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f SteraMi mi llftuji rT j - ntere<1 at the Postoffici v~ ~rrv, b. C, rs 2*vJ class matter. i *? fi. AULL, EDITOR. Friday. January 31, 1iH3. Bill MKN IU1LI) ma TOWNS. If Spartanburg is not a bi.u" town it will be because ir did not have th.* big men. Big men makt big towns. In most towns there are men who make money, in th very small villages ther are rich men who own almost all the property. And these places ar small largely because one | man owns everything and hold > on J to it. Spartanburg citizens want to see Spartanburg grow. It has every ma. terial advantage of all the other towns around about. Has it th big men?, < - - i _ i i_ ..! r>.f : Men wHo take a Droau, a ui& nn> the possibilities ot' the city and are big things for their community aiui not for thsni'-elves cxclusv lyare n eded.? S. artanburg Herald. The Herald sta'.^s the i;ropositic :' about corr- ct. Any io\vn that is ta: grow and prosper must hav ^;ig men ?men who can sc.- beyond the narr.nv />? -i;,. nu-n lirtlr? nr hi?> linsfs Ul lJlv.li w>>ii ^ . . i and ;e whre, by doing something: for rhe general welfare they will reap, benefit in the end, if they ar? not bigj enough to do a little something from ' a purely unselfish motive and for the j good of their fellowman. Any town j ? ? that is owned largely by a few men, or j where a few men dominate all the! business interests, can not prosper. ! Newberry citizens should want tol see Xewborry grow, we e.o not Know. i whether they do or not. They may be j saiisfUd with their own achievements! and wiih their own conditions. Ifi they are that is about as bad as a vy condition could be t'er a community | or an individual. Big men build big towns. Big men make little townsI I more d- sirable. What we need is big ! men, broad-minded, liberal men, who are not entirely wrapped up in their noble selves. Who are willing to live anrl hAlrv nth^r nPODlft tO live. WhO 'have learned the lesson that they can not Jive to themselves Alone and who will put their shoulders together with ; their neighbors and do that which ib best for the whole community. Are you that type,of man? If not turn the searchlight on and examine yourself and see where the trouble is and apnlv fhp rpmeriv. ?T"? i The Newberry Herald and News says 1 that the newspapers do not treat Gov. j Blease fairly. We wonder if so much J so-called unfairness is not just exa cly j what Gov. Blease most craves.?Green- j wood Journal. If that is true why not be fair and defeat the purposes of the goyernor as you seem so anxious to do. If it is what he wants why do you continue to give it to him when you admit you . are so terribly in earnest to be rid of h\m. Qn the same subject the Anderson! Mail has the following to say: One of our exchangee is protesting ^ because some of the newspapers published all of Senator Tillman's message and not all of the gubernatorial message which provoked the senator's letter. This paper published what of the gubernatorial message we' could erat sarf +r\ >ic m-ny + Vm wir*o G!anotnv OvUt LV UO V* tiiV " 11 V. Tillman's office had the consideration ; to send us a copy of his l-etter. If the 1 governor's office had done similarly we/would have acted in duo apprecia-' + u ^... ..,.1, nun. ruau'.'i iuuit* luei-e was not mucu that was new ?n the gubernatorial ii: ssage. but. S i.ator Tillman's ox, planation was new. We are endeavoring to run an evenly balanced newspaper and not to be ; a journal for the publication of politi- ! cal stuff to th^- exclusion of everything! else. x There ar-p mechanical limita-j tiOn? in a npwsnanpr r.ffir?p Of course the Mail wouldn't mention The Herald and X \v=. While there; \ may not have been much new in the scvenio; 's message Ti'lman says therei is nothi g much, n-w in his rej)ly. Kppfciaily the portion which seems to j ha v.? arojse! rhe leg Mature. Me says ; be has snid it :>. i'o; and will say it-j again. Of < <> ?rs<\ th?"r ;.r }'\.Axu- I ' i tioi s to all newspaper^. bar ;bt> iraable is we always apply the limit, to| th people* These vU-w.i do n:>; cc.-n- j i f eide with ours and give approving views the preference. Wo agree with the Observer that! tlie provision of th constitution 1 about increasing the pay of judges! during their term of office is as plain as the English language can make it. For This reason wh n in the legislature a f w years ago we opposed a bill allowing circuit judges $."00 a year for traveling -expenses. It is a good thing to be consistent,' ; sometime; aT least. Art III, Section 1'4, reads: "So P r-on shall be eligible to a seat in the gem ral assembly whil he hold? o. y ofTic. or position of profit or trust under this State, the' Cnited States of Am rica, or any cf them, or under any other power, exi i ept officers in th: militia or otaries , j. ubllc: and if any memb r c 1.all v I < vnt or exerc.-e any of tv-l disqiui'i / t I.. 11 , .? Iviilii" crnccs ;; ;i -.acaie lils seat." We do not think th? < glish langr.i^v ea-i 1; i:o; : *1 . ritt' ; tiler. ;A.:;! ye*. t:. i- ; : , o , ' o- !' . ; i L!CK II ".Oil tllfit ' " ' HtL'21 ulci not .? an v\i ;i is h -n. or tic cement ion thai it did Wi-j eolHie\ :-c;r. soit of excuse r:r c.ai-; ^ the piain language of the eon?ti tion. The viewpoint n:ak s ;i difference. Xo doubt the judges would hold an allowance lor trav ling ex-/ pens:-s was not increase in salary as ( - ..re:iiplated in the constitution. f .IS TO F.ilOIOS' KEADIXC;. The Progressive Fanner, (hat far u paper which lives up to its name in very way and gives The larmers of the South every week an abundance of good advice and information, in, a rccent issae urged ih, iarm:rs to spend at least $."> a year per hor-.e for newspapers, and $ "> j? r hor- tor books for the use of his family. The ^ingestion is well within the limits of good reason, and there are f : \v farmers who will not get as much cut of such an investment as they cop Id get out of a similar amount invested in any other way. By reading the better ~1 ?^ o m f Vi /\ Drr\orr?nc :u:d C I Ci^S }JKZ l ~?IIVJ L, a^5 X 1 Oq 1 Vx?^r-i i r v Farmer expresses it, "a cheap monthly, with sensational stories and fortune1 telling articles and fraudulent 'free' advertisements"?tout real newspapers,1 church papers, farm papers of the type of the Progressive Farmer, and the like, a farmer vill reap great benefit in the course of a year. These are words of good advice to the farmers who read the Raleigh agricultural weekly, to which we have re-; ferred: "We never can make the South what it ought to be, you never can make your neighborhood what it ought to be,! until the farmers get rid of this idea that their minds are not"worth feeding. A man? has got to believe in himself more than that, must have more respect for himself, more respect for his brain and his mind, before he can j amount to anything. He must believe; that his own mind and his children's minds deserve the best intellectual food he can find?and plenty of it. He wouldn't let his children go with two meals a day when they need three. Why, then, should he compel them to get along with only an occasional monthly or semi-monthly feast of in-! tellectual food instead of seeing to it! that the best papers to be had come to his home every week? "No hard and fast rule can be laid down, but a reasonable minimum can be fixed, and we would say that no man is doing right by himself or his family if he spends less than $10 aj y?ar for papers, magazines and books , for each horse he works?say $5 for papers and $5 for books for the onehorse farmer: $10 for paper? and $10 for book* for the two-horse farmer, etc.. etc. '; "^ivo i \*P::r :H'I' ll D T'cff-. for , papers; $ "> a year p r horse for books-prcvided the right sort of papers u?d books are s Iccted?would socn revolutionize the South and go far to dispel the ignorance that the ineffi- : ciencv of our schools has cursed us i with. No man who is not poor enough ] to starve his body is poor enough to r?f .? " C^\<> *> Kn rnr Ua>?_ 2>t O I > J li IS in 1 ::u. --oj/iii isi'ju u s n*. i ? aid. I We want to commend this article to the farm rs of this county, it is a fact, not only among farmers, but in a great ' many homes there are no books and very f'w, if any. papers. Wo do not tliiI: home i- a real home without ] : T a TOW 2000 bOOKS. A gOOU berk, a jr.eod newspnj -r may ' \< rt v.v. ir.f no >eo for 2:00 ] f.luit \v :> V"r <:r':im. 1 i Th verv fact thai thev are around is 1: iroo 1 for the niev.bers' of the house- ; A hold. it costs so little in this day rc; 1 r,av seme 2:; cut 1:' \vsp:n)ors and some ; ? 1 ! !>?o] s i!i:?i s; " v.o dcr is (ha: !!i re is am lui i;c without them. **** * t *. 'i <; -i -j> <* THE IDLER, > <$> I notice by th-e papers that some on* j ?a burglar?entered a residence in the city the oilier night and went in a trunk and took th refrcm vom > twentyfive dollars in good and lawful nion >y. Now, here is a job for those new no- | liceme;i who were hunting something to do. or rath -r complaining that busin ss was so dull with them. Find this burglar. That is really more important than to make B>11 Wa'drop exce d the speed limit in an effort to run d?wn a -traneer who had disre ganrd tho stopping ordinance, thonah j I think th stopping ordinance is an ! important. one. ?o? Vv the *AT!v, 1 wmv.ler tHe ; r1ic-'1 men '';'v -ver r^.d wh r? this s o; iin'.r or'Vra "any o: lied rehicl'-." .Vow. * a nif* ' : ?sot a y'If-propol'ed vehicle, then : v-1 ; ];* /-> v. * r" * gee. how th y c.n :":n. '! ' I oy"? - !. ':i; ; ; : r.'-nco. / > Pv ;;r - v, ;] ' r v::w\. of :i : lirt* h > 'v ; ] ro ; in a J book the otli'T An'J the book is j John Rawii, iho story which I see The | Kerald and X ws is going to c:.;p- j me see soon. :?ikI it is a goon story and every reader wants to see that he mis->?s no copy of the pap- r and reads everv chanter of this book. Ann Sul livan, the wife cf Jim Sullivan, was j Talking to Mr. HaL-ey, the gr at inven- : tor, who *<i mec! tronblo.1 abon? many | thing?. She said: "What I'm wan tin', Mr. H.a'sey, what any woman w tuts. I want a (li'mond star to wear on me bead wh'n I'm swe- ping .1urc . i n- od di'mond carri g? and brae let? 10 wear whin I'm makin' your re'?, you uiiKl; and a silk dress that hollers "I'm aecmin'" whin ! start out to scri.b t'. e ?Teps. Ain't it the truth, Mr. Halsey? .Ain't that what ivery woman i:> the wurrld. at laste in.America, is want in'?" "Sure-," noddod Halsey. "Don't forget the automobile whil-3 you're wishing." "True it is. Whut woman of anny; social position has not got her awtcmobee] today? Luk at me. If I had me rights, I'd have me- electric bro'om brought to the coorb ivery mornin' for me to go to market; and ivery evening after I'd got me sweVpi-j'' done, I'd have me long gray torpedy come around to take me and Jim out fer a fait spin up the bullyvard. Mo with di'monds on me hair, with rings r>n mo fi 11 frprs ar>' nn mp triPS a s-ettin' there an' lukkin' scornful. Oh, I was born in Ireland, but I'm American now. The day Jim Sullivan gives me what is me due, a.^d I git me first awtomobeel, 'twill be the prou<^ day fer me?the day whin I'm first fined for vi'latin' the speftd law of the city. 'Tis a great country this." After displaying her pleasure at her romancing, Mrs. Sullivan began to speak her real mind. Says she: "Anny wo.man wants to blackguard a little once in a while, Mr. Halsey, <-ir, and all women like to lie twice in awhile. I I'm just lyin' to you now, because the I birds is singin' and th-e weather is sol fine. "Listen. Annv woman that's goin'; to be happy is goin' to be happy be-' cause of the stomach she has for eatin', find the joy she has for dancin', and the heart she has for love of her man and j h-?r children. And anny woman that has> her heart in the right place is goin' to sta~d by them and not by herself; ! and not by anny one ilse-. Try me and ! i &<?e if I'm lyin' now. You're the bos?.; "Fire Jim Sullivan today, and see do ! stick with him, or do I go with some' ma. that gives me di'monds, and i nwtomobe Is. I'd stick?and so'd annv oi.her woman that loved her man and her cnildron." \ "I'm glad you think so. Mr-. Sullivan." "You know 1 think so. On, mayoe it's because I wasn't born in this , country. Over there, 'tis th- woman helps make the stak-?. Here she helps to :-p nd it.. 'Tis a fine counthry this j ?fer policemin. So far as bei.i' hap- 1 j?y in it's concerned, 1 dunno. Maybe ] it's the Irish in me that's happy, and not the American. ! dunno again. 'Tis ill a question which you want to be, rich or happy." i "Or useful/' ventured Halsey. ; I "They're tho sa;ne. Hem' useful ' * 1 I)? in* hein' happy. Ain't it the truth." < ?o? i ] Which (Jo you want to be rich or j iiapi'.v. Poth? After ;.!! bei ig use- t "ul is the thing. If you ar useful 1 rou are happv !f vcu are not useful ] r ' ."ou arr miserable even though you be i ueh. "Whin we can't afford sparrow. *' ITocfnl -ill t'no 1 ;id>S ' .as JJUIUIH V ov J n i < ? V- J ? \ \ I TR1 Iww ? mtmmatm w ? t " - ?~t km c Yah lT?airs P?r- Mr ? ' & ' i uu van - > ; i . v . ..i 1 I j | HP* \ ' ; ? ; : r ; . [j i 2k ?&* ?.. v# ? .<v. i c,.-..* v a i | X II 1 <P r ? S? O "" , T'S fc ; ^ '* I f\\ J ll;:*:s ns*Si I I ^ -WW -V it _~L, .,. _._... w \ ? <r> S 1 ?! 4 :.r i V*.- ' ' f! ?? : . r, . - ,-. ? , i r? ;?v s -. ? - ' ? ?, : j V/ ^c?> . / - I - ' " tl :-i ;J * 'j '/ * 'i &N ha(?f v-* * . . I If you are not now tradi with your next order and Yrm ran Knv vnur en til Lm. v v4 vvim j save both time and mor They carry the largest stock in this section. _ ^ . same and still happy. A stomach for I. x:;:: eating, joy for dancing, a heart for love?these are the things which will i.-f help to make you useful and therefore I hear the chamber of commerce has j ' . :1| sold out and, therefore, disbanded for good. Let the city council now wake up and be a live organization and help i do something. \ The Idler, j \OTICE OF SALE. | The und' rsigned will sell to the ' highest bidder, for cash, before the ' '$&$$$& * 1 nr>v mt W.-.vhnrrv Sontll CUlti I MUUOI. liWi Carolina, on February 7. 1913. at 11 j c -lock ;i. m., all the accounts, notoi- # and mortgages belonging to the estate of J. A. Bouknight deceased, amount- /4, '' M$M y .w >: ing to the sum of five hundred and ! '' ; ninety-two ' and 16-100 dollars, an j ; ' *-J' itemized list of which may be seen at j khe office of Eugene S. P>lease, attorney-at-law. j p D. P. Bou knight, ? . Administrator of the Estate of .1. A. Bouknight. deceased. XOTICE. By virtue of authority T will i to the highest bidder ou February ail]- bein? saleday. at Xewberrv court muse, ovo aero of land, more or less, : iu^r outside the corporate limits of the ? % "r i; c< r,n f 1 > n Pn- 1 ; .'J VV u O'L i lUBjicm;. kj. ^ . . ;i road, adjoining lands of A. P. Dominiek and K. M. Cook, the same laving two good dwellings th-ereon. 1 ? " Terms to suit the purchaser. SCENE PROM "THE OLI L-21-td. G. W. Kinard. ! i ! % \ s \ I ' $3 - ....... . ~ h-\ ii > I II a barrel,next time. 11 Sugar, Coffees, Rice | j stock is always fresh, - And, i B i . * jjf \ Hardware, Paints, Na'ls, Linn I I f! Fencing, Shingles, Galvanize | j Pipe, Doors and Sash, etc, a I in large lots and get the lows they sell for less. And You Always Get Pol 1U/J. W. I ^ j!fe Yrai Need r>_ * 3 , v> fW]f jftf?r:ic I r xT* 1 me I i bur i goc^; try i And Bacon, I i, etc., and their ! 1 1 ? I , and prices ngnt to o | ' ie, Cement, Buck Farm | d Roofing, Terracotta 1 nd they buy all these i ic Knur pi A llio lO iiv ?T lite Attention There ing there, try them I see the difference re bill there and tey. > . ?* A A#] aiiu xjcol addui icu |JIh Xjix ; liPlg m ? 1#. J * k;m m i - - t ^ ' i v.# ; ; i ~ mi MAX," AT 0 PERA HOUSE, THURSDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 6TH. / ?~ - / I /