Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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He Jtaii mi ?,m Entered at the Postoffice -> + Ww erry, 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 ibe horrible. They could scaroely 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 guilty. Prom the information we have had for several years now, conditions are j scarcely any better in the Newberry jail, except we do not have so many prisoners to dare 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 law-makers from Newberry they would rather spend money on rural policemen and such luxuries than do something! for the safe-keeping and the humane | treatment of the prisoners we have to take care of. We have heard ol 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 wih.en due and not force them to the necessity of taking scrip for their pay 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 the credit system. The members 1 . of the legislature should know that ( i you can not pay $40,000 with $30,000. . * - .'J If they do not they still have another . lesson coming to them and some one : should speedily be appointed to teach it. <e> <?> THE IDLER. <?> 4 <S> "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 subiect which has fur Dished me my amusement, and yet, you know, we all feel good when our ad' vice is taken, at least, once in a while, especially when it has so frequently 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 7nyself and will not tell any one about it. and I bee vou to sav nothing of it. no, do not mention it to any one, because 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 commerce to disband, and spit in its hand and take & new hold?pardon me if that expression is a little inelegant, but we country people can't get entirely over our raising, It is -expensiv^ and now I read in the newspapers that it has disbanded?actually been guid_ J .1.1 1 L 1_. 1 I ea ana governed soieiy ana entirely Dy the little advice I gave. I believe I will send in a bill. Talking about chambers of commerce, I picked up a paper the other day and I noticed that the chamber of commerce of the little town of Rock Hill had arranged to send an exhibit to the National Corn show in Columbia to be in charge of the secretary of the chamber of commerce, and a secretary Yes, I suppose that Rock Hill has a chamber of commerce ,and a secretary who is paid a salary sufficient to warrant him in giving all his time to the work of the chamber of commerce. No 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 f 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 j t; [ " """ { something?or somebody?to 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 I reckon some pretty good people will i remain, even if some do go away. It, will all even up right, or it wouldn't be, for vhatever is is right or it wouldn't be. ?o? l Did you read tnat account of the - charity ball given oy the millionaires j of Chicago, and wnat it cost and how i much was netted for charity? Well, I I nm ~/"w i-nrr fi-v ft rvilt Q Tl rT TVJ it in I I CL HI gl/1115 IV/ tUh a i* vuv uuu . *v *** my notes, and I hope the editor will let it remain In here just for some 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 Expenses of the ball, rent, lignts, orcnestra, eic. . . -y,uvv ; What charity got 14,000 Fourteen thousand for charity, and one hundred thousand for clothes that could not be worn again. "One society leader remarked that the jewels alone j in this parade cost $10,000,000, and be-1 sides the great glare of diamonds there j were vast quantites of rubies, emer-! aids, sapphires and pearls. "Women wore r'ngs upon every finger as wen as tne tnumo, ana 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." Fourteen thousand for charity and 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 r am here writing, I want to quote I what it seems *o .u ?I read somewhere I mco, about c?>? ly. I think yjti will I ind it somewhere in a very good and a | rery great book. "'Charity suffereth iong and is kind; charity envieth not; ;harity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her.own. is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth r.ot 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 crnnrl rifht hftrp in this nommunitv to 0 w wv~ ~ ~ read aver 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 chai-ity. 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 j the term. Tell them to read that defini-' tion that I have quoted. There is none better. There is none Higner. 'mere is noen truer. 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 of t?-mp on vnnr hands. SuoDOse you 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. Stir up something. We just can't stagnate. Somebody get busy. The cham- , ber of commerce, if I am not mistaken, according to the newspapers, started out to do two specific things. One of - 1 ?''+"1 T ilnn't. VnftW UHCIIl WiiS <i IlUSpiLcH. JL \i\ju. i, nuv " i 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 way let's do something. Don't all speak at once. The Idler. Pointed Paragraphs. Turn on the backbiter and say it to his face A bird in the hand fails to catch the early worm. And a baby would rather go to sleep than to listen to a lullaby. A good way to have all the friends you need is not to heed any. A man can never remember what a eirl said when she proposed to him. . It takes a good pugilist or a poor I ^ minister to put his man to sleep. ^ Even Job's wife probably never ^ asked him to remove the tacks from ^ :he parlor carpet.?New York Globe t tnd Advertiser. Broda-minded man is seldom chesf. j "Ask AN | Each of 1 I a work of art rrpatlnns of t; I The new signing?strik about them n In additi< I sity of color r pleasing. If vou wi la W I those shown < I idea of what fash I the newest design Spring S ( I BRIDGES TO LET. On January 29, 1913, at 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock, respectively, I -will let to 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: ~ ^ I Two bridges on tne ueaa ran iuau, 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 Supervisor. "wr"lAO "Hnlps Mules. ? I will reach Newberrv < *? M> ;sday, ] January 21, with a carloaa oi mules. Will be at Halfacre's board- , ing stables (A. T. Brown's old stand) where I will be glad to see all of my . old friends. J. H. Busey. 1-21-lt. . It Was the Dog's Own Fault. A farmer, while loading hay in his ield, was attacked by his neighbor's < \ julldog. The man defended himself vith. the pitchfork and sent the dog o -elping home. The neighbor rebuked lim and asked why he didn't use the o >lunt end of the fork first. "I would have," replied the farmer ^ 'if your dog had come at me blunt end j irst."?Ladies' Home Journal. nnnBHHHHBHl the Moman -v ioJMM) ^Z^S//Q? Shoes fc ;he new "Queen in its sphere a he season from models?the re* e a style note ot to be found e in to the usualr epresented in tl ish to see the sir elsewhere, shoe; ionable footwear shi J. ) is, leather and fabric A. * " / I howing ol HHBHMMBBHnBHnHm A> ORDINANCE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Be it ordained, by the Mayor ana aidamen 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 person violating this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor, adn upon convrction thereof before the Recorder of the Town of Newberry, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one 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 Assoiiations or clubs or private homes, vhere such games are played for social purposes only, without fee, toll, r charge. _ Done and ratified, this the 16th day f January, A. D., 1913. Z. F. Wright, t Seal) Mayor. ^ . R. Scurry. C. & T. T. C. N. Who Wears T TkT m ; IN Cl $3.5 n >r Spring Ollalitv,, rl^sion s the most su< Paris. >ults of the mos and have an f Jsewhere. ran, Black, Wh ? le new styles i yles that are di s that represei duM be, a splendid * V l? \i ?f. V i. -t .. / s, you should see o : "Queen OTHER* sparcmeni / .. MM?1 For We ha1 good Mt Horses foi trade at Si merly o\ Hornsby I NEAR COT! p wr V/. adies' Aid Society. The Ladies' Aid Society will -meet at he home of Mrs. Geo. W. Summer rues lay afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. McCrackin, Secretary. Them." NG I 10 to o i us is as much j* m m ccessrul dress j t extreme de- I i individuality . J ite, the diver, 1 I < is particularly k liferent trom it your own assortment of all ur ' ' M A l!i_. ? ^uaiuy. | ; co, i 4 f 0 *% - '-/Wk . - | et. I ? - Sale ve some A lies and r, r sale or % flu tables for- I vned by j fc Fellers < rON. YARD Fant J ???11 When a man is going, to many a"\^^? girl at 20 that weighs 145 pounds, she ought not to let him 900 w&ai that looks like in her mother at 40odd ]