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ToLNi Y OLUME TLIX, NUMIBER i(i. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1911.TWCAWE,$10AYAR LITTLE MOUNTAIN ENTERPRISES. ri k Chooses Directors and Officers. ir Mr. Derrick President of Oil B Xill-Other Matters. b 13 Little Mountain, July 13.-At a re- in cent meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers' and Merchants' bank of F this place, the following directors were elected: J. B.,Derrick, S. J. Der- 0 rick, J. M. Sease, W. A. oCunts, J. W. Wessinger,, D. Farr, Geo. B. Cromer, G. M. Shealy and J. H. Wise. At the meeting of the directors the following officers were re-elected: Dr. J. M. 0 Sease, president; Mr. J. H. Wise, vice ci president, and Mr. W. A. Counts, cash- tc ier. Mr. V. B. Sease, who has most t efficiently filled the position of assist- t ant cashier for the past year, having a] decided to enter another field of acti- e vity, resigned his post in the bank and ti Mr. J. C. Epting, Jr., was elected to u s this position. The Farmers' and Mer- a chants' Bank is meeting with marked success and is an important factor in the development of our rapidly grow- a ing town. f Mr. J. B. Derrick, who, with great t satisfaction to the stockholders, has served as president of the Little Moun tain Oil Mill and Fertilizer company 0 since its organization, owing to the r prtss of other duties, has been forced to resign the presidency. Mr. W. P. Derrick, of Augusta, has been elcted n to the position and will take charge at b The following corps of teachers have bi been elected and have accepted the d work in the Little Mountain high a school for the coming year: J. E. Can- d -non, principal; Miss Ellie Jacobs, Mrs. a J. C. Swygert, Jr., and Miss Elberta Y Sease, assistants. Little Mountain has -a school building and a school of which she is justly proud. The prospects for d an increased number of boarding pu -pils and for a successful year in every - way are very bright. Mrs. Katherine Monts, who had the 0 misfortune of falling and breaking her thigh several days ago is doing as well as could be expected under the ' circumstances. In Mr. Cecil Boland is at present con -fined to his bed with fever. The farmers' instilute will be held' in the auditorium of the high schoolI V uilding on next Tuesday, July 18. Little -Mountain considers herself for- s P tunate in being chosen as one of the 'three places in the county where the *institute will be held. The informa tion to be secured by attending this mneeting will be of inestimable value d * to our farmers and no one within reach should miss the opportunity of a1 coming here with the intention of be * ng benefited. A first-class barbecue't and refreshments will be- served on the grounds, the proceeds of whicht 'will go for the benefit of the school.I tAn exciting game of baseball is prom-t -ised for the evening. So all who at tend will, be amply provided with in- a struction, entertainment and amuse-t ment. SMITH ELECTED, VOTES TO SPARE s ___ d * *eorgia Governor Wins Seat in Sen- ' ate of United States. Atlanta, July 12.-By a vote of 401 v more than the required ma.jority of lb the legislature, or a total of 155, Gov- a Hloke Smith today was elected United States senator, to fill .he unexpired term of the late Senator Clay. At the same time Gov. Smith mad1e it clear il that he intended to continne to serve n * as governor, at least during the life of 13 the present legislat'ure. s Following Gov. Smith's announee- A *ment that he would not ;;o to Wash ington at once, to tak? he sea:, re- c ports were current that Senator J. M. Terrell, the ad interim appointee, would resign at once, but this could N not be confirmed. In a statement after the election, Senator Terrell is quoted as saying: Terrell Says Job'u (one. "I consider my term as United States senator ended with the action of the R gislature today. My commission on- 11 y dated until the convening of the egislature, whch was to choose, a suc- in cessor, and I do not feel that I have N anything to resign from." This view of the situation is not B -( held by Gov. Smith,' who declares that N he will not become the next .senator rom Georgia until he presents his c creentalsbefore that body.c With thestlmeto h snt.e al race interest has turned to the )vernorship contest. Pressure is be ig brought to bear upon ex-Gov. 11 rown, Gov. Smith's predecessor, to ?come a candidate. In addition near a dozen others of the State are be g mentioned as probable candidates. IRES RAGE IN MICHIGAN TOWNS. fr p: ne Already Wiped Out and Others F Burning-Oscada Destroyed and Au Sable Doomed. ar Sc Bay City, Mich., July 11.-The town b; Oscada, seventy-six miles from this M ty, has been wiped out by fire; the 0]: wn of Au Sable, opposite it, across in Le Au Sable river, is now on fire, and cc Le 1,800 inhabitants of the two towns to re being taken on board a big steam- a , that arrived at Au Sable, and a er 'ain made up of freight cars picked pr p in the Au Sable freight yards, while TI aother train is being sent from East bs awas to take away refugees. A lineman succeeded in getting hE round the fire and tapped the wires ur miles south of the town. He said ta Lat there -had -been loss of life. of Nothing further has been heard ax -om Alpena, fifty-one miles north of h scada, and relief trains have been m ished to that place. pE Sheyboggan May be in Danger. ac The fire at Sheyboggan, where huge 'W countain of sawdust, which has been irning for weeks, got beyond control ei esterday, is now in a furious blaze, of at it is not known whether there is ul mnger to the city. Lewiston, Algier h< ad Turner, all north qf here, are in a 3.nger from forest fires. The Oscada. in ad Alpena fires originated in the slab nE ,rds. Forty cars and two bridges, on the tb [ichigan Central, near Gayling, were h< ~stroyed this afternoon. h . m RACING AUTO DEALS DEATH. ic ne Child Killed and Two Fatally In- ho jured. I Louisville, Ky., July 9.-One child w 'as killed, two fatally injured and ne more or less injured last night la 'hen an automobile loaded with in- J iates of the Masonic Widows' and a,l rphans' home was str.uck by anoth ?r atomo'iAo racing in Third avenue tc oulevar1 near Beechmaont, a local burb. p COTTON LICE IN EDGEFIELD. i2 Edgefield, July 9.-Two of the best trmers of the county were yesterday iscussing the prevalency of cotton ce, one depricating their appearance1b ad predicting serions results there Tom; the othe rrather , welcoming eir advent, declaring that he never, new a good coton crop made unless er were lice in it. One said it was' dangerous pest, but that the ants eir natural enemy-would destroy g sem; the othe-" that, instead of the nts eating the lice, served as food for And thus these two thoughtful ob- t arvant and practical farmers were as i ivergent in their opinions on the lice a tatter as they could well be. As the B ews and Courier correspondent lis- 1) med to the conversation he was con- a1~ inced how much there is yet to be arned in the matters pertaining to griculture.I in Nollohon Philatheag. The Mollohon Philathea class held s business meeting on Tuesday eve- th ing at the home of Miss Lizzie Shea.- I .After singing several beautiful t mgs, we were led in prayer by Rev.' .M. Gardner. The following are the officers and )mfittee to serve for next term: President-Miss Annie Lee Wood.h Vice president-Miss Willie MIae t ills. I Im Secretary-Miss Essie Williams. o Treasurer-Diiss Lizzie Shealy. bi Press reporter-Miss Nora Wood. Teacher-Mr. Jos C. Carter. Hustlers committee-Miss Emma eeves, Miss Lizzie Shealy, Miss El e Dickert. Social commi ttee-Miss Nannie Can an, Miss Oralee Price, Miss Janie :ilstead. Di Membership committee-Miss Ruth raswell, Miss Essie Williams, Miss ora Wood. E. After the business session of the P: ass, a sweet course of ice cream and A. ndieS was served, which was much jec tjnyed by anlat NEWS OF WI1TMIRE. any Delightful Social Affairs in a M->st Delightfol Town-Person. al Mention. Whitmire, July 13.-Miss Frances ter is spending the week with ends in Newberry, where she ex cts to enjoy the services by Rev. W. Orr at the A. R. P. church. The fourth of July passed quietly d without accident in'our town. The urce of amusement was the annual .rbecue given by the Glenn-Lowry anufacturing company to their eratives. The plans for the day were charge o,f Mr. G. H. Leitner, the urteous superintendent of this cot n mill. The dinner, consisting of barbecue and picnic, was heartily Joyed by all. Nice swings had been -epared to make the children happy. e crowd was entertained with base .11, music and races. Master Edgar Fant, of Newberry, is re visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Burns enter ined last Thursday evening in honor Misses Frances Burns, of Anderson, td Lynn Verner and Kate McClana n, of Seneca. Delelightful refresh ents were served, and the young ople bade the fair visitors good-bye id wished them a speedy return to hitmire. Mrs. McD. Metts entertained Friday -ening in honor of Miss Sarah Fant, Newberrry. Miss Fant is very pop ar in this, the home of her child >od, and all the youths and misses >preciated the kindness in Mrs. Metts thus- bringing them together to re w old acquaintance. Mrs. James Tidmarsh entertained .e children Saturday afternoon in mor of her niece, Miss Mauldin Gra Lm, of Columbia. Mrs. James -Tid arsh and Mrs. J. M. Major served e-cream and Nabiscos, and arranged Lmes for amusement. Many little .arts were made glad. Mrs. Ora Irby is spending the week ith Mrs. Eliza Nance. Misses Sallie Belle and Bessie Dil .rd, Miss Lillian Scott and Messrs. )hn and Laurens Keck, of Clinton, ter a pleasant visit to Mr. and Mrs. 0. M. Tinney, have returned to Clin Mr. Tom Scott has returned from a [easant trip to Newberry. The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth list church will give a lawn party or e cream festival on the church lot bursday afternoon. Mayor B. B. Sims and Policeman 1. Morse are spending today in New arry. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cofield leave to orrow for a visit to their son, Mr. eorge Cofield, of Carlisle. NEWS NOTES FROM SALUDA. >hn ). Smith Critically Ill-Visitor Talks of Texas Cotton Crop. Saluda, July 12.-John M. Smith, of e firm of Smith Brothers, is critical ill at his 'home in .this town. His ~covery is considerec. very doubtful. esides his family physician, Dr. Wise, rs. Pitts and Waters are in attend ice upon him. D. N. Smith, -of St. Matthews, his other, reached Saluda yesterday, be g summoned to his brother's bed de by telegram. Smiley Taylor, a Florence county >y, who has been living in Texas for e past fifteen years, is visiting his other, the Rev. E. P. Taylor, of this wn. Mr. Taylor says; that the Texas itton crop is greatly exaggerated. he corn crop is practically ruined by e drought, and that eotton is suffer g very much for lack of rain. Texas, sayse, estimates the production for at State this year even under the ost favorable conditions from now at not exceeding three millions of Les. Farmers' Institutes. Little Mountain, Tuesday, July 18. Bethel School house, Pomaria, Wed ~sday, July 19. Silverstreet, Thursday, July 20. elegates to General A. )I. E. Confer ence. At the electoral college of the A. M. church held in Laurens this week, 'of. C. G. Garrett. of Columbia, and . Martin, of Newberry, were elect delegates to the general conference NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Personal Mention of Many People Coming Into and Leaving New berry's Sister City. Prosperity, .uly 13.-Mr. and Mrs! F. W. Schumpert returned home Mon day with Mrs. B. B. Schumpert from Millen, Ga. Misses Annie Wheeler and Rosa Mae Mitchell are visiting Miss Rosa Lee Suber in Peak. Mr. Chas. P. Barre is taking a busi ness course at Macfeat's business col lege in Columbia. Mr. A. F. Pugh has accepted the principalship of Pine Wood school. Miss Della Bowers left Monday for Saluda, N. C., to spend several weeks. Mr. Jno. Pat Wise has returned from a short trip to Pickens. Mrs. J. C. Schumpert has gone to Virginia to spend several months. Mr. Lillus Simpson has accepted a position with the American Telephone and Telegraph company as electrician in , Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. E. E. Young, Miss Mary Lizzie Wise, Master George Wise and little Rebecca Harmon are spending this week with Mr. S. S. Birge in Little Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Leaphart, of Lex ington, and Miss Joe Caughman, of Columbia, will spend the week-end with Mrs. A. G. Wise. Miss Cook, of Rock Hill, is the guest of Miss Willie Mae Wise. Mr. Clifton Kreps, of Columbia, is visiting Mr. W. J. Wise. Miss Lucile Counts, . of Slighs, is spending a few dajs with Mrs. A. N. Crosson. Miss Freddie Banks has returned to Columbia after a visit to her aunt, Mrs. J. S. Reagin. NEWS OF EXCELSIOR. Excelsior Summer School-Farmers Appreciate Weather Report-Over all Factory at Prosperity. Excelsior, July 13.-The summer session of Excelsior school opened Monday morning with good attend ance. The weather bureau report sent out over the 'phone lines is quite a treat to the country people and they appre ciate the kindness very much. *Miss Alder Ray Wheeler is spending several days in Columbia. Dr. R. C. Kibler, of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting his broth.er, Mr. J. A. C. Kib ler. Quite a number of the young folks enjoyed a social gathering at Mr. ~.. F. Wheeler's home on Saturday even ing. Don't forget the barbecue to be fur nished at Prosperity on Saturday, the 15th, by Messrs. G. W. Kinard and B. B. Rikard. Go and get a good dinner and have a good time.. Mrs. E. G. Counts spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Joe Lovelace. Mrs. Walter Lake, of Texas, came in Saturday to spend some time with Mrs. J. H. Dominick here. Mis. and Mrs. H. S. B. Kibler and daughter, Miss Era, of Newberry, are visiting Mr. J. A. C. Kibler's family. Miss Pet Dominick, of Newberry, spent Sunday at her home here. We learn with pleasure that efforts are on foot to establish an over-all factory in Prosperity some time in the near future'. Those interested in the enterprise and Messrs. G. W. Kinard, E. M. Cook Hunter Caldwell, Billie Gibson along with others who will fall in line and help push the new enter prise. We also hope to see the com mercial league encourage the move ment and help make it a success. We have heard it spoken of and right here we want to say that Prosperity needs another new enterprise and that is an ice plant at the cotton seed oil mill. A town the size of Prosperity surrounded by a thickly settled com munity will consume a large amount of ice during the summer months. Let the town get busy, put in a plant and keep the people cool during the sum mer months with pure home-made ice. Sigma. Wonder How M!uch? Wonder how much of the criticism of the State board of education in dulged in by some newspapers was in spired by the thought that Gov. Blease had much to do with the adoption of certain books.-Orangeburg Times and TumocmL * * * * * * * * * * * * im * to * THE IDLER. * n * *lfo * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * ** sc I have frequently written about o what a valuable asset kindness and o courtesy were and how little they cost. to I read the following in a paper a few tb days ago, signed Edwin A. Nye, and to this is only part of the article, but I th think it is worth while passing on: e "Courtesy and kindness cost nothing if but a moment of time-a moment that rc well may be spared for a smile and nE respectful hearing to the oft reject- T ed, weary an,d half despairing. tr "Besides, Chickens come home to ia roost. st "The push you give some hapless cc traveler on the dusty road will react g on you. It must be so. And a kind ness shown will come back to you in blessing. It must be so." d hi That is my doctrine and I have been cc preaching it for many years. You can't a do a mean or dirty act unless it come back to you at some time, some where. A kindly deed will come back g' some where at some time in blessing. It is bread cast upon the waters. It must be so. It is the compensation ti of nature. You may walk around here is with your head lifted-too high to h notice the poor and unfortunate-too el good and too groat and too busy to stop long enough to say a kind or y encouraging word to some poor fel- o low who is in trouble-the compensa- h tion will come to. you. Be tsure of that. On the other hand kind words ti and kind deeds are just as sure to come back in some shape, at some "Chickens come home to roost." You have seen it in your experience. Be sure of that, for it must be so. Did you ever feel blue-like you would like v to hear a kindly, sympathetic word s and see a kindly smile. Well, if you never did the time is coming when you will, and the recollection of a c kindly act done by you will be a pleasant memory. Did you ever read what Whitcombe Riley said about it. s If not read it. It will do you good: ii When a man ain't got a cent, and he's d feeling kind of blue, .C An' the clouds hang dark and heavy " 'and won't let sunshine through; tJ It's a great thing, 0 my brethren for "a a feller just to lay His hand upon your shoulder in a r friendly sort of way; It makes a man feel queerish, it mak es the tear drops start, ti An' you sort o' feel a patter in the 0 region of the heart;. . t You can't lok up and meet his eyes;1 f: you don't know what to say, g When his hand is on your shoulder in fl Ia friendly sort of way; 0, the world's a curious compound,' with its honey\and its gall, IWith its care and bifter crosses, but C a good world after all; An' a good God must have made it, a leastways that is what I sayt When a hand is on my shoulder in a c friendly sort of way. Somebody has sent me a copy of r, the Laurens Advertiser in which I T find the following: j "The Idler," in The Herald and d: N ews, brings up the Greenville to t( Charleston highway, making a sug- pi gestion that the automobilists contri- s; bute a certain sum each to aid 'the g work along. That is a good sugges- ha tion, but we are somewhat pessimistic d as to the large body of automobilists contributing money for roads. They g are very willing to talk about them p and to blame the county officials for a not working them, but when it comes to putting down the cold hard cash toc help the work along, their enthusaism le abates. Like every other set or men, there are exceptions and very fine ones. A great many autoists would contri bute both time and money for building roads, but when it comes to the whole A ~body of them, it would be a hard prop osition to get the ten dollars each. The suggestion is a mighty good one, though. If the autoists would fur- h nish labor and teams, a great deal of a good could be accomplished and the D benefits would be as valuable to the ei one as to the other. i Somehow, I believe the Newberry al autoists are going to help the move- w ent for the highway from unares n to Asheville. I know that human ture is a very selfish thing and un rtunately too many of us will not do mething that will be of benefit to trselves because it will also benefit tr neighbor, but until I am convinced the contrary I am bound to believe at the Newberry autoists are going help in this movement with an en usiasm that will astonish themselv and I know they will feel better they do. The people along the utes through Newberry, I am satis ,d, are interested and will cooperate. 21s is to be a great voluntary con ibution to the interest and enthus sm for better roads and to demon rate what can be done by every one ntributing his mite. Let everybody :t busy. Do it now, is the slogan. I am sorry that the funny papers not run Buster. I always enjoyed m and then his Tesoluions always intained a good moral lesson. I ran :ross ond of his resolution4 thi other ty amongst my old papers and as it along what I have been urging I am >ing to give it for your considera an, dear reader: Resolved, That running is one of te best forms of exercise there is. It an accomplishmen; a boy ' should ive. But no matter how fast -you Ln run you must start in time. You ust do any thing at the rigt time to .ake good. The excuse maker is the iap who didn't do it when: it should 3ve been done-the time to do honest iings or kind things is NOW-the me to do right is now. The world. full of ifers that didn't buy in me or sell in time or quit in time, e commence in time. Time and tide on't wait, Make up your mind what 5u ought to do and DO IT NOW. TalWting about parks-you know I ery rarely mention the subject-I .e from a Spartanburg paper. the ibject is being discussed there also. f the importance of playgrolinds for zildren the paper says, among otler zings: - They want air, dirt, sand piles, sun sine, trees, swings, water to wade t, places to roll and scu'afe withoa [1y restraint. It requires all that to. evelop them. Splendid parks in large ties give children an opportunity to 'alk on dress parade. That is better ian confinement in the homes. But !hat the children need is a place 'here they can roll and scuffle and an and jump and develop their limbf; How about Newberry? Don't you iink we should act while we have the pportunity? .I do. And I want this > go down in history and 25 years som now when the children and rown ups are erjoying the fruits of ly labor they v;ill bless The Idler. Carriers' Salaries Increased. ~reenwood Journal. The Daily Journal carried the- news few days ago that the salaries of ie riaral mail carriers would be in reased. We are glad that this is to be done >r there are few men who are doing iore for the country than they are. hey add immensely to' the comfort ! people who live out in the rurd stricts by bringing them in daily 'uch with the Wvorld. In former time's ~ople remote from the railroads, con dered themselves fortunate if they ot their mail once a week. Now they wve it brought 'to their doors every ay except Sunday. We repeat we think the advance a ood movement. Uncle Sam has a enty of money, and we see no rea mn why he shoul.d pay men who are >t worth half as -much as the rural trriers are and who do a great deal s work large salaries, and hand out mere pittance to the former. LTO'UOBILE 'I UENED TUB FLE. naiston Baker Killed and Party Probably Fatally Hurt. Anniston, Ala., July 9.-J. D. Dill, a tker, was killed, Mrs. Mary Dill, Mr. id Mrs. Charles Dill and Charles til, Jr., probably were fatally injur 1 here tonight, when an automobile which they were riding turned tur e. The accident occurred when an tempt wa.s made to avoid a collision' ih aother automobile.