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w* Jtoia mi peur* Entered at the Postoffic^ * v~-\vIrrry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, December 24, 1912. CHRISTMAS LOVE. If love dwelt and reigned in the hearts of all mankind?love of home, love of family, love of country, love of neighbor?if there were less of selfishness in the world?there would be little use for so many laws and sk? many regulations of the conduct of individuals, and of courts and of judges. This is the season, if at no other time, when we should turn aside from the busy marts of trade and the mad rush for wealth, and stop long enough to consider how we sitand with one anotli er in this matter of love. This is tap (season which proclaims peace 011 earth, good will among men, which means we must be rid of selfishness and spend at least a little time in making others happy. In bearing gifts to thore who may not have been as much blessed in worldly goods as we have been. In remembering the little ones j and in remembering the poor. It will j make you happy if you do it. It has been said on high authority that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Try it. This) sentiment is beautifully ~ j : _ ik /n ?<^1 1 ATiri or tJXprtJSSCU ill IUC luiiunuif,. "Love is the keynote of the Christmas season. The greatest mystery of life is love. Who has not sought to sound its unspeakable depths? Who has not felt its all-compelling power? Who has not surrendered to its irresistible force? "Romances are built about it. Wars have been fought for it and religions based upon it. "Love is the dream of the poet, the puzzle of the philosopher, the theme of the novelist and the song of the min6trel. "Love links all the human race. Its note of victory 15 heard in the royal court and in the peasant's cottage. The song of love is on the lips of the proudest queen and of her humblest subject. "It is the stimulus of parental affection in the home and of patriotism in the .nation. Brave men die for it and noble women peristi that they may bear its sweet incense with them to the grave. "How siweet and tender is this splen did attribute of mankind! In its J smiling presence, anger, bitterness j and strife melt away. How much j more has the world to hope for from | love than from envy, malice and ha- j tred! # "In this period of world-wide distrust, of resentment against economic conditions, of protest against author- i ity, human and divine, and widespread j defiance of law, can we not turn aside I at this Chri:ftmas season for a mo- j ment and learn anew the lesson of j love? "When we shall have- learned that lesson, we shall also know the better and fuller meaning of obedience, contentment and peace." THE ONE TRUE MAN. The Newberry Herald and News, in speaking in defense of Governor j Blease's recent utterance in Richmond advocating lynching, go-es too far in saying that any true man, who has the courage to say what he feels, will agree with the governor. The Newherrv naDer must entertain a poor conception of the feeling of a "true' man." A true man is not a blusterer: or a murderer at heart. True men do ; not lead lynching posses, with a thrist for the cringing criminal's blood. True msn may become enraged by; the commission of crimes unspeakable-, j but where there is law and authority equal to administering justice the true man does not assume responsibilities j as an executioner, that rightfully be? | long to the State, ""hose who do are murderers. The One True Man, whose life is an example the world is told to follow, and to whom all men are pointed for example when perplexed concerning their relations with their fellow men, did not advocate death at the hands of the mob. He led no mob. And there is nothing in all his teachings contrary to respect for authority.?Spartanburg Herald. There was nothing blustering or murderous said by The Herald and Newsi. And more than that, The Herald and News takes second place to none in its respect for constituted authority and the law of the land. We, believe we have as correct and as high. ; conception of the true man as the edl-1 i lor of the Sparianburg Herald has, a;>d that we would go ao' far and do as much in the- maintenance of law and order as the aforesaid editor would 'go or do. We have always tried to be ftuw abiding and have advocated obedI ? oil fim ao T f 4 f >vi A " itjuce LU law <ii. an initio. iu 13 j ' that keeps society together and preserves our civilization. But the brute who commits the nameless crime is not a human being, it matters not what the color of his s. may be, and we would deal with him as we would with a rabid dog. We would like to ask the editor of the Herald this question: Suppose one of these brutes should enter your home and commit, or attempt to commit, the- nameless crime, and you were to come in. on him before he had made his escape, and you were sure you had the right man, or brute, would v.j i t;;/ out and swear out a warrant and h.itU j up a constable and have him arre.-tf i j atried and have your wife testify,; i or would you take your shot gun audi end the game on the spot. We be-1 lieve you are man enough, and true! man enough, to treat such a brute just: ! us you would a mad dog entering your home. That is all there is to it. Now, we doubt the wisdom of a man holding high position saying these things, not because of ?the particular crime of which he was speaking, butj because of the influence it would have,' i in causing a disrespect and disregard of other law. But we still believe it is true that Gov. Blease only said what we all feel and would do if the crime were brought to our own homes and fireside, and that is the only true and proper way to judge otherai?put yourself in the other fellow's place. It is easy to sit in your sanctum and condemn the other fellow, but what would you do if- you were in hfe place, or if the crime were brought to your own home and fireside. No man is a true man, according to our conception of a true man, who does not defend j" and protect his own fireside- and his own home. And besides that, these special courts called to try these special cases are nothing more than a legalized mob called for the purpose of convictiDg and executing the crim- inal, and every one knowsi that and they come nearer bringing the courts into disrepute than the <mob does. The One True Man whose teachings , we are taught to fallow did not judge men so much by their professions of goodness1 and their protestations of having kept the letter of the law from their youth up, but rather by th? \ thoughts and desires of their hearts, j You will recall the Pharisee and the Publican and the young man who had kept all of the commandments from his youth up. Possibly it i.si best sometimes not to say all that we feel and _ think, but when we do speak it is just as well to be honest with ourselves, and speak the truth. ABOLISH THE HOSIERY STILL. In the course of a column editorial, in which our cotemporary, the Obser ver, defends the hosiery mill at the South Carolina penitentiary on the ground that somebody has to make hose?and why not convicts??the Observer says: "The penitentiary authorities of South Carolina, and numbers of repu table physicians, say that the hosiery '' mill is as sanitary as such industrial i plant can be made. If it is not, it can j be made so." The Observer se2ms to have forgot-; i ten the repeated and strong and earnest recommendations of the State board of health in regard tc the hosiery mill, and the startling figures; which were presented after medical examination of those employed in this institution which the governor terms South Carolina's "tuberculosis incubator." In the first place, we do not believe in leasing convicts to a contractor to be worked in a manufacturing plant of this kind. In the second place, even if it is as sanitary as- it can be made, yet if it is not sanitary it ought to be j abolished, and ought to be abolished | immediately, no matter how many con-1 *?"4- """ KrnL-on \ CfintrflOt. ! H'clUlS LllCL* uc uium.ii. which dooms a convict to imminent daiiggr of contracting one of the most; deadly^seases' known to man, against which the forces of science are every dav waeflng a stubborn, fight is not ' 1 V 1 only against, public policy, but is c against every social instinct and every demand of humanity, and deserves no consideration whatever. j We hold -no brief for Governor I Blease in this matter, though he is, right. He is able to speak for himself.' We do plead, however, in the interest of common honesty and of justice and humanity. i The case of a free citizen laboring j in a cotton mill or a hosiery mill bears | no analogy. The free citizen is not at j i , all times enclosed within four given j walls, shut out from God's free world, j with its sunshine and its life and its j tnauty, and the free citizen does not j sleep every night in a lonely cell. There is another distinction. A free | citizen may choose for himself work - i i KJll cI icjjci isiaiiu, ui in auj m dangerous occupation; is that any rea-; son why tho State should expose its convicts to the same dangers? The world is progressing, and is' leaving behind the days of *barbai isra.' M:n are beginning to realize that the: purpose of punishment is the good of i society. A man is not put to death by 1 the law because the law takes pleasure! in ending the life of a criminal, however vile, 'but because in an extreme case it is held the part of v^isdom to j get such a one finally out of society ' and in the belief that such punishment j will also act as a deterrent to others, j i But society is never bettered by in-1! humanity to man in any form. The J' better social instinct is crystallizing < more and more into methods which ] look to the reform of the prisoner, rather than to hardening him and confirming him in his evil ways. In many of the States syst ms; of parole in '* proper cases have been found a great 1 improvement upon the old systems, < and in South Carolina the parole sys- : tern of Governor Bleaso in most cases, we believe, has resulted in good. Of course, the cases should be proper 1 cases. fc But the State has no right to force 1 one of her prisoners to exposure to < the danger of a dread disease such a? tuberculosis- It is criminal so to do? a crime against the prisoner many 1 times worse than most of the prison- 1 ers have committed. It is not only a 1 crime against the prisoner, but it is a 1 crime against society, for every pris- 1 oner who leaves the penitentiary with the germs of tuberculosis helps spread the disease. It is not only a crime- 1 against the prisoner and against so- I ciety?it is a cruel, heartless, terrible j 1 crime?and the worst part of it \s j 1 that it is a crime which has bean com- j i mitted and is being continued principally, we believe, as a result of opposition to Governor Blease and meas- . uresi which he has proposed. Gentle men may convince themselves 'here is ] no petty spite in themselves in dealing < rr.ifh totota i??nps of this kind: but it ^ ""?w - l( behooves all of us frequently to ex-1 amine- closely into cur hearts. Let the hosiery mill go. Abolish it and abolish it speedily. 1 The issue will be brought before the J legislature at the coming session. A . -bill will be introduced in the early 1 .days of the session, we are informed, to wipe ouc the hosiery mill. It should ! i pass, without a moment's consideration of any contract or any number of contracts dooming prisoners to such {( * ?j o tyir\mant'c I ( norror, aiiu wnuum a, muuivuv? sideration of any financial loss to any- * body. It is a matter of right; it is: j a matter of simple justice; it is a demand of the common instincts of hn- s manity. 1 ? 1 BLEASE AND THE MILL. * We do not endorse Gov B1p ='s pardon mill for we are satisfied that he has pardoned many criminals who ^ should wear stripesi to the end of ^ their terms, but we believe his atti tude is correct in reference to the hosiery mill, and would not blame ^ u;- rvardon those who ill 111 II lit nv,i\y wv ? I are forced to work in the disease- ( breeding concern. The State board of < health hasi condemned the conditions ' existing in the hosiery mill and the ^ mill should either be cleaned up and ma.de sanitary, if that is possible, or it should be abolished.?Sumter Item. , i The board of health says the mill j c is about as sanitary as such instiu-11 tions can. be made but holds and ex- c g presses the opinion that convicts j ^ $hould .not be made to work there as ^ A. To Get Beautii riiristm; IS PRESENTED IN Rockers, Reed Ch Couch* I Dressing Tables, Skirt Boxe.? Waist Boxes, Mar Coal Va Tricycle^, Wagon; I Go-Carti i Serving Trays, Br WEST-MA I 1110 Ma it also injuring their health and resulting in tuberculosis. The mill should be abolished and . in fact the contract should never have been renewed. It is up to the legislature, J ?ynaric I Put the convicts on me puu 1IV, x v/auu. | There will be no issue of The Herild and News printed on Friday of this sveek. The next issue will be Tuesday 3f next week, the last is?ue for the old rear. The new city administration has ;aken charge. We hope there wm uc something doing for the raiproYemenmd advancement of the old town and juuuij. mm? The. Herald and News wishes all of ts readers and everybody else a happy Christmas and a prosperous and successful New Year?successful in :liose things which count for some:hing. We appeal once 11101*6' for the use of :he split log drag. If we could just *et the people aroused to the benefits -- -i-M-uroH frnm its uro, \yg WOllld .U UC U-C"i 1 ? \^\J. 3e satisfied for we know then they would use it. Marriage, At the home of the bride's mother,; Mrs. C. E. Willingham, Miss1 Martha I Willingham was happily married to Mr. Dewitt' L?ever on Sunday at 2 3'clock, after which they both took the :rain for Chapin, where they will make :heir future home. Pulaski Lodge, No. 20,1. 0. 0. F. j Pulaski lodge, No. 20, I. 0. O. F., will meet in Klettner's Hall Friday night, : December 27, at 8 o'clock, for the elec- I rtffioorc t,a\ an the members JUH U1 Ulliv/vtu. ? _ ittend. J. H. Baxter, W. G. Peterson, Noble Grand. Secretary. , Christmas Exercises at the Church of i I the Redeemer. The Christmas exercises at the Luth- I ?ran Church of the Redeemer on Sun- ! Jay night, justified the expectation ! leld out from the attractive program 1 published in our last issue. It was a f reat to see and hear such little chil- j 3ren render their part so beautifully,' showing the skillful training they had j -eceived. The songs both by the prinary department and the school were j, ill bright and spirited. News of Iiachman Chapel. Prosperity, Dec. 18.?It doesn't hardy seem possible when we realize that , ust one week from today is Christmas . lay. Time passes so fast. j?. It should always be a s*eason of j, ovA-n if w.p are i lappuiess witu U.O -- _ Lmong those who have passed the age , )f childhood, await the appearance of i{ Santa Claus. 1 Mr. Editor, we agree with you in , 'our reply to Rev.. W. B. Aull. of Fair- | 'ax, on the Santa Claus theory. We should review back to the time j vhen we would hang up our stockings '< >r make preparations of some kind to j . lold what Santa would bring us and . irise so early Christmas morning to ( ;ee what he had brought us. When we j nake these reviews and see what hap-, j )iness it afforded us we shouldn't do ! i f rtunity" ul anJ Useful is Gifts OUR STOC." OF airs, s, Ladies' Desks, | ?, Work Baskets, l| jazine Stands, jr .&e$, Velocipedes, . 5, Doll Go-Carts, ass Goods. RTIN CO. I in Street. I EflBBBBBMnHMMnni away with "Old Santa" if he is<n't a reality. . i Mr. E. S. Franklin and family moved from the "Fellers place" near here to Saluda county, near Batesburg and Leesvilie, on last Tuesday, and Mr. | D. W. Buzhardt and family will move into the house vacated by Mr. Franklin. A large crowd was present to witness the unveiling of Dr. W. T. Dick ert's monument at St. Phillips last I Sunday morning by the W. 0. W. of | Pomaria camp. On account of an automobile breakdown it was delayed for a good while. Mrs. S. A. Rikard and children, of Long Lane, visited relatives in this section from last Friday until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kinard, of near Prosperity, spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. Wilson and family. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Halfacre visited at the home of Mrs. Halfacre's parents last Sunday. A Merry Christmas and a happy New Y^ar to all. J. M. W. COtflXG THREE THOUSAND MILES! An Exhibit at National Corn Exposi-j tion From Across the Continent, Columbia, S. C., Dec. 21.?From j three thousand miles across the con- j tinent there will be brought to the, Fifth National Corn exposition here j next month an exhibit in which corn j will not be featured. This exhibit will j come from the agricultural experi- j ment station in the State of Washington, and among other things, will feature modern methods in the. growing, handling, packing and marketing of fruit, including a demonstration of the penetration system of spraying; the plant breeding work at the station in wheat, oatsi and barley; and some or the work on moisture requirements of crops. This exhibit is a striking illustration of the fact that the National Corn exposition is not, strictly speaking, a corn exposition, but deals fundamentally and educationally with all phases of agriculture, demonstrating graphically the results of experimental and research work of various State agricultural institutions, the federal de?a. * nwfliiitnrp and other! parujieiiL <1^1 ivu?vw. v, ?-? - agencies in rural improvement work. The exposition will open on January 27th. The Washington exhibit is being prepared under the supervision of Mr. R. W. Thatcher, director of the experiment station. Mr. Thatcher is presi- j dent of the American Society of Agro- j nomy. He is being assisted in r* 'k ing up this exhibit by Mr. Alex Car- j Iyle, station cerealist, and Mr. J. L. ^ momhpr of the exten L'UilicUb, V iiu ij> a. i . ( sion force of the college, a director of j the National Apple show, a former j president of the State Horticultural society. The two last named gentlemen will accompany the exhibit to the exposition, to demonstrate it and explain to all visitors1 points of interest and value. .NOTICE TO PENSIONERS. I will be in the auditor's office each j Saturday in January iu yi^ya.^ ion applications. Will be glad for my one' to send in notice of the death Df any of the- pensioners. W. G.. Peterson; Pension Commissioner for Newberry County. .5 2* C* fjiufi * 5" Tfl O 5^3 i O t t*l ;sh z2 W -J S" sgp. r2 S 2 * I h8 H m? O fif pi m-o /O A ^ yjf't ?T)Z Htaal ? o M V W 50? PI , fg < z pi ) (b Nrt 1 3 2 CP ' o(