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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
an 0RDINHNCE
TO License the Sale of
Fresh Meats and Fish,

PE 1T ORDAINED BY THE NJ MAYOR
AV and Aldermen of the Town of New
berry, S. c., in council assembled and
by authority of the same:
SECTION |. Any person, finn or cor
poration selling fresh meats in the
Town of Ncwberry, S. c., shall paw a
license Of twenty-five Dollars; which
said license shall expire on the thirty
first day of December of the wear in
which said license is issued, and shall
be non n-transferable except by consent
or the Town Council. And any license
issued under this Section shall apply
only to one establishment or place Of
business, and any person, firm or cor
poration having more than one estab-
llshment or place of business at which
sale shall pay license of Twenty-Five
Dollars for each place.
SEC. z. Any person, firm or corpora
ton selling fish in the Town of New
berry, S. c., shall pay license of Ten
Dollars, which said license shall expire
on the thirty-first day Of December of
the year in which said license is issued
ana shall be non-transferable except by
consent of the Town Council. And any
license issued under this Section shall
apply to only one place of business or
establishment and any person, firm or
corporation having more than one es-
adjustment or place of business at
which fish is offered for sale or sold
shall pay a license Of Ten Dollars for
each place.
SEC. 3. That this Ordinance shall
take effect and be Of force from and
after the first day of January, A. d.
1903.
SEC. 4. That all Ordinances or parts
of Ordinances of the Town of New
berry, S. c., in conflict with this Ordi-
nance. be and the same are hereby re-
pealed
Done and ratified under the corporate
seal of the Town of Newberry
[sEAL] South Carolina, this the 3Oth
day of December, 1902
JNO. w. EARHARDT,
ATTEST: Mayor.
w. S. LANGF0RD,
G. & r. II. C. NJ, S. C.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
Notice to Creditors.

TO the creditors of w. S. Melton:
MIR. w. S. MELTON HAVING
AVA made deed of assignment to
me-, there will be a meeting of the
creditors in my Office at Newberry
Court House, S. G., on Friday, the 9tR
day of January, 1903, at II o'clock
a; M, for the appointment of an agent
of the creditors.
COLE. l.. BLEASE.
r Assignee.
Newberry, S. c., Dec. 81, 1902.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
Notice Of Application For Charter.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ commission has been issued by
the Secretary Of State to the under
signed, to organize '"The Mill Opera
tives' Mutual. Benefit Association" of
South Carolina, and that the under
signed will proceed to organize said
association on Saturday, the 3rd day of
January, 1908.
C. M. WEST,
w. w. HODGES,
G.. G.. MCWHIRTER,
G. G. SALE,
1t Corporators.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
For Sale.

n WILL SELL AT PUBLIC OUTCRY
Il before the Court House at New
berry, S. c., on saleday, Monday Janu-
ary 9Th, 1903, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following place to wit:
All that tract or plantation Of land
situate in Newperry County, S. c., con-
tanning Thirty-three and One.third
Acres, bounded by lands of Nlsry Mills.
Sim Cannon, John and Belton Stock,
man and others, this being the Della
Fulmer place.
COLE. L. BLEASE.
Atty for Della Fulmer and children.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
Flour ! Flour I

v AM PREPAREDT TO SUPPLY THE
"A trade with all the flour needed now
and will have 600 barrels more to reach
Pomaria about January Goth. Come at
once and buy your Flour, and if YOU
are not satisfied with price and quality.
haul it back at my expense.
c. H. COUNTS,
Pomaria, S. G..
January 1st, 1903.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
Stockholders Meeting,

THHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
= Shareholders Of the National Bank
of New berry, S. c., will be held at the
office Of the President, at Newberry.
S. Co.. at II a. m., on Tuesday, the 18th
day of January, 1903, for the purpose
OF electing directors and for the trans
action Of such other business as may
come before the meeting. Shareholders
will please attend or be represented by
proxy. r. s. DUNCAN. Cashier
January 1st, 1903.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
The Leader

Nlnety-ninc per cent. of the busi
ness OF The Mutual Life Insurance
Company Of New York has been
acquired since 1859, when the ncx,
largest company began business
During these forty-two years it's
record has EXCEEDED that IF uur
either company, by
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02

NFULL STOCK Butterick Patterns.
~ Sold strictly for cash at Woot-
ems. If.
The courier., 1903-01-03
Tbe Reporter:
" Nbaf BE Wmaes

1t was after dinner on the city editors
night of and the man of municipal
beats" and three alarm fires was grow
ing reminiscent.
Considering the interest of the aver
age reader in all branches of things
literary, it has always been a surprise
to me how little Is known of what might
be called the mechanical end of writ
ing" he began. For example, who are
our champion writer's, judging from the
standpoint Of numbers of words turned
out in a given time2 What is the limit
Of human capacity in bring thought to
paper? To what extent does practice
facilitate quick writing? Under what
pressure and under what adverse con-
ditions are the stories often written, and
what Is the effect of the strain on the
human system when driven to the ut
most in this line of work?
ASK almost any fairly well posted
person who is the champion producer of
words. and likely he'll tell you Marion
Crawford, who seems to have set him.
self standard Of two novels a year. Or
Clyde Fitch. the playwright, some may
say, relying on Mr.. Fitch's ability to
turn out comedy or a melodrama with
every manhole cover blown off in New
York's streets. But the champion of all
writers, three or four times over, is the
star reporter on almost any of the big
New York papers Take the work of a
star and it is no exaggeration to credit
him with an average of two newspaper
columns Of reading matter a day. Days
there will be when his story does not
pan out and when he goes home with
but half column to his credit. But
the next day, or the following one, will
bring up the average-say 5000 words,
or, in appreciable measure, at least forty
inches a day. That means during a
week-for the star usually works seven
days, taking a day Off once a month or
so-the man turns out 21 900 words, or a
little more than twenty-three feet Of
matter. In a month or thirty days he
produces $4,000 words, or 100 feet of
newspaper literature. And figuring this
by the year, he runs out 1.OSO,OO0 words
to a length Of 200 feet-in other words
the equivalent in number of words to
twelve novels of the length of Soldiers
of Fortune strung in a strip about two
The courier., 1903-01-03

II had been written while seated on .
heap Of pine cofiins. IL was this way:
The writer had story In mind. but had
not been able to find time to write it
until at the time Of the North German
Lloyd fire he was sent on board the
sunken steamer Saale to report the re-
covery Of bodies. Barring the grewsome-
ness of the Job. I don't suppose human
mortal ever was more tickled at an as
signment.' Out on the breezy river dur
ing the hot period OF July. when the city
sweltered. what more could fellow
want? So, between the acts he picked
out a heap of waiting collins as the only
clean thing to sit on aboard the fire-rid-
den hulk. and there he wrote his love
story. which was reprinted In nearly a
score of western papers."-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The courier., 1903-01-03
THE COU:RlI E R

columns In two hours, but the fellows
that can write four columns I'm four
hours you can count on the fingers Of
one hand. You can see, there Is where
the limit of human endurance comes In,
point which probably never even oc-
CURED to you In connection with writing.
1t is this strain which requires that a
reporter be clear. not only In the upper
story. but as well physically. AT that
many of the men break down from time
to time and disappear from the Row to
build up again. Altogether pardonable
when you come to consider that fire.
quently a reporter works anywhere from
twelve to fifteen hours, and even to
eighteen and twenty hours a day-de-
pending upon the size Of the thing that
has broken loose.
Only through practice can a man gain
that confidence In himself which enables
him to sit down without getting ratified
to dash on story without ever seeing
line until 1t Is in the paper next morning
! have known men to write under high
pressure, trying to catch the last edition
with an important story. when every
body in the shop seemed to be up I'm
the air except the man at the keys of
the machine. / have seen a night city
editor himself stand over a man like that
and hurry and urge him along and clip
OF the copy as fast as 1t appeared over
the roll Of his typewriter; and still the
writer sat calm and ratified on his ma
chine to make your head swim without
seeming to see the crazy man alongside.
But there are other conditions,
equally distressing, which the reporter
must learn to face, and which he does
face SO often that from time to time he
suffers his periodical breakdown. For
instance, the men who followed Jerome
through his campaign speeches had one
of the hardest jobs on record. From
place to place they followed the strenu-
Gus campaigner, riding in an especial
automobile, trailing behind him through
crowds at political meetings. writing
while standing up with elbows locked
against squirming, cheering crowds, and
picking words between applause and
writing out their speeches while the
brass bands droned noises preparatory
to the next speaker.
It's lively game from end to end. and
one, 1 often thought, the public would
be interested in IL it could really look be-
hind the scenes. 1 remember one time
We printed a pretty, dainty love story
turned out by a young man on our staff,
probably the prettiest thing of its kind
we ever had. Afterward 1 learned that
The courier., 1903-01-03

inches wide from Thirtieth street to
Thirty-sixth street. on Broadway.
Vast figures these. when you come to
consider them, and naturally they sug-
gest the limit Of human capacity In re-
cording thought. But there arises the
question whether your man writes by
hand or by typewriter. No matter
whether the star uses a machine or not.
II is necessary that he be a quick writer.
Contrary to general Impressions, the star
reporters of today do not use shorthand
except on rare occasions. II, indeed. they
understand stenography at all. The ex-
ceptions are when a speech Is to be taken
verbatim, and even here the expert
longhand man will work as accurately,
though with greater expenditure Of
labor, than his colleague who uses the
pothOoks. But there are two sides to
reporting by shorthand ordinarily. In
the first place, a speaker, be he ever so
trained. will rarely make a speech which
Is all meat and worth reading. Un-
consciously the shorthand man will take
down all that Is said, while invariably
the longhand fellow will Gull out what
he wants on the spot, trusting to his
notes and a trained memory to get
there
THE other disadvantage to shorthand
is that when a man reaches his Office late
and must dash off his story with one eye
on the clock and the other on his work,
and his mind on the concluding sentence,
he has no time to translate pothooks.
His notes, on the other hand. suggest the
entire thread Of the story, and he can
sit down to his machine and rattle away,
turning out, If necessary, a column of
matter in from twenty to twenty-five
minutes, il he is very expert.
''The man who writes a column in
twenty minutes must not imagine that
he will turn out two i'm forty minutes.
A man with strong physique, with a
clear BRAIN with his story well in hand
and expert at the typewriter will find
that his ability to grind out newspaper
literature at top speed decreases at al
most arithmetical progression. II the
first column takes twenty minutes, the
second will take at least twenty-five
minutes, the third thirty minutes, and
SO on up to seven columns as one nights
work-an entire page of report-which
was made during the first Molineux trial,
and stands, think, as a record.
las to writing by hand, of course the
work is both more laborious and more
time consuming Most New York re-
porters can turn out a column by hand
within an hour. Many can turn out two
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17
AN EXTRAORDINARY VIEW OF THE LOUISE
ANA PURCHASE, WRITTEN ONE HUNDRED
YEARS AGO.

From the Iltchfem Monitor 1s@
gentle
at this forenoon by
inforu YOU tina his
the
V millions millions
paid by the debts United
heard
years ago millions which we had on France for
ii 0
the ht time
off unl
"na pledge themselves TO t right
not yet got into
Go q
it OF
OF I wnsx
Our readers
not ndorse
lions and millions dollars?
of
be Omfo
by
al
f that some
other Washington
pride all and
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17

Father Charropn's assurance that the coming of
Bore,!is comet. visible in the northeast
of THE trailing garments of the night. contains no
menace to the earth will enable tuid souls con
template the two-tai:ed stranger with tranquility
of spirit otherwise impossible.
Somehow. the inherited superstition planted so
deep in humanityS psychological makeup has always
"shied Off from comets being of Il peculiarly sin
lister Significance War and pcstilence alike are sup
posed To in the comets wake. Many worthy
folk believe that the final destruction of this planet
by fire will arise through the of Il the
torch
At the least. 1t has long been feared that a stray
comet would smash against day and though
not causing utter demolition, wreck goodly section of
old Mother Earth and the of her into con-
niption fits.
But it won't he Borels comet says the worthy
and reliable Father Charropin. Indeed that COM
fortins divine tells that could collide this
vistint and not suffer any material damage.
Wouldn't that be fun? The relief coming with as
srrnce of safety is great that almost regrets
the remoeness Of tine likelihood collision In the
meantime. however, get out on your housetops OF
nights and enjoy quiet contemplation of Bcreli's
comet. Its good old comet and won't hurt us Il
little bit
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17

it appears otherwise, because an understanding OF
this is necessary to appreciation OF the Repubc;h
party, to appreciation of prosperity, To an ap
probation of many things. Perhaps Mr Roosevelt
famous saying concerning the trusts VIII help us to
catch the spirit of optimism and the principle of alb
solutism: In contemplating the lesser evils we should
forget the greater good.
Just to the pure all things are pure, so TO the
Republican booster all things excellent We should
not view the postal CRAFTS CRAFTS the Swndles as
swindles, the deialcations Declarations; but we
should contemplate the ali-pervaSve sXty-per-cen
scheme of looting the Government as necessary
means to yirtuous and proper end-the building up
of the Republican machine and the perpetuation t.,
prosperity.
Senator Lodges boost is timely and apt. y ma
jority of the people just becoming settled in
the conviction that Republican rule WAS pretty rotten
and that it would be good thing 10 turn the rascas
out and take look at the books. AS it is. we must
bring ourselves 10 realize that the unparalleled frauds
are highly beneficial! and that the scandals rebound
TO the credit of the administration
Let the other Senators who represent the machine
push the proposition along. Optimism is infectious.
and doubtless they will have difficulty in overcom
ing the popular mind. AT least they will retain their
pull with the machine
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17
RECENT COMMENT.
A National Art Gallery.

Philadelphia Press. .H
II Mr.. ]. Perpont Morgan is willing contribute his
s6G06oo collection national gallery Washington,
if constructed and build wing structure
is reported. Congress should hesitate first op-
portunity put up the building The Corcoran Art Gal
ery in Washington is private affair. though open
public but it is large enough Il national gallery
The Corcoran gallery might perhaps be incorpora
into the national gallery with its Morgan wing To
institution many valuable beauests would no doubt be
made The late Mrs Harriet Lane Johnson left to the
CoTcoran gallery her art collection providing
housed in building: but it is said that build
Ing would cost 10000 which is twice much s
lection is worth. The building would have be mar
BILE, in harmony with the Corcoran gallery ma
tonal gallery such collections could he taken
vidng the donors did insist all collections
should be exhibited.
That is trouble with many galleries now Including
the Metropolitan Museum OF Art in New York Many
pictures exposed view though worthy
of place in the gallery simply they given
with that agreement in connection with valusble
works of art. That IS trouble with the collection of
the late Mrs Harriet Lane Johnson. Discretion should
lett with the officers of gallery pictures IS
adapted to the gallery remainder of the
collection Mr. Pierpont Morsans proposition would give
Washington gallery the foundation for of the great
galleries of the world end other valuable donations are
promised.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17
On. Tommy. Tommy Upton:
shincfl

Washington Star.
Up at Larchnon; on Long Island Sound, the yachts
men the other evening entertained Sir Thomas Upton
edited him greatly by the singing of song in parody OF
Tommy Atkins One verse ran thus:
"oh. Tommy, Tommy Upton, We have welcomed Won he
fore.
And hope again welcome you dozen times or more
We have faith in Reliance whom trust to rule the
blue
But losing. Tommy Upton. had rather lose to you"
1t is pleasant to be that the challenger for the
Americas was greatly pleased by song asked
for repeat The verse quoted expresses the American
sentiment on this subject about accurately possible
There is no snobbish hope that Upton may take cup
But there is hearty and sincere feeling enti-
tied to II II any one is 1t is cry from Upton to
Dunraven and the former has done deal
mate the unpleasant recollection predecessor
challenger.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17
WORLD'S-19O4-FAlR.
THE TRANsM1ssIssIppI CONGRESS.

THE TRANSM1SSISSIPPI CONGRESS.
There should be large and distinguished repre-
sentation from St Louis and the State Of Missouri at
the fourteenth annual session of the Transmssssipp
Commercial Congress. which will be he'd at Seattle
Wash, August 1S-21 inclusive.
The work of the Transmissssipp Congress in pro-
noting the interests of the territory of the
Mississippi River is already well known that il Is
unnecessary TO dwell upon it in detail. 1t has been
most potent factor in the upbuiidng of the States
comprised in this territory and has done as much
any other one influence in concentrating thought upon
practicable development
ST. Louis has always taken an active part in the
proceedings of this Congress and should more
than recognize the advantage certain to accrue
through transmississppi development AS the natural
distributing point for all the territory this
city occupies position of peculiar Importance and is
justly regarded as the metropolis of the territory in
question 1t has much TO gain from earnest and ac-
tive cooperation in the labors of the Transmisssspp
Congress, and the prospect of large trade with the
Far East, going by way of the Pacific adds this
promise of local benefit.
Also. there should be an enthusiastic and reSolute
effort the part OF ST. Louisans and all Mssourians
to induce the TransmisSissppi Commercial Congress
to hold its 1904 session in St. Louis. the Worlds
Fair City and the Western metropolis. this will be
the natural and most advantageous ralying place for
such an organization next year, and all the facts TO
this effect should be presented before the Congress
with the utmost ygor. II this is done. it is difficult
to believe that the thought of any other meeting place
for 1904 will be entertained. The rransmiSsssIpp
Commercial Congress logically come to St Louis
next year.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17
GLORIFIED GRAFT.

If all the United States Senators comprising the
division commandery of Mr.. R0osevets political or
ganization were blessed with the statesmaniike in
stincts of the gentleman from Massachusetts, the
Ganization might enjoy of invincibty. With
n rare power of dirinaton Senator Lodge perceived
that it about time for somebody TO say some
thing in defense of the administration against the
scandal bogie which looms larger and menacing
day by day. Accordingly the Senator rises up call
the administration blessed.
When you tally up the situation, how silent the
great Republican State leaders have been time
when the administration needed defenders. The PEG
pies censure has sweed in volume as the scandal
grew. with Senator TO open his mouth until
Lodge arose. The tosaed bosses have seemed sinsu-
larry lethargc and unloyai. OF course Platt and
Quay are excused-they are not expected talk. Nor
is Aldrich-it might be considered immodest in him
to defend the machine Nor should care especially
to hear from Addicks. who. though himself not a
Senator. Yet occupies Senator's relation the ad
minstration. But there are number of lofty and
dsinteresed dispensers of Federal patronage TO the
the States. such Lodge. from whom Il word fifty
spoken would doubtless be acceptable and helpful
Mr. Roosevelt in these and troubous hours
OF scandal.
Senator Lodge states with an air of fnality that
he cannot how the effect of the postal and other
department scandals can be otherwise than favor
able to the Republican party. There is something
to stl the troubled breast. There is oil on the
waters, There is logic and lucidty and especially
optimism. All Is grist that comes to the Republican
mil-even scandals.
The great Republican party. in the phrase of n
contemporary. has long 'usurped the functions of
Providence in the matter of crops and full dinner
pails" and it would that even its sins are
IT, he ascribed TO its virtues. 1t is be hoped that
everybody will grasp the universal absoutism of the
Proposition that good is cssNa.ay good even though
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17
Investigation in Order.

v
IL has long been matter of current in Wash
rs3n that If the rle;hods followed ty War Depart
a"nt in the purc Of supplies fo army between the
4th G" March, 1881. and the date when NJ. Root became
secretary OF War Sho&d be subjected investigation
mass o. corruption would be disclosed would shock
the country The amount CT money involved the Lit
tauer glove case and the Proctor is be-
sVcd to be insignificant compared with the criminal
incurred in other transactions. We II asserted
By men who spoke from information and with authority
that during the period preceding appointment Secre-
tary Root the Government defrauGed OF many mil
os el dollars III army contracts and the: Implication
inc frauds can be brought home who still hold high
Official positions We have doubt Pres-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root which con-
ceivahly involve party fortunes will heed tho
injunction Smite. and not! thing toerabiy
certain namely. that if for any cause they he dis
posed to shrk their duty they sternly reminded of
it by the Democratic minority the of Representa-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17
MUNICIPAL HOME RULE.

OF all the issues that retain vital interest in large
cities the requirement of workable home rule is one
of the most important. Probably municipality
has the authority and freedom which it desires. or
should have: but few. more than others. have made
progress IN this direction and striving to secure
greater liberty.
St Louis was Of the pioneers in fixing the prin-
ciple of municipal home rule and although has not
revised its Charter and extended the principle if is
still prominent as free city. 1t is far ahead in
this respect any city.
The tendency toward home rule for cities is the
correct tendency. Many of the large cities have
larger and more intricate business than many Com