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10m 1 OLIEXLIX, NUMBER 84. EWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1911. f~vAUf~ ROT AIR AND TlE SPLIT LOG DRAG A GOOD COMBiNATION N GOOD ROADS BUILDING. Township Inspector Law a Farce Mr. John W. Scott Writes Strong Article. Editor of The Herald and News: I note that you published an article that I wrote to the Observer sometime ago, commending an editorial that ap peared in that paper in the interest of' better roads. You saw fit to make some complimentary editorial com ments in reference to myself. I wish to. return the compliment by saying that I am somewhat acquainted with your efforts as a newspaper man in referenct to better roads, and- I take m Pleasure in commen&ng your course along that line. I think it the duty of our county papers to preach every -week from the text: "We need better roads and must have them." You can call it hot air or by any other name you please, the burning 0- nee'd of the times is for better roads. I -deem it your duty through your paper to coinmend and conuemn when and wherever it is needed in the in -terest of good roads. Mr. Editor, we muAt be up and do in& or we will be left with bad roads. The good roads movement is on and ..w must be in the procession with pek and drag--you use your pen and 1 *illuse the drag. when you come this way agaln, in -our ato, when you get to the Briek hofse, you can open the throttle and 1etk,er go at the rate of 60 miles an :bodr uaEl yoiket to Butln Johnson's. IF hope hi our repreis;&tatives at -the next mieting of the legislature repent of tleir sins and repeal that li' that- created a board :of road inpectors.- -That law s nothing but a, isrce. - Good-men were-appointed-for ea township, but they have no pow er2br authority to -make.better roads. I suggest that they atone for their sins -by"aink a- law- to elect a commis ioner for each township with power and authority to supervise the roads of their respecti,ve townships. In this conn'ection I would make an 40 otesuggesticn that the - legislatkre a propriate'some of the money that is tihown to the iair winds in the-n trNst of hiigher educaition for the im prVemenOt of- the public roads. I be -iee tbat dividends would accrue from suNi investment that thousands and -hsands of people of the State would shar-e in the dividends'who do not now receive anything from the large .aount of money expended for higher education. The road referred to in your comn ents I have been traveling for 50 .ears. In rny youth it was my school -ad, it was theni my church road and now in the even.ing of life it is my maket road. During all of these yers until about one year ago, this Aad.a nothing but a narrow trail, the -l~est part of :the road being in th mddle. -By the use of the wood en drag it is now a,-pleasure to travel ov1er, either riding or a foot. I now laul over this road with two mules .. what I formerly hauled with four Smules. I~ imention these facts to show the - nerits of the wooden drag. The work *done to the roads by the chaingang 3S nothing but a delusion and a snare if -they are not attended to afterwards. Jno. W. Scott. Whitmire, S. C.. Oct. 14, 1911. HARMON WON'T BE THERE. With regret Governor Judson Har mon, of Ohio, expresses in letter to -r. E. J. Watson and Mr. A. Dl. Hud son, his inability to accept their in -iitaton to deliver an address .at the South Atlantic States Corn exposition to -be held in Columbia in December. G overnor'Harmon~ will be in Co'lumfbia during the State fair, however. His let-ter to Mr. Hudson, who is president of the exposition, states that Gover nor Harmon will be called tO San Francisco during. December, to select : site for the Ohio e-xhibit at the Pan ama exposition, in accordance with an a m ased last winter. 'JUSTICE E.MLIN9S FUNERAL. Today, at Washington-Tribute Paid by Late Jurist's Pastor. Washington, Oct. 1-.-The funeral of the late Justice John Marshall Har lan, of the supreme court of the Unit ed States, will be held here Tuesday afternoon, from the New York Avenue Presbyterian church, with which the late jurist had been long and promin eitly identified. The. family so an nounced tonight. The pastor, the Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, will officiate at the services, and the pallbearers will be the eight members of the supreme court of the United States. The inter meat, which will be private, will be in Rock Creek cemetery. At the morning service at the church today, Dr. Radcliffe paid a warm tri bute to the dead jurist. .After speak ing of Justice Harlan's long and prom inent membership in the church, Dr. Radcliffe said: "The nation mourns one of - its greatest citizens the judiciary one of its strongest pillars, the Church of Christ, and the Presbyterian church especially, one of its most honored names this congregation a 'tower of strength, and all of us one of our best and most devoted friends." Almost innumerable are the anec dotes recalled' by Justice Harlan's in timates. The jurist had a keen sense of humor. Even -when struggling with complex legal problems, this apprecia tion of the humorous flashed out to illumine. the situation, and he dearly relished a jQke. ustice Harlan was very fond of the late Justi6e Peckham. The . latter twitted him about his Presbyterian Areiection an4,.in turn, was twitted about being. Dimocrat. On one:oc casion, Justice Harlan was explain ing to his brethren on the bench that he would be"forced to absent himself from them on the following day, to at tend' a Presbyterian conference. "You are such a good Presbyterian, Harlan," said Justice Peckham, "that I don't se, why you are afraid to die." wI vould -not be afraid responded .ustice Harlan, "if I were sure that in the next world I would not turn .up at Democratic headquarters." Justice Harlan resented a story that he was in the habit of borrowing to bacco from Chief Justice White. "I never borrowed a chew from Wite in my life," said Justice Har lan; "White always, borrowed from me." One day Justice Harlan. was chew ing tobacco in a street car. He thought the window was open, but it was not. He apologized to the con ductor. At another time a disorderly individual was creating a disturbance on the car on which the justice was a passenger. S"Why don't you put that man* off," inquired Justice Harlan.of the conduc tor, with some heat. "It would be -against the law," re pl%td the-conductor to the noted judge. Justice Harlan chewed tobacco all his life. .During the hearing before the . supreme court in .the American obacco case last spring, Justice Har lan told 'one of the tobacco "trust" lawyers, who was addressing the court Ithat all the tobacco he bought these days was either spoiled or adulterat ed. The story was published and the justice received samples of chewing tobacco for many weeks, His favorite exercise was golf. One Ihole on the Chevy Chase links is known as the Harlan hole, because the' justice made the hole one day in one stroke. He ofeten 'played with Dr. J. McBryde Sterritt, a retired clergyman. One day Dr. Sterritt prepared to tee off but missed the ball entirely. He looked at it a moment in disgust with out saying a word. "Doctor, that is the most profane silence I ever heard," remarked Justice Harlan. Notice of Organ Sale. A chapel organ, in good condition, will be sold to the highest bidder at Colony church on next Friday at 11 o'clock a. m. IAt-Mlayor's Court. On Friday morning F. H. Anderson, colored, paid a fine of $10, under the conviction for stealing a pair of pants from the store of L. Morris. THAT *REST ROOM. Supervisor Feagle and Commissioner ALeitzsey Act in Accordance Re quest People. Editor of The Herald and News: It is not our purpose to get into a newspaper controversy and we do not wish to appear as critizing the ac tion of County Commissioner Living ston in the matter of providing a rest room in the old court house, but since Mr. Livingston has seen fit to let it be known why he opposed providing a rest room, we think it proper that we should explain our course and our reasons for that course to the people of Newberry county, whose servants we are. We wish first to recall that in the Democratic convention of Newberry coginty of 1D08, a resolution was pass ed 'favoring the use of the old court house for rest room purposes. The same convention which passed this resolution was a part of the machin ery of the Democratic -party by which party we were chosen to the posi tions which we now hold, and as good Democrats we felt it our duty to obey the instructions of the convention of our party. Again, we have only pro vided one room, all that was request ed. The county had been receiving no income whatever from. thi2 room. And we wish to state that the county is to be put to no expense whatever in fur nishing or maintaining this room, it being .our understanding that the twn of Newberry will provide what ever funds are needed for these pur poses.' The only expenditure made by the county in this matter, 'was a little time of a few convicts taken In re Jnoing the old records from the room set-1iart to the new court house, the proper place for the keeping of those records. The old court house belongs to tie people of Newberry county; the rest -room is to be used by the ladies and children of Newbery county, and we, are sure that we shalI eceive no con demnation from "the tired mothers of the county who avail themselves, of a place' 'here they can rest and pro vide for the comfort of their children.. The county board of commissioners hji nothing to do with disposing of e old court house property, and the matter of its disposition is not affect ed by our action in providing for a rest room. Very truly yours, L. Feagle, -Supervisor. C. L. Leitzsey, County Commissioner. SHELBY PROUD OF HER SON. Emmett Cabiness, Prominent Figure in Conference of Southern Cotton Growers at Montgomery, Son of Maj. Harvey Cabiness, Late Distin guished Citizen of Cleveland. Shelby, Sept. 14.-Mr. Emmett Cab iess, eax-president of the farmers' un ion in the State of Georgia and one of those in the conference with the Southern cotton growers in Montgom ery yesterday, when President C. S. Barrett, of the Farmers' union, an nounced that a French-English syndi cate has guaranteed any amount of money up to $75,000,000 to finance the South's cotton crop, is a native of Shelby, being the son of the late Maj. Harvey Cabiness, a distinguished and rather picturesque character, ,who passed away several.years ago. Shelby people feel honored with the success Mr. Emmett Cabiness has been making. He farms on a big scale and has been taking a very prominent part in 'the organization and building up of the farmers' union. Not long ago he made a trip to New York to see about getting money with which to take care of the distressed cotton-Cotton that is raised by farmers who are not able to hold it off of the market for better prices. On another occasion he went before President Taft regarding some legislation in the interest of the far Miss Charlotte Walker appears bare footed in the first act of her new play; We may say that if the stage carpen ter is a wise man he will not spill any +ack_Nwe and Courier. 3ULLINAX DIES O WOUNDS Greenwood Oil 31ill Man Shot by G. W. Long Succumbs. Greenwood, Oct. 13.-L. P. Mullinax, manager of the Troy Oil mill, who was shot Wednesday afternoon by G. W. Long, proprietor of the Troy Phar macy while Long was acting as a special deputy, died Wednesday night in the Augusta hospital. Mr. Long who had already surrendered to Sher iff McMillan, is till in the county jail. His attorney will apply for bail at once. The inquest was held yesterday afternoon at Troy. Solicitor Cooper was present at the inquest and W. H. Nicholson, of Grier. Park & Nichol son was present representing the de fendant. Before the death of Mr. Mullinax, his father, Mr. J. W. Mullinax, swore out a' warrant for Mr. Harve Robin son, intendant, and Mr. J. B. Dowtin, the other deputy. who was with Mr. Long, charging them with intent to kill. The death of Mr. L. P. Mullinax changed the charge and when the cor-. oner's jury returned a verdict which did not iffclud~e these two the charge against them was dropped. The re port that they were in jail was with out foundation. The two offered to surrender, but were advised to wait until the inquest had been held. Mr. Robinson, the intendaut is cashier of the Bank of Troy. Mt. J. B. Dowtin the other deputy, was worn in with Mr. Long to make the arrest of the negroes. The negroes . were em ployees. of the Troy Oil Mill, of which Mr. Mullinax w#s manager, and this fact brought about the unfortunate difficulty. -Mr. Long mentioned .here is a son of Mr. Latimer Long, of Newberry county. G. W. LON kBRELASED. Man.Who Shot L. P. Mullinax Out on $3,000 Bail. Greenwood, Oct. 1.-Mr. G. W. Long, who shot L. P. Mulinax, manager of the Troy Oil mill was released todayJ upon bail in the sim of three thous and dollars, granted by Associate Jus tice E. B. Gary, at Abbeville. It is presumed that' the case will come up for trial next wieek. Messrs. Feather stone & McGhee are also of counsel for the defense and Messrs. Tillma.n and May will assist Solicitor Cooper. Death of Mrs. J. F. J. Caldwell. Mrs. Rebecca Connor Caldwell, wife of Maj. J. F. J. Caldwell, -died at the home of her brother, Dr. P. B. Connor, at Greenwood, on Saturday morning at 10.45 o'clock, afte'r an Illness of 15 weeks. Mrs. Caldwell was truly a gentle woman in word and in deed, exciting sweet influence over all who camne within its sphere. Always thoughtful for and consideration of others, she will be greatly missed, at home, among her friends and in her church-where she was always present when well-St. Luke's of Newberry. Her memory is enshrined within the hearts of those who loved her and her indluence wili linger as the frag rance of a dear flower . Mrs. Caldwell is survived by her husband, Major J. F.~ J. Galdwell, three sisters, Mrs. . Emma Smith and Mrs. Julia Erving, of Arkansas, and Mrs. David Aiken, of Greenwood, and by two brothers, Dr. P. B. Connor, of Greenwood, and Dr. G. L. .Connor, of Cokesbury, and other relatives. The funeral service was held at St. Luke's Episcopal church on Sund4y aftemnoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. 0. T. Porcher, of Greenwood, and A. E. Cornish. In the presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends she was tender ly laid to rest by thie side of the lit te daughter lost in infancy, and coy erd with the "flowers of love and af fection." In the deepening shadows of the ev:ening she was left "in the keep ing of God and the angels." Among the many beautiful floral tributes was a large cross of cream roses from the ladies of St. Luke's. The pall bearers were: W. H. Hunt, . -B. Cannon, Jno. M. Kinard, Dr. C. D. Weeks, F. N. Martin, Dr. 0. B. May er I. H-. Hunt. . N. McCaughrin. WIGHTS SHOW NEW tiIMAUk. Latest Development of Brothers' Skill Displayed to Gaze of Spectators at Kitty Hawk. Kitty Hawk, N. C., Oct. 15.-With the assembling yesterday of the Wright brothers' latest development in the science of aviation, spectators were given their first view of. the device with Which the famous aeroplane in ventors hope to solve the problem of sustained flight with minimum power. The new glider is much lighter than any machine in use -by the Wrights, weighing only about 145 pounds. There was not enough wind yester day to fly the new aeroplane from Kill Devil hil, and the first flight is ex pected to take place next Monday. TRIBUTE TO MRS. NITTLE. Beth Israel Congregation Expresses Its Sorrow at Her Demise. The death of Mrs. Mittle has brought sorrow to many of the Jewish families of Beaufort. The congregation of Beth Israel in appreciation of her general goodness has drafted the following' resolutions: Whereas, it has pleas.ed .our Great Creator to .remove from among us Mrs. Julia Mitt6,; a woman Who, as a de voted mother, leave deep impress upon -all who knew her; and, where as, the death of this excellent woman, who was ever ready in the performance of good works, has created a sad vd-' cancy among the life.members of Beth Isi-ael.eong1egation, ax well .as a void in a community in wbhh she was high ly esteemed; and wh6reas, it is only meek, right and proper that a tilbuie to her 'i1emory shoiqd.accompany the tears that. havd been shed over her hier.; therefore, he it. Resoled, That In Ath eies df Mrs. Julia,Mittle,. Beth Israel congre gation has had to part with a life member, who had won, the highest re gard of its menbership and was be loved by a wide circle of friends. Reol-ved, . That .w.hile we humbly bow in* revernce to the maidates of the Holy One of Israel, it is with great sadness of heart we see our good friend pass to the -other side of the -veil, but understand that our Great God had use for her in a lhigh er and brighter .world, where there shall no more be suffering and tears. Resolved, That we extend our h'eait felt and deepest sympathy to the loy ed ones who mourn the passing of a devoted mbthrer and .true and sincere friend. Resolved, That a page of our n#Inute book be suitably inscribed, to the memory of Sister Julia Mittle, and1 that a copy of these proceedings be sent to:.the family of the deceased by the proper officer. Resolved, That this preamble and these resolutions be printed. Morris Levin, M. S. Epstin, SeLoretary. - President. GIANTS VICTORIOUS. IN THE FIRST 88,281 Persons See Opening Game of .World Series, Played in Ideal Baseball Weather. New York, Oct. 14.-I-n the presence of what was probably the greatest throng of baseball enthusiasts ever gathered together, the National league pennant winners, the New York Giants, defeated the Amerilean league pennant holders, the Philadelphia Athletics, by a score of 2 to 1, in the first game of the series for the world's baseball championship for 1911, at the Polo grouuds today. The battle was hard' fought throughout, with fi.nal honors doubtful up to near the end. The national committee announced that 38,281 persons had paid adnmis sion to witness the contest and the gross receipts were $77,359. Marriage Licenses. October. 13. Fred Dunvan, of Jack sonville, Fla., Maggie Sanders, of Wihitmire. October 14. Richard Nance, Ceily Hodgers; both of Newberry. All colored. 31rs. Nancy Williamson, Aged 110, Dies in Augusta. Augusta, Ga., October 15.-Mrs. Nancy Williamson, the oldest woman in the South, aged a little more than 110 years, died at her home in Augus ta this afternoon. She is survived by 19 grandchildren, thirty-three great. grandchildren end seventeen great great-grandchildren. Though feeble and all but helpless she has, up to a few days ago, em ployed her time by sewing articles of clothing for her youngest descendants and knitting. Mrs. Williamson was the grand motber of Mr. W. H. Hardeman of the Newberry cotton mill. Athleties'Win Second Gn - In the second game Monday afte -noon between th4 Atiletics of Phil adelphia and the Gianti ofLew or the Athletics won by a score of. 3 Messrs, J. E. Norwood and Frazier. Evans, with others who are interested in the national games, ha arrad to receive :daily bulletins and t is from this bulletin that The Heral d News gets t!he Information as to day's game. Sone Suggestion Editor The Herald and News: Ia the discusiion as to the sale of th Sd court house, suggest that would be a finejocation for. z l . - table. There-would be pety eih 'room a:round the table to ae Idte' buggies and to hitc, and )orses. I might be rgei ta 46uld mar the .beauty ef Ahe 4hat is moie beautiful han f livery stable, with i eau and beautiful muleis-gn4 if. it W& what do we car for looks'ranywa This propertybelongs :ot;e.herb and .the, town is no partof then ty, and the countyou tto'haWit money to build a jai1. Afidthat nV up another thought; whk nt d the jail in the centre of the sqa A jail is a thing of beauty, ih tiemanly prisoers- if It Waa what diference would it maike Or how about a- lumber yard -or a can ning factory? - I am eutre "Uacle ~Briggs" andCo misioner Livingston and the Pros~ perity correspondent of tbh Obmedev will agree with -me.X Round Trip ExcursIon Fm.et lumbla -for the State Fakr Thei Southern railway announices $ very low- round trip .fares to Columbia' and return account of the State fair, which will be held at Columbia Oc tober 30 to November 4. SpecIaltra'in ~ service is also arranged for November'' 1and 2 as is'advertised i tlieir display advertisement in another olmn of this paper. Tickets will be sold October 28 to November 3, In lusive, good- returning November 5, 1911. Extra coaches will- be provided ~ on all regular trains during fair week. /~ Won the Prize. Willie H. Derrick, son of Mr. Joe B. Derriek, of Little Mountain, about. ine years of age, on account of his activity and untiring energy as agent for the Saturday Evening Post, has won the September prize and is lead ing the race for the October prize. se sold more than any other agent in towns' the size of Little Mountain, selling one hundred and twenty-five last week. He stands a good chance of winning the big prize which Is open to any of the States. He deserves much credit, and as one of our boys, we 'wish him much success. May he acomplish the goal of his aspirations. Newberry Graded Sehool The Newberry graded school has been placed on the list of aceredited? schools for Wllnthrop college, as to the work required in physical geo graphy, which will admit pupils from the schools to Winthrop college with out standing examination in that ranch. In writing Prof. Desa In re gard to the matter President Johnson says: "I can say now that one full year's work under Miss Maybry will ecure full c'redit for the required ork in physical geography"