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Entered at the Postoffice at New erry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, July 11, 1911. We want to repeat what we have frequently published that all com munications intended for publication must be accompanied by the name of the author. Some paper remarked the other day that it came by grapevine the Hon. R. I. Manning, of Sumter, had been selected to run against Blease next year. Manning is a mighty gpod man, but his friends knifed him a few years ago. Sumter has succeeded in getting the Seaboard .to extend its line from Mc Bee t o Sumter via Bishopville and then on to the coast. The board of trade got busy and went after it. That is the way to do things and to get things I -get busy and go down after them. The Greenville News remarks: "The question as to who will defeat Gover nor Blease next summer is causing much interestir g discussion even this early in the game." And the chances are that the discussion will become heated before it is over.-Spartanburg Herald. There,is no need to get hot. Better to keep cool. To the board of health, city council, police force and ail citizens: Get busy and see if there is not some tin can, wash tub or dirty slop hole where mosquitoes breed. Several citizens have reported the visits of two or three this week.-,Spartanburg Journal. - Good advice this is and applicable to Newberry. There are very few mos qjtges in Newberry so far and if ev ryb?04y w'Q1d f9119W the rule of pro vention the fiumber might be kept down. Clemson college received aboul 5280,00 from the sale of fertliser tags| this ta TDhe college can nliiage to 44t on with the addition of the other Income it has. It will be- a tight squeeze, however.--Spartanburg Jour ',al. . We notice where President Riggs says the college would go on just the same if one half the income from the privilege tax were taken, but the ex periment work for the farmers wouldI stop. This observation is from the usually acute Charlotte Observer: "They are grooming former Lieut. Gov. T. G. McL.eod to make the race against Gove4nor Blease iin next sum mer's primary. If they can presuade him to enter there will be excitement in -plenty. Mr. Blease has the -prece dent-&.mbroken for years-of giving the governor a second berm to aid him as well as the strong friends who went to the last ditch for 'him last fall; and the task of supplanting him will fol loiw no primrose path." CARDS OF THANKS. Persons desiring cards of thanks -published will save. lots of trouble to us and themselves and insure yrompt insertion 'by enclosing the money with the card. We have adopted the low rate of twenty-five cents the inch, which i about one-half cent a word,! and if you will count the words and spend money to cover at one-half cent *the word, it would save us bookkeep ing and save you trouble. We wish we could print these without charge, but we can not do so. CERTAINLY, COLUM3BIA. We are surprised that the State newspaper would by a big head line give out the impression that the route committee on Charleston-Asheville highway intended to, or did side track Columbia. Nothing of that kind ever entered the mind of any member of the committee. It would have been foolish to have selected a road forty-1 six miles long as against one thirty! miles long and in view of the state ment that the thirty mile road was cap able of greater possibilities as a good road than the forty-six mile road: even though the latter was at present the better road. As to the suggestion that to6lrists will not have to pass through Colum ba if they come the State road froni St. Matthews and the route via Lexing ton is adopted, it is absurd. They would have to come to the city limits practically and if they would not drive: in they would do no more than drive through if they came the other road. Of course. Columbia is on the offi cial road and the most important point between Charleston and Asheville (ex cept Newberry) and every one taking an interest in this movement realizes I and appreciates the interest taken by Columbia and what her people have done for the improvement of our roads. Without her cooperation this movement for the Charleston-Ashe ville highway would scarcely have had the interest that has been taklen. We want oClumbia people to fell that they are on the route and an im portant factor in the development of the road. There is no one connected We want Columbia people to feel with the movement who has had .any other idea. A GOOD PROVISION-IF ENFORCED. The Columbia Record calls atten tion to a provision in the Georgia con 3titution which "prevents any member of the legislature from resigning his office to accept an election by his col- I leagues, and after he has taken the oath and qualified as a member of the legislature he may not accept any ap pointment at the hands of the gover nor." The Record says there is no such provision in our constitution, but that the wisdom of having it has been dem onstrated in recent' years. That is true, but suppose such a provision l were part of our constitution and it was disregarded as the one now in our constitution, as to members of the legislature, what good would it avail. Better- it be not there than to have it trampled under foot as is now the case. As to members of the legislature, on this very point ourj pnsttution says, Article HII, Section 24: "No 'person shall be eligible to a eat in the general assembly while he olds any office or position of profit' or trust under this State, the United States of America, or any of them, or under any other power, except officere in the militia, and notaries public; and if any member shall ACCEPTI or exercise any of the said disqualifying offices or positions he shall vacate his The same provision was in 'the con stitution of 1868, only the constitution f 1895 is more sweeping. It includes offices" or "positions." 'This provision is flagrantly viola-ted. When Gov. Blease called -attention to it in a special message to the legisla ture s.everal members gave up their "position,'' others did not. The attor [uestion as to certain "positions," but we suppose the onerous duties of his ffice has precluded his bringink the test, and several members of the gen eral assembly are holding other "posi tions." What's the use of any more constitu tional provisions along this line when those that are there are openly violat ed? We have too many laws now that are not enforced. The suggestion of the Record is good if'it would be -en forced. NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT. When a newspaper has nothing to talk abgut he can bore his subscribers I talking about good roads. Good roads are necessary for automobiles, and far mers ought to be made build good roads.-Ab'beville Press and Banner. Of course, it takes more than talkI and newspaper editorials to build good' roads, but the talk and the news-paper editorials play their part and are nec essary to arouse public sentiment and to get the people to thinking and to realize the importance and the value and the necessity of good roads. And it is not for tutomobiles alone that good roads are necessary. A great deal better for tile editor to 1 give his readers editorials on good~ roads than to fill up with so much po- - litical rot and slush. I We remember some year-s ago when The Herald and News was about the oly~ paper that was writing editorials on good roads, but now the sentiment is unanimous. Some eight or nine years ago the editor of The Herald and News,: then a member of the legislature, in tror.ced a bill to provide for bonds or a special tax for permanent roads. and the proposition was almost unani mously defeated. We were just a little ahead of the procession. Now, nearly every county in the State has some sort of permanent road fund. Then the law had to appy to every county. We just mention this to show what writing editorials on good roads will do. It educates. Yes, talk about roads, even if you do bore some of your read ers. Even if you encourage the filling of only one mudhole your labor has not been in vain. There is no greater nor more important subject than road building. The farmers are not called to do all the work, either. When you build roads by tax-ation-,and that is the equitable plan-the towns and cities and corporations bear the bigger por tion of the burden. And it is right they should if they own the greater portion of the property. And this class of property never objects to being taxed. As a rule the ones who pay the least tax are the ones who object most to being taxed. And they are the gi'eat est direct beneficiaries. Another thing that the Press and Banner should remember is that good roads are necessary for other things than automobiles and that the farmers are not the largest contributors to the building of roads and as stated al ready they should not be. It must be said to the credit of the automobile that it has been a great road builder and its coming has gr.eatly hastened the- era of good roads. i * * * * * * * * * * * ***** THE IDLER. - * k * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * I was just wondering when I read he card of Mr. Harry W. DOLi:ick, 3ecretary of the board of health, re Iuesting the ed!to:r to be more spee!& is to the drains and ditches In New yey that needed cleanIng, if the nembers were blind, or near-sighted.' 3r, may be they are like I used to lear it said about the dispensary con ;tables who operated in Oharleston. ?Iaving eyes they see not, and having, ears they hear not. -And I suppose it nigiht be added, having noses they ;mell not. Or as a higher authority 3uts it, having eyes they must see and aot see; having e3ars must hear and act hear; and having noses smell and ;mell not, or words to that effect. ['hese are the only two hypotheses apon which I see any hook upon which Mr. Dominick can hang his con :lusions. But after the inspection on the 12th all these things will be changed and we will have a clean town once more. )f course everybody should keep his premises clean. But" sometimes it 1appens that every'body doesn't do it. ['hat would be all right if everybody ived all to himself, but everybody loesn't live all to lyimself and I may' keep my premises clean and if my aeighbor does not where am I at. That s the reason we have health officers' and boards of health and pay them to nake everybody do what he ought to lo. The editor sends me the following luery from Chief Bishop: "If the tax yn a dog is paid, will tiat make the. log less liable to -hydrophobia?" That s purely an academic question and' [do not propose to discuss it, and it s referred to City Attorney Blease. I would say that in this purely commer 3ial age a dollar will atone for many sins-especially true in Newberry. WVhy should a dog that is worth a dol ar have hydrophobia at all. I. amn glad to see that the shief's mind is running *on dogs.1 [t may cause hi~m to get orders i.nd to give orders to have the dog >rdinance enforced. If all the dogs, :hat I see on the streets pay that dol ar there ought to be money enough! n the town treasury to clean up the :own in one day and clean out those! irains as well. By the way, that reminds me that some one told me that a Newberry far ner had a wagon load of dogs on the street for sale the other day, and that :he people flocked around the wagon ike they do around a load of country eaches or chickens, and I suppose -he farmer had no difficulty in dispos ng of his cargo. A new industry forf :his county--a dog fennel. Pity the farmer did not direct his energies to raising hogs. D)ogs and cats go together. An es :eemed citizen-I presume he resides n Boundary street-sends mi' the fol owing beautiful pcetry and adds two: :-tan-re of his own ononiUan an I take it the cats ar= numerous in Roundary street. I am sorry for these citizens, but if they lived out to themselves like I do there would be i no annoyance. I guess this fellow is mad and the owners of the aforesaid ten thousand cats had better muzzle' them-or get thFi.ity to pass an ordi nance, or the lower regions will send up an awful odor when these ten thou sand cats reach their destination. Here it is: --- Notable Cats. Mary had a Thomas cat; It warbled like Caruso. A neighbor swung a baseball bat Now Thomas doesn't do so. -Milwaukee Sentinel. Her sister also had a cat; ,She called the creature Queenie. The neighbors wouldn't stand for it It rivaled Tetrazzini. --Yonkers Statesman. But soon another cat appeared This is no theme for jestin' The neighbors stoned it from the yard; It sang like Emmy Destinn. -New York Musical Courier. Ten thousand cats in Boundary street, Not only sing all night, But cultivate their voices sweet, With all the chicks in sight. These creatures have a famous yell, So far and widely known, But several thousand into - 'With shot will soon be blown. -0 I read the following in a paper the other day--I think copied from the Savannah Morning News-and it oc-) curred to me that it might contain a suggestion to the 'board of health-I mean it might contain an idea-which if followed would result in sending our health officer to this university after that degree. A good doctor of the public health might be worth more than a dozen doctors of physic, be cause he is-I mean the doctor .of the public health-the one who would pre scribe the ounce of prevention and you know that it is said alwaye to be worth a pound of e --that would be the good old tryan and Farmers alli a.nce doctrine of 16 to 1. But here LB the notice I was talking about: A new degree has been -invented by the University of Michigan. It is rep resented by the letters "D. P. H." which mean "doctor of public health." The first "D. P. H." degrees were conferred a. few days ago upo~n Drs. Evans and Keifer, who have been very successful in chasing germs to their lair and catching them. The new degree, it seemis, is to be reserved for the h mnor of scientists who do something nota ble in the way for promoting the pub lic health by hygienic, surgical or oth er means. When I was young, I never heard of bacteria, and germs and microbes, be ing in the milk and the water and ev erywhere as breeders of disease-but, of course, they were there. Why in those days when the salt was out we would dig up the dirt in the meat houses and get the salt from it and in the army we drank water wherever we could get It and ate anything that was at hand. And people get sick and die now just like they did then. Maybe when the scientist gets the people to observe the rules of health, he will be able to do away with disease and sick ness and prolong human life. But you know I don't think it well for man to try to dive too deep into the mysteries of life. Isn't there something' in the Bible about man getting too wise and too smart. Seems to me there is., [-Iowever, I know cleanliness is cam mended and the doctor 6f the public health can clean up. The Idler. BARBECUE. The undersigned will give a first class barbecue at Fork school house n Thursday, J'u 20. Every body is invited to come and caijoy a goon dini nier. R. L. Lominic<~ Caldwell Ruff. BARBECUE. We, the undersigned, will gfve a' first-class barbecue at the old J. A. Dromer place Saturday, July 22, 1911. I'he public Is invited to attend. Guar a.nteed enjoyment for young people. B. M. Suber. 0. A. Felker. In fighting to keep the blood pureI the white corpuscles attack disease germs like tigers. But often germs multiply so fast the little fighters are vercomne. Then see pimples, boils,' aczema, saltrheurn and sores multiply mnd strength and appetite fail. This :ondition demands Electric Bitters to: regulate stomach, liver and kidneys mnd to expel poisons from the blood. 'They are the best blood purifier." writes C. T. Budahn, of Tracy, Calif., 'I have ever found." They make rich,t red blood, strong nerves and build up Tune 1911, at 11 o'clock a. mn., in the~ >ffice of the Probate Judge for New mur health. Try them. 50c. at Wmn. O. Palham r Sn'*m NEWBERY AD11 PLAYS VE1lY IMPORTANT PART (Continued fro page one). it is one of the best roads in Newberry county. The Union representatives were pos itive that he road from Gordon's bridge over Tiger river, via Santuc to Union, was a much better road than the road from Union to Whitmire. The Newberry representatives suggested that he most direct route from New berry to Union was by Whitmire, but the Union representatives insisted that the better route was by Maybinton, and this route was adopted. It was decided to select August 17, as the day on which the road from Charleston to Asheville should be put in good condition. It is not necessary and it is not expected to wait until the 17th to do the work. The vice-presi dents of the several counties are ex pected to organize and see that the road through their counties is put in fine condition. It is understood that the Laurens road is now being worked and the same is true of the road through Greenville. The Union representatives stated that the road through Union would be put in fine condition and from Union to Spartanburg the road was already in good condition. Newberry is in position to furnish for this high way possibly the best stretch of road, and it will require but very little work to make this road one of the best in the State. It is neces sary to clay some of the sand places, and to sand some of the clay parts of the road, but the material is along the route, and it can be put in good condi tion with possibly les 4expense than any other section of e whole high way, and it is very . 'ch hoped that the Newberry people 'll take 'suffi eient pride and inte to make the road through Newberry the finest in the State. It should be remembered also that while this will be used by automobiles passing 'through from 'the low 'coun try and from the up-country, that the road will be mainly used bY iagons and buggies, and that while the road Is being built, it is not being built as an automobile highway, but as a good road through Newberry county. Mr. J. B. Hunter, the vice-president for this county, has thie matter of or ganizatlin in his hands, and no doubt will be active In the work. The following inlstruotOnR have1 been addressed to eaeh local road 3ommissioner and solicitor for each mnile ot road and each town along the Dharleston to Asheville highway: "Gentlemen--&Hierewith we hand, sub scription 'blanks to be used by you in your work of cooperating with thou.. sands of others to build better roads in this State. Permit the route and mnanaging committee to say that this mlovement is a free-will offering of ill of us-a cooperative effort to se cure th.e help of all to jon in and help build better roads. No officer is paid any salary. We will assume that you know the general outlines of the plan to start the good roads movement by thle remodeling and building between the sea and the mountains of a high way on the c'ooperative plan. There core, we will say that your part in this movement will be to solicit help and superintend the work on your mile of r'oad, and to faithfully attempt to do 1ll you can to carry out instructions ~rom time to time. The time selected o work on the road is August 17, 1911 "We will a,sk that you solicit every an and .boy over 15 years old or over ~or work and donations as .far out as ~ight miles on either side of your mile )f road, being careful that no one 3scapes your attention. Should anyone who lives further than eight miles want to help in this work, of course, you will accept his subscription. Use pen and ink for signatures and in ev' ary column where convenient. Spell ut the words used in each column: ivhere you have room. Have each per ;on to sign his own name if conven ent. "Column No. 1. Have every man and oy over 15 years old to sign for two iays' work if you can. Column No. 2. In villages or towns, wvhere any one prefers, hh.ve them state how many men they will furnish ~or two days free of charge. "No 3. Secure the agreement for as nany plows and teams as you will needI mn your one mile of road, also for use n conveying gravel, clay, sand, etc. "No. 4. Secure the use of every oart, vagon and team of every description vithin the limits of your terriftory. ~et none escape. If a man has ten vagons or one wagon insist on him' ubscribing every one, with teams and Irivers, for two days' work. These tre what we will need more than any hing. They are the ones that use the oads. See the town man as well as he farmer. Get them all. "No. 5. This applies to picks, shov-1 Is, hoes, spades, axes and everything i'ded in that line. "No 6. This annline to road ma-, chines, scrapers, rollers and other road machinery. "No. 7. Secure sufficient* lumber and. other timber you may need for bridges,. culverts -and a. su'bstanitial sign.post 'or every plaee nleeded on your mile of road. Let this be timber of a dur able kind to be delivered where need-. ed. "No. 8. Where it will be necessary to leave'the old road to build a proper grade around a kill or other obstruc; ion, or to shun a branch or creek, secure a free right of way If possible. "No. 9. Secure free, access to gravel beds, pits, stone quarries, dirt needed, lay banks, sandbars. IThese are de important materials you will need. "No. 10. Have them describe any ther donations not~ named in other olumns. "No. 11. See your liverymen and ther people In towns with passenger cnveyances and have them agree toi onvey men in the towns out to and ack from their work free of charge.. See that liverymen do their full part by using their wagons for hauling on - he road, subscribing money and con vsying people in their buggies to and from the work. "No. 12. Secure cash subscrion from any one you can. You wil all you can get to 'buy nails, concrete nd various other materials that 'wil e short on the free list and to pay for extra labor. "No. 13. Fill in these colunins in' very case in full. '"No. 14. Let each person sign for himself where It is possible. "This is a public spirited, coopera ive movement for all to join In to elp build better roads. The farmer nd the laborer .who live in the interioir eed good roads worse,.than any class' f' mein. The automobilist Is alwaya iberal. and -wants better roads. The ommittee and the county vice-presf ent are willing to lend -their exper ence, time, energy and pay out the ost, to make this a succeSs and they kow that with public spirited men' ike yourself and other men of 1BDe knd to lead, that all will join in to> elp do something for his neighbor ood, county and State. All pull to-. ether." STOCKHOLDERS MEETiIG. The stockholders of The Newberry# and and Security Co., will hold their nnual meeting at Chamber of Comn erce rooms On Tuesday, July 18, 1911, t 12: o'clock m, for the purpose of lecting directors for ensuing year and ttending to such other business that' ay be brought before the meeting;. Jno. M. Kinard, Secretary. SJuly 8, 1911. 7-1-taw2 BAEBECUE AT JALAPA. -I will give a first-class barbecue t Jalapa on Wednesday, July 19, the ay of the Farmers Institute there.. J. F. Riser/ -11-St. FIRST CLASS BARBECUE. The undersign-ed will furnish a first lass barbecue at Prosperity on Sat rday, July 16. Everybody is invited o come and get a good dinner. G. W. Kinard, B. B. Rikard. -1-9t.