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E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
niered at the Postoffice at New
Prrv. S. C.. as 2nd class matter.
Tuesday, May 24, 1910.
In the death of Mr. A. M. Lee, of
Charleston, Winthrop college has lost
a very valuable member of its board.
He took great interest in the college
and had an intelligent idea of the
work and scope of -the institution.
We would suggest as a worthy suc
cessor for Mr. Lee, Mr. M. Rutledge
Rivers of Charleston. Mr. Rivers is
not in politics but takes an active in
terest in all educational matters and
would make a worthy successor to
Mr. Lee and a valuable addition to the
board at Winthrop.
The candidates for adjutant geperal
are coming out now at the rate of
three a day.
The county candidates are very
slow in getting in the limelight.
The comet came a day late, but it
passed through with no damage to
the earth.
That must be a very happy state of
mind which possesses Mr. Wicker. We
believe it was one of the millionaire
Vanderbilts who made the famous re
mark, "The public be -."
We were promised a new sensation
in the announcement of a candidacy
for governor after the meeting of the
State convention, and we are just
holding our breath waiting for the
blow to fall.-Florence Times.
We heard some such talk during the
--State convention and we have been
looking for the announcement.
We notice that Colonel U. R. Brooks
is agitating the question: of a statue;
on the capitol grounds at Columbia to
Gen. M. C. Butler and Gen. M. W. Gary.
It is a worthy subject and iVe hope
that Colonel Brooks may, be success
ful in his efforts to have these\ two
heroes of the Civil war as well as
heroes of the battle of 776, honored.
In regard .to the communication of;
lIA. Setzler, ,we will state for his in
formnation that Newberry contributes
to the pension fund about $7,000 an-:
nually, and our recollection is, .with
out referring to the paper, that the
pensioners of this county receive
about $4,000. Some of the larger coun
ties, like Greenville, Anderson and
Spartanburg, receive considerably,
more than they contribute.
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Well, I see from one report of John
Wood's speech he did tell them about:
that park. I guess he must have read*
in The Herald and News what I had~
to say about it and then the commit-!
tee took him over to Willowbook and
that gave him the inspiration. Any
body who goes to this beautiful spot
r can't help getting the inspiration.
The editor tells me that one pro
gressive citizen told him the other day
that he would give 500 plunks for this'
cause but he declined to tell me who
it is. Well, that doesn't matter. I
know he is a live and progressive cit-1
izen who has the interests of this
community at heart, and I believe
there are others if only- some one of
them would just take the lead.
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Now, I am going to name ten live,
progressive, good business men who
I believe will be each one of ten to
give 500 plunks to this park and if.
any one of them will become active
The Idler's' Park is built already.
They would not miss the little 500 and
they would start a movement which~
would be of lasting benefit to this and
succeeding generations. Here they1
are: C. E. Summer, Geo. W. Summer,
J. H. Summer, Jno. M. Kinard, 0. B.
Mayer, C. J. Purcell, J. A. Burton, Z.
F. Wright, F. Z. Wiyson, W. H. Hunt:,
and there are others. Organize your
park association, gentlemen, and get
busy. Five thousand plunks would be
a good start. Do it now before it is
too late. The time may come soon
when you can't secure a desirable 1o
cation.
I rea the following the other dayj
in the Atlanta Constitution:
"I think I have done my duty."
Thus spoke England's king, as
death approached his bedside.
One need not be charged with ser
monizing to see in the incident a fresh
illustration of the ultimate democracy
of humanity.
"I have done my duty."
'When the end closes in, and human
standards and the lures of worldly
joys fade and vanish, wistfully to ev
ery man and woman and conscious
child, regardless of rank, station or
temperament, comes the desire to be
able, sincerely, to say or feel the sen
timent that rounded out the life of
England's dying monarch.
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It is a great thing for any one, how
ever humble, to be able to say truth
fully, "I have done my duty." The
trouble is so many of us fall so far
short of our duty. Another thing we
should not forget: The man who fails
to do his duty in small things and in
humble spheres is not the man to
whom you want to entrust larger
things. Anything that is worth doing
at all it is worth doing *ell. You re
member that it is recorded somewhere
in that great and good Book s'ome
thing abotu the talents and what was
said to the man who was given only
two talents and had gained two other
talents. His lord said unto him, "Well
done, good and faithful servant; thou
hast been faithful over a few things,
I will make thee ruler over many
things; enter thou into the joy of thy
lord. A
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"I think I have tried to do my duty."
A noble sentiment to sound out the
life of any one. How many who read
these lines will be able to pass into
the great beyond with such a senti
ment dropping from their lips. I be
lieve it was the great Confederate
commander, Robert E. Lee. who said
the right interpetration of the word
duty made it the greatest word in the
English language. But somebody will
be accusing me of preaching a 'poor
sermon the next thing I know. I
wish I could burn itinto the life and
heart and soul of every one who
reads this sermon, the importance and
the happiness, of being able to say
truthfully, "I have done my duty."
"My duty to my fellowman and to mt
God and necessarily to myself."
Wouldn't this be a great old world and
wouldn't there be brighter prospects
for happy reunions over yonder.
I believe in the automobile and' I
hope there wiHl be many more in New
berry, because they are road builders
and road building is country building,
and if I had the money I would buy:
one of the things myself, and as I
b.aven't got the money, I would go to
ride with some of these fellows who
have them if they would insinuate
properly: I say some advisecaly. The
way some of them turn corners in
these narrow streets I am expecting
to see some of these corner stores1
think they have been \swAished by a
stray tail of Halley's comet, and not
such a small tail either. A man buys?
a car, and he is taken out one after
toon and, presto, he is an expert driv
ar. An engineer is put in training two
:>r three years before he is put in
3harge of an engine. An automobile
:wner becomes an expect instantan
sously. It is truly wonderful. See
what I mean? Get on low speed un
til you understand handling the car.
would hate to see Summer Bros.' Co.
grocery and clothing corners knock,
ad into Africa. Of course the auto
would not be hurt and neither would
the driver or the passengers. I say
bis as a friend to the automobile and
[n behalf of the general welfare
slause in the constitution.
I hope the superivsorj will soon fin.
Lsh the road to Kinards. It would be
worth a great deal to Newberry to
iave a good road for these touring
3ars to run over. And then if we
sould just get a hotel in the pines on
lie road from Newberry to Helena
wvhy all the rich folk would come this
wray and stop for a few days and spend
heir money with us. By the way, did
rou know this is one of the prettiest
yine groves anywhere in this section
tnd I would hate to see it turned into
~ord wood. It would be a nice place
or an automobile club house. Think.
f it.
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I went out towards the depot the
)ther day and you know they still:
iave those old partly burned build
ngs standing. They would make nice
-ustic bungalows for the park if they
:ould only be transplanted. They
:estify to strangers that Newberry is
a. progressive city-that we try to
iave a file now and then but just can't
io it--because our efficient fire de
artment 'will always interfere.
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I heard some gentlemen talking the.
>ther day about that beautiful arc*
ight that council put in Friend street
3.t the Union depot. They said the
ight was dazzling in its 'brightness
Jiat no such beautiful light had ever
een seen in Newberry before. That
arangers as they passed on the night
trains were all talking about it. As
I rarely get out at night, therefore, I
have not had the pleasure of seeing
this beautiful light. I was over there
the other day but could not see ii.
I suppose they removed it in the day
time for fear some one will injure it.
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"Now that all the danger's over,
we will admit that we were a bit
"scared up" by the near-swish Obi Mr.
Halley's comet. The fact that the as
tronomers had scheduled the blazing
train to the very minute did more to
stir us than anything else. But, per
sonally, the editor was financially
benefitted, for every old delirquent
subscriber rushed to the office and
paid up in full! Therefore, we shall
be able to buy groceries for two
months to come."
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I wonder if Halley's comet had that
effect on..the editors in Newberry. I
reckon not because they are running
the cash in advance system. See what
you are missing by not having a bunch
of delinquents.
The Idler.
WELL GUARDED CASH.
The Millions Piled Up in the 4int at
Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia mint always con
tains coin and bullion which - fluc
tuates in value each day between a
half and three-quarters of 'a billion
dollars. One hundred millions of dol
lars of this amount is in silver dollars
stored for several years in a room by
itself 100 by 55 feet in area. Aboui
$300,000,000 is in gold coin, ready tc
be put in circulation or to be stored
in the national treasury at Washing
ton against the issue of a correspond
ing number of gold certificates. A
million or two is in bronze and nicke]
coins. Finally an amount of bullion
varying from a small. uantity to sev
eral hundred millions of dollars
worth occupies the four massive
vaults designed for the uncoined
metal.
Now, how is this vast hoard pro
tected?
First of all, the whole mint is em
.bedded in a solid concrete foundation
about three feet deep. Concrete, as
every one knows, is one of the strong
est of all known substances and the
most impervious to drilling or wear.
Then op the interior, where the vaults
are pl'aced, witihin this concrete pro
tection, comes a solid armor of bat
tleship steel six inches thick, so
strong that an expert working on it
a week could scarcely make an im
pression, much less penetrate it by
hand tools.
The vaults themselves are sunken
deeply below the ground. Descend
ing several flights of stairs and pass
ing by door4 guarded by a fearsome
array of rifles for use by -the night
guards, a long, fairly wide corridor of
solid concrete masonry shows the en
trance to the six vaults, one for the
silver already referred to, one for all
kinds of coinage, but mostly for gold,
and the remaining four for the gold,
silver and nickel bullion. The bronze*
bullion'lies in another room by itself,
but as a few dollars' worth of. this'
substance makes an uncomfortably
heavy load it is not thought necessary
to surround it with the' minute safe
guards used in the case of the pre
cious metals. .
The vaults themselves have a dou
ble combination. That to the outer
door is known by the cashier only
and that to the inner door by the cus
todian of the vaults only. To enter
a vault both men have to be togeth
er, and it is a rule of the department
that both shall stay together till the
inspection or other objects for which
the huge safe is opened is accomplish
ed.
- Entering one of these great cages
after it.e minutes' working at the
combinatorg, one finds himself in a
huge room partitioned off in fifteen
compartments by steel gratings of
the strongest kind. f. straight pas
sage six feet wide and the height of
the chamber goes down the length of
the room from the door. At the en
trance are stored the bronze coins,
the cents, about ~$80.000 worth of
thenm, but the amount varies from day
to day. Next come the more precious
nickel coins of which the value usu
ailly totals about $300,000.
Beyond these storage places a steel.
grated door in the passage itself has
o be opened and then still another to
get. complete to the end of the room.
All along the length of this passage
way, from the entrance to the vault to
the end, are the compartments for the
aoins, separated from the passageway
by exactly the same kind of gratings
is those which divide the way itself*
.nto sections.
The bottom, the sides and the top
>f this vault are lined with steel
plates, and about the entire vault is
he three foot protection of concrete.
Within the vault itself are the sep
irate compartments, each locked.
r'hese compartments are examined
shortly after the end of the fiscal year
a.re then sealed by the examiners, so
ohat anyeantrance to them would be:
PRICE5
READ
Figured Lawns, 15, 12,and icc. v alues Sc.
White Dimity 12yz and ioc. values 6c.
Silks, 75c. values 39c.
White Figured Madras, 15c. values, 8yzc.
Muslin Underwear, Soc. value, for 23c.
Shirt Waists, latest styles, at 89c.
Table Linen, elegant values, from 25 to 89c.
Dress Linen from 10 to 25c.
Flaxon 23c.
One yard wide Percale ic.
Striped White Lawn at Ioc.
Embroideries, 25 and 15c. seller, for ioc.
* Ladies' ready made Wash. Suits,
$5.oo value for $2.89
Ladies' ready made Wash Dresses,
$3.00 value, for $1.29
Bed Spreads, $i.-5o value, at 89c.
Corsets, 75c. value 46c
Lace Curtains, $1.25 value, 85c.
The Am ercan
I.I LL. BU
impossible without the breakage of
the seals. In each compartment de
voted to the'storage of gold the coin
is stored first in bags which contain
$5,000 each in half eagles, eagles or It's W:
double eagles, and then these bags
are arranged twenty on a shelf. Each The Old
shelf has thus $100,000 ,on it. The for QUA
shelves* are arranged in rows down
ward, ten from top to bottom of the the top o
compartment, each row having thus
$,000,000 in gold in it.Y O
Electricity lights the entire section is the AC
of each vault, and the electric cur'rent
is so arranged that if it were possible -The Fl'
for the vaults to be tampered with the -Ask for ii
electricity would immediately give no
tice outside that something was TheIK
wrong.
A detachment of guards every night hence art
is stationed at the entrance sto the SCHUI
stairways leading to the corridor,
which gives access to the vaults
themselves. Their orders are to shoot
down any one attempting an entry.
For the protection of the mint from
charge of the extinguishing appara- .
tus. There are thirty-one fire alarm Th Laders i
sttions located in the corridors and
rooms throughout the building.
At night every fifteen minutes thfr
ty-one watchmen ring a signal noti
fying the watch in the telephone room _______
that all Is well. All these men carry "N,n,m ;
revolvers during the night watch. If "ae na, repl;
the signal from any watchman was lcair doctoreply;'
not heard att.the right time an instant lurdco.-o
alarm would be sounded.-Phila
delphia Record. .He Losi
.Finished the Doctor. A certain Britis
A gaunt and kilted Scotsman made ing the story ofC
his appearance in a country village retreats.
and was endeavoring to charm the "Buller," he se
locals to charity with selections on He retired withou
his bagpipe. A shaggy-haired man a flag, or a gun."
opened the front door of a house and "So I've heard,
beckoned to the minstrel, company, "or a
"Gie us a wee bit lilt .iust oot here," Companion.
.e said, in an accent which told that
e also was fromn the land of the hag-- Notice of Meeting
gis. "Ay auld' mither's in a creetical Insp
condeetion opstair. The doctor's wi .
her the noo, and says the pipes inay The township
save her life." Newberry county
Up and down in front of the house court house at Ne
tarched the braw Hielander, dis- next, 28th May, 19:
coursing music that might well have The inspector f
been incidental to a cat and dog fight. is requested to b
Presently the shaggy-haired man report properly m:
came out again. dition of the publi
"Gie us the 'Dead March,' noo," he of his township.
"Is the puir auld lady gone?" ques- Thos. J. Wilson,
t~ioned thepier Secretary.
K7i
THESE
Rugs, beautiful patterns, $1.50 value, 9 8c.
White Oil Cloth at i8c.
Colored Oil Cloth at -c15C
Deltross Grass Druggetts, 6 x 9,
$6.oo value for $3.98
Belding Bros. Spool Silk 4c.
Coates Spool Cotton 4c.
Lion Brand Collars, two for 25c.
Anchor Brand Collars, each 8c.
Suspenders, $r oo and 75c. value, for 48c.
Athletic Underwear, $z.oo and 75c.
value, - 59C.*
Dress Sh{rts, $1.50 and $1.25 value, 98c.
Dress Shirts, $ioo and 75c. value at 47c.
Pumps and Oxfords just arrived, all
marked down.
Tennis Shoes, tans-a-d blacks, $i.oo
and 75c. value, 67c.
Straw Hats going bat a sacrifice.
shPurchasing CO
QUALITY!
mderful how much there is i QUALITY.
Hickory Chairs and Rockers have Stood
LITY, and they still hold their place at
F the ladder.
want comfort see our "SWINGPORT," it
ME of comfort. Peep ipi our window.
V MINUTE FREEZER is a "WONDER."
liaki Hamnmocks out last all others and
cheapest. QUALITY will tell.
LZ PIANOS have the QUALITY.
I:L BOWLES CO.A
a Housefurnishings, Newbenry, &C
QUALITY!
bt ye've killed th"AN E ""3N S
ton Transcript.
forthe
hi officer was* relat- ISOUT'IIERN
ne of Gen. Buller's
id, "was splendid. Lf nuac opn
t losing a man, or
" saidl one of the InNweyCut.
minute."-YouthS' Fine opportunity for good
producers to write business ~
of Township Road for South Carolina's only old
etors. line Life Insurance Company~
~oa inpecorsof Address with references.
will meet in theA!
wryon Saturdgy MCPA H M
1.0, at 11 a. m.i1L
rom each township .General Agents,
e present with . his
ade out, of the con- Lock Drawer roo, Columbia, S. C.
c roads and bridges
J. W. Eptin, N- Ilis THE TIkE TO SUBSCRIBIE
.President.
TO THE HERALD AID IEWS,
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