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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.
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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.
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* 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