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Entered at the Postoffice k'~wr r* _ 1 i _ _ _ i_i. -trvy, ?>. c., as 2-xi ciass matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, March 21, 1913. # There seems to be trouble in the offomik at thp Confederate sol iiviai iauiiij w*v v-v ? diers' home. Judge Prince recommended that the grand jury visit the schools of the county. A fine recommendation; in some counties the grand jury appoints a committee to go with the county nf pdnratiori on a tour Dupci iuiviiuvn^ Vi _ - of inspection of all the schools. And why shouldn't they do it? It would be a good thing for the schools to have more interest taken in them. Judge Prince also recommended that the grand jury take a census of all the white children of the county of a cm Tvhn are not in school, and cv^uvvi uqv ?? ? make report of them in their final presentment. As county superintendent of education, we undertook to get this information through the trustees last year, but failed. No use to take the negroes, for they are all in school. Don't forget to use the split log drag before you begin hauling your fertilizer. It will save your teams and save ! | you time to fix the roads and the split log drag properly used is a great and cheap fixer. Judge Prince's charge to the grand I jury touching the educational ques-l tion is a classic. We have beard the remark that it "was all right, but would fit better at an educational convention than in a "'"""a to fhp errand iury. That is J yuox vv VM v Q ?r w just the mistake some otherwise good meaning people make. i *r - 'Before a meeting of educators he would not reach the people who need >>o roaohofi "Reform a grand jury he! W L?V/ A VMVMV?*t _ _ W reaches, at least, a portion of the citizenship who need to be waked up. There are many reforms and improvements needed in our educational system, but you can't get them until you arouse the people, and the man who first does the arousing, will have to j step aside for some one else to reap; the benefit of his work. !, I But if he awakes them he should go j down in history as a benefactor of his J community or county or State. The rural school problem is the biggest problem today before the peo- j pie. There is a better time ahead for ! the rural school if the problem is wise-! ly and judiciously handled. i We need to create rural commu-; nity centres with the school house as! n J ?.;n ] the centre, wnen mis is aunt; vuu ?m . \ see better times ahead for the rural, sections of our State. Gov. Bl-ase is right in his observa-; tions on Newberry. What Xewberrv j needs is the get-together spirit put1 in action. One can form the habit of j complaining as to oneself and you j have, no doubt, seen people who never I feel well, it matters not how robust i i in health they may be. The same is true of a community. You can form the knocking habit, and v;e fear that this habit is too strongly developed by the people of Xewberry. I It is just as easy, and a great deal i more pleasant, to say something pleas- j ant about your town and your own people. Try it. Pruning Fruit Trees. Prufiing is a necessity where best results are to be expected from fruit trees. A tree can be given all the attention possible relative to cultiva Hon ana remnzaiion, dui uniess it is judiciously pruned the branches will become thick, weaken ana die. These become the harboring places for insects and fungous diseases which prey upon the tree and fruit. Even if the branches do not die, they becomes so thick that the sunlight and air are excluded to such an extent that the fruit is inferior in size, color and quality. Well pruned, low headed trees, having the bearing wood well distributed, and being stout and stocky, are able to bear and hold up crops of fruit. They also facilitate spraying, thinning and harvesting. I ' : ^ illi Wk | - i J' /' // . . .W/''" /, / Y'/'' 'y ' J. A. COI His Greater Minstrels Will De seen ai They are also by far more ornamental in appearance than the awkard, longlimbed unpruned trees. Pruning is necessary, therefore, where the best trees and first class fruit are desired. rn? nn4-ic<fQ/<trirTr TOflmltS 1U get LliC ixiwai. sauciavvui J pruning should be done every year. By annually heading back and thinning out the small branches during the early life of the tree and removing a dead branch here and a stray limb there, in after years the tree can be kept in good healthy fruiting con dition, and it will never be necessary | to cut out large limbs or unbalance the tree by very heavy pruning. Pruning should consist more in directing the growth each year than by checking it by one heavy pruning which is < to make up for years of neglect. If i a tree is properly directed, and shaped : when young, it will never be necessary to cut out many branches or i large limbs in later years. Pruning should commence when the tree is planted. When the tree is planted, cut back the dead and broken roots to good living vood, leave a clean, smooth cut. The young tree should be pruned back to the height the head of the tree is to be formed, which height should be consistent with the methods of cultivation. I on rrcrr\C f 1 d tn 15 inr>ViPQ fnr the I >Y U U 1 U JL. \J tV AW AAAViAVW ? peach and 24 to 30 inches for the apple and pear, perhaps lower in the case of the varieties of ]>ears commonly grown in the South. If the young tree is whip-like, the side buds may be allowed to form leaves the first season to cause it to become stout and stocky. If it is stocky enough, all the buds may be rubbed off as they start, except those intended to form the main branches of the tree. It is a common fault to start a tree with too many main branches, which afterward crowd each oth^r to such an extent that it becomes necessary to cut out large limbs. Three or four main limbs, if properly placed, are enough for any fruit tree. The main inmbs should be well arranged around the tree and at slightly different heights on the main axis. After the first season's growth, all branches, except those just mentioned, should be cut away, and these should be headed back about a half. The annual pruning afterwards will consist large- j ly in heading back the previous season's growth and keeping the head + V* ^ ?-? 'n r\ /J nnf r\ + Vi r* nrvrio-V?f or ATTi r> cr i CXIllXXl^VI V/L4C. vyxi. Li \J 1 X ?-> 11 C 51 V illfc, 1 trees, such as the Keiffer pear, prune ! to a bud point outward so as to cause the head to spread. When the tree begins to bear full crops of fruit, it will not bear a surplus amount of wood, hence very little pruning will be necessary, except in the case of the peach tree. This shoud be thinned | out and headed back even after it is bearing full crops of fruit. Pruning is best done when the trees are dormant, preferably in the spring just before the bud starts. Grape vines, however, (particularly the Rotundifolia type,) should be pruned in the fall. It sometimes becomes necessary to renovate old trees which have become j choked with water sprouts and dead | limbs. The reclaiming process should ; take two or three years, depending j upon the condition of the tree. The ; first year most of the water sprouts,! all of the dead limbs, and a few of the worst offending branches should be r. 3URN. the Opera House Saturday, March 22. removed. The second year, more of the nnnoooccQrv limlio mav ho tnton nut UilJLl^WUCUl T JL A 1-i-l K/O WV W14.A&.V>AA V 14 V. \ The third year, the operation may be completed. In removing large limbs, as well as in cutting smaller branches, always make a smooth, close cut so that no stub is left. The stub dies and rots out, leaving a hole. These conditions will eventually cause the decay of the heart of the tree. The larger wounds should be given a coating of some ordinary paint. This excludes the rain and preserves the wood until the wound is entirely healed. m-L 1 i.^^1 _ ~ liie utJBt pruning LUUIS me a. guuu sharp saw, the narrow type, and sharp hand shears/' A sharp knife can some times be used to advantage. Of all pruning tools, the ones above mentioned will be found most convenient for all purposes. Remember the axe is never a pruning tcol. 0. M. Clark, Asistant Horticulturist. A Key-Stone comedy is a sure cure for the blues. They are at Arcade every wfj^k, with FrecL Mace, Mabel N'orman in the leafl. Church of the Redeemer. (Rev: Edw. Fulenwider, Pastor). Nothing preventing, the following < will be the program of Easter ser- ' vices at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer next Sunday: 6.30 a. m.?Matin service and communion. This early service is very intoroetinor o n/1 7 f sriiriri or | uoLiii^ cmv* ' V ***0' 11 a. m.?The regular morning service and communion. At this service there will be confirmation and reading of letters of transfer. Those whose letters are to be read ar*5 requested to be present if possible. Specijt; Easter music has been prepared for thcorvipps 4 p. m.?Sunday school meets. At the close of the Sunday school there will be a meeting of aM the teachers and officers of the school. Some important matters relative to the school will be discussed at the meeting. A cordial invitation to all the services is extended the public. "The Lure of the Violen," a Broncho, in three reels, a greater pic ture than "Custus I^ast Fight,'' at Arcade, Saturday. Makes Home Baking Easy j W ^ mm MtfllllS POWDER Absolutely Pure i The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM.NS LIME PHSSPSIATE , AW can oi'fVr nothing better than "The Lur- of the iVolen," in three reels. Arcade, Saturday. Why Many Men Begin to Drink. In the "Home Problems" department of the March Woman's Home Companion appears the following letter: "My husband works very hard, leaves home early, and comes back late. I have little of his company, as he is to tired at night to do much more than take supper, throw himself upon a lounge, and sleep till bedtime. Recently he has fallen into the habit of drink, and I am utterly disheartened." The editor of the department makes the following reply: "If ever you needed courage- and resolution you need them now. You must try to bear patiently with your husband when he is weary, and help him to make a brave fight against the temptation that has attacked him. Send him away in the morning after a cheerful meal, and prepare a good supper for him, with the best coffee you can make, so that he may be rein forced in vitality in tne evening, uu not scold or complain, but set your face firmly against the formation of the liquor habit. 0*3e established, it may chain him and make him a slave. In the beginning, your love may be his sheet-anchor. If he could get other work, or your place of abode could be changed so that he would . pass through other streets on his way home, the situation might improve. Whatever you do, hold on to love and faith." His Epitaph. A lesson his exit is giving? Let it not challenge your smiles: He climbed to the high cost of living ? _ , f-ii j. 4.,. ?t ana ieu iweui; iiiiicd; ?Frank L. Stanton. PEOPLE SHOULD GUARD AGAINST APPENDICITIS Newberry people who have stomach and bowel trouble should guard against appenditis by takihg simple DUCKtnorn DarK, glycerine, cuu., ao compounded in Alder-i-ka, the German appendicitis remedy. A SINGLE DOSE relieves sour stomach, gas on the stomach and constipation INSTANTLY because this simple mixture antisepticizes the digestive organs and draws off the impurities. W. G. Mayes, Druggist. t_J NOTICE OF ELECTION. Whereas, one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of 21 pears, of Jolly Street School District No. 33, of Newberry County, State of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, pe titioning and requesting that an elec- j tion be held in said school district on > the question of levying a special annual tax of four mills to be collected on the property located in said School District. Now, tnereiore, ine unuersigueu, composing the County Board of EduOpera Hous J.A.COBUJ ca-rtEjaLTE IVIIIlBill PRESENTING AN ALL COMPANY. COMPLET PROGRAMME. See the ELECTRIC SCENIC SPB PALACE * GOLDEN DRi AND ALL THAT IS NEW IN M THE GOFLE-A/Xr FUN SH FEATURING THAT fiUlDI EC DROLL COMEDIAN WHWHUM And the SPARKLING Sweetest Singers th^lates T?. , SPLENDID 1 in Minstrelsy startling Daily STREET PARADE & BAN! Advance Sale 25c, I V P H Am\av iu ii? miuvi Spring F( Spring's Here! The Robins, tl and opening flo and fresh styles ii i i wear?one and aJ of Spring. We're showing of Women's Shoe coming Spring an To the Woman in choice Footwej Come to Sc High or Low cut styles productions. Shoes for the Street or Oxfords, Ribbon Ties, I nial styles with Tie or Bin Evervthinsr that's new a ** w Women' $1.25 $1.50 We'll take the greatest Spring creations with no 1 malrck a ?a!p. Aiiunv M R. H. ANDEJ Newben I cation for Newberry County, South Carolina, do hereby onifcr the Board nt ooi/i cni/i S'ohnol Dis- i U1 X i I13LCCO U1 OU1U UV..U ~ ~ trict No. 33 (Jolly Street School District) to hold an election on the said questio of levying a 4-mill tax to be collected on the property located in the said School District, which said election shall be held at Jolly Street School House, in the said School District No. 33, on Tuesday, April 8, 1013, at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock in the forenoon and closed at 4 o'clock in the afterrmnn The member* of the Board of Trustees of said-School District shall' act as managers of said election. Only such electors as reside in said School District and return real or personal e, Saturday, p I jj, iJETL. | VI OBB B ID WHITE ! < 8 NEW au I Beautiful ctacle Entire THE BEAUTIFUL ..NEW I ifc^#KtLbY The ov Fi > I!. MH8 Clever Con i COMEDY cities it music 5m MHUNQ IK0VBLT1ES DAILY ) concerts andSTI at Gilder & W 50c, 75c and $ ^ ^.? . iL,..-r. iu .1?Lr*igrm ^mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm '??ah &r A C I omivxvu. e >otWaer! le bursting buds wers, our smart n Women's Foot11 11 are messengers j a brilliant display ! fashions for the id Summer. , who is interested ir, we say, ie the Best! ? in the Season's smartest for Dress. ^lmps and the new Colockle. O *1 AM fl/* LIIU auuiciiui^, s Shoes to $3.48 pleasure in showing the :hought of attempting to Hi CO, y, S. C. 4 < property for taxation, and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections, shall be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the levying* of the? said tax shall cast a ballot contain ing the word "yes" printed or -writ- ' ten thereon, and each elector opposed to such levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "no" written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seal 01* March 19, 1913. E. H. Aull, E. 0. Counts, J. S. Wheeler, County Board of Education for Newberry County, South Carolina. 3-20-ltaw-zt. * V March 22nd MldR! I VWfVMl V IE ATER f.WHff.5 iBlilllV A WHITE COMPANY. ^ r New Programme. ^ ELECTRIC FIRST PART 1 ID ALL THAT IS W MTWfiTPPT RV 11 HUM A JLUAJliM&x >Great Big I [ SHOW. ledlans, Startling Nov* and Minstrelsy's 'cexesx oiDgen* BAND CONCERT FLEET PARADE. reeks. Prices: ^ 1.00 li i. cj I I ' M i 3