The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, August 12, 1902, Image 2

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b< b. UILI) 0001) K % 1 . E Just at the present time there is no f question that is of more vital impor- h tance to all the people of this county and of this State than that of good 11 roads. From whatever standpoint the subject is viewed, its importance re mains the same. That we should have them at whatever cost, all think',g o people admit. a As a purely business investment they will pay. Figures from other States which have built good roads prove this 5 beyond the shadow of a doubt. "It has been estimated that in forty counties in t Indiana where good roads have been d built, the average increase in the sell ing price of land, due to existing im- t proved highways, is $6.48 per acre. The n estimated average increase per acre v that would result from improving all a the public roads is $9.00. The esti- I mated average annual loss, per 100 s acres from poor roads, is $76.28. On the basis of this calculation the average e annual loss from poor roads is seventy- t six cents per acre.'" This only relates to the increase in the value of lands, t and does not include the greater saving X in the wear and tear in stock and ve hicles, and says nothing of the pleasure to be derived. C As a factor in the mental and moral t and social advancement of a community they are of equal importance with any other. For there is little use to have schools and churches and neighbors un less they can be reachedwithout great inconvenience. In a discussion of this subject there is one other thing, and it is not the least by any means, that should be taken into consideration. For several years past there has been a great flow of population from the rural districts into the towns and cities, and these have rapidly builded up at the expense 1 of the surrounding country. This is an abnormal condition and cannot but 1 work harm to our State. When the farmers of the South are happy and contented the South is bound to pros per. .When among this class of her people there is a general discontent, a wide-spread belief that they can im prove their condition by moving into the towns and working in the mills or following other pursuits, there is dan ger ahead. Where lies the evil and what.is the remedy? The -farmers will tell you that although they have schools and churches, there are times when, owing to the condition of the public -highways, they can be reached only with the greatest difficulty. They want their children to hav~e the benefit of a good education and to grow up under the influence of the church. Both may be secured in town, and to town they come. At certain seasons of the year they are almost entirely cut off ' from a market,, and of course, the loss that is * ~ sustained is heavy. With these incon veniences staring them in the face, and with the belief that they can improve * their condition by moving to town and working for wages they leave the farm. What is the result? The farms, of course, suffer. The towns for a time receive a new impetus from the new blood that is infused. But it is not for * long. For the surrounding country is the town's foundation and when that suffers the town must eventually suffer with it. As we have shown, the main evil lies * in the condition of the public roads. With the system of free rural mail * delivery now in use, if having good roads the farmers and all the people of the rural districts would be as much in touch with the outside world as those who live in our larger cities. Every convenience and every advantage that life pzan afiord would be theirs. There would be no occasion for discontent, and there would be none. All classes and all trades would feel the effect. In fact, the South can never take the position she should occupy- until she has good roads. Then it is the duty of the county to build good roads, and to begin the work at once. In addition to the present chain gang system and commutation tax we believe that a tax of one mill on all property should be levied for this special purpose. If this is done the commu tation tax should remain at $1.00. It is easy to see how this solution woudi be wise and just. At present the corporations are paying practically nothing for the support of the roads. Good roads are of as much benefit to) them as to any individual. The town of Newberry, which pays about one third1 of the taxes of the county, pays nothing for the support of the county roods. Good roads would be of as much benefit] to the town as to the people who bring their products here. Whatever benefits one, as a matter of course, benefits the other. Then the town should be taxed] for building good county roads, and the1 town is willing to be taxed. This tax would only amount to $1.001 on $1,000 worth of property and would bear lightly on the poor man and heavi est on those who are best able to standi the burden. With the commutation tax at $1.00, and this amonnt required to be.t paid and no work taken as a substitute,f: all classes would be reached. We submit this plan to the people of the county for their consideration. We believe it just and equitable and that the tax would not be felt. The good I that would result can not be overesti- v mated. uL Qobck oiey for amat.uff -rer mFolgs~i~ o andTbar aferrd n ]m met- relie~ f t haksfer r in m thiiefort sta Sld by Glden time cek~ wiii etfect a cure. Sold by Gilder & Weeks. CHILI) L.ABOR 1-1 TiHE~ MII,YS In a former issue we quoted a num pr of extracts from an article on Child Labor in the South,'" written y a staff correspondent of Dry Goods conomist who had made a tour of the iills in order to gather the facts for is paper. In a later issue of his paper, continu ig the same article, this correspondent iakes the following summary: To sum up, the facts deduced from y tour of tl"p Southern mills are these: First, that f ,m one-tenth to one-fifth f the total number of cotton operatives re mere children. Second, that they work from eleven o twelve hours a day. Third, that they are paid from 10 to 0 cents a day. Fourth, that boys and girls from 14 o 18 make from 50 to 75 cents a day. Fifth, that adults rarely make over a ollar, and that on piece work. Sixth, that the children's work, hough not heavy, is grinding and 1erve-racking. Seventh, that the constant buzz of vhirring wheels, the high temperature nd vitiated air-conditions inseparable rom cotton mills-wear down the toutest frame and strongest nerves and the children so employed ere long ose the bright' ey', healthy glow and lastic step which is the common heri age of youth. Eighth, that in many cases these rchins are held in hopeless bondage to heir illiterate, heartless and avaricious )arents. Ninth, that the normal order of things s, alas, too often inverted, and the addening spectacle presented of weak hildren supporting able bodiedd pa ents, in lieu of parents supporting ;heir offspring. Tenth, that not one out of twenty of uch toilers can read or write. The writer concludes with the follow' ng: The day is coming, and that, in all >robability, much sooner than the most anguine reformer dares hope, when ot only will every child now toiling in 3outhern mills be emancipated from much bondage, but, coincident there vith will be enacted compulsory edu :ation laws, whereby the freedom thus eroically fought for and gloriously achieved may be utilized to the full by the preparation of the coming genera ion of Southern operatives for the privileges and responsibilities of the most enviable citizenship on earth. These facts are in accord with the position which The Herald and News has taken all along. Child labor is an evil. If an evil, then it should be rem died. The question is to find the best remedy possible. If the mill owners themselves will not take action, then as a last resort, give us conservative and wise legislation, a law just to all :oncerned.. Whatever action is taken should be mimediate. Unless present conditions are soon changed, the change when it loes come will be radical and may it self work harm. It is just two weeks from today un il the first primary. It has been a ood many years since South Carolina has had such bright prospects politically. Factionalism has been wiped out. The people are no longer obedient to,i the lash of a dictator and are thinking for themselves as never before since the war. This is clearly demonstrated in the campaign now about to draw to a lose. The crowds in attendance upon the meetings have whooped no favor ites. They have given the speakers lose attention and have weighed them arefully. There was no use for Sena tor Tillman or any one else to come out in a card declaring himself hands-off. On the 26th the people are going to vote for the men of their choice, and we rejoice in the fact. Mayor Otto Klettner declines to stand for re-election to the office of mayor of this city, which he has held for two terms. During his term of office he has consistently worked for what he conceived to be for the best interests o his people and the upbuilding of his town. There has been little or no fric tion and he will retire with the con sciousness of having done his duty as he saw it and with the good-will and the well-done of our people. A L%nY Ps.FNGER P4TRUCK WII'H A tN0( K. itsu L.illie Page Wounded On Houthern Train Near UnaiDn On He.r Way Union, August 10. -Last night about o'clock, the train from Asheville, when about two miles north of this place, was assailed by rocks. One struck the engine cab, and another crashed through a window in the day coach, striking a passenger, Miss Lillie Page, of Tryon, on the head, knocking her senseless. She was attended im mediately, by Dr. Watson, of Colum bia, who was also a passenger. As soon as the train reached this city the wounded lady was taken to the Gibson house, where every attention was shown her. She is doing very well today, and will probably be able to proceed on her journey tomorrow. Miss Page was on her way to Augusta, where she was to be married today to Mr. Sizemore, of Washington, Ga., who was to meet her Mr. F. P. Yates, the Southern agent, m learning the young lady's story, ~red Mr. Sizemore at once, and he 'ill arrive at 9 o'clock tonight, when ;he delayed ceremony will be per *ormed. A party of about 50 men, with blood iounds left last night to hunt for the uilty party or parties, but have not, Lt last accounts,met with any success. t is to be hoped that the guilty ones vill be captured and punisned to the ttmost extent of the law. -Special to 'he State. '~INE LOA[D BRADFORD MEL Ions. Saturday. I sell Gioceries heaper for cash than any housw. .1 P. ('OOK Many persons in this community are =uffering from kidney complaint who conld Anid faHtal results by using Fol .'' Kidney Cure. Sold by Gilder & We*eks. Ian sois always to be after the nrattaitall--, an d generally wants his listlir! done for bim. had diabetes in its worst form." wriai Miarion Lee of Dunreeth, Ind. - [' ied night physicians without reli'f. OnIt' three bottles of Foley's Kidney 'u.-e made me a well man." Sold by Gi1de-& Weeks. An office boy who is taken on trial often proves to be one. Foley's Kidney Cure i, a medicine free from poisons and will cure any case of kidney disease that is not le vond the reach of medicine. Sold by Gilder & Weeks. Some people are about as useful as a third wheel to a bicycle. Foley's Kidney Cure Will cure Bright's Disease. Will cure Diabetes. Will cure Stone in Bladder. Will cure Kidney and Bladder Disease. Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all dis eases arising from disordered kidneys or bladder. Sold by Gilder & Weeks. Distance doesn't lend enchant ment to one's view of a silver dollar. Consumption Threatened. "I was troubled with a hacking cough for a year and I thought I had consumption." says C. Uncer, 211 Ma ple street, Champaign, Ill. "I tried a great many remedies and I was under the care of physicians for several months. I used one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar. It cured me, and I have not been troubled since." Sold by Gilder & Weeks. Every man may have his price, but it isn't every man who has his market. A Ph)sicIan Healed. Dr. Georre Ewing, a practicing phy sician of Smitb's Grove. Kr., for over thirty years, writes his personal expe rience witb Foley's Kidney Cure: "For years I bid been greatly bothered with kidney aid bladder trou le and en larged pro'rate gland. I used every thing known to the profession without relief, until I commenced to use Foley's Kidney Cure. After taking three bot t.tes I was entirety relieved and cured. I prescribe it now daily in my practice and heartily recommend its use to all pbysiciaus ~ for such troubles. I have prescribed it in hundreds of cases with erfeet success*" Sold by Gilder & iWeeks. Hello Central !----Give Me 48 The NcBWbcrry Graili Fri Coifectlioery anil Bal[ery! They have all kinds of Bread Patent Bread, Milk Bread, Graham Bread, Cream Bread, Cap Bread, Rye Bread, Kimmel Seed Rye Bread, Boston Brown Bread. Largest assortment of fresh, fancy Cakes ever shown here- before. Orders taken by Telephone and de lvere-d free of charge as we have out our new delivery wagon. Call and see us, or ring up Phone No 48 H. As Meyer & Son. In large varieties from a cheap Stick Pin to a FINE GOLD WATCH. Call and examine my stock before buying. Jeweler and Optician. T EA! Try a pound of Jones' Ice Tea at 60c. per lb. COFFEE! Try our p arched Cof fee at 25, 30 and 33* cts. per lb. Our - "R oyal Blue" Coffee is as good as the best. "BETTER THAN THE BEST!" A full line of Ganned' Vegetables, Fruits and Meats on hand. Oat Meal, Buckwheat Floor, Cream of Wheat and Postum Cereal just received. Table cond ime n ts, Bottle and Loon Pickles, Olives, etc., etc. Give us a call for any thing in our line. Yours, &c., . B JONES, THE BEST METHID OF FRYING FOOD. Some Valuable Suggestions and How to Get Satisfactory Results. No Need of Having Dyspepsia. Most physicians, especially in the I northern United States. say that fried food is responsible for most of the dys pepsia, especially in the south, where frying is most prevalent. This is no doubt true, in a broad and average way, but it is not necessary that it should be true. Too much grease of any kind, and in any way, is cer tainly bad for the digestion; but the conclusion must not be too hastily reached that fried food is necessarily greasy. Grease for cooking should be looked upon merely as as a medium for communicating a high degree of heat. It is not usually possible to cook things' in water to a higher temperature than 212 degrees, and hence in many cases it is necessary to cook meats, etc., a long while at this temperature to get them done. But it is easily possible to cook things equally well done in grease in a much shorter time, on account of the higher temperature that may be reached-sometimes 300 to 400 degrees. The true way to cook in grease is to get it very hot before introducing the meat or other article. When it is dropped in the higher degree of heat immediately chars the outer surface and closes the pores, so that the grease cannot get inside. It is important to keep the heat up, and not to put the articles into the grease so fast as to lower the temperature. When done, they should be immediately removed and laid on a cloth to absorb the ad hering grease. Many cooks take a frying pan off the fire with the eggs or meat in it, all cooked, and leave it so until served. This is the next best way to let the grease soak through to the centre. The very best way to soak the grease in, and the very best way to promote dyspepsia is to put the ar ticles in the frying pan to cook when the grease is not hot enough. Frying is generally a most wasteful manner of cooking, for the reason that so much of the grease is thrown away after the article is cooked. This is gen erally unnecessary. If the frying has been properly done, the grease has not taken up much from the article cooked. The grease may be poured from the frying pan into a vessel of hot water, when most of the foreign matter will settle and the pure grease will float, after somewhat washing itself in the water. It may then be used again and again with the best results. There is naturally a smell from any frying grease. In Europe, where man: kinds of grease and oils are used for frying, people become accustomed to the different smells, and do not mind them. In this country all are accus tomed to the smell of frying hog lard. When it was first proposed to cook with cotton oil the new smell was ob jectionable, especially the smell of badly refined oil, and thus there grew a prejudice against its use. Another cause for bad results with the oil was the fact that often times the cook would not wait for the oil to get hot enough before putting it gi the articles. When using lard, the cook would natur ally wait for it to melt, and it would get hot without provoking impatience. But the ' I looks.ready when it is first put in t: frying pan, and there is a temptati n to use it too soon. There has been much steady work done by those who make cooking compounds from cotton oil, with a view to reducing or disguising the smell. The result has been most gratifying. There are sev eral concerns making a specialty gof oil refined for use in cooking, w;ithout further manipulation. The Wesson Pro cess company of Savannah, Ga., has been very successful in this line and will be glad to mail cook books. There are also a number of highly satisfactory cooking greases made from cotton oil and beef fat, such as "Palmatena" and "Snow Drift," both of which products are extensively manufactured by the Southern Cotton 011 Company of the Carolinas and Georgia at their works in Savannah. They are both high class and reliable products in which the pure cotton seed oil is used and they resemble lard in appearance and results, but are more satisfactory arid healthy, and which are superior to hog lard from every point at. view. That they are much more healthful there can be no doubt. Notice to Creditors. A LL AND SINGULAR THE CRED itors of Jerusha A. Hensou, deceased, Henry 0. Henson, deceased, ad Cora Lee Henson, deceased, are hereby required to render in and es tablish their demands against the es tate of the said deceased persons before the undersigned on or before the 26th day of Aust,a1902. Newberry County, S. C. Master's Office, Aug. 5, 1902. The Lad ies'Exchange Mrs. R. C. Williams respectfully informs the ladies of Newberry and vicinity tha.t she has opened an Ex change for the pur chase or exchange of la dies', children's and men's second hand clothing, and solicits their patronage. Persons on business will please call at the E xchange, Crotwell Hotel, first floor, between 9a m. andl4 p. m. The Riser Millinery Company is offermng their entire line of HATS and TRIMMINGS at COST. Call and see them before buying. NEWBERRY COLLEGE, Newberry, S. C. Chartered In 1856. Co~ures for Degrees with Eiectives. Sience Hall with Working Labrator Libraries of 10,000 Volumnes. Experie eed T0acbers. Efficient Preparatory Departwnti [ In Cllegiate~ De par t TUITION:-) ment, $40. ) In Preparatory Depairt It ment $2C to $34). Board $6 50 to $12 50. Next Session Begins September 24th. For catalogne, add res" EO. B. CROMER, PRESIDENT,. ANewberry_ S. C. i GRET1 HIGH GRADE 0001 We are inspired by ti have rearranged everyti line of the very choicest i All Colored Sprii Every suit in the h< Nothing else reserved! for Men, Boys and Child Special cut price on i job pile. Regardless of Cost! 8 Children's Clothing to be sold re fi gardless of cost. We mean exactly b what we say. Nothing will be re a served. Cost will not be considered. fi SUITS FROM 75 CTS. TO $300 h This Is the season Coats and extra Pant: our line of these good 'found the best. Our sa Sthis fact, and we hi "e compelled to replenisi jsupply the demand. 0! offering great values i Trousers and Light Cc The Shoe ol !s place in the front rank, and this acempished intentions to do better by for yonr Shoes. We haivo all kinids of Sh ,,s for Every body. Come to us f.>r O.M. Head to Foot Clol efore You Go Away FORA Summer Trip you want to cee that you have a r ood H air, Tooth, Nai and Flesh Brush in your trunk. Nice line of Toilet Soaps, Sponges, Tal cum Powders, Perfum ery, Toilet Waters and all Toilet Goods. Our Pain Reliever-i1- or darboa and slummer complaint. gerPrompt attenltionl to phon~e or Wile-,'.. Candies always freTb. Youi vant some for Commencement. At Maves' Drug Store. THE EQUITABLE Life Assurance Company ~Assets Dec. 31, 1901 $331,039,720-34 Surplus to Policy HIolders $7'1,129 ,42.06. Outstanding Assurance. [ $l.I79,276pO s.o A bsolutely t h ef Strongest Life As surance Company in America when meus iired by its Surplus. Insures both men and women. If you are no)t assured, or if you are not fully assured, take a policy in The EQUI1TABLE.r SARTHUR KIBLER, Ag't. Newherry. S. C. EDUCTI0 IS GOING AT LOW ie success of our Jur 'ing and made the prii n erchandise. Suits Going at Dei >use to go except the I )weeping Reduction! 1 ren. The best that moi L special lot of Suits--g [raw Hats Far Below Roplar Yalir.: We never carry Straw Hats over -om one season to another. So the alance of our Straw Hats must go t any price. Now is your time to 11 out the season with a good Straw [at. Styles and quality are 0. K. The seas for light one for us i ;, and in This is go< handle latE is to be everything les prove prices are prv selection t we been be found ai i these to !,! of celebra1 We are ijust recei) the "Interr in extra ter. Call ats. G ents' Fur House of ti Shoe House is Jamieson's. Back~ed you than any Shoe Store anywhere. Shoes-HLigh Grade and Medium Pi Shoes. We are what. we cim to be , JAMIE! ier~- - - - - At EvervIhiqg At COPE )ur entire stock of DRY GOODS, DRE CLOTHING, HAFTS CUFFS, N ECKAW' UMBRELLAS, UN[ etc., etc. It makes no difference what j nerchants in our line, we are p ou the same goods for less m< same money. Come and see t< s to swap dollars with you on 01 ALL OXFORDS At 10 per cent. below cost to Now is your chance. All that is left of Summer La' It will pay you to visit our stc ale of Summer Goods is going no ney. Cop elan "THE UNDE Thle Atlanltic SULLIVAN'S I| [as been leased by the of Charleston, and n connection with their THLE A~E The Atlantic Beach ha >vated and equipped wi rc Bells and all model he management expect ist season in its history The Bathing, Boating and There will be an OR Cl nd hops will be given I The Hotel will open vill be under the man nent of that popular an IR. AL. V. GREEN. For information addre The Argy C LE! DOWN PRICES! ie and July sales, and ::es still lower on our iJ 3ply Out Prices. 3lue and Black Goods. he lot comprises suits ney can buy. oing at just half on the Big Reduction in Ladies' Oxfords. Our entire Hue to go regardless of 3ost. This is a sale in Oxfords of most extraordinary value. Latest 3tyles in Fine Footwear and medium grades, all 'o go! Here's a sample: $1.50 OXFORDS FOR 75 CTS. Other goods in same proportion. on has been a greaty n Gents' Furnishings. y >d evidence that wej ist and best styles in in this line. Our' the lowest, and our*" he most complete to* iywhere. A new linet led "Eclipse" Shirts* fed. We also have, ational." None bet and see our line of -nishings. Fewberry by experience and inspired by the We are sure of your coming to us -iced, Good Shoes, Celebrated Shoes, -The Shoe House of Newberry. 30N, Reduced Prices. at Cost LAND BROS. SS GOODS, SHOES, , SHIRTS, COLLARS EAR, SUSPENDERS, )ERWEAR, TRUNKS, rices are made you by other repared to beat them, and sell >ney, or better goods for the >r yourself. All we want now r entire line. AND SLIPPERS close before the season is over. vns, and Organdies at 1-2 price. re now while this Clearance on. We can save you lots of 1 Bros. RSELLERS." Beach Hotel, L AND, S. C., i ARGYLE HOTEL CO. will be run this season .City Hotel, .s been thoroughly ren th Electric Lights, Elec rn improvements, and to make this the great Fishing are Unsurpassed. -IEST RA in attendance I wice a week. June 2Ist, and sage d efficient Hotel man,s le Hotel Co., I-IA RLESTON S. C r