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Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, March 3, 1911. The Spartanburg Journal has pur chased the Carolina Spartan and will continue the publication of the paper under the editorship of Capt. Chas. Petty who for many years was the editor and publisher of the paper. We are glad to welcome Capt. Petty back into the regular harness. EQUILIZATION OF TAXES. Members of the South Carolina gen eral assembly, now giving some of their spare time to the work of the next session of the legislature, might well consider seri6u,sly a bill now be ing introduced inta the legislature of North Carolina. The measure provid es for an equalization of taxes, and has been carefully drawn up. Judg ing from the feeling which has ex 1pressed itself throughout this State in -arious ways in the past few years, there seems to be a sad need of somer such legislation in South Carolina. The North Carolina measure pro vides for a State tax commissioner, with a board of equalization consist -ing of one member from each of the congressional districts, and further provides for -an equalization of the tax returns. The legislature is now so near an end, that ther sew little prespect of its getting through at this term, but nevertheless, the South Car olina legislators may find in it an idea .which may prove the/solution of the itrobiem in this State.-Greenville News. There is no aoubt that there is need that attention be given the subject -of the equalization of property assessed for taxation, but the trouble is so few of cur legislators give any attention to matters pertaining to the welfare of the State at any time except when the legislature is in session and then they have very little time.for research and careful study. The tax question is really the most imiportant one and while we will never be able to get an entirely equitable assessment, or rath er valuation, if the proper means could be devised great improvement could be made in this respect. The only thing that has been done in the tax matter in several years is to devise ways and means of increas ing the revenue to meet increased and! extravagant expenditures and appro * priations by iadirect meteo is so es to prevent an increase in the levy,. The burden of taxation does not bear evenly on all property and therefore is unjust to that extent. It is a big question and. needs care * full and thoughtful study. Speaking of people moving from one town to another, wouldn't it be a fine thing'if all the moss backs, the 'tight wads, the knockers, and the leeches would take a notion to get out and leave the town to those who are willing to do something to help build it -up ?-Gaffney Ledger. And let them build a town of their .own. But, you can't get them to leave. They must.be a necessary evil in the economy of nature. Every town has its quota. By the way, did you ever see them refuse to reap the benefits resulting from the work of those they knocked when the town moved forward in spite of them? : It isn't so much the amount of money our State, county and city of ficials spend as it is- the benefits the people derive from the spending. Economy lies in getting something lasting and worth the money. A broad cloth suit will cost considerably more than a shoddy suit, but my, my, how1 the broadcloth outshines and outwears the shoddy. This is only another way . of saying that the money spent upon our highways and streets is poorly spent unless it be spent in building permanent highways and streets. Gaffney Ledger. Just what we 'have been preaching for twenty-five years. Newbe'rry city has wasted enough mor;e) n atch wo:-k in the past five years to have pave-d all the main s:r mn the business section with; bituiuluthic and the good work ofl wasting goes merrily on. Permanent work on the streets, if done under in telligent direction, is the only kind worth while. We have received the first issue of the Vanguard published by the pupils of the high school at Central, S. C. The purpose of the publication is to pull together for the school. We wish the enterprise success, but it would probably have served a better purpose if the pupils of Central high schdol had used the columns of one or all of the established papers in the county. We direct the 'attention of the New berry chamber of commerce to our Prcsperity letter. Read what the com mercial league is doing and asking your cooperation. The matter of re locating the road between Newberry and Prosperity has frequently been discussed by The Herald and News and if our memory is not at fault the Newberry chamber of commerce at one time appointed a committee on this subject. It is important and if the road ~were relocated it would be worth more to Newberry than Pros pqrity. Newberry should get bhisy and do something. THAT INTERURBAN. The Greenville News of February 28, carried the following special from New York: New York, Feb. 27.-Syndicate man agers today authorized letting at once of contract for grading from Green wood to Greenvi-11e, and locating per manent line, Greenville to Spartan burg preliminary to letting contract. Ellison A. Smyth. It will be recalled that some weeks ago the people of Greenwood got to gether and raised a considerable sum to get the Southern Power company to come into that town, and also toi put up some of its terminals at that place. As a result of this work, it will be se6n that the contract will be made at once for the building of, the interuban line between Greenwood and Greenville. Newberry ought to get busy and se Cure this line to this point. There is no doubt that in the' near future all . of this up-country will be connected by trolley, and .the communities that do not get in on the ground floor may come in 'after a while, but when they do, they will be on br'anch lines and off the main thoroughfare. That is the trouble with Newberry today. We have plenty of trains and good passenger service, but we have permitted ourselves to get off the maiu line, and when we want to go any where, we have to go somewhere else to start. Newberry had an opportunity 25 years ago of securing the Seaboard Air Line, but the powers that control - ed in that day rather made fun of old Mr. Jno. Robinson, and said that 'he would never build his road. He de cided to cut Newberry out, and his road was built, and is now one of the trunk lines coming into the South. Nebers ou'ld have secu.red t!bis road, and if she hlad would have been one of the largest towns in the Stace. We sihould profit by experiences of the past, and get together and do something. * * * * * ** *q, * * * * * * * *THE IDLER. *a * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * Four things a man mnust learn to do If 'he would make his record true; To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellow-men sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and 'heaven securely. --Henry Van Dyke. 1 I found these lines in some paper I'' was reading recently, and I think they merit being passed on. Every line I proclaims a great truth. To thinkI clearly. How important. To love his I fellowmen sincerely. How few do it.] Did you ever stop to think clearly on that, and, if not, please do and then 1 ask yourself if you love your fellow men at all, and if you do, do you proveI it by your action. Then 'another im- 1 portant question for you to ponder 1 over, do you -always act from honest< motives. A very important thing tofi engage your attention. But above all,! do you trust in God and heaven se- I curely. I just pass these few lines on to you. Think over them; meditate on them. It will do you good. 1 I'm powerful-th'at's the strongest word I can think of just now-pc wer-, fu! sorry to learn that there was no 1 quorum to be had at the meeting of +e Civic association called for We- t nesday afternoon. I am an optimist ~w "~ture. and T ~ ~ ~-...,',-. the improvement of Newberry and th( civic beauty of Newberry so long aE the women were interested, but whei they lcse interest and fail, I feel lik( the situation is almost hopeless. I will have to go off by myself and medi ta:e some more. I suppose women'. cl-ibs and societies and sewing circle. ar;d so forth absorb all the time o the good women and they conside, these things of more importance thar the civic beauty of their town. I won der if they are satisfied with the ap pearance of things around Newberry Of course, I know some one is read] to say that these things are not th( concern of the women, but -you knov if they would take a little bit of -rid( in these matters the men would v ak up, and then a :lot of these good wo men have boys who are growing ul here and their influence over thes( boys is, or should be, very great. -o The influence of woman has beer great from :the beginning of time when the morning stars sang togethei Do you forget that it is recorded tha1 "when the woman saw that the trex was good for food, and that it wa, pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to bE desired to make one wise, she took 0: the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gavE also unto her husband with her; and hie did eat." Se that? "Gave alsc into her husband." This first wo man. . And what did he do? Did hE say, "No, I am not going to be in fuenced by you?" Nay, nay, Pauline But it is recorded, "and he- did eat.' And then, what dia the man do wher the Lord called unto him. He did hidE himself, but when -he was caught and cornered he caime forward and mad( answer: "The woman whom thou gav est to be with me, she gave me of thE tree, and I did eat.", See the point That was the first woman and the firs1 man, and the last woman and the lasi man are very much like unto them You still possess that same influencE and if you -would,- in Newberry, on'l get together and devote just a we' hi of your time in an organized effort tC the civic improvement of your towr there is no telling the possibilities be fore you. But what's the use for mE to keep on agitating? Is it wortt while? I Im only one poor little od creature with only a few more years at best, and I do not :wn anything and if the rich people are satisfied, why shouldn't I 'be? There is one thing I want to say -to the rich people, whc iave made their mone"y by the labor of the poor, there is a time comina when you will have to leave it all be iind you, and then the same authorify Erom which I have quoted asks a very prtinent <question, "What shall it' pro Et a man if he gain the whole world?' -or words to that effect-and you now the rest. Now, I am not jealous >r envious, but I do ifeel that the peo le ought to get together and do ~omething to beautify this old town, nd I am disappointed because I was aying great store by the Civic asso ~iation. -0 Apropos of what I 'have just said I ead the following the other day in ~rank Stanton's column in the Atlanta Grim Way of Getting Even. The editor of the Parson's Sun gets ven "with the deceased delinquent," ts follows: "He never gave a cent to charity in 1s life. He used to whip his children >ecause they would ask him for a pen. iy to spend. He .made his wife make ver an old dress and hat for five traig'ht seasons. He wouldn't let his yld father and mother comne out to 'isit him because they would eat too nuch. When the olci man died Joub ~ay did his best to sEi~n 'his weal ninded sister out of about 'half hb ~hare of the estate. But 'he's fixed iow. Stingy a.s he is, I'll bet he woulo ~ive one hundred dollars this minute 'or a glass of ice water." -0 Now, some of you stingy old roost rs who don't think of anything but naking a dollar, and don't think it vill help your town and who are un villin.g to improve the appearance of he city, just answer me, if you vouldn't give two hundred dollars for glass of ice water in that day? Now, et everybody get 'busy and build that ark and put *a nice little park in 'ront of the old- court house building. f you do you will wonder why you Iidn't do it long ago. It won't take >ut a small bit from each one. -0 And, Mr. Mayor, have you put u:p hat light in Friend street yet at the mion station? Why not order the sommissioners of public works to do t right now. If you will and the town s too poor to .pay for a light at so mportant a place, where one is so nuch needed, I will call for volun ary subscriptions to pay for it for 'he balance of this year, as I notice hat after this year the commissioners tre going to give the town lights free. ust think what an advantage it would e and you will pay for' it for only ine months. What maKes you hesi ate? --- T " +~ vr~vs~l dur in,g thle past couple days, and I have, been meditating, musing, thinking, and in my medizations I have seen a vis ion, and that vision plainly tells me: that there is some mistake in the rc - port of city council's last meeting as published, for in my vision I saw a beautiful coping around the public! square in front of the old court 'house building, and within were beautiful tjplats of green grass, and lovely beds;. 'of coleas and little paved walks and - sweet roses, and sparkling fountains, and there were no wood wagons or! watermelon wagons with loafing and boisterous negroes hanging around,! nor mules being fed within, and when the people from the country came ir. with their wives and daughters, theyl beheld this lovely stpot and with one accord they said: "Behold, this is good to look upon. We are proud of the good women of Newberry and .their Jiusbands. We had no idea so ungain ly looking a place could be transform ed into a very garden of Eden, with not even the sign of a tree bearing evil fruit. If this can be done, we I will go back home and beautify our 'yards and make our homes even more attractive than this." And so, every body wa- 'happy. Nay, nay, Pauline, this present town council is too pro gressive and too public spirited and too sensible and has too much regard for the eternal fitness of things even to entertain a motion like that whi-h would mean retrogression. Now, if you don't know what that means look it up. The Idler. Skovgaard's $50,000.00 Hand. It took Skovgaard, the famous Dan ish violinist, thirty years to make this -hand. To the ordinary eye it is not very different from other well developed han:ds. Yet it has the power almost automatically to express thrqugh the violin -the exquisite beauty and mar-1 velous tone-pictures which the play-. er feels and s4es as he interprets the! work of the masters. Incessant training and the inborn oul of the artist fashioned it. You cannot make genius. But ge.nius and the pow~er of untiring work created this marvelous toll, now at last, Iwithout this even thinking of it, obed ient in every slighitest movement, strong, tender, delicate, 'passion-ate, in credibly swift, .to the Wonderful dreams of the soul of its creator. As an investment it represents a: man's life-work. But it represent, too, the inborn gift which no money! can buy. Without .tha.t no work could m.ould a hand like this band of a mas ter. That is why it is insured for fifty thousand dollars. . The above is an account of the val-1 uable hand of Alex Skovgaard, who will play the violin for the people of Newberr-y in the college auditorium on March 16. The Skovgaard Concert party is an attraction separate from the regular lyceum course. Price for admission will be 75 cents. The en tertainment wil.l begin promptly at 8.30 o'clock. Let everyone decide now1 to take advantage of the privilege of hearing Skovgaard, who is classed by the world's foremost critics as being' equa1 to "Ole Bull." NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons holding demnands against1 the estate of Owen McR. Holmes, de ceased, are hereby r'equired to render and establish their demands before me on or by the 20th day of March, 1911.. H. H. RIKARD, C In fighting to keep the blood pure iI the white corpuscles attack disease germs 'like tigers. But often germs multiply so fast the little figUters are overcome. Then see pimples, boils, eczema, saltrheum and sores multiply - and strength and appeLite fail. This condition demands Electric Bitters to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys and to expel poisons from the blood.,I "They are the best blood purifier," writes C. T. Budahn, of Tracy, Calif., "I have ever found." They make rich, red blood, strong nerves and build up your health. Tr'y them. 50c. at Win. E. Pelhamn & Son's. Now is the time to subscribe to The fTornld ~iyid ~ I EST How Keen .Fork] -I The Way You R vertisemen FOR l 125 Acres. Six room dwellin houses, and 8o acres in cultivati tween Newberry and Jalapa, $2,150 390 Acres. Just out from ot county. Old fashined homes $17.50 per acre. io Acres. Only two miles f room house. $1,200. 70 Acres. -Close to small 1 ments. 'Ask for particulars. 120 Acres. Well watered ai Going at a bargain. Cor.CITY PR( Co.Main and .Aolmes St.-( homes in the city. -- College St.-Five room -+ Nance St.-Old fashione --Nance St.-Comfortable for boarding house. 8o000''Neall St.-Store and I 808 0' Neall St.-Seven room VACAN'l -Reid St.-Four adjoining --Main St.-Fine dwelling business portion of city. -Friend St.-Two adjoinin .-Drayton St.-Lot 5cx150. PROSPI 79 Acres, niear Prosper-ity w for $1,150 28 Acres right in the heart of lots, or can be used as farm. Two goo~d dwellings. Good together oi- sepoiately. INSUlRANCE OF The Newberr and Realty E. HI. Aul, President. 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