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fie Heroin Qitd jjjem Entered at the Postoffice at New-! frry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, (April 20, 191.5 TMJE 51 ADAY SlliUUL nuiitttw.j There is no greater work in which ; we could engage than the training of j tire children in the Sunday school The Sunday schools are t'ze feeders of I the churches. From the Sunday school! to the churca the step is an easy one. But for tf:e churches and the Sunday schools we would soon be hack to the1, dark ages. Then the Sunday schools j and the churches should have our j most hearty support and encouragement. We are to l-ave with us this week i representatives from all the Sunday j schools of the State regardless of tie-; nominational lines. Newberry exteud.s a cordial greeting and a most hearty welcome to these Christian workers and will do all in the power of fcer citizenship to make the meeting a great success. We feel honored in the presence of fc.ese consecrates workers in our midst, and we feel sure the good influences that will be set in 'motion during their stay will go on and on for days to come after tfrey are gone to their respective field of labor. Newberry people have long been noted for their generous hospitality and on ti-is occasion will again have the opportunity to demonstrate it. That our people will measure up to the standard heretofore set no one doubt?. We welcome these workers to our midst. A CONiVICrS LOVE OF HOME. Reedy Vance, an Arkansas convict, who has served nearly 18 years of a 20-year sentence for murder, and who was pardoned on condition tl:at n.e leave the State, has returned the pardon with a note in which he writes: "If I am not fit to stay in Arkansas then I am not fit to be turned out." I Unless Vance is granted an unre- j stricted pardon he will remain in the j penitentiary for two years and one | month longer. Love of his native f:eath is strong in the breast of a man who is willing to give two years of his life to his State as a convict rather tTr.an leave the home of his youth. Vance ha? been heralded as a bad man, and hi*; most ardent well-wisher can hardl ' i approve his career, but it-seems thaJ Ibe has the courage of his convictions, j ?Anderson Mail. And there is something more in a man than the courage of Ibis convictions who can stand up and refuse his freedom and express such sentiments. Love of native heath is what makes a nation ereat. and a r>poole wlho do not possess it to a marked degree can never build a great nation or become a great people. Love of the fatherland is wf:at makes the German such a great soldier. And love of the fatherland must have its origin and foundation in love of the home. If we were governor of that Stat-} we would take a chance on this man having become a changed and a better man, and we would give him his liberty and I-is citizenship, and at least lend our encouragement in the making j of a good citizen. In fact, we ne\ er | did believe in that policy pursued by some governors of granting pardons j and paroles on condition that the party j leave the State. There may be peculiar circumstances which make it ad4 l visable, but as a rule it is not a wis^ | plan, according to our judgment. Punishment under our laws and un3er tie divine law Is not simply for tSe sake of punishment If by punMbment yoa can reform the person and make a better citizen of him then it is no use ior longer continement j simply for the sake of physical or! even mental suffering. That is the Ha V it Qrinoaro nc Tn nnnHrmo f.A inflict punishment after this simply because you have tfce power is nothing ft more nor less than toe manifestatioi of the -brute force that is in us and for the time being holding sway over us. Mrs. Helen P. Martin leaves today for Biloxi, Miss., in response to in-1 T j "la-- if - I iVi luauvu nuui lit? I tictUgllier, iVIISS Lucia E. Martin, who left on last Friday for that place to see her aum, who is critically ill. The following is from a late issue of t'.1 e Charlotte Observer and contains so much truth that we feel that we will be justified in reproducing it i ere. And the newspaper publishers, are themselves largely to blame for the lack of appreciation of value which is placed upon their only merchandise the space they have to sell, by the public, because these same newspaper publishers tzemselves do not put the proper rvalue upon it. Many a publisher of a weekly paper gives away every issue from twenty to thirty copies of his paper, refusing to accept pay for tiem. If he sold them he would charge 5 cents each. Sorrc people would think him stingy and mean if re charged for a paper and yet tbey would not tninK or going 10 any store and taking a cigar without paying for it. But the newspaper, it seems, is expected to do a lot of this community work without pay and snmpfimesj without acknowledgment of the service. "Every mail brings newspapers various and numerous kinds of matter witfa requests to publish. This matter comes from every source imaginable, from the United States government down to private individuals. Some of it is good mater, but tfce greater portion is some sort of a. free-advertising scheme. Any newspaper, this one anyway, is glad tc get any kind of legitimate news, but it is appalling to note how many people want the newspaper, especially the county newspaper, to doosi ami advertise their private business for them?gratis, of course. Speaking along this line, the following, credited to ex-Gov. Francis, of Missouri, is of interest: "'Each year fc':e local paper gives from $500 to SI,000 in free lines *o the community in which it is located. No other agency can or will do tnis. The editor in proportion to (bis means, does more for his town than any other ten men, and in all fairness he ou^'t to be supported, not because you like him or admire tis writings, but because the local paper is the best investment a community can make. It may not be brilliantly edited or crowned with thought, but financially it is of more benefit to the community than the preacher or teacher. Understand me, I do not mean mentally, and yet on moral questions you will find most of the papers on the right side. ToJay the editor of the locaT papers do t":e most for the least money of any pec pie on earth.'" Last week was set apart by the city council and th.j civic association a.s clean-up wreek. We suggested that the city council set the pace and have the ^ n f *-? A *>11 rvl o nnc qTiauT anc^s iuiu bu ccio ciuu an ?* w.-... the city put in good condition. Complaint ftas come to The Herald and News that many places have been neglected, but the greatest complaint comes from the citizens who followed tlie instructions of the council and "haivo hoon rnaKIp fn prfit the trasil hauled away, and conditions are, therefore, worse than they were before the effort was made to clean up. It 5s important to the health of the town tJ'.'at the trash and debris be hauled off and besides it makes a worse ap pearance to fcave it piled in a heai} than to have left it scattered arouna. Supervisor Sample, unaer the direction of Messrs. Koon and Kibler, is doing some fine work on the Columbia road, between Little Mountain anc* Prosperity. When ?Ms work is finished arrangements should be made tc maintain the road. A little attention all the time would cost but lit\ tie and in this way we would have a good road all the time. When this work is completed to Newberry thf Newberry end of tfbe Capital-to-Pieumont road will be fine, provided that portion that runs through the towns is worked. Especially does Little Mountain need to have the road worked through the incorporation, whicft. is two miles of it. And then Newberry needs something done. The Southern railway has lost within the week two of its most valued officials, one by retirement and one by death. Col. S. H. Hardwick only las!" week retired voluntarily from the active service of tlte company and then came t^e death of Col. A. B. Andrews, who has been actively identified with the road for many years. The Newberry Concert band furnished the music for tlce Red Men'? convention, wfaich added much to th3 enjoyment of the occasion. Speaking of experts and alienist, | there is Dr. J. W. Babcock who stards ; high as an alienist who might :':av^ j been induced to take the position a.^ the 'r.ead of the asylum. We know that' he stands high among t';:e men in that | line in this country. i ?^ U <s>; ? THE IDLEli. <s>r <$> <$>: !v I was just wondering if I were to ! take a shot at quoting from the con-1 stitution if some old guy would want' to say that 1 was meddling in politics. You, know, politics is one thing that i 1 ~ ~ ^"U ~ XT - T nnn't J n.Vnl. + 1i ? | i eSL'Iievv. i \jclii t vulc cxiiu ?u<s.l ia tut; use for me to meddle, but v:hen I see | some things that I do, I begin to think \ about the constitution, and, in fact,1 I have been reading that old instrument . a little myself of late. It is not so old either, but I notice t:i:at some fellow ' ' wants to have another convention and : : make another constitution. I reckon j there are some things in this one that i don't suit some of them. You know j ; it is human nature to want things | to go to suit yourself, and if t/.ey don't : then they are wrong. It largely de- ? I pends upon the point of view. That ; j old story in the blueback speller of i whose ox is gored has a great influ-! 1 ence upon the most of us in forming i our opinions, but I don't believe it has much influence upon my interpreta- j tion of the constitution, because I lhave ' 110 ox to be gored, and not much prospect of getting one soon, so you may take my opinion as an unbiased one. I reckon I may be permitted to have an opinion on politics and to express ! it until they pass a law forbidding it. ?o? "Well, you know, I was reading about Gov. Manning appointing that expert from somewhere up North, and then j about the constitution not permitting j a man who is not an elector being ap- j j pointed, awl the governor wanting to ; obey the constitution, and all t at, and j I concluded I would look into the constitution a little for myself. It is a | fine thing to obey the law. It is an i evidence of good citizenship. And then it is right for the governor to set the i example of obedience to law. Then I read where Gov. Manning had gotten , j j the consent of Dr. Williams, of this j j State, to accept the position o;' super- j i intendent of t'.:e asvlum on condition i ' | that the salary be doubled, and that j Gov. Manning, when the constitution would not let him go out after an expert, had agreed personally to guarantee ti at increase in salary, and I bei I gan to wonder why a great expert was | willing to take the position for the i small salary of $3,000 a year and a ! house and the perquisites, and why j one of our own physicians, who is not i an expert, could not or would not take j the place until the pay was doubled, j I notice that it is stated that Dr. Wil; liams will not take the house and the perquisites, and I was also wondering what would be done with tcese Sometimes they are the biggest part, j but I do not believe they would be in , j this case, and, mind you, I did not i ! say they would be, but what are you j ! going to do with them, and can the I piinorintanH.int <,H<?r>h?i'rp,p fhp du- ' I U C >> ?, ^ ?? w , {ties properly and live outside. I have i heard that has been one of the trou- ; | bles heretofore, too many of the ]>hy-, ! sicians lived outside and only made j. ! daily visits, instead of remaining on j ; the job all the time. Then, I was just j | wondering if Dr. Williams could not , ; take the extra $3,000 and the house [ land the perquisites and employ that! | expert and let him live ti'ere and do i the work. And that reminds me that II was reading in some magazine the j oiher day?yes, I sometimes read a magazine?the definition of an expert. It ran something like this: "Johnny?What is an expert, pa? "Pa?A fellow who tells otfrers how to do the things ,-be can't do himself." Well. I am willing to admit that 1 don't know much about it, and I am j ! not pretending to give any advice or | ! attenmtins: to criticize any one. but. just making some observations. By! the way, I started out by saying that ' I had been studying the constitution J some myself, and I wanted to auot^ (another section of that, magna chartij ,of cur liberties, when it is obeyed, i and I commend V:e disposition of the ' * ! j proivprnnr to nhpv it. and it is for his j 0 ~ I 1 benefit that I am quoting it. because; T should regret to see him throw any j of his good money away. You know I the papers state that T:e is going to become personally responsible for that additional $3,000 in salary and ask the legislature to return it to him. Now, as ihe says he wants to obey the constitution. T am sure he would not sanction the legislature in disregarding it. So T suggest that he read and ^ave his lesral adviser interpret Article 3. confirm nf rnn<sfitntinn rvf lS9n. I which reads as follows: "Section 30. The general assembly shall never grant extra compensation, fee or allowance to anv public officer, agent, servant or contractor after service rendered, or contract made, nor authorize payment or part payment of. any claim under any contract not an- | i.orized by law." Now, 1 don't know] iMich about the English language, l! am willing to grant but that seems | to me to be very plain and simple, and j if the legislature should pay this claim for service rendered, which the governor says he is going to advance personally*. it would be a violation of this ! msiiument about w.-.ici. I have been i writing. And I do not claim to be any | great constitutional lawyer, and, there- j fere, I humbly suggest to the governor j that he get his legal adviser to con- j strue this section before he obligates j himself expecting the legislature to reimburse him. And I do it out of til:e goodness and bigness of my heart, with 110 purpose to interfere or to criticise. I know the governor does not desireto violate the constitution. I -o Now, you, know, I am very fond of j good sentiment, and I am going to give : you what James Whitcombe Riley j wrote about the wet weather. I be- i lieve he calls it wet weather talk or ! something like ti at. Well, it may be . well applied to the weather generally, i o n /I t ^ f Vi n p o fi rr 11 t ' t o unl _ i aiiu v cii it iia.o a uguiaiivc tion as well. You may use your choice in the application: It hain't no use to grumble and cornplane; It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice? When God sorts out the weather and | sends rain, W'y, rain's my cLoice. Men ginerly, to all intents? Although they're apt to grumble: some? Puts most theyr trust in Providence, And takes things as they come. In this existence, dry and wet [Will overtake the best of men? Srvmp littlp skiff n' ftlouds'll shot. The sun off now and then.? And mavby, whilse you're wundern wf: o You've fool-like lent your umbrell' to j And want it?out'll pop the sun, And vou'll be glad you hain't got none! i And so I am rejoicing, it makes little difference about the weather, whether it be nature or political weather. THE IDLER., j P. S.?The editor f as turned over to me the following, which was addressed to him. I presume he does ; so because 1 had been writing on tho i same subject. At any rate Whoever I wrote it must be a great"lawyer, because he was thinking about ti'. e sams; thing I was. He says he was adroit-, ted to the. bar, and I reckon therefore J that he is a lawyer. You will see tha:; he ~ad been studying t'.e constitution i These times will make even a layman ! ! ?I believe that is the proper term *o i apply to a common ordinary personstudy the constitution and statutes j and if he keeps from violating some of i th^many laws he will have to givi a; good deal of his time to t);e study of! t'^e law or be able to employ a regular I lawyer to keep him in the straight | j and narrow pata. But here is wha:; this lawyer has to say: i With Apologies to "The Idler:" Well, Mr. Editor, I notice in youi j last issue, from your editorial headea "Notes on toe Appointment of the' Pardon Board," that you have gone' into the study of our constitution, i which some of us old men and Jeffyr-1 sonian Democrats have always considered something more t':an a mere "scrap of paper." A few days ago, realizing that those j melancholy days 'have gone * * *} "which are the saddest of the year,! A little too warm for W.iiskey and most j too cool for beer." I was perusing the constitution to see j if I ^ad any rights left me in the en joyment of my daily glass of beer, ij /.'ssure you that I still enjoy it aj'i : as the weather gets hct'er, I shall { find it Carder for me t-.* adapt myse:f j to what some of these fcJItr. call th*; | "gallon-a-month act." Why, I would-; n't know how to order a gallon of, beer, and as for making it last a month, all I have got to say is t- a:: I I m no caraei. : But to get back to the constitution? ' would t-; at we would all read it occa-j sionally?I noticed another section J which you did not quote. You talked about Gov. Manning raising tl'.:e salary I oi" his appointee, and what would have ' been said had Gov. Blease done the ! same thing when lie appointed Dr. ! Kouseal, so that this part of the con-; stitution is particularly appropriate, j I think. Section 30, article III of Sfce const'- | tution provides: The general assembly shall never grant extra compeu- j sation, fee or allowance to any public ! officer, agent, servant or contractor j otto-n eorvi>A rpndprpd. or contract I aitVl OVt ? * * y made, nor authorize payment or part! payment of any claim under any contract not authorized by law; but ap proportions may be made for expenditures in repelling invasion, preventing or suppressing isurrection. The way I read fc-e English lan I IJ GOOD ICE CREAM I Is another feature of our store. We are now JBjj prepared to serve to our customers JIH Pure Ice Cream^H r f InnrtVrt J unfk w/i n 1 /i^n/tL/til Iwmf nnil iiuiijr iidvuicu wuu icdi uuaiicu nun ami umci pure flavorings. \ Our aim is to manufacture the best, and we i believe a trial of our Candies and Ice Cream will <41 convince you we have the best. r 11 _ a tan ai MITCHELL'S 1 \ Ice Cream Parlors.; Orders taken for any qoantities. V< . X- J fl Baby Chick Food II Will save 90 per cent |j| -? Ifl oi your iiiuc utic&s. E. M. Evans & Son ] guage, and from what little recollec- ^ I tion I have of constitutional law when NOTICE tLECTIO-. fl I was admitted to the bar, too long ago Pursuant to the authority of an act to be of any interest at this time, t'Ms ot~ the General Assembly cof ti e ^te part of the constitution will prevent ?f Sout* Carolina relating to Newberry ,-n,r cm School District, passed aX the last ses- ^ Liic ir^'Oiai U I C uv>m pi*.- AW& viv., ...U.. ning back the money i.e borrows to s*on ^ "re?*> an^ resolutions of U<j^ pay the ti ree thousand dollars in- Trustees of Newberry School Distrio^ crease in the salary of the superin- passed in pusuance of saia act, an ej? tendent of the asylum. ^on held at the Co^jjciMjH I an, sure when Gov. Manning sees ber in the town of N'ewbe"^? fcis; he will immediately change Sis ! 33B: day of May' 1915' I mind about this increase in salarv, i, <>,lrs ot 8 ?'clock in the forenoo,1l I for he lias said 8:at he has no inten- 4 ?'cloelt in the attern00n for tie 1 tion of even attempting to evade the pose ?! voting upon the qKestionl I constitution, much less, would he In- continuing ">* one.mill levy, berfl g tentionally do so. fore Ievied tor the purpose ot re"al I and improvements to buildings, asfl p I nope that I will not be accused ' jj-i.- , * , r m U m " addition to the general fund of the of fault finding and poking at Gov.;. . . .. .. . fl s H ? trict. Those voting for the contiM Manning in writing the above, for it j . . , , t1? ? te ' I anrp of said levy shall cast a baill^^H is written in a kind spirt. It would | wherMn ^ be wrItte[1 ..For cun^H be pretty Hard on Gov. Manning to go (inuing one mi? ,evy ? Those op? ahead without knowing anything about < d> a teHot A.hereon ,g wrlu?? f e constitution and borrow the money .,Against continuing the one mill le-.y."* and then to find out when it is too ,.c , , * B t , x The qualified electors of said di-?- ? late, that the legislature can not, un- trjct are a,ODe (0 TOte at said eIectioR 1 der the constitution, pay it back to Sajd elect-on win be conducte<j by 1 nim, and even if the legislature tried } M B/Jwers_ A c Wel<:hj H u U to do it, for c:e supreme court to step Spe rs who have ?een appoInted maa. in and say that it can not be done. f_ _ , . eo_agers to conduct the same. Then Gov. Manning would have to pay j w A MrSwailli | it himself, and it would take just tl-e ~G ^ayec amount he receives as his governor's L. W Floyd ' salary, each month, to pay his new K G bridge, ^ superintendent of the asylum. And, j y joneg ' by the way, I (have seen it written ' somewhere that the salary allowed by STOCKHOLDERS 3IEETIXG. law to tl'-e superintendent of the asy- The annual meeting of tl_e stocklum is the same as the salary of our ho]ders of the Newberry Cotton Mills H governor, $3,000 a year, and now thev will be (veld at Newberry, S. C., Wed- H propose to make it double the salary j nesday, May 5th, 1915, at 10 o'clock. U of the governor, or $6,000 a year. GEO. S. MOWER, Sec. It's all right, tfaough, I suppose, for j in some people's estimation rM | DR p C MAK1IIN ? King can do no wrong.' T. I. ^ w . Eye Sight Specialist 1 To the r. d. c. Examines the J All nf hnth rliantPr* aFO . J expected at the dining f all for the vet- J erans' dinner, as is the custom, on t'-e : '* 1 11th o:* May. Those who are on com- j . ' mittees other than dinner committees j Without the USe of drugs. j are asked to come whenever they have j Satisfaction Guaranteed j finished tr-eir special work, since the-e Qffice Qver Anderson,s Dr . Goods J is always much to be done not under the head of any particular dinner com- * m mittee. Many hands lighten the work. The Young People's Glee club will ? have full control of the Solax WednesDeath of Mr. Jacob B. Bedenbangb. day and Thursday nights of tfnis week. Mr. Jacob B. Bedenbaugh died at an^ present fine amateur plays. i his home near Kibler's bridge on Sat- ^our presence is desired and will je urday afternoon, after a brief illness greatly appreciated. J of pneumonia, in the 81st year of bis ~ J titcio Knrio/i An Suridflv after- Proceeds of Wednesday and Tiburs? M Ait ?T c*0 wu* *vu w?? ^ noon at the Bedenbaugh family bury- day nights at the Solax will be for JH in?r orrnund nenr his late residence. the benefit of the Young People's G:e? O- vr ? The fnneral service was (held at the club. Don't fail to see their perform- m residence conducted by the Rev. Y. ances. You will enjoy them. Prices* von A. Riser. remain 5 and 20 cents. . .j.? * *