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Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, January 30, 1912. The split log drag fever is spread ing over the county and we want to see every one encourage the spread of this disease. Where it has been used the results are most gratifying. It costs but little to make a split log drag and less to use one. We hope the teachers and the par ents will encourage the boys in the work of the Boys' Corn Clubs. The record made by Jerry Moore is the reason South Carolina is to have the National corn show in 1913. Why not encourage some boy in Newberry county to beat that record. It was very nice and polite of the senate not to act upon the anti-racing bill in the face of the visit of the gen eral assembly to Charleston as the guests of the city and the racing as sociation. We suppose the city of Charleston and the members of the racing association paid the expenses of the trip to Charleston. Mr. John C. Neel agrees to furnish free a sufficient number of logs to make one hundred split log drags if the supervisor will hav'e the drags made, and the supervisor agrees to have the drags made. That is good. Every farmer should have one ' or more drags, and then he should see that they are used after each rain and we would hear iess of bad roads in the county. Mr. J. C. Neel and Mr. W. E. Wallace dragged about fifteen miles of road last week and did the whole business in less time than a day and the roads dragged are in good condition. The lower house of the general as sembly could not hold a session on Saturday because there was no quor um present, and it was brought out that many of those who opposed ad journing over until Monday at the ses sion on Thursday, when a recess was taken to go to Charleston, were among those who did not answer on Satur day. We notice that several of the "expunging" advocates were present on Saturday and what is puzzling us is that they did not pass a resolution that there was a quorum present, and proceed with the business before the general assembly. And if not that, they could have proceeded with busi ness and "expunged" from the record the fact that there was no quorum present. But it is just as well that there was no session. As all three of the announced can didates for governor are from New berry it may be interesting to quote how the situation appears to one of them. Mr. John T. Duncan in his pa per sums up the situation as it ap pears to him at present as follows: "The political situation is a study for my opponents and for their friends. "That Jones has his troubles and that Blease is desperate one has but to observe to be convinced. "We sum up .the matter thus. "Blease has won over not one voter who opposed him, and ten thousand of his supporters are now ashamed of him and will not again commit the folly. "Jones, who was crowded out by Woods and smoked out by Blease, is down and out for gdod. "Duncan has spent his left in a fight for honest government and has of ten served his State and his people in an emergency, and he has faith in the injunction to "cast the bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it af ter may days.D. ENCOURAGE BOYS'00ORN CLUB TIhe Boys' Corn Club of Newberry county should furnish the Jerry Moore ait th: National Corn Show to be held in Columbia in 1913. We start out with a good number and there will be more to enter. In fact we would be glad to see one or more boys from every school in the county enter this in with a determination to win. Even cc if you do not win the prize the effort will be worth as much to you as the tl boy who wins. On the contrary we c do not want to see any boy enter in h a half hearted sort of way. Go in a with all the enthusiasm of your na- y ture or stay out. We want you in the f contest but we want you to bring your o enthusiasm and energy and determi- d nation wtih you. The entries close on d March 1, because if you do not go in e: by that time it is a sure sign that your tl heart and soul are not in the work. " We would like to have one hundred si boys who are determined to show tl their fathers how to make corn and e if we can secure that number we feel tl sure there will be some one in the list f, who will take a prize at the National b Corn Show in Columbia in 1913. 14 We hope to be able to raise some e: prizes locally to act as a stimulus and t if there are any public spirited citi- o: zens and business men who feel in- p terested in the work and desire to of fer any prizes we will be glad to make t< the fact known. o Mr. S. M. Duncan, farm demonstra- O tor for Newberry county, will give the e boys all the aid and encouragement a and information he may have and in n his rounds will visit the boys also. o REPORT OF DISPENSARY COMMIS. I SION. The report of the tSate Dispensary e Commission appointed by Governor o Blease is gratifying in the two most a important particulars: It is couched n in dignified language, seeming to deal a with facts and facts alone, without seeking to impugn actions or motives, * except as the facts may impugn them; and it brings into view the final wind ing-up of all the affairs of the old , State dispensary. There is a resume of finances in the n report, which is published in The Her- V Iald and News today, which gives some Iinteresting facts and figures in re v gard to the comparatively small neta amount received by the State from the is so-called "graft" accounts placed in ai the hands of one Felder, and the enormous receipts of the said Felder i~ on these same "graft" accounts. The t figures speak for themselves, and need no comment. Under the report, it would seem I that the affairs of the old State dis- I' bl pensary are practically wound up. This was what the first commission was appointed to do. The pity is it e' didn't do it, instead of involving the g< State in all the disgrace of the Fel- h der mess. The real pity is that when the State dispensary was abolished t the legislature did not then and there he pass an Act winding up the whole bus- d4 inmess so tight that it never could have hb been reopened. Much crimination andt tI recrimination, without result except the blackening of names and the taint- g: ing of the -escutcheon of the State, and s Iwithout profit except infinitessimal, n could have been prevented. The present commission, judging its a actions by its report, has gone at its I Iwork with the true end in view-that of a final disposition of the whole bus- d h iness, and the tone of the report aig .j the work of the commission as shown N by the report, are to .be commended. is A PULL TOGETHER. h The committee in charge of putting ,d into force the "Rock Hill Plan," com- r posed of B. C. Matthews, WV. C. Brown I and W. E. Wallace, has appointed can vassers for 'the various townships of the county and these canvassers will Iti start out at once.0 The mass meeting a farmers in the court house on last Saturday was not as large as it should hav.e been, but s the gentlemen in charge are not in jn the least discouraged and are going to push the work to a successful termi nation. It is a matter that vitally s concerns every cotton grower in New- it berry county, and for that every cot- t ton grower in the South. It should be'T easy to secure the p)ledges and the funds to carry on the wvork. The h committee estimates that the total s cost will not exceed $200 and they.s have already secured $120 of this fh amount. Any contributions may be s left with Mr. Matthews at the National h )mmitte. As important, however, as signing ie pledge is the determination to Lrry it out. It is the doctrine that as been preached by The Herald nd News for the past twenty-five ears, but possibly in a little different )rm. If every farmer will raise his wn supplies he will necessarily re uce his cotton acreaae and until he oes this he will never make any mon y growing cotton it matters not what ie price may be. This is what the Rock Hill Pfan" means, as we under-! and it. The sooner the farmers of ie South and especially of Newberry Dunty learn this lesson the sooner' iey will become independent, and, in ict, we might say they will always e dependent until they do learn the sson. It is strange, with so many samples before them of the truth of iis statement, they learn 'so slowly, r if they learn they make mighty oor use of their knowledge. Let every one give encouragement > the plan that is now on foot for rganized effort to help the farmer. f course what helps the farmer helps erybody else and we are all person Lly interested in the success of the tovement. Then it behooves every ne to pull together and help the tovement. Of course, there will be yme who will knock. There are al Pays some people who will oppose v'en 'those things that are for their wn best interests, but if there are ny who will not join in this move tent we will have to shove them Bide and let the wagon roll on. * THE IDLER. * *1 * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * I have not written for some time ow. I thought maybe it was just as ell to give the readers a rest and t theeditor tell them ab-ut the leg lature and the governor and the stoes and'the "expu,nging" resolution rd all that sort of thing. Well, this a great country in which we live, rd there are many sorts cf people ith many different minds, and I ~ckon it is well that it is so, for it ould never do for all of us to be of te same mind or' to think alike. I went to Columbia the other day. had not been there in a long time ell, it is no use to say how long rit I just wanted to see the legisla re in session once more. It is an nusing sight-beats a circus. I wish rery voter in Newberry county could > down and look on for just a few >urs. It would d.> them good. I .ean--well, I think it would do the ter and the legislature both good le voter would see for himself just ow they do things, or rather do not > them, and the legislature would a more careful if the members knew teir constituents were looking in on tem. The sena,tor and members from ewberry did not see me, and 'I was lad of it for I did not want to be ob-, rved-that is if they did see me they~ ever let on-but I saw them and I tw Fred Schumpert, too, but he was > busy to see me. I just walked round and looked, but to tell the uth I could not see just what they ere doing. I heard that they were scussing the governor and some of is messages-veto messages, I be eve-but I did not hear any of our ewberry members say anything-that they did not say it out loud. I call I at the governor's office one night~ hle the legislature was discussing im, but the office was locked and I [d not have my card with rne, so I sckon he does not know that I- called. suppose he was at home. -0 I noticed that there was an old rag ed to a pole floating from the dome the capitol, and I asked some one hat that meant, and was told that was a flag which was always fioat g while the legislature was in ses on. I forgot to ask whether it was eant to be a State or a United States ag, but I reckon it must be intended >r a State flag. I wish some one: ould tell me. I do not know just here to look te find out which flag is intended to represent. I want to ke up a popular subscription to: ise money to have a real flag made that the old dish rag which now Dats to the breeze from the State use dome may be taken down and >mething decent put up, if it is neces try to proper legislation to have the Ig float while the legislature is in' ~ssion. The next time you go to Go mbia just stop muckraking for a (CON3TTNUEDT ON PAG~ 5). 1896-19 The COMER OF NEWBER DEPOSITARY STATE, COUNI A T the close of a very; wish to express to friends our full appreciati and influence. We hav< during the past year to properly those carrying a< Since our organizati< paid to our Stockholder; dends and we now have Si Profits of $63,660.30--aL We have the largest I ed Profits and the largest in Newberry County. We are not connecte stitution or controlled by We solicit small as u and give to each the same We pay 4 per cent. in our Savings Department, and July. We live up to our sloi always treats you right." We look forward to.i very pleasant relations, an our sincere appreciation o ed to us or that may corn influence. REPORT OF THE C The Commes OF NEWBERI - On January 10, 1912-Dal RESOUla Loans - - Overdrafts, secured and ui Real Estate - South Carolina Bonds Cash on hand and in bank LIABILIr Capital stock - Surplus and undivided prc Dividends unpaid Deposits OFFICI JNO. M. KINARD. Pres. 0. B. J. Y. M'FALL, Cashier. HUN' DIRECT4 JNO. KINARD. 0. B. MAY] President V--P.; Pre Loan & Inv L. W. FLOYD, J. H. WEST Gen. Mgr. Newberry Merchant Cotton Oil Mill W. H. HUNT, F. Z. WILSC Pres. Oakland Cotton V-P. Newb, Mills ton Mills, Ir CIAL BANK RY, S. C. Y AND CITY FUNDS satisfactory year we our depositors and on of their business a made every effort serve promptly and counts with us. mn, in 1896, we have $57,500.00 in divi irplus and Undivided of which was earned. ur plus and Undivid Deposits of any Bank I with any other in any single interest. eli as iarqe accounts consideration. terest on accounts in -ompounded January Ian: IT he Bank that z continuance of our d we -assure you of> f all business intrust e to us through your :ONDITION OF rcial Bank RY, S. C. te of Anmual Meeting CES - $372,260.42 1secured 11,001.14 - 9,750.00 - 1,000.00 s- 103,880.87 $49 7,892.43 - $ 50,000.00 fits 63,660.30 - 2,246.00 - 381,986.13 $497,892.43 ~RS MAYER, V-Pres. THUNT & HUNTER, Attys ZRS R Z. F. WRIGHT, s. Security Pres Newberry setm't Co. Cotton Mills ,GEO'. S. MOWER, Counsellor-at-Law )N, J. Y. M'FALL. erry Cot- Cashier. .