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Entered at the Postoffice at New 6rry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, August 18, 1911. ARE WE LOAFING? In the city of Spartanburg there are men possessing 'business ability and energy of as high a character as is to be found in any Southern city of equal size and similar advantages. We don't expect this statement to be challenged. But now have a look over the busi ness men of the town. Do you see any one of them, or any combination of them, who are attracting attention by reason of the fact that they are con spicuous in any movement looking to the material advancement of the city. -Spartanburg Herald. That sounds like we might have written it about Newberry. We be lieve it could be said with truth about this community. What are those of our business men who are making money here doing to advance the in terests of the community? It may be that they are satisfied to make money for themselves and have . very little Interest in the future of the town. In fact, to be perfectly frank, is that not the case, to a L rge extent. I it not true that a good L'Aiiy of our business men are really loaflng when it comes to the forward movement which this town should be making at this time? V We had not seen the follcwing par agraph from the Colleton P.ess and Standard until we saw it repriAted in the Observer 'of Tuesday: "But *#hy notice the vaporirgs of a governor whose sympathies P.re with the liquor elements in and out 'f the gtate-a governor who Is reporteL to have stopped at a blind tiger ,nd treated a coterie of friends the morn ing he was inaugurated as the chief executive officer of the sovereign State of South Carolina?" Just how any reputable newspaper in South Carolina could publish such a report in the first instance, we can not understand, and we are sure the Observer could not have observed the paragraph closely, or it certainly would not have allowed itself to give the paragraph further currency. 'It was known to every newspaper man in South Carolina, and most cer tainly to our Newberry cotemporary, that Mr. Blease got up out of a bed of serious illness to go to Columbia to take the oath of office. It ought to come within the easy recollection of svery newspaper man in South Caro lina that he was accompanied by his physician, Dr. W. G. Houseal, and that Dr. Houseal remained with him in Co lumbia until after the oath of office was taken, having to support the gov ernor up the hall of the house of rep resentatives on his way. to the speak er's stand to take the oath. If the governor had been- so inclined, it ought to come within the easy recol lection of every newspaper man in the State that it would have been a physi cal impossibility for the governor to have visited a blind tiger that morn ing. We can see no excuse for the pub lication of any such report. It is no wonder -that Mr. Blease should be embittered against a press that would indulge in slich warfare, and what is of far more vital impor tance, it is no wonder that the people are coming to pay so little attention to what appears in the newspapers in re gard to public men, and that the press has lost so much of its influence in shaping the policy of the State. "WANTED-A SINECURE." Selfishness is the bane of this age. Selfishness is always very mean, and In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it narrows down to envy, and envy is one of the meanest things in the world, if not the meanest. As matter of fact, selfishness and envy are the children of the same parent, and without them the world would be happy, and with them the world is not. Unselfishness is the highest ideal towards which man can strive, because unselfishness means perfect love, and that is the ideal set by the Christ. The Herald and News does not often to say this in quoting the following excellent editorial from the Charlotte Observer, the study of which can not but be helpful: "Will you let me back there? I never was in a printing store," said a gentlman Monday. We told the old fellow to help himself, and gazed upon I him enviously. We have often wished that we had never seen inside of one. But there's some sort of a fascination about the darned business that you can't shake off, with all of its vexa tions and multifarih - mixups, which have sent so many men to the bug house,. the boozehouse and sometimes to the poorhouse.-Murray, Ky., Gaz ette. "'Twas ever thus. In the golden days when Horace Flacci imbibed Falernian for inspiration, twanged his melodious lyre and composed stove lenth verse that has been the bane of every sophomore's existence, it was noted that the philosopher sighed to be a soldier, the statesman wished to retire to a Sabine farm, and the man of letters envied the tradesman his gainful ccupation. As it was then, so it is today and will ever be, for man is ne'er contentek with his lot. "Just as the flies on the irside of the window are breaking their aecks to get out, and those outside are bursting their heads to get in, so the residents of the country are strivin~ to get to town and the denizens of the city are longing for the sweet fields of] 12den fmmedfateiY peyond the electric lights' brain-baking glo'W.. Thre is hardly an editor of a country weekly on earth who does not want employ inent on a daily, nor a daily grad-grind who wouldn't swap his job and half his hopes of immortal life for a small pica weekly in a section where the bulging Jersey stanas bosom deep in the buth grass, the PAt and foolish Berksif has the freedom of the city, and tk Watth-dog's bark is an alarm clock to advertise the presence within a hundred yards of a stranger. "The laborer whose toil is from Mon day morning until Saturday night wishes he coul,d make a living by wearing good 'clothes, dining on the delicacies of the land, and preaching twice on Sunday-the minister possi bly wishes that also. The patient nursing physician would like to swap places -with the corporation lawyer who pockets good fees for bad advice. The crisis-fearing -banker looks with envy at the vine-clad cottage, where apprehension is unknown and coni-I tentment is a member of the family. The trainman desires a pool room or, a dairy, and the farmer boy wishes he could carry a policeman's bat. Every man thinks' the other fellow has a sinecure and that unkind circumstance~ chosp for him a vocation that is a dog's "Just as the Kentucky editbrs says, there is a fascination about the news paper business' that is irresistible af ter the fingers are once stained with ink, though nine-tenths of the editors honestly believe that 'they could have been more successful at most any other calling. Once launched and in the journalistic channel, they general ly stick until the boat is wrecked or] the stream empties into the ocean- of eternity." * * * THE IDLEE. * * * In looking over my last article, in which I undertake to enumerate some of the things 'that should have the attention of th.e city council, -there is one little piece of street that comes nearer illustrating 'what I have been trying to impress than any other that I know of in Newberry. Just why I did not mention it I do not know, be cause I have observed it after nearly every rain, and while it is a very small portion of street it is a symptom of the general situation. I passed that way the other day, and I noticed that this time since the last big rain it has not had attention. I suppose there are so many others like it, that the force has not been able to get there Iyet and do a little temporary work on it. I refer to the section of Johnstone street from Caldwell to Nance, along side the property of Mr. J. W. White. I ask any member of city council to look at the big ditch that has washed right through the centre of the side walk since the last rain. Generally a little sand is thrown in the ditch and it is washed out the next rain, but this time that has not been done. The trouble is that there is no intelligent direction as to the control of the water1 1that necessarily comes that way, and~ luntil something is done intelligently~ these strets are going to wash out. See the point, Mr. Mayor and Mr. Ald ermen? If you don't, scratch the cob webs from your eyes and wake up, or get off your jobs at once and let some live men get on them. are rougher than the roads in New berry county, and really I do not know anything I could say that is more de trimental, for if T did I would say it, because some of the streets are a dis grace to a civilized community. Ask anybody that has occasion to ride over them. I only walk, and I have to walk slow to keep from knocking my head off against some of the old broken down fences leaning way out over the sidewalk. It may not do any good, but I am going to keep on talking about them until they are fixed, or the edi tor stops me from writing, or until -well, never mind. What goes with the money we pay to keep up the town? All goes into temporary work -cutting weeds and grass with hoes instead of using the goats and the geese. If I was a taxpayer I would kick. But then it is fortunate that the taxpayers are satisfied with conditions, for if they were not there would be a shaking up in this old town before many moons. Now please don't mis understand me. I am not kicking nor knocking, I am just telling the plain truth. It is not a personal matter with the present administration, for I am very fond of all the members of city council. It is a plain and simple and unvarnished statement of facts, and as I am not a candidate for any office within the gift of the people or of the city council and don't care a hurrah whether you fix anything or not, I can afford to say what I please at y'ays trying to say it with the greatest 6onsideation for the personal feel ings of council and in the most chaste and parliamentary language. You may mend your ways or not ag you like. I don't give a hurrah what you do, but I am going to write the truth as I see it, or I am not going to write at all. They tell me that the Lutherans and the Baptists and the Methodists -all have very pretty lawns now and that they are well kept. I hope it is true. I reckon it is wrong, and I am sorry to say it, but I have not been to church in some time and have not seen the lawns, .but I am glad to know that the church people are developing a little civic pride and are keeping their premises clean and neat. I observe the Sabbath day and try to keep it holy, and I read my Bible and try to observe the Golden Rule, which is more than some of the high cock-a lorums of the amen corner do, but then I am not to judge my neighbor, but I can't help seeing and observing so long as my sense of observation is not dimmed. I see a good deal in the papers about the way in which'Gov. Blease is exer cising the pardoning power. Well, I don't know much about it, and possi bly I ought to keepi silent, but I have always said I would- rather have a reputation for using the pardoning power too freely than to have a repu tation for not granting any pardons, for the reason that I would rather be charged with having too mu.ch heart than to have credit for having no heart at all. I have always understood that punishment is not for the sake of pun ishment alone. And then 'the papers as I read them .are willing to say al most anything that in their judgment will prejudice the people against Gov. Blease. I have often wondered why so many of the papers of the State seemed so anxious to get something against the governor, and why they would not be willing to give him a square deal. .He has said and done a great many things, it seems to me, I would not have said or done, and yet I must realize that he has had great provocation. Still, he should have re membered the high 'office he holds by the gift of a majority of the people of South Carolina and should not have been provoked into saying rash things. -o What I started out to do was to quote an article I read in some paper on the subject, "They blame the governor." It is credited to K. Lamity's Harpoon and is as follows, anid I commend it to those who have been criticizing Gov. Blease: When a man really wants to find fault with his neighbor, it's astonish ing how many he can find. They are thick as blackberries in a fence corner. I recently saw a criticism in an ex change on Goy. Colquitt because of the fact that he had pardoned out quite a number of convicts from the penitentiary-men who had committed sins against society, had been convict ed, humiliated and had patiently serv ed long, weary years in those dreary walls in making restitution for their former faults. I am not at all familiar with each individual case in which Gov. Colquitt has used the pardoning power. He may have turned loose upon society some bad man. He is the sole judge of that, and I am not at all interested or concerned about the matter. I only hope he has not left some poor, frienls hnelpes hartbroken wretch inside the walls, who ought to be outside, and I pray God that he may use every diligence to discover such cases, and unlock those dismal doors and tell them, as Jesus told the erring woman-"Go, and sin no more." I have often been urged by ten or fifteen of my personal friends to run for governor, and assured of their combined vote, but I hardly think I will ever do so. I fear that I might possibly make a mistake that would injure the State. Along about Christ mas times, when all the world is .houting "Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, to men good will" when I remembered the poor, helpless wretches who were locked up behind those big steel doors, and felt how ut terly dark and dismal the world ap peared to them--I am afraid I might be tempted to send the superintend ents at Ruck and Huntsville the fol lowing telegram: "Unlock every cell in the prison. Pa role every man and woman and send them home, and tell them to sin no more. I wish them all a merry Christ mas. (Signed) "K. Lamity Bonner. "Governor of Texas." If I did this-and I am pretty cer tain I would-I don't think I would run for re-election. I would have all the glory I wanted, and would be willing to quit. Of course, would expect to find a few of my paroled prisoners back at the same old stand the next ~Christmas, but I'll guarantee a large majority would never be guilty of an Itther wilful violation of law, and I I would stake my life that my "house I cleaning" would encourage, reform and renew the lives of many men, and be of far more benefit to society than keeping those unfortunates confined inside those dismal and hope-killing walls. Feeling as' I do, it's only natural that I endorse Gov. Colquitt's action every tinfe he turns loose one of these helpless, hopeless prisoners. Away back yonder, 760 years before the Mes senger of Peade was born, a prophet of God, in delivering a message from the Creator to sinful men, said: "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fath erless, plead for the widow. Comne now and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."-Isaiah 1:17-18. Nearly 800 years later, Jesus Christ himself. in speaking to his disciples, said: "Forgive and ye shall be forgiven; give and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed d'wn a.1d sh:ik en together and running over shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again." Luke 6: 37-38. Therefore, if the very God in hea,ven forgives men of their vilest sins, what is man, that he should presumie to be a more just and a more severe judge? For these reasons, I am inclined to believe that his critics must discover a more vulnerable point for complaint against Gov. Colqnitt, than the fact that, believing the man has suffered enough, he has pardoned some poor, helpless, -hopeless, friendless convict and given him one more show to be come a go.od citizen. There will be a settlement picnic at the Werber place, Mr. M. P. Lake's home, about five miles from the city, on Saturday, August 19. The public ,is cordially invited to attend this picnic adi bring well Elled baskets. Cold drinks will be sold on the grounds. He is Known Here, Clinton Gazette, 10th. Our big fat friend, Mr. George C. Hopkins, of the Hopewell section, re ports that from about 25 acres sown, he threshed out a little over 500 bush els of wheat; and that his oat crop was good, panning out over 2,000 bushels threshed, besides a lot still in the sheaf for feeding purposes. Tell you what, old Laurens county, South Carolina, can't be beat. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. By Frank M. Schumpert, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Robert Y. Kibler made suit to me, to grant him letters of adi ministration of the estate of and ef fects of Theodore N. Kibler, THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite an admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Theodore N. Kibler, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at New berry, S. C., on the fourth day of Sep tember next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 16th day of August, Anno Domini, 1911. Frank M. Schumpert, What You Can Your Hon Come here and save the many lines of samples I ha Mayer & Co., of Cincinna I have no need of a rep and take measures, for tho pay an enormous price foi when I can sell their suit do not have to pay the exI tive in here. Call by and give their and I will be glad to quotf lower than you can secure E. T. 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