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file ||eralii and Jem Entered at the Postcffice at New^ C as -?nd matter. * J J V/?J U V w ?-w E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, August 13, 1915. MAYOR FLOYD AN OPTIMIST. "As a matter of fact," remarked Mayor John F. Floyd of the city of \ Spartanburg, yesterday morning, "I j am mighty w eary of this talk of busi-' ness depression. There is no business ' depression, either in this town or in any other town around about in this territory, in my judgment. "We ibave simply allowed ourselves to get in the habit of accepting that statement without thinking. It is time to 'cut it out.' tTTvorv /vrmoprn in t,his citv is doine cL business a little above normal for the season of the year and I believe an examination of the books will sT:ow it. "Of course," said the mayor, "I want to see this war stopped, but not for business reasons, because the longer it keeps up the richer this country is going to be and the more self-sustaining and prosperous the people of tfce South are going to become." In our judgment, tnat is jusi xne son of talk the South needs at this time. We have maintained for months that business was coming back and that it tad reached normal for this time of the (year. A challenge to the business concerns of the city to show that their business is below what it was two years ago would not bring a single response. The country is prosperous, J r?n,. Xf> oh/virn ?/"?* rtfllv in tllo iuiu luio iuaji ur ouvfu uvi wuij vv volume of business being done, but the greatest evidence of prosperity is in the change in the^ point of view by the agricultural interests of the South. The South is doing migfcty well and is in a position to do a great deal better. Fundamentally the situation Is the best it has been in many years? ve have prosperity. ? Spartanburg Herald. That sort of talk and that feeling as expressed by Mayor Floyd is just the sort of talk and the feeling that we need riglit here in Newberry. We need less of grumbling and complaining. They say that in Berlin and other German cities business is going on just as if there was 110 war anywhere, and why should we, away o,ver here on thi? side of the ocean, and in a land of i \ plenty, be complaining and whining and talking F:ard times because there is a place somewhere across the seas where men are fighting each other? We can never make times better by + conmplaining and faultfinding. .We all want to see the war stopped, but there io ?/\ ?co f*T.r> no (wor Vippp tn "nave a UV UC^ 1V1 uu V * V* uv* n- w ?V* v ?? fit of hysteria because it continues. We need a spirit of optimism and everything will work out all right. It is pretty hard sometimes for a fellow to s&ile and be optimistic when he has no money and does not know just exactly where he is to get any, but he lhad just as well smile and feel good as to whine. What we need in Newberry is to start something tf: at will give employment to people, and that means the putting of money in circulation and that means more business for every oae. Money locked in the vaults of the hanks will not do any one any good. The building of that farmers' exchange that we were writing about in the last issue would ftelp this immediate community and the entire county about as much at this time as any thing we know of just now. Will not some one start the movement? It can be done and will be a good investment to those who put their money in it, and at the same time help tfce farmer to turn into cash many of the products that are now thrown away and wasted. / Mr. Floyd is right. We need more optimism. We need it_ right here in A7 1 iiNewuerry. TRY IT IN THIS STATE. The State cf Virginia has a novel dog law, which it is believed will enable that State to raise sheep successfully on a large amount of waste land heretofore idle. This law makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $50 for the owner to allow his dogs to run at large in tne country. The waste land, while entirely suitable for sheep raising, was not well adapted to cattle, for the reason tfcat winter feed in those districts was too high to make the wintering of beef a Vll A A 111 Inol + V 4-\-% S\ tdiac piyniftuir, aii iu?i siuuu *u uc "way of profitable, sheep raising was ^ <logs. These dogs, which were rarely fed, lived cn young game during tf'.e spring and summer and preyed on the sheep whenever they were not watched, and especially in the winter. The farmers of Virginia grew tired of having their waste lands idle and finally induced the legislature to pass tne dog law. T>:.e law when adopted by a county, 'makes it a misdemeanor for the owner of a dog to allow that dog off his prope- , unless he is with the dog. In case of incorporated villages and towns it permits the licensing of dogs, but luakes it a misdemeanor for them to roam outside of the incorporated limits. . The indirect effect of the law is to allow amy farmer to sl:oot a lone dog on his property. jtiow vasny wouia souiu x^nrvuua. increase in wealth if her hills were sodded with lespedeza, Bermuda, vetches, clovers and other grazing crops, and sheep and goats permitted to roam in safety.?Columbia Record. Such a law in South Carolina migfM be a good thing if it had the proviso that any one might shoot the dog if he found it roaming on his land. Bulj we i.ave a lot of laws now that are observed more in the breach than the observance. For instance, here in Newberry there is a law, or an ordinance, tf:at no dog shall be permitted on the streets without a muezle, but all you i':ave to do is. to walk out on the streets any day and you will find dogs loafing around and no one thinks of putting a muzzle on any of them or arresting them. In fact, the enforcement of such a law would mean the extermination of the dog. J A At- ? ~ 1^4. it is true mat mere is a, iui ui waste land all over South Carolina t'aat could be put to sheep raising and to battle raising, and this latter could be done without the enforcement of the dog law that they have in (Virginia and our climate would suit the raising of cattle. We do not believe that tfre dog law suggested by the Kecorci would avan much in South Carolina for the reason that it could not be enforced. We have not followed the plan as closely as we wought to have, but we understand that the Columbia chamber of commerce or the generous merchants of that citv are going to display their unbounded liberality by allowing the county weekly papers of the State to advertise the capital city's "harvest jubilee" free of all cost. They are not going to d:arge the news^ ^ Vk/\ArM i*r\ o V?"trr nr>r\\\Tj] ydjjcl a a ^cixl iaj uyurn u y a, uig \yxvii\A for Columbia and take borne trade away from their home town. This is one of the "cutest" little propositions we have run up against in many moons. Very characteristic, however, and, sad to relate, effective in some instances.?Laurens Advertiser. It is a pretty good advertising scheme, vet vou should remember that tfte State fair is a State institution and a great reunion occasion for all the people of South Carolina, and why should not the newspapers help it along. The newspaper has come to be considered a sort of public institution and does a lot of wTork for nothing. And it has educated the people to be1?AT,A *-?? 1*C +V. HOC V~CLL 11 IO yc* It V/l l/UC uuomcoo of the newspaper to do this free work. A great many people have the idea that you must fill space and if they he!p you they are doing you a real favor. The whole trouble is that t:e average newspaper man does not place himself a value upon his own merchandise, acd he can not justly blame other people if they do not. If iyou want other people to respect yc*a, you mi-iet nlooa o /lorta in amftlint /vf fJicr_ a VVl VUiU UUJVUUI VA nity and value to your own calling or work. "A LAW UNTO HIMSELF." "'No law has been broken. A lot of people are disappointed because Governor Manning is keeping campaign promises, or striving manfully to do crv onrf hoMiiso tho a^ministration is making good in real achievement? and t-at is about all there is in the case." This is an extract from an editorial in the Columbia Record defending Gov. Manning in the offer of increased salary of the superintendent of the asylum from $3,000 as fixed by the leg -? AA AAA ? .> rtVi isiature 10 $o,uuv. su mi <is vui uuservation goes the newspapers that have had anything to say about this act of the governor are not interested j in contributing to the failure of Gov. Manning's administration, but on the other hand have just as much interest in South Carolina and tfhe good name of the State as Gov. Manning.. iWe * t *' 1 1 I heard Gov. Manning's speech at Chick Springs. He did not say that he was giving this additional salary himself, but ne said he was advancing it eaca' month, and if the legislature did not' see its way to pay it then he would j cheerfully pay it himself. Of course; he expects the legislature to pay the increase. If ti:ey do I- will violate a plain provision of the constitution,: and we do not- believe that Gov. Man-: ning should put the members in such a position. That is all we have had! to say about it. The following from the Greenville Piedmont states the case very clearly, and wi:at it says is an tne criticism, if you call it criticism, that has been made in the matter: The law fixes the salary of this officer at $3,000 a year. Governor Man-; nisff has aereed to Day him $6,000 a I ivear, stating that be expected to ask the legislature to grant tJ:is increase, and that in the mean time he would pay the increase monthly out of his own pocket and seek repayment from the legislature. The legislature can not according to law make this payment and will be embarrassed by Governor Manning's request therefor. Article 13, section 30, of t)':e consti tution provides: "The general assembly shall never grant extra compensafee or allowance to any public officer, ( agent, servant or contractor for service rendered, or contract made, nor authorize payment or part payment of any claim under any contract not authorized by law." We do not doubt j Superintendent Williams' ability nor the fact that he was making in his practice more than the law will give him as a salary. Nor do we doubt ti:e excellent intentions 01 governor Manning. We simply state-the law as it is and think it unfortunate that the governor regards it necessary to go contrary to this law even for an excellent result. Section 676 of the code of South Carolina provides: "It shall be unlawful for any public officer, State or county, authorized by law to so contract, to enter into or contract, for any purpose whatsoever, in a sum in excess of t).:e tax levied and the amount appropriated for such purpose." The amount \ appropriated by the legislature for the salary of the superintendent is as, stated $3,000. When he and the governor enter into contract for a larger sum both l':e and the governor are, as stated above, doing an "unlawful" act. We regret this, for by so doing they become "a law unto themselves." If the salary provided by law for the superintendent for the state hospital is not sufficient, let the law be changed and a proper salary provided. The governor is not t)':e person to cl.ange the law and in so doing he be comes " a iaw umo niuise;i. Superintendent Williams is . not the first officer who has had to serve the State at a sacrifice. Governor i\lanning is now doing this. His salary is much less than he was making in. private life. There is as much right on his part to demand extra compensa- j tion for himself as there is on the; part of Superintendent Williams. If T^k TCTSllioTYle nn t. nnf flffnrrf t A I 1^1 . TT A iliUiXlQ V/UU UVl. v* v v . the office be should not do so. But he sl'.ould not accept it under requirements which make a violation of the law on his part as well as the governor. This is a fine time for t?e use of the split log drag. We hope the people along the Appalachian highway will drag the road and have it in as fine condition as possible before the boater trip on the 24tft. It will not take much time to drag the road and it would add greatly to the comfort and enjoyment of those wfco go on this trip to have the road in as good condition as possible. Of course it will not be long before we will have a real good road, 'but a little dragging will do good and will not cost much in time or labor. AWAITS MASTER'S RETURN. U a Will Path a tUIUtJ 1WUIJUCCU iic )!JU vviuv jjvtvn Keeps Watch at Grave. Buckner, Kansas, Correspondence to Kansas City Sfar. Pete is only a dog. Just a collie dog with tl":e gentle, expressive eyes of his kind and ?* good deal of gray about his muzzle, ic'ks in Buckner say tljp-t they can notice the gray more the last week or so, bu; they may be mistaken in that Pete, l-eing cnly a dog, is not expect ed to kn<;w tiie depths or emotion u:ai persons feel. He is not supposed to understand about death and sorrow and utter loneliness and that sort of thing. He was a smart dog, folks said, and had been a faithful companion to his ulster, William Hudspeth, wjo Uvea cr. a farm near Buckner. Li?: wv.en Mr. Hudspeth died three weeks ago every one forgot about Pete. There were so many things to be looked after that the grief-stricken family I fit nim to ms own devices, some 01 Vaoi;e in lhe funeral procession that wound up the road to tl:e grave yard o.i the hill r/member seeing him folio wing along at the side of the road, but he was gone when the crowd disnfr^p'' at thp cemetery. It i. ad been a strange day for Pete. Eaviy in the morning the people who caroe to the house had routed him out of his place in front of the door wnere l.e had lain during the two weeks his master was in bed. There were many things which, being a dog, he did not understand, There were all those people who stood around and talked low, and there were lots of flowers and more tuggies tiea aiong ine ience tuan h* had ever seen around the hitching racks in Buckner. They wouidn't let him in where his master was, not even in ti e house, although he tried to get in several times And tnen finally they brought his masier out in a big box and everybody ;vent down the road with him. He went along, of course. Hadn't i e gone to j town with him every afternoon for years? But they didn't stop in town this ; time. They went on across the railroad tracks and up the rock road. They went slower up the hill and Pete was glad of it, for IMs legs were not as strong as they had been before the hair around his muzzle turned white. The hard road made his feet sore, too, if he tried to go too far. He stopped witia the rest of them at nlo ria. tit Vidro the whitp Qtrmps stn/vd ' piUUV V v?V H ? vv ? about in the grass and watched them all go over to a big hole in the ground. But his master wasn't amongst tS':em. Perhaps he wasn't in that big box after all. He'd probably stopped in town as he always did, and Pete, foolish dog, fcr.dn't noticed it. It was much more | likely than tir at his master was in that I box they were putting down in the I Vole. So Pete started back. The loungers on the bank steps called to iMm as he stopped there, but he paid no attention to them. They watched him trot on down the street and stop for a moment at each store Lis master had used to visit. Then he disappeared out the road to the farm. The family, coming back to town, rjet Pete, limping a little now. They relief.t "him and took him in with them, j A few minutes after they got back j heme he was gone. J The sexton, working late that night,! heard a whining among t).e graves, j T'nen he came to the newest one he ; found Pete. The bog lay on the grass at tlie side of the headstone and would y.r\t nr\ mo Qttflv U'hpn fhp SPVtftn Ipft The next morning he was still there. Since then Pete i as never missed a day at the grave yard. When he turns in from the road he goes straight to .the Hudspeth lot and stays there forj hours at a time. The sexton has no- j ticed his restlessness. He hunts around | among the stones only to return to j I is master's grave, jpmaiiy ne goes back to the town and makes once more the round of the stores. lAt the furniture store he stops and scratches at the screens. W] en they come to let him jn, though, he looks for a moment and walks away. At the bank, if they open tf:-e door, he trots around behind the cashier's cage and into the directors' room and then goes out again. Sometimes he goes out to the farm tf'en. Sometimes he goes back to the grave yard and the sexton finds him in the morning, whining at the mound of earth. Always he has a restless, troubled air as f:.e searches for some one who can not be found. One day Clifford Hudspeth, Mr. Hudspeth's son, put on a pair of striped overalls that had belonged to his iatner. reie took up wun uim jmmtr ( diately and will follow him anywhere ?when he wears the overalls. . He showed mucfi the same concern a year ago when IMr. Hudspeth went to California for a month. No one knows ' how Pete found out on which of two j trains his master might return. Never! a day passed, however, without his! meeting both of them, and one day he was rewarded. The station agent still tells of Pete's bounding joy. So Pete waits at his idler's grave. How to Live to the Aere of 100. In the "Interesting People" depart- j ment of the August American Magazine appears an article about Henry F. Swanback, the oldest Odd Fellow in America, wfro lives at the age of 100 at Greenwood, Nebraska. Mr. Swanback was a boyhood friend of Bismarck's. His grandfather lived to be 117. Following are his rules for living to be 100: "GO to Dea eariy ana get up eariv. " Never sleep in a heated room. j "Keep fresh air in the sleeping room. "Sleep out of doors in summer?winter, too, if it can be arranged. "Drink plenty of fresh water. ... _ .~W?V rl; BP 4 per < sf ON SAVir aft The NatioDal of Newbei Save a Di Join Our 1 Become a men one of our P< Bai There's one w< Why not call and get it.. : The National Bai *.T 1 iNewDen "Use very little red liquor. j "As old age comes oil take, each < morning, a small wine glass of onethird glycerin and two-thirds good wliiskey. i "Smoke as often as yon please, but do not inhale the smoke, or blow it out through the nostrils. "If you are unfortunate enough to ! lose your wife, get another. It is not good for man or woman to live alone. i "Don't worry over anything. Worry kills more people than disease. "Keep an even lemper ai an uuicB. Be cheerful at all times. "Keep 11. e feet dry and the head clear. "Never eat meat. A little chicken will not harm one. but tnust not be eaten too often. ' ? * ?- ? -<* r. "?,at piency 01 iresu nsu. "Do not drink coffee. "Keep away from swe?t stuff. It ruins the stomach and kidneys. "Take plenty of outdoor exercise. Walk a great deal. "Follow these rules, and any normal man, barring accidents, can live to be one hundred." Most Wonderful Thing in the West In ti-e August American Magazine i Philip Curtiss begins a new serial novel entitled "And West is West." It is a story of California and the expositions?a tale of love, travel and adventure, full of comedy and life. Followine is a tidbit in waich one charac ter explains to another what the most wonderful thing in the west is: "'Wf at was the most wonderful thing in the West? We ought to see it before we zo home,' suggested Miss Susan. "But Camp shook his head. "lAlas,' he replied, 'you never can! Atw> mar thoneht it was tf:e Grand Canyon. Another said it was the big trees, but the prize went to a cattleman from down near the Apache Reservation who said he once knew a boy who I: ad never seen a hog.' "'A what?' interrupted Miss Susan. " 'A hog,' replied Camp, 'a swine, a pig. The boy was a sailor and cam-3 from the Friendly Islands. He drifted x ^ on/? TT7 O O C A Up lO ILLIS 1CIIU vv s lauvu, auu nas fascinated with the pigs that he followed tJ:em around from da;y to day. He was simply overcome with their charm.'" ^ tqita \ JI uf \jianupa jLaAc ii vuvv# It is often literally true that "the weak things of the world" are able to "confound the things that are mighty." Not long ago a member of parliament was caught napping by his little granddaughter, who is the deKorVit r\f hor rmrpntc anH t!" idrvl nf 115Ul VI "Vi V4AVW W ' V --V-. ~ grandfather. She came before him, her face wreathed in smiles, and said: "Grandpa, I saw somet&fng running across ti e kitchen floor this morning without any legs. "What do you think it was?" Mo stnriipri fnr's while hut finally was obliged to give it up. "What was it?" he asked. "Water," answered the little lady triumphantly. His Ardor. /Miss Gladys Guggles (coyly)?Does *Tr.' ? 1.1 1 r\v* s\ -rv-i s\ ?~^ loronrtA J v icanv a lie, v^iai j Clarence Snuckles (passionately)? j Love yo'? Why, I analyzes yo' so date | I'd rudder heah vo' chew sum den to I listen to a minstrel basd- That's how I loves you'.! . , n me a i/ay rhrift Club iber by getting * iOi ? Dcket Savings iks aiting for you. 1 1_ ai our DanK ik of Newberry rv. S. C. " ! DR. F. C. MARTIN jtbb sight Examines Eyes, Fits Glasses and Artificial Eyes If your eyes are giving you trouble don't fail to consult him. Satisfaction Guaranteed Office over Anderson's Dry Goods Store. NOTICE OF ELECTION IN BIG CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 20. Whereas, one-third of the resident Aloptrvrc and a HVa nrnnrvrtinn nf thf* resident freeholders of the age of 21 years, in Big Creek school district, No. 20, of the County of Newberny, State of Soutfn Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an election be held in said school district on the question of levying a spe cial additional tax of two mills to be collected on all the taxable property located in the said school district. Now, therefore, the undersigned, composing the county board of education for Newberry county, South Carolina, do fcereby order the board of trustees of Big Creek school district Xo. 20, to hold an election on the said question of levying a special additional two mill tax to be collected on ti e property located in the said school district, which said elec tion shall be held at Big creeK school house, in said school district No. 20, on Saturday, August 28, 1915, at which said election the p?lls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. The members of the board of trustees of said school district stall act as managers of said election. Only such electors as reside in said school district and return real or per ? ? i sonal property lor taxation, ana who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections, shall be allowed to vote, Electors favoring the levy of sudh tax shall cast a ballot containing the word "Yes" written or printed tfaereon, and each elector opposed to such levy si-all cast a ballot containing the word "No" written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seal on this the 10th day of August, 1915. miq p r4rr.f. A . ? , S. J. DERRICK, J. S. 'WHEELER, County Board of Education for Newberry County, S. C CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. By 0. C. Schumpert, Probate Judge: Whereas, Lenore Broaddus made suit to me to grant her letters of administration, with the will annexed, of the estate and effects of Mrs. H Adelle Robinson These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. H. Adelle Robinson, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of v.q'm at Yewberry. S. C., * i vuatUj iv ut iiviu v? v ? ? w r on Friday, August 27th next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to sf:ow ";ause, if any they have, why the said administration -- * A _ _3 should not oe graniea. Given under my hand this 12th day of August, Anno Domini 1915. C. C. SCHUMPERT, j F ?J. N. C. d