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VOLUM E X I X- N-M ER TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1911. NEW BERRY, SOUTH CAROL A q 3 x-vWBERRV'S POPULATIO'S Thirteenth Census Gives City 5,028 In habitants-Now for an Accurate Count. A special dispatch to The Herald and News from E. Dana Durand, director of the census, Washington, yesterday afternoon, is to the effect that the thir teenth census recently taken by- the governme4t for the year 1910 gives the city of Newberry a population of 5,028. The census of 1900 gave the city a population e 4,607, which makes the increase slightly over 9.1 per cent. - -There is hardly any doubt that at a ,6servative estimate Newberry has at -least a thousand more inihabltants .than the thirteenth census gives the city credit for. Now it is up to the city to take a census, accurately and -carefully, and then ask the govern ment for a correotion. The figures of the thirteenth census do not do jus tice to the town. - This is a matter which might well -engage the attention of the chamber of commerce and of city council and the business men of the city generally. The census of 1900, it has been gen erally re'ilized and conceded, did the city an injustice, but even on the bas is of the figures at that time the growth Us been considerably more than an increase of only 421 people. Tolneldnces In Inquest Records. 'Several days ago it was stated im -The Herald and News that Coroner W. E. Felker had held twenty inquests -during the year 1910--the same num ber held by Coroner Felker the pre -eding year. Another coincidence is that the first inquest held by CoroneT Felker this. year was on January 2 the same.date as the first inquest held 'by him during 1910-. TROHIBITION MAY BE REPEALED. An Effort to This End Wil be Made in Alabama Legislature--Fight for Speakership. ~Montgomery, Ala.., Jan. 8.-3|Llthough the legislature of Alabama does not meet in regular quadreinnial sessionl -until Tuesday, -the .members of the body are nearly all here pieparing~ for the opening. The caucuses of the house and s'enate to select the officers will be held tomorrow night. There 'are only one Repwblican senator and two Republican representatives. The 5ontests for the speakersbip of the -ose and for the presidency of the senate are close and uncer.tain. Five enators are seeking the latter and four members of the house the former. 'An effort will be made, it is believed, to repeal the prohibition laws'. Go,v. elect O'Neal will recommnend a,-returnl -to the policy of local opti and the carrying out of the platf, m on which e was elected. However, there is a -strong prohibition fiction in the leg islature and the repeal of the laws is n'ot assured, though it is generally be lieved they 'will be. OPENfS NEW OFFICE. *CeciI C. Wyche Severs Connee tions With Former Governor Evans. kanbunrg Herald .Cecil C. Wyche, a rising young ey, has severed 'his connections h Former Goveronr John Gary vans, with whom he has been asso ciated for a year and a half, and has opened a new offce in the Harris building on North Church street, where he will conduct a general practice. Mr. Wyche is a son of Dr. C. T. Wyche, of Newberry, a memiber of the legislature, and is a nephew of Judge T. S. Sease. He is a graduate of the Citadel and studied law at Georgetown university. Later he was private sec retary to Former Senator Frank B. ary. He has been in Spartanburg 'about a year and a half.. Many great men made themselves great by doing things for others. The Herald and News piano is absolutely free so make yourself a great man, by assis ing your candidate in getting +e Cotepano. SCHOOL BOARD MEETS. Organization of New Board-Report of Supt. Henry Lee Dean for Three Months. The first meeting of the new school board of trustees was held in the sup erinten-let's office in the h'rb s.hc-i Every memtber of the board was pres ent, and unity and enthusiasm charac terized the entire meeting. All meet ings of the board hereafter will be opened with prayer. Mr. Otto Klettner was unanimously elected chairman; Mr. J. M. Davis, vice chairman, Mr. Henry Lee Dean secretary, and Mr. J. H. Wicker treas urer. The following committees were ap pointed: - Committee on finance-W. A. Mc Swain, J. H. Wicker, Dr. Van Smith. Committee on rules and courses of 'study-Dr. Van Smith, W. A. Mc Swain, J. M. Davis. ComAittee on school buildings and property-J. H. Wicker, J. M. Davis, Dr. Van Smith. Committee on supplies-J. M. Davis, J. H. Wicker. General Report of Superintendent for Three Months. Many towns both lay claim to and receive much praise for what they do not really possess. When pressed for a confidential explanation of unfound ed claims, they answer that a town must advertise if it is to grow. There are a few towns, on the other hand, which do not receive due recognition for the things in which they excel. One of the things which Newberry does not receive full credit for is the physical equIpment 'of her graded schools. It is not generally known that no town in the State has a system of graded schools more suited to its needs than has this city.- Forty thousand dollars of Improvements hias brought the phy sical equipment of our schools to the very forefront. We have not yet got all the improvements we need, but we have got enough to be infinitely proud of. The wisdom in the location and design of the different buildings will become more manifest with coming years. Nor is the physical equipment of the schools all that our citizens are justi fied in being proud of. Many of our teachers a.re among the best; and in several instances they have refused to acecep)t positions carrying larger sal aries than they are receiving. The whole teaching force seems to be en thusastically united in a determina tion to make our schools equal to the best. - The discipline of the schools is cer tainly all that can be desired. While the nuTmber of corporal pun-ishments has been exceedingly small, other means have been used to exact the strictest discipline; and we have re peatedly not only inv'ited, but urged, visitors to come to the schools, and see how the schools are managed or the class of work done. The percen tage of visitors is gradually increas ing. We are proud of the conduct of our pupils, whether they are in the class rooms, the halls or on the play grounds. Not a single fight has oc curred on the school grounds during the year. This is probably due to the. act .that each teacher is required to be on the school grounds during all the recesses when the weather is fit. Order in the school room is also ini proved from the fact that no child is allowed to be kept in at recess. He may be kept in after of the close of school. Our patrons have been very fair and reasonabl9 in all their requests, and whenever rt was possible these re quests were granted. The work in the schools is appeal ing to a large number of parents liv ing in the country, and we nlow have seventy 'tuition-paying students in the schools. Reports are generaly optimistic; but the above statements are not an exaggeration of existing facts. As has been already said, we have not got all the improvements we need, and when the proper time comes I shall have a few recommendation to make to the board. In conclusion I wish to say that I believe a thorough investigation of the schools will reveal the fact that every department is in a healthy condition, and that the work being done merits the surpport of our citizens. A frw statistics are appended. Total number of pupls enrolled in all the schools .... .... ..1012 Average daily attendance for the last month .........--.-.-911 Average scholarship for the four white schools .. .. .... .. .. .83 Average daily attendance in white schools ..................550 Per cent of attendance in white schools ..9..... Number enrolled in white schools. 569 Number of tardies in white schools since opening .. .. ... 87 Number of tardies in colored school since opening .. .. .... 107 Number of corporal punishments in white schools since opening. 5 Number of corporal punishments In colored schools since opening. 73 Number enrolled in Hoge school . 443 Per cent of attendance .......84 Average scholarship in Hoge school 78.... ...... - 8 Number of tuition-paying students in all the schools .. .. .. .... 70 Amount due per month .. .. ..$119.00 There has been one suspension in the white schools. Seven students have been promoted during the year; two.from the Gram mabr schools and five from the HigIL school. Henry Lee Dean, Superintendent. NATIONAL CORN EXPOSITION. Rutherford P. Hayes, of Asheville, Launches Campaign to Bring Next Annual Meeting to Columbia. Charlotte Observer. Columbia, Jan. 7.-Launched by Mr. Rutherford P. Hayes, of Asheville, son of the late President Rutherford B. Hayes, a campaign to have the next annual meeting of the National Corn association held in Columbia was tak en up with great enthusiasm today by Mr. A. D. Hudson, of Newberry, presi dent of the South Carolina Corn Breed ers' association, and also head of the South Atlantic Corn exposition held -Mr. Hudson has the hearty co-op eration of Commissioner Watson and -the Columbia chamber of commerce. The general assembly, at the meeting Tuesday, will be asked to laend to the project the weight of its endorsement. To present the invitation and to press homne Columbia's invitation, a larg~e party of delegates from both Carolinas will go to the annual con vention to be held January 30 to Feb ruary 12 in Columbus, 0. The party will include Mr. A. D. Hudson', Mr. Hayes and Prof. I. 0. Schaub, of Ral eigh, the last-named being director of the extension work of the North Caro lina Agricultural and Mechanical col lege. An Interesting Relic. Spartanburg Journal. One of the most interesting Mexican war relics in the city is the chart printed du-ring the war and showing the personnel of the Palmetto regi ment and other Interesting facts, one of the very few in existence, present ed tothe Y. M. C. A. byMiss Carrie Sodly, of this city. The roll of the Palmetto regiment as it went into battle at Vera Cruz In March, 1847, occupies the middle and isge part of the chart. Two flags car 'tied by the regiment are shown.in the background. Several famous sayings of South Carolina offcers d'uring the war are. given. Among them are the words of Lieutenant Clark just before he met his death, "Stand their fire at all 'haz ards-remember where you are from" and those of Colonel Butler, who com manded the regiment, to General Shields, "There is not a South Caro linian who will not follow you to death." Boyvs, get busy, help your favorite kotestant secure su.bscri.ptions for The Herald and News. She war :s the beautiful "Cote piano," and with your help will win.1 No Interest. Baltimore American. "He is always worrying when he lends a sum on interest, yet he never lends to any but responsible friends." "Then he is a paradoxical finan cier." "What do you mean?" "That he never' lends money but he borrows trouble." RED MEN OFFICERS. [nstallation on Last Thursday Night. Delegates Elected to Great Council. At the regular meeting of Bergell rlbe, No. 24, Improved Order of Red Ven, held on Thursday night, the fol owing officers were installed: Prophet-Jno. K. Aull. Sachem-Jno. Henry. Chappell. Senior Sagamore-T. B. Kibler. Junior Sagamore-J. H. Baxter. Chief of Records and Collector of Wampum-Otto Klettner. Keeper of Wampum-P. F. Baxter. First Sannap-I. M. Sligh. Second Sannap-J. E. Franklin. First Scout-J. C. Burch. Second Scout-L. S. Derrick. First Warrior-L. R. Jone. Second Warrior-Will Franklin. Third Warrior-J. Claude Dominick. Fourth Warrior-T. P. Wicker. First Brave-J. 0. Havird. Second Brave-C. A. Cameron. Third Brave-R. L. Neel. -Fourth Brave-J. B. McCollum. Guard of the Forest-James Cald well. Guard of the Wigwam-John Epting. The following past sachems were ,hosen representatives to the great ouncil of South 0arolina: Jno. K. ull, B. B. Leitzsey, E. H. Aull, R. P. pyranklin, 0. 0. Smith, B. 0. Epting and J. M. Taylor. Past Sachems J. L. Williams, E. L. Rodelsperger, and W. B. Johnson,. of the degree team, will 5e sent by the tribe. Great Sachem Dtto Klettner, Great Representative Dole. L. Blease, Greqt Michewana C. G. Blease and .District Deputy 0. S. 3oree are members of the great coun-, il, of course. The jnwrease in the membership of thle tribe bas been considerable during the past year. The following are ex pected to present themselves at the next meeting, Thursday night, Jann ary 12, in Klett-ner's hall, at 8 o'clock, for adoption. . They will hereby con sider themselves duly notified to ap pear: Tom Grant, M. E. Thomas, Joe Quattlebaum, Geo. E. Kinard, Geo. Suber, William Folk, J. E. Boozer, Pink Long, Raliph Mills, Jim Crowder, Frank Crowder, J. B. Coates, R. V. Coates, C. W. Long, W. E. Neel, W. M. Stone. S * * * * * * * *.* * * * * * * * S * * CLEMSON EXTENSION WORK. * S ...- * '* Feeding Beef Cattle.-Article 29. * p * S * * * * * * * * * * * * * One of the most important industries at present being developed in the State s the extensive feeding of beef cattle n the large cotton plantations. The lbject in feeding these cattle is to se mre fertilizer for the farm at a mini [num cost and to permanently increase the fertility of the soil and improve its physical conditions which can not be one with commercial fertilizers. At he same time these cattle furnish a profitable market for cheap rough !orage which would otherwise have lit tle value. By exchanging cotton seed for meal -to be fed-and selling .only the lint and oil which contain no fertility, the farmer is enabled to return to the soil all the fertility taken from it and thus maintain its fertility and pro uctiveness. On visiting the farmers who are feeding cattle this winter we 1nd that with mrany of them this is an entirely new industry and that some erious mistakes have been made. The cattle were nearly all bought in Tennessee and North Carolina. The buyers in many cases taking the weights of the dealers without seeing the cattle weighed and in many cases the cattle were weighed full of water and feed, and as a consequence suffer ad an excessively heavy shrinkage in weight in transit. The prevention of Lhis unnecessary loss would in many instances have meant a fair profit In !eeding. In buying cattle that have iot been driven a long distance it is ustomary to weigh them after having been kept in a dry lot without feed or water for twelve hours, or deduct three per cent. from the weights. Many farmers contracted for cattle of lefinite weights without sufficient re gard for quality or condition and ob baned animals of poor breeding and undesirable conformation and too thin t finish in the time they esire to reed them. While it is desirable to u,' havy catle when feeding cotton A Change in I Miss Anm Monday, January Vote Several Five Years Subscr ing Up Many Thousa ants Secui This week the voting has - taken on i new phase. It is just like a game )f checkers--first one leads, then an )ther. Miss Annie Koon goes 'bacec to first place this time. She is evidently tired Af having some one else lead and is voing to try and see how she likes it. Wiss Ellen Werts is second and Mrs. Dominick third, both are doing splen lid work. From the progress Miss ate Hargrove and Miss Joe Cald well are making, it is simply out of the question to say -what they will do. efore very long. The kontestants we a great deal to their friends who ire working so earnestly in their be ialf-many admiring friends and ac juaintances come forward, unsolicit 5d, with subscriptions from themselves %nd frien;ds-and sek to have their Davorif . credited with these votes. On Tuesday at 5 p. m. the winner Af.the 10,000 bonus votes (for the most Iew yearly subscriptions) will be known and Published in FrIday's is ue. These bonus votes are received with much favor as they give those be Und a good chance to catch up with the leaders.' Monday Is Double Xote Day. Double vote day is an entirely new eatura and sure to meet .with much interest and success. Those fortunate enough to be in this great cotest should take advantage of this excep tional offer. Every new one year's sub scription sent in on Monday gives you loubIe votes, so get busy, do not miss seeing orcalling up every body you know within miles and miles around, .nd 4ee.ing hi- or her subscriptions for seve:al years to come. You bet those who are getting The Herald and Nebs now for the first time are asking themselves over and over how on earth id I ever get along without this won seed meal, qu'ality and scondition are of more im1portancAe, as thefyare the chief actors in determinhing the price of !at cattle. Cattle for feeding should b of the broad smooth backed, blocky type and oarry sufficient flesh to finish well on cotton seed meal in about one tundred days, making a gain of about two pounds per day. The twriter also noticed that many armers had purchased discolored and damaged cotton seed meal, made Largely from heated seed. This meal is totally unfit for- feeding purposes a,nd is likely to cause serious injury to the cattle and loss to the owner. It is most unfortunate that some manu acturers are selling damaged meal for feeding purposes, as it is not only a~ violation of the State pure food law, but is one of the surest ways of de troying an industry that they should be as much interested as the farmers in developing. In many instances farmers ar'e hous ing the cattle in stables that are too smiall and poorly ventilated. The ideal way of handling cattle in the sandy Land seotions of the State is to feed utside in the fields where the fertiliz e-r is required, fencing five to ten acres a,t a time and moving the feed troughs Erequently. Any buildings provided for beef cat ble in this State should be merely to keep them dry and not to keep them warm. Each steer will require about 15 square feet of s'paoe in the stable md two feet of trough room. It is important that the stable be ept well bedded with straw, corn stover or other roughage at all times o make the cattle comfortable and 3.bsorb the urine whio~h contains prac tically all of the nitrogen excreted, and is the most valuable part of the ferti lizer. Cattle that are kept in filthy stables or yards where they can not rest comfortably (vill not increase im iesh and do well no matter how well 'ey are fed. Some farmers have made the mis -eadership. re Koon Leads 16th to Be Double Day. ptions Coming In and Roll nd Votes for Contest ing Them. derfuLy progressive and newsy pap. By subseribing now you will not only make yc arself happy but a fiir con testant. The Herald and News subhription - campaign. and voting contest has mot with great success and en !rcm the l eginning, and continue t grow more in favor each day. 'he entire comMunity is deeply interest ed in the/,popular candidates and ther Is no end to the keen exctement that is afloat, for this kontest is-beig ou ducted by the American' Music CO pany, of Jacksonville, Fla., who h a great reputation in this bufes Y and they have on the groundMrfS. Efaa. Morris, whose presence. insures at thusastic and fair kontest Standfig of Rontestant Pomarin, -.C. Miss Annie Koon..........1559 Kinardsq S C Mrs. Dominick........... 4 Prosperity, S. C. Miss EllenWerts.. Chappells, S. C -~ * ise Julia Smith...-52,58 Xewberry, S. C. Miss Annie Laurie LOiA&Ck. . Miss Joe Caldwell...- . -83 Miss Lossie May Boozer.... Mrs. Geo. Alexander......-- 5,1W Miss Eula Daryoq .. - - Miss Eunice Abrabis... Miss Amelia Klettner.. Miss Annie Bouknight.. Whltmire,S. C Miss Kate Hargrove.. .. 5 Miss Sarah Scott. Miss Elliott Dobb,s -.. A Miss Myrtle Duckett.. .. .11 Silverstreet, S. C. A - Miss Ida Coleman.-.-.-.-.- -i Miss MayLake.-. .. ....-.- - - take of feeding too much eotton seed meal at the beginning and gettig . their catfle off feed. It is never' ad visable to start feeding miore than one half pound of cotton seed.meal per hundred 'pounds live. weight, and gradually increase one pound of meat 'every tgree or four weeks when cattte are to be finished in one hundred days It is advisable to keep plenty of salt Iand water before the cattle at all 'times andi to feed only high grade fresh4 bright meal. The farmers who are feeding cor silage and stover instead- of hulls are getting very satisfactory results and * many have arranged to build silos 9ext year. At present prices It costS practically as much money for hulls as for meal and while cotton seed meel is as valuable for a fer4llizer as for feed, it is also as valuable for a ferti lizer after being fed as before. So that the farmer who buys meal for a fertie lizer is getting his feed for nothing, while hulls are of very little value for either feed or fert:lizer.. Fiarmers are beginning to realize more fully the advantages of growing the roughage - at home and buying -only the concen trated meal, which in many cases will mean the difference between proit and loss in feeding beef cattle. We are endeavoring to obr,in a correct list of Ievery farmer in the State who Is feed ing beef cattle In order to assist them in marketing these cattle to the best advantage. Clemson college has employed men - who are especially trained In every liof animal husbandry work whose services are available to the fauners of the State at all times free of charge, merely for the asking. Prof. A. Smith, Clems.ia College, S. C. Only three more days to work for the valuable cut glass salad bowl Daniels & Williamflsonl are o,ffering. Keepr busy konteStants.