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%yr VOLUMXE XLIX, Ni1 rBER 22.9 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLIhhA, FI~RDAY, MWARCH 17,91911.TWCAWE,UAYER PRESS TRIP TO NEW YORK. All Quiet at Governor's Office--No Winding Up Commission Yet. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, S. C., March 16.-At meeting of the executive committee of the State Press ataociation helc here today, it was decided to take the New York trip via the Clyde line fro" Charleston as an outing for the asso ciation. The round trip, including state room and meals, is $16.00. Spe cial rates in New York at the hotels. Gov. Blease is not yet ready to sign the resolution to investigate the late members of the dispensary com mission. In reply to an inquiry, he said, "Nothing doing today." Ridicule by the judge of "hip pock et defense" does not entitle the con victed person to a new trial. The supreme .court today, in the case of W. B. Glenn, convicted in Lexington county for Killing Clinton Rhoden at Batesburg, decided this ,question. Judge Gary, who presided at the trial, had ridiculed the defense -that was used in behalf of Glenn, who 'must serve five years. The railroad commission in grant ing a rehearing to the railroads in the matter of cotton shipped to Char leston from the interior points will be held at the convenience of the at torney for the mills. THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. .Election Mayor and Wardens-Instal lation of Pastor-Dr. Harms to lecture-iterary Sorosis. -Prosperity, March 16.-Misses Ef fie and Elizabeth Hawkins spent Sat urday in Columbia. Mrs. C. M. Harmon has returned from Rock Hill, where she spent the week-end with Miss Willie Mae Wise. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Koon, of Flor ida, have been the guests of Mr. S. J. Kohn. Rev, and Mrs. I. S. Caldwell were shoppers in Columbia on Monday. Misses Catherine Davis, and Parnell 'Davis, the popular milliners of N. L. Black & Son and Moseley Bros., have returned for tihe spring season. Mrs. B. L. Wheeler, of Columbia, is 'visiting relatives in town. Mrs. J. M. Cook has returned to her home in Montgomery, Ala. Mesda.mes J. A. Counts and W. W. .Wheeler enent Tuesday in Columbi?t. - iss Lizzie McCrackin, of New 'berry, 'was the guest Sunday of Miss Mary Lizzie Wise. Mr. A. G. Wise 'has returned from a .business trip to Savannah, Ga. * Mr. J. A. Baker has returned from Atlanta 'with h:sa h indsomne Overland car. Dr. T. 3. Littlejoh.n, ofm ni, is *visiting friends in town. Mrs. J. B. Lathan, of Columbia, is ipending awhile with her brothers. Messrs. J. L. and A. G. Wise. Messrs. M. L. and H. F. Wheeler Jiave returned to Columbia aft'er a 'visit to their brother. Dr. J. S. Wheel Mr. Jno. Pat Wise. of the Univer sity fof South Carolina., spent .the -week-end at home. Mr. Hart Kohn returned Sunday mightto Columbia, after spending the day with Mr. A. B. Wise. Quite a number of our young peo ple will attend the March debate in .Newberry Friday evening. Dr. James McIntosh, Hon. Geo. S. Mower and Mr. J. B. Hunter, of New berry, were in town Wednesday. Revs. E. W. Leslie and Edw. Fulen wider exchanged pulpits last Sunday morning. Rev. Leslie preaching in Newberry and Rev. Fulenwider at Mt. 'Tabor. The town election was held Tues day, which resulted .as follows: Mayor-Dr. J. S. Wheeler. p iWardens-A. N. Crosson, J. D. Quattlebaurn, 3. P. Bowers and W. T. Mr. B. B. Cook, of Mt. Pilgrim, and1 Miss Mary Dudley, of Prosperity, werej married~ Tue~sday at St. Paul's parson age by Rev. 3. A. Sligh. Dr. J1. H. Harms, of Newberry col 'lege, will give his illustrated lecture on the Passion Play in city hall on March 22, at 8 o'clock. All the teachers of Prosperity aned school Will attend the State J. C. DAY ACQUITTED. Made Good His Plea of Seli Defene in Killing a Negro in August of Last Year. Special to The Herald and News. Laurens, March 16.-Mr. J. C. ,ay formerly of Newberry county, was on Wednesday morning acquitted in the court of sessions here on the charge of murder in the killing of Tomi John son, a negro who was working for Day, in this county, near the New berry line, in August of last year. Day was representeq by F. H. Domin ick, Esq., of Newberry, and Messrs. Richey & Richey. of this bar. The testimony was to the effect that Tom Johnson. the deceased, was a hand on Mr. Day's place, and on the day of the killing was pulling fodder for Mr. J. L. Dickert, in Mr.. Dickert's field. Mr. Day went to Mr. Dickert's field to get the negro to go back to his field, and the negro refused to go until ordered by Mr. Dickert to leave the field. Mr ~Day said he was riding his mule going on home and the negro was walking ahead of him muttering and mumbling, and finally made as if to draw a weapon from his pocket, and was inl the act of turning towards Day when Day shot. The pistol ball entered the negro's head behind and above the left ear. The tes;:imony of several witnesses was to the effect that a knife was found by the negro's body. There was testoimony of pre vious threats by the negro against Mr. Day, and as tto the negro's bad reputation and Mr. Day's good repu tation. Mr. Day is a native of Aiken coun ty. He lived in Newnerry county for a good many years up until the time he moved to Laurens county two or three years ago. J. K. A. * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * SCINTILLATIONS. By Squibs. * ** **** * * ** * ** * ** If we could get a nice roadway uilt from Greenville to Columbia and connecting inte.rmediate points, the benefits would rDe untold.-Laur ns Advertiser. Newberry is right ere on that. -4 Wouldn't you people along the road rom Gray Court through Laurens and linton and on to N~ewberry like to ave a road on which one horse could ull what two Dulled before? There is 1o doubt. of the advantage. It is left or you to decide. It's a benefit to ou and to the towns which you sup ort and in which you seek~ sur port. Let's buildt it.--Laurens Advertiser. [he Advertiser is on the right track. ou people in the upper part of New erry meet Laurens half way in the ood work. ---t The question Of parks for .the city s one worth considering.-Spartan urg Herald. In Atlanta drastic orders 'have been issued against reckless auto speeders, peed maniacs as they are called in hat city. Hereafter culprits will go o the stockade regardless of class or osition, as the authorities are deter nined to check the evil with severe enalties, finding that fining is of no tvail. eachers' meeting in Columbia ~on darch 23 and 24. Master Geo. Wise and Little Eliza beth Browne spent Friday and Sat ixrday in Columbia. The following program will be ren red Friday afternoon when the Lit rary Sorosis will meet with Mrs. C. 1. Harmon: "Be neither too early in the fashion nor too long out of it, nor any time n the extreme of it"-Loveter. The ridiculous in tne fashions of to ay-Miss Della Bowers. The good and bad of fake hair dviss Bobb. Irish jokes-Miss Bowers. The installation services will be eld in Grace Lutheran church March 19. Pastor Leslie will be installed. President J. D. Kanard, of South Caro ina synod, will deliver the charge to he people, and Rev. Y. von A. Riser ill deliver the charge to the pastor. Rev. Z. W. Eedenb'augh assisting in * * * * * * * * * * * * *1 * HOME GARDENING. * * Clemson Extension Work.-Arti- * cle 34. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * In the spring when the gardener is preparing to place his order for gar den seeds, he is frequently at a loss to determine just what varieties are thef best, as the seed catalogues usually recommend all their varieties very highly. The following list of varie ties of vegetables is especially recom mended. We have been testing va rieties at the college and station for years and the ones given in this list have given best results. Irish potatoes-Irish Cobbler, Triumph or Red Bliss, Peerless. Cabbages-Charleston Wakefield, Henderson's Succession. Beets-Crosby's Early Egyptian, Ex tra Early Bassano,. Crimson Globe. Cauliflower-Earliest Snowball, Ex tra Early Erfurt. Celery-Winter Green, Giant Pas cal, Golden Self Blanching. Lettuce--Boston Market, Improved Hanson. Kale-Curled Siberian. Onions (from seed)-Yellow Globe Danvers, Prize Taker. Onions. (from sets)-Yellow Dan vers, White Multiplier, Yellow Multi plier. Garden Peas-Philadelphia extra early (2 1-2 feet tall) Alaska (2 1-2 feet tall). Horsford's Market Garden (2 feet tall). Telephone (4 feet tall). Radishes-Extra Early Scarlet, French Breakfast, Long White Naples. Parsnips-Hollow Crown. Parsley-Moss Curled. Spinach-Round Thick-leaved. Salsify-Mammoth Sandwich Island. Turnip--Extra Early White Milan, Red Top White Globe, White Egg. 'Asparagus-Conover's Colossal, Palmetto. The above list of vegetables should be planted during :be month of Feb ruary. Cucumbers-Arlington White Spine, Davis Perfect. Garden Corn-Early Adams, Truck ers' Favorite. i Sugar Corn-White Evergreen, Country Gentleman. -Cantaloupes-Rockyford, Extra Ear ly Hanover. Baltimore of Acme. Okra-White Velvet. ' Bunch Beane.-Bouotiful, Early Speckled Valentine, Currie's Rust Proof Wax. Lima Beans-Fordhook, Bunch Lima, Ford Mammoth P'odded Lima, Small Lima (butter bean.) Pole Beans-Old Homestead or Kentucky Wonder. Fat Horse or White Crease Back. Egg-Plants-Black Beauty. Bell1 Peppers-- Chinese G~i.nt, Tiell1 or Bull Nose. The above list should not be planted until after the middle c!f March, ex cept in the southern pant of the State where they may be planted earlier. C. C. Newman, Horticulturist S. C. Experiment Sta tion. Tfesting an Egg. "Rally, Jfainje,"~ remonstirated her, mistress, "you must :learn to be more careful~ and test the eggs before you mix them in the puddinig! Now, a good way of testing fs to take an egg, in your hanid, swing it around a few, times a.nd then .place it to your ear. If it gives out a pleasant, murmuring sound you may then be quite sure that it is freshi and good." Like a dutiful cook Jane promised in future to obey her mistress's in structions and that same night there was hot baked custard ,for dinner. At least there was to have been hot baked custard. But at the crucial mo ment Jane appeared upon the scene, with n-othing to show but a tear-stain Ied face. "Wel, :Jane?" anxiously inquired C her mistress. "Please, mum," gasped the saddened servant, "there's a little something gone wrong. I was a-testin' the egg, I as you told me, and a-swingin' it I round, when it slipped out of my hand, I and blessed if it didn't biff the police- I man in the eye as he was watc.hin' I me through the window. A!i', please,I mum," concluded the cook, breaking down utterly, "I thiink it was a good I egg, too for I listened anr1 I heard aj( murmuninun'--oh, quite a loud murmur-j I * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * S * * THE IDLER. * * * * * * * *** * * * * * * The Rev. John C. Kilgo, Methodist Bishop, preached a remarkable ser mon in Atlanta a few days ago, in which he told some mighty plain and Forcible- truths. His subject was, 'Take heed to the doctrine." I somehow think it will do good to pass his remarks on. as far as I saw them quoted in the papers. I don't think I agree with him altogether, in act I know I don't, but there is a ,reat deal of truth, as I see it. in what he says. I don't believe, for in tance, that a Methodist preacher is >rdained to be narrow. But it is ood advice to take the doctrine your nother taught you, for you may be ;ure that she taught you what was )est for you, or she certainly believ ;d it was. But here is the quotation: "I would .not exchange the doctrine ny mother taught -me of God's love Lnd prayer for all the pet theories of rour modern theological seminaries." ;aid he. "I have no philosophy of )rayer. America's supreme need is rn orthodox pulpit. The Methodist )reacher is ordained to be a narrow nan. The broad-minded preacher is a rravesty on religion. "I would rather be old Jasper, of tchmond, going to heaven to learn hat the sun do not move, than to be 3ishop P6tter, with the stench of a ;aloon upon his name for the next :housand years. Give me narrowness .s against all your ecclesiastical nitres. Your broad-minded man is a :raitor to God, a hireling of man, open :o bribery. "You talk about the progress of the 1ew age. It is not an intellectual age. rhere is a great deal o feducation and rery little intelligence. In place of 3unyan, you read the "One Woman." he Bible is no longer read. Bunyan s no longer read, the classics arelno .onger read, but in tneir stead novels, ,heap -plaiy4 magazine storfies, the iterature of all ages with detached passages from everythinig, and tb c whole of nothing. It is to me an age Imost marked with hopeless idiocy "The times are full of liars. adulter irs, Sabbath-breakers and houses of nfamy. I do not m?nd hunting doo les and playing William A. Trimible oe, 'but I 'won't argue with youz >reacher sceptic," I have tried to ase i wive Gov, 3ease and the supreme court and die nagistrates and their grievances, but t has been a mighty hard matter, and have been able to follow only afar Af. I don't think I would have gone out f my way to hunt up old man Trou le, if I bad been Gov. Blease, because te is always standing around in the vay any how, so I would, except in ixtraordinary cases, have adopted the ecommendations of the delegations, nd let them fight it out. My observa ion has been that patronage is one of he most deadly and dangerous things hat a politician can have at his dis >osal. But these here magistrates that Lre trying to hold on so strg remind ne of what Frank Stanton says of the toldon fellows. Reaa~ it: The Hold-on Fellows. "Nobody who gets an office down his way," says the Billville Banner, can ever be persuaded to resign hey consider it a public trust, not to e lightly considered, and to be hand *d down to the third and fourth gen ration. It takes 'a hurricane to blow m out, and they'd fight an earth ~uake that attempted to swallow them ud the office! Such grit is commen-. able., but it's pretty tough on the mbitious fellows outside, in the old!" It seems to me that about the only ifference in Gov. Blease and his pre ecessors in the matter of appointing ~nly his friends, is that he frankly ys he will only appoint his friends hile they went along and appointed rinly their friends and said nothing .bout it. Will somebody show me tame them-about a dozen appoint nents made by G-ov. Ansel or Gov. eyward from among t.hose who were tot their frienda and political sup orters. Hurry up. You fellows. whco ave been making such an ado about ov. Blea.se appointing only his rienda. Nobody raised any row wiri.h m. Tiu why surh a howl aho' Blease on this score. Mind you, I do not endorse all that Blease does, but we had all just as well be fair and honest. But I am not in politics and I must not be tempted. -0 I really wonder if any of the good women of Newberry read The Herald and News. Especially any of those who once belonged to an. organization called the Civic association, and if they do, do they read wnat The Idler writes. I tried migity hard to as certain if the organization was still in existence or not, .and not any such noise have I heard that sounded any thing like a live organization. This is the greatest tc.wn that I ever knew for things like that to die in, and then you don't even give the thing a decent burial. Suppose we have a resurrection of this order. It could do wonderful things, but you must keep everlastingly at it. Suppose that I if after city council was told that that arc light at the union station could not go within thirty yards of the Southern track, I had gone and died and let the thing drop, do you believe' we would have had that light now? Nay, nay. I don't like a quitter. Now, mind you, I don't say the Civic asso ciation is a quitter, but I do want to see it doing something, or at least trying to do something. Stagnation' is death. Agitation'is life. Wake up. "The cause of humanity." Had you ever thought of that subject? It is a great one and when you are working for the improvement and beautifying of your city, and for the betterment and the uplift of the citizen, you are working in the cause of humanity. Then listen: "Oh, .ne world's so big and we're so very little. Iife run away so fast. So many suffer, in the world, so many want! Is it right for, us, more fortunate, to take all, to eat In greed, to sleep in sloth, to be free from care. when there are thousands, all over the world, neeaing food, aid: sympathy, opporturity, tho %. ince to grow?' "Why. u b en we grow little and selfish, instead of getting in tune with the wish of God-why, we flail." These things are worth while think ing on. When w.. meet discourage ments, and the cold hand, we can not afford'to stop, but must go oni and if~ we do our Work faithfully We hae done our duty. and then we can stand foth and face the world with a clear conMcience, but if we fold our hands and say,1 am i.ot my irother's keeD eit, i efi Iuast going to look out for myelf, sigi #Wn dear little self," the responI2biity is great, and we are right then getting out of tune .with God.and the .great 1,urpose of vcrea tion.. I have been requesced to call atten tion to the habit some people have of throwing banana peels on the side walks. Of course, it is against the ordinances of the town so to do. but unless the people can be educated to the bad effects. of such conduct there is not much use in trying to do any thing by law. .It is an ugly habit. besides dangerous to those who hap pen to step on the peel. I would like to see a clean town. and what we need to get it is to start each one for him self and herself to do what he .or she can to that end ana not wait to be made do it by ordinance. I am trying to do this by a process of education. I want every one to help me and then the thing is done. See? -0 I came along down by the Methodist church recently and it seemed to me that John Mayes had not been giving proper attention to the lawn. There is a .pretty good crop of cloter, but,it is only in spots. and I would like to suggest to Mr. Mayes that he shculd study lawn grasses and the proper time to sow and tte work. Every body sees this lawn and I am hoping that Mr. Mayes will not relax in his I erforts and that he will keep this lawn" as an object lesson and maybe it will stimulate others to go and do like wise. Newberry is very short on beau-1 tiful and well keDt lawns, and there is no excuse for it. Come. now. Mr. Mayee, get busy on this lawn and keep up the standard you set us the past season. I learned after my last observations badl been written thiar city coni had on Monday instructed the police nox' the stoflPing ordtinanlce. Th is good, but what I wrote is true, and I hope will do good. The tendency of every one who handles machinery of .ny kind is toward carelessness ar --ecklessness. A little precaution med. i is always good and in many' cases m:y save .erious sickness. The Idler. "DUTCH WEATHER PBOPHET.' Issues His Annual Early Predietiea Spring Earlier Than Spring of Last Year. Columbia Record. 14th. Mr. William P. Houseal. the "DuteL weather prophet," issued Tuesday a , general prediction on spring and summer weather conditions in this section. Mr. Houseal says the nme al shortage in precipitation, placed at this date around 9' inches, should be noted as encouraging to farming in- . terests in view of the old proverb, "A . pint of March dust is equal to a bush el of corn at harvest." Rains Come Shortly. "The chief precipitation period o! the spriug," said Mr. Houseal, "cea tres around March 18, which is the entral equinox storm period. .The storm may be expected to distribute itself throughout the South Atlantice and eastern Gulf States' -^hree dma e ahead to three days after the 18*. For the year the central dates of sim ilar disturbances of Imore or les. in tensity will be' as follows: April 14 May 11, June 7, August 1, August 2, September 25. October 23. 'There wil be no equinoctial disturbance of say great intensity in either September o : October. The greatest disturbance of this character centres around Novem ber 18, as affecting the usual course of these autumnal visitors from the tropits The periods indicated fr the dates given here are for gene r Z < preciptation and they -need not nec- ' essarily cover the whole country in order that .the forecast may be ver fied. Rain Evenly Dlstributed.~ "These general periods will natur' aly cause lesser periods to forma in preciptation and the prediction is here made that sof&aathe matew o precipitation for the sprIing and. bufda-.2 is ~eieed, gl1 laldicatlins' pint to an even distribution of J'afIL for the middle and eastern sectiona Od the country. These lesser periods are central for the dates: March 4, April ~ 1, 28; May 26, Jane 23, July 20, lAu gust 17. September 18. October 10. Spring- Earlier Than In 1910. i "The theory upon which .these fore easts is based Indicates an earlier sprin~g than in 1910, when this fore caster said: 'The danger .of severe rosts will extend into ADril and even in May the weather will be unseason ably cool. It will be at least six weeks rom March-15 before the cool periods pass into summer .heat.' The verin Sation of the 1910 forecast czine when Ert on May 30 occurred, with disa' rous effect as far South as the 35th parallel. A Sensonable Easter. "A favorable Indication for season ble spring conditionls at Easter is the musual amount of high pressure vhich has prevailed in the South At antic section since the storm period f October 14-20. This condition -pre rented one of the coldest waves o~ mhe winter from -main the lower hermomieter readings ever seen in :he South, not excepting February [4, 1899, when it dropped to 8 degrees elow zero at Newberry and 6 beloW t Cohunbia. There is no waste in na ure and the meteorological condi ions which prevail In December have heir effect on conditions six months fterward. A Pleasant Summer. "The summner will be moderate in ts temperature, with no prolonged or ~xcessive periods of intensely hot weather." Caution. She-I should like th.at lovely peorl aecklace. Look what beauties they He-It's i>etter not to have such arge nearis, my dear. J9eop)le always iink they are false.-Journal Amus Now is the time to ,subscr1be to The oa.d3 nad hews.