7.25 Bills payable, including der tifica.tes for money bor' Towed.. .... ...........1,236.00 Other liabilities, viz: Int. and~ diiset. .. ...... ....259.95 Total .... .... .......$ 11,875.46 State of South Carolina, County of Newberry-ss. Beforle me came E. 0. Counts, Cash ler of 'the above named bank, who be ing duly sworn, says that the above and foregoLng statement is a trule con dito of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. E. 0. Counts. Sworn to and subscribed before mle this 8th day of December, 1910. P. C. Singley, Notary Public. Correct Attest:. W. C. Bro.wn, Ira S. CajldweHi, J. A. Baker, Directors. STATEMENT Of the condition of the Bank of Po maxria, located at Pomaria, S. C., at 'the close of business December 1, 1910. Resources. Loans and discounts.. .. 1 .$ 45,879.78 Overdrafts'.... .... ......3,746.93 Banking h~ousa...........1,688.50 Furniture and fixtures. . ..-1,984.06 Due from banke and bank ers.. .. ............5,377.81 Currency.. .. ........ .. ..51.00 Silver and other minor coin 209.10 Checks and cas$h itm..... 26.34 Total.... .... .......$ 58,963.52 Liabilities. Capital stock paid in .. .. $ 15,000.00 Surplus fund .. .... ......1,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur Irent expenses and taxes Ipaid.. .. .... ........1,738.53 Due to banks and b ankeas 2,271.93 Individual deposits sub.iact to check.... .. .......23,949.23 Savings deposits.. .. ......14.907.98 Cashier's checks.. .... .....95.85 Total.. .. .... .......$ 58,963.52 State of South Carolina, County of Newberry-es. Before me cam2e V. L. Smith, Cash ler of the above named bank, who, be ing duly sworn, says that the above, and foregoing statement is a true con diton of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. V. L. Smith. 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