The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 21, 1913, Page FOUR, Image 5
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Entered at the Postofficc V?wfcrry,
S. C., as 2'*d class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Tuesday, January 21, 1913.
According to a report from a committee
from the associated charities
of Cloumbia who visited the Richland
county jail, conditions in- the jail must
fee horrible. They could scarcely be
worse in a semi-barbarous country. We
should give prisoners humane treatment,
even after they are convicted,
and certainly this should be done while
they are held awaiting trial, and under
our law are presumed innocent, because
they have not been proven guil'
ty.
From the information we have had
for several years now, conditions are
scarcely any better in the Newberry
jail, except we do not have so many
prisoners to care for. The Newberry
jail has been reported by the grand
jury several times and the newspapers
have written it up a number of times,
"but we have such an economical set of
3a w-makers from Newberry they would
rather spenu money on rural policemen
and such luxuries than do something
for the s?.fe-keeping and the humane
treatment of the prisoners we have to
lake care of.
We have heard of such a thing as
a false economy, and we are inclined
to think that our members of the legislature
have one or two lessons coming
to them on this subject.
The jail should be made decent and
the county should be put on a cash
basis and certainly provision should
'be made to pay the officers their salaries
when due and not force them to
the necessity of taking scrip for their
$ay and having to discount it anywhere
from fifteen to twenty per cent.
It is not right, and it is not wise
economy to do it, or to run the county
on tiue credit system. The members
of the legislature should know that
you can not pay $40,000 with $30,000.
If they do not they still have another
lesson coming to them and some one
' should speedily be appointed to teach
it.
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Well, sir, I have had so much fun
and laughed so to myself, that I have
not had time or the heart to write for
the past several days, and yet I reckon
it is sinful and cruel in me to laugh
and have the fun that I am talking
about over the subject which has furnished
me my amusement, and yet, you
know, we all feel good when our adv
vice is taken, at least, once in a while,
especially wnen it nas so irequentiy
"been disregarded, and then to realize
that you really and truly have influence
is another thing to feel good
about, and yet I have kept it all to
myself and will not tell any one about
it, and I beg you to say nothing of it,
no, do not mention it to any one, be-cause
this is just between me and you.
If you will look back at one of my
letters just a few days ago you will
see that I advised the chamber of com
merce to disband, and spit in its hand
and take a new hold?pardon me if
that expression is a little inelegant, but
we country people can't get entirelj
over our raising, it is expensivand
now I read in the newspapers thai
it has disbanded?actually been guided
and governed solely and entirely b3
the little advice I gave. I believe ]
will send in a bill.
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Talking about chambers of com
merce, I picked up a paper the othei
day and I noticed that the chamber o;
commerce of the little town of Rocl
Hill had arranged to send an exhibi
to the National Corn show in Columbiz
to be in charge of the secretary of th<
chamber of commerce, and a secretars
Yes, I suppose that Rock Hill has 2
chamber of commerce ,and a secretarj
who is paid a salary sufficient to warrant
him in giving all his time to the
work of the chamber of commerce. Nc
one seems to have answered the editor's
request to know if all the live
men in Newberry are dead. That's
easy. Of course they are all dead or
they are moving away. But it is a
good place for the old men and the
idlers who have nothing to do, and
they don't care how fast these all
leave, for it makes life easier and less
a burden,and what does it matter after
all so that we have something to
eat, and something to wear and
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: something?or somebody w talk i
about, for we do love to talk about
people?that is some of us do?if it is
not something good. Well, even after
all, this is a pretty good old town, and j
I reckon some pretty good people will j
j remain, even if some do go away, it j
will all even up right, or it wouldn't I
be, for whatever is is right or it
wouldn't t>e.
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Did you read tnat account of the |
charity ball given oy the millionaires |
of Chicago, and vnat it cost and how
much was netted for charity? Well, I
am going to cut it out and pas'e it in
my nbtes, and I hope the editor will
let it remain In here just for some
s people to see.
Wealth of families represented
$500,000,000
Cost of jewelry worn 10,000,000
Cost of clothing worn.. .. 1,000,000
Cost of fancy costumes unusable
after the ball .. 100,000
Most costly jewelry worn,
Mrs. Harold McCormick's
chain 250,000
Received from cafe patrons
(drinks) 10,000
Total receipts 43,000 I
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expenses 01 me oau, rem,
lights, orchestra, etc... 29,000;
What charity got 14,000 j
Fourteen thousand for charity, and
one hundred thousand for clothes that
could not be worn again. "One society
j leader remarked that the jewels alone
in this parade cost $10,000,000, besides
the great glare of diamonds l iere ;
were vast "Quantites of rubies, emer-!
aids, sapphires and pearls.
"Women wore rngs upon every
finger as well as the thumb, and one
or two had huge rubies or emeralds
. on the backs of their hands.
"They wore anklets of gem studded
gold, and almost every waist, whether
large or slender, was girdled with precious
stones."
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Fourteen thousand ior cnamy ana
expenses of ball twenty-nine thousand.
Five hundred millions of wealth represented.
Well, I guess it is all right,
and if it is not anything I may say
will have very little weight, bat for the
benefit of any one who may read what
I am here writing, I want to quot*
! what it seems to u * I read som<*where
oflce about c'u< ly. I think yjn v. ill
find it somewhere in a very good and a
'very great book. "Charity suffereth
long and is kind; charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed
up, doth not behave itself unaeem- j
Iy, seek-sfth not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth
not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the
truth, beareth all things, believeth in
all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things." A wonderful thing is
charity when properly understood and
appreciated. It would do some people
good right here in this community to
read over again and fully understand
just what this thing charity is. A lot
of us don't know. Charity. You have
heard a lot of people talk about charity.
You, no doubt, have heard orators
proclaim loudly about charity. Many;
| of the secret societies have charity as
one of the fundamentals of the order,
and yet many of the members have
never yet learned th true definition of
the term. Tell them to read that definition
that I have quoted. There is none
better. There is none higher. There
is noen truer.
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Wonder if it wouldn't be a good time
now to get up that park, since the
chamber of commerce is dead. The
loafers and pool players will have to
have some place to go, and the good
old summer time will soon be
here, and they will want a place. What
say you, you fellows' who have ift$ of
time on your hands. Suppose you dMH
' the movement for the park. You may
! have all the credit if you*go ahead and
: get it up. We'll have to do something,
r Stir up something. We just can't stagnate.
Somebody get sy. The chamt
ber of commerce, if I am not mistaken,
. according to the newspapers, started
r out to do two specific things. One of
[ them was a. hospital. I don't know
what has become of it. The other, I
have forgotten what it was. Maybe it
- was to disband. Anyhow, now that the
chamber of commerce is out of the
f way let's do something. Don't all
z speak at once. The Idler.
t Pointed Paragraphs.
, Turn on the backbiter and say it
T to his face
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And a baby would rather go to sleep
than to listen to a lullaby.
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you need is not to heed any.
A man can never remember what
^ girl said when she proposed to him.
It takes a good pugilist or a poor
minister to put his man to sleep.
Even Job's wife probably never
asked him to remove the tacks froJ3
the parlor carpet.?New York Globe J
and Advertiser.
Broda-minded man Is seldom chesty.
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BRIDGES TO LET.
On January 29, 1913, at 12 o'clock
and 1 o'clock, respectively, I will letto
contract, on the ground, the following
bridges to the lowest competent
and responsible bidders, reserving the
right to reject any and all bids, to wit:
Two bridges on the. Dead Fall road,
one over Weclh's branch, and the other
over Beaver Dam creek. Plans and
specifications will be given at letting
Successful bidders will be required to
give bond as required by law.
W. A. Hill,
l-17-2t-ltaw. County SupervisorMules
Mules Mules.
I will reach Newberrv ( * jsday,
January 21, with a carloaa oi wu;?b
mules. Will be at Halfacre's board
mg siaoies i a. j. . diunu o um
where I will be glad to see all of my
old friends.
J. H. Busey.
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It Was the Dog's Own Fault.
A farmer, while loading hay in his
field, was attacked by his neighbor's
bulldog. The man defended himself
with the pitchfork and sent the dog
yelping home. The neighbor rebuked
him and asked why he didn't use the
blunt end of the fork first.
"I would have," replied the farmer
"if your dog had come at me blunt end
first"?Ladies' Home Journal.
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AS OBDIJiASCE. STATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
Be it ordained, by the Mayor and Aids.!
men of the Town of Newberry, in
said State, in council assembled and
by authority of the same:
That from and after the passage of
this ordinance it shall be unlawful for
any minor to frequent or loiter in any
public pool or billiard room in the?
Town of Newberry, or to play pool or
billiards therein, and that it shall be
unlawful for any keeper or owner of
any pool or billiard room to allow
any minor to play pool or billards,
therein, or to frequent or loiter therein..
That any per-son violating this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdeameanor, adn upon conviction
thereof before the Recorder of the
Town of Newberry, shall be sentenced
! to nav a fine of not more than one
I hundred dollars, or to be imprisoned
in the town guardhouse or at hard labor
on the public works of the Town
fcr a period not exceeding thirty days;
Provided, this ordinance shall not apply
to Young Men's Christian Associations
or clubs or private homes,
where such games are played for social
purposes only, without fee, toll,
or charge. _
Done and ratified, this the 16th day
of January, A. D., 1913.
Z. F. Wright, t
(Seal) Mayor. 1
J. R. Scurry,
C. & T. T. C. N.
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