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' The Herald and News ??? VOLUME LI., NUMBER S?. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31. 11)13. TWICE A WEEK. #!.*? \ > h <$> <S> THE IDLEK. <* <5i> <$> <?><$><$><?>$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><?><&<$ I have not written anything for a long time now, but I am tempted once more to appeal to the god of letters r nnri to trv mv hand out once again. I V -- _ b;came so thoroughly disgusted with my efforts?ino, not tuat?that is not what I mean?but 1 was so thoroughly disgusted, not with my efforts, because, if 1 do say it, my efforts were all right, but there was disgust somewhere. I reckon that is th. word I want :o use. Any way it is all right or it wouldn't be. 1 am tempted to write, because I am so amused a* Uie feeble effort of the editor of The Herald and News to set th: people of Newberry to do something. No, that is not the way I want to put it either, because the effort of the editor is all right. It is not that. I reckon you know what I am trying to say. What I am trying to say is, that I am amused that a man who has been in Newberry as many years as the editor of The Herald and News has, would make any sort of effort to get even thirteen men of this town together and try to get them rn -work for the sreneral welfare. And then, I am amused that he should try' to get them to see that the condi-" tion of Rosemont cemetery is a dis-' grace to the Christian citizenship of this community, if lie succeeds in either one of these callings, though they are worthy the most patriotic N efforts, then I am going to put in a hurry call for a flying machine and try to make my way to the world celestial, for I will be sure that ihe millennium is nsar at hand and that soon Gabriel will toot his horn and the i.t~ ?:n ~ i;1t~ ~ earui win uc JVIICU uy a atiyu. I And time will be no more, yea. no more. Now some of these old moss backs who hav.e nothing to do but stand around and find fault and knock and criticize their neighbors?that is, if rhev have any neighbors in the true sense of neighbor?are going to De , ready to say that I am knocking. Not so, I am only speaking a plain truth and I am saying it right out and not whispering it and shrugging my shoulders and saying bah and all that sort of innuendo. They will come along and say with an awful look and wink and ohrnft- uOh T qm sn snrrv fnr that poor fellow. It is too bad. He has my sympathy." Aftd then they will proceed to tell you some awful thing about him or her that you have never heard before and there may be no word of truth in it, yet they sympathize so with him, and all the time knocking him for all they are worth. Then they will tell you to read Pollyanna. So you can be glad, I reckon, that some poor fellow is in troubl?. ?o? 1 have wasted a barrel of ink, wore out two typewriters and used up a gross of good ten cent pencils trying to get these people to do something fnr tho cron.cral welfare and all to rio JLVi CUV JjVAl ^ * M A. t wj vkuvt avail, Now 1 have quit. I don't give a hurrah whether they get together or not. In fact, I have about come to the conclusion that it is better that every one should stay just as far a ?^ ^ V/> ^nrtnr v? +V> Ar? Af pari as iitr uan. .uaug* i mtn ui catching the contagion. What's the use to fix up the cemetery? The people we have put there are dead. They !on't care. W can do them no harm by letting the driveways wash into ditches and the weeds may take the whole place. When we are put there it won't make any difference to us. Somebody said once something about a people without ruins are a people without memories and a people without memories are a people devoid cf those impulses or instincts or something like that that produce patriotism. We are going to show our patriotism by the ruins that surround the last resting place of our loved ones. Sp-* So it's all right, and who will dare to say aught to the cemetery. ?o? Get togetlipr'' No. who cares about getting together? We have got fourteen cents cotton and plenty of money j and we are looking out for no one. He is the fellow that is interesting to us. We have a poor conception sometimes of who our neighbor is, so wrapt up in our own noble and selfish selves do we become. Do you re^ member the answer of the Great Teacher to the question, "Who is my neighbor?" For fear you may have forgotten let me give it to you. "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his r:>irr>^nt, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. "And by chance there came down fa certain priest that way; and when j | h saw him, he passed on the other , | side. I "And likewise a Levite, when he was : j at the place, came and looked on him, J j and passed by on the other side. "But a certain Samaritan, as he' j journeyed, cam: where he was: and i when he saw him, he had compassion ' j on him, | "And went Io him, and bound up his I ; wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and ! set him on his beast, and brought i f i him to an inn, and took care of him. j I "And on the morrow when he depart- ' ! ed he took out two pence, and gave 1 thtin to the host, and said unto him, | Take care of him; and whatsoever , thou spendest more, when 1 come ! again, I will repay thee. "Which now | of these three, thinnest tnou, \\u& neighbor unto him that fell among thrives?"' i Answer that question for yourself. If you doubt this authority that I have quoted drop me a note and 1 will tell ! you what book it is in. Too many of i us are ready and willing to get together if we can see where we will be benefited directly, but we don't want to help our neignoor. mu reaily, Mr. Editor, when you get them, thirteen men in Newberry who are go' ing to stand shoulder to shoulder for , j the uplift and progress of this eom > ?i? " +r\ ho n arrl i munity, rno who m v hul u ^ I to utter a knock or say an unkind word I about their neighbors in any way; f shape or form, I want you to send me a photograph of them. I want to put it in my gallery. Hope you may succeed. More anon. , The Idler. I Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, pastor.) - I Nothing preventing, me ionowmg I will be the program of divine services | at the Lutheran church of the Redeem- j | er next Sunday. I 11.15?-The regular morning service. The pastor will preach the third in the ' series of sp-cial sermons on the gen- : ' i eral theme?"Some Prevailing Faults i i ->f the American Home." Tine subject i I next Sunday will be, "Some rrevanuis I Faults of Young Women." Christiani- j j ty has done more for woman than any j j other creature in the world. It has | lifted her from the position of slave , j to that of queen, and her influence for i | good or evil is unlimited. As some one ! | has truly said?"One of the most noj ticeable of the outward signs of Chris' tV,o liniinr nsnri to nan civui?cii.iuii to i.u& nunui ? , woman. In heathen lands baby girls are unwelcome, daughters are bartered away at the earliest possible ag?, : j.and wives are slaves. With us the i daughter is regarded as th= flower of I the family. That she may be well- j I dressed, accomplished and charming | is the ambition and pride of the en! tire household. This is as it should be. I Probably no other one influence makes so much for unselfishness and family honor as a chivalric devotion to the j women of the household.'' But even in ' Christian lands young women are exI posed to dangers and faults that may I ruin their influence Some of th^se along with some splendid virtues will be mentioned in the sermon. The effort will not be :o criticise but to help. ; There wiJl be good music. 7.30 p. m.?The e vening worship. The ! pastor will preach 011 the words?"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside tine still J waters; He r^storeth my soul." i 10.15 a. m.?The Sunday school | meets. The public is cordially invited to all the services. ? PATHETIC LETTER FKOJI 3EWHEKK1 I Gaffney Ledger, 28th. Pathetic in the extreme and at the same time deeply sympathetic is a letter which Mrs. D. R. Lavender has just received from a little girl at j Newberry. Before his death Mr. Lavender conducted a motion picture ; show in Newberry and here is what one littl lady wrote from there: "My Dear Mrs. Lavender: "I am one of the little Newberry ' girls who loved Mr. Lavender, and 1 was so sorry to hear of his death. He ' knew how the children of Xewb rry appreciated his kindnesses to them. but I wanted you to Know 11 too. we will miss his face at tie pic tire show ; so much! Had I known of his death in time I would have sent a little bunch of flowers for his grave. Tell all your family how much we sympathize with you and how sad we are I to think that we will not see our good friend in Newberry again, but i we will not forget him. "Your little friend. "Abbie M. GaiHurd." I A BRACK OF WOJIO THIEVES. Deputy Dorroh Brings in the Negresses With an Auto Full of Goods. Deputy Sheriff Wm. M. Dorroh go. on the track of some thefts and proceeded immediately to run tli m down, so on Tuesday afternoon he went to the Billy Hair's place abou. four miles from town on the edg of Xo. 6 township and after finding some stolen prop rty arrested one Ann Henderson, who had been working in the city for a month or so, lately at Mr. Taz Senn's. Gatht.ing in the stolen articles, filling the automobile with a large quantity of clothing, bed quilts etc., and bringing the woman with them h' came on to town. His prisoner implicated another woman, a Mat Counts, who was Mr. Henry West's cook. The deputy arrested her, as she had a good many similar articles. Altogether they made a pile. It seems tha- most of the things had been stolen from Mr. .Jno. R. Scurry's cook, when this cook was away last Sunday mgni a weeK ago, while it was raining. Teachers and People or the County to Meet, Making a special effort to talk to Xewberry county people, Miss Hite, president of the State Rural School Improvement association, will speak a: ten-thirty Saturday morning in Xewberry High School. Mr. Holloway's messag , Miss Hite's pleasing address, Miss Kibler's excellent music and Mr. Brown's announceme'.i:? are well worth hearing. We earnestly hope the teachers and pat rons will make as much effort as Miss Hite and attend. Newberry Was Easy Winner. Columbia Record, 29th. Playing new football from beginning to end, Newberry defeated the Presbyterian ccrileg of South Carolina M* the decisive score of 51 to 0. The boys from Clinton were outclassed from the beginning and it was evident a few minutes after the kick-off that they had no chance of victory. TVv^qv'c crcjmo hpfine fnnth?ll histnrv .1 VUUJ U J-5U iii v V - w v ?- ^ between the two institutions and a large 1 is chalked against the name of Newberry. The representatives of the Luth ran institution played at all time's a superior article of football and by their exhibition today broke into th class of South Carolina's big three?Carolina, Clemson and Citadel. Newberry Club Met. Columbia Record, 29th. The Newberry Coll ge Alumni association of Columbia gave an enthusiastic reception to the members and visitors last night in the dining rooms of the Imperial hotel. F. W. Capplemann of Columbia presided with grace and introduced the following speakers: Prof. G. P. Voigt, T. B. Graham, R. L. Thomas, coach of the Newberry college football team, Rev. J. H. Wil son, D. D., Rev. H. A. McCullough, president of the local association, Dr. C. L. Kibler, Prof. S. J. Derrick and J. Henry Harms, D. D., president of Xewberry college. The spirit oi' Hospitality ana reuowsmp inaiKeu nm meeting and the revival of interest in the welfare of the college was in evidence. The music was furnished by the Xewberry concert band from the veranda. of the hotel. The students gave a seri-.s of rousing cheers for Newm y and .lie evening's festivities came to an end. The occasion was a decided success, as there were present about 60 m mbers of the association. The Newberry and Clinton college teams arrived on the same train this morning, reaching the city during rhc early hours of the day. The teams were received wiui eveij' uiauuc^Lation of cordiality and enthusiasm by the respective supporters. The New- ! berry team was cxpeced last night, but at a late hour plans were j -l ,1 TVin V. lfhorrv cniiarl wa Q eilclllgCU. l UC * > ^ wv.1 A. J ?.***, taken in automobiles to the Y. M. C. j A., where the garb of battle was j donned by the members of the eleven, j The fooiball players w re given a ride about the city in automobiles and | a number of places of interest were ! pointed out to these whose knowledge ! of the capital city was meag r. ' The moleskin warriors attracted considerable atention while 011 the streets, as dressed in their padded armor they appeared grim and d ter.nined. The Williamson Co. Attention is called to the advertise- . ment in this issue of the Williamson Co. Their display of silverware and ! ' :t iliiss is attracting much attcn- 1 t'on. I QI'AIL SEASON WILL OPEN | ON THE loTH NEXT MONTH .Many Kestri<*tions Ami Regulations i . Placed Upon Sport ot Hunting. Huntsmen throughout South Caro! lina ;-re looking forward to the loth 'of the coming month, with considerable !*:? asi:iThis is the dat up' or wnich the s?:c\con opens, accordi 11to ti.State law, for hunting of the popular partridge, or as the Suite s'.iiutef i-eem to prefer :o call the bir 1 the quail. 1 There are n an> restrictions and : regulations p'aced upon the spori 1 of hunting, a'-/, all who are not familiar with these provisions of the ! State ?aw, v:q advised to get a copy | <?f tiic code of h.ws and learn wha: th y can and cannot <io?otherwise ' . they may fall unawares into the cln-.ciies cf the game wardens, and De namea ueiore a magisiraie. i The open season on deer, in this State begins on September 1, and continues until .January 1. On partridge and wild turkey, the open season commences on November 15, and continues until March 15th. The open spasnn fnr rinvps is now nn bavin or commenced on August 15. it will last until March 1. although th^re is a provision of the statutes which makes it unlawful for any person to cast abroad on any field or other land grain or other food, as bait for doves, for the purpose of hunting doves between March 15 and December 1. Hence th^ open season for baiting for doves j does not take effect until December 1, ( For woodcock, the open season commences September 1, continuing until .January 15; for willett, November 1 to March 1, for woodducks, September 1 to March 1, for grackle, October 1 to March 1. Violations of the close season are punishable by a fine of $10 for each bird killed. t Hunting Restrictions. i lAmong some of th? important provisions of the hunting laws, according to the code of 1912, no person is allowed to kill more than twenty-five partridges, twenty-five doves, nr two wild hirfcpvs during anv nno day of any one season. No person is allowed to hunt on th? lands of another without the owner's consent and it is unlawful for persons to hunt with fire in the nisht. tim-P. Tt is also unlawful for any person to trap partridges except on his own lands only by the special permission of the owners of other lands. Cleinson Agricultural College. ' Clemson college electrical students ! met th first part of this week and organized a branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the fnllnwinor nffir-prt; wprp plpftpri to .. W.vv. w ..w.w serve during the coining session: Mr. F. .1. .J-rvey, chairman; Mr. F. H. McDonald, secretary; Mr. H. H. Robinson, treasurer. The purpose of this organization is to give the electrical students here a broader view of their profession. and to keep th~m in touch with thine ; which are taking place along this particular line. Meetings of the society are held once a month and shbjecrs of technical nature are discussed at each me ting. 1 j The staff officers of the Clemson : Agricultural Journal are taking an unusual interest in the Journal this . year. Their purpose is to publish in each issue such information as will be i 'of practical b'-nefit to the farmers ; throughout the State and to malfe the 1 Journal co int for more than ir has i ever done in the past. The first pub lication will come out about the latter part of this month, and every farmer who wishes to keep in touch with agri- ! cultural chang s throughout the coun- ' try will find the .Journal a big help to them. All agricultural seniors were granted permits last Wednesday to attend Hit annual county fair at Pendleton. They found the exhibition very inter- '< esting and beneficial. 1 1 A good old saint once said. that < woman was the "organ of the devil," ] but he didn't mean to say that his ( was an excuse for grinding her. - ] The printed reports from Washing- , ton showing the high cost of living' only aggrevat' the case. Our own ! < experience is enough for us. 1 mem an who piajs uic ui um j makes no noise than anybody else, T but he doesn't load the band. There . is a moral to this. j , ( The combined values of extracts and ; spices made in Columbia is approxi- j , jintely $100,000 in the last 12 i I months. : DECLINES TO DIS(TSS SITl ATIO> Declares He Enjoyed Trip Both Ways ?Won't Talk About Mexican Affairs. Washington, October 2S.?President j Wilson returned to the capital to- | night at 10.30 o'clock from Mobile, Ala., and motored immediately to the White | House. He had nothing io say about Mexico. On account of the many phases of the situation that had arisen in his abs-nce, the president was unwilling to say until he had conferred with o her administration officials, what would be the next step by the United States. When asked if the United States would announce a new course of acHon to bring peace in Mexico, or allow the previous repudiation of last Sunday's election to stand as his fixed policy he said: "I am not discussing Mexico at present with anybody or making any comments on the situation there." Delighted with Reception. The president told his friends that he rarely had enjoyed a trip so much as he did his journey to and from Mobile. He go: such a spontaneous wel come everywhere en route that tonight he had a pair of weary hands, which had been pressed by thousands during the day as his train sped through North Carolina and Virginia. Once the president got off, stretched his legs and mounted the engine to see Engineer X. S. Hunter proudly exViiKif Viio lnrinmntivfi with its iHlriprl " 'J iVVViMW* ? V/ f! ir*t ?VD pi*^VV4 American eagle on its headlight. "Climb down backwards," admonished Engineer Hunter. "1 hate to back out of anything," laugh:d the president as iie descended. ------ - nreat Experience for Culpeper. The president nad given orders noi to have t'.ie train make any unnecessary stops, but it ran slowly through scores of villages wh:re big crowds cheered as they got a glimpse of the executive. The president, however, requested a stop at Culp per, Va.. the home of Dr. Gary T. Grayson, U. S. X., the pres:dent's physician and constant companion. Dt. Grayson said a through train had not stopped there in five years. "The whole town will be there."' he told the pr sident enthusiastically as he noted that^ 2,211 persons were found there is the last census. When the train did stop at Culpeper. there was only one man at the station, and it was very dark. "Do you know any one in the crowd?" asked the president solemnly. There From Habit. "Oh, yes,"' replied the doctor, somewhat crestfallen, "that's Coonev Hans - - ! borough?but he meets all trains any- 1 how." At Charloitesville Va., a big crowd j of I'niv rsity of Virginia students gave the president a college yell and invited him to attend their football game nex: I t Saturday. At Evington, Va., the president/gave the feminine contingent a bask t of i flowers. Governor Craig, of North Carolina, and his staff, paid their respects at Charlotte, N. C. The' entire i trip was made on schedule time. John Barrett, director g-.neral of the ' Pan-American Union, tonight telegraphed the president that the LatinA.merican diplomats at the Southern Commercial congress had been profoundly impressed by his Mobile' | speech. Mr. Barrett suggested that the full text of the address be sent to all legations and embassies .in central and Smith America bv the Stat depart I ment. ? Thomas Dixon's Famous Play. Thomas Dixon, the famous Southern Mithor. whose new play "The Leopird's Spots" adapted from his well j f niown book of that name to be seen j lere on November 12, occupies a uni- j 1 ue position in American th atricals. rie is an author, dramatist, stage lirootnr iinrl mnnilPW Heretofore he has produced all his )lays in asoeiation with otner managers, but this season he .has adopted i plan whereby he will h reafter prosent his plays under his sole mana^enent. Mr. Dixon personally staged hi? new ; production of "The leopard's Spots," f'lit'aiMUrt uic Lunnjfiiiv aiiu uueutiug ill the business matters himself. Hp s sending this attraction on a tour -f the principal cities of the South. In iddition -he has a company appearing in his former success, "The Sins of :!w F-'.iher" in the Xorth and West this season. ELECTION IN SiEXICU IS USTlESS AFFAIR PROBABLY NO LEGAL CHOICE HAS BEE> MADE. Less Than 10,000 of the NO,000 Persons Eligible to Vote Are Believed to Have Participated. Mexico City, Oct. 26.?At the close of the elections today the indications , were that not sufficient vot-s had been cast in Mexico to constitute a legal choice for the presidency to succeed Gen. Huerta. No official announcement was made tonight, but it was unofficially estimated that less than 10,000 of tfc~ Q0,000 eligible voters in the republic went to the polls. It will be no surprise if congress, the members of which also were voted for today, declares the elections void when that body is organized and revises the returns. I The leaders of the Catholic party claimed a long lead, although they were unable to estimate the number of votes polled for theip candidates, Frederico Gamboa and Gen. Rascon. li tms ciaim is correal, it is generally thought that Gen. Felix Diaz and Senor Requena ran second. The Liberal candidates, Manuel Calero and Flores Mangon, had no printed tickets at the polling places, the con' stituents being obliged to write their names on blank ballots. , ' President Hu?rta did not vote. Ke 1 spent the day at his suburban home. A Quiet Daj. ^ A decree will be issued by Gen. Huerta increasing the army from 85,000 men, its alleged present number, to 150,000. Since the deputies and senators are not subject to the election provision*} governing the presidential elections, it tonight is said that the choice of congress is assured. It is assumed that the Catholic party will have a majority in both chambers. There was 110 semblance of disorder in any quarter of the city. A few patrols w.sre on the streets, * but neither police nor troops had any but their usual duties to perform. The polling places opened at 9 o'clock in the morning and remained open until noon, when the attendants closed the booth until 3 o'clock in the afternoon for the midday meal. y Thev were reopened at 3 and closed again at 5 o'clocfc. I From 3 to 5 o'clock, officials, one of whom was designated "president*' wer.: in attendance at each polling place. These officials represented the various parties and assisted in the ureDaration of tlie ballot when neces sarv but offered no coercion or suggested as ro how the applicant should vote. i.\ Good Koads Argument. Anderson Mail. A leading Pennsylvania manufacturer has recently returned from a trip through Europe, and since his rpmrrt hp has ioin d in the agitation for good roads in his State. He says he was impressed with the good roods in all European countries and particularly in Italy, notoriously one of the poorest countries in the world. He says he asked the Italian p'ople why they spent so much money on their roads and they told him: "We are so poor we can't afford to have bad roads. We must make one horse do the work of three or four horses in your country, and to do this we must keep our roads in the b'sr of condition. We just could not get along with bad roads." This, we believe, is a new argument in this country for good roads ?that people may be so poor that they cannot afford bad roads. It is worth Mi inking about. Tlio logic oi rne argument is gooa. It", with good roads one hors^ can do the hauling that three horses would be required to do with bad roads, a man could well afford to pay the cost of the feed of a horse each year in maintaining the roads. The investment of two .horses, and the cost of the feed of one horse, would be saved him. This is a fairly prosperous country. to bo sure, but we do not think we are so rich that we can afford to have bad roads. .Some predict that trie- time will come when people will read each other's thoughts like a book. Many flv leaves will be discovered where j i ? 2