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WNEBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1911. _____ r---------- anmnf- I m en on of them,t I ca.n not return it. THINKING ABOUT ESTAB LISHING A NEWSPAPER BETTER BUY ONE ALREADY ABOUT TO PERISH. Many Interesting News Notes From the Live Town of Whitmire Gath ered by Our Correspondent. Whitmire, Oct. 18.-Mr. Robert Niel son, of Baltimore, after a pleasant visit to his daughter, Mrs. Jno. R. Rosebro, has returncd home. The building lately occupied by the postoffice has been fitted up with counters and shelves and Mr. G. W. Thompson and son, Roy, have opened up a confectionery and fancy grocery store. Mrs. Samuel -Spray has returned -from a trip to Chester. She went to see her father, Mr. John Wolfe, who -is in a hospital there, and to visit her friend, Mrs. D. H. Shannon. Mr. R. L. Cooper and family have smoved into the Briggs house, lately occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. An -drews. Mrs. Charles Calder and daughter, Miss Pauline, after a pleasant stay with friends here, have gone to live with her daughter, Mrs. Earle Brab ham, at,Allendal& Mrs. Jno. P. Fan-t and daughter, Pauline, spent the week-end with her brother, Mr. -McD. Metts and family. "Their many friends were glad to have them again in Whitmire. Mrs. Jno. M. Finney visited rela tives and friends In Clinton Friday and Saturday. Mr. White Fant was in town one'day "last week looking after his business interests here. Mrs. J. M. Major and charming lit tle daught4r, Sarah. Hines, after a two weeks' stay with her friend, Mrs. Frazier, in Union Springs, Ala., have returned home. Mr. f. M. Major came 'home with them. Mrs. Inez McCarley and daughter, Miss Bertha, spent a day of last week in Newberry. Mr. J. B. Baker has bought the Whit mire place from Mr. Thad McCracken, and will move there and farm next year. Mrs. Wolsely has returned from a -visit to friends near Chester. Miss Lucy Metts, the~ bright and in teresting little blind daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McD. Metts, spent the sum .mner with her parents here. She has Tesumed her studies in Cedar Springs institute. Mrs. Metts accompanied her to school and returned home next day. Miss Teresa Lee, of Union, has ac cepted the McCullough school near Mr. Jno. M. Suber's, and began her -work Monday morning. Misses Myrtle and Rtay Duckett and Miss Toy Evans spent the week-end -visiting relatives at Sedalia. Rev. Jno. R. Rosebro will attendl the synod of the Presbyterian church at Clinton this week. -Revt. McCoy and family, of Carlisle, are visiting Rev. -and Mrs. Jno. R. Rosebro. Mr. G. H. Leitner a.na Master Pearl Herren went up tcg Greenville }Ionday for Mr. Leitner's new car. "Catalack, 1912 model." Mr. Henry Miller spent Sabbath witl] the home folks at Cross Hill. - Mrs. Christie Youngblood, of New berry, is visiting at Mr. E. L. Street's Mrs. R. L. Brock is spen'ding the wee with Mr. Gus Brock and family r.t Jalapa. Mr. J. W. Gary, who has been con ~fined to his room for several weeks -with typhoid fever, is able to be uj again. The Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing company have built a nice waste hous4 some distance in front of their mil: and near the spur tracr. The nice new store of Mr. A. J Holt is nearing completion. Mr. Young, of Chester, called a mass meeting Saturday afternoon to discuss the matter of establishing a news paper here. A committee consisting of two men, S. A. Jeter and John G Morse, was appointed. If a certair amount of capital can be raised W( sal nsoon see the '-'Whitmire News' or the "Whitmire Times." Why may we not arouse some enthusiasm con cerni.g a newspeper here? We can get almost any thing in our town ex cept 8' cemetery, but our climate is fine, the water is far above the aver age. We have four spienaid physicians, Drs. H. K. Boyd, W. S. Sims, R. G. Blackburn and J. H. Moore, so no one thinks of dying and perhaps we do not need a cemetery. Charlie Tidmarsh, the bright inter esting little son of Mr. J. D. Tidmarsh, happened in some way to fall from his father's horse, which he was taking to water and broke his arm just above the elbow. Mr. Tidmarsh carried his son on the next train to the hospital in Chester. Charlie is bearing the pain manfully, and we hope will soon be all right. Nita. THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Missionary Society Public Meeting Sunday-John Pat Wise Becomes Editor. Prosperity, Oct. 19.-Mrs. James Price has returned to Columbia, af ter a visit to Mrs. J. C. Schumpert. Mrs. Curlee, of Winnsboro, is vis iting .her daughter, Mrs. J. S. Wheeler. Mr. W. B. Wdse, of Little Mountain, spent Tuesday in town. .Mesdanes G. Y. Hunter and G. W. Harmon spent Saturday in Columbia. Mrs. T. F. Littlejohn, of Inman, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Fellers. Mrs. F. E. Schumpert and children are spending several weeks at Chap pells. Lawyer C. C. Wyche has returned . $pairtanburg after spending a few days at home. Mrs Wm. Stork and Miss Joe Caugh man, of Columbia, and Mrs. Wm. SpeT ring, of Jacksonville, are guests o Mrs. A. G. Wise. Mr. To'm Matthews, of Ninety Six was in town Tuesday. Miss Julia Schumpert is visitinE friends in Columbia this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Bedenbaugh, af ter spending a month with Rev. Z. W Bedenbaugh, have returned to theil home in Atlanta. The Ladies' Missionary society wil hold a public meeting in Grace churci Sunday etvening. Mr. C.. M. Harman and Misses Re Ibecca Harmon and Elizabeth Browi spent the week-end at Ninety Six. The following is from the Jaspe> IIerald. Ridgeland, S. C.~ We heg to announce the folliowini addition to our editorial staff. Begin ning with this issue, Mr. John P. Wise a rising young attc' mey of the- town will be associate editor, and will fur nish some excellent editorials from time to time. We look for som strong work from his pen, and knox that he has the ability to write. ARLINGTON MONU1MENT FUND. Urged That Contributions be Mlade b, November 1. The News and Courier has receive the following, with request to publishi To the Chapter Presidents of th South Carolina division of the U. D. C and the Public: All chapters of th South Carolina Divistion lof the U. I C. intending to send contributions t the Arlington monument fund, and a: persons wishing to help with this na tional tribute to the Confederacy, ar earnestly requested and cordially in vited to forward the amounts to th South Carolina director A. C. M. A. b November 1, in order that South Carc .ina's offering at the convention i Richmond, Va., may be in line wit the other States su!,scribing to thi cause, and commensurate with thi enthusiasm with wtilch South Carc lina sent men and arms to Virginia i the days of '61 to '65. *Mrs. Thomas W. Keitt, South Carolina Director, A. C. M. A Clemson College, S. C. Mi's. James A. Burtox Mrs. J. R. Vandiver, Committee. What It Will be Like. Sagebrush Sam-When does tb overland mail get in?. Cactus Cal-I dunno; it's coming b airship 'now, and the breeze is late. Chicag News 'TEDDY WILL PLAY "WALKING PART" EX-PRESIDENT TO BE SILENT THROUGHOUT CAMPAIGN. In Letter to Waterays Convention Colonel Expresses Desire to Say Nothing During Coining Fight. Richmond, Va., Oct. 18.-The part which Col. Theo. Roosevelt, former president, will take in the coming na tional campaign will be one of silence, it became publicly known today through a letter which he wrote to Congressman J. HaLmpton Moore, of Pennsylvania, president of the Atlan .tic Deeper Waterways association, de clining the honor of addressing the association at its convention here. Col. Roosevelt emphatically declared: "From now on I wish to avoid mak ing any speeches that I possibly can avoid." Concluding his letter Mr. Roosevelt said: "I can not undertake anything fur ther of any kind or sort now." These portions of the colonel's let ter were taken by the waterways dele gates to mean that he wishd to re frain from giving utterance to any opinions which possibly might be mis construed in connection with the pres ide'ntial campaign. No other mean ing could be deduced from his refusal .to be a speakef at the waterways con vention. It is apparent from the col onel's letter that he intends to re main silent .through the entire cam paign, which already has begun 4th President Taft's swing around the cir ele through the West. Tne, letter to President Moore be gins with Col. Roosevelt saying: "I wish it were possible .for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I can not accept all the invitations which come to me." He "greatly appreciated the invita tion, and was very sorry he could not attend. NiEW$ QF BACHMWAN CHAPEL. Communion Servtces at Colony NJext Sunday-Low.PrICe of Cotton. Several Cases of Fever. Slighs, Oct. 18.-There will be com munion services at Colony on .next Sunday morning, the 22nd. Also pre paratory services on Saturday at 11 1. m. ~Rev. Kinard requests that as many as possible be present at the preparatory service Saturday as it is very important. Sunday will be the last preaching day before synod, and the pastor's salary together with oth* er expenses will .have to be paid. Dr. Harms, of Newberry college, is ex pected to be present and deliv'er at address in the afternoon, also there will be exercises by some of the smal er of the Sunday school scholars. The public is most cordially invited to at. tend these services and spend a pleas ant day. There will be dinner on the ground and all are expected to bring eyour baskets prepared to feed the hun gry. We have also been requested by one of the leading ladies of the Ladies Missionary society of Colony to an nounce that next Sunday is the day e for all of the misionary boxes to be brought in, also children's "mite' e boxes. The new organ -has arrived and it is hoped that this one will be according to .order, and can be used for services next Sunday. SWith the present price of cotton and s it still on the downward slide, if the poor old farmer can hold his head uj - and wear a cheerful countenance he doesn't do it from the profit he is get' ting on his hard earned crop. .Jusl subtract $25 or $30 from,every bale .of cotton which the difference from last year's price will give it to you , and see if we haven't got something tc almost cause a farmer to be the leasi bit blue. But who is to blame, the farmer or the buyers? The only way for us to get our price on cotton is tc e raise more supplies at home and maki less debts. By this plan we won'i y havie to be so dependent on cotton . The late cotton is turning out well a it seeme that there is extra larg4 crop of it being made throughout the whole cotton belt. There are several cases of sickness in this section at present. The oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Franklin is confined with fever. Mr. Eugene McCullough has been naving chills and fever occasionally. Mr. Hugh Epps was confined nrst of this week with fever. Little Miss Bonnie Epps has also been having fever. I think a frost woula do good to ward killing out some of this malaria. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Dehardt and chil dren, of Saluda, spent last Saturday -night and Sunday wln Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Franklin and family. Mr E. M. Fpps, of Columbia, spent last Sunday at the home of his moth er, Mrs. J. K. Epps. Also Mr. J. N. Epps and son, of Laurens, spent a portion of last week with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. C. 13 r{ lfacre, (f near Newberry, spent la.t .Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wilson. -Mr. and Mrs. Jno. T. Franklin's chil dren have, been having chills and fever also. COLLEGE GIRLS BEST MATES. Harry Late in Life and See Things In a Soberer Light. N, Boston Dispatch to New York World That only a small percentage of col lege girls ever figure in the divorce court is the contention of Miss Angle C. Chapin, acting dean of Wellesley college. "They get married late in life," said Miss Chapin. "They know their own wants and they do not ge married rashly. "I believe that most college womer marry about the age of 23, or perhap somewhat later than -that. The cours( at college carries a girl rather wel through the 'childish period,' the pe r1od when mere fascination migh play as large a -part. Once this pe riod is over the girl gains poise an< sense;-rshe becomes more serious; sh( loses the frivolity that many youn girls possess; she sees things in scherer light, and feels more acutel: the sense, of TesponsaiWlity that. ever prospective wife and mother shoul "Of course there are college girl and collge girls; and the environmenl has a great influence on the girl her self and on her conduct in life. '"In '-the light; of figures that th1 Smith alumnae recently brought fortl it seems plainly evident that colleg training gives a girl that force o 'character and stability of tempera ment which makes her look upon di vorce as nonexistent and undesirabl( perhaps unnecessary. "A great many girls get married a a time -when they understand far to little of the duties or a, wife and motb e. They enter into- the most seriou contract of their lives in haste, witt out due consideration, without a,rea lization of .its importance either t them or to others. "The woman of 25 who is married t a man of her own age will usually se lect one suited to her temperamfen for at that age she will have discovel ed just what her own nature is an what it requires. At 25, also, the gil will not be desirous of making viai conquests, nor will she be over es travagant in dress, nor will she be a frivolous as her younger sister." MRS. TILLMIAN LOST. HER $14,000 SflT -EF4efield, Oct. 8-Judge MemmLing er granted a non-sunt in the cas brought by Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillma against her husband, B. R. Tillmai Jr., to recover $14,000. Mrs. Tillman alleged in her con plaint that moneys approximating thi sum had been paid her husband an that ,he did not properly account fo them to her. The non-suit was orde! edon the ground that the proof wa at variance with the allegations of th complaint. No fraud was alleged i the complaint. Owing to the prominence of th plaintiff and defendant, the case ha attracted considerable attention. Mr: Tilman was represented by DePass< DePass and S. McG. Simkins, and tb Idefendant by Grier & Park and H. ( Tillman'. BIG ISSUE XKM5 WITH THE JUDGE IMPORTANT POINT RAISED IN SE LECTINtG MEY. Defense Claims That Belief in Dyna mite Theory of Times Disaster is Sufficient Prejudice. Los Angeles, Oct. 1.-Three tales men were examined and one was ex cused in the murder trial of James B. McNamara today. What is considered one of the big issues of the trial-Whether a Man who believes firmly that the Los An geles Times building was destroyed by dynamite is thereby disqualified from serving on the jury-rested to night in the hands of Judge Walter Brodiwell, who presides over the trial instituted to show whether J. B. Mc Namara caused the death of C. J. Haggerty, a machinist who lost his life in the Tfines explosion and fire. Opposing counsel see no hopes of securing a jury until this point is de cided. Claim It's Prejudice. Clarence S. Birrow and other coun sel for the defense, holding that the Times explosion was caused by gas and that McNamara could not have brought it about for tis reason argued today in court that a fixed belief in the dynamite theory prejudiced the rights of their cOe and that the tales man who held it shonid not be a juror. District Attorney Fredericks for the State compared the situation to the case of a burned barn which is of record. "A man beHeving that the barn 1as burned, yet having no opinion as to whether the defenmant burned it,: was allowed to serve as .juror," he said. "Similarly a talesman may believe that the Times building was destroy ed by dynamite ana still hAve no opinion in mind regarding the defend ant in the case as these men say they L have." - Verbal Clash. r "Is this your idea of a fair juror?" Mr. Darrow asked Mr. Fredericks af tr Otto A. Jesson had testified that he believed the Times was dyniamited by members or officers of trades un ions and that he "thought he had a prejudice against unions, but had no prejudice toward McNamara bimself.' 1"It certainly is," replied Fredericks. S"Wiell, I like your idea of fairness,' said Mr. Darrow. Judge Bordwell interrupted and or dered the examination to proceed. SCharles D. Chaffee, the man excus ed, was challenged for cause because his name was not on tnle Los Angeles county assessment roll. -George W. McKee, the other man challenged, had the dynamite explo -sion theory, but expressed no anlmus toward uniOn labor. Had No Prejudice. Edward F. Decke'r, a landscape .gardener, said he hac no prejudice against the prisoner when questioned Iby Mr. Darrow. "You could give a fair verdiot?' asked Attorney Darrow. I"Yes." "You wouldn't be afraid of any dis jfavor of the public?" "No." "Or loss of money?" "Or loss of busines " "No." Decker was liased for the time. Edward C. Robinson, the talesman eunder examinhation when court ad Sjourned, sa-Id hie was prejudiced L,against the wa-' labor unions "are conducted in California" because of -strikes. He said I'e <tid not know whether he considere:t strikes legal or illegal, but his prejudice was deep rrooted. sFrom the Man Who Stole Your Pocket e Knife. "One dollar reward and no questions asked, to the man who borrowed of ethe editor of The Herald and News his ocket knife with a silver handle. It ;.is not the instrinsic Value he treasures, but se:ntimrent, and the silver han 1Well. T am thE man who stole your +kifeu +or vaious resn, senti That wail of yours for the return of a knife, is like the woman's who entices a child to come to mer, by holding out to it a stick of candy with one hand, while behind -aer, she holds a stout switch for chastisement, in the other. While the editor might not ask any questions, the police have a perni cious habit of asking some very trou blesome ones. A Turkish proverb says that "whatsoever a man findeth or stealeth, that same is his own, provid ed he keepeth it from the knowledge of his fellowmen." As editors are al considered good Christians I hope he will heed the Bible injunctions, "Give to ev!ery man that asketh of thee. and to him that taketh away thy goods, ask him not again for it," and "him that taketh away thy cloak, forbid h im not to take thy coat also." Luke 1-30. In Matthew 5:40 we are told: "From him that would borrow of thee, turn not him away./ And "if any man taketh away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also." 'Now, I am in no need of a cleak, if it be all the iaifte .to you, I would take a gold 18-karat... fountain pen thribble X. G. Or a pair of dog skin diving groves, No. 7. Goldsmith tells us the way to get re lief from impecunious poor relations is to lend them your second best Su ' day suit. The way to get relief from troublesome .thieves is to give them good, fountain pens or drivinglov. Thieves, "like the lillies of the field, they grow, but they toil not, nefther do . they spin. Yet- Solomon tells us, "Men should not dispise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his hunger." Pro*rbs, 1:30, and encourages him in the &U chapter. and 17th verse, by sayng: "Stolen waters are sweet; and brefad eaten I nsecret is pleasant." I wa' not hungry when I stole only for-a knife with a silver handle, and. such luxuries should not be in the hands of an editor, fqr it may exalt him and "whoever exalteth himself, shall be abased." Ordinarily a pocket knife is a useful auxiliary, for with it, one can cut his toe nails, peal peaches, trim treqs, sharpen pencils orin- eMer gencies, can be utilized to stand off an enraged man, till you can pull you gun. But a:'-silver hatadle-Is an use less appendage. This lmife Il W1bh to keep, too,: for thie sentiment- that eurrounds It, as a symbol of the folly of an editor, who will leave his valued ssets lying aroun~d to tempt honest men, while he- is fighting for -the good 4 of the coimnunity and welfare' of the people. As for returning~ the knife, should I be so Inclined, that is even beset with dangers to the editor, and. I will tell him a story an~d be may draw out the moral himself. A German settler selling goods while following -the army of General' Seigle was beset with many troubles and vexations. Says he: -_a "Von day dere comes my store in, i cavalry man and say, 'Hey my frienit, c yu got some pocket knife?' Yes, I have some pocket knifes. and show himn, and yen he ride avay, I find him had steal von knife. I go by General Seigle and tell him, and he say, 'Nef fer mnindt, I vill make dis calveryman to you pring back dese knife.' Sure enough, by u.nd by, he prings back dot knif:e and yen he lay it downl on you cotnter, py dam, he steal eight more knifes from de oder counter." The Man Who Stole Your Pocket Knife. MAY G0 TO GREENVILLE. Washington, October 18.-Vhile no official decision has yet been reached, it is confidently believed that Green ville, S. C., will be selected by Gen. James Allan, chief of the signal corps, as the place for the 'winter camp: of the army aviation school. The school will be moved to the winter camp in about three weeks, taking all of the aeroplanes now in the army service at Washington and any additional ones that may be purchased between now and the date of departure. Important experiments will be con ducted at the winter school, including practice in sending and receiving wire less .telegrams -wh&e en Sint, and in taking photographs from aeroplanes fring at forty m'iles an hour. There Iv:Il also t. C .m:ationls in bomb