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VOL XLVI NO. 86 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5. t909TW
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-ABOUT pERSONS AND THINGS.
News Briefly Told.-Gathered From
In and Out of the State, Nation
and World.
It is estimated that the plurality
for Gaynor will reach 60,000 or more.
II appears that Tammany has elect
ed head of ticket, but lost the\offi
cials who control purse strings of
the City. Hearst ran a poor third.
Estimates from 900 election districts
placed him 32,000 behind Bannard,
who in turn was 39,563 behind Gay
nor.
0hairman A. M. Rodway. of the
reoubican central committee,, has
'issued a statement claiming the ma
jority election of Herman Baehr, re
publican. Mayor Johnson, democrat,
has been notified that Baehr has car
riedi the city. Johnson is now serv
inz his fourth term as mayor of
Cleveland.
The Geographic Society hails
Peary's feat, and votes him a gold
medal for discovering the North
Pole. Experts agree as to the Cbm
maader's achievement, after passing
on his records and inspecting his in
struments. A sub-committee of ex
perts has been appointed to probe in
to the matter of Dr. Cook's discov
ery, with authority to send for such
papers and make such journeys as
may be necessary to arrive at some
keinite understanding.
At the regular fall meeting of the
Carnegie Hero Fund commission
Wednesday, fifty persons through
this country and Canada were re
warded for acts of bravery and il
lustrious, conduct.
The balloon, Melba II, with Capt.
John Berry as pilot and Miss Julia
Horner as aide. ascended at St. Louis
Wednesday, in an effort to seeure
,the Lahm cup.
Dusty. and travel-sore the cara
van of autoists reached Atlanta in a
blaze of glory, shortly after one
o kelock Wednesday. This is the
most successful cross country tour
ever inaugurated.
Judge Mann's majority for govern
-or of -Virginia is about twenty-five
tjhouxsand. .The legislatilve result
assures the re-election of John W.
Daniel to the United States Senate.
Thirty of the students of the
Georgia Military Academy who were
poisoned last week, are still in bed
bu: are reported to be doing very
well.
George W. Murray the colored ex
congressman of Sumter, is now in
Chicago pending negotiations for his
extraet ion to this State. Murray was
conlvjieted of forgery in Sumter in
1904 and there isan indictment
against him charging perjury. The
petitiou asks for a pardon on the
conditiont that he remain out of the
State. The paper has a large num
ber of -ignatures.
*C ongressman~Wyatt Aiken of the
Third District of South Carolina, de
elared Tuesday that he would intro..
duee a bill for prohibition in the
Distric: of Columbia, at the next
session of Congress. Mr. Aiken is a
membe- of the house committee on
the -District of Columbia, and he be
lieves the prohibition in the SoutF
wherever it has been tried has prov
en berneficial to the people.
A ;vnug rattle snake with two per
feetly oimed and developed heads,
eaeh uea displaying a forked tongue
of livly characteristics. was found
bv a er farmer at Rinede ou
the A ly river.
L. C. WXheeler of the United States
secret -ervice arrived in the City of
Chart:< onl Monday and met the comn
mittee in c-harge of the arrange
mnents for the reception of the Pr-es
ident. going over the plans and mak
in -rrstionts suchi amendmnents
as w bete insur.e the safety of
the ;pr-identt on hi viit
Caa:. George B. Dean, aged ~0
years7 died at his home in Spartan
,,r, Tueda'r morning after a long
illness. Capt. Dean was prominent
in polities of the cou-ny for many r
years, representing the county in f
Legislature, and for eight years i
was slheriff of the county. Before his I
death he was one of the most sue- c
cessful farmers in the county. i:
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Gov. Ansel was Tuesday notified
by the navy department that the
battle ship "South Carolina'' will
not be tompleted until the 15th of t
January, and that it will be two or
three months before she can be got
ten into shape to be sent to Charles
ton for the ceremonies incident to the
presentation of the silver service. f
The presentation of the silver ser
vice, which will cost $5,000 will have
to be postponed until a later date,
and the desire of Governor Ansel to
have the members of the legislature
attend the fete in a body will have
to be calleed off.
At Hamburg on Monday what
nearly proved to be a fatal accident
occurred, when an aeroplane that
was being driven by a mechanic
Pequet, began to burn and a moment
afterw,ard the benzine tank exploded.
Pequet succeeded in gliding to the
earth, but the danger of burning to
death was so pressing that he jump
ed from the machine while it was
fifteen or twenty feet from the
ground and sustained injuries about
the chest which are probably not se
rious.
News was received Monday morn
ing from Dr. J. P. Crawford, -of
Nashville, Tenn, of the sad death of
his oldest child, Edward, who was
sealded a few days ago by hot tea,
and died from the effects of the burn
Monday morning. Dr. Crawford is a
native of York County, and a form
er resident of Rock Hill. Mrs. Craw
ford before her marriage was Miss
Jennie Russell, of Rock Hill.
Prof. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe. the
noted aeronaut and scientist, and
,ead of Mount Lowe observatory
near Pasadena, Cal., has planned to
circumnavigate thd globe in a dirigi
ble balloon, without stopping to re
plenish the hydrogen.. He is now at
work on this air craft designed to a,
complish this remarkable feat.
A. Eugent Byrne, a fourth year
man at the United States MilitaryI
Acadiy, who received injuries in a
ame of foot ball at West Point, died1
Sunday morning in the citadel hos
pital at 6.30 o'clock. He was only
twenty-one years old, but was a vet
eran of the army foot ball team, and
was a resident of Buffalo, N. Y.
Twelve men were killed in tihe
Cambria Steel company 's coal mine,
two miles from Johnstown, Pa., Sun
day night as a result of whait is sup
posed to have been ..a dynamite ex-!
plosion. All the dead are foreigners.
Three men escaped by a perilous
climb on life ladders through poi
sonous mine gas and falling slate up
the walls of the.main shaft. At the
time of the expl.osion only fifteen
men were at work Ui the mine.
* TEIDLZ
I have beeti tiuking a good deal
during the past few days about the
matter contaiined in the article or
questions of U:iele Brigs. Now ini
the first p;ace~ I want~ to) congratullate
Unele Brig f>r his good sense mi
agreeing wit me~K about --iip.' but
I mYust contess tiat his admission
that hie does not know what t':e
Igame is almost argues him a thous
and years.behind these times. I'll bet
-that is if i: is not against the stat
utes-that every boy from Newberry
to Smokey Town can tell him all
Iabout the game. But that is not I
here nor there. Uncle Brigs knows
all about "'hull gull. 'hand full'' and
that draws him near to me. Just to
hear it mentioned recalls pleasant
'efoies of the good old times at
he old countrv school house when
we took ou diier~ in a tiln bucket
and ourl molasses iln a small bottle
and made a hole withi our thumb in
he biscuit and filled tile hole wit'h
molasses from the bottle and were
appy all the rTay lner We went to
chool then at eight o'clock iu the
aorning and remained there uutil
ve o'clock in the afternoon. You
emember that, don't you, Uncle
riggs? Well, those were the good
Id days wihen we learned the alpha
et before we learned to read. But
ot so now.
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But I am getting off the subject.
Jncle Brigs wants to know what I
hink about selling the old court
ouse. Well, I think it ought to be
sed for something, or it ought to be
ulled down. But why not let the
ountry people permit it to be used
or a public library for the entire
ounty. The people of the country
ould get the benefit of it. But if
he sentiment of the country people
s agains that then I think the city
)eople ought to buy it and make a
)ublic library out of it, or a Y. M.
. A., and get -enough of the public
quare surrounding it to make a
retty park and then let the ladies
rom the country use it for a rest
-oom. I mean make it so- there
vould be several nice rooms one of
hich could be used by the ladies
rom the :country to refresh. them
;elves when they come to town. I
hink I made the suggestion of a
est room. If I didn't it is a good
muggestion all the same. Uncle Brigs
s mistaken. A good many ladies
ome here and spend several houf's
nd a good comfortable place such
is here suggested would be a great
3onvenience to them and then this
building is so centrally located it
ould be very convenient. But if
:he county is going to sell it for this
purpose -the price ought to be very
mall because it would be used for
public purposes. Suppose Uncle
Brigs ask the Newberry chamber of
4ommerce to take this matter up
ind let the business men discuss it.
You know I am so far removed from
usiness life that I am scarcely a
-ompetent judge and my advice
xould not be very valuable. Some
ing ought to be done. I ekpect the
ewspapers are to blame. They should
feep us people informed. And you
%now sometimes by being quiet on
the subject the people don't know
just what to do. I mean the news
papers keeping quiet-they don't
>ften keep quiet-the people were
let in the dark. T-hen we can put
t on the newspapers any way. That
Sa good way to get out of our part
A the responsibility. But let the
egislature submit the question to the
people or better.. still pass an act au
~horizing the buildin~g sold. What's
Lhe use of having representatives if
hey must submit -every little que's
ion like thi s to a vote of t-be people
o tell them wha o do. Why not go
head and do something.
Wasn't that a light vote on the
bond election~? Did you ever hear
f such a thing? Forty people vot-.
ing forty thousand dollars in bonds
n our children. Jurst think of it. I
ften wonder why our city people
rake so little interest in city affairs.
Vell. I hopye the thing is fixed right
this time. and that the commissioniers
ay be able to go ahead with the
xtension of the sewerage system.
'ir. Idler: Recenftly I enjoyed a
-e::stitutional through a short cut
art of not more than 20 homes bu:
remarkable from the fact that on
his street are three churches, one on
~corner tFbat was built before the
-.the other oppopsite a beautiful
diee. the one in the centre of t-he
~tr't. also a fine new house of wor
~V. All have their distinct forms
d ritual of the old world faith of
iir fathers. Belief in Calvinistie
:lotrine. 'the singing of Psalma of
David. and the prayer book 'of the
hureh of England. The chir--'y:
ristocraev of the old world trans
lanted to America, all have still the
eligous sentiment tihat mark their
aith and practice in Scotland and
Englaad. Maybe. Mr. Idler. you got
your idea as to pie eating from the
fact of' this p,eculiar dissenting
hurhi view -that could ntot partake
vith others. But it is a truth that
'ovalt'v en.joys same pie. King~ Ed
wvard is es:ueciallv fond of t,his dish
ud his chief cook is paid a larger
~alary than a hanker here to prepare
t for his table. The ex-Empress
mond and .cream pie, with old sher
ry wine flowing. And who dare say
aught as to pumpkin pie. The Bos
tonese skill in domestic science
is equal to their intellectual aris
tocracv of brain. Of such high or
der that Southern schools and colleg
es proudly number themontheir corps
of teachers. In the pulpit, platform
and chairs of oligies and isms they
are sought and get a better pay 'than
non-pie eaters. So I think we shall
-study the art of pie making as it
may prove a good brain food diet.
,But come to think of it now-I
think you mean 'political pie.' Well
that is so, but maybe some have tast
ed it and it went down on -them.
It is a difficult pie to manipulate.
Great care must be taken as to the
mixing ingredients. There are many
things 1highly 'spiced and especially
the upper and lower crust be press
ed gently together as -Hot Air will
burst. it open and if too near one will
get a scare for life. Well, Calhoun
loved ehicken pie and the simple life,
preferred to sit in a rush bottom
chair to that presented him by an
empress and the ipasterpiece of a
grand artist was not as beautiful to
him as the red hills and green valleys
of Oconee. He made no pretense to
aristrocracy but was honored by the
nobility of earth for his intellectual
strength of mind and his love for his
State. Scribbler.
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'Now here comes 95ribbler again
tal.king about a "een3titutional.'
What is a "constitutional" any
way? I thought only lawy:rs and
members of the legislatu dae ...hlt in
constitution but may he T !im %vro!
r r it must evidently 1ave another
mea, ;..s a2 well for su .ril.bler
can't be making a raw point through
a si-. sEreet. You kJ)>V when I
tt.en; d pies Iinev:. .a in mind
.-.dl uies and cream i a;;d such
9i:e aeleacies like thet :ut I was
:hiak*.-. about tater muitard ' anc
peach pies and apple pies and black
berzy pies and such as we country
people eat. But I am glad to know
I that these people like chicken pie be
cause that is an evidence of good
taste. to say the least. Now as to
political pie I never heard of that
and don't know what it means. But
.I stick to my first statement that we
have good people in all of our streets.
And for forms and ceremonies I am
not much of a stickler. I believe in
the good old time religion rather than
in the form of it. In doing -things
rather than in saying things.
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Now if pie is good brain food then
I want to get the very best prescrip
tion for pie making that Scribbler
can furnish for my brain is in great
need of nouris:hment. That is I un
derstand some people have been kind
enough to suggest that it needed
somethimg-they didn't know just
Iwhat it was, but I expect it was
some of the same kind of pie the
the Empress Eugenia had for des
sert-that with the wine in it. I
think I would be tempted to try it
any way. May. be it would do me
some good. The simple l-ife such as
Calhoun led up in tihe old red hills
of Oconee. Yes, I am ionging for
the simple life. But pray tell me
how one can live the simple life in
this day of mad rush without being
run over or forgotten. which is just
as bad.
Monroe Wicker is doing some good
work on the streets now. If he just
had the opportunity I am sure we
would soon have some permanent
sidewalks and some good streets in
Newberry. We ought to do more
permanient work. But that takes
money. As a matter of fact a good
deai of good work has been done on
our streets. That sidewalk by Maves
drug store is a good piece of work.
Now Friend street ought to be paved
to lhe depot. And that light ought
to be put up in Friend street at the
union station. But we can't do every
thing at once.
WYhat has biecome of the chamber
of commerce? I do not see anything
in the papers about it. The .business
meni ought to get together now and
they ought all 10 belong to the chamn
ber of commerce and then all pull
togethIer and talk Newberry . and
build another mill and never mind
aot the npric- of otton andK t:he
threat or tie mius to .siu uuwll. .
cotton stays up the price of cotton
goods is going to stay up. Don't you
fret. about that. We can never get too
many mills in South Carolina, at
least until 4e manufacture more cot
ton than w e grow.
The Idler.
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THE SONG BIRD. *
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From out the recesses of a crim
soning autumn wood came the sweet
est notes that ever left a trembAng,
slender throat of any feathered song
ster. Deep and rich they rose, and
floated in waves of cadence aeross
the pulsing air, and trailed off along
the horizon like the last whisper of
some half forgotten song. They seem
ed to only gather melody as they
went, and to return to. the singer
made stronger and sadder in their
contact with the world, but at the
same time they fell upon the unsus
strange a note as when first trilled,
because they, in their short journey,
had met the blights of earthly griefs,
the baffling winds of discouragement
and has soared above these in an
ecstasy too poignant to even dream
of death. Poor little song; frail,
tiny melody that spread its gossamer
wings in an effort to cheer and bright
en a mundane world. of grabbing hu
manity, td leave the warm, red breast
of a stalwart, happy little creiture,
pouring out a heartful of silvery,
rollieking harmony, only to, at last,
heave -a pitiful sigh and fold its tired
wings in a silence that rests like an
awful pall upon the slayers.
This is what happened to expel the
blythe warbler from the green, ever
blooming dales of Halcyon Land.
A heavy g:oom settled down over
the earth; just when the little good
bye-to-summers marged the paths
with a fringe of white, the lonely,
unlovely old Man of Snow and
Clouds mWas making his way down to
earth and upon his arrival npthing
would be bright. There would be no
sound of laughter, no place for joy
in the world, and mortals would be
wrapped in a mist of tears,' from
which bondage there ;vould be no re
lief unless the warmth of happiness
from a bird-song could be poured
forth upon t-he listening ears of sad
mortals. There was only one such
creature in ail Halcyon Land that
possessed this wonderful capacity for
golden song, and he flapped his lit
tie, erie wings with a willingness
that was pathetie in an eagern'ess to
brave the dire dangers of an un
known world.
Like a .crimson leaf he sailed to
earth, his slender throat swelling
with pent-up music. He sailed and
sailed thbrough eons of', space and
limitless azure, catching here and.
there for his song tone and deep in
tonations and expressions that should
tell a tale of joy, and gladness and
which would dispel the horrid gloom
that went la ..- wake of the Old
Mant of Snow and Clouds.
His poor little wings were all a
tremble with the great flight he had
made, when at last he came in sight
of the sorrowful world lying deep in
hateful silence, nowhere could he
find a place to rest his weary little
body. No park could he find, with
kindly, s.heltering arms of leaf-coy
Ired boughs.
The roofs of the houses were hard
and1 cnld to tiny, pink feet that had
knowni only the soft bark of trees,
ead oniee when he had but lighted on
the t wig / a tree a sharp crackling
noise m :ne after a flash and report.
and. :err''r- tricken. he once more
- pred his . ired little russet wings
and bete:!: himseff to a clump of
woods away from the heart of the
town. And here. in these he sat
and rocked and poured out his soul
in golden measures. and with all his
might he sang, so that the song
might reach the ears .of those for
whomi he had come to endure this.
The russet wings (juivered, bot-h with
pain and joy, the bright black eyes.
shone iridescently brilliant. and the
s:lender. beautiful throat seemed al
most bursting in an effort ,to send
the clar, rich notes rineinr. ')ut
be no reason for them to arouse only
dead echoes of themselves. And at
last there was a great burst of ra
diant sunlight, the flowers all burst
into a galaxy of bloom, and the gray
garments of the Old Man of Sno'*
and Clouds stood out in bold relief
against the mellow blue of the far
hills as he hurriedly beat his retreat.
But this transformation lasted only
a short -while, just long enough for a
deep realization of the meaning- of
it all to bring its lesson, and then in
a wild attempt to keep the - woild
laughing merrily, as the gladness
faded away and the old Man of Snow
and Clouds returned, the whirring
wings sought the shelter of some
leafy boughs in the heart of town, but
none could he find, only bleak eaves
of houses and dejected fences offered
him a resting place. But still he sang,
the notes growing indescribably
sweet and mellow, the slender
thtoat strained'every nerve and mus
cle to prolong the glorious rapsody,
only to liXt the veil, only to recall
the sunlight. But the Old Man of
Snow and Clouds still stayed, and
the notes grew faint and more faint.
A cold breath stirred the air, the
notes came bubbling still but with a
wierd, wild strain, and finally with a
melancholy sob sank lower. and
lower, until they ceased altogether. -4
The cold settled down and .closed
about the heart of the golden singer
as he: swayed forlornly, every nerve
tense, and at last fell With aerackle
like icicles and the little' bead eyes
stared in frozen dullness.
Once in a great while, if there is t.
garden spot of a park in your vi
einity there can be heard%the sweet
est toned song that ever read'hes -the
tired ears of mortals, and he who
hears 'these notes is followed by the
greatest of blessings; happiness, con
'tentment and joy will attend him,
but he must have in his conunity a
park, or the cold winds of the sordid
world will freeze the notes in ther
singer's throat, and the world will
be dreary because it has not known
the !bewildering melody of this bird
song of Halcyon Land.
Listen, and you may hear this won
derful song, but first get your park
and protect the n'oble ittle creature
'of good cheer. What blessings, then,
may come to you.
- Mirbh.'
The Designer for December.
A point too little ac,cented in the
divorce problem is what shall become
of the ahildren whose parents decide
to live apart. Harriet Washburn -
Stewart takes this uip in The Design' .
er for December, in an article enti
ted, "The Child of the Separation,"
pointing out stern facts and offering
a practical remedy. The child wihose
parents live apart is a growin'g prob
lem. There are four million in the
United States whose parents do not
live together. This is enougg. to .
make the most giddy pause and con
sider.
Other articles which command at
tention are "The Church and the
New Luxury,'' by tihe Rev. Henry
A. Stimson, and "Choosing a Hus
band, ',' by Helen Corinne Hambidge.
These articles give some hints not
in the routine of our thinking. Dr.
Charlotte C. West, a New York phy
sician, warns women about tubercu
losis on points not usually empha4
sized. M. Landon Reed tells how to
keep from having a harsh, c racked
voice, which is the first thing a for
eigner mentions.
A Christmas relish hangs over the
Designer for December. Most mag
azines Santa -Claus on with a trowel;
in this magazine it is a sweet breath.
It shows Christmas the world around.
There is a Christmas day with Pad
erewski, the great pianist; a trip to
the Latin Quarter in Paris on Christ
mas eve; and a real Christmas story
by Anne Warner. A dozen readers
tell of "Christmas When I Was a
Girl,' in a way to send the 'heart
back half a century to maple candv
and three-hour sermons.
The fashions are particularly
pleasing, and displayed in color. The
latest in furs is give-n. and sugges
tions for midwinter excursions into
fnv needlework. The ntimber fits
