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VOL XLIV. NO. 28. NEWBERRY, S. 0. FRIDY AX &-PI.{11- j47. TIEAWE.S 0AYA THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. The Men Trying to Keep Pace With the Ladies But. They Can't Sorosis Visits Germany. Prosperity, April 4.-Mr. . J. ). Quattlebaui has gone to Bamberg to atend the Baibery-Wynian ewdding today. Mr. S. E. Mlerchant, who has been in Geor.ia for soime mioltits, has re turned. A-fter thitinking about what a pleas ant time the ladies have in tleii meetings of the ). A. 1l.s, U. 1). C.s., Sorosis, &c., it occurred to your cor. respondent that it was not meet, right and proper .for all the ,good times to go to the ladies, and that the men should organize a. Glee Club, a Business League, a Board of Trade, or a Debating Society (The madam says the men don't need to organize a debating society for it will be that, 'and I dare not dispute what she says) and have a social meeting at least once a quarter and invite the ladies. Your correspondent takes the liber ty to nominate Drs. C. T. Wyehe and J. 1. Bedenbaugh to get up the or ganization. Capt. William Coleman and his sister Miss Estelle oCleman, of Aik em, have been on a visit to Miss Erin Kohn. Those who lind the pleasure of meeting Mr. Coleman wiho is now chief cngineer of the United States government's constnuctive works in the southern district of the Island of Luzon the largest of the Philli pines, were highly entertained by his interesting accounts of the life, hab its and character of our dusky pro teges in these far away islands. Mr. Coleman will return to Luzon via Europe the latter part of May. Miss Lucy Wheeler spent the Eas tertide at home with her parents. Miss Della Bowers, of St. Mat thews, spent the Easter vacation with her parents. Miss Susie Langford, of Columbia Female College, came home for the Easter vacation returning on Monday to her studies. Miss Blanche Gallman spent Eas ter at home. 'The Sorosis will meet with Miss Vrlagin on Friday. 'The club has reelied Germany in their travel study. The program is as follows:& Germany. Song forbids victorious deeds to die. Ciolr-1s. The wqltelh on the l,i1hioe. Sorosis. Paper. The Fatlierland, NMiss Barr. Piano Solo. Pilgrim Cirous, Mrs. Browne. Paper. Music, Miss Lester. The Story of tie lieformation. Miss Kohn. Piano Solo. Mendelssolhn's spring so-ng. Miss Lester. Ilostess. Miss lteagin. Mr. Chiarl ie Se'humpler't left for Savaninahi on Tuesday wheie lie goes to locate. ,visiting NMrs. Copelanid's parents. Miss Lucy Quatt leaum hats return ed1 to Columbia after a wveek p)leasanit ly -spent with Miss Lula Moseley. - Our coneil has ordered terra cot. ta and will fill up the drain in rear of the stores. This drain or dit ch has been an eyesore for quite awvhile. *The citizens petitioned and the council granted it at once. Mr. M. A. Ham has started his liaing mill and is no0w readly to urnuish lumber of all kinds, (1ressed r rough. Miss Marie Reagin has been oni a isit to relatives in Columbia.* The Ladies Aid society will meet ith Mrs. B. B. Schumpert on Fri y at 4 p. m. The Easter serivee wvill be rendered Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Ow to the inclement wveathmer on last nday evening it could not be0 given. he egg hunt of thme Sunday schools Saturd'ay evening wvas very hig~h enjoyed by thme children. oung men whose fancies lightly n to thoughts of ,Jume brides at .season are advised to chase them utomobile.s. RUCKER WENT HUNGRY. Had a Long and Agonizing Ride froi Anderson to Columbia-Could Get Nothing to Eat. A special l*roii Coluimbia says: 'I'epreselttive Marion litekit has been in the city for several da and his friends were today congrati hiting iiim upon his recovery fIoi a acute attack of im-iger which lie sul fered oil .8m111day. Th'lloulgh a1 sic Presbyterianl, Mr. tilwker occasionall travels on Sunday and lie started o Sunday Imo rIng to come to CoL)luiA being a Ieiber of, the legislati% colillittee to inlvestigate lie books the state dispensary, which was I mieet hecre Monday. Ite left Aknde: sol about 11 o'clock Sindiy iouin;, having had his usual early breakfas and reached Columbia about 4 o'cloe that afternoon, and aloig the road 11 found it impossible to get anytiin to eat. He had expected to purclia a hand-me-uut lunch at Greenwoo but upon arrival at that place he wv informed by the guardian of the la that no lundhes were permitted to 1: sold in that Christian town on Sui day; at Newberry the same in-form tion was given him, and so in con pany with several dozen other hungr passengers, the Anderson represent. tive observed Easter Sund,ay as fast day and not a feast day. He i nHow of the opinion that tile town o dinances which forbid the sale '< food on Sunday are not only uncor stitutional, null, aid void but are ii human and un-Christilan.' Upon wlhih the Anderson Ma rises *o remark: ''The s,tory sent out by an entei prising Columbia newspaper corre: pondent about Hon. Marion Ruck( suffering' because he could not g< anything to eat oi the trip betwee Anderson and Columbia on a Snda is al bosh. Mr. Rucker never ea1 on Sundays or Fridnys. This has bee a rule of his life, and accounts fc his uniform good humor and succei in politics. With the fast schedule which now in force between A-nderson an Columbia there is no need for one t got hungry eveii 'if he did not fa, on Fridays and Sundays. And the Marion ]Rueker does tot breakfua so early anly woy. He should remmIer, also, that i is li unnstliui nonal,. inhiumnani and mn hrisiall fi,r a good Presbyterian I ivel oi Ile Sabballh. The uext tie lie passes-- this wa lie should let some ot, his friend know lie is comlliling and arraIngemlenl t will be made. NEWBERRY VS. ERSKINE. Will Cross Bats on Newberry Die mond This Afternoon-Will be Interesting Game. TPhe necxt gamle of ball oni thle New herr d1 iiamiond will he presented( t hi Friday a ft ernoon hect wvein Ersk in cohllege' teamui and the~ locail team. Ersk ine has for seveial season had a ver*y struonug teamiu and last yea dlefeate t( Ihe PiedmontI state leagu teamf in all eleven inning game 2 to ] Tlhey hav'e-practically thle samie tear this yeari. La st year'li tey' wonl froi the local team ill a 110olly eutestei gamefl by a score of 4 to 0. In thle game this a ft ernoon Cronel and~ Cabaniss wvill (10 the b)at ter; wvork for Newberry college. The line up of the visitors has no0t been receiv ed. TPhe game wvill begin prompt ; at 4 o 'clock. Those who are fom of goodl ball should1( not. tail t.o atten ithe game t his a ftecrno0on. Honor Roll Oromer School. 7th. Grade-Mary Cromer, Jin Cromer, Philander Cromer , Emum IHrgrove, B3utier Hlargrove, Willi Mae ShIannion. 5th1 Orade-B3erthIa Ordmr, Rlay 1m11n( A brains, Lney Har1grove. 4th Grade,Tames Abrams, Joh1 3rd(( Grade-Elmer Cromer, Cornel in Shlannlon. 1st (rade-Ellen Cromner, On~ Sliaiumiii.Mattie Ynnm, March 28, 1907. Teacher. GROWING OOTTON IN ITALY.. a The Experiment to be Made on Large I Scale-Wages Paid-The Fight On the aRilroads. IBy Jaies S. McNCarthy. r Wasingt.u, ALwil .,\ecording i sto r-eports froml 0enkoa, Itally, to thle 1- irtment of' Comercce and Labor, n the iaid gOwI Of IIIe (tt10 in)dus .t in tlat coiiltry duing tle past - I wi-Ity yeai's an le eonstquenly (.-I yhr -4edl volume 411 lilia(N xpIort irade I it ill piece ".oods are coiidit ions worthy , e 111 1 investi,ation .in1d study 0i n ;'e PaIrt (I the Arile-icail Vott<m1 f im.ufractiureis ind exporters. The o ct 4m111ills o0f lolbardy 1imber I about 500, or about. 60 Jer Cent of the total nu1im ber for Italy, 0he unmlilber of looms tIhrouglouti tle coli-1try (ex k elusive of hand looms) bein- estimat- 1 e ed at 150,000, with 5,000,000 spill dies, employing 300,000 people. The e weaving machinery found in Italian 1, mills is practically all of I!nglisli s make. Ten hours usually constitutes x a (lay's labor, for which women re ,e ceive a wage of from 30 to 40 cents I i- aid men from 50 to 60 cents. - The cultivation of cotton in Italy is insignificant, the yield averagiig Y not more than 10,000 bates. A project - is said to be onl ,oot for the exteisionl a of its g,rowti ol ai important. scale. s Diuriua. (Ile American eivil war a -- qarge amouit of cotton was proluced f ill Italy, anld its extensive cultivation4 - was contililed until 1871, W'hen about 198, 000 acres were devoted to the fiber. Cottou fields were tiei turn ed ilto vineyaris as yielding more satist'actory export rettivis owing to the scareity of wine in France. This country is also making an efPlort to- I r ward cotton raisinig iln Arge-ntiia; in ,t fact for more tian ten years Italians n interested inl the South American y trade have been attempti-g to create :s a cotton crop in Argentina, with fair n ly successful, though gradual, results. >r In 1905 the estimated area under IS cultivation was 10,000 acres. Several companies with Italian capital -have I s been organized to exploit the field and are actively at work, one com o paly lavill exported about 2,000 't bales 6f 500 pouids each. n1 Th'1e disposition on tle part of some A of the state legislatures to earry rail way legrislatioll to exireies ilas cer taiily alarmed btis'iiess menli ill alty ..,.rts ofl the country1 who fear Ilhat I its ffcit'I will Ie .such a1 eripplinig of Ihe rlilwavs a- ; put ai st) to the i iyil N.0i een inl tianlspor-Ition cili lies so urgIentlY iieeded by - the row in biusiless of, the vouintry. All illus- I 1rIatio (df 1 is is tle resolution re- i ceily adopled by the Chamber of < ConnnlIeTV (Io Chat taloona, Teln. i This btodv\, deelares 0tha1 ''tsuch legis- J lation on the par't of the various states is fle ouitgIrmti of w at we believe to be, in a lar-el measuire, a llislaleni mild ilis..uided p1blic seli ti ment .'' it deplores Ithe existence of i _such ac uli setmn nd'sc unfir and ujuist ilegislat ion aime ii ea i,th raoias, espeelaliiiy of' the 1 SoiithI,'' and urges upon thle people 1 and14 thei legislacltuiie ofi Tenneilssee < i'tat th le pre'senit iijiust wvarfar ie on1< raiilroadl(s wiieih is being waged('( in ot.hedi state ( b5 l niot eiicouraged'( oir a bettediiii ini ch sitate of Tenn uessee, iest such a warifcire prove disastrolus to th le iitilite( deeilpmenit of thle in (lust ries of thle state and well being oif alii hier people. - Sunlight Society. .. A charitab)le committee fr'om the v Siinlin.ht was alppoinlted cit a mieeting .1 on Tuesday niight, compose)05d of M. C. 1 em-ry, pries.; Alleni Pennu, I reas urer i''aind (Icarlie D)embesr, secreta ry, wvithi onie coimmiittlee of wVomien fr'omi each wa'Ird toi ieceive funds fromi the colored peole, who lost nearly ev eryvting t hey had( by the great, dis tressfl fire of .Newberry. A collec t.cin was taken up Tuesday nliLht by the piresidentl, M. C. Seuirry, to be)c dlistribiuted cit onice to those54 poor, 1 necedy colored0( peopie, whoic iost all lbhey had. Let (chi colored person)i - ive soiiething. Mu. C. Heinirry, Presidenit. Charles D)enber,.i OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. 3ovornment Ownership of Railways Has Two Sides-Only One Dis cussed but Other will be Heard From. . rla11n".s S. McCarth0y. Wasingon,April 2.-Whiethier or lot .!'VernmenIVlt ownlershlip of rail vays m:yl\ 1be advocated i-1 tle nia i0li'l puf;io lrn or their or the great >Olifiv;l parties ne.xt Year, thle pro >ositon,ha,bee brouighIt for.ward4 so )i!1.ln t1iv 1that it is certainl to be vildelY .1nssed efr thle nationlal ,'] VC:n i "n1 il' n](1o(ft e Ple ty >f IIIllerial ror. inltelig-ent (lisculssionl s af1tIteId by tle, experielee of othl !r v''n11tries whlere g-overnmllenti and1 nun11ieipal ownlershlip hlave beenl un1 lertaOVII It on a grea(er or less scale. j-i to ilte preselnt, timl(e tihe American >oplle) . have heard principally roI tle advocates of public owner hipit and have only the beauties of lie systemi presented to thicm. There tre, however, two sides to the story and botli will probably be presented )efore tihle conventions meet. Onie of the first tlhings the Ameri ,anl peIjile will want to know will be 6vhetlher tor not governnient owner ;hiip is profitable ats a business pro )ositiinii. 'They will fin(d much v'ali ible vvidleice ol this point, in (lie ex )1riviien or the Australasian Colon es of (Ireat Britain with public )wnershlij) an(I management, of indus ;ries of all kinds and in the experi mnee f11, Britisl cities with the own 3rslip and mainagemient. of public itilities. Tle claim has often been made tliat goverinment ownersiip is )rofitable and that the profits can )e used for the reduction of taxation. k caril investigation of tile fact vill smw t1hat about the only eiter rise owned and mainaged by a gov 3rnmient t.iat yields a net profit is tIe imperial railway system of Ger muany, where the railways are tax rat Ierers and where transportation !larges are deliberate'ly kept up to a evel that will yield revenues to the imperial governiment in excess of hose voted by the imperial parlia inent. Railroad rates are kept sol Iigh that a eonskantly increasing woportion of the traflie in Gernmany o1()VOS by wiater, and the only low 'aies in the ellpire are 1hose ini the nk-gof whlich. thle "overmn1enil dev 1)i r1tely (dis'crilin ats in fIvor of lie export busiliess 4of vert'lin ("l0rman11 wii11.tries as aglinst (e .--rvat body I.4isippers. I'llblie owierslip aIn(l opll(atkl lavl' been varriedI to the P1-ratest ex 1m1110s in tle Australasiall Colollies i (Ireat Biritain. iIII'l it' tile sys*t'Iln Sood( onie (t(he best results onj1il to > * fonid hiere. The adlvoeales of :VernmeIit wnrip(T5 have very lit Iv i1 say, lowever, about the tIrskilhs 11 tlese colonies. None of, tle Auis rahisian Columilivs is blurdeined with mye niever been31 saddl11ed w ith war lebuts of aty kind. Th leirP public in cebted ness (oightI to 1be thle lowvest inl hec world, but they havie emibarke'd 'int eedituriies f'or publ11ie wvorks of' ill kinds to suchl an extent that, in lete diiess is ('ien'iormos. WithIiout1 kig into accouniiiit m11uni cipa inindebt - li'ount 1(o $309.66 per' capila (1, agin lst mi $11.91 per' (capitai in the United 1;ales n'nd( $91.6S iln (lie Uniited %iniL(dom1. At an aver'age of' foiur wr' cen(t the annual itereP(st chiar.e iverauvies for all (lie coloinies $12.3!). ni Queenslanid (lhe deb t peir cai t Iis 09! 5.60 and (lie int erest clhar ge per ait ta is $1 5.82. hi Ithis camarn i1isoni wt ween (lie 'Aus iral' s:m derbts and he,e of the Uniited States andi Gireat hrit iin it must be borne in mind fthat iiatically all of (lie debts of' the 'nited3 St ates anid fireant Uri taini are rdebts. whlile thliose of (te ciol mie(' are almost ('intirely public ownl rsipf deblts. The e'ffert of this cen r'monts i ndebtedness35 is ((o maiike laxe's -lrv htiigh. The burden (of taxationl iid ibi s, toake (in i '1 ionec'tionl withI hi' ceee of goEver 'nmeni i o'nerishi ip n limiting (lie o)pportunliitie for (E ro'i table (imnllovmif(it in nrilvat e en - I erprises, results i an enormou pauper population to be Cared for it lurni by those vio pay the taxes. Al f' Oh colonies have beeni forced t< Idoplt old agec penlsions. aild in ti diIll'v4r1nt colonlies 1'rim a third to I half, of' the populatio!I over six(y lve Nvars () I ' r_w -eceiv(- ...overlillIv(nl Slippor. 8up11porters of gove In meIt owlier hip il Austolasia claimi that it i pro'itable, buII their plubliv dicbis ni1( .lx(s IO 11 ier)10 it a d11 it xam1t i) na.tionl of, their bookkwepinl." meth114<d l I that 'r-vi are 44e lili resullt of, inlluldinl- proevvds of, Ull .;alis (f puibliv h l., timilboer ami property of other kilids which shoul, be crediled to eallit al nd n1ot to pro lits. While vxpenlditires or ma itenl ince which should be charged to rcv L'nnles are charg-ed to caplital. A finla .;hlow dowil will have to come whe i1onvertihle assets run out, and whei niew capital refses to comie inl. Tha Jay may not be far distant as somn4 r>f the states have already abou reached the end of' their horrowini power. In tile British cities tha have embarked on municipal owner ship the saie results are beiml brought aboud. Municipal iidebt Pdiess is inlereasilg ve1-y rapidly ani prorits o 1111livipal blisiivesS vntri prises ar1-e shown oIlly by Olw tle ianipi aillionl or avcolunts, bY i'4jI_Ivt ino t4 11n,11 propew allowan1les f'o. <le (iationl, anld by charg-iing expelditur Ls for the benefit. of these eiterpris vs to the generil muneipail f'ud. The British people are finding oil that businless is mo10re olr( less speeln alive and that when the goveInmen begins to speculate with tile 1mon1e: ')f the tax payers tile result is genl irally disastrois. Another claim onl behalf of gov ernmn1t owlership and operatiol that vill not hear. close examinlatio is that it restills ill greater enIciene, of service. The street railway sys tem of Glasgow is usually poinited t as a model of an eiciently mnaiige< public enterprise. There is -not, a American city of the samec size tha would be content with such stree railway service as exists in Glasgow In or(er to make b*Oth elds mevet th< muiinicipality is compelled to confin1 its ser-viev to tile ferritor y inl whic] it ean depenid uponi it liaevy tralTi( Tell 1111nicipal lilles 111ve nlot bec1i exivinded int(o Ilhe suiburbs :nn1i 4111 thosi, wealthy enlon0h to af1for"I II vate con11vVmics(11 r11e abl 1( live il the' hin-hs. ( , (nI i1' carryin:! WS414 1'W!*Vro n distanlces ,4 r 11.4: s-in1 -I 11161,11or1 r.it(. (of hire lic (Ilas "1w .is el11ge i 1 ropor 11 n io I dIi Ian I . The result is that. th poonrr classes are vonl..-ested in I h11 I'vntral part of' the vity on '1l . vvir: Ilarge proportitin1 of (he tot111 popui lation is housed ill trieivents witl han IV e of11 t1111e of, I'mur pr4son4: rI'meah roomu. As a resul sickies: is incereased :lld Ilhe death ratle i: withI horse~( e'ar lines were44 rehtelan:44 1to sner1Iifice the( capji1 al inlvested3 am41 'lhangte to4 (cable. When431 the1y chan111' '(1 1( (o1) cal the4y were'( ('<p:Ial~'ly(rein '1 Bitishmcpli yI1)11 halIs embarke11(43 hI' tihe gas5 business it wantls to4 pre4 wit hin its terr'1itoryW and~ is slow~ to e2' int the ('lectrie4 lih 04 nd144 power' hus. iness5 itself or (4 o perm)'4hit prliva1te ('n I er1pr'ise to 41( so0. As a riiesul Ir(l'41 Brition11 is~ behho14 the4 w44rb1i int levelopmuent and1 use4 of electrIie 1light and1~ WI powe and14 there are I BritIisl pities5 withI poniations1 of (one4 hun1 '1redt t housand or4 more11414 withoumt el('e I1irIi lih i :1Its. One of44 theI e4ffe4cts of' this is that Great Britain14 is b)e. 4liances00 of' al1 kinds(1. A ver1y implauI' Ilt. mwtter to31 hC1) 444neidered4' inl 4conn1ction44 with th<i 41 v')rnmenyst owier l 414''(4 albl'perati1 for41 politien reaso435(ils. Ini Rsia4n il 1as been the ('on5sii policy ofV th< 11 1) .44.1,1n.n1 ise n1141 or of) ' (1 thle (znr 1'1. 3 Irisc inl the empire under their con kt r. In ierinaly Princ Bismareck, I the grentes( imperialistic statesman of the nineteenth ventiury, adopted the polivy of( oerm'a owinrship M1 ln111.1m11ient of roilw.aiys ztoeti - with a sYstell of hiIlwoys Ill Berlin ainid available at all tiies for tle 11111sportation of Iroops to any part of 11he elipirv or 4) anlY frontier. Ie also saw very chl-Il the advan - (o his illperlial IIasIter in linving '1 -reat 11rmy1. of railway vilployees in evevry pm-t of, tie vllpirt. rendy, at nll tile, le u1) lppo't (vevryI\ Iulicy of flhe 1,1w.mo by their votes and inl Iluicilev. lie also apl.eininted the value of the raMe-iikin-, powcr as, a polilica11 asset and tle possibility of Cotig' ilielilliS of the im Ipe riala p'arliament to the support of imper lalisfic policies by grainfil" oi' with holding ravorable rat es. Both Bis t inark and lhis successors have made goOd use of the railway system of t"orinany as a politic-al machine and it has c-nabled the Emperor to carry throtighi many policies that might have failed if le had not. been able to rely uponl it. Iin Oe Atus(ralasian Colonies of i'eat Britain the coloinial am1d 11111 nlicipal rovolrnmnis arv all conlfroll ed absohltely by tIIe publiv eimploy evs. The tax paye vvI who is lot so Cmr1un1,1evas to be wn Ohe --ovve( nnienI pay ' i v ,1 inlds hillisell, oldi-volvil inl every eltion by Ilhose who ire inl terested in inereasing his burdens for their own beiefit. In the Brit - ish (itics te alme salle cndition of af faNis is rapidly being bnmll"ht aboull. hi soie ofr the eilips Ilie m11unicipal eiployees nlow hol tlie balance of power and whienl they go to tle poils their votes are (liast for their indivi 4urd advallnte rather 0I Mn with ally view if) Ihe general wvlfarv. C<mldi tions have g-ottel so h-IA Ul IIanv 4f Ihe IBiish cities tha4 the proposi tion to disfralselise all municipal 1employees is being seirioisly consid elied. It is (out ful, however, t Wheliler any such result can Iow be t brought about. The officials of imiu alicipaliies have an o rpini za t ion knowi as fle assoeiation (if iunici pal Co rpo I'lat ions and (tow n f1 clerks. he avowed tbJet if this orga iza tionl is to wacoll leeisklationl inl parliament :1-114 to adviwate Snech as is favmr]bIlie( 11 Ilhe ilnilicipal own'r Ship plolicy. 11 (;1m lelyv abks(dlut-ly (ill 1h fv .'1' S ' a1 1l the mu 1 nf11icipal 1 vilmpli-Yy-os m111.l whell n 14m111 r 4df clinfinen A' I w 4 llmpiltIs 4cI , (IV hI lit- (. sualy1.11 be bronl.htl 1o lilmle by an1 i i inIr hi.4 Iswia tionl I1111 his sia will be in1 danger ahfe next IvelionIl if' h dI oes io (i t '4) J'i hi:i r 1 lIl-i m as inl ("elrmany .V, the rvilway.vic is a politieal mna elhinle. 1 isVIt rl i ll n n 4h inite r est of e111 oflivial inl con'l of h uovvrn mni 'ld of1 thle railway llployeev vs. Thle sevi ce4'4(( i f not 1ru y (' l4ie(Sllien ployeesiI1411II ar constant0 lyV beingf14 incras to lheil peole of ther ('5 nite Sales byQ thei(' ex ei eof o th (4311 'e 5 co nt ies' arel ree'I~ liI, 1 a ''(s a dically 1vrwh4 r ex-.'ad Ihrli g the'(il1l4'1 hih o ti of servce, aI in (ilrmany i'n11 viw ofl teufexper i pnceO ofi otherlSI countri1444, S(olvern-114) men1(lS ,111 townersie andii VOVP4 oprai wold (14icr1 and4 wh1hr heepl of I is 45 4 1~41t Un1~ ited Statelilis are14 read 1(4 evente aI dve t Sil l itcl a hi5tob.en rlled from' :''I Wasig1on li h an4I(4i( - lte unmherI o civismlo.so