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?1* pmU Mi gteg Entered at the Postoffice * v'-\vterry, S. C., as 2*vJ class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, February 4, 1913. j THE BOYS ASD THE CORN SHOW. The boys of the Newberry county "boys corn club, who complied with all the rules, were given a trip to the National Corn show on Saturday, in accordance with a promise made to them by County Superintendent of Education E. H. Aull. Thirty-five complied with all the rules, but only twentyeight were in the party Saturday. Two who had agreed, to go failed to turn up, and two were already there, having won a scholarship in the boys' corn school. We went on the morning train over the C., X. & L., and were given a coach to ourselves. The train was a little late, but we reached Columbia a little before 12 o'clock, and marched directly to Craven hall, where1 the banquet tendered by the chamber of commerce of Columbia was held, j and arrived in time for that function.! i Plates were spread at this banquet for one thousand, and I do not think there was a vacant chair. It was served by the ladies and was an elegant affair. A good dinner vras beautifully served. Besides the boys, the tomato club girls were present, and representatives from all the corn growing States. I am sure the boys enjoyed this feature of the trip. There were present at the banquet Secretary Wilson and representatives j of the agricultural committee of congress. Congressman Lever of this State presided at the banquet and introduced the speakers. Secretary Wilson and several of the congressmen made speeches. After the dinner the boys lined up "by States and marched down Washington street and had their pictures made for the moving picture show. j 'v We then went put to the grounds j and most of the boys ?* sift the night there in the building which had been set aside for the use of the boys at the corn school. The boys had several floors to look through the building and ft view the exhibits. It was really a good I school for them and gave them ai: experience which they will remember a long time. Sunday morning the boys came over j to the city and I took the ones I could get together and went with them through the State house and showed them the hall of the house of representatives and the senate chamber and the supreme court room and the ordi-l nance of secession and things ?f inter- J est around the capital. We were for-j tunate in finding Col. Brooks, the clerk of the supreme court, in his office and he pointed out the oil paintings of the various judges in the court room to th<e boys and told them something of the men. We came back on the C., X. & L. train at noon on Sunday, every one reaching home safely. I hope the boys enjoyed the trip and that they found it not only pleasant but profitable to them. I took them at my Dersonal expense and it * - I was a great pleasure for me to flo IL Every one ^vas nice and courteous to Ms and we appreciate it all. This corn stow in Columbia is the < greatest exposition ever held in the State, and J must believe that the peo-T pie of South Carolina have not realized!, what it is and its great educational value, or the attendance would have i been much larger^ People are there from Texas and Iowa and a number of other States, and many people right iere in South Carolina, and in Newberry county, whtt could easily go, are net attending, I must believe, because I t.h-'v do not realize what has been* bro :;:ht to their v ry doors, *i ji" 1 _ . 1 - : - v i " ' ' ; club k ri.ov.% boys ; i tr i ( engaging ; Lie aitcuilon oi the national \ governm r.t, and it h wonderful to see, and know the results and the extent of this work, and it all means the development of the agricultural interests of this great country of ours, and whon ver \on develop the a?ricMl?;ir:i] j interests you develop the countrv, for, | i alter all. the foundation of all wealth and all prosperity must come from the soil. One little tomato club girl out j in Alabama was there with a record of j 1531 two and a half ]>ound cans of > I tomatoes fro?n one-tenth of an acre. And a little red headed boy from the same State had a record of two hundred and sixteen bushels of corn from one acre at a cost of eight and a half cents the bushel, which, taking in the cost, beat Jerry Moore's record of two ' * 3 3 - - J + 4- Vv i i c/h n 1 c Ckt ! nuimreu itiiu ucai)i. a cost of 48 cents the bushel. All this work is creating an interest in the farmland farm life, and will have a tendency to dignify farm work and put the farm in the position which it should occupy. It should not be forgotten, either, I ?oi +Vi?o nmatn cluh wnrk started i LUL<1 U ail L XI AO tWAAAM-W _ from the suggestion of a little country j school teacher over in Aiken county j only a few years ago, andVow there | are thousands of girls engaged in it all over this country. The way to improve conditions in the rural districts is to start with the boys and girls. Of course, you can improve conditions with the demonstration work among the farmers themselves, but the real . reform, if it is to come, must come . from the boys and girls by educating j them to the farm, and not away from it. j There are many features in connec- ! tion with this show which are instruc- j tive and educative in their nature not ( directly in connection with corn club j and tomato club work. One of these is j the country community in charge of ' Miss Carney,- of Illinois. I would like j 1 to see arrangements made for a special (, I 1 train from this section to run every j ( day during the remainder, of this show | and -every citizen of Newberry county to attend the- 6how. The cost will be small and you will not have another i opportunity to see such a show in a j generation. t I hope the boys who went with me c will tell the other boys in their communities about the show, and tell their parents, and that the crowds during c the remainder of this week will be t much larger. The show continues * throughout this week, closing next 1 io Saturday. E. ti. A. j c NOT INTENDED. J ^ We assure our cotemporary, the | . Observer, that we had no intention of j c misrepresenting it in any matter, and j r I L if we did it was unintentional, and we! are sorry and hasten to correct it. We had no idea that what we said could , h be construed into a misrepresentation, j r and we do not yet see how it could,! ' i s but if it is so construed, we hasten to say there was no intention to misrepresent. t We based our conclusion upon the t followig statement in an article by our i, cotemporary on chambers of com-1 ^ merce, ana parucuiariy me ui&uauu-i rj ment of the Newberry chamber of com- J ^ merce: "To lay too much stress on J commercial organizations is to incul- j Q cate the idea that a town can not well11 get along without one?which is not a j ^ fact. They may help but they do not j ^ create business, and are in no sense ^ necessary. Some towns have been very prosperous without chambers of com- t merce and some are now?and we do j t not Hesitate to ciass -\ewoerry umuug p them. Anderson is another, for Anderson has no commercial organiza- ^ tion now. Where is there a mgpe wide- ^ awake or more progressive town?" All] tve said was that the ObsorV^r cited j n Anderson as a live town without a i ~ j ** chamber of commerce, and drew the 0 conclusion that according to the Ob- j s server such an organization was not, ^ necessary to the progress of a town j h or community i jj, "ifa. tiihi tiio. Ahc^rver nointed 1 i. i oaiu vy - crv- Jf- ? . ., to Anderson as "a great town" with ^ no chamber of commerce, and asked j ^ why the Mail should be calling for a.-^ live commercial organization. If tlVat | f; i$ not what the above quotation says t then we must admit to out density of i * comprehension. j ^ However, we wanted simply to ( apologia to il/t: Observer, if it feels thai vo i^v-^c'Sfiiicd nnd to state i f We were. a member a Jon.^ < time and paid our dues and several ] members of our force were also mem- < bers, and paid their dues, and we never 5 used the rooms for pool playing or 1 reading, but w-e wanted to see the or- ] ganization kept alive. We do not ob bamng! Absolute The only Baking from Royal Grape / NO ALUM, NO L/l ject to pool playing. It is a pleasant and a harmless pasttime, antl we t'av or d the continuance of the pool and billiard room, but the organization, to be worth anything commercially, must do something else besides provide these innocent amusements. A chamber of com.merce to be worth anything must do things. Do things for the general welfare of the community, and not for personal or private ben-rfit. The trouble with us In Newberry in these latter days is, that every fellow, before he puts forth any energy or loosens his purse string, is, that he wants to know wh^re he come? in, and if he can not s^e direct and immediate benefit he looks upon you almost as a fool and unworthy of trust if you put your mony or energy in it, and ask h.im to cooperate with you. This statement may bf overdrawn just a little bit as a general proposition, but it is not far from the facts, and until you 1 Dan get the business men of a commulity to do a little something unde general welfare clause, there is very little place for a commercial organization, because cooperation is what a j chamber of commerce means. Every- '1 Dody coming together to build up the community and all sharing the burden, j i . BLEASE AM) THE PRESS. j ( Governor Blease ...charges that, his , lewspaper opponents in South Caroina refuse to print statements, ex- < jlanations or denials by him; the re-j ort is that the governor has at times I j leliberately kept such matter from j 1 hese same newspapers in order to en- [ oy the opportunity of charging them j ' vith the offence. The latest inter- j i :hange of this amiable nature has just j i aken place between the Spartanburg! i lerald and the Newberry Herald and i sews the latter being one of the three t ?r four pro-Blease newspapers in the j t >tate and -edited by a colonel on the i overnor's staff. "We notice," com- j ilains Colonel Aull, "that several of < he daily newspapers print the r-ply of ] Jenator Tillman to the message of r rovernor Blease, but do not print the j n?ssage to which Senator Tillman re- i dies, and even the News- and Courier c olds the message until the reply is 1 eceived, and the,n prints only a synop- 1 is and gives the reply the prominent i osition. The State did not print eith- i r. That comes nearer fair d<-aling j han to print only one side. And then c he same newspapers oOir.J?lain that f <TAV.a?nnr io ulwflVo ciivino com--'! ljy^ *1^ v** " "y' ij vPVAii ? hing terrible about the newspapers."; 'hereupon the Herald, asserting that i I Joveri^or Bl-?ase purposely keeps his j r nessages from the newspapers, goes j >n to say: "In an effort to get hold of 1 hat very document a member of the lerald's staff, knowing Editor Aril to 1 e the close friend of the administra ion he i?<, appealed to him for an adance copy o? the message. Two leters were written Mr. Aull, but up to his hour there has been no reply to ither letter." In the absence of a special inves- i igation we can not say, of course, on rhich side- or in what degree on both ides lies tie blame. Governor felease lay or may not be treating the news apers as, demanding the enactment, f severe legal requirements and re- j traints upon' them, he charges that hey treat him. All we can say to that e owes his* career primatift to in- L ndicious and bigoted, if ^ot conscious- i y unfair, treatment by them; and that j { e has been only too witling to capl- i ^ alize among hi$ political assets this! lundering on their part. But the very ? ict of Such accusations- and recrimina- ( ions is a ead commentary upon the actional ism which grows worse rather ' han better in our neighbor State.- Charlotte Observer. ' < The editor of The Herald and ?w= , ? i. ? .1 1 +i, ? ^rv-,-.n * *1s :? 'st'in in" < ! j ? * 1 j i y .1- O "V *1 to "" 1w C t^W' P' 1'- < . , "* J . y. .- pp vf??* : 1 ^ "o ' '"?'* ? r. ^ ( *' "" t * ^ 1 *' V ;* ovo o Tftorlnl. Tl:s >y * ! <*i ?\ f* - 1 r ,> fjlO r *; " 'ft -> ^tcTslf' n,ni2 v^iv? is not n "colon*?!" I >n Gov. rr -tnff an.-] lias no* bo"n. :Ie was on the staff of a governor oh, :o long ago that the memory of man , scarcely runneth to the contrary, but :hat has nothing to do with the point *ais-?d by the Observer and the Herald. The editor of The Herald and New6 1 fAL |! )OWDER w v v wmr mmu m ?/y Pure i Powder made Cream of Tartar I WIT PHOSPHATE is a friend of Governor Blease, and ha;= l>een for many years, and was a fri'-nd ,r\4r Kofnrn him Wa V? fJ \jl iii-s latuci uv/xui uiui. j known him from his childhood, and, i in fact, he, at one time, was a pupil of ours when we taught school. But this has nothing to do with the matter in hand, except the reference to our friendship for the governor. We did get an impersonal letter from the "Herald" asking us to send it a com- of tho irov-^rnor'c nnnnnl mcs- i sage. We did not have it and did not | ?et it until the day before printed ! i 1 ir, and, ther?for?, cculd not comply | with the request. "VVe should have answered the letter. We apolo?;iz for not doing so. We were not the one, however, t& whom application should have been made. We feel almost sure that a courteous request from the ~ Herald to the governor for an advance copy would have sc ired the copy. The Herald neither wrote us an im- ? personal or any other sort of letter for the governor's message in regard to Tillman, o rif it did we never re-; ? ceived it. As to the Inaugural address we received another letter which, we did not answer,'for the same reason. We apologize again if it is the proper thing to do;* We'did hot receive an advance' copy of the inaugural and the way we did receive it is by. a member of our aaff -taking it down in shorthand and j sending it to us after it was delivered, rhese are the facts without a special MI v-wsLigtiuun ueixig licta uy iue u-ust;iyer. The message in regard to Senator rillman was sent us from Columbia ind printed several days before Sena:or Tillman's reply came out. We had 10 request for it from the Hsrald. We ivired Senator Tillman for his reply o be held for releas-e, and he sent it o be released when presented to the egislature, with which request we comi The Herald was in possession j )f the Blease message at least a week j Defore it printed the Tillman reply. I rhe reply was printed on its receipt md relea-e, but the message was lever printed. Ln fact, one paper print id the Tillman reply before it was re- j, eased but never printed the Blease; nessage at all. This is what we call mfair journalism. As to the annual nessage a great many papers did not; irint it. at all. Thar waiv all ri?ht \tm ! me could complain except their .read-' >rs. Mrs. Clancy?''The daredevil would | oight his poipe wide stick hy djTna-1 ** nit-e, and? I Mrs. Hogan?"The jest loike Tim. I that'll he being doin' next?"?Puck. | Spring is just a matter of i few weeks off now?have ^ou ordered the Mdnument ret that vou feel ouffht to be J - - V?" "" ?f-j erected in memory of a departed relative or friend? We offer you a comprehensive display to select from and in buying from us you are certain that tbo 'i ' * - ' ? > \ * *. ' ; * ! it Llii_(J =: i -i>Reasonable prices. P. F. BAXTER & SONli ar Newberry, S. C. SPECIAL ON ' r1 K i ri Q . V AA A AA U 11 ?? ?^ 96 Piece Dinner Set for only $10.00. Also a large assortment of China at 10c % | and 25c. Call and see me before you buy. Better Goods at the Same Money , AT . ' ; if i urn nAAi/ PTAnr mm dUUA dllmC f "The House of a Thousand Things" *1 i gar ii i1 ii 11? i I MB??????a??n??m??p?? j I Will Arrive at. My Sta- ? d uies cti 1 lusjjcniy un THURSDAY, FEB. 6 With My Third Carload of FINE MULES " Re sure to see me before you buy. A. G. WISE, Prosperity, S, C. 4 "a I mimmm: . ' , You'll g%t yours?if you place ill an early order. Every day adds 111 - - - ? ?L. \ ? to the already unprecedented demand for Ford ears. In spite of ^ the greatly enlarged production t ?late buyers are almost sure to be disappointed. Get yours to- ^ i day. ^ ' "Everybody is driving a Ford"?more By order of the Town Council. ^ ^ J. Scurry, nQ Clerk. 1-17?tf. County Supervisor. 28 il' than 200,000 in service. New prices? runabout $525?touring car $600?town oar $800?with all equipment, f. o. b. Detroit. Phone, write or call upon Summer's Garage. t r . ~ _ -? - - ? ' : ?tick. ' i :; . , :-o 1 -nvn taxes f ' . p vo* r " have net he' u paid, will ? _ _ > aii former road oyerseers are nerei a.--: i;tk'.4 no lice that it such taxes nr vntVir ti10 -. -til dn v lj-v rerll^rc'd to sena the supervisor a * not paid on or oetore me ldui ua> i February, 1913, executions will be or all tools belonging to the coun- ' j sued for the collection of such taxes j ty and, if convenient, to bring them to id placed in the hands of the sheriff, j county stables at Newberry.