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?|te |eraiD and Jems, i Entered at the Postoffice at New- j 6?rry, S. C., as 2nd class matter, I E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, July 16, 1915. 1 _ _ I Most people will agree with Mr. j '"v-- Bryan that "It is not a sacrifice of J rights to avoid -unnecessary risks.'-' That is about what the German gov - eminent asks that the Americans avoid unnecessary risks and there will be no danger to tliem from the submarine. r Mr. E. H. Gary, the financier, says j that Khe war will soon end and tftat ' * 1 < ' this country will have an era of prosr f perity unprecedentel in its history. It is said that his statements heretofore | made in reference to the war have all been verified. We hope that he is cor- j rect in this one. i TT:e coroner's jury in the Fairfield j tragedy has found a verdict. (The cor-1 ? ? ^ fnot I respondent wrings uuu mc pvmt Clyde Isenhower premeditated his act! all morning. We have no doubt if I Clyde Isenhower were here and could speak that ?e would freely say that lie had premeditated his act since the minute he found out that the -"brute tad committed the outrage and tfaat it was his deliberate purpose to shoot lijm to death at the first opportunity, but we do not believe that he intended j any bodily harm to Sheriff Hood. * > The Greenville Piedmont has raised the question as to whether a man who i held the position of county physician could also fcold the office of alderman ; | of the <nty of Greenville without violating the provision of the constitution * which inhibits the holding of two ofr; ; fices. The Piedmont should know that : that provision of the constitution was rather elastice and was to be obeyed or violated as circumstances require. Or rather as to who the party is that is holding the two positions. Does not tf:e governor himself hold the position of trustee of Clemson college and ; tie high office of governor at the same time. Are there not several members / of the general assembly who hold the f i Knewrvn nf trnst^A and at thf> same' if ' j time retain t)':eir seats in the legisla-j ture, when in addition to the provi: sion agr" ^st holding two offices there i is a spec a! provision as to members of the legislature. No use to raise a [ question like that about a little county ' physician and alderman when the law- j makers and the law executors pay no! i attention to tJ-is provision of the con- j stitution. WATCH CffcIAURIX. Warehouse Commissioner John L. j McLaurin may not conscientiously en-! tertain political ambitions, but he*isj nevertheless one of the livest political i figures in rjie State at the present j time. We have never been a follower or admirer of Mr. McLaurin and can not be accused of partiality or prejudice in his favor, but it is evi! ! ?3ent that he is coming back as a leader as t?e result of his efforts and j achievements as the father of the cotton warehouse system. The warehouse v system is something tangible that has attracted, public attention to a marked ' degree and the practical results obtained are building up for Mr. McLaurin a reputation, as a constructive statesman. He is growing into tine confidence of the rank and file of the people. Whether or not he has earned >>0. >10 ic AiviTif ia neither I vuv V. 1 **V * wv- ? ?o ?~ ? ? ! ihere nor there, but tfc'e facts are asi stated. If the drift toward McLaurin continues and if his always numerous friends put him in the race for the "United States senate to succeed Senator Tillman he will be a strong factor in the campaign. McLaurin is the man that others with budding senatorial aspirations have to fear. Watch McLaurin. ? Sumter Watchman and S/YirtfiroTi You need to watch McLaurin be-; cause lie is a man with a message, and a very important message, for this Southland of ours. Unless we make some arrangement by which we can take care of our cotton so at not to be forced to sacrifice it, we will be in worse condition than we found ourselves last fall. He is sounding a I warning which, it might be well to heed. In an address "before a committee of the Georgia legislature Mr. .McLaurin is quoted as saying: "lAmy day you may jfind England declaring cotton a contraband of v?&r. ITniessJ you make plans ahead to market cotton gradually you will find yourself in terrible si ape." Mr. McLaurin claims that the S:ate warehouse system will! save the situation and he has the en- \ dorsemen: of many men high up in the | financial world and it is worth wLile to give it a trial. That is the mes- ; sage that he has. PERVERTED. j Those newsvapers which support the 1 kind of American neutrality whidiTj England finds so satisfactory attempt to read into international law a provision that is not there. They assert I that it would he unneutral for individuals in this country to be forbidden to supply arms and munitions to any belligerent that wahts to buy them. That is barefaced, in view of the fact that tl'iis country has in the past put an embargo upon exports of war sup-1 plies without causing a charge that j such conduct was unneutral. And papers of that kind in support of their contention quote article 7 of The Sague convention, as follows: "A neutral power is not bound to. prevent the export or transit, on Dehalf of one or the oti':er of belligerents, or arms, munitions of war, or generally, or anything which can be of use to an army or navy." It is a curious mental twist that1 perverts that plain language to mean that a neutral power is bound to permit its citizens to supply war material to belligerents. It may do so, but the highest form of neutrality is to refuse to exercise tfciat privilege. . That if Switzerland's attitude and nobody has] alleged that Switzerland is unneutral. | Switzerland fcas set us an example we might well follow. It is not helping on the wholesale murder that surrounds it in Europe.?Greenville Piedmont.. . ,, . v This is the way it appears to us. ' .3^ -?V - ." " * H It seems to us tfcat not so long ago this country refused to permit the sale of arms or munitions of war to Mex-! ico. And under the article quoted by J the Piedmont it does seem thait a neutral power could prevent the shipment of munitions of war to belligerent countries and still remain a neutral nation. But so long as the big corporations and the money power are making money out of the shipments tJ':ere is little danger of the government at Washington nutting a stop to the shipment. We believe with the Piedmont that the highest form of neutrality would be to cease to furnish munitions of war to any of the belligerents and in tJ-is way the war would soon come to an end. We can not see wherein the United States can claim to be neutral as long as she permits the shipment of all kinds of war material and munitions' of war to one side when at the same time England puts an embargo upon the shipment of cotton to another of the belligerents. T!':e thinjg that we do not understand is how cotton can be contraband of war when it is proper and in accordance with the law of nations and neutrality to ship unlimited amounts of powder and guns and rifles and all the death dealing instruments to the oti':er side. What we would like to see is to stop all shipments and bring this war to a close. That would be the best thing that the lUnited States could possibly do and we believe that she might accomplish- that end, butj there are ceitain big corporations and i : manufacturers who are making immense fortunes out of the war and of course they do not care how long it lasts. iWe desire to see the largest gathering of the people of Newberry at the opening of ithe park tonight that ever assembled in this good old town. Tteis is one of the most important events that was ever called off in this town. <3> THE IDLER <?> <S> It does seem just a little strange that whenever I write about something some' of these big papers have something to say on ti':e same subject, or they do very soon after. Of course, it is not because I have had something to say on the subject, because these-big editors never see what I write. And tf:ey are the losers thereby, but I can't help that. The point I was trying to lead up to is that just the other day the News and Courier had an editorial on ntfises and the next day there was an editorial in the Charlotte Observer on the same subject, and suggesting that there be established a "go slow zone" and a "quiet zone" just like the Germans have e&tablisfced their war zone in the ocean. >The News and Courier' is particularly strong on the motorcycle. T at's what 1 said, that one o: them two-wheeled things could and did make more noise than for:y automobiles. Now listen what the News and Courier has to say in the editorial column : Reckless Motorcycles. Some people say there is no such ti ing as luck, but these people have never had occasion to note the way some of the motorcyclists of this city operate their machines. If it is not luck which Las prevented the killing or maiming of a great many persons! in Charleston as a result of' reckless motocycle driving, we do not know j what it is. Hhere are some motorcyclists whoj seem to be mindful of their obligations j as members of a community t!'"-e other ; members of which have a righ't to i make use of the streets. There are j others who are a continuing menace as ' well as offensive nuisance. The prac-! tice of cutting out the mufflers of mo-! torcycles so that the machine makes' almost as mud': noise as a locomotive going up a heavy grade is obnoxious j enough; but the practice of dashing! a1: breakneck speed along certain of! our streets, flying past corners without j slowing down in the slightest and i without blowing a horn, is dangerous; in the highest degree. It is time an-j other effort was made by the aut".ori-i I ties to put an end to it. And then here is the Charlotte Observer on "The Unnecessary Noises." And pleading for the "quiet zone." Listen to what it has to say: The Unnecessary Noises. I Every once in a wfoile the city I makes up its mind 'to - put a stop to the unnecessary noises, and the nuisance has been periodically abated, only t{> "cqmfe ag^in" with gathered strength.' In'its expressed determination to once more go after tjie; people responsible for the unnecessary noises the city has taken a step tl':at should' have the encouragement of the whole town. The Observer would take occasion to renew the oft-repeated suggestion for the establishment of i j "quiet zones" in tl'i e 'vicinity of hospitals, and for the benefit of drivers Ui dULUlilUUiiCS mc s>auuai u crj otwn of placarding "go slow" zones for schools, dangerous curves and crossings should obtain in Charlotte and iM/ecklenburg county. . Now I would like to know what you are going to do about these half Kroken down wagons when they get to rattling over some of tf: ese brick paved streets. I am frank to' 1S.dn5it that I like a little noise because it has always been evidence to me that there was something doing. When things get too still there is stagnation and stagnation is death. Then did you ever read t!':at little story about the canary bird in the coal mine. It i.s a pretty little story and very appropriate at this time. I found it on one of the circulars boosting the chautaii/ino 1c ho "npM ?T1 XfTl' ia. u\^ uu naivu aw vy wv ... .. berry the latter part of tf:is month. There is a picture of the canary bird in a cage singing for dear life and the miners working just like work v.'as a real pleasure. And then on the next page are the following paragraphs which I ti-ink are good and are worth printing. Of course, jus: now this is, a sort; of advertisement rrvf tha W-?i nta linna hut T hrmp the editor will ]ret this, pass and maybe ti e committee will ,send The Idler a season ticket and that will be some compensation. When the atmosphere of the-mine got. so bad that the canary could not make the noise necessary to sing it became dangerous to human life and the miners fcad to get out. When the atmosphere of a town gets so bad that birds can't, sing then there is something neces sary to be done to save t?at town, and the sooner it is done the better for that town. And now, this is a I clever story and it has a moral from I which every town may profit, and even though it be an advertisement of the Chautauqua I am going to quote it in full' in this column, and I hope every one who reads it will profit it. V uiereuy; A Canary Bird in a Coal tfine I There's a Reason for it?Canary birds are placed in coal mines to protect the lives of the miners. If the atmosphere becomes foul, tf:e canary stops singing and begins to show unmistakable signs of distress. )Then the miners know the atmosphere must be changed quickly or they must get out. Chautauqua versus Canary?A Chautauqua is to a town wf:.at a canary is to a coal mine. If the intellectual and i moral atmosphere of this town is j - i such that a chautauqua can't live in it, then we must change the atmosphere or get out. To get out is not convenient and we might find tfce same conditions elsewhere. No corporation is going to abandon^ rich mine "because the atmosphere is had. They will change the atmosphere. Cowards may "pull up stakes" and leave a town because of unfavorable condi WHEN rexiiinds you of so MITCHELL'S DE shadow of a doubl IN. P. M W) tions, but real men and women will simply stiffen up their backbones and change ti e conditions. Fifteen Hundred Southern Towns Like Ours.?Between the Potomac and the Gulf of Mexico there are 1500 towns like ours. Some larger, some smaller. They include a larger percentage of English-speaking, nativeborn Americans than any other similar area of the entire United States. There is a larger percentage of church membership and church attendance, and there is a higher moral tone pervading in the homes of these towns than in any oxer section of this great coutry. Wherever a young man or young woman leaves one of these towns to seek his or her fortune in one of the great cities, they leave behind them a better home and better influences than tl ey will ever find o'cpwhprp We 'Need Our Boys and Girls to Help Our Towns.?We must hold our boys and girls by making the "old home town" the most attractive spot on earth. iA "dead town" will never hold them. We have got to give them clean, decent amusement and entertainment, and we f:ave got to give tbem a chance for as great a career at home as* they think they can find elsewhere. " ,Tha Big--Things Right Here- At Home.?There is an abundant opportunity rig!_t here in this town and in the surrounding country for every one of our young men and young women to achieve the very greatest c-u/vriocc XkTa. fh<mi in ^Arplnnin21 kJ UVUV/OC. I ? V ii VVU VUVAU \*v . ?0 our natural resources, in promoting more scientific farming, in making better schools, in strengthening our c! urches, in building better roads, in promoting manufacturing enterprises, in bringing in up-to-date methods of merchandising, in improving sanitary conditions, in beautifying our homes. We Are Going to Keep Our Canaries Singing.?<TLis town needs an annual Chautauqua and is going to hav?? it. It is one of the things that helps.; to make a town a better place to live' in. It is a creator of ideals and a source of inspiration. If you are a good citizen, you are going fz- help in bringing it, and when it. over you are going to be happy because you did your part. Are You Going to Do Your Part?? If every good citizen of this town will respond promptly and buy a pair of chautauqua season tickets, f.in/inpc! tit 11x ka occiirb/1 on/1 fi'lprp O U V_-COO V> iH KJuoo <41 VU u v v? w will be a neat profn to be used in providing even a greater program next year. If our people will not respond, then those who are putting up the guarantee for the Chautauqua will pay the deficit out of their own pockets. This Chautauqua is to be a booster Chautauqua for Newberry -town and county. It is not to make money for any one. If t)':ere should be anything above tiae guarantee to the performers the balance is to go to the: park. Then let every one turn out and for this; once, be united on one thing that is for the good of all. If the moral and intellectual atmosphere is sucfa in Newberry that a Chautauqua can't live it then we better change the, atmosphere or move out, but I believe that the atmosphere is all right and tf:at the chautauqua will thrive and that the canary will con tinue to sing. And I am going to close by asking every one to go to the opening of the park on Friday night, and by quoting a little poem written by Porter A.. Whaley who is himself a town booster. Here is it: How to Help Things Along. If tf:ings don't just seem to suit you, ? And the world seems kinder wrong, What's the matter with your boostin' Just to helpVhe thing along? 'Cause if things should s'top a-goin', WaM he in a. sorrv nlisht. Just keep 'that horn a-blowin? Boost 'er up with all your might. If you know some fellow's failin's, Just forget 'em, 'cause you know That same fellow has some good points? Them's the ones you want to show. "Cast your loaves out on the waters, They'll come hack," a saying .true; Mebbe, too, they'll come hack butterAT? "Wl:en some fellow "boosts for you. For me> no more the foreign shore. The Idler. A Neighborhood 'Cue. Quite a social event took place in i HOT WE. mething cool don't fail to ord -LICIOUS CREAM, Our creai fc the best refreshment in the to\ ITT or IT ? I & A ^HljLiLi HERE QUALITY COUN1 i p ^copvRIC specialist on all kinds of stigr rors as well *s hypermetropic positively guarantee all glassi more to give entire satisfactic P. C. JEAN Jewelers and Of | 'Ww?willin?? HI WIM.IMIH IIIIUWIMIIIJBBJMMMMMMIHBB a little corner of No.' 5 township Sat- |"N urday, July 10. Two men in this part of the county don't mind the work of _ preparing a barbecue^ every July for the benefit of^eir families and neighbors. This being the fourth year _ these "eatkig all you can" gatherings have taken pla.ce. . The men,, women and children vie with each otlber to see who can be the jolliest and eat the heartiest. Messrs. Jim and George Si I Epting get their heads together, then Qg , gatLer the ingredients and make I ready for the feast. They can not be I beat when it comes to hash and H 'cued meats. A huge pot of hash, one ^ ^ of Irsh potatoes cooked with pork f\ sauce, one of rice, the best browned, well-seasoned carcass one ever saw. Piles of loaf bread, pickles, tubs of ice ^ ea, ice lemonade, ioe water at every _ ? t i R* one s disposal. Ti e children did ample justice "to _ , these. 1,1,5 on< At the close the remainder was di- me, vided amocg the families, each carrying home enough for supper. J Ten families enjoyed this feast, the men paying the cost of the 'cue, wi:ile ! their families enjoyed it. Quite a' B treat for the women to get such a 9 good dinner and no: have the trouble of preparing it. Nothing to provide M except the necessary dishes, etc. X The table was spread under a l':uge oak in Mr. Jim Epting's yard. Such a pretty clean shady yard, delightful I \ breezes, one could not help but en- w joy himself. It would be i':ard to |l I fin/l m /orirJ ?a fn-Tir wnmpn tTirrtxcn I 411XU. \MliU C* T? ?. ?. | in) with, heartier appetites than was i found there. Some few wore leather belts, a necessary precaution. One! man could not be satisfied drinking j tea by using a tumbler, but used a ; gallon bucket instead from which he ' quaffed the cooling nectar. \Aj11 good : luck to these big hearted men, who ! can think of somebody besides themselves. Three visitors were present: Miss Cleone Hayes, Newberry; Miss j Fannie Sell, Columbia; Mrs. Metts, j TJttlp "Mountain. M. i Diplomatic. "I want you to be nice to the Greens j tonigl'-t." "Now, why do you insist on that? You know I have no use for either of them." "I know, hut I've just looked over j the guests at this party, and the Greens are the only people here who II own a car wf:o go home our way."? Detroit Freen Press. II STOf KHOLDERS' MEETING. X The annual meeting of the stock-! I] holders of the Farmers' Bank of Sil- U verstreet will be held at the banking B house on Monday, July 26, 1915, at 4 ?? p. m., for the purpose of electing directors and the transaction of anv 1 oti':er dusiness that may come before of the meeting. All stockholders are re- the quested to attend in person or by ir. proxy. H. 0. Long, President. 27t Silverstreet, S. S., July 15, 1915. nc< 7-16led " * of POLICY HOLDERS' MEETING. The policy holders of the Farmers' j Mutual Insurance Association of New- j ^ I berry County will meet in annual ses- ? sion at the Court House on the 7Hb- day ^ of August. 1915, at 11 o'clock A. M. A % full attendance is desired. 4, R. T. C. Hunter, vj President. r L. I. Bptin-g, A Secretary. I ATHER ' er some of that n is beyond the vn. : ; : & BRO. *S. I \ )o Friday and Saturday * July 16th and 17th u Dr. Whittemore y he eye specialist from he O. L. Walter Opti- % :al Co. of Columbia, S. J 2. will be at our store. Dr. Whittemore is a natism and muscular eri i i and myopia ana we es fitted by Dr. Whitt>n. S & CO. rtometriftts. t % j ?' R. F. C. MARTIN Au. SIGHT Specialist J [amines Eyes, Fits Glasses y and Artificial Eyes 1, u your eyes are giving you trouble -J don't fail ;o consult hinj.i itisf action Guaranteed ace over Anderson's Dry Goods v Store. OOSTER DAY i JULY 17th, 1915 " Vill 8 eents, per pound, for asters 91 this day, and for one ek only, lion-fertile eggs will keep efinitely, fertile eggs will EOT at :e, Swat t$at;Rooster, bring him to V. "t* * * I " AS. D. QUATTLEBAUM f < Prosperity, S. C. ? * H Backacheljf Miss Myrtle Cothrum, If 11 k of Russellville, Ala., says: IM1 M EJ "For nearly a year, 1 suf- IISI 4? X fered with terrible back- jn X I II ache, pains in my limbs, 1111 | - - -1 ? 9 t III and my neaa acnea ncarij i all the time. Our family doctor treated me, but only gave me temporary relief. I was certainly in m bad health. My school ^ teacher advised me to I TAKE ] Card ui His Woman's ionic j j , I took two bottles, in all, I I * and was cured. 1 shall I always praise Cardui to I I sick and suffering wo- 1 men." If you suffer from I I J pains peculiar to weak J women, such as head- U I J ache, backache, or other fjfl A symptoms of womanly l|ll trouble, or if you merely I JI need a tonic tor that urea, iui nervous, worn-out feel- ^ CITIZENS' MEETING. 'he annual meeting of the citizens Newberry School District to hear report of tine trustees will be held the Court House, Tuesday, July h iqi=; at ift o'clock in the fore- i >n. ; ^ U1 citizens interested in the schools the district are urged to he present. W. A. Mc Swain, Chairman Board of Trustees. -16-2t IHICHESTER S PILLS THE DIAMOND BRAND. X Ladleit ioti yoar Draultt fo; A\ / Chl-ebee-teraDIamondBrandXi^^ / (ysXwBx 1'llls In Red and (laid meuiac\W/ . ?boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. yjy 4 Take no other. Bar of roar ? / ~ f$f DmarrltU. 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