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J 1 ' VOLUME nn, NUMBER 99 3EWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1916. TWICE A WEEK, tlM A TEAR. Wilson Probab /nirw N, Ttesult in\Doubt in Five State ^ of These and the Runnir Hughes Leading in Columbia, 3 P. M., November 9.? v ?1 '-i 1 fha 1 OQf>tinM i <00 l?LL^s}L UUliCtlll XX UHl IWVWiVM at this hour gives Wilson 255; Hughes .243; doubtful 33. . I In the doubtful Slates Wilson 13 leading in California and ICorth Dakota. Hugh'es Teading in Minnesota, and in New Mexico ~Tne vote as returned is about evenly divided. The five cToubtful States are: California, 13; Minnesota, 12; New Mexico, 3; North Dakota, 5; New Hampshire, 4. The sudden switch '61 New Hampshire from a small Hughes plurality | to 93 votes for Wilson "was the dramatic change ip the situation this morn' ing. It came -in announcement from the Secretary of State that a partial official count in all the districts disclosed errors in calculations by town and ward clerks. The official count is still progressing. j L In Minnesota and New Mexico the j m incomplete returns show Hughes to| ' .have the lead, while ir. C ifornia antf| .North Dakota Wilson i. aamg. The returns from daubtful western States are belated "and not expected to be avalable before late today. Calfornia is almost certain for Wilson. Nebraita is conceded to Wilson. J. K. A. ' New York, Nov. 8.?Shortly after midnight returns such as were complete or so far complete as to be regarded as indicative, gave President Wilson 232 votes in the Electoral College; Hughes 239 and left 60 votes <3fatAQ ft requires dOUDtlUl in OL6111. v? 566 votes to clect a President. California still showed a lead for the President and his campaign managers were claiming it ljj at U?.st 15,000. The President's majority there was a little more than 4,000 with afcout ?ire-fifth of the districts missing. In Minnesota, the Wilson lead, which | was as high as 10,000 early in the day. i steadily decreased as the vote of the Tural districts came "in. During the evening Hughfs took the lead with a small margin and then the President Into +V) d ! shot aneaa agam. um > till ICOo , a thousand votes. TKe Republican; managers claimed the State on the; final r turns. Idaho was estimated for Wilson's column with a majority of 100,00.1 Kansas, while incomplete with a little more than two-thirds of the districts j yeporfed, showed President Wilson! heading with more than 27,000. Wasii-J ington. a little mor? than half report-; e<?. was giving the President a lead ! of 7,000. ? ' " * ! West Virginia, iwu-uhiub iewi itu, i was showing Hughes a majority of nearly 2,000. North Dakota was very rlr~A. "*uh t^o-thirds complete, showIn e a Hughes taajority of less tha* j 1 00* Wilson was leading Jn ?"ew Mexico | with only a small proportion of the j - nrecinct* reported Delaware and j Xew Hampshire, counted smong the, Hughes States", but incomplete during: the dav. definitely turned into the Re- ; publican column. Wtv YoriT"N'ov. 8.?At midnight the! electoral college seemed to stand as | follows, based o? returns received by j f the Associated Press: State? Wilson. Hughfs. Doubtful j Alabama 12 .. .. I Arizona 3 Arkansas 9 California 13 Colorado 6 Connecticut 7 Delaware 3 Florida 6 Georgia * 14 < Tdaho ? 4 Illinois 29 .. Indiana * 15 - ia Towa 10 - > Kansas TO Kentucky 13 "Louisiana 10 "Main*1 6 Maryland 8 Massachusetts 18 Michigan Minnesota 1"VTisfiisslnpi 10 Missouri 1*. Montana 4 r^' v-~ 8 r ' v. o rvevaf ?*. 6 NPIT Hamn^bire ^ T^"j;pv t X v: Mexico ly Wins LtlCl/KUC. V/1/IIC.WOi. fs? Wilson Leading in Three ig About Even in OneOne, New Mexico. [Xew York 45 North Carolina iz North Dakota 5 Ohio 24 .. .. Oklahoma 10 .. Oregon 5 Pennsylvania 38 Rhode Island 5 .? South Carolina 9 South Dakota 5 Tennessee 12 Texas .TT 20 Utah 4 Vermont 4 Virginia 12 Washington 7 West iVirginia 8 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3 Totals 232 239 60 Necessary to elect, 266. Wilson was leading in the following States from which returns were incomplete: California, Idaho, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico and (Washington. Hughes was leading in the following States from which returns also were incomplete: West "Virginia and North Dakota. DEMLiXD RECOUNT I> NEW HAMPSHIRE * ? Charge of Frand Made by State Democratic Committee. ___ Concord, X. H., Nov. 8.?A recount of the vote for Fres4*pttal electors in New Hampshire will be demanded by the Democratic State committee, according to information received to-1 night. It was learned that the committee has be?n directed by the national committee to call for a recount at once and to obtain the best available counsel. The national committee ic said to have guaranteed expenses of the recount aside from those which regurlarlv would fall on the State. As far ^s known, no'charge of fraud had been made. i Complete returns announced by SecrotsiTir /if 5t!if a R?n t<ir> i trl-> f oiro i vbMi j k/VMVV *-' \j i \/ Hughes a plurality of 161, the smallest plurality ever returned in a Presidential contest in the State. It -s understood the figures are based on official returns. George E. Ferand ctiairma-i of the Democratic State committee, gave out figures indicating a small plurality for Wilson. Chairman Fer^and's statement said that with thirteen small towns missing.. Wilson had 42,464 votes, Hughes 42,326. Vflwpnftnrtti ? C * !* L ? - ? tl liguics, w mi twa smaii towns in the White Mountains missing, gave Hughes a lead of 524. ? 3IANMSG ANNOUNCES WILL NOT KIN FOR THE SENATE Columbia, November 9.?Gov. Manning positively announced today that' he would not be a candidate for the* Tnited States Senile it*, the campaign two years from now. Among other reasons he gave the following: "I feel' that my undivided attention to the1 c'r.Mts of the governor's officc will be^ romiirojl r?v onrnnco 3 r1ocir?? 'i4 to continue to consecrate my best cfTf to the serv-ce of the ^:-venior'3 Oitice." 4 THE APt'ADE Myrtle Gonzales at the Arcade Tues | day in a five re<'l Blnbird. "Tlie Secret of the Swamp." Watch for Helen Holmes in her new serial "Lass of the Lumbt-rlands" at the Arcade every Thursday, starting November 16 th. See the brand new- universal films at the Arcade every day. The motor driven machines, the mirroroide screen- and the five day old Universal films at the 'Arcade form a combination that can't be beaten. Entertainment at Hitrh School On Thursday night, November 23, "The Waverleys," a Chautauqua entertainment will appear at the high school. The programme will consist of solos, vocal duets, and readings. The contralto soloist will sing a group of Chinese songs in Chinese costume. Mr. Lewis, the baritone, will sing several Harry Lander songs. The enterwi r\ri f ic f/-?r K nofit nf tVl?? LCI iiilUCUt iO AUI kitv, kj s w - ??v tj school. Miss Jessie Hornsby of Newberry is the guest of Miss Louise Newman in North C-oluinbi?. having rome to attend the weddtes: of Miss N wman and Clifford Lewis this week.?The State. i I'KOtiKESS IN POSTAL KEFOR3I i ! Injudicious 3Ianagrement Checked by .iriore Thorough and (ireful Control. ' _ _ _ ~ _ ! BETTKK JKJCTHUIJS AT LtUM i ? , The Division of Supplies is now one I of the efficiently organized forces of i the Post Office department. It was not j so, however, until the advent of this ' Administration, when the management ! of this particular branch of the service passed into the hands of the present 1? Ji.rtn Assistant Postmast; r General, of whose bureau this division is an -""nportant part. It deals directly i with the postmasters throughout the' country, and its duties are to see that i they are properly and promptly supplied with the means of conducting the public business, the blanks, books,: forms, and various supplies which the; service requires. The 55,000 post offices in the United t States naturally require an enormous , amount of supplies with which to con- j duct <the business of the Government, j For instance, there will be required1 this year for the service 680,000 miles i of twine, weighing 2,000,000 pounds, j enough to encircle the globe 27 times and which would fill 60 big freight j cars; 15.000 gallons of ink and muci lage; more than a billion facing slips; . and all otfier forms of supplies in cor1 responding magnitude. This division alone lias supplies in transit every i working day of the year, practically! all postal supplies being now sent by freight, at an annual sa\ring of ap-! proximately a quarter of a million dol- ! lars. When it is considered that the purchase, controi, and issue of all i these supplies is centered in the De- j jJtti tiiieiii at u adiiiusiuu ivi cxic muic ' effective supervision which such a vast business demands, in order that ju-l : dicious economy may be considered in contract and purchase and discoverable waste checked in issue, it will ; be seen that, properly interpreted, this ; means unremitting attention and v:igi-! lance oil every hand, so that all pos-: sible benefits be secured from these; wise and necessary provisions. Wasteful ExtraTaarance Checked. i Under the old custom wfiich years of ; precedent had firmly established, it was the practice to honor all requi-' sitions tor supplies irrespective or, character or amount. The consequence was that th-^ government was annual-: ly put to an expense exceeding by many thousands of dollars the amount actually needed for the uses of the service. This practice and the loose methods of business management which were a part of this old system, w re severely condemned in a report made by an expert committee appointed by congress ior the purpose of inquiring into departmental methods and procedure. Frequent changes of administrative heads and general disinclination to make t^e radical changes required resulted in nothing "being don?, and things tt<ere allowed to drift along and conditio? s to remain just as before. The waste in the u of supplies thus i liberally furnished, is not the only item of expense whI thes? methods entailed. Absence of v .roper oversight into rhe details governing the business permitted a force of clerks to remain upon thi3 work w'aose .-v-rvices coma have been more usefully employed elsewhere or discontinued altogetii'-r. All this, together with the inappropriate and unsuitable system in operation, led t.o a mass of unnecessary correspondence, in winch the complaints of postmasters it protracted delay and errors in fil ing requisitions formed a considerable p.Tt, and which a better system and wiser management could "have measurably ssened, if 1 not entirely abolbhcd. Numerous ; changes in the method of operation 1 were accordingly made, . areful scru! tiny of requisitions required, as well | as all requests for monetary ;.!iowj ances w,th the result t?:-at very con siderable economies wer? entc:e? m j time, labor, and expense. Mfrisnres of Economy Adapted. Another discover, d nepd for which a ! remedy was promptly applied, was a revision of the specifications under which bianks. books, etc., for the monr* order service werp furnished'. By this revision a reduction of practically one-third of the blanks formerly under contract has been accomplished. Careful study of the amount needi ed during: a contract period resulted i in greatiy reduced bids being made | possible by furnishing contractors j with true estimates of th actual \ quantities required, the amount so 'saved for the four-year period begin-j j ning December 1. 1915, being approx-! I imat;ly $13-0.000. 1 ! There is also another matter of con[ sHprable expense to the department j which a wis^r policy has now greatly lessened and will eventually altogether abolish, viz. the practice of renting the canceling machines used in the1 service. All such machines are to be placed on a government-owned basis As the department has be^n paying from $220 to $270 per annum renta1 for each of tho^e ^nrMnes. th n ed of a chang - in This direction was clear1 ? oaar*. TViio ie; now heiriS' JV tv ' I. A . --- | gradually met. the Department now i>r. jas. Mcintosh reviews water works bond Editor Herald and News:. i The city of Newberry for the purntwp of in stalling an electric light plant and a system of water works m the year 1896, issued $42,000.00 of 6 per cent forty year bonds, maturing in 1936. To insure the sale or these bonds a clause was inserted in the face of the bond pledging the city council to pay to the commissioner^ of public works every year the sum of $1050.00 to be invested in a sinking fund for the redemption of said bonds. But upon the expectation that this yearly payment oi $1050.00 with the annual interest UDon same would in forty years amount to a sum large - i ly in excess of $42,000.00, there was added to the face of the bonds another clause giving to the commissioners j of public works the option of redeeming any one or all or these bonds at the expiration of twenty years. For at the twenty year period it "was calculated that the sinking fund would amount to more than $30,000.00. With this $30,000.00 on hand, then an issue of $12,000.00 new' bonds tor a ten year period at lower rate of J interest, should enable the commis- j sioners to retire the whole issue of j $42,000.00 6 per cent, bonds, and with j a continuation of the same sinking' lund trrangt meqt, this new issue of) $12,000.00 could be easily retired at! the expiration of ten years. So that I with the expiration of a 'thirty year i period, the whole debt of $42,000.00 J would be wiped out in thirty years, and the city would own her electric light plant and water works free of all encumbrances. And the most important financial matter for the tax-payer's consideration at this time is the utilization of this twenty year clause by the commissioners of public works in the redeeming of this issue of forty year $42,000.00 bonds, one reason for which is that the wiping out of $30,000.00 of the city's indebtedness would be of ereat advantaee in more ways than one in improving her financial rating. And another is that if this option is not taken advantage or the city may not be able to make any settlement with the bond-holder before the expiration of the forty years, the lift of the bonds, for with this sinking und security there it not a better 6 per cent bond on the market and no holder of a bond will be yilling to give up his bond except at its full VaiUe. Ill nve ^e<U"8 liujju tm? hujci j if there is no use made of this option, the sinking fund will have accummu- , lated a sufficient sum to retire tfifc whole $42,000.00, and should the city be forced to continue the present plan until the expiration of the forty years, cue sinking fund will have accumulated a sum of approximately one hun- : ured thousand dollars. The most careful investment ahd management of : this sum by the commissioners or pub lie works will ent9.1l upon tne city a less of several hundrtu dollars annually, as they will be paying t> per ? cent inUrest and making investment 1 at 4 per cent or 5 per cent, winch is 1 not a pleasanl outlook for the i Taxpayer. i owning 508 of these machines, and it , 10 ovn^teH that at the end of this , 4 O ?- ^ rental period, June 30, 1917, there , will be a sufficient number of these government-owned machines to re- , place at least half of those under ren- , tal, thus allowing $15,000 for the pur- . chase of new machines the following . year and practically abolishing the ; necessity for renting such machines thereafter. At the present time the ( cost of these rented machines is $230,000 annually. i Rt pairing scales returned from the service as defective and damaged, has also produced a considerable economy in that direction, 2,737 of those returned being put into good order during the past year. As tne parcel post uses a great number of scales in the conduct of its business, u.0,iy<s | o* the 100-pound capacity beam scale having already been furnished, the repair of such as can be made serviceable again, instead of being condemned and sold as waste material along with others, as has been the practice hentofere, represents quite a saving at very small cost. Careful Management in the Issue of vSupplies. The great number of requisitions annually sent in from the post offices of the country for the numerous articles needed, amounting during the past year to something like 500,000, demanded svstem and method for sue cessful operation. This was met by the establishment of the central distributing office plan which provides offices selected with reference to their railroad or other mail transportation facilities for the territory to be supplied. embracing several counties, and to which the offices within this territory were to be tributary. These depots ar kept stocked under general requisitions submitted at schedule periods to the department anf1 shipped thereto from the departmen* nr th i pnntractor. usualh* bv freight Bolt the Rank < W/in r r icu a ivi ui Candidates are Cautioned tc Passible by Saturday Nig/ t r o PI i Votes is urowing ononCloses Satu <$> SOTICE TO CUfDIDiATES. <6> 4>* ^ 100,000 extra votes for eaeli v <s> club of $12.00, consisting of all <i> <. lasses of subscriptions, no lim? ^ it to the number of clubs any <v candidate may turn im This <8> <?> offer begins Ji'oy. Sth, and ex& pires Saturday, JToy. 18th. Bur- <?'. <?> ing this offer Prize Ballots will <S>1 <* be awarded candidates sending Q" & in the largest amount of sub scriptlons between the dates <? named as follows: <?' ? 400 000 to the one turning in $ the largest amount, 300,000 to ^ the second; 200,000 to the third <S> ^ 100,00 to the fourth and 50,000 <S> to the fift*. & Positively the last club offer <* to be made. ? ^ ^ ^ 3> <?> < ? ? ^ 4> ^ '<& ^ ^ <ar j The Herald and N-ews would like to ask the candidates m its Great Circu-" Iation Campaign, why thet do not bolt' the ranks of tho-e who refuse to see opportunity and take advantage of the second voting period which will expire" >atnrtiay nigni, 3 or. urn. Also me last extra vote, the largest offer that will be made on~club of $12.00 daring the campaign. Some people bolt presidential convention, others bolt meal, and a few are in the business of bolt manufacturing. But the best bolt for the energetic candidates in the Herald and News Corculation Campaign, is that from the aloom and inactivity and doubt, into Hie life of endeavor and success. Fail-, r.re is always for those who wait and dream and never act. It is only for | those who are willing to accept it j The candidates in this Campaign who are taking advantage of the opor-j tunities as they present themselves will no doubt be the ones who will ( secure the larger awards on Dec- i ; mber 2nd. j "The few candidates who took ad- j vantagp of'past opportunities no doubt! slept the sleep of the peaceful and in bulk thus saving the long and expensive mail hauis formerly neees-J sary. These third and fourth class' postmasters thus .deal directly with' iiieir distrubting centi-rs instead of! writing directly to the department forj, = vei^ u miug uceu, duu cuej uiumari-[ ly receive their supplies within twen- j ty-four hours, whereas by the old! method, days and weeks were often! necessary. Another advantage of this j; system is til*3 supervision which these | distributing offices can exercis-e over; the character and amount of supplies J, to be furnished. Being in close touch, | any tendency to over stocking or j waste, so common by the old method, is easily checked and prevented. Dis-. iributing offices have taken on their j added duties without increased force, | md reports from the service gener- j ally indicate that the local supply i i>oints are both popular and practi-1 cable. : The inauguration of the new system lias lessened the clerical force formerly required and may be expected to produce still further economies in that direction. The orderly and systematic method by which the stock is now kept in the department and by which articles- called for upon requisitions can be readily assembled and checked off, time saved, ana errors avoided, is part of this system and adds considerably to its general success. The department is gratified that present methods are so satisfactory, that vexatious delays no longer exist, but that all are striving earnestly to do their part towards making1 their share of public duty acceptable to the people whom th-y serve. j THE RURAL CREDITS ACT ??? The federal Farm Loan Act con-; tains several provisions which il-, lustrate the spirit of helpfulness to; agriculture which inspired its crra-! 'ion and which will he paramount in j ts administration. First of all it stimulates coopera-1 'ion among the farmers by requiring j he organization of these local Nat- ! "ional Loan Associations. Then it j urns a mortag3ge into an investment j w giving the farmer an opportunity ! o use the money for such forms of mprovement as will enable the in-estment to pay off the. debt. . f r^ouires that the money borrowed" hall be spent, on the land of the bor*ower. and it is also so framrd tfcat no r?' of Those se Opportunity mm f Secure Every Subscription it?Time to Secure Extra}?? -Second Voting Period rday Night victorious on Saturday night, but those who did not secure one or more of the extra voting certificates are by no means dismayed. Their failure last week to secure & club or two has in no way affected their uetermination. They have started this week with a tenacity that is worthy of the greatest admiration, and they are putting forth every -effort to get every subscription possible oa second voting period and to secure a number of clubs of $12.0u in subscriptions on which they will receive 100,000 extra votes on eateh clult. This offer will expire on November, 18th. They are grabbing this excellent oportunity to repair their mistakes on previous offere. A little -1- -.1 1- ? ! ici/uu, a Biigut tHSLuacit, a inning disappointment is but the acid test of the pure gold of ones good resolution*. vvniie tne lime is growing rather short, there still remains a week in which to earn those magnificent ex-' tra voting certificates, and any candidate has plenty of time yet to earn ' several of these certificates. You alone can decide whether you shall use tfee remaining days to good advantage to secure for yourself enough votes that will go a long ways to securing the prize of your choice. Don't hold yourselr la check; keep your energy going in channels that win Drmg you rewards. You can d? it, and what you can do well constitutes your birthright. You have talent, time and opportunity. To use them righi^neans success and a competence for yourself and friends Who have been so generously assisting you. You now have the greatest and last oportunity to secure a largest number of extra votes, and in fact, the last offer that will be made daring the remainder of the Campaign, if you do not take advantage of this, and advantage of the second voting period, it will be as Napoleon once said, "It wil be worse than an error. It lrlll be a blunder." The proposition is be??re you, the opportunity is yours, and it is up to you to take advantage of it. aosente landlord nor any real estate speculator who does not actually farm his own land may make nse of it. Further-more, it limits the size of the loan to $10,000, to prevent the use of the money for the purpose of monopolizing land. Every provision of the bill is drawn in the* interest of the fcirmor r\t mo/Unni.nivftH nnoMti/ina who has heretofore suffered from restricted credit. # Under the Farm Ix)an Act farmers or prospective farmers may borrow up to 50 per cent of the value of their land and 20 per cent of the value of permanent insured improvements thereon. If a renter wants to me tais money to purchase a farm, he must bargain for his land in advance and tnen indicate m nis application what land he expects to come into possession of. He "will be required to have in cash 50 per cent of the purchase price, unless the man he buys from is willing to take a second mortgage on top of the Federal Land Bank mortgage, it is predicted that this practice will become popular, because the Federal Land Bank mortgage practically never comes due and is constantly being reduced by annual payments.?Frank R. Wilson, in The Progressive Farmer. vvvvvv^pvvv vvvv kt ^ <?> COTTtfr MARKET. $ < > >'cw berry. ^ ^ Cotton 19.50 Cotton seed, per bu 90 Prosperity. * Cotton 19.25 > Cotton seed, per bu 90 & Pomaria. <$> ^ 'Cotton 19.38 *> Cotton seed, per bu 90 ^ 4' Little Monntain. *> Cotton 19 * Oott?n seed, per bu 90 f happells. Cotton 19.25 * Cotton seed, p?r bu 97.50 * * Sliver Street. <& Cotton " 19 ' 4- Cotton seed, per bu 90 * <? Kinards. * j* Cotton ....19.25 -"-4. ~ J _ v., Qrt <3> I v<Jiiuu sccu, yci ?/v ^ | 5 Whttmire. - * I < > Ootta^ " 77 19.25 j 5 Cotton s^ed. per bu 90 '*> t