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Entered at the Postoffice at New *ery, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, September 29, 1911. The cut which we used in Tuesday's paper showing the bale of cotton, should haVe had placed under it, "By courtesy of Wilmington (N. C.) Star.' We desire to make acmnowledgment of this even this late. Governor Mann, of'Virginia, is dead against the recall of judges and says so in these words: "I should decline to hold office under such a system. It would reduce the ottcenolder to the level of a puppet. It would make him a reed swayed in the wind by every breath of public prejudice. Such a position would be unsupportable, and if it ever comes to pass in my State I shall retire from politics. I desire to have nothing to do with such a sys tem." Sound doctrine.-Anderson Mail. This sounds very much like Gover nor Mann had been reading The Her ald and News. Of eourse, it is good Democratic doctrine. All this stuff about what we call recall of judges is the worst kind of political rot. We regret very much to note that Mr. Devore reports nat the commit tee has been unable to make any ar raigement with the land owners for the relocation of the public road be tween Newberry and Prosperity. We hope that Mr. Devore is mistaken in giving the information that the super visor and county commissioners will take no action. If that is the correct attitude of the land owners and board of county commissioners, and the com mittee can do nothing, the work on the permanent improvement of this road should stop at Boyd's crossing. We believe that the road can be relocated from Prosperity to WAttle Mountain so as to avoid all crossings except one and the supervisor should movie hds force to Prosperity and build to Little Mountain. As we see it, it is a real crimintal waste of public funds to undertake to build a permanent road with grade crossings of the rail road every half mile. ' The Reunion of the Red Shirts in Columbia calla~ to mind the days of 1876. The State on urnursday prints a list of the delega.tas from the various counties, who were usnembers of the convention in August, 1876, which nominated Hampton. It has not been so very lonig since 1878 and yet it is a generation.. Looking over sthe names of the gentlemen who made up the convention, one is reminded that a * large majority of them have passed from the stage of action.' The representatives trom Newberry .Were: Jas. N. Lipscomb, Thos. W. Hol loway, W. D. Hardy, and R. L. Mc Caughrin. Of these only W. D. Hardy remains. There is another member of that convention who is now a cit .izen of Newberry county. Col. L. P. Miller was the representative from Georgetown in the Hampton conven tion of August, 1876, and now lives in this county on the Enoree river. All of the State officers nominated by that covninhave passed away. QUITE A NUMBER. Hon. George S. Mower is nominated for a place on the supreme bench by the Newberry Herald and News. Thre paper calls attention t~o thle fact that he is a Newberry man whose character Ls above reproach.--Spartanburg Her ald. Mr. Mower is a mighty fine man --we know him welh--eut he is not by any means the only Newberry man whose character is above reproach. There are, in, fact, quate a number of others.--Anderson Mail. Surely the Spartanburg paper did not intend to make tne thrust at New berry that the Mail interprets in the statement. Or is the Mail taking ad vantage of the opportunity to be fresh. Well, it doesn't matter. Mr. Mower is all right and these newspapers have had precious little influence in shap ing public sentiment. The Herald and News is of such a confiding disposition that it believes that every one is honest and sincere oof these good brethren had any but the kindest iand best ana sweetest mno tives in writing the paragraphs. In season and out Editor Aull, of the Newberry Herald and News, lets no issue side track his weekly advo cacy of good roads for Newb,_rry county. The effects of his efforts may not be conspicuously manifest, we do not know about that, but in time it is bound to play a big part in bringing about the desired results. When a good roads sentiment is thoroughly aroused Newberry and Laurens and all the rest of the counties will have better highways. In this educative work the newspaper has a great priv ilege, and we have been impressed with the fact that The Herald and News recognizes its opportunity and is discharging the obligation in a manner that fairly entitles it to a word of commendation and encourage ment.-Laurensville Herald. It is encouraging and gratifying to know that our efforts in behalf of better roads, are recognized and ap preciated by some one, even if not by the people in whose behalf they are constantly being put forth. We have for long years hoped and tried to create a sentiment for good roads which would result in some action of a tangible manner in the effort to se cure better roads. It takes a long time, howevdr, to create a sentiment for any change or any forward move ment. Unfortunately, we have a num ber of people who are satisfied to keep on going as their fathers went and never realize or appreciate the change of conditions. We expect, how ever, to keep up the agitation and will not be discouraged by the indif ference of those in whose behalf 'we are working. Judge Thomas S. tease is holding his first court in Charleston. The News and Courier or Tuesday, in speaking of his charge to the grand jury, says: "He created a most favora'ble im pression on the members of the bar and upon court officiais. His charge to the grand jury was striking in more than one particular. -He spoke for over twenty minutes in making his charge and urged a rigid enforcement of the liquor laws, the necessity of indicting all those who are violating thle statutes of the State. He was par ticularly clear in his remarks as to the stand the grand jury should take against any attempt at fraudulent elections in the city and county. He read extensiviely from the laws on election, laying stress on the fact that it is the bounden duty of the grand jury to prosecute those who are charg ed with bribery, vote buying or sell ing, for money or othier considerations, vpte repeating, procu~rmg votes by in ti.midation. In short, he charged the the grand jury/that it was its privilege and duty to stamp out the corrupt vote, if it existed here, even though no one else attempted to make a move in this direction.'' Speaking of this charge of Judge Sease the News andx courier says of it editorially: "The duty of grand jurors as con servators of the purity of the ballot is a duty which can not be stressed too earnestly and Judge Sease's clear statement of the obligation which rests upon a grand juror in this connection is to be applauded.' Of course Judge Sease is correct as to the duties of grant yurors. They are the most important officers of the county and yet they frequenitly do not appreciate their responsibilities noI realize their duties. GOOD ROADS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Speaking of good roads in South Carolina, the News and Courier has the follo'wing very sensible paragrph. We do not see that we could add any thing to the force with which the im portance of good roads is expressed in this comment of the News and Courier. Of course, it is true that the section which first makes improve ments and leads the way, reecives the greatest profits. Good roads are com ing, as The Herald and News has fre quently remarked. WVe would like to see the moviement hasten that we might enjoy them iis our day. As the News and Courier wetl says, we will wonder how we get along without the:n. We believe snat the matter ought to be taken cnarge of by the State so that what money is spent on the roads could be intelligently, wise y and economically spent. As it is .iw agreat deor nlabno and money is wasted by the aer of intelligent supervision and direction. The fol lowing are the remarRs of the News aand Courier: "It is inconceivable that South Car llina shpuld be without railroad. We consider them to be necessities, as thev are. Yet South Carolina got along without them once and some .people deprecated the building of them. South Carolina without rail roads today would be no more absurd than South Carolina without good roads will be in anter ten years. j'When improvements are to be made, the section that makes them first is the section that profits most. New York could never have been New York without the Erie Canal. "The building of good roads is not a federal matter; it is a State affair. It is an internal problem which South Carolina must solve for herself, and she must solve it in the immediate--fu ture. One million dollars spent on the public highways of the common wealth would prove to be one of the best investments ever made in this rpart of the world. And most of the money would remain in the State in the form of wages Pad to laborers, etc. Why not have good roads and pay for them by the saving which they would effect and -y the increased value of lands whion tney would in duce? Why hesitate to make an in vestment that is as economically sound as it is maferfally necessary? Good roads mean good citizens." * * * THE IDLER. * * * ** ** ** ** * ** * ** * The editor has se= me a communi cation addressed to me and signed "Uncle Brigs." Here it is. Read it. And I want you to read it before you read what I have to say, because I think it really answers itself. Old Court House-Why Not Sell It? Well, Mr. Idler, we notice you are in favor of making a rest room in the old court house. Now, do you really think that would be thq proper thing to do? Who does the court house be long to? Does it belong to the city of Newberry or to .the county? We have always been of the opinion that it be longed to the county. Then to turn it into a rest room for a few would be doing the 'majority of the .people an injustice. Would it not be better to I sell the old court house and the lot and use the proceeds in building a jail and apply the surplus on the new court house debt. Don't you reaHly think we need a jail? We have noticed for the past two or three years that every session of the grand jury has recommended repairs, new cells, etc., but nothing so far has been done; They even condemned the old wooden cells as unsanitary and unfit for prisoners. And do you- know, Mr. Idler, the peo ple of the county voted on the subject of "court house" or "no court house," and the noes carried by large majority but the new court house was saddled upon us poor country folks and now we have the debt to pay. Now, it might be nice to have a rest room, but do the citizens *of Newberry expect the whole county .to foot the bill by giving the old court house. We are not much of a judge of real testate in ity, but imagine this piece of property would bring very nice little sum. Yes, we had the opportunity to vote upon some proposition in regard to the old court house, but very few understood .We have heard numbers say they would not vote because they did not understand the proposition. Let's pe tition the legislature to give us the opportunity to vote, "Retain" or "Sell," and have incorporated in the bill that proceeeds be used for building new jail, and surplus applied on new court house. We have had occasion to meet many of the people of the county this summer, and everybody seemed to be of my opinion. Now, we don't wish to do anything to antagonize the good ladies of your city, as we believe their motives are pure and we always try to accommodate them and acquiesce in anything they do, but feel quite sure they haven't thought of the other side. Now, Mr. Idler. givn us your honest opinion, and we would like to hear from the editor, too. We notice he has had several editorials upon the sub ject. .Uncle Brigs. -o Now, isn't it strange that sensible people-I take it that Uncle Brigs is a sensible and interligent citizen will so misunderstaoe other sensible people-of course, it wiv~ be admitted that I am a sensi,ble citizen-as to write an article against a proposition which is in fact an argument in favor of the proposition. vn the first place, Uncle Brigs is mistaken if he thinks that the proposition for a rest room was for the ladies of the city. Yet thatisM what he seems to be arguing.J New Medi Supplie The Public is Given an Relieves Ind Gilder & Weeks Ai of Packa Gilder & Weeks, as well as all first class Pharmacies Tnrougbout the country, have been supplied with the new remedy for stomach disorders called DIGESTIT. This new medicine has been found to be a sure relief for the dietrersing symptoms of Indigestion and Dyspep sia. It will digest food in a remark ably short tim'e. 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But Un cle Brigs shouldl also remember thai the people of the town of Newberry constitute a part of the people of the county and pay some of the taxes and that he should not raise any factional issue. Now, if he wants to sell it all right. I am willing to sell the build ing, but not the land, because, yoi know, it is to be used for public pur poses. And I seriossiy doubt if you could get the building torn down for it. I will say something on this ques tion another time. The Idler. Debate at Jolly Street. There will be a debate at Jolly Street Saturday night, September 30, beginning at 8.30 o'clock, between the Jolly Street and St. Philips debators, to which the public is invited. 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