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TOLUME XLIX, NUMBER 86. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1911. TWICE A WEEK, $. A YEAR GOV. JUDSON HARMON AT UNIOF COUNTY FAIR TIKOUSANDS GREET OHI0AN-HIS VIEWS. "Harn:on for President," on Streamers and Pennants, Probably Express Sentiment of Carolinians. S. E. Boney in News and Courier. Union, Oct. 19.-Jtidson Harmon's speech at the opening of the Union county fair today, .lid the consequent reception accorded him, may be re zarded as the lahnb. in boomlet form, of his campaign in South Caro lina for the Democratic presidential nomination next year. The governor of Ohio is in the race, although he does not say so, but why say so when there are thousands of friends to per form that part of tne labor? Today that service was done by the Hon. A. P. Sandles, secretary of the State of Ohio agricultural department, who delivered a rousing speech at the conclusion of Gov. Harmon's address, and, apparently, the city and county of Union are for Harmon, if streamers and pennants, bearing the battle cry, "Harmon for President," are to be taken seriously. .l Voice in Bad Shape. At the Union fair grounds today there were possibly three thousand people, but not more than two hundred heard Governor Harmon's speech. Suf fering with a severe cold, the speaker's 'oce did not carry ten yards' distant, and this fact, combined with the con stant chatter of the uninterested, the noise of the carnival speilers and the alleged music in front of the "Oriental Palace," hard by, presented a proposi tion in the art of attention-holding that Gov. Harmon could not successfully solve. Nevertheless, the plain, practical talk of the Ohioan was well received by those who did hear, and for those who wished thcre were many nuggets -of wisdom. Agriculture, as a scienti fic profession, good -roads, good gov ernment, taxation and the profits to -be gathered from a good county fair -were the subjects touched upon by the speaker. His Arrival and Departure. Arrivag~ at Union at noon, Gover nor Harmon was met by L. J. Brown ing, president of the UJnion County Fair asociation, and taken immediately to the fair grounds. At dinner he was entertained in the home of Mr. Emslie Nicholson, one of the most prominent citizens of Union. This afternoon he returned tc his home m Columbus, af ter his short tour, riich included Ashevile, Raleigh and Union. Talking to a crowd of newspaper men on the train this afternoon, Gov Cernor Harmon touched on a number of subjects relative to ais work as gov ernor of the Buckey'e State; the brief he is preparing for tnle United States supreme court relative to the matter -of intra-State railroad rates; the tar iff and other subjects of national sig iiificance. But he assiduously refrain ed from any discussion of the possi bility of his being named by the Dem ocrats of the country for their stand ard-bearer, except in a matter relat ing to W. J. Bryan. Nor would he -express an opinion a.s to the effect of President Taft's tour of the coun try. He was asked the questions whether or not it wae not a premature defence of his administration, and -whether or not he considered that the trip was not pannifig out as the presi dent and his frienas nad hoped, but these he declined to answer. Explains Bryan's Antagonlism. Asked as to the cause of Win. J. Bryan's antagonism to his cause, Gov. Harmon said that there was a close1 personal friendship between himself1 and the Nebraskan, out for some poli-i tical reasons, dating jack some years,ji possibly, Mr. Bryan did not wish himi to be chosen by the Democrats as pres-j idential nominee. He explained that in the Ohio State senatorial election last year, Bryan had written a letter demanding that the Democratic con-i vention nominate a candidate for sena-i tor. This Gov. Harmon opposed, be-< cause many of the clstricts had al ready electe:l their delegates on the t would be done, and that to spring such a course upon delegates without instructions would be a breach of faith. In connecting the names of Harmon and Bryan, it may not be impertinent to repeat a remark heard today. Giv ing his opinion of Governor Harmon as a stump-speaker, some one said: "Well, he can not make a talking speech, but the Democrats pinned their faith three times on one of the finest orators in the country and lost. They might not do ill to try a man that isn't such a great speaker." In line with orthodox Democratic principles Gov. Harmon is for tariff for revenue only. . The present system is unequal and unfair, says he, and does not suit the country at large. "This is a big country," said he, "and it takes a broad statesman's view to see what kind of a tariff is needed to protect the interests of all the people." Pardoned Few-'_ever Met Blease. "How many pardons have you grant ed, Governor Harmon," asked, one of the newspaper men. "Very, very few," was the reply; "I do not like to interfere or set at naught the work of our courts. I grant re prieves willingly on any lind of a reasonable showing, for~ I want no man to go to his death with the slight est doubt about his guilt, but I grant very few pardons." Governor Harmon seemed to be a little surprised to hear that there had been gra,nted in this State about two hundred pardons and commutations in nine months, but said nothing. "Did Governor Blease, of South Carolina, call on you, Governor Har mon, in your home in Columbus and assure you that South Carolina would back you for the presidential nomina tion?" was asked. The reply was that Gov. Blease did not visit Columbus when he atttnded the Red Men's con vention at Cleveland, and that Gov. Harmon had never had the pleasure of meeting the Soum Carolina execu tive. Has Praise for Press Men. When asked how he got along with the newspapers in his State, the Ohio chief magistrate said that he had been treated fairly and that his rela tions with the newspaper men both in Ohio and in Washington, had been the pleasa'ntest. He said that he had never been betrayed by one of them, aand that he was profoundly grateful for the asistance th.e press 'had given him in his work. "And I see your papers .down here have very young men," said Governor Harmon, glancing around at the little group of "beardless youths;" "and you know I associate more with young men than I do .with men or my age. They teach me something, and I believe, I mean something to them." Regarding his work in the office of governor, it is a well known fact that Gov. Harmon has rid the State of Ohio of the old political machine put in operation during the days of Mark EIanna. "It was hard work," he said, "and with a hostile legisiature I was help less until T got a Democratic body together; then we strted our reform work." Reformed Tax System. Possibly one of the greatest accom lishments of his administration was he correction of the tax system. In hio, now, all property is returned at ull valuation, but the total assess nent can not exceed 1 per cent. As an nstance of the changes made, one cor oration returned its noldings at two nillions, now it is assessed on a basis f nineteen millions. Tax assessments nd collections are in the hands of the state departnient of taxes and the ~hief of this department has collectors n every district. Governor Harmon !s of' the opinion ~hat taxes are reasonably equitable in 'is State and that there is no dissat sfaction. It is recalled that in South Jarolina, for several years, it ~has een proposed to. place the system on ust such a basis.I Ohio, according to Goev. Harmon, has ;olved the good roads question. Its ;overnment includes a Sta.te depart nent of good roads and the State, from ts excise tax. 'provides a fund for the ~onstruction and maintenance of good oads. In addition, the counti-es have heir road tax and the smaller high Inspeaking of his occupancy of the governor's chair, Mr. Harmon said that he had derived a lot of keen pleas ure from it, although the work had been hard. "Helped" by Roosevelt. "Wen I lay my duties down in January, 1913," said he, "I will have the consoling consciousness that 1 have tried to do may work well and that I have enjoyed it all the while. I have had all kinds of opposition, even to President Taft sending four of his t cabinet members to tour the State I against me; and, in addition, Col.1 Roosevelt made speeches in two towne against me in the last election." It may be recalled that Governor I Harmon swept the two counties in t which Roosevelt spoke and that, af- I ter the election, Hugh L. Nichols, chairman of the State Democratic exe- t cutive committee, sent the following telegram to Col. Roosevelt: "Lucas C county and Cuyahoga county, the two counties where you defamed Gov. Har mon, show a not Democratic gain of t 9,000. Come again." "Why are you charged with being a I reactionary?" Governor Harmon was t asked. Replying, ht said: "I am sure I I do not know; yo,6 wtll have to get t that from the accusers. I tell you this, though, in my life I have learn ed that it is a great deal better to pro fit by -the mistakes of othere than by your own mistakes. Now, instead of accepting with open arms every new theory of government, I prefer to see it tried first. Take, for instance, the initiative and referendum; let those Western States that have adopted the plan try it out, and then if it works, others may well follow such. I believe in trying it on the dog first, with no reflections meant in the homely illus trations." Judson Harmon, the Man. Gov. Harmon, as intimated, isn't a strong stump speaker; he- will never sweep the country by the power or eloquence of bis oratory, but he is a man of prepossessing appearance, be ing a little over six feet tall and weighing two hundred and fifteen E pounds. He has a fine physique and N at once comnands attention. His clear C blue eye is sparkling -with good health. C A good conscience and a keen appre- f ciation of the humor of life impresses t one with the fact that he is a work-C er, maybe, a plodder, abut he is a work- c er none the less. Mr. Sandles, who has accomnpanied Gov'. Harmon on this trip, said to the 1 News and Courier reporter that 'he t and Gov. Harmon were 'highly pleas-. C ed with the reception that had been given them in North and South Caro lina, and expressed hIs hopes that the j Ohio executive 'would occupy the White House at Washington before the lapse of any great while.y "What he has accomplished for the 6 State of Ohio," said Mr. Sandles, "he can and will do for the United States, ~ and that means the righting of many wrongs and the doing away with many r evils." , EILLED BY AUTO AT ROCK HILL~ Car Driven by Roddey Reid Crashes I into Hack and Kills White Driver. Rock Hill, Oct. 21.-An automobile a ollision occurred here last night, in ~ which R. C. Hendricks was killed, Miss Lemmond, a trained nurse, had her ollarbone broken, and Chief of Po- N ice Partlow had his wrist badly v prained,. The accident occurred on the Salu-!. a road within the incorporate limits. r. Roddey Reid, with Chief Partlow f~ nd Misses Lemmond and Owens, were e n Mr. Reid's car returning to the city c from a ride out the Saluda road. Hen dricks, who was a hackman, was tak-a ing to her home an old colored woman with a big basketful of dishes, andg had reached a point on the Saluda road, just outside of the settled portion f the city, when the crash came.v Church Notice. There will be Sunday school and a public missionary service at Colony m church next Sunday beginning at 10 SI . n. The ladies and children will 01 bring their offerings as this will be e~ the last service before convention. Everybody cordially invited. fc Jas D. Kinard. 'Pastor.I FARMERS' CORN COTEST. Vewberry Farmers' Union Announce Rules and Regulations and Prizes for Contest. The following prizes are offered foi he year 1911 by the Newberry Count) Farmers' union: First, second and third prizes foi he greatest yield of corn on one acre First, second and third prizes foi he cheapest yield per bushel of corr >er acre. No yield less than 40 bush s to be considerd. First, second and third prizes foi .he best single ear of corn out of ex libit of ten ears t--en from the con est acre, or by a c .-itestant who doet iot enter the other two contests. Nc Tield less than 40 bushels to the acre o be consi,dered. Rules governing Farmers' unior orn contest in Newberry county: Any member of good standing in thE inion and who has contributed some hing for the furd offered in prizes Lnd who grows an acre of corn com )lete, and has enrolled his name with he county secretary, J. ). O'Neal] lolloway, Newberry, by or before Oc ober 15, 1911, may compete. The amount of the yield and thE neasurement of the land must bE nade and certified to in writing by al east three disinterested witnesse Aho shall be satisfactory to the coun :y secretary. In estimating profits uniform prices ;hould be used; for instance, $5 pei Lcre for rent, 10 cents per hour fol work of each laborer and fiv;e cents tn hour for each horse; corn 80 centc L bushel as standard of value; stovel 10' per ton-, one ton of stover for ever3 15 bushels of corn. Prizes will be awarded in Newberry n November. The judges will be se ected by the officers of the county inion. No announcement of the yiel >y the judges shall be made before ovember 15 or whenever the awards hall be made. A written statement of distinterest d witnesses of the yield per acre; a vritten account of the history of the rop and a s'tatement of the expenses >f the crop -by th-e grower, on blanks urnished by county secretary, and a en-ear exhibit of corn taken from the iontest acre must be made to ' the ounty secretary at least ten days be ore November 1, 1911. That there may be uniformity in naking a report of the corn crop in his contest the following order to be >bserved is suggested: Report of ................ 'ost office ....... ... .......-. . F. D..... ....Township........ - 1. Character of soil............. 2. Crops grown on acre for last two ears; yield of same. 3. rearngthe land, dates of lowing, p.lows used, other implements sed. 4. Planting, dates, seed, width. of ows, distance in drill, planted with and or machine, ge:-mination of seed, umber stalks on acre. 5. Full report of .cultivating crop, lows and other imp.lements used. 6. Cost: Preparatrion of land, seed, lanting, cultivating and any other bor, fertilizers and any other man res, gathering, any other items of xpense. 7. When gathered, witnesses. 8. Total number of pounds....... umber pounds shelled corn to 100 ounds corn in shuck......., corn n cob.......Total number bushels 9. Value of crop.., corn-.'... dder....., stover.... , expense of rop....... Net profit........ Net >t per bushel ....... Any other matters of special value rid interest connected with the crop ill be helpful and instructive in the eneral estimate. The school trustees in the township ill act in the matter as they did last sar, observing the same rule in filling icancies. The acre of land must be carefully easured (43,560 square feet, or 4,840 iuare yards to the acre,) and diagram plot must be given, with length of tch side given. Care in making the report WIlE. r much with the comrmittee of award. I hall be giA~ to g-ive any fuirther ** S*** * ** * e''S SS'''S * * THE IDLER. * * * *** ** *** *** * ** * *** * I was talking about selfishness. You know I am fully persuaded that sel fishness in the bane of this age. It comes largely from the materialistic tendency of the age. We need to cul tivate more the emotional side of our nature. You may think that a queer statement for an old person like me, but it is very true. "Some people nev er grow, emotionally. If a man's body stops growing, he's a dwarf, if his mind ceases to expand, he's a simple ion, but we never take account of his soul. I. haVte a friend, physically magnificent, who combines within him self the intellect of a philosopher, the diplomacy of a statesman, the execu tive ability of the general of an army, the courtesy of a Chesterfield-and the emotions of a rabbit." It is said that Darwin had observed and classified some 60 canine emotions expressed by the bark. Yes, sir, what we need is to cultivate the soul-that is if you really believe you possess a soul. -0 "The happiest people in the world are those who serve others rather than themselves. The more you give, the more you have; the more you take, without giving, the less you have that you can keep." Then there is a high er authority op this subject of giving and serving, and tbe result of with holding more than is meet. I wish you would look it up and let me know what it is. A selfish person is really not happy and on account of the great number of selfish people in the world today is the reason for a great amount of the unhappiness. But you say, I am dreaming and theorizing and this is a practical age. I grant you that is true, and I am trying to show you one of the evil tendencies of the age, and to enlist your efforts to stem the tide and help me to make this a 'happier and a better day for every mortal who is here. -a I see some one claims to have found the editor's kpife, but refuses to give it up and claim the reward. Now, I suspect this fellow has .reached the conclusion that the editor can not pay the reward and he is just baiting to see if he can manage to get that re ward. The editor ought to have hies knife, and if this youngster who has it will give it up I will take up a sub sription and see if I can not make up the amount of the reward, because I am sure the reward is more than the worth of the knife, but as the editor seems to want it I think he should have it. --- There must be liquor in town some where, as I saw some evidence of it the other day, but it is mighty hard for me to find any. I wanted some1 mighty bad the other day-for sick ness, of cou'rse--and I asked every flow I met if he could put me wise, but there was nothing doing. I don't know why, but I could not get even a good smell. If anybody has any I wish you would put them out of business, Mr. Recorder, because they are so selfish with it Won't let a eller have a drop when he needs it for sickness. -0 I started to get down that volume f statutes of the town tonight and uote some of the statutes that have een forgotten, but I concluded, after ooking over it, that I would not, be nformation that1 I can. J. B. O'Neal1l Holloway, Coury Secretary F. U. The following are the contestants in the Farmers' Union corn contest for 1911 so far as reported to the county secretary of the union: J. F. Stephens, Newnerry, R. F. D. C. M. Folk, Newberry, R. F. D. H. M. Wicker, Poma,ria, R. F. D. Jno. T. Oxner, Newberry, R. F. D. N. E. Hunter, Prosperity, R. F. D. Joe WV. Hunter, Prosperity, R. F. D. T. T. Hunter, Prosperity, R. F. D. T. G. Hawkins, Prosperity, R. F. D. W. C. Brown, Newberry, R. F. D.1 Rev. J1. A. Sligh, Slighs, R: F. D. Geo. A. Dickert, Newberry, R. F. D. Welch Wilbur, Newberry, R. F. D. Walter L. Buzihardt, Newberry, R. cause I might be the first one locked up. I was not sure, for instance, that my old dog had a collar with his li cense on it to do business on the streets, and I was sure he did not have a muzzle, and I did not want him impounded-I believe that is what the police or dog catcher has to do when he finds one at large without a collar -and I did not want my faithful Fido locked up, because I did not have the wherewith to release him, and I see he is coidemned to die after five days. Now, I saw a whole lot of big ugly looking bull dogs on the street the other day without a collar and without a muzzle, but then they were not my dog Fido and that makes a difference, you know. My old oog is very faith ful, and about the only real friend I have, and I do not know what I would do without him. But I am really and truly afraid of these fierce looking bull dogs I see now and then on the streets-that is to say I see them every day I am on the streets. -0 Just for the amusement of the thing, not that any one .wants to see the ab surd law enforced, but just to hear how it sounds, suppose we read Sec tion 295, at page 90, of this book of laws: "Sec. 295. It shall be unlawful for any dog to run at large in the streets of the Town of Newberry, un less such dog is securely muzzled, and any dog found running at large with out such muzzle shall be impounded five days, and unless the owner shall claim said dog and pay into the treasury of the Town of Newberry a fine of five dollars said dog shall be killed. Any owner or owners of a dog or dogs whash l permit them' to run at large in violation of the prm visions of this section shall, upon con viction thereof, be fined not more than five dollars or be imprisoned for not more than .thirty days for each of fense." 1 Of course, this law.was not made to be enforced, until some mad dog bites some little child, and -then every old dog seen in two miles of Newberry will be impounded,. until the official memory becomes inactive, and then it will be all over again. I do not want the new recorder to see this because he might order the police to get busy and poor old Fido would be sure to be the first to get within the clutches of the offBeers, and he woud be im pounded-whatever that is and I know it must be something terrible-and I couldn't raise the five al there I would be without dear old Fildo. The Idler. NEGRO SHOOTING SCBAPE. Hot Snpper In Broad River Seedo,v Has Usual Accompaniment-N(e gro Woman Wounded. A On Saturday night there was a ne gro hot supper on the place of Mr. J. S. J. Suber, Jr.,' in the Broad Rivier section of the county. A shooting scrape took place, as customary, among the negroes, and a negro wo [an was very seriously shot. It seems that Thos. Wicker, better kniown as 'Du.mp" Wicker, 'had a disputg with Joe Si'mms, he says, about a da.nce, and he drew his pistol and fired at Simmns, but the shots took effect in Simmis' wife. It is not known whether the wound is vary serious or not. Sheriff Buford sent Deputy Sheriff Pope Buford to he scene on Sunday, as soon as he eceived the information of the diffi :uty. Wicker was found on Mr. Jao. Iraam's place and was arrested by dr. Buford, assisted by 0. B. Graham, tnd was brought .to Newberry and is n jail now on the charge of a.ssault nd battery with intent to kill. Several Cutting Scrapes. One night last week, Clarence Gold n cut Jno. Miller severely on the left rm. The negroes nyve on Mr. T. J. )avenport'a place near Belfast. It eing about 2 o'clock at night, and not ble to get a physician promLptly, Mr.1 avenport acted as surgeon and took 4 stitches in the wound. This is three cutting scrapes on Mr. )avenport's place in the last four :eeks and in tv;o e:s Mr. Davenport ted a surgeon.