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i> HexxU mi pious Entered at the Postofficc ,f NT?w|*rrvt S. C., as 2-vl class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, February 28, 1913. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Columbia, Feb. 27.?The senate reassembled on Tuesday night and the 1 house on Wednesday night. The T~ c-im r?lir hoon 11U rlfi M cr tilDP i liUUdC liaa oiuipij uvuu , waiting on the senate. The senate on! Wednesday and Wednesday night gave consideration to the appropriation bill. The finance committee 1 made a good many changes in the bill I r.s it came from the house. Just what', the result of these changes will bie, of course, will depend on the attitude of the house. No doubt the house will ( refuse concurrence in all senate amendments and then the final re- j suit will be left to a committee or free conference. > ! Most of the changes were of small amounts, except the two relating to the development of the new asylum ^ at State Park. The State Hospital! Commission, who have charge of the* development, owed a balance borrow-J ed from the sinking fund commission I' of ^bout $165,000, which the house concluded would not have to he paid at this session, for the reason of the ? pending lawsuit on the bond matter . and the further fact that the bonds do not have to paid for twenty years, and, therefore, the house provided for the , raising of the money if the sinking fund oommission should determine * " " ^ that it was actually neuesscti v, uuij ^ did not make the appropriation, but did provide for the continuance of the _ -work of the new development for ani other year. The finance committee of j ! the senate and the senate cut out the I provision for continuing the work, and put in the money to be returned to the sinking fund. If the house agrees to this it will mean a heavy financial loss to the State, especially in the face of the resolution passed by both houses that it is the policy of the State to remove the entire institution to the property in the country. Both houses have passed the compulsory school attendance law. It is a local option measure and as I see I i it is carrying local option just a little i far. However, it may be the beginning j of a general compulsory attendance law and certainly one is needed in this State. It is generally understood th _tt i the governor will veto any sort of' compulsory attendance law that might have been passed. The vote in the; I house would indicate that it might pass such a law over his veto, but it is ,v scarcely probable that the senate . would do so. The speeches that I \ heard on the subject against the bill * I; seemed to me to be the best arguments\ in favor of the law. It is strange what foolish notions some people have ^.bout | many subjects. I suppose tney tninKi, my views are strange on many sub-* jects, also, and may be they are. js b Up to Thursday morning the senate n had not~acted on the one-mill tax bill p for common schools passed by toe : I house, nor on the bill to abolish thoj mill nrflinVl alcn nnccori tho ! bouse. The senate Wednesday mj-n ! ing refused to continue the Charles- j j ton liquor license bill by one vote.? The free conference committee on the j appropriation bill took it up Thursday J afternoon. The members who are to j adjust the differences between the two: houses are Dick, Nicholson and Ker.i- ^ bert from the hous^, and Hard:n. [ Christensen and Mars from the senate, j i I Every 02ie is more or less interest-! ed in the tax question, and those of j n? who n;iv the least are generally the I more interested, or, at least, make the | biggest noise about high taxes. I do 1 not see how, even with the increased J property values, the levy can re- j .main what it was and raise sufficient revenue to meet the appropriation bill. , There is obliged to be nearly a mill v in/iro-ico in tho 1pi*v nnlpss thp rtpfirit is increased and that only postpones < the evil day. , l As to local matters no one scorns to know just what has been done about I the bond issue or the increase in the fpay of county officials. I suppose all* these matters will be attended to in ' coramittee of free conference. The. levy for county purposes will have/ to be raised or the deficit will have to niin iin and make the burden greater! Jjf "i' ?-- _ in the end. If the past indebtedness i is only about $17,000 it would be bet- j ter to make a special levy and pay it i -off in a year or two than to issue bonds 'and go on paying tax and interest for ktwenty years. ' Investigation seehis to be the order J of the day. A number of matters have^ * * J? ? ! kbeen investigated aireauy. n any gwuj >has resulted so far I do not know whatj' ;it is. The latest is a committee to ? investigate the affairs at the State penitentiary. E. H. A. The legislature this year seemed to suffer in both branches for the lack of a leader. He may be developed at i " * ~? k,,+ e-n for* tbp nrps- I me next sessiuu, um ow x? ent session has not developed any man of broad vision and big ideas. It is said that there is not a thing in Newberry to serve as a monument j for the late chamber of commerce of that place.?Greenville Piedmont. Now, that Is too bad, but we may ^Jbuild a better and a stronger and a more active organization as a monument to the beloved and deceased chamber of commerce. We congratulate Attorney General JPeeples in securing Mr. Fred. H. Domlnick as hi3 assistant. Mr. Dominick Is a good lawyer and above that is a j pleasant and congenial gentleman, and never loses the poise so necessary in any public man. We hope it does not mean his removal from Newberry permanently, j Read with the Greenwood Index says about the building of a railroad from Greenwood to Saluda. And the benefits to accrue to the business men of Greenwood. Then turn your thoughts on Newberry and ask yourself if it would be any benefit to Newberry to have the interurban, and then answer what you are willing to do and give to secure it, and what you are now doing. It is time for Newberry business men to wakk up to his opportunity. The Newberry Herald and News is criticizing Governor Blease in regard to several matters in connection with the legislative session. Perhaps The Herald and News, is merely trying to make an exhibition of "fairness."? Rock Hill Herald. The Herald and News does not have to "try" to "make an exhibition of fairness." Its reputation for fair dealing and honest discussion of public questions and public men was made long before the Rock Hill Herald was born. The Herald and News is not, and never has been, a hero worshiper, nor a hero hater, b.it has always practiced the good old doctrine of a square deal to every one, and has always reserved the ri.<lit, and exercised it, to speak its mind clearly and honestly on all questions. To criticize \vhere it thought criticism deserved and to commend where commendation was proper. We have nov er been blinded by partisanship or prejudice. The trouble with too many of the editors is they go on the duct,rire tl.at nothing good can come from peopie with whom they do not. agrev and that the men on their side cr.n do no wrong. In other words, they have never realized that the shield has two sides, and that one may be red and the other while. CIVIC ASSOCIATION. Work for Association?Committees Appointed?Everybody Should Join In. At the meeting of the association, held on Wednesday afternoon, fhe 'following officers were elected: President, Mrs. F. R. Huntex*: vice ^president, Mrs. R. H. Wright; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. J. H. West. Public Square Committee?Mrs. J. Y. McFall, chairman; Mrs. E. M Ev ans. Mrs. R. H. Wrisht, Mrs. W 1!. Car wile. Cemetery Committee--Mrs. .Jas .Mcintosh. chairman; Mrs. L. W FioyJ Mrs. C. A. Bowman, Mrs. .los. Hull. Chairman of Wards?No. 1. Mr.-. White Frant; No. 2, Mrs. R. D. Smith; No. 3, Mrs. E. M. Evans; No. 4, Mrs. i J. M. Workman; No. 5, Mrs. W. H. j Hardc man. The treasurer, Mrs. R. H. Wright,! reported $12.50 spent for trees at the new court house, and $51.42 on hand, j Report was also made of two trees f Vi n railn.'nv ctatfrin Jinrl 1 OL'l UU C Cl I i uii w u j ov>uv* v *4) m**v* grass sowed at the cemetery. Plans for future work were discussed. The association will meet, hereafter, on the fourth Wednesday of each! month, the next meeting to be on1 March 26, at the residence of Mrs. L. W. Floyd. The ladies of the town are cordially invited to join, at any meeting. There 'is no initiation fee, and the payment of dues has been discontinued. COMING WEElToF MARCH 3. The C. F. Haraden's Blgr Ten Cent ; Vaudeville Show, Under Canvas. Formerly Jas. Adams Co. The public will be pleased to learn of the coming of this splendid attrac-; tion as they are no strangers to the | people of Newberry. As their reputa- [ *- - - "? J i ^ j ; tlOIl nas aireauy ueeu cslchjhsucu i" the minds of all lovers of high-class vaudeville acts and Manager Haraden informs us that his company is much | larger and better than ever, and it is; safe to say that there is a treat in' store for all that may pay a visit to i their mammoth pavilion which seats! 1,200 people.?Adv. j Reproduction of the Ranchman. Little Mountain, Feb. 26.?Owing to' ? _ ..1 the grand success of "The Ranchman" and to the fact that many who intended to be a fitness were prevented by the inclemency of the weather we will give a "reproduction" of the same in the auditorium of the school building on Friday evening. March 7, at 8 o'clock. Everybody come, as this is your last chance to laugh and grow " At i 1 t J XT J | iai. ask mose mai nave iiau me guuu luck of seeing it about the merits of this excellent play. Come and bring your wives, sweethearts and friends in general. Hurrah" for "The Ranchman." Admission 35 and 25 cents. Population Increasing. The population of Newberry must undoubtedly be greatly on the increase, or else our citizens are waking up to the importance of educating thpir fhildrpn as never befor-e. Many! ~ - I of the grades are simply crowded to the point of congestion. Pupils are still coming in. Already there are more than one hundred white children in th-e grades than were in school this time last year. In February of last year 643 pupils' had enrolled with 582 in actual at- i tendance. Up to this month 750 pu-1 pils have enrolled with 6S0 in actual j attendance. This makes f07 more pu- j pils enrolled to date than were en-; rolled up to the same time last year! i and 98 more in actual attendance. ! This increase in attendance does j not hold for the colored school. On I the contrary there has been a marked j decrease in the attendance at the co!-j ored school. Up to this time last j year the colored school had enrolled 417, but up to this month Hoge school has enrolled only 258. Mr. B. T. Buzhardt has bought a! Studebaker "25" touring car from Mc- j Hardy Mower. Bishop-Moates. Married at the parsonage at Kinards February 24, Mr. T. F. Moates an<5 Miss Lillie Mae Bishop, Rev. W. R. Bouknight officiating. The Newberry-Wofford basketball game report at Arcade Friday afternoon. The Story of a }fan Who Refused; a Bribe. In the March American Magazine,' Brand Whitlock, Mayor of Toledo,: Ohio, writes an interesting article in which he relates some of his exporiences in Illinois with Gevernor Altgeld j and ai!ov> some of his experiences as aj journalist in the Illinois State 1-eglsla-j ture. One member of the legislature1 interested him particularly. Telling the! story of this legislator, he s?\s: "He was a member, sent there from some rural district far dnwr in the southern end of the Sta.3, and all through the session he ha J been siU.vl, taking no part, except to vote, and to vote, on most occ2s; ?!.?, with his pa.ty, which, in those 'days, was the v.h.-Ie duty of man. This night would see the end of his political career, if j his brief exper-onco 11 an ob ure, v'-i siticn could be called a earner, and! v" oilontlv Iniitip.T nn ! lie OLUUU H1C1 C, oiitunj JV ..c , plucking now and then at his chin, his long wrinkled face browj and "The old man stood thi.T" 'iPe the long roll was being ca'!cd, sn I the crisis approached, and the nervo;is tension was a keen pain. And suddenly one of the gas lobbyists went up :o him, there on the verge of the house,} and began to talk with him. I had the story a good while afterwards from i one of the whips, who, it seemed, : knew all that had gon^ on that night. I The lobbyist of course knew about the man, knew especially about his nec- i essities, as lobbyists do; and he began to talk to the old fellow about them? j about his poverty and his children, and he used the old argument which has; been employed so long and so successfully with the rural members of all our legislatures, and has been the source of so much evil in our cit> governments, that is the argument that the bill concerned only Chicago, and that the folks down home would neither know nor care how he voted on it, and then?how much two thousand dollars would mean to him. As the lobbyist talked, th^re were various eyes that looked at him, waiting for a sign; they needed only a few votes then, and the roll-call was being delayed by one pretense and another, and the clock was turned back. The old fellow listened and stroked his r chin, and then presently, when the lobbyist had done, he turned his old blue eyes on him and said: " 'T rcr>L-fin vnnVo ricrht T ' >->-> r?n/-*r ' * VVXIVii J AV A All FVWA , and I've got a big family. And you're right too, when you say my people won't know nor care; they won't know nor care a damn; they won't send me back here of course. And God knows what's to come of my wife and my children; I am going home to them tomorrow and on Monday I'm going to hunt me a job in; tho hnpvoBt.fioM T rc/>l;An T'll /lio in VAJLV iiCA* r , i 1 V. VI1V/1J X XX UXV XXX the poorhouse. Y-es, I'm giong home? j but?he stopped and looked the lob-; byist in the eye?I'm going home an i honest man.' " mm, Beginning at Home. The late Governor Larrabee, the, Grand Old Man of Iowa, was extremely fond of children says the Saturday Evening Post. One day, while looking over his mill j at Turkey river, hfe found an urchin j i dirty and ragged, sound aslf near the waterwheel. The boy was Mickey! Burke, son of a poor family in the: neighborhood. The governor asked the boy why he j was so dirty and ragged. The boy ex-! plained his mother had > large family i and had to work hard and could get him no better clothes. "But you can keep clean," exhorted j Larrabee. 'You oould wash your face ^ ana nanas 11 you wanted to. mat costs : nothing." Mickey said he would try. "Well," said the governor, "now is the time to/ begin." He procured a washbasin, some! soap and a towel and watched Mickey scrub himself until he shone. Then the governor got Mickey some clothes and dressed him neatly. Mickey looked fine. "Now." said Larabe?.. 'We'll see j, about getting you a job." He took Mickey to the store of an old German of whom the governorj was very fond Mr. Schneider had no i place for Mickey. "But vou must have!" expostulated ! Larrabee. "Just look at him and see j what a nice boy he is. He is clean and I neat: h-e is a good talker and would j make a good clerk. There is no finer i boy, Mr. Schneider than Mickey here." j Schneider was obdurate. He had no place. The governor and Mickey walked out of the store much disappointed. | As they reached the sidewalk Mickey j turned to his benefactor and asked: j "Mr. Larrabee, if I am such a darned | fine boy as you say, why dont you j give me a job yourself?" SEES. Adopting: the French. One of the French speakers at the Thanksgiving day dinner of the Ani-er- j ican club in Paris was talking about! insularity of the English. "Mostly," he said, "they refuse to learn any foreign language, but when an Englishman does learn a few words j of French he promptly begins to think j those words of his own language. "When our fleet was at Portsmouth! i visiting the English fleet and helping; to cement the kind relations between France and England, an English sailor was drinking with a French sailor. < " 'Frenchie,' said the English sailor j 'what's the bloomin' French for enten- J te cordiale?" It took Henry Straus only forty three words to dispose of a fortune1 of more than a million. A plain case' or every wora Deing worm mure uwu its weight in gold.?News and Courier. I^ove is blind, but there are generally plenty of ouclists hanging around, offering their services tree. Music! Where? Arcade, of course. Inaugurate Washings Via A. C FARES: The Round 1 will be $15 45, with corres other points. DATES OF SALE: Febi for trains scheduled to rea fore noon of March 4, 1915 FINAL LIMIT: Tickets original starting point ret March 10, 1913, with privi original starting point reti April 10, 1913, by deposit i ardson, Special Agent, Te ton, D. C, not later than r and upon payment of fee < For reservation, or any with Agent, or T. C. White, Gen. Pass. Agent. Wilmingti i YALE MOT I have on tli and a single < model, which soon. Don t c come in and s models. It wi interest to in YALE before Mower's i A f\f\ C\A j X TV/VV* 1 MMiiBHBnMBBnBMMnMMnHMaMnnnavwr:Q Wknl To you who of fine cigars rail rvr> AnnP ( the wholesale gar and tobac< berry, S. C. $15.45 to Inauguration Washington. Via A. C. L. R. R. Fares: The round trip fare from Newberry will be $15.45, with correspondingly low fares from other points. Dates of Sale: February 28, March 1, 2 and 3 for trains scheduled to reach Washington, D. C\, before noon of March 4, 1913. Final Limit: Tickets will be limited to reach original starting point returning before midnight of March 10, 1913, with privilege of extension to reach original starting point returning before midnight of April 10, 1913, by deposit of ticket with Joseph Rich ardson, special agent, Terminal Station, Washington, D. C., not later than midnight of March 8, 1913, and upon payment of fee of $1 at time of deposit. For reservation, or any information, communicate with agent, or T. C. White. General Passenger Agent, Wil inington, X. C.; or W. J. Craig, Passenger Traffic Manager, Wilmington, X. C. J >.45 I in?Wilson ton, D. C. L. R. R. 'rip P are from Newberry pondingly low Fares from ruary 28, March 1,2 and 3, ,ch Washington, D. C., beI * will be limited to reach * ;urning before midnight of lege of extension to reach irning before midnight of of ticket with Joseph Richirminal Station, Washingnidnight of March 8, 1913, Df $1.00 at time of deposit, information, communicate ? - 1 W. J. Craig, Pass. Traf. Mgr., on, N. C. QRCYCLESv I < ? A te road a twin :ylinder 1913 should arrive f >uy until you ee these two 11 be to your vestigate the you buy. Garage V1AIN ST. I J detail Tobacco i are in need arm tnKarrn ). Ruff & Co., and retail ci:o store, Newi ! i NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR ALDERMAN OF WARD I OF THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held at the Council Cham- ' ber, in the o^era house, Newberry, S. ., on Tuesday, March 18, 1913, fbr ; Alderman 01 wara i 01 saia icwn, 10 fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alderman W. H. Shelley. The , polls will be open at 8 o'clock a. m. i and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., and the .managers of election will be Hiram G. Speers, E. P. Bradley and J. W. * i S Coppock. .... M Proof of certificate of registration J9 from the board of registration for the S last municipal election and of residence in the ward will be necessary j iu triilitic uiic iu *vic iul tiiitj ci^vuuma. By order of the Town Council of the fl I Town of Newberry, S. C., <?n the 27th ! dflv of February. 1913. I ~ "" Z. F. fright, ! J. R. Scurry, Mayor. Clerk and Treasurer. td-ei-. a