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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
A Colored Mans Splendid Farming.
NearJerr:y Obserrer.

Lewis Duckett, of No. 4 Township,
who owns one Of the largest and best
p antations in Newberry County, and
who is a number one farmer, has
given the Obserrer the results of some
of his farming operations last year.
He made good crops round; but the
following were special yields.
On two acres he planted cotton
seed that he bought from Prof.
Harris, of Greenville, which the
Professor called "Duncan's I'm
proved" He broadcasted the land
with homemade manure and then
put in 400 pounds-200 to the acre
of acid. The cotton from this
patch yielded 354 pounds oflint from
100 pounds of seed cotton. From
the two acres he gathered 1888
pounds. He had the cotton picked
by day labor at so much per hun
dred, and weighed it carefully him
self as it was picked; so that there
can be no mistake about the yield.
The two acres made 6 bales of sos
pounds each, exclusive of the weight
of bagging and ties-or 3,ll34
pounds of lint.
On a 20 acre new ground, the
third year of cultivation with 200
pounds Of ammoniated fertilizers per
acre, he made 26 bales of cotton
weighing 527 pounds each, 23S
pounds over.
On 7 acre new ground, second
year of cultivation, he made. without
fertilizing, o57 bushels of corn, ex-
elusive of the rotten and refused
corn. This was not an estimate or
guess-work, but he shucked and
measured the corn.
Lewis says that he has little over
four acres of ground that he thinks
he can make 20 bales of cotton on,
and that he is going to try it this
year.
Some persons who do not know
Lewis Duckett may be disposed to
question the figures above given; but
those who know him know that he is
a splendid farmer and thoroughly
truthful and responsible man, and
that his figures are correct. he is
probably the wealthiest colored far
mer in the State, being worth from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
POINTS ABOUT PERSONS

Senator Wade Hampton has shaved
of his side whiskers, and a newsp4.
per correspondent says that his face
looks like peeled onion.
:"Slaves and Poltroons,' began
Governor West in a speech at Salt
Lake City. He did not finish. The
audience made a rush for him, and
the speaker retired.
General Wilson and Senator Rea.
gan had pleasant meeting in Wash
ington, the other day. Wilson cap
tured Reagan with President Davis
and his party. He offered Reagan
his parole, but the latter refused to
accept it, saying that Mr.. Davis was
sick, and he would stick to him. At
that time Reagan fully expected to
be hung.
Mr.. William Means, president of
the defunct Metropolitan bank of
Cincinnati, is brother-in-law of ex-
Congressman Henry S. Neal of the
eleventh Ohio district, and their
wives are sisters Of "Bunnie'' Camp.
bell, the young lady in the famous
Arbuckle case. Mr.. Means was sew
eral times millionaire apd gener-
al favorite in Cincinnati society.
William Preston Johnston, son of
the General Johnston who died at
Shiloh, is president of Tulare Uni
versity and a Shaksperean expert.
He has not single hair on his head
or face. Even his eyebrows and eye
lashes have disappeared,
Senator Harrison H. Riddleberger
is tall, straight and not bad looking;
he has a long, thin face, a high, full
forehead, and his brown hair, which
is thinning rapidly at the crown, is
combed we'll back. He refuses, it is
said, invitations to state dinners at
the white house, and once declined
to 60 to dinner party at Senator
Palmers because he had no dress
coat and was too poor to buy one.
Attorney-General Garland writes
to an Arkansas paper that he will
strictly adhere to resolution formed
in 1888 that he will not, under any
circumstances, again be candidate
for the United States Senate.
The best thing in Bismarck's re-
cent speech was the sentence: eve
Germans fear God and nothing else
in the world"
Sir Morell Mackenzie, the Eng.
lish physician vino operated on the
German crown princes throat, has
refused $4,000 to come to this coun-
try to treat prominent citizen. And
yet $4,000 is very respectable fee.
Captain Calhoun, who recently
died in St. Joseph County, Michigan,
had four sons who had not seen each
other in 10 years. They met in Chi
cago on their way to their fathers
funeral and rode home in the same
car, two of them occupying the same
seat, yet they did not recognize each
other until they met in livery sta
bic at White Pigeon, where each was
trying to get rig to 60 to the old
homestead.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
A Summary Of the Blair Bill.

The bill appropriated annually for
eight years the following sums to be
responded to secure the benefit of
common school education to all chill
dren of school age living in the
United States:''
First year, S7,OO0,O00; second
year, slO,0OO.O0O; third year, Sl5,-
100000; fourth year, Sl3,OO0,00O;
fifth year, S1l,0O0,000; sixth year,
s9,OO0,000; seventh year, S7,00O,0O0;
eighth year, s5,0O0,OOO. The money
is to be divided among the several
States and Territories and the Dis
trict Of Columbia in proportion to H.
literacy-the computation to be made
according to the census Of 1886
and (afterwards) 1890. There
are to be separate schools for
white and colored children. No State
or Territory is to receive the money
under the Act until its Governor shall
have filed with the secretary Of the
Interior q statement showing the
common school system in force in the
State, tie amount of money expended
during the preceding school year
for the 81 pport of common schools;
the number of white and colored chill
dren between the ages Of 10 and 2l;
the number of schools in operation,
average attendance Of scholars, &c.
No amount is to be paid to any State
or Territory in any year greater than
the amount expended out of its own
revenues in the preceding year for
the maintenance Of common schools.
No part of the fund is to be used for
the erection or rent of school build
ings. but an additional fund of g..
100000 is to be allotted in the first
year for school-houscs, either for
construction or renting, in sparsely
populated districts; not more than
$3.50 for each building.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
PCe's Acrost:c.

st. Valentines day, GALES to mind
very Ingenious acrostic by Edgar
Allen Poe-which appeared in the
New York Evening Mirror of Feb.
ruary 21st, 1916. The reader will
have no difficulty in spelling out tue
three names if he hits upon the right
clew. 1t is entitled:
To Her whose name is written below.
For her these lines are penned, whose
luminous eyes.
Bright and expressive as the stars of
Leda.
Shall find her own sweet name that
nesting lies
Upon this page, enwrapped from every
Search narrowly these words. which
holds a treasure.
Divine, talisman, an amulet
That must be worn at heart. Search
we'll the measure,
The words, the letters themselves. Do
not forget
The smallest point, or you may lose
your labor.
ana yet there is IN this no Gordian knot
Which one mighig not undo without
sabre.
Ii one could mere comprehend the plot
Cpon the open page, on which are
peering
Such sweet eyes now, there lies, I say
perdee,
A Musical name, oft uttered in the
hearing
OF poets, for the name is a poets too,
In common sequence set, the letters
lying,
Compose sound delighting all to hear.
All this you'd have no trouble in de-
scrying,
Were you not something of a Ounce,
my dear,
And now 1 leave these riddles to
their seer.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
The New Factory at Piedmont.

GreenriVc Enterprise and Nomtaineer.
The reliable statement that a new
factory is to be built at Piedmont,
falls most satisfactorily on the ears
Of the public. The building is to
be 300 feet long and four stories
high. Four hundred looms are to
be put into 1t, and from 10000 to
$4,000 spindles. Old Piedmont and
New Piedmont combined will have
1000 looms and 10000 spindles. Of
the spindles, 5000 will be used
in making yarns, which are no.
woven. From $4,000. to 10000
bales Of cotton will then be used
each year, according to the kinds of
COOS made, which are at present A.
sheetings, 81 shirtings, rs shirting5,
and drills. From 200 TO 25O new
operatives will be employed, making
about 900 in all. This immense es.
tablishment will be under the man.
agement Of Col. IIammett, and will
be driven with water-power, sunnle.
mented by steam when necessary.
The population Of Piedmont, it is
expected, will be increased 1000
persons, making a total Of about
$500.
Work on the new enterprise has
been begun, which is in Anderson
County, and will be in operation by
the first of October next.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
A Colored Preachers Comment.
Neac York Tribune.

Governor Taylor, of Tennessee,
recently told of a colored clergyman
who preached 3 sermon on the text !:
"And the multitudes came to him
and he healed them of divers dis.
ease." Said he: my dying con.
gregation. this is q terrible text.
Disease is in the world. The small.
pox slays it's hundreds. the cholera
its thousands and the yellow fever its
thousands, but in the language of the
text, if you take the divers you are
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
An Old New Mexican Crater Shows
Signs OF Bursting.

SAN MARc1AL, n. NJ, February 6.
A miner who has just returned from
prospecting tour through the Oscura
mountains, which are situated about
100 miles east here, brings informa.
ton to the effect that crater, which
for many centuries has been in
state Of inactivity, is showing signs
of bursting forth anew. Being inter.
viewed to day by Globe Democratic
reporter to-day, he said:
The crater lies to the south of the
Oscura range and to the east of the
great lava beds. / was attracted to
the mouth of the crater by the rising
of the smoke, thinking that it arose,
perhaps, from the camp fire of another
party Of prospectors."
WAS the smoke arising direct
from the mouth of the crater ?"
Yes; l descended to the bottom
of the crater, which was probably
seventy FIVE feet deep. The bottom
was composed simply Of crust of
hardened lava, near the center of
which was a small hole about as
large around as my arm and from
out this aperture the smoke was aris.
ing. Some times it would come in
large volume, once more filling the
air with dense, black smoke"
WAS this small hole the only one
on the surface of the bottom of the
crater ?"
Yes, it was the only hole, but the
whole surface was intersected by
large crevices."
And was the smoke pouring from
out these crcvlces also?"
NO. l suppose the crevices were
caused during the cooling of the lava,
which was left in the crater after the
volcano had spent its force, and are
of no great depth, while the aperture
from which the smoke was arising
was caused perhaps by the air es-
Gaping from some vacuity in the
depths of the volcano and forcing
its way through the lava, when the
lava was in a scrni-bardened state,
being too hard to run, and yet soft
enough for the air to force its way
through"
In addition to the facts given
above, be stated that low, rumb!ing
noise could be distinctly heard at in.
tervals, and that the smoke arising
from the depths Of the volcano
smelled strongly Of sulphur. This
crater is situated right in the midst
of volcanic region, being one of the
many craters that are situated in the
southeastern part Of Socorro County.
1t was, no doubt, as were also the
others, at some prehistoric period in
a terrible state Of activity, as The
country for miles and miles around
is one solid mass Of hardened lava.
1t is not much to be wondered at,
then, if this volcano, like many
others, after lying for centuries in an
inactive state. should suddenly break
forth with renewed activity.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
Schools Of the Olden Time.
Vim. Edrington IN Fairfield Neus and
Herald.

Vim. Elrington IN Fairfield Neus and
Herald.
1 resume my subject by giving
your readers concise sketch of the
system of "teaching the young idea
how to shoot from 1910 to 1922.
The books used in 1910 to 1916 were
Dilworth's spelling book, poor
thing, the New Testament and Amer
lean Preceptor, as readers, Pixies
and Gouph's arithmetics. In 1916
Mr.. Jas. R. Wood, from Newberry,
taught at Rock Creek meeting house,
and until 1920. He first taught US
how to spell and read correctly, was
thoroughly versed in English gram
mar, and introduced Webster's spell.
ing book and Columbian Orator and
other readers in the reading class,
and Walkers dictionary. Geography
and history were not taught till 1922,
and then only the former in any
school that attended.
recollect in 1910 and 1915 the
students had much fun in turning the
schoolmasters out, as it was called.
1t was accomplished first by calling
on our teacher for a holiday, say at
Easter and Fourth of July. If he
refused, the students met early next
morning at the school.house and bar
ricaded sthe door, as there was but
one; some of the smaller ones were
put insisdo with pixies to contest the
teachers entrance by thrusting them
through the cracks between the logs,
as they were built of. logs, unhewn
and covered with clapboards with
weights. The larger boys remained
outside with a view to clinch the
school.master and duck him in a deep
hole in the spring branch, should he
refuse 10 give them the holiday. He
was young athletic man, and was
as fond of the fun as the students
were. He, Of course, refused and
sprang off race, the larger boys fol-
lowing. After a circle Of q mile or
so, he returned, the boys at his heels.
They clinched him and carried him
to deep hole of water, and after two
or three duckings of the head, lie
capitulated, giving the wanted holi.
day, and sent to a still house for a
gallon of peach brandy, of which
some Of the boys drank too freely.
They remained till noon and after
demolishing the contents of their
school baskets and playing and talk.
ing over their triumph, they all re
turned home to tell their parents Of
the fun they enjoyed. This olden
time custom was soon after abolished.
The tutors in those days taught
twelve months without vacation, at
the rate of one dollar per month. The
country then was densely populated
with whites, and but few negroes, and
the schools generally contained from
thirty to fifty students.
From 18l0to 1915 there were many
fully grown pupils of both sexes in
their spelling books and Testament.
The fullest capacity as teacher, then,
was to write we'll, set plain copies,
and make good pens Of goose quills
and mend them for pupils. The pupil
that was the best pensman and could
read the tasted without stopping till
he finished his lesson was called the
Smartest.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
Build Up Your Town.
EimOson (Uis.) Commonreo III.

KimOson (UIs.) Commonpe2 III.
Talk about it.
Write about it.
Speak well Of it.
Help to improve it.
Besutify the streets.
Patronize its merchants.
Advertise in its newspapers.
Speak we'll of its enterprlsing, pub
lie spirited citizens.
II you are rich investin something.
employ somebody; be D. rustier.
If you don't think of any good
word to say, don't say anything bad
about it.
Remember that every dollar you
i.,rasr ~ pf
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
Miss Cornelia Shocks Arrival.
From, the Neu ! Iork Sun.

A citizen of Portland, Me-, was
annoyed to receive few days ago
letter from his sister in the county
saying that she would send q friend,
Miss Cornelia Shock. to spend some
time with his family. It was an unu.
sual liberty even for a sister to take,
hit tho fo mill, rna6a tho hact of II
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
Big Game for the New York Grand
Jury,

New YORK, Feb. 16.-The c, srges
against Jay Gould and Russell Sage,
made on behalf of the stockholders
of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Cc:n.
pany, charging them with appro-
priating to their own use three mil
lions Of the company's bonds, were
laid before the grand jury this morn
ing by Assistant District Attorney
Semple. The jury was given all the
documen' bearing on the case, and
on Monday next witnesses will
be summoned. A decision will prob
ably not be reached before the latter
part Of next week.
WHAT THE PARTIES SAY.
District Attorney Fellows in re-
cent interview on this matter said {:
Il know of no reason why there
should be any dispensation as far as
these men are concerned because
they ere rich, nor on the other hand
ought they to be prosecuted. Men
have met me on every corner, full of
advice to do this or that. There is
much vindictiveness shown by some
men. I shall submit the whole case
to the grand jury and let that body
act"
George J. Gould said yesterday :
II think the whole proceeding is an
outrage, and can hardly restrain my
indignation. / do not care for my.
self, but the effect on my wife and
my mother may not be calculated.
Even if there should be no indict-
ment found, innocent persons will
suffer from the apparent disgrace.
There could have been no indict-
ment the very day after the transac.
tion was completed, and certainly
there is no chance for it now, nine
years afterward. l have every rea
son to suppose that the persecution
of my father is simply blackmail
ing scheme"
Russell Sage said that be had ex.
pected the action of the district at.
torney. / should not know Col.
Fellows by sight if l met him on the
street, he added, "but can under
stand that he really has no escape
from the popular clamor raised
against him in the recent political
canvass. He may be of the opinion
that there is no case against US, but
if he did not present the matter to
the grand jury it would be said at
once that he yielded to improper mo.
tives. expected that he would do
just what ne has done. The grand
jury will be allowed to examine the
question, and / have no doubt that it
will reach the same conclusion that
any sensible man, who is made &C.
quainted with the facts. must come
to. The transaction has been open
for nine years, and bondholders could
have complained before this if there
had been any injustice. On the con
trary, it has been approved as wise
measure and the Union Pacific
reaped the full benefit of it,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
Standing Side by Side.

A laundry which stands in the
shadow of New York church, bears
the appropriate legend on its sign
board: "Cleanliness is next to God
liness.'
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
The Place for the Quill Drivers.
IBarnmelZ PeoDle.)

Greenville will invite the State
Press Association to meet there next
summer. But if our quill driving
brethren want better time than they
have ever had in their lives let them
rnn6ozNnus ahnnt Z nnnSt Of RlanLc
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
Half Of US Agree With Him.

Congressman Tillman, of South
Carolina, says that the overcoat is
northern luxury, unworthy of a man
with blood in his veins.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
The Georgia Jim. Crow Cur Must Go

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The In.
ter.State Commerce Commission rem
dered q decision to-day in the case
Of William H. Heard VS.. the Georgia
Railroad Company. The Commits.
sion hold that the petitioner, COL
ored passenger on defendants road,
between Atlanta Ga, and Charles.
ton, S c., who paid first-class fare,
was subjected to undue and unreas
enable prejudice and disadvantage,
in violation Of the third
section Of the Act to regu-
late commerce, in being compelled
to travel in q car of inferior accom-.
modations, of which only one.half
was assigned to colored passengers,
the other half being used as smoker
for both white and colored passen-
gers; and that it is the duty Of the
carrier under the law to furnish to
passengers paying the same fare
equal accommodations and protec-
tion, without discrimination on &C,
count of color. But if the separation
of white and colored passengers is
expedient for adequate reasons,
such separation is not unlawful, if
the accommodations and comforts
for colored passengers are in all re-
spects equal TO those for white pas
sengers paying the same fare.
Opinion by Commissioner Schoon
maker.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
BAD for the BOOd1erS.

CHICAGO, February 16.--The Ap-
pellate Court announced its long
looked for decisions in the Doodle
cases this morning. Both cases are
affirmed.
One was the case Of Edward S.
Mcdonald, formerly engineer Of the
county hospital, who was indicted
and tried jointly with VIM. j. Nc
Garigle. After the verdict McGarigle
escaped to Canada evidently fearing
the three years penitentiary punish
ment imposed by the jury. As he
was never sentenced by the Court
the appeal was ouly taken in Melon
aids behalf.
The other case is what is known as
the omnibus case, in which twelve
defendants, eleven of whom were
county or ex county commissioners,
we're put on trial.
During the trial Geo. G. Klehm,
ex.president of the county board,
arose and pleaded guilty, in the pres
ence Of jury, after having assumed
to be defending in good faith with
the other eleven. 1t subsequently be.
came known that while klehm was
attending the consultations of his
co-defendants he was clandestinely
meeting States Attorney Grinnel
every night and carrying to him the
secrets of the defence.
The jury convicted all eleven and
and fixed the punishment of four at
a fine of $1,000 each and for the re-
naming seven at two years impris-
onment in the penitentiary. The four
who were fined promptly paid their
fines. One of the seven, Capt. R. S.
McLaughry, sixty.6ve years old, re-
fused to appeal and went directly to
the penitentiary.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
Heavy Taxes.

The City Council of Charleston on
the night of the 9th inst, passed the
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
Peculiar Phenome enon.

A peculiar phenomenon was wit
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-14

The Most Important Jewish Feast of
 the Year-OPeRs This Even1ng-Ser-
 vices at Ihe Temple.
 This evening at 6:30 the first observance of the most important Jewish feast of the year will be held in the Court street temple The feast is that known as yom kippur, or day of atonenaent, and continues until sunset At the Jewish synagogue Dr. Klesbsrg will take as text from the Psalm, "Create in me a heart, o Lord" To-day all Hebrews fast for one day and spend the greater part of the day in prayer. At 9:30 a. m. Rev. Dr. Klee- berg will deliver another sermon and at 4:30 p. m. also sermon in addition to prayers for the dead. On yom kippur the temple is al- ways crowded as all are invited to attend the services