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TOLTIrE XIX. NUM1BER 1O. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1911. TWICE A WEEK, $150 A YEAR ORN TO BE CROWNED p "KING OF THE SOUTH" b :SECOND SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES nii CORN SHOW. Aericultural Experts of National Imi- gr portance to be present in Co lumbia and Deliver Lectures. Se II. Columbia, Dec. 11.-Corn will bet crowned the "King of the South" when the second South Atlantic 'States Corn show, the largest agricul- th tural exposition in this section opens le tomorrow in Craven hall for four days. The exposition is held to' encourage Cc the farmers to grow more corn and thereby eliminate the "one-crop" idea toi prevalent in the South. Hundreds of Cc exhibits hava been received from the CI fariners of North Carolina, Georgia ana South Carolina and about $S,000 besides a number of handsome trophy C. cups will be given for the best corn of to be shown. Agricultural experts of national impottance will attend the L. show and give their experience to the farmers in attendance. A most at- C. -tractive programme including a wide range of subjects has been prepared and those attending besides seeing 'p. much fine corn will receive instruc- Sc ti&n as to how to breed and grow good He cor.n. The doors to the exposition will be thrown open tomorrow morning at Ur 11 o'clock when an address will be de- tu: livered by Mayor Gibbes, of Columbia, who will give the visitors a cordial welcome to the capital city of South Ar Carolina. The first corn show to be held in the South wAs held in Co- of lumbia a year ago, and as a result of pr that exposition the National Corn ev show was seaured. Special rates sh have been granted- by the 'railroads hi, from all points in the above named ?r States. lu Many Features. an There will be many features to the th orn show this year.- The management s as used every effort to make the fair tu distinctly educational in its nature. Corn;men of national reputation will in rrive tomorrow to act as judges for to, 'he corn judging contest and to de- thi iver lectures at the judging school. ac Accommodationls for All. w There are many visitors in Col-um- he yia just now, but the information bu- er: eau of the Columjbia chamber of corn- pa merce will be able to accommodate as many as may attend the show. The ge manager of the bureau said yesterday gc that he would be able to find accom-- to modations for several thousand. Following the address of w-elcome a tomorrow morning the exhibits will d be thrown open to' the inspection of th in the public. t Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock -there will be an address at Craven al by 0. I. Tillman of the Agricul-|~. tural and Mechanical college of North't Carolina on "Seed Impurities." Following the address, 'Lowndes G' Browning, chairmang of the ways and means committee of the house, will m ddress "What the. Farmers of South of Carolinl. Should Do to Im~prove Their I pndition." ed At 8 o'clock Tuesday evening there la ill be an address by the governor og and at 9 o'clock W. C. Vincent, of Bluff ton, chairman of the agricultural re ommittee of the house, will discuss- m 'Legislation Needed by the Farmers." ty Corn Celebrities-.t Among the well known agricultural- al ists to attend the expositio,n this year ill bE Jerry Moore, of Florence coun- di y, who produced 228 bushels and three th peks of corp on one acre; L. B. Core, ja f Franklin, Ind., known as the "Corn re King of America;" C. A. Kyle, one of di -the best known and most competent a :gricultural experts of the United State department of agriculture; Z. T-.s Drake, who produced 25E; bushels of b< corn on one acre of land, and Brad- is ford Knapp, head of the United States ci farm demonstration work. Boys' Corn Clubs. Several hundred boys, members of the boys' corn clubs of Georgia, North s: Carolina and South Carolina, will at- w tend the exposition on Friday, which s' 'has been designated as "Boys' Corn el Cub Day." Many of these boys 'have tt ntered exhibits for prizes. There will be a large exhibit by the Georgia boys, al a special ear having arrived from At- 's 4ata -.teda we th. .bc whihits ir iich were shown at tha Atlanta e sition. I. 0. Schaub, who has charge of t ys' corn club work in North Cai ta, arrived yesterday, with a lar mber of exhibits from that State. Programmie. The following is the educational pr amme for the exposition: 3 p. m.---"Adulteration of Fai eds and Method of Prevention," Tillman, North Carolina Agrict ral college, West Raleigh, N. C. Wednesday, December 13. 11.30 a. m.-"Cotton Wilt and A racLose," H. W. Darre, ClCmson c( te. 3 p. m.-"Long Staple Cotton," D. ker. S p. m.--"The Boll Woeevil and C i Caterpilars and Their Effect Up tion Production," A. F. Conrai amson college. Thursday, December 14. 11.30 a. .m.-"Corn ImprovemenI A. Kyle, United States departme agriculture. 3 p. m.-"Northern Corn Growing B. Clore, Franklin, Ind. 3 p. m.-"Southern Corn Growing B. Williams, West Raleigh, N. C. Friday, December 15. 11.30 a. m.-"Boys' Corn Clubs," Campbell, Athens, Ga.; I. haub, West Raleigh, N. C.; C. tdden, Clemson college. 3 p. m.-Address, Bradford Knap Lited States department of agrict re. The Comedy is Over. tderson Mail, 7th. We do not favor the administrati< Governor Blease. ,But we do n opose for that reason to say th erything he does is wr.ong. He h: own wisdom in not a few things , administration. It was the wr s fortune to see Cole Blease at S la court house on a certain occasii d the feeling and humanity whii e present governor then display owed that he had a sympathetic n re. That has been his chief trouble du , his administration. He has be, > easily moved, too susceptible e appeals for pity, too impulsive t. He has the nerve to stand iatever he does, but we feel th has hurt the cause of good go ament by the too free use of t rdonin~g power. We take no stock in the wild tal ing around with reference to t vernor's abusing h.is office in ord grant pardons. With all the en es that he has, ready to pick y clue, he would be foolish so, even if he wished. We thi: at he has been grossly imposed up< some cases, or has acted upon mi ken impulse? rather than after d ~eration. But there is one case in which sh to commend him, and that is e Seminole matter. It must have 1 tired some exercise of will power f >ernor Bl*ease to deny a pardon trlington, his personal friend, if istake not, and to Stobo Young, s his other friend, George Young. Juld have been so easy to have spe .these talented, attractive and po]; r young men the gross humiliati cropped hair and the uniform ame. The appeal was so strong. TI quest of men who had given him 1 ajority of the votes in Laurens cot .The urging of the noble mothe .e call of one young man's. soul iother. There has been almost confident p: tion that the governor would .ese youpg men go. BuM for once case of this kind he has risen to 1 ~alization of the responsibility of] ity, over and above whatever sorr id pity he may have had. And now the SeminoJo fiasco, o'i aged as a grotesque fqntasy, 1 ~come a tragedy. The comedy is I hed-vesti la giubba-rig down1 irtain. Had to Eat on Earth. A -negro preacher who had only nall share of this world's goods, a hose salary was not forthcoming ~veral occasions, became exasper 1. At his morning service he spi his church members in this way "Bredern and sisters, things is they should be. You must pects I can preach on u'th an' bo , hen "-hicago Evening Post x- CHRISTNAS EXPRESS SHIPMENTS. he'Do Not Delay Your Express Packages 0- Until Last Minte-ales for ge Guidance. Too many people delay shipment of ( o- Christmas presents until the last mo ment. On the principle that you can- t 1n not put a quart of water in a pint cup, t 0. the express company will not be able r i- to carry and deliver before Christmas .1 New York, San Francisco. Washington -v or Oshkosh packag.:s shipped on or E about Christmas eve. i If our pai rons will read and observe c tLh following ten commandments, their R. fri:ds and all express enployees will rise up and "call them blessed": t >t- For Shippers oi Hoiday Packages by > Express. C i, ' 1. Ship your package early, by the C lth of December, if possible. The I express company will give you a small label to paste on the package i a at reading, 'Do not open until Christ-. 1: mas." This will give opportunity for a -the package to reach its d-estination S before Christmas, and give the addi- b " tional ipleasure to the recipient of the a 'gift of having it on Christmas morn- c ing. 2. Use wooden boxes for packing, . especially for glass and other fragile articles, which should be well pro -tected. It 'may cost a few cents more,. but the danger of damage will be very much reduced, and you should do your part to make the transportation of your gift safe. e 3. Write the address in full-State, county, city, street and number-on ot the box or package, with ink or cray at on. Tags are frequently torn off and 3 lost. - 4. If you want to prepay the charges, in * o write the word "paid" in large, plain letters on the package. 5. Insist upon a rzceipt, and see that C h the amount paid and the value is t marked on the receipt and on the a- package. . -6. Write your own address in full' C somewhere on the package, following C the prefix: From............ t n 7. Enclose a card in each box or I to package reading: I to ' c a(Your address). To ...........-------------. ~ I (Consignee's address). 1 SThis in order that, should the outer markings be destroyed, the inner mark rwill insure prompt forwarding and de livery. 8. If not convenient to ship in twooden boxes, use strong wrapping ipaper (not newspapers) and tie~ with Esrong I pckagek contains anything* of .e- 1sable nature, write the word j "perishable" in large, plain letters on e : the box or pa.ckage, which will carll n for -special attention and deliv'ery. -e 10. Don't put money or j.ewels with!' or1 merchandise. Send them through thet te money department. 1e If you will observe these sugges tions, you will greatly assist in prompt Itdelivery of your gift in good condi.tion. I r-i u- STATE AID TO THE SCHOOLS. of Little Mountain and Prosperity Re he ceive Money Under Act. he IThe list of high schools to receive Ln- appropriations from -the State as de-] rs, cided upon by the State board of edu to cation at a meeting several days ago was announced by State Superintend e- snt of Education Swearingen. The let appropriation is $60,000.1 in The following schools in this coun he ty will receive State aid: us Little Mountain.. .... .... .. $440 )w Prosperity.. ... ... ... ........ 500 ice A Blessing. tas The Jacksons always had grace be in- fore meat. One morning Papa Jack :he son was in a great hurry to finish breakfast and be off sto business and the blessring he asked was, in conse -a "That was a short prayer that pp dsaid," observed Baby Jackson to ther on mother. at- To which Mamma Jackson replied > very seriously. "That was a blessing." :-Judge's Library. 2t A man has to have so many opin a'd ions in politics he's afraid to express nv ne of them. ARCHIE WILLIS CASE. Lffidavit Exonerates Willis, and Then Afiant Says Statement Was Scar ed Out of Himli. rreenville Nenws, 8th. At two o'clock this morning, upon he completion of the auditing of the ooks of the Dedmond Remedy com any, the affairs of which concern Mr. . A. Willis, secretary and treasurer, as charged with. mismanaging, the ollowing affidavit was handed a re crte-r for the News: tate of South Carolina, County of Greenville. This is to cer-ti.y that i have seeni he audit of the books and accounts f the Dedmond Remedy company of reenville, S. C., as made by the !arolina Adjustment Agency, and that sw-Far upon oath that the charges ade by E. W. Dedmond and myself gains.t J. Archie Willis were absolute 7 groundless, as the result of the uditing of the books and accounts hows that the affairs of the company ave been properly conducted and that 11 moneys.received were properly ac unted for. (Signed) Jno. W. Bridges. Sworn to before me this 7th day of leccnber, 1911. John M. Palm, Notary Public. Mr. J. A. Willis, the defendant in te action brought, was present this iorning when the affidavit- was hand d a representative of the News. Mr. Villis asked to be qunted as denying iost emphatically the insinuation in n afternoon paper of this city yes rday that he had come to Green ille for the, purpose of -effecting \a ompromise of the case. Declares Affidavit Forced. Greenville, Dec. 9.-John W. Bridges, f Spartanburg, in an affidavit made day before a Greenville notary pub ic, says that an. affidavit which he igned last Thursday night about 1 'clock, clearing J. A. Willis, the Laur ns county legislator and former edi or of the Belton Times, lnd the man t-ho had a spat with Gov. Blease some ionths ago relative to an insult the hief executive is 'said to have offered .lady ticket agent in the Belton de ot, of charges of .mismanagement of he affairs of the Dedmoiid Remedy onpany, was forced from him by Wil is at the "point of a gun." $100,000 FIRE AT LEESVILLE. i 311l1 Property Almost Total Loss. Partially Insured. Leesville, Dec. 8.--Resulting in a oss estimated at $100,000, the Lees ille Oil Mi1l was almost totally de troyed by fire early this afternoon. ire began. att 3.30 o'clock among the inters. It spread rapidly, and in a hort time the machinery room, the neal room, the hull room and the oil anks were in flames. By hard work the seed room, gin ery and office buildings were saved. kn ear.ly estimate of the loss is $1 00, )00, with insurance totalling about ialf this amount. Fell in Action. They were talking of war and the young man mentioned that one of his ~ncestors was kil-led during the Revo ution. "He was a brave man," he aid, "and we are all ,very proud of is record." The young woman looked pensiv'e. "I 'had an uncle who was killed in :he War Bet:ween the States, the very 'irst battle -he ever went to," she said. 'Hel was only a private so he hadn't nade any record." "That was hard," said the young man, "to be shot down in the first en agment." "He wasn't shot down," said the young woman. "He fell and broke his neck when he was running down hill. think war is awful cruel, don't you?" -Youth's Companion. The reason a girl can we-ar low shoes and thin stockings in cold weather is she's too delicate to help mother about the house. When a girl tells a man how her mother tells her she used to act wh'en she was a baby she considers it makes them as good as engaged.-New York PL E A SA NT A CQ UINT ANXE OF BR6THER ND SISTER Rev. .1. D. Shealy and Mrs. Hicks, a Sister, of Alabama, Meet After 35 Years. Leesville News. On Saturday, much to the surprise of our fellow townsman, the Rev. J. D. Shealy, his sister, Mrs. Hicks, of Muscadine, Ala., came over to pay hin a visit. Mrs. Hicks moved west some 35 years ago and had not since been. back to see. her kindred in these parts. Mrs. Merchant, a niece, of Langley, came up with Mrs. Hicks and upon their arrival at the home of Mr. Shealy; Mrs. Shealy was first to mee!t them. They made known who they were and 1 Mr. Shealy was hastily called in by his 1 wife, from the yard near by to meet , the strangers. The face of 'neither L seemed familiar to him, and an in- I troduction was necessary. Much joy I and pleasure brightened the home as a result of the coming together of these long separated loved ones. The, much welcomizid visitors remained t over until Sunday, at which time they returned 'to the home of Mrs. Mer- j chant, at Langley. Mrs. Hicks will shortly return .to 'her home in Ala bama. Made a Sale Anyway. The lady had inspected pretty near ly everything there was in the shop, from the contents of the window back to the cashier's lesk at the rear, but had apparently not been able to find just the thing .that she cared to send as a wedding present to her dearest friend. Little Smithers, who had start ed in that day -as a salesman, was na turally desirous of showing what he could do, and was more than assidu ous in his efforts to please her, though he got perceptibly more and more ner vous all the 'time. "These are rather haudsomlc' kiffe caps, I-er-I should say coffee cups," he stammered, pointing out a demi tasse set standing on a shelf. "They are real Woyal Roster-I mean-he I should hive said Royal Roystc'r-" "I fancy you mean Royal Worces ter?" suggested the lady, gazing at him amiably through her lorgnettes. "Thank you-yes," replied Smithers. "Or perhaps 'that-" "I prefer something in silver," said the lady. "Is that salad salver solid silv'eir?" "I don't' know, mnadame," he replied "but I will ask Mr. Briggs," be called,' turning to a man back in the shop, "is this solid slaver siddle saddle?" "I mean is this solid sil'ver slather ed solder?" "What's that, Mr. Smnoithers?" asked Mr. Briggs, gazing at the young man solemnly. 'Is this slithered slobber solid sal ad ?" he asked. "I don't understand what you want," said Mr. Briggs. "Count three, think twice, joggle your head good and hard and see if you can't get it over. Now is slotted slabber-it is a perfectly one-two-three!" The young man turned a bright crimson as he returned to the assault. "This lady wishes to. know," he said, slowly and impressively, but trembling slightly withal, "if this slattered sliv er plain proposition. She wishes to purchase a silver wedding present, and if this salvered slodder is slibbered solder she may ,take it." '0 you mean the salad salver-" said Mr. Briggs. "Th t' i,"said Smithers. "Is it "Never mind," said the lady, smil ing amiably. "I don't want to buy it, anyhow-it is too bizarre. I think I'll take one of those sets of souvenir soup spoons." Smithers filled the order, and with a sigh of relief watched the lady de part. Then turning to Briggs he said, as he wiped the perspiration from his brow: "Gee, that was tough! But I made a sale, anyhow." "Good," said Briggs, "what did she buy ?" "A set of those sopenir snoop spoofs," said Smithers.-Harper's Weekly. A man is always.willing to tell his wife everything he did since morning, when he w-as in the office all day. THE IDLER. * I have just seen a copy of the Ob-, erVer, and my, my, wasn't that a heavy ap that a Looker On struck against the police and the city administration gen rally. I don'r know, hut it seems to rue if I was going to strike a blow like that I would come out in the open and ait square and straight and specify. rhe police drinking with blind tigers mnd city officials winking at white )lind tigers and fining the negro tig r, or words to that effect. Well,' it s not my quarrel-but I was wonder ng who that fellow could be that has il this damaging information against ,hese officials and kept it a-11 to himself intil after the el-e ction, and then talks tbout rising up and doing something. Fust specify who is who and who is uilty-and please tell me where I can et a few bottles of good beer. -0 To The Idler: When I was in Wash ngton on Tuesday I had the pleasure o lunch with Congressman, Lever, of ;outh Carolina, and his friend Judge amlin, also a congressman, from Mis ,ouri, and on the table at the hotel vere a number of little mats made in 'ermany, upon which yau placed your lass, water class of course, and all hese mats had a motto on them. Con ressman Lever says he always reads ['he Idler first when he gets Te Her-. Lld and News, and- he asked me to' ring you one of these mats, and to all your attention to the motto upon' .t, and to say it was the motto he vanted you to see and that the value f the mat was small compared to the value of the motto. I beg to send t herewith. Editor Herald and News. Well, I am glad to kDow that Con gressman Lever reads what I have to say because I know he can appre iate it. He always was a nice little ellow even as a college boy and I bave watched his career as. a con gressman with a great Pal of interest and am glad -that he has made good. yhe Motto on this mat reads: "Home -the place where you ire treated -the best and grumble the most." I guess [ should not call it a motto, but it does ao doubt contain a truth that it-would be well for many people who have bomes to remember. I have observed that a great many people are nicer to trangers than ;they are to those who lov~e them mnost and wh~o do the most !or them. Of course it is wrong and Enay account for some' unhappy bomes. A man and hje- wife should always remain sweethearts. I comn nend this suggestion to Congressman Lever as I understand that he has onL-y recently established a home. So far as I am concerned I never grumble 't home or abroad. -I 'have long since learned that the best rule in life was to do your duty as best you could as the occasions presented themselves and let the consequences take care of themselves, remembering always that you must take into consideration the obligations you owe your fellowman and the -responsibilities youi are due society. None of us is perfect, but if we try real hard we can manage to get along through life without a great deal of grumbling. But it is true tzatr a great many people do forget the good treatment they get at home and fail to show that appreciatio)n that is due those at home who give unselfish any loving service. -0 I went down street the other day and I expected to find that street pav ing full underway, but uot a .sign of it did I see. And the streets are rough -rougher than the public roads. Why not get to work and give us good streets in Newberry. r hear those people who pay taxes say that taxes are higher than usual a-nd they com lain about the 'high taxes, and I real ly believe if they could see anything of a substantial nature to show where the money was going that they would be more reconciled to high taxes. Per manent work is the thing that is de manded in ' this day. Something to how for your money. The Idler. If the house caught on fire a Wo man 'couldn't stop telephoning her best. friend what the baby was trying to say.