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well earned holiday.
Now that the official period OF mourn
ing for the late President Mckinley is
ended Washington Is livening up soclai-
ly. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
are planning for a series Of informal
dinners, but no formal entertaining will
be done at the White House until De-
cember
Mrs. Roosevelt has, II is said, provid-
cd herself with social secretary. This
may be taken as a promise OF an active
social life AT the White House this win
Ter. Owing 10 the fact that Lent begins
on February IL the season win be a
short and swift one.
NO changes have been made on the
first floor OF the White House beyond
the laying Of new carpets, and few
changes have been made in other parts
OF the house. Mrs. Roosevelt has chosen
as her own room the large. bright
chamber in the southwest corner OF the
house used by Mrs Cleveland. Mrs
Harrison and Mrs. Grant.
There viii be girls enough in the
presidential mansion, for besides AL
ice, the Presidents i1-year-old daugh-
ter. among the younger members Of
the Roosevelt family are no less than
-FOUR girl cousins Miss Helen Roose-
welt. daughter OF the late James Roose-
velt Miss Christine Roosevelt. daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs Emlen Roosevelt:
Miss Eleanor. daughter Of the late Eliot
Roosevelt and Miss Dorothy. the late
Hilborne Rooseveli's daughter. Some
OF them are already well known in
Washington society, having been guests
acre Of Mrs. Cowles. the Presidents
sister
Miss Alice Roosevelt VIII lead the
debutanics this winter. ana the young
or society win be swelled by the addi-
ton OF Miss Miriam Grant, daughter OF
Il. S. Grant. Jr.. and one Of the bellies
81 san francisco; Miss Marion Jones.
daughter OF the senator from Nevada:
Miss Virginia Mackay-Smith, great
granddaughter Of Commodore Wander
hilt: the daughter Of tir. and Mrs
Thomas Nelson Page. and Marshall
Fields niece Miss Florence Field.
weddings this season viii be many
and brilliant The first VIII be that Of
Miss Florence Foraker. Senator Fora
ser's daughter. to Mr.. Randolph Mat
thews. The marriage occurs In Cincin-
natl The President and his catine,
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TOO CHEAP FOR CHANDLER

At the Army and Navy club the
other evening a group OF officers were
discussing the recent difficulties OF ex-
Senator Chandler with Rear Admiral
Evans. One OF the officers. now re-
ured. mentioned incidentally the fact
that Mr.. Chandler. upon taking up the
navy portfolio was not as familiar
with nautical matters as might be de-
sired
Soon after taking hold OF his official
duties, the secretary had occasion 10
visit what was at that time one Of the
larger vessels OF the navy. Upon the
morning following his arrival. the CON-
manding officer. after a brief exchange
Of greetings, said.
MIR secretary, would you care TO see
the marines mustered on the quarter
deck2"
'H'h replied the head OF the depart
ment. 30 the story goes. 1T seems to
me that Cor the secretary OF the navy
at least a half-dollar deck should be
proyided."-New York Times-
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mand, which was TO ascend the Eis
horn by boats. Custer started from
What Is nov Miles City Mont. went 10
the trail found BY Reno. proceeded by
forced marches and was ready for an
attack the day before the troops COM
ing by boat could arrive. The LittlS
Big Horn river is a RAPIDLY aowln1
stream IRON eight to forty yards wide.
ibeVWeeh It and the Big Horn is pralria
Iahu' ana between the Big Horn and
Sosepul rivers are the Wolfmountains.
10y the latter route Custer approached
lne scene Of the conflict, From the dl-
Nlue MS scouts discovered smoke anj
saw pony herds grazing on the prairie,
because OF the high bluffs the camp
oil the Indians was obscured. and its
size could only be conjectured. The IN
dians soon learned Of the proximity OF
the soldiers.
Custer decided to attack al once. The
regiment was divided into three de-
lachmcnts, Reno attacked the center
oil the lnditn camp with three troops
tie was driven back In confusion and
inrenchcd himself in a rayine
In The meantime Custer with flVo
-roopS had assailed the lower end OF
the camp. Bennett with the rest OF the
regiments was at some bluffs four
miles distant guarding against the es-
cape Of the Indians.
Custer had expected to find not more
than l,511 Indians. Instead he found
5,COO. lie threw out a skirmsh line
and dismUunted two troops, who fought
their way along In course parallel 10
that OF their commander. He himself
followed the rayine The Indians
swarmed about him, and his ranhs
were rapidly depleted. Seeing their
,eadcrD danger the two dlsmounted
troops made a valiant attempt TO JOIN
him and We're anmhilated in the at
tempt
Two hundred and seventy-seven mon
rode into the valley OF death with Gus
ter ana when the last shot was fired
p, lay dead OF dying on the field.
The government has made this bat
tleteld q national cemetery. and a little
white marble slab marks the spot
where each trooper fell. On the spot
where Custcra body was found stands
Il large stcio cross. The simple epitaph
on each Of the little white markers Is
y. $, soldiers, seventh Cavalry, Fell
Here June Is. 1916"
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speeIal Correspondence.

'h'NitA correspondence
Billings, Mont, oct. 29.-The mac
feasibility OF the Grow reservation in
Montana has prevented many travellers
from making tie pilgrimage to the field
OF the Little Big Horn and the scene OF
the Custer massacre. still unaitcred by
the march OF civilization. No one who
makes this pilgrimage can come away
with heart untouched
The spot where Custer fell is I'm the
midst Of real Indian country. There
the wild west exists In lis pristine
form. Tie visitor needs no vivid ima2-
ination to make real TO him the Incl
dents Of that frontier war In which tho
soldiers OF our little army won "crim-
son glory and undying fame.
The Crows live in tepees and wlcki-
ups, as did their fathers who planned
and executed the massacre. They are
now peaceful, but they are stil Indi-
ans. II is fear and not love Of the white
men that keeps item from the wal
path.
Ihc battlefield Is as liicless as on the
day after tDe masfacgc. Near It is an
Indian buryng ground, trees in the
branches Of which were dsau Indians
rolled M IN blankets. Ike mummies.
The discovery of gold IN the Black
Hills IN 1874 had attracted white pros
pectors. The invasion Of what the H.
dams cons idcred unceded country wab
regarded by them rs an act OF var and
was resisted with bloody results, Gen.
Hrook in March. 1876 entered tne
Sioux country. now known as Che Grow
reservation, 70 ate npt tfc subugatiun
Of the rebellious reds and met with sis
"al defeat at the hands of Sitting Bul
ca tho banks % th' Powder river
in the spring three expeditions were
sent out 10 accomplish what Gen.
Crook had rallied to do. Gen. Crook
commanded one OF these expeditions
and was again repealed at tho Rosebud
river Mai, Reno was later sent on an
investigating tour down the Rosebud
AMI discoy cred a broad trail running
toward the Big Horn river He return
ed and reported That o large humber OF
Indians hao been assembled ana were
on the line Of march
Custer and the Seventh cavalry were
ordered to follow 40 this tran and ef-
feet a junction with Gen Terrys COM
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went on, 81 have seen them In their
homes. on their farms, In the shop, in
the factory. In the mines, in their
stores. In the churches, In the jalls. IN
the penitentiary. and I have talked
with the white people who were once
their masters, and now their neighbors.
After this inspection, combined with
nv experience and observation in the
heart of the black belt Of the South,
covering a period of nineteen years, |
have no hesitation In asserting that
there Is constant progress-progress
that is tangible. visible, indlsputable.
anyone who has had daily oppor-
tunity. OF studying my race at first hand
cannot fail to gain the impression that
there are indlsputable evidences that
the race Is settling down to a hard ear
nest. common sense view Of life, that II
Is fast learning that a race. Ike an in
dividual, must pay for everything that
II gets, the price OF beginning at the
bottom Of the social scale and working
up gradually, naturally, to The highest
civilization. The exaggerated impress
sions that the first years Of freedom
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should, like other races, be judged by
its best types rather than by It's worst
But would II be fair TO judge even
by that standardY
mo" he answered 1T would not
Judgment must not be passed upon the
race too soon. For more than twenty
years after we became free people
there was uncertain cropping In the VIII
derness. The policy Of both North ana
South, as we'll as that Of the central
government. was both hating and UNI
certain The problem was Without a
parallel In the history Of the woiSl. No
path had been hewn through the VIII
derness which anyone felt absolutely
safe In following. II was 70 be antlci-
pated. IN the first generation at least,
that the tendency among large num-
Der would be 20 seek the shadow in
stead OF the substance; to grasp after
the mere signs of the highest civiliza-
ton instead Of the reality 10 be led
into the temptation of believing that
they could secure in a few years that
which II has taken other races thous-
ands of years TO attain.
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Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Washington, Oct. 2S.--It is definite
" decided that Senator William T.
Frye, OF Maine, will not be at the
head of the Senate committee on for
eign relations during the coming SEES
sion OF Congress. Mr.. Frye prefers TO
take the Craftsmanship of the commit
tee on commerce. as he can In that
position better direct the campaign for
shin subsidies, which will be one OF the
great issues OF the session. MIR. Frye
has been pressing the subject OF ship
subsidies for twenty-five years, he says
and he means 10 pass his new bill at
this session IL the hardest kind Of fight
ing can do II.
Senator Cullom, Of Illinois. is the
ranking member Of the committee on
foreign relations and Is entitled to the
chairmanship upon the withdrawal OF
Senator Frye. IL Is generally believed
that the traditions OF the Senate viii
not be violated, and that Mr. Cullom
Will have the place. However. strons
pressure is being brought to bear on
MIN 10 make way for Senator Lodge
Senator Lodge Is a close friend Of the
President. and II was said soon after
the death Of President Mckinley that
Mr.. Lodge would most certainly be
made chairman OF the foreign relations
committee or be given place IN the
cabinet. Still, the President has not
tried to influence the Senate at all in
this matter. Senator Lodge has served
several years on the committee, quite
as long In fact az Senator CuIlom. but
the latter had been longer sena-
tor than had Mr.. Lodge att the time
both we're appointed 10 the committee.
and therefore his name was placed
first on the list. The committee on
foreign relations Will be now more i'm
portant than ever because Of the 18TH
milan canal treaty and the numerous
reciprocity treaties which viii come
before II during the winter.
The new canal treaty. II In said in
London, grants the United States all Il
asked without compensation. The ca
nal viii be pan-Anericsn. The three
diplomats who have smoothed the way
for the accomplishment OF this great
work are Secy. Hay. Lord Pauncefo,e
and Ambassador choata. Mr.. choale
Is new on this side Of the ocean for q
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them up. Let us teach the negro
youth that any Individual OF race that
cherishes race hatred and practices
cruelty Is crushing and narrowing the
highest aspirations Of the human soul.
Some may call this cowardice. be
II so. but II is the kind OF cowardice
that the Christ taught and pracuced,
and Is the kind Of cowardice that VIII
win our cause.
What then, do we CLEAN az TO our
immediate duty, and what is the safe
and wise policy for the future2 There
can be but one answer. on on, right
on, with the work Of education-educa-
ton OF the head, hand and heart. In
every corner OF the South.
My race needs the help and SYM
patty OF the American people now as
never before, | hope and believe the
black man will not look 20 the white
man In vain. Chicago Record Herald.
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Mr.. Washington and were prepared to
sum up the result without the bitter
slave-day bias that characterizes them
now they would see in the future bet
ter era for the colored man, and might
gather, too, some little leayen Of hu-
man sympathy from the contact.
The famous president OF Tuskegee Is
so earnest In his speech and has so
much OF genuine honesty about every
thing he does that nobody who talks
with him can ever fail 70 become Inn
pressed. He says nothing at random
You feel while you are listening that
every word has been carefully weighed,
and Is based on bitter uphill expert
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Southerners who are most bitter
against you believe that they draw the
reasons for their enmity from what
goes on In their mdst2'
In his answer there was no trace OF
anger or resentment. 1T is to be re-
GREETED" he said, that those who pre-
sumo TO speak with authority on the
advancement OF the negro do not in
more cases actually visit him, where
they can see his better life Few Of the
people who make discOuraging state
ments regarding him have ever taken
the trouble to inspect his home life, his
school life. his church life, or his busi-
ness or industrial life II is always
misleading TO Judge any race or COM
munlty by its worst. The negro race
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when you consider all these condl-
lions IL is plain that instead OF thirty
five or forty years of growth the negro
has had only about twenty In which 10
demonstrate TO the world what he is
capable Of becoming. The negro has
hardly had time yet to collect the brrk-
en-, shattered fragment of his family.
buy home and settle down 10 rsgu.ar
family life"
There is no harsher critic OF the
faults Of his people than Mr. Washing
ton himself, though he. more than any
other, can realize the tremendous task
that all the right-thinking men and
women Of his race have set out TO ac-
compish.
Within the last twelve months" he
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A HUMAN CENTIPEDE.

A Young officer at the front recently
wrote home to his father; Dear
Father Kindly send me ESQ at once:
lost another leg in a stiff engagement
and am IN hospital without means
The answer was: MY Dear Son: As
this is the fourth leg you have lost ac-
cording 70 your letters, you ought to
be accustomed TO il by this time. Try
to wobble along on any others you may
have left."-Army and Navy Journal.
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Defines His Views OF the Link Between the Black and
White Man.


Booker Washington. when passing
through Chicago some months ago,
talked in an animated way for an hour
or more to q representative of the Rec
ord Herald about the subject that Is
now exercising the minds of some of
the extremists in the South-the social
relations between the white man and
the negro. 1t is safe to say that If
these men could meet and talk with
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ence such as has fallen to the lot Of
very few among us.
"You want me to put my finger on
the great vital point In all this contro-
versy? Very well, II Is this he said.
1--WE must see to IL that we teach the
negro to make himself part OF the
community where he lives, and that In
every straightforward, honorable man
ner he makes friends with the white
man who is his next-door neighbor."
But" / asked him, do not the
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naturally brought are giving way to an
earnest, practical view of life and It's
responsibilities.
Then, coming to the feeling that
ought to exist between the races, he
grew eloquent II want to try to teach
the negro youth" he said, ito take a
high and impregnable position, Let us
teach him IN his sympathies, his &C.
tons, to excel II possible even the white
man. Let US teach him to dwell away
above race hatred and race antagon-
ism. Let us teach him that love is bet
ter than cruelty. that II Is more cour-
ageous TO receive an insult and endure
wrong than 10 give an insult and in
fict a wrong; that If anyone would
help push him down he can help push
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but they must have been taking coun.
sci with each other for presently one
Of them flew TO the place where the
captive was hanging, and, straddling
the fork that held her head. he caught
her by the neck and gave her a tug
mat pulled her free. Then he dropped
her, but she recovered herself lmme-
diately and flew 10 limb where she
began ARRANGING her rumpled feath-
ers --Phiadelphia Times
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WHERE HE WAS EFFICIENT.

"Your SON" sail the teacher. has
missed Il on arithmetic"
"Ycs?'
No good at spelling"
"Yes?"
"a Ounce In history"
"Yes?"
and there's no good In him"
Professor said the farmer have
you ever heard that boy cussin' OF a
Georgy mule, under q br'llln' sun. In d
ten-acre fleld2"-Atlanta Constitution
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WHERECUSTER FELL

VISIT 70 Scene OF the Little Big Horn MassaereNo>,,
NATIONAL Cemetery With Simple Stones 10 Mark
races Where the Troopers OF the Gallant sevent,
Died in Battle
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Our Lively Capital.

Things Being Talked About in Washngton-Chairman-
ship OF the Senate Foreign Relations Committee-The
New Canal Treaty-The Presidents Horseshoe
butantes and Weddings.
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-10-29
THE NEWBEKRY FAIR SPECIAL
Tho Southern to Operate u Special Train
from Newbcrry Especially to Accom-.
InOdatu NUwbcrrinns-A Good
Schedule

The Southern .lway company On
Wednesday and Thursday of this week
will operate special train from this
city to Columbia 10 especially accommo-
date Newberrians going to the State
Fair.
The Newbcrry special will leave the
depot promptly at o'clock each morn
ing, and returning will leave Columbia
about $50 p III.
The Southern will spare no pains to
accommodate the crowds going to the
fair, and will doubtless do the business.
This special train is in addition to
the extra that will pass here at S r.
each morning, and will! give the pa
irons two oprortuniti' each morning
to go down on the Southern.
Remember, the Ncwberry special
will leave the Southern depot promptly
at s O'Clock, and if you want to 90 tc
Columbia on the first train, be u. time
Besides the two special trains
coaches will be left here for all tho
regular trains going into Columbia, Sc
New bcrrians need not fear getting in Il
jam on the Southern.
Agent Burton is looking to every de.
tail, and will see that his patrons get
the very best service.
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FREE TO THE BABIES.

The Eastern Manufacturing Co., of
Chicago, will present to every baby,
under one year Of age, in this county, one
solid silver baby spoon with the baby's
given name engraved on same. You do
not have to pay one cent nor buy any
thing to get this spoon. The Eastern
Manufacturing Co. arc large manufac-
turers and jobbcrs of jewclry and
silverwarc, and have taken this method
of advertising their goods. Instead of
spending thousands of dollars for
magazine advertising they have decided
to give it away direct to consumers.
The undersigned firm has been
made distributing agent for this
locality. Bring your baby to their
store and give its name and age and
you will receive one of these beautiful
silver spoons all engraved free of cost
This is not a cheap article, but solid
silver of elegant design. Don't fail
! to look over the elegant line Of The
Eastern Manufacturing Co. IS goods on
display at
}, j. w. WHIT Il.
Ncwbcrry, $. 6.
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PRAISES THE HERALD.
Tn" Roosevelt - Washington Incident
How iho President Has -; wunk"

MIR Editor: You need not insert ren [
notice of land any more as first ipscr,
non brought me an applicant. This
shows what printers ;nk VIII DO. In
an experience Of over fifty years my
opinion has not changed. If you want
anything try printers ink. ! mus:
thank you for your comments on Prrsi-
dent Roosevelt and Booker Washing
ton in your issue Of the 22nd. but You
explained the situation in your issue
OF tho 25th---hc is color hlind. The
whole thing reminds me very much Of
the anccdOLc Of the cid darkcy and his
catfish. He thought he caught n cat
fish, hut golly how he has "swunk"
away. We Thought We had prcsi-
dent, but golly how that opinion has
"swunk" away
| hope the next moon will change his
eye sight SO as he can see the differ
cncc between q white man and Mig
ger. Long live the Herald and News.
TIIoS Il. HARTMAN.