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it' VOLUME XLIX9 NUMBER 17. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLBMA, TU-ESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1911.TIEAWE,P ER FOR A HIGHWAY FROM GREENVILLE-COLUMBIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALLS NEWBERRY MARCH 10. Xeynote of Meeting to be Cooperation. One Good Road Will Lead to Others. Carrying out the idea suggested in The Herald and News sometime ago, to undertake to get the co-operation -of the commercial bodies of the towns and cities between Newberry and Greenville, and the people of the rural communities, forethe purpose of build ing a good dirt road connecting the two cities, the board of governors of the Newberry chamber of commerce decided, at a meeting recently, to in 'vite representatives from the commu nities between Greenville and Colum -bia to meet in Newberry on the after noon of March 10, for the purpose of, discussing the advisability 'of form ing an organization, and creating an interest in the proposed plan. With this in view the secretary of the chamber of commerce is sending a letter to the representatives of ,these organizations and to representative ,citizens along the line, asking them *to meet in Newberry on the afternoon ,of the 10th of March, and it is hoped that t tere will be a representative, number present, and that an organ 1zation may be perfected -which will interest the people along the propos -ed road, and that after the surveys and specifications are made by a road -builder, that the people may be in duced to furnish their ,teams and lab -or, and at one and the s'me time put this road in condition from Greenville to Columbia. The purpose of securing the organ ization is to have several persons scat -tered along the entire route, who will -get the people aroused to the import-1 !ance of this work, and the advisability of cooperation. It will take very lit tie time and very little money to have one good road between the capitol and Greenville, If this can be accomplished then this work may be extended to other roads leading into 'is main highway. 'There is little -doubt th'at the interest 'of &be farmers along the rvad anb secred if the people in the cities Mid Stowns will cooperate and raise the.1 necessary funds to pay for the plans aend specifications. Newberry is centrally located and rpreientatives from Columbia and rGreeniville and along the route can 'come to -Newberry on tlhe 10thl at noon, :an'd retu'rn to their homes in the 'evening if thbey do 'not care to remain "over night. -' The Newberry chamber of corn merce would be pleased, to .have the .newspapers published along the pro-; posed road take up the agitation, and arouse an interest in their several ;commuinities. I The following letter has been sent1 by the secretary of the Newberry ' chamber of commerce to the commer cial bodies o00the towns and cities and to a number of citizens 'along the route from Greenville to Columbia, inviting representatives to be present ~at t meeting. This is 'a very im p, tant matter and it does seem that every one along the route would bej heartily in favor ci- such a movement. Sometime ago an effort of the kind was undertaken in one of the middle Western States, and it was stated tha.t in one day the road was put in good condistion from one side of the State to the other, a distance of 300 1 'miles. it The following is the letter: Theg Newberry chamber -of comn wmerce desires to have a meeting in -Newherry on the afternoon of the 10th ( *of March, for the purpose of consider ing'the~ advisability of forming an or ganization composed of representa tives from the commercial bodi9s of the cities and towns between Green ville and Columbia, including these two places, and from the rural corn munities, to build a road from Green-, vifle to Columbia by the voluntary co operation of the people along the route. The supervisors of Laurens. Green ville, Newberry, Lexington and Rich land will be invited to be present, and 'will be asked to give their coopera-jt -tion. The plan to be proposed is to formi ' a nrganization, as suggested, and to employ a civil engineer and road builder to go over the road between Greenville and Columbia, to suggest re-locations where necessary, and to stake off and grade and get specifica tions, and when these are completed to appoint 'a time when all the people along the road from Greenville to Co lumbia will be asked to turn out with their teams and labor on their planta tions, and to work the roads accord ing to the plans and specifications. It will take some time to get these matters in shape, and if the organiza tion is formed, and i,t is decided to undertake the work, it can be done after the farmers have finished work ing their crops, and between that time and the time for harvesting. One week of work under this plan would put 'l the entire road in fine condition. The keynote of the plan is to se cure the co-operation and enthusiatic support of all the people along the proposed route. Please -advise me if we can expect your co-operation, and if you can send a representative to the meeting called -at Newber'ry for March 10, and send i me the name of your representiaitive. The building of one such road will encourage work of a similar kind on other roads, and you must realize ( that one of the most important fac- t tors in the development of the rural C communities in our State at the pres ent time is the building of better roads. We hope that we may have your hearty co-operation, and that you will I send a representative to the meeting r at Newberry on March 10. , a Respectfully yours, Jno. B. Mayes, Secretary. r _ _ _ _ t Civic Association. t The rrgular meeting of the Civic as sociation will be held Wednesday af- r ternoon, March L at 4.30 o'clock, at the chamber of commerce. The president urges that all officers and chairmen of 'wards and commit- C tees be present, as well as the mem bers generally. It it only by hearty c co-operation that our work can suc- c ceed. Mrs. Henry West, r Secretary. 4: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SCINJTILLATIONS, .fl The avera.ge hen is said to have a apacity during life of 2,500 eggs, but si they don't talk business when the 1 ruit is high.-Greenville News. But c. eggs are now falling in price all over G the country. P ti Ugly hello girls are wanted in Or en.ge, Cal. None can be secured in areenville, but the telephone company F night try Spartanhurg.-Piedmont.ll ['elephone girls anywhere are only .gly when snappish and impolite to >ersons using the phones, Newberry's -to w ever are. p1 One of .the Newberry papers sug- el ~ests as a slogan for that town, "New- gr erry Never Nods." Of course not. Sc he goes directly to sleep.-Chester santern. TnaL's all -right. She 101- D ows Nature. After a refreshing nap. ~he awakes to new life. Chester d ~an't. in The Hon. Lowndes J. Browning ~ poils the force of his remarks when of e says: "The man who produced 30 gs o 40 busheis of cor.n of the single ared variety would sweep) poor~ Jerry st oor'e with his mea4sly little 228 ushels of prolific c:orn1 in ignoiniious ch efeat from the field." it3 ce .;asper is coming. Get ready to th dafi yourselves to a new condition f affairs.-Jasper Herald. From at it wvould .seemi that .Jasper was IA. (Governor I mease is such a tease.- o :ilmingtoni Star. It's a game of BT lease or displease. 'Let that give you The New'berry Insurance and Real- I p 'company is doing a fine business. la se'xi":: numerous inquiries as to GE ea] estate and having eight or ten jm eMc roe on hnnr. th GOV. BLEASE COMEUTES SENTENCE OF JNO. BLACK 10 PAYENT OF FINE OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. .No Decision in Horry Court-Dispen. sary Winding Up Commis sion. 5pecial to The Herald and News. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 27.-Governor 3lease today commuted the sentence >f former State dispensary 'commis doner, Jno. Black, to the payment of L fine of $2,000, acceptance of which >ars him from further prosecution, tnd the service of the sentence impos >d by the court. Nothing has been done in the clash >etween ithe governor and the su >reme court as to the special judge if the Horry court. The bar of Con ray\wired the governor that the court Lad met and adjourned until tomor ow and expressed the hope that he ;rould either cOmmission Mr. C. P. uattlebaum to hold the court or that he supreme court would order one .f the circuit judges, wtho was dis ngaged to hold the court. The winding up commission of the Itatte dispensary submitted' their re ort which was made public today as equested by the governor, and it is long document but simply calls his ttention to the fact that they had al eady sumitted printed reports of beir doings and asked his co-opera on in ferretyIng out all' dispensary latters. There is nothing new in the eport which was submitted to the overnor. Popular Odd Fellow. ondensed .From Sunday News. .There were certain incidents in mnection with the 71st anniversary onvention on Wednesde&y last, Feb Liary 22, or .South Carolina lodge, No. , Independent Order of Odd Fellows, rshich are of State-wide interest. First to be mentioned Is the pres-' nece thereat of his Excellency, Cole lan Livingst<n Blease, the newly lected governor of South Carolina, ho is a past gran4 master of ta or aid popular Odd. F'ellows of tde State. The rieception to Gov. Blease was necer.e and was reciprocated by 'him y words of earnestness and good ieer. To the visit and address of ov. Blease Mr. Joxhn D. Cappelmann. om the -ranks of Marion lodge, fit ngly responded after opportunity e.d been given for every one 'of the rge number to personally meet and rake hands with 'their brother Odd allow as the governor of South Caro 2a. It was regretted by 'all tha>t owing other engagements Governor Blease as obliged to leave before the comn etion of the evening's programme, pecially the presentation of the jew already men,tioned, to the retiring -and master of South Carolina, Wil n G. Harvey. ed on Her Seventy-Fifth Birthd,ay., Mrs. Frances Britt died early Mon y morning at the home of her son -law, Mr. B. R. Guin. Yesterday, nday, was 'her birthday, and she is 75 years old. She was the widow the late Levi Britt, of Newberry, a llant Confederate soldier who left r .the war under trying circum inces and fought for his country. Mrs. Britt wsas a member of Colony urch. She will be buried at Trin church cK'metery today, the p'ro ssion leavin~g the house at IH.30. -lck service to be conducted by Revs. Edw. Fulenwider -and Geo. Wright. Mrs. Britt is survived by the follow children: Mrs. 1B. R. Guin and 's.1T. N. Parks, of the city, Mrs. G. I Long. of the county, Mrs Schwartz. Birmingham. Ala.. and Mr. H. 0. ift. of .Jackso'nville. Fla. E n.oyabile Dance in No. 6. Silverstreet. Feb. 27.-The young ople enjoye~d a nice dance given! :t Friday night at the lhome of Mr. o. C. Blair. in No. 6 township. The !sie was fine, It was furnished by NEVITT BROWN NOT GUILTY. Tried for Killing Negro Ferryman in Fairfield.-Self Defence. Winnsboro, Feb. 15.-Nevitt Brown was today found not guilty on the charge of murdering Elmore Richard son, the negro ferryman, on Broad river, near Blairs. The hearing of the case commenced yesterday after noon and consumed practically all of the morning hours of the court. The defendant interposed the pleas of self defence, stating that he killed or mor tally cutt"his assailant to save himself from bodily harm and that such was necessary under the citcumstances. The accused was corroborated in his testimony by another wihite man that he did not bring on the difficulity and that 'he was struck by deceased and menaced by a knife or razor that he held in his hand before he cut with his knife and also that the negro was under the influence of whiskey at the time. The attorneys representing the de Eendant were Messrs. Eug. S. Blease, )f Newberry, and G. W. Ragsdale, of the local bar. The solicitor, J. K. Elenry, prosecuted the case.-News ind Courier. A. Special Communicatioi From As. sistant Postmaster DeGraw. Assistant Postmaster General De xraw, who is an enthusiastic advo .ate of good roads, in discussing re %ently the question of good,roads and Jheir relation to the rural delivery ;ervioe, said: Of all the perlexing economic luestions with which the farmers are onfronted, there is probably none of nore importance to ,them, and whih& Intil recently has been so generally ;reated with indifference, than that of rood roads. They have come to rea ize to a considerable degree that the igricultural methods pursued by their lorefathers are obsolete and uinprofi :able; that agriculture is a science, nd are learning through the pu-blica ions and teachings or the national lepartment of agriculture, State de >artments of agriculture and agricul Ural colleges, how to farm properly. 3ut it is regretted that too miany far ners concern themselves but little, if Lfny, with the question of good roads, bnd are content to put up with the fame muddy, stony, rutted roads that tave existed ever since the country' vas sttled. range a4 it may seem, farmers al to apprainate the value of good cads to t!hem -in the niaterai sens4 of nabling them to get their products a market at any time during any sea on of 'the year with ease anId facility nd with a min'im'um wear and tear on heir animals and wagons. As It Is, nhen the roads are poor farmers are nable to take advantage of the best iarket p>rfees, but can only do their Jadling 'da.riIig diahe drty season or rhen the roads are di Out.- The vi-ng in tihe cost of ihorses Where the ads are improved is .enormous, for cod roads undoubtedly 1)Wolong the sefulness of horses at least oe C iird. ' .1 One of the greatest difficulties con 'on ting those who are concerned in ~ te improvemint of highways is 'to en- e mnder interest in the subject and se ire the co-operation and support of ~ te people generally, for it is only T trough concerted action that any mneficial or permanent results- can ~ attained. Then 'again, millions of f, llars are wasted each year in doing c little work on a great many miles a roads, instead of thoroughly im oving a few miles, and worse 'than i~ tis, by pursuing slipshod and un :ientific me-thods. r I appreciate the fact th'at but fewir the counties throughout the Union ti 'e financially able to undertake the s iil'ding of the highest class macadam, ads, but this should neither dis urage nor deter them in their ef rts to procure good roads, through si e use of the split-log-drag and sim L.r economical appliances for grad- fi, g and ditchiang roads. Instructions J advice on road building or mate- al mis may be had from the Depart- b: ?nt of Agriculture, Bureau of Pub- ti Roads, Washiington, D. C... and a $ illed highway engineer will, under rtain conditions, be detailed to fur- vi sh a practical demonstration of road si ilding. Besides, the various State Jw hway c*ommissionls and boards are pi rready and willing to lend their aid. 02 myv mind, in the majority of eases se VA.LUABLE GEMS VANISH FROM SHIP'S ROOM Former Mrs. Marshall Field Robbed of Fortune-Relieved of $130,000 Worth of Jewels. New York, Feb. 26.-Mrs. Maldwin Drumihmand, formerly Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., of Chicago, was robbed of a fortune in jewels last night aboard a Transatlantic liner. Diamonds, pearls and other gems to the value of about $130,000 disappeared mysteriously from her state-room on the steamship Amerika, of th,e Hamburg-American line, some rtime between 9.30 o'clock last evening and 5.30 o'clock this morning. The loss was reported im mediately after the limer docked at Hoboken this afternoon, and the po lice of Hoboken -and New York are working on -the case. Mrs. Drummond 1rurried to the Hotel Plaza, declining to discuss her loss. The Hamburg-American line dis claims all responsibility, on the ground that passengers leave jewels in their staterooms at the owner's risk. Describes Lost Gems. To tho police Mrs. Drummond de scribed the missing jewels as follows: Two strings of 273 pearls each; one string of 283 pearls; one large black pearl ring, set with diamonds; one large white pearl ring, set with dia monds; one pair of large pearl ear rings, set with diamonds; one black pearl brooch, set with diamonds, with a black p:earl pea-s'haped pendant. A wireless message, sent from the ship, summoned the detectives today in a tug. They learned from Mrs. Drummond details of the theft and began a search of the ship and the crew, but not .. trace of 'the jewels was found. ** * *** * ** ** * ** * * * * NEWBERRY COLLEGE. * * * The baseball field is a scene of l'usy activity. Coach Johnston has gotten his ,m6n well in line. Every afternoon 4 the aspirants for the 'Varsity team may be seen hard at work practicing. TIhre are back again such old stars ; as Hazel, Eidson, Smeltzer, Reenst jerna and Simpson. The prospects a for 'the team are most promising. The q first ggme will be played in Charles- a ton en Marel1 24, when Newberry will, cross bats with thle aoilege df Chaxt Jeston. On last Saturday evening in tne gym e the Newberry college basketball team t defeated -tihe crack team from the Uni- a versity of South Cairoline, The game a was a "walk-over" for Newberry, The e Coralina team played har'd, but we#re v no match for the Lutheran leds. For u Carolina Dick Reeves did some pretty n playing. For Newberry Cappelmann, i6 of Charleston, was the star, throwing v 16 goals out 'of a total of 38. The final a score was 38-4 in favor of Newberry. r, On Friday evenjng tlhe Orpheus club g of Newberry presented the sacred u cantata, "Queen Esther," in the opera tl house for the benefit of the Coll-ege Athletic associ'ation. The play was well presented, the cast of characters being chosen witih great care. Sever-g al of the musical selections were ex- c cellent; among these were the solo by Mr. Kip Kreps, who played the part o-f the king, and the duet by Miss Mabel Williamson and Mr. Cobb,b playing the parts of Zaresh and Ha- da man respectiv-ely. The play was aa success and tihe amateur work wasa :f the highest order. On the 16th of March Alex Skov tl gaard, the famous Danish violinist,s cvill give a performance in HollandI Flail. Mr. Scovgaatrd is a master of als art. This promises to be the best .umber of the present Lyceum ~ourse.b On Saturday evening, in the College cc ;ym, the Freshmen will play the Jun- fo ors. This is -the third of a series of th ~hampion basketball games. Up to ji late the Juniors are in the lead for in he championship.-0 Death of Mr. .Abramis. . m Mr. Robert Abrams died of tuber- lit tulosis at his home near Whitmire, on l rhumrsday night, and was buried at Mt. ce Pabor on Friday afternoon at 3.30 ni 'Icock, service by the Rev. 0. A. Jeff- bt 'oat. He is survived by his wife, who hi. v'as a Miss Hawkins. Mr-. Abrarns al vas albeo1t 45 yars old. T( there is little if any excuse for the ex istence of bad roads. The inte'rest of the postoffice depaTt .ment in the good roads question is paramount, for the reason that 41,033 of its rural mail carriers are daily traveling more than one million miles of roads. In the course of a year these carriers travel upward of 300,000,000 miles, so that te interest which the department ha in the mat ter of the improvement of highways naturally follows. In .-Maintaining rur? I delivery many millions of dol lars are spent each year, and the postoffice department expects of the beneficiaries of the service tUt they will maintain the highways in sueh condition as to insure the daily de livery of mail with ease, celerity, cer .tainty and safety. If ithey fail to do so, then the service is withdrawn. As a result of the department's insistence on good roads (and by this I do not necessarily mean roads of the,highest improved type), and its cooperation with State highway 'officials, good roads associations, and individuals concerned in the question, it is. be lieved that during the past five or six years greater interest las been en gendered in the good roads quesiion, more work accomplished, and money. appropriated and expended, than dir ing any other like period in the CoUn try's history. It is the desire df the department that every postmaster 4nd every rural ;etter earrier shall not only constitute hmself an apostle of good roads and spread the propagan da, but that ithey shall by their'wOks arouse inteest and emulation in oth ers. Many postmasters and rural let ter carriers have been instrumenW, in forming good roads clubs and as sociations, the result of which has, been a vast improvement in ,the con dition -of (highmays and, in several notable incidents, the appropriation of enormous sums of money for the. re building and improvement of \ entire county highway systems. While these 'imlrovements have K been of the grelatest benefit to the rural delivery service, tibe direot and indirect benefit to the farmerm and other rural residents has been incal culable. I am glad to note that throughout the entire South, where, on the aver age, the farmeers are more remote from railroads lth!an In any sedtionsB O the country, the people are awakeed bQto #e ecsiity for !4 Ge 4atg af glod rodds, and are voicing this interest by the enactmen.t of up-dx. late highwaya and the selection of tidn1p*tent Ao carry on the con1 ;emple~ted work. -Merited Praise., The New York Dramatic News, the ZC ~fficial organ of the theatrical profe' don in America, in it's Newberry cor esponidence, has the following to say a -reference to the oancer't recently iven In this city by the Newberry ~oncert band, assisted by Mir. Parid - hambers, cornetist, and Miss Gene ieve Evans, vocalist: "On February 10th, Paris (Chambeie, lie world-renowned cornetist, assist d by the Newberry Concert band and acal vocalists, rendered a pleasing rogramime. The programme consist d of cornet solos..by 'Mr. Chambers, nsembles, and vocal solos by Miss Eenevieve Evans, Mrs. Alice Robert on and Miss Mazie Dominick, accom aaists. "Mr. Chambers proved himself a iaster, and the solos by Miss Evans, >r several years a student under the. ountry's most famous vocalists, were 11 that could be desired, and were re eatedly encored. Miss Evans' voice ;one of rare sweetness and strength. "The band selections, under the di action of William A. Wherry', leader, afiected great credit on the organiza on. The proceeds went to .local in itutions." Mayor's Court. Monday's Sessionl of tile court re ilted in . getting $10 from Herber t ills, colored, who was convicted of ~hting his wife. Two other negroes, >hn Wilson and Ben Gau*ntt, were so convicted on the same charge, it neither had paid out up to the re of writing. Wilson was fined 0 and G-aun.tt $5. Thos. Hampton, colored, was comi cted on two counts, dru-nk arnd re sting officer. For each offence he as fined $10, whic~h also had .not been id. He and the other unpaid pris lers, will probably -take th~e 30 days