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Entered at the Postoffice at New- j Y( berry, S. C., as 2n< class matter. DE E. H. AULL, EDITOR. 1 Friday, January 26, 1912. ci; th In looking for sensations, the Co- dE lumbia State is evidently using a mic- th roscope these days. .._- ti] In looking over the proceedings of St the general assembly. we are some- by times reminded of tho days of Clay, Calhoun and Webster. Oh, pshaw! G< "S Just suppose the legislature should i pass all the bills that are introduced; nc from pestilence and from flood, good bi Lord, deliver us. he Some people think the sending of pl American troops to China a queue- tr rious proceeding.---Greenville News. bc Cut it off. dc We haven't heard much 1ately of Mr. til John T. Duncan's candidacy for gov ernor. Remember, Mr. Duncan, you aY are from Newberry, and don't let them nf crowd you out. p: Former Chief Justice Jones issued to a card on Thursday in which he gave his side of the special judge contro versy with Governor Blease. The campaign is now on. "Lay on, Mac duff,"-and all the rest of that stuff Shakespeare got off. h - tY Judging from some o' the great ora- i tions now being daiiy d-hv-red by our s statesmen, we conclude that the State h needs saving. Well, if nobody else can t save the old Sta., we sulpose The Herald and News will hlave t offer its services. a 01 There is one thing that may be. s said for the Blease administration; it g s5 obeying the constitutional injunc tion in reference to keeping the exe- ti cutive, legislative and judicial depart- ti ments of the government forever sep- w arate and distinct.p What would you do if a fellow swap- B ped hats with you and when you look ed inside you found the name of the town of -Newberry printed in large ni letters ?-Greenwood Journal. Best thing to do is to resolve that is if you are not caught up with thi time, you will repent and sin no more. B We are not so sure that the commis- h sion form of government is responsi- 0 ble for the healthy financial conditioni of the city treasury of Columbia. It is probable that if an investigation1h were made, it would appear that the I profits from the sale of liquors have a great deal to do with this healthy condition. i THE SPLIT-LOG DRAG. The split-leg drag has been proving it its efficiency in the town and county~ during the past several days. Gen G tiemen of'the county have been drag ging the roads, some of them- even * into the town limits, and Street Over seer J. Monroe Wicker has been using the drag to fine effect on the streets n of the city. Col. Tom Felder, who was reported as writing a book, is now reported as saying that he will come to Columbia 9 if summoned and testify before the Iti legislative investigating committee, and judging from this, he has decided not to write a book. A member of the a: investigation committee is reported as saying that Mr. Felder would be in vited to testify. Col. Leon M. Green, of the gover- 01 nor's staffghas leaped into fame. Be cause the -Columbia State discovered that in the report dealing with factory 13 inspections he had used a few para-- is graphs from Commissioner Watson'sn statistics, and one or two paragraphs jd from the State. that newspaper devot ed two columns on its first page to P him. and then some more. If the Co- I lumbia State should run across a Id "true; -true":tsensation, wre, suppose Ih several extra editions would be neces- a sary.1 JUDGE ALTUX B. PAKER. Judge Alton B. Parker, former chief t stice of the court of appeals of New < >rk, and one time candidate of the i mocratic party for president of the iited States, is in Columbia, the est of the South Carolina Bar asso- 1 ition. He addressed the house and i e senate, and on Thursday night he livered the annual address before e Bar association. Judge Parker is one of the most dis iguished gentlemen in the United ates, and South Carolina is honored f his presence within her borders. Ir The Charlotte Observer dislikes >vernor Blease because he does tand by his friends" and it don't :e Governor Wilson because he does t "stand by his friends."-Spartan- I rg Herald. The Charlotte Observer is somewhat rd to please. But nobody can ease everybody, and the man who es it will find that he pleases no- t dy. If Governor Blease should be en wed suddenly with all the quali s and attributes of an angel of aven, he wouldn't be able to do tything to please a great many wspapers. Understand us; we don't mean to -edict that Governor Blease is going be endowed with all the angelic ialities. We were simply ruminat- I g on an abstract question. "EXPUNGING" A MESSAGE. As we understand the matter, the )use of representatives, in expunging Le greater part of Governor Blease's bel act veto message, says by reso .tion that the governor sent to the!' use a message consisting of about vo paragraphs, giving his reasons r vetoing the act. As matter of fact, te governor's message consisted of great many paragraphs, and, with it discussing the wisdom of what he id, it is a matter of fact that the vernor said a great many things. Of course the house of representa yes could pass a resolution saying Lat this year is 1913, but that ouldn't make the year 1913. It could tss a resolution saying that Blease not governor, but as matter of fact,! lease is governor. The house of representatives can yt, by resolution, make that unture hich is true, or make that true which unture. The fact remains that Governor ease sent a certain message to the use, and the true records of the yuse contain this message. By a vote the house, the house has said that is expunged. But the house can not rform physical impossibilities. What is been has been, the house by reso Ltion to the contrary notwithstand What is writ is writ, nor can legis .tive enactment unwrite it. You can't change a record. "Ex ngnging" is a contradiction within We have said that we believed that overnor Blease had better left un id a great many things which he id in that message. But he said it, it went to the house, ad the house can not by resolution ake it true that he did not say it. SOME OBSERVATIONS. I have spent several days during the resent week in Columbia in connec n with the winding up of the report the State Hospital Commission for $1, and having a special committee ieck up my vouchers as secretary,j d while I have not had much op )rtunity to look in upon the legis-! ,ture, possibly a few observations ay prove of interest to the readers The Herald and News. Before making them, however, a ord in regard to the work the State doing in the development of the w plant for the insane may be in Sometime ago The Herald and News rinted a statement in regard to this ork. The State of South Carolina, tiring the two years that this work s been. in:. progress,. has acquired bout twenty-two hundred acres of nd within seven miles of Columbia, A ~ and all who see it are unanimous in he opinion that a more desirable lo ation for such an institution could iot be found within the borders of the state. Of the twenty-two hundred cres, there are about eight hundred hat may be used as a demonstration ract for experiments in forestry, and luring the week, Congressman Lever risited the property and agreed to ake the matter up with the federal overnment in an effort to have the overnment experimcnt in forestry or the benefit of not only the prop ;rty, but for the people of the State. [he federal government spends sev ?ral million dollars annually in its orestry work, ai.d Mr. Lever felt sure ie could get the co-operation of the lepartment in experimental work at state park. In fact, through the ef orts of Mr. Lever, Messrs. Foster & .orbett, from the department of for ;stry and horticulture, made a visit o the property during the last year md submitted valuable reports which iave been transmitted to the legisla :ure by the Commission in connection with their report. On this property there are some ,even hundred acres that may now be itilized for farming operations and with the proper management of the regents almost sufficient amount of rood supplies may be grown for the inmates. This leaves about six hun Ireds acres which will be used as work progresses in the development of the various colonies. The Commis sion has laid the foundation for the first building in the negro colony and the work of construction was begun on Wednesday. (By the way, I had the honor and privilege of laying the first brick for this new building). This building is designed to accommodate one hundred and fifty negro nWen, and until the colony is completed the base ment will have to be used for a kitch en and dining room. The total amount expended during the two years that the work has been in progress in the purchase of land and equipment necessary for construc tion and also in the purchase of con siderable material for construction is only about $82,000. Of this amount, the Commission of 1910 spent some $55,000 and the 1911 Commission $27, 000. The land itself cost about $62, 000, or an average of not quite $30 an acre. In connection with the State Hospital in Columbia, the State owns 360 acres of very vialuable land which could be sold readily for one million dollars. If the State should decide to sell this property, the proceeds from this sale would pay for the de velopment of the new property. That, of course, is a matter for the legisla ture to determine. I started out to make some observa tions on the legislature. This week will close three weeks of the session or one half of it. Night sessions have been held nearly every night since opening day, something rather unusual. Thiere were a number o1 elections which have been all, gotter rid of. It was in order to get these out of the way that the night sessions began so early. A good deal of time has been taken up in discussion and voting on the vetoed messages by th-E governor, and in fact, it might be stated, one is very forcibly impressed with the fact -that the most cordial relations do not exist between at least a majority of the legislative depat t ment and he chief executive. Just what will be the outcome of this an tagonism various predictions are made, but of course, the people who are in Columbia in the legislature are not in position to know just what the peop'e at home are thinking about or talking about. I must say, as a friend of the governor, that it seems to me that, in some cases at least, he has done and said things that were not necessary and which are calculated to antagon ize. He has sent quite a number of special messages. Some of these are :ery lengthy, and in my judgment, contained matter that it would have been better for him and all parties if not said. Take for instance, the vetc message .on .the libelet. -.I think the legislature did proper in- sustaining the veto, and I can, to some extent, ----------- ,~,. . ....-.-'.-, appreciate the feeling of a man has been so abused by the prek the governor has, -but it seems ti that in the message to the legisl, this one contained a great deal o tianeous matter which might been alright in a stump speech, not proper in a State paper. house by a vote of 86 to 26 decid expunge a large portion of this sage from the permanent rec which I think it had no right ti and yet the veto was sustained b; house. Another message which sent hi on Wednesday in regai the burning of Columbia prol would have been better if it ha( been sent. The act providing for a commi form of government in CharlE created quite an acrimonious d before the judiciary committee Wednesday, indulged in by the ens of Charleston. The legislatur< not yet passed upon the act. Thf islature unanimously passed th, calling for an investigation of I winding-up dispensary commi over the governor's veto. The lei I ture could scarcely do otherwis( cause the act or resolution was ed in response to a special me urging such an investigation b: governor himself. The resolutic troduced by Senator Crosson to up the old dispensary, and all in gating committees and to close 01 business not later than May, is a in the right direction, .because it that there will be no end to wi: up and investigating committees. In all these matters one can nc be impressed with the idea that is more or less politics. As I recall it, the Newberry dE tion voted to over-ride the ve the governor on the libel act an Kibler voted to expunge theI from the records, while Messrs er and Wyche voted against ex: ing. So far, however, with night ses having been held, and about five dred new 'bills and resolutions h been presented, according to th port of the engrossing depart very little has been accomplished in fact, very little real constr1 legislation has been proposed. The bill reported by a special mittee authorized at the sessi< 1910, and appointed by Governo sel to revise the school laws < State, which was carried over the session of 1911, came up i house on Wednesday night an fight for the bill was led by Rep: tative Wyche. The house refus continue the bill. It is prtobabll with certain amendments it will the house. Several important ch in the school law are .propose< there is no doubt there is rool considerable improvement in school laws. I am not sufficient miliar with the provisions of the posed bill to express an opini< its merits, however, it is recoi ed by some of the most pron school men in the State. * * * The most important questior most vital to the people of the just now is the matter of ta: which includes the appropria The ways and means committ enged in the preparation of ti propriation bill and if all itemi carried which are recommende State will necessarily have to int the levy to rais~e the necessary I forgot to say that T saw, Parker, who is in Columbia to ad the State Fear association. He v one time a candidate for preside the United States on theiDemo ticket. I did not get to hear speak, however, it is said h'e is, good speaker. His appearance i of a full-blooded Irishman, and sembles slightly Mr. Jno. L. }naugh, of Columbia. The legislatare . has .spent ona who ;s as a me iture f ex-F0 have BA The ed to mes- The only Bakir ords, from Royal Crap{ 3 do, NO ALUM, NO I y the was 'd to day business will be suspended and a >ably visit will be made to Charleston. That I not means, of course, that there will be no session on Saturday. This is just as well, however, and probably better ssion for the people if one half oL the time ston, were taken up in visiting the State ebate institutions. on E. H. A. citiz e has Farm Demonstration Work. Under the co-operative arrangement l between the farm demonstration work a act { and Clemson college, it is planned to the conduct a two weeks' campaign from ssion January 27 to February 10, in order isla- to arouse additional enthusiasm. and i, be- extend the organization of the boys' p corn clubs. pass In view of the fact that the National ssage Corn show will be held in Columbia y the just about one year from -no, it is n in- exceedingly important that every ef wind fort be made to have a splendid corn vesti- club in South Carolina. If the boys it the in a number of the other Southern States should surpass the South Caro move lina boys in this work, it would be looks very unfortunate. The South Carolina ading boys took the lead in the work in 1909 and 1910 in some of the most im portant particulars, especially in yields. In 1911 in several of the It but States the enrollment surpassed South there Carolina. The boys also got ahead on yields and production. This is ac counted for in a measure, of course, because of the dry weather which pre iega- vailed in the Palmetto State. to of In the campaign for larger and bet d Mr. ter corn clubs this year it is expected -eport that the demonstration agents, the Mow- professors at Clemson college, the pung-- leading school officers and teachers, as well as other public spirited citiz ens, will co-operate. Meetings will be held in different parts of the State a1 isions the same time. Those in charge 01 hun- the local programs will be expected aving to select and invite 'their own speak ers. .e re This work is in the immediate ment, charge of Prof. C. B. Hadden, of Clem .; nd son college. He will be glad to helli ictive the campaign in every way that he can. Messrs. L. L. Baker, of Bishop . ville, and W. H. Barton, of Simpson ville, district agents in the demonstra corn- tion work, will co-operate cordially i*i yn of promoting the objects of the cam r An- paign. It is also expected that Mr. W >f the W. Long, genera'l field agent of thE from demonstration work; 0. B. Martin, it charge of the boys work, and 0. H. n the Benson, assistant, of Washington, will 1 the aid in the campaign and attend as esen- many of the meetings as possible. ed to1 The following summaries of thE that Iwork of the boys from South Ca.rolina pass1 who won prize trips to Washington it 1911, will be of great interest to al] anges interested in this work. Doubtles I and ni for our. nend Friday, .F State ation4 tions. T ee is are; Grats Musical Succes~ d the__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ eas Contains More Song Hiti unds.Dances, Gorgeous Judge Traveling ,dress e at A Freshet of Mirth, Coni ant of crt. See the Giant Electri him Faces Svery 3 that Hear 'Yama Yama Girk," ire- ________________ Mim-Requires 60 Pec in the 'x otain of a day i Fri fAL POWDER ely Pure g Powder made ICreamofTartar .IME PHOSPHATE many boys will find it to their advan tage io study these summaries care fully in order to get concrete informa tion in regard to their crops. The boys who made these trips to Wash ington, as well as thousands of other = boys in the Southern States, studied '_; the summaries of the crops of Jerr Moore and the other boys who went to Washington in 1910. Claude McDonald, Hamer, S. C., - sandy loam land with red clay sub soil. Planted in cotton last year. Has been farmed about 69 years. Broke land 10 to 12 inches deep in February. Harrowed thoroughly. Used WWte Dent corn which produced two ears to the stalk. Rows 4 1-2 feet apart. Corn 6 inches in the drill. Yield 210 4-7 bushels at a cost of 33.3 cents a bush el. Hiller Hudson, Timrmonsville, S. C., .:: member of Floreneer county club, the same club of whiofi Jerry Moore is a= member. Prepared land early. Plan ed prolific corn. Rows 3 1-2 feet apart, and corn 8 inches' in the drill. Yield 151 1-4 bushels at a cost of '- : cents a bushel. 0. B. Martin:' NO CAUSE TO DOUBT. A Statement of Facts Backed by 4 Strog Guarantee. We guarantee immediate and 'pos0- - tive relief to all sufferers from on stipation. In every case where. our remedy fails to do this we will re- 1b turn the money paid us for it. .Tias a frank statement of facts, and. want you to substantiate them at nou risk. 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