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file ^emld and Jem Entered at the Postoffice at New&wry, S. C., as 2nd cla^g matter. V VT AT7TJ. EDITOR. Friday, August 6, 1915. The Whitmire people have the spirit and the enthusiasm to make the building of the Appalachian highway a re ality. The Columbia Record thinks that "if England keeps on bothering with our cotton, s?e will arouse Senator E. D. Smith." Oh, no, this is not election year.?Greenville Piedmont. ?- * - 1 - Then you spoKe a paraoie. raecuuu years are great things and the people do love so to be fooled. The trouble with our so-called road building is that we go about it without intelligent supervision and we mean by that that we do not have some one ~wfco knows how, and is trained in that line, to locate and supervise the con I ?traction of the work and the rains ' ?ome and soon the work that is done washes away. Mr. Cooper may not run for governor next year after all. The Abbeville Medium disapproves of his candidacy. ?Anderson Daily Mail. Yes, and there are others who do not approve of Mr. Cooper entering the race. In fact, the entire Manning press ic now offering Cornier advice. There is an old saying, you better watch the enemy bearing gifts. This is a good time to use the split log drag. In fact as we have remarked once or twice before in the course of publishing this newspaper any time after a rain is a good time for the use of this simple device for the improvement of the roads. Funny, isn't it that people will not use this little road repairer more frequently t)':an they $o. The chairman and secretary of the State Farmers' Union- have called a meeting of the farmers of Newberry county to be held in the court hous# At Newberry on August 21. State Warehouse Commissioner John L. McT ???^V?at?A JUClU'Ilii Will UC JULCiC axiu State warehouse system. The farmers sfcould turn out to this meeting. The warehousing of cotton this fall so as to secure money on it at a reasonable rate of interest and on a fair basis of price may mean the salivation of the cotton farmer this fall and his sal vation means the salvation of many; others in other lines of business. The | country is scarcely imposition to stand: another fall simil^p to the one weI passed through lasjfyear. J * The building of this Appalachian Highway, about which we have written in another column, it seems to us means more to Newberry than some of us seem to realize. Some such road some where is going to be built. In this day and time if you want anything, as Mr. LaCoste Evans says, you hajve to go to it. It is not coming to you ?n a silver platter. That is worth going to. Tie people who are spend Ing tneir summer in tne playgrounds of Western North Carolina are making their trips largely by auto. And they are the people who have money to spend. They are going to spend it ami we had just as well put ourselves in position to get part of it as any one else. The central committee will meet next Wednesday to put tfoe ma chinery in motion and we hope to see a full meeting of the committee and JSi/mc tiling "AND HE LOST HIS CASE.* Associate Justice Watts of the State supreme court has declared the act authorizing the tax commission to assess the banks for taxation to be un vuiidiituiiv/ucii. It will be remembered tfcat Assistant Attorney General Domini^k, in arguing the case on behalf of the State, refused to let Hon. J. Fraser Lyon to have anything to do with it. "H'/v ^ n *-? rvf 1rr?/NTi* f "n O + OnV+'KlT> or t,VlO + W C UU iiUl rvuu n uxij tuu u Mr. Lyon might 'have said would Ihajve caused Justice iWatts to render a different decision, but Mr. Dominick is now in the position of having lost a case for the people after having refused the proffered help of an admittedly able and experienced lawyer, a former attorney general of the 1 iAnd t' at is a position that few: lawyers would like to occupy.?Ander-! son Daily Mail. This is a very unkind, unjust and uncalled for criticism. We suppose I the Daily Mail has seen the decision Of Chief Justice Gary which sets [aside the injunction of Justice Watts,! ! and we wonder what it will say about j taai. In fact, neither one of t-iese | decision or orders or rulings goes into the merits of the case. The case has not yet been heard on its merits and no one knows what the decision will be. In so far as the action of Mr. Domi-! nick goes in the matter of tr.e entry of Mr. Lyon in the case, we think 'he did exactly the proper thing, and he: could not have done less, and no other self-respecting lawyer would have done otherwise. We do not believe Mr. Lyon would l.ave acted different^ from Mr. Dominick if he had been in j his position, and we believe runner; that if Mr. Lyon were free to express ; an opinion he would say that Mr. Dom-, inick did the proper thing when he: objected to ibis entering the case under ! the circumstances. Any way, it was t'he DroDer thing and until the case is heard on its merits it is too soon to j talk about "he loses his case." Under ; the decision of Chief Justice Gary the Mail should now write an editorial and fcead it "And He Now Wins His Case." It is always best to be fair and just. The case will be heard at tf-e 'November term of the supreme court, and j in the meantime the tax commission goes on with its work." $> ^ <$> THE IDLEB <S> <8> I think I was talking something aKrrn+ ot-rooto in rrtv Tact Nnw T want auvu t on w(.u aju - w < 7 ? to say that I was down street the other day and I saw where the street force was at work putting down some gravel and then piling dirt on that, first having picked up the macadam that f-ad been put down years ago. * * 1 ? * ? ? n 1 TT? al 1 mis WOrK Avas gomg UU m ^aiuncu | street and was beginning in Friend J street. Take it from me, this is an- i other waste of money and labor. This ! portion of Caldwell street has been I macadamized several times, and it has j never been a good street, always full of holes, and the first big rain that comes along will take the dirt and grajvel that is now being put down on toward Scott's creek. If the gravel Lappens to be left it will leave a rough and ugly road, wnat 11 win lane lu j gravel these two sections of street | would have paved one section in something that would have remained and been a good street for years and years with no need of any more attention, j This patch work business for streets; and roads is all wrong and a waste of public money, and I almost said a criminal waste. But then what business is this of mine. The people w?':o are doing the work and having it cone were put in the positions they occupy by the people for the purpose of attending to this business and the other business of the town, and they know wi:at they are doing, or they wouldn't be where they are, but ,1 heard some one say once that the cat could look! - *- A1- " ^ T T>n/^L-rwn ctn i ri fti cm i - ' a l Lnt? JLLlvMJll, auu X ivvuvu ~--o ] ficant individual can express an opinion, whether any one reads or listens, and little do I care whether any one does or not. It is out of my system. I have said so much from time to time in the last several years about the condition of Rosemont cemetery i * AV - - ? TT'if Vt in ct I tJi&t 1 approacn me suujcvl ?h.u ju^< a little misgivings. Not because the subject does not need treatment, and treatment of the heroic kind, for it' certainly does, as anyone who will. visit the place and take the tim-e to i stop and think for a moment must conclude. It has long been a wonder to me why the good people of Newberry 1 on<-?Vi o r>nr^itmri tn Pxi'St. WOi: ouutri oui^u u vuuU...wU .? This is one place in whicia every citi- j zen of the community has a personal j interest and in which we all stand on j an equal footing, and in which we i should all have the same interest in the matter of its up-keep. Years ago there were some pines in pichjc i and the soughing- of the pines gave! some sense of feeling that somewhere i some one had an interest in the place,! but now there is nothing like that there and tJ'.'e ditches that pass for roads, and where there are no ditches the rocks and trash from the ditches have been piled in the middle of the place where the road is expected to hp hnt wnere it is not And then the condition of many of the lots, but that is not near so bad as the roads and driveways, because the lots belong to I individuals and they must look after j | their own, but the driveways are the f ! property of all of us wtlio may desire j h H to go there, and sooner or later all of us wiil go, whether we desire to go or not. And then look at tJ:at fence, or rather the place where the fence was once supposed to be, for what is there now you could scarcely profane by calling it a fence. And it seems to me that I have been bearing t V? y\ nocf c-cr^rol voorc CAmoT^ino I lilC" paoi ot *tiui j \. tx i o oviiivwua^ about tl'"e Civic association raising money to build a fence around the cemetery, and it seems to me that 1 have seen some designs for a fence that they were going to put up. and I have a faint recillection of how nice it ail looked on the paper and in the drawing and how I imagined how 1'tautiful it would be when it was all completed, and then I f.ave heard only recently that the trustees would not the if.ivin association build the fence. That must be a mistake. Surely if they have no money they would not object to some one who was interested helping them to make the place look like it was t).e burial ground for civilized and Christian people. 'In fact, I doubt if any heathen nation or people would tolerate a burying ground as poorly kept and as unsightly as our own Rosemont. Will not some one wake up and take notice? Now, I am going to tell you what this town needs, and it is this: Yve need more optimism. We need for our people to have more confidence in one another. We need to reach that point where every man does not think that every other man is a grand rascal. Until we get rid of that feeling and that spirit of course we are not going to get together on any subject and in t? j tt r * j _ any cause, good or uau. waiy, uu \uu know that there are people right here in Newberry who will sit up and laugh heartily at tfiose fifteen 'men who guaranteed the money to bring the Chautauqua here because they lost some money on it. Those men are not complaining. They did a good thing and yet that spirit of pessimism wtiich 1 1 ~ ^ ? '? ? A T>-> ol/nc c* nm a JiaS JUOIU Ui UUi j/cupic ujanco of them really rejoice because the town did not patronize this enterprise and caused these men, who were working for the good of the community, to lose mon-ey. There is one good thing about it, if it will give t):ese hard flints a ?ood laugh it may help that way, because a good laugh is healthful and ^ " 1 xr x _ 1 *A wi r\ piUI. ICS, 1'd.iit 11 1IUJUU 1UC, iix\; great need of this community at this time is a spirit of optimism. A feeling of more confidence in one another. A greater trustfulness. When you get 11 e impression out that you regard every one as a grand rascal you create or contribute to the creation of grand rascals. Let every one go to talking good times and whistling cneer ? Aim Afln o T? iui:y as w0 go fctuuui vui uuoiu^oo a-^u. meet each other with a smile, a word of good cheer, and in less than a week you would feel an entirely different atmosphere, and the town would be really another place and one in whicfc you would like to live and in whose cemetery you would like to be laid away when the final summons came. Take it from me, as the girl in the ehautaucua said, that what is here written is a great truth and it would cost noti'.ing to verify it if you have any doubts. The Idler. rfifflPLE FUNDS TO HANDLE THIS YEAR'S COTTON CROP Federfcl Reserve Board Man Believes Staple Will Bring Better Average Priee Than in 1914. \ Washington.Aug. 5.?Conditions that confront tht Soutft in handling the 1915 cotton crop and the condition a year ago are contrasted by W. P. G. Hardiing of the federal reserved bulletin. The por.tion of cotton today is much stronger and financial and other conditions are much better than a year a?o, in Mr. (Harding's opinion, and if the people of the South will not weaken tfteir position "by unwise action," they have little to fear. "The cotton tragedy of 1914," says Mr. Harding, "will be succeeded in 1915 by nothing more serious than a drama." Mr. Harding warns the South in its desire to see a broad market established for cotton to do nothing to embarrass Preside* Wilson in his conduct of international affairs. "It should be remembered," says Mr. Harding, "that the president owes a *- * 1 - J A 4- "U ^ + r\ f Vi rv tx-Vi r\\ Ck Illjiner CUl*- l<-.' l iIV iu& v> uujv country and to mankind at this juncture than t;:.e establishment of cotton values. Serious complications between this country and any great foreign power -certainly would not enhance cotton values." After comparing conditions affecting the market this year and last, Mr. Harding says: Comparison of Conditions. "Under the most adverse conditions conceivable, with demoralization in every money market, with high inter| est rates, with emergency currency being issued daily in large volume, wittr< j enormous gold shipments abroad, with crippled shipping facilities, without adequate insurance protection and with ocean freights three to five times ariral, we began in Augyet. 1914, ii' * : LOWI ~~ F reezers, Home Canni] ?a????? I ? ! An j I vo cent/ A. M. A I i i I When West-Mai __? market a crop cf nearly 17,000,000 bales of cotton. Financial institutions, already hard pressed, were unable and unwilling to make advances on cotton. In addition to this the Southern farmi ers, wi o have this year planted recordj breaking food crops, were faced with I a deficiency in home-raised foodstuffs ! and were in many cases force j to sell i cotton to pay off pressing indebtedness and to secure adequate food supplies." | Attention is called to the fact that the high prices for cotton now prevail- j ing in Germany and Russia, about 30 + o nnnn H -arill Ji ttrflPt rrtttATI to VVli to U [/UUUU, V ^ 4 A ? V.W* V?WV VWVVWM , those countries in spite of apparently insurmountable obstacles, just as high ; prices paid for cotton abroad during j* the civil war made blockade running j o etoo/iv VincinPts Funds Are Ample. | T'.ere seems to be no question that | ample funds can be obtained to finance J j in a normal way a much larger volume j of cotton than was taken care of last j year, and that even if Germany and | j Austria-Hungary should be forced to I Micnan/? fintrnn m 9 nil fa f>+11 rill or Antirftlv ' | cucyv,ijia vutiv/u ?w... -?0 ?w statistics show that the mills of the United States, Great Britain, Spain, Russia. Italy, Japan, 'China and India 'have spind.es sufficient to absorb every bale of cotton that is likely to be cult;V. ated. "T* *.i olort ha " Rfl\*s \Tr I It C VU1U CI iou Ut ~ - I i Harding, "that the reduction in Amer-iican cotton acreage this year amounts j to more than 5,000,000 acres, and that | Egypt and Indian have also made radi! cal reductions in cotton acreage. It is j probable that the world's cotton crop, i based on an average yield per acre, i will be about 5,000,000 bales less than j I I last year. "Cotton, unlike grain, is a commodity i j the market value of whici: depreciates Jin time of war. and the South was a i producer of that commodity has suffered. Better Than Last Year. The actual position of cotton, hows' ever, is so much stronger than was | tr: case a year ago, the financial and | other conditions are so very much more lavoraDie tnai mere u?ui ue uu j doubt that if the South will keep cool j ami will refrain from merely weaken: ing its own position by unwise action ' the present nervousness regarding the ! market for the growing crop will soon disappear. "Even in the face of all tr?e adverse conditions during the last twelve ' months the average price or cotioa i has been about what might have been expected for a 17,000,000-bale crop had there been no war, and there is every ! reason to believer tfcat the average I price of cotton during the next twelve I mnnth? will be higher. The real ques I tion is: Will Southern merchants and I Southern bankers, and all others ini terested in Southern trade, co-operate ! in securing for the cotton producer tfce I benefit of this average price, and will ! the cotton producers themselves do their part? iMy knowledge of Southand nf Southern business ! n II UVW* ? I conditions justifies a confident belief I that an affirmative answer will be eiven. ? I The Quality o i cafinfiVfi tfift mo _ i tation of being OUR ICE CRE N. P. MI i I immmmJimm?mmm "ST PI ON ? , Cans, Fr ng Outfit - Aluminum i ugust 6th r_ c ii> Tin mi. days u s -Marti 16 size 20 year case 7 jewel $10 00 16 size nickle case 7 jewel 5.50 12 size 20 year ca And we have a large line of ladies Also a full line of Bracelet Watch< r\r\ P. C. JEA Jewelers and Repairing a Specialty. I GEN. SHERMiAtN SAID SO. Many Times Expressed the Opinion ^Tiiat "War Is Hell." - -T A T T"? 4.^ XT s\?*? ITWWfe. TU wi inciter ui A. ?J. ID. to xwa ?u?i^o. I note in your issue of today your editorial, "War is Hell." It was hardly to be expected that Gen. Sherman in an official communication to the chief magistrate at Atlanta or any other important city would use language stronger than "War is cruelty ana you can not refine it," but isn't cruelty hellish? Moreover, many years ago I sat as one of a good many guests at tf"e same table with Gen. Sherman at a semipublic dinner, men only being present, and heard his reply to a somewhat inquisitive participant?it was after the table had been cleared and punch an 1 cigars added to the wine?who had asked him, I was told (my attention was otherwise engaged at tt' e beginning of the colloquy, whether he had ever really used the expression, "War is hell." Gen. Sherman's reply was substantially that, ever since the Mexican war of 1847, he had many times expressed t>':e opinion among men friends, especially during and since the conflict of 1861-6'5, that war i? hell. / m "Good Morning.** Haverhill Gazette. The apostles of cheerfulness and kindness are abroad once more. "Good morning" and "good evening" clubs are organizing in cities of the West, with the purpose of expelling the chilly indifference which exists between men j wf.o meet each other day after day on the streets, in cars, in offices, etc., and yet who have never formed the pleasant habit of giving a similar nod of recognition. We are familiar with the condition of things which stir this i latent sense of good fellowship. *In every residence neighborhood there are men who always take the same street cars downtown in the morning i and frequently the same cars back at; ^ W />| r Uur Ice Lrear st fastidious taste and b the leading dealers in sw AM once you will want i ILHtLL IICES I ? I uit Jars $12.00 Sale 8:30 and 7th flair It'c Oat VUli^ Al %J VU11 n Co. 12 size 20 vear case 7 iewel f12.50 J # c* x V 12 size 20 year case 15 jewel 15 00 se 17 jewel $ 18.00 ; watches at equally as low prices, ss ranging in price from fn.oc to & rn Optometrists We Will Pay Cash For Eggs, dozen - 15c ? ? W r Hens, pound - 10c Friers, pound ? 12c Miller Brothers r? ?i_ o r> rrosper uy, a, V/. night. These same masculine atoms gather day after day and look at each i othen with dead-fish eyes until the situation first becomes embarrassing and t'-en hateful. Yet many of these atoms only require the presence of another | atom?the "good morning' 'atom? i "u ~ a m oo-irt nf CAaIoT V? UtJiX, picaiu- LUC magiL cutv-i VI uwiai unbending is seen in a chummy group | of. friends, a molecule of neighborliness. All men of similar interests are pretty much alike. Once the crust of formality is broken, almost any group of men may be friendly. Ulen become I rccerwH nnt tn. Sflv SUSniniOUS. bv v j " ? -v-v - X j force of habit. It is an unfortunate I and unjustifiable habit and often leads j to development of tf:at unspeakable community nuisance?the neighborhood grouch. If men would more often "ict on/ia r\f o n1?afi9Tlt "WArd <yf lion. liic VUU'UVV/ VI U .. v. greeting to the stenographer it is certain that many a man would arrive at his office in a happier mood, and at the end of t)":e year would have more friends than if he had just passed along engrossed i hims-elr. A Demonstration. i "Tomorrow, gentlemen," said The j professor in a lecture on taking notes, "I will bring my cards and show you my card system." Voice?"O. K., Doc. Fetch some chips and we'll have a regular par.:y." IMany men prate of their sympathy for the under dog, forgetting t):.at what he needs is help. a and Candies uilds our repueets. If you try it again. :. : & BRO. I ' * .'.17' t - flfe \ 4 ^