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The Herald and News Entered at the Postoffice -?+ V'*nvtenr, S. C., as 2?d class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, July 18, 1913. \ In speaking of the condition of Rosemont cemetery we had no idea of placing the blame at the door of the trustees, because we think the blame attaches alike to all who have loved ones buried there, and to the citizens of the community who have none, because it is a place in which we all -1 .,1 j should sthow an interest, mere suuuiu , be some sort of organization, how- j ever, to look after the general appearance of the grounds. Each .lot owner should look after his own lot, but there are things over there besides the Jots whicih should have the attention of some one. The walks and j drive ways, for instance. One can j scaicely drive in and out of the place. We do not know what authority the trustees have, but if some one would take the matter in hand we teei sat- j isfied that those who have interests there would only too willingly contribute sufficient funds to make decent drive ways in and out of the grounds. We don't even know who the trustees are. Somebody start a movement to j do something. ? Dr. James P. Kinard, who has been professor of English at Winthrop since the college was founded, has been elected to tne cnair 01 n,ngusu at the Citadel Academy. If he wants it, and we presume lie does, we are glad he has gotten it, but some'how we believe we would rather teach girls than boys, and besides, we know we would rather be instrumental in making teachers for the country schools than in turning out soldiers. Dr. Kinard is .from Newberry and an alumnus of the Citadel and maybe he feels like he wants to go back home. We all ihave that feeling as we grow older. He is a fine teacher and an accomplished scholar and educator, and will be a strong addition to the faculty of any college. We hope all the people from Newberry who go to Columbia will take a look at some of the playgrounds which have been provided for the children. We are satisfied that every one ^'ho will will come back home in favor of building a park. We could then have the playgrounds. It would cost very little and we are satisfied that every one who would contribute would feel amply repaid for the small outlay in the satisfaction of seeing the children enjoying themselves, and j besides in a park the grown ups could also enjoy themselves. Why not start the park now. Secretary of State Bryan says he can't live in Washington on $12,000 a year. He may toe including in tlhat the ten thousand he ihad been putting aside for _a. rainy day. With his sim-i pie habits and no wine and cigars at j his entertainments it seems that he might get on reasonably well on the salary. It is a fact, however, that the salary of cabinet officers is out of proportion to the salary of the president. The president has a mansion and many other perquisites furnished by I ;he government, and gets fifty thous- j and and a good allowance for travel- j :ng expenses, whereas, the cabinet of- j ncers on a meagre t.\velve thousand j i have to pay house rent and all the other incidentals, including traveling expenses, out of the salary. They should get twenty-five thousand, just half the amount paid the president. And yet there are people living and rearing large families who do not handle in a life time that much mon ey. Everybody agrees that a good road is worth having. Since that is true, :he vote for good roads in eastern North Carolina ought to be unani.nous.?Wilmington Star. Unfortunately what ought to be doesn't always be. Everybody favors good roads, but somehow they seem to have an idea that the thing ought ; J j to be without paying for it. We have come to the conclusion that first you must create the sentiment in favor of good roads and along with it instill the idea that what it worth having costs money. Suppose we make an effort?a uniti a/j rpvivp thp e'nnri rnads tvi CiiVi V 1.U * v ' * ' v ~~ spirit and get the people to use t'Je split log drag. It is simple and inexpensive and a great road preserver. ?'Newberry Herald and News. Second the motion!?Rock Hill Herald. What we want is to get the people to second the motion, and the country press can be of great senvice in creating that sentiment. It takes a long time and a great deal of patience, but keeping everlastingly at it will certainly bring success. ??????? - i Our tenderest sympathies go out to | Col. August Kohn and children in the j sudden bereavement which has corn* j to them in the taking away of the wife \ and mother. It has been our pleasure to know | Mrs. Kohn for quite a number of ; years and to be in her home on sev- j uro 1 n/ifiaciAnc a olwaVc fmirid h PT i UX VVVU OiUliiJ. ? ? V/ C*.* ?? J \J *.w UMU MV* a sensible and sympathetic wife and mother and a true friend. Death is sad , at all times, but it seems to be more j terrible when it comes so suddenly. j Mrs. Kohn was present at the recent j meeting of the State Press association, i I and was bright and cheerful and seemed to be in the best of health. i j e> <?> $> 0 $ | ? I <S> THE IDLEK. $ j -* ^ i !We all butt in wher we have no business, and some dare even to walk where angels fear to tread, and with the liability of butting in where I have no business, I am going to take the chances of making a suggestion or two. Really, t^e fact is, it is none of my business, and it makes very j little difference to me whether my suggestion is even considered long enough to read these few scattering words, still I am going to have the satisfaction of having said what I want to say, and the consequences may take care of themselves, because tn mo norcnnallv if maVps not n "whit of difference. Well, I walked down by the postofRce the other day, and took ' \ look up towards where Mayor Wright is erecting that handsome mansion, and every one in town ought to be proud to see the beautiful home " going up, even If the young mayor does not immediately seture a caretaker < for it. What I wanted to say is to call attention to the result to the fellow who hid his light under a j bushel, and to the other fellow who buried his one talent for fear he would lose it. Now, my suggestion is that 'Mayor .Wrignt should do something to that portion of Friend street leading up to this handsome residence, so that it might be seen, and then this Is. too handsome a piece of work to front on such a miserable looking thing as Chat in front of It, and sometimes called?incorrectly?a street. Do it now. Fix it now. There is no time like the present. Fact is, it is the only time you have. Put down a cement sidewalk. Pave the street all , the way down to Main. It should be done now. I am willing to pay my ~ 4../-.* puruou ui luc uaA ivi" me wui& juau for the satisfaction of looking at a decent street and sidewalk when I go to the postoffice. That is a prettynice job on Friend street. Let the : good work be kept up. Permanent , work is the tJhing for the streets as well as the public roads. It is the only kind of work worth wihile. ?o? ' I was just thinking the other day, though it was very hot to think, still, | some times I do try make my old ;; mind work a little?well, was just thinking, as I said., and trying to make ! a fair-illation, t'honsh I never was! crazy about mathematics and calcu- \ lations, still, as I was saying, I was thinking and making a calculation on the amount this town was spending in trying to keep up the streets, and my thinking and my calculations led < me to the inevitable conclusion that if the money wasted during the last < ten years had been put in peramnent streets, * under intelligent direction, we would today have to be extending : the city limits to find streets to pave, j and the maintenance would have been < reduced to the minimum, but it is aw- i fnl hard to make r>?oDle see things, i especially when they are nearsighted. ! There will be an awaxening some day, and if some of my young friends would 1 just keep a scrap book on what I am ] saying they could draw that out and ] say, The Idler told you so way back ] yonder. But what's the use- The 1 ? %A V1" people who have money and property ! care nofcing about these things, and J will take no interest in them. And ' Wihy should I, who have neither prop- ! erty nor anything else worth while in j this community, except a long life; spent here in the service of the pub- J Hc for which tie public is ungrateful, i But I am a great believer in the com-1 pensaticn of nature, and it will all j come out right some day, and the peo-1 pie will be made to see things as they are. I have been watching with a great j deal of interest, and, f must admit, j a modicum of curiosity, the result of I the pron\ise which the editor says 'he has from Mr. C. E. Summer to call a mooting of the automobile owners of the county to form an association for the improvement of the public roads. I have not seen the call yet. If the two hundred auto owners of Newber-; ry county would get together in an j organization there is no telling the, amount of good tney couia accompnsn ! in a short time, and it would cost each one a mere song in comparison j to results. It seemed to me to be ! quite a distinguished honor to be called upon to lead in a movement fraught. with so many possibilities for constructive work. Why wait? Why not do it now? J You know, somehow, it always did Ake me tired to wait to do things tha ought to be done now, | and could beldone now mucu easier ' than at any olaer time. Just to think what a great benefactor to his fellows, as weil .as to himself, any one could be whofkvould take bold of and lead a moivemlpt to improve the roads | of the countyfkand to create a good } roads spirit ar?ng the people There is more honor In it than to be governor or United States senator. Think of it seriouslyijust for one moment. I guess Mr. Su?mer 'has got the wait- j ing spirit and will soon make a move. To wake up the people is a great job, but when once* you do it in a good cause you become a real benefactor j and it is "worth more Chan to accumu- I Into a fnminp IUWV V* A.VA WU*iV? I I I tell you tha old court house looks like a peach?IRielie^e that is the ex- . pression they ule when they speak of j a beautiful girlf-weH, it is fine look- j ing and that flower bed at the en-1 trance to the rest room is also a; beauty. You know, toe rest room is, I a great thing f<jr the country people i and for the town people as well. I' advocated a rest room for many j moons before one was established i here. Of course, every one has forgotten that now, but like all leaders the fellow who starts, the movement never gets credit, but it is a satisfac- j tion to see his dreams in real life and action. So it will be some day witto j many other things I am advocating. j The dreamer is a pio>rer. T am a dreamer. And I dream good dreams.; The Idler. <$><$><$><$><?><8>3><$>$><S><S><$><?> <$><$> <$> <$> <$> < > < > SUNDAY SCHOOL NORMAL. <$> | <s> <?>! <$><$>$>$><$><$><?>$>$><$><$<$><$><$<$><&<$> iNext Monday evening at :he college the Soutn Carolina Sunday school normal begins its sessions which are to last until Thursday at noon. For weeks past the slogan among the Sunday school officers and teachers has been, "Meet me on the campus of New- ! berry college." And these earnest workers are about to come together to take counsel with each other how to do tfoe work of teaching in the Sunday school to the best advantage. The normal is not a convention. It is a school organized with classes for study, meeting in the several class rooms of Holland hall at regular in tervals. As soon as tine visitors arrive, they will register their names and the courses of study they wish to pursue. And beginning at nine o'clock the classes will meet regularly until ' Thursday. Chapel exercises will be j held at 8.45. Half nour lesson per-: iods begin at nine o'clock and contiEue until two, when'the normal adjourns for dinner. The afternoon is j given to recreation and games. At j six o'clock, an open air conference is held on the lawn, and at seven vesper services are ccnuuctea. jviier supper, which, with all other meals, is served I at the boarding hall for a nominal fee, j the normal assembles for a lecture of popular nature by well known speakers. The curriculum of the normal includes a course in junior and primary work. It offers a course in Sunday school pedagogy, or the laws of teadh- 1 ing. Practical demonstrations will fte given. A course in Bible history is : one of the features. Missions is a 1 - ? * _1 _ J A 3 . J _ I suDject aiso inciuueu. auu perious are 1 set apart for the study and practice of < Sunday school music. The faculty includes such -well 1 < snown Sunday school workers as Rev. : E. C. Cronk, D. D., Columbia, S. C.; 1 Rev. C. E. Weltner, D. D., and Mrs. C. I E. Weltner, Columbia, S. C.; Mrs. W. 1 ?. PugTn, Florence, S. C., and Rev. H. e i A. McCullough, Columbia. S. C. Besides these, Rev. R. L. Patterson, secretary of the board of home missions, Charlotte, X. C., will lecture on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday evening, Professor J. G. Clinkscales, of Spartanburg, will deliver a popular lecture. Representatives of ninetv-seven Sunday schools of ttie State are expected, three being allowed to each. Only those who are engagd in such work or expect to do Sunday school work and wish training for it are expected to enrol. NevfeTtlieless a large number of people will visit Newberry at this time to enjoy some of the lectures and the music. The orchestra of St. Lukes church, Columbia, will attend all tfce assembly meetings. On Monday night a reception will be given the students of the norma!, on the college campus. A number of the townspeople have been invited to be presort and help entertain the visitors. Most of the students will be lodged ic the college dormitory and home near the campus. The program offers a feast of good things, and wftile it means a good deal of work for such hot weather, it is expected that under such pleasant surroundings as the college building and ca:npus afford, large and permononr rojnlto will o/?r>rilA tfl fhp iljan^uv a v-?;u*Ukj tf uvv* MV WW . Sunday schools of the State. I <S> Nj> <S> A FAMILY BEUMON. * <e> <e>! <5>^><?><^<^^<e><S>^><S><^<S><S'^><$><$><$>! That many old people do not receive the consideration at the hands 1 of their children and grandchildren that they ought to receive is a fact' too frequently observed, and that it takes but little ) make their hearts rejoice is a fact easily admitted. How- j J 1 -1-3 1 ~ ^ I ever mere are sunie uiu wuu < are remembered very Kindly by their j children and other relatives. Uncle Ben Miller and /his good wife are certainly in this class. Last Saturday, July 12th, about 10.30, a host of people began pouring in the town of Little Mountain making their way to the home of Mr. Miller. Uncle Ben and his wife were taken on surprise, not having heard of the happy surprise in store for them. Those constituting and attending this happy occasion were as follows: Five children, twenty-three grandchildren, five great-, grandchildren, two sons-in-law, two j Iqitt tVi/a Viiichart?4 nf tVirPo i LLCl U5U IC1 O- 1JLI xan j tuu UUWVUMU V*. bM? wV granddaughters and nine visit,ors, not related to the family. Rev. Long and family were present j and with the others enjoyed the hap-1 py occasion. A table was built in the front yard i and the rich and bountiful contents of; the many baskets were placed thereon j and heartily enjoyed Dy all. It was I a rich dinner and one noted, not only j for its bounty, but also for its variety, j Some beautiful presnt we re given to j Mrs. Miller which, of course, were | - greatly appreciated. Late in the afternoon the crowd disbursed with glad and happy hearts because of the occasion just observed and enjoyed. Many more just such reunions should be held. It is the duty of children who have been blessed with honorable parentage, to be very kind to and considrate of their parents and j especially in their old and declining days. We hope Uncle Ben and his good wife and their large family will have other such reunions. Jno. J. Long. RENO'S DIVORCE COLONY. Vivaria's New Law Expected to Lead to its Withdrawal. Reno Letter to the Brooklyn Eagle. No more will incoming trains dump divorce colonists and carloads of trunks at the Reno depot, for the familiar song, "I'm on my way to Reno" j has been shelved by the action of the ' last legislature, when it dealt the j knockout blow, after several roundsj of a bitter*y fought contest, in its; ultimatum that no divorce proceedings / shall be instituted in the State of XeAaJ-i under th* existing six-months' residerc-c law. aft:r December 31 next, thereby limiting the time in which Dewccn.ris could begin such residence ptiiod to Ji-re 30. Any divorce seeker arming here on and after a six-mcnths' residence until January 1 next, upcv which date the new law. requiring one year's resitknce before institution of such action becomes Bftective, which fact eliminates the one vital feature of inducement to so many to come here aud take advantage of the short residence requirement. It is reasonably concluded that with ? x 1? ?j. T Dther States nearer me -c.asi uctvuig i sirai'ar residence requirement, al:hough.not providing for as many grounds for divorce as Nevada, and vith. two other States requiring but i iix-months' residence tbe rush to this ] r Are You Coir iNext ?a i I i You can secure ti< tiful 42-piece Din o'clock Satur At which time numbers i der of lucky number will h only 10 cents. If you already have ticke them at the time mentioned haps it would pay you to g Perhaps you need sometl Glasses, Freezers, Fruit Jai [ elware or Notions. If so, w< You may get t to b( Robinsons r .1 f* tyerytmng every in State and its notable divorce court j activity csased last midnight. By 1914 the unique Reno divorce colony will! have passed into history. Fully 700 men and women, or about 5 per cent of the entire population of Reno now constitute the colony of JXT/\+ ' O Afirtf temporary resiueuLs. ixjLj* yci of them ever remain here more than a few days after securing their decrees. . ^ During the past month, and especially last week, the throng of newcomers has experienced great difficulty in securing apartments. All the hotels are crowded, as are the desirable rooming houses. Available cottages are almost as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth. In many cottages, from four to six divorcees are living. Some private boarding places are housing as many as ten of the fair sex. There are now scores of so-called "divorcees nests" here. Every train the past week hr>.s unloaded r.pw 'arrivals, the prepon 1 w.acp of men and very ;-c women, seemingly well +o do and fashionable, being notiealble. The proportion of men to women has increased largely. Baby cariages and bull nuDs are Dlaying conspicuous parts as never before. There is life and action day and night. Saddle horses are working overtime; the river, a turbulent mountain stream, running directly through the centre of the city, and alive with mountain trout, presents daily scenes of big catches of the speckled beauties; joy riding is doing a land-office business, w'bile the cafes and nearby resorts resound with the popping of corks, merriment and music?a veritable scene of wine, women and song, such as even Reno has never before wnnessea. Over in the new $160,000 court house j within view of all these festivities, the i divorce mill keeps up its silent and j unceasng grinding, and the elated divorcee having just secured his much- ; sought decree, opens a bottle or sev- J eral bottles with friends and a newcomer in celebration of the joyous event. And so, from present indications, 1913 is to witness the exit of Reno's j divorce colony, to which no more members can reasonably expect to De j Ridded. Elsewhere throughout the; State, the comparatively few colonists ; are keeping within their shell of ob-1 scurity in some measure, pocketing j their decrees and hiking away as se- i cretly as they endeavored unsuccess- i fully to come. Double His Assessment, "Would you," inquires the Greenwood Journal, "give the deaf man a verdict, if you were on the jury, who is suine for damages because he al leges that he is paying for preaching he can't hear?" Personally we'd be inclined to render a verdict after the fashion of the immortal Paddy Driver. As the story goes, a loyal henchman of the clan, ; named Danny, was arrested for an enthusiastic and successful assault upon an innocent third party. It was ] just before election, and Danny sent for his leader. The leader heard Dan- i ay's story and went to see Paddy Dri/ ling to Town ' turdayr | :kets on the beauiner Set up to 11 day morning inll Uo onrl fko knl> nr in uv ui u mi uiiu ?uv mw* ike away this $7.00 set for ^ - 1 ts be sure to send or bring J. If you have none, per'f CI OVUIVi ling in Ice Tea or Water s, Crockery, China, Ename can save you money and he Dinner Set i oot. 1 lut J1UIC lie for Everybody. j ver. J "Judge," he said, "I wish you'd he \ light on Danny. He's a good fellow,, and can help us a lot in the election." "Alright!" said Paddy. "I'll give him thirty days!" , "But that will keep him in jail over the election!' the leader protested. "H said Paddy, "I mean the ? t if piiUilUlii London Men All in Grey. Springfield Republican. The gney, tall hat was a popular thing is this country in the '70s, as many a reader will remember. He will g be interested in the fact that the gray J top hat has come to its own again in ^ London this summer. Such hats are regarded as "the thing" in the house of commons, and are to be seen in increasing numbers at all fashionable open-air gatherings, says a London special to the New York Herald. The gray "beaver" follows the latest style of the ordinary tall hat, but is made <ff felt with a gray silver band instead , of black silk. This is a revival of the- M old order of things, but it used to he ? the fashion here for young men to have wide, black bahds encircle their ^ gray hats. Cool and pleasing is the thought of London clad in gray nats and light gray morning coat and trqusers. The grav hat came as the 1 culmination of the gray suitings, thie crowning glory, as it we?*e. The top notch of London fashion adds gray spats, socks and ti5e to complete the picture.King George has adopted the tall gray hat, which was a favorite with i King Edward before and after he succeeded Queen Victoria. Back in 1878 two Springfield men ventured to carry I their gray, tall hats to England for J the comfort of them, but expected that 1 their headgear would mark them as Americans. It proved to be quite oth- 1 erwise, for the Prince of Wales had ' * * ' ? *- V> o f o i>asrvu<t. A maae tne xigui gmy tuy Uat ? _ ed commonplace in England. Perhaps by next year the men of this country ' will be found wearing once again tall gray hats, although the tendency of ^ automobiling to make caps and other \ slouch y head covering the popular thing may interfere with any such toning up of masculine bearing here. i Washing the Lettuce. To show that though she occupies a prominent place in the "smart set" of the town in which she lives, she is of a truly domestic nature, a i young woman of Cleveland pitched -* - 1?1 ? ^-iriKio-r in thp ah<?PT}pe in to ncip &cc _? of the cook wio was ill. The flurried housemaid, who was struggling with a refractory coffee machine, confessed to her mistress that she had forgotten to wash the lettuce. , "Never mind, Clara," said the young matron. "Don't get excited. Keep , right on with the coffee, and I'll wasih * the lettuce. Do you know where the cook keeps the soap?"?Boston Her- 1| aid. J High fertility is exceedingly 1m- m portant for cabbage. This crop must have an abundance of quickly available plant food. Application, of nitrate of soda usually pays.