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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-22
The Head of the House

Can't help being interested in some
thing that will protect the health of the
family. A pure, scientifically milled
flour will do this and "Clifton" is the
name of such a flour.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-22
Test One Sack

OF "Clifton" flour and you will find
it makes moro bread, better bread, and
gives better satisfaction than any flour
you can buy.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-22
"CliftOll."

Are you acquainted with "Clifton''?
A trial sack will convince you it is the
best flour manufactured.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-22
Our 7 I uo Big Stores

Are full of good reliable n0er-
;chand'se-~the kind that it paws
you to buy, particularly when
you can buy it at the reasonable
prices that we ask. Every week
we nave been adding such new
as we'll as staple goods as we
deem desirable, SO that TODAY we
present an unbrOken stock.
BeTCre buying your midsummer
dress see our Sheer lovely Per-
san Lawns, French Lawns Very
Sheer, Swiss Organdies, Dotted
SWlsses, Null Chiffons, China Silk,
SILK Chiffon, etc. Lace Bands are
in great demand. We have them
IN variety. Our Wash Goods de-
partment is full Of pretty goods.
MuSl'n from sc. upward. Cling
nam, Madras, Duck. If you need
Black Goods Of any kind, cotton
ware or silk, we can supply you.
ASK Tor what you want, whether
1T be a Jap, Taffeta, India or Fou-
lard Silk, we have them all.
In our Shoe Department you
can fInd the latest styles i'm OK
tords, Sandals, Land Boots, etc.
Our line of Ladies', Misses and
Chlldren'S Shoes is a very pOpu-
lar one and gives satisfaction to
our customers.
COME AND SEE US.
{ & {. 5. MOWER co,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-22
Board of Public Works.
THE COUNCILS REPLY


Newberry, S. c., May 21st, 1903.
Messrs. James Mcintosh, G. E. Sum-
mer and II. C. Pool, Commissioners of
Public Works, Newberry, S. c.,
Gentlemen:-The Town Council has
been unable as yet to see the opinion of
the Supreme Court involving the matter
referred to in yours of recent date rela-
tive to sewerage. We understand that
the opinion in question is now in the
hands of the State printers, and that
the advance sheets of the State Reports
containing same will be sent out at an
early date when you shall have reply
to your proposition.
Respectfully,
j. w. EARHARDT,
Mayor.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-22
THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONERS.
City Council Replies to the Communications
From the Commissioners -ApprOpria-
ton Of Funds Refused Mat
ter to Be Settled Later.

The City Council held regular meet
ing Wednesday night and took UP for
consideration the communications from
Commissioners of Public Works, which
have been published heretofore in this
paper.
The first communication taken up was
the following, which rel :, to sewer
age and will explain itself:
TO the Hon olabc the Mayor and Council
Newberry, S. c.:
Gentlemen The late decision of the
Supreme Court of South Carolina, that
the management Of the sewer depart
nent in the city of Union, S. c., vested
in the City Council, must apply to all
cities in the State.
And rs the council placed the man.
agement Of the sewer system of New
berry at its inception under the control
of the Board Of Public Works, the
board would now call the attention of
the council to this decision of the Su-
preme Court, and inform your honor
able body that they are ready to turn
over to them the sewer system, to-
gether with the funds and all material
and supplies now on hand belonging to
that department, and would request the
council to arrange at as early day as
convenient to assume the control of the
same.
Yours very truly,
JAMES MCINTosH,
c. E. SUMMER,
II. G.. Pool,
Board of Public Works.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19
KEPT 1T DARK.
A Secret Regarding Good Looking,
but Not a Good Seeing. Horse.

A Secret Regarding a Good Looking,
but Not a Good Seeing. Horse.
A wellknown uptown man who is a
lover of fine horsefesh Sc wa fine bug
gy horse which he thought he wanted.
He located the owner and asked the
price. "One hundred dollars" was the
reply After looking the animal over
and trying her speed he concluded it
was a god trade, and at once wrote
out a check for the amount. The next
day he found that the mare was blind,
but this did not hinder her speed nor
detract from her appearance. He
drove the animal for several weeks
and succeeded in attracting the at.
tention of another lover of horses,
who made proposal to buy.
WELL" said the owner. Il gave 500
for her. but I'll let you have her for
s125 IL you want to buy"
After looking the animal over and
taking short ride behind her, the
man decided to buy. He paid the
money and took the mare. When the
animal was embarrassed the first
thing she did was to run against a
post; then, by way of emphasizing the
fact that she was blind, she fell over a
barrel. The next day the buyer came
back with blood in his eye.
Say, you know that mare you sold
me?" he began. swell, she's stone
blind"
81 know It," replied her past owner.
with an easy air.
well, you didn't say anything to me
about It, said tH@ purchaser, his face
red with anger.
well, I'll tell you," replied the
other; that fellow who sold her to me
didn't tell me ebout 1t, and just con
cluded that he didn't want it known"
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19
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ASaSSss;Ss -stsa5>
A(iIelestUEFtRF
DESTROYING Canada ThlstIes.

/
Whatever will effectually exclude
the plant from the light and air VIII
destroy it. This may be done by plow-s
ing, in some soil, and In others by r
close grass sod. Flowing, If repeated
frequently in soils where the root does
not descend beyond the reach OF the
blowing, will, In dry seasons, always
destroy the thistle, and often In moist
ones. In soils which are light, deep,
rich, friable, and, of course, permeable
to the air, and are In some measure
always moist, blowing will always fail.
Wherever a dense sod can be formed,
the thistle may be destroyed by seed
Ing. The grasses, wherever they are
adapted to the purpose, will be found
the easiest means Of destruction, al
I though not SO rapid as blowing, hoe
ing, sailing or burning. where these
latter are available.
In all uplands, where the soil Is OF
depth admitting the root TO be
reached and affected in its whole ex-
tent by the pillow, hoe, fire or salt, the
thistle may be destroyed by these
means, and they will be found the
most rapid ones. In all bottom lands
where the root descends deep and the
soil permits access Of air. neither the
plow, hoe, fire nor salt will destroy
the thistle; here the grasses should
be applied, and will be found the best
destroyers. Moving will destroy those
parts OF the thistle which have thrown
up Towering stalks and will not in
the least affect those which have not.
Moving should take place when the
plant is IN bloom.
Whatever limits the thorough ep-
plication Of the means Of { struction
will proportionally diminish success
Hence it will be found difficult in
very stony grounds ever to eradicate
the thistle; the pillow cannot effectually
reach its roots and such ground IL
rarely good grass bearer. Salt and
sheep, with the scythe, will be found
best for stony grounds. In grounds
filed with stumps, where the soil is
rich and will grow a dense sod, the
grass will be best, and in such the
pillow should not be used, as it will not
effectually reach all the roots. Fences
that obstruct the application Of the
plow or hoe should be removed. If 1t
be desirable to destroy the thistle by
the. grasses it will be found best to
make the land rich by manure. This
will force the grass and enable It more
readily, by vigorous growth, to kill the
plant. And in the application Of all
remedies care should be taken to re-
duce the soil by proper cultivation to
a fine filth, that all the seeds of the
thistle in the ground may terminate
and not lie dormant. The seed Is very
hardy, and escapes all the ordinary
means Of destruction, except fire.
Ambrose Stevens.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19
are all fools. we women! we sacri. |

are all fools, we women! We sacrf.
fee our lives, our hopes, our ambi'
tons; we eat our hearts out with
jealousy and anguish; we suffer. we
smile, we die--for what? For fancy
which men call love-which to them
is as light as the breeze of summer
day, changeful as the humor Of the
ocean, fragile as the flower which
blooms at morn to die at event"
She went over to the bed and held
cooling draught to the girls parched
lips. Then she came back and re-
sumed her seat by the fire. There was
| low knock at the door.
MAY l come in. Cynthia?"
| "Certainly-come."
The door opened, and Lady Caring
| ton came into the room.
How is she?"
Better, l think, but she talks 10
strangely"
Poor child"
She came slowly across the room
and sat down opposite Miss Lennox.
She, too, had discarded her cumber-
some dinner dress. She wore a soft,
gray wrapper, of finest cashmere,
corded and slashed with crimson.
They both started violently as a
sweet, wild voice rang through the
quiet room:
ooh, the fire! II is sinkingI MY
darling, my darling, forgive me! Oh,
take it back! take it back! did
not know you meant him! He is my
lover-my husband! Papa-papa-re-
QUEEN aternam-rest eternal! All,
not for mel am dead--I am dead
/ am dead!"
The two women looked at each other
in Mortified dismay.
"How she talks!" said Cynthia, shud.
dering.
And then. for g long while there was
silence.
Twelve! doomed out the big clock
above the stables! twelvel doomed
and chimed and j.ngled all the clocks
in ackcastle--twelve! rippled sill.
very the little Swiss clock on the
mantel. And then the subdued light
fell on them, each absorbed in their
own thoughts-these two women.
One 80 young, so strong, SO regal, so
full of passionate and hot-hearted life!
The other so proud, so indomitably un.
bending, so rigiGly inflexible In her
adamant control.
The pitiful, childish chatter beyond
dwindled 70 a whisper.
Ito Be Continued.)
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19
ASH and ON In Corn.

Some recent investigations at the
Illinois station show that there Is a
somewhat constant relation between
the amount of ash In the corn kernel
and the oil. That is, that while the
proportion OF Oil in the germ Is very
large the proportion of ash is also
very large. Thus in the hominy glu-
ten the proportion OF oil and ash are
quite large.
Thus in one sample of corn analyzed
lib per cent OF all the oil was found
in the horny gluten and 1896 of all
the ash. In the germ Of the same
sample was found 1888 per cent of all
the oil and 74.S7 per cert of all the
ash. In another sample 1929 per cent
of all the oil was in the horny gluten
and 13.49 per cent Of all the ash. In
the germ of tn, same sample
was S0.46 per cent of all the oil and
So. 46 per cent Of all the ash. Thus the
germ and the horny gluten contain
more than three-fourths OF all the oil
and ash in the corn kernel. The germ
alone contains about four-1fths of ar
the oil and two-thirds Of all the ash
though the germ Is only one-tenth Of
the whole kernel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19
CHAPTER XIII
At the Gates.

Instinctiveiy the gay voices dropped
little as she came into the room
an erect, aged. naughty figure. Her
robes OF some rich black. lusterless
s.-aseriaI traiied noiselessly behind
her. She wore a dainty morsel OF old
lace. an apology Cor cap. on her fine.
ly shaped head; few costly rings
sparkled on her thin. old hands.
"Ail here! You are back early, gen.
temen." she said with smile.
she came slowly up the brilliant
rcom with that proud grace Of move
ment which was % peculiarly her
own.
where have you all beenf~ cried
Baby. with her bright audscity.
"Guessf''
Can't" tsrssly. Give II upi
Khcrc."
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19
TRIBUTE TO CENTRAL"
The Marvellous System Necessary In
a Great Telephone Escranue.


Great Telephone Excnanae.
The average iayman hsA;iy pictures
Central" that place heard go long
but not seen. as a modern edition OF
Babel, delivered over to Earring goices
and ringing bells and general pande-
monium. If he should visit certain
great exchange he would see forty-iye
girls at work at swii"snnard ham
ding $4,000 calls in busy hcur. Yet
there is no noise louder than q swarm
Of bees. The wheels go round with
out friction; the operators are too
busy for the busting hum ~ ,ccompe-
tency; ingenious devices have brought
the eye to the ears relief, replacing
bells by a system of lamn signals.
Everything makes for eino4onry. An
operator makes on an average Ton con.
nections a minute, with automatic 40
curacy. Under pressure-from a fire.
a panic, a national calamity, accumu.
lation of business after a orcak-she
doubles this rate.-Bockiuvec's Aiaga-
-
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19
Thomas SIau,

Bulletin SO of the Rhode Island Er-
pertinent station has this to say in
favor of Thomas Stag: Basic Stag
meal (Thomas Stag, also known AZ
Thomas phosphate and odorless phcs.
phate) is an illustration of a phos-
phate which contains practically no
soluble phosphoric acid and yet Is es-
sentially as efficient as soluble phos-
phoric acid, at least upon the granite
soils Of Rhode Island. In a trial ex-
tending over several years it has given
splendid results upon all kinds OF
crops, both Immediately upon its ap-
plication and in later years. This is a
so-called "four-lime" phosphate. It Is
a waste product obtained in the man.
ufactnre Of steel from !rcn phosphate,
and is widely employed in Europe with
most excellent results. 1t is but little
known in the United States as yet,
and Is no. found In the ready-mixed
commercial fertilizers, owing to the
fact that the extra lime which It con-
tains would be likely to liberate some
OF the ammonia Of the usual fertil-
izers If they were to become moist. II
can be mixed with nitrate of soda and
with muriate or sulfate of potash with
out fear Of loss, thus producing Q
complete" and most efficient manure.
It is an ideal source Of phosphoric acid
for the sandy and acid soils of this
state. The basic Stag meal contains
from 16 to 20 per cent of phosphoric
acid. At the present time little of this
Stag is obtainable in the United States.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19
Just the Thinu.

st am told, madam" said the visitor,
shat you have ,"veral manageable
daughters. am the president of the
College OF Cookery, ana thought
you"
"My daughters DO not need to learn
cooking" interrupted Mrs. itch. They
will be able to hire all .nu servants
they need"
Exactly. madam, but cur special
course will teach them how to keen
a cook."-Philadelphia Press.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19

The quality OF our poultry judges
10 bound to improve as our colleges
are exerting much influence In bring.
ing good men to the front. The re.
Quirements for poultry Judge should
b high.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19
CHAPTER XIV.
A Patient.

"send . servant for DIR. Adams
quick!"
Bring some sal-volatilei IT'S only
q faint"
~Brandy's better" suggested War
rem.
VERY we'll: but hurryi"
They laid her down on low lounge.
covered BY great. black bear-skIn
rug.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-19

She-rhey say that low is blind.
He-yes. biz; marriage frequently
1ri - men tn indulge I. 49, openers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-04
personal.

Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania is
temporary custodian at Washington OF
three bullets carefully preserved in a
plush-covered box. They were shot into
various portions of the anatomy of
Capt. Joe Reisinger of Franklin, Pa,
during the Civil War and they back up
the captains claim to a medal of hon.
or.
One of the many congressional
friends of William H. Crane, the actor,
sent him a box of cigars. In few
days he received this somewhat equiv
ocal acknowledgment: My Dear Sem
ator: Your cigars received. We open
ed the week to bad business, so l took
to smoking the cigars to console my
self. Now am turning them away"
When Mr.. Chamberlain was about
to commence the speech which he made
from the balcony of the Marine Hotel
at Durham, South Africa, he was
startled by the sudden apparition of a
reporter who slid down a pillar from
the roof and arrived GREATNESS and
dusty, but notebook in hand. Mr..
Chamberlain was astonished. Whom
do you representa-" he said. The entire
press of the empire was the reply, ut
tered with perfect self-possession.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-04
AMERICANS ON THE ISLE OF PINES,

Every once in awhile something ap-
pears in the dispatches to the effect
that the Americans who have pur-
chased property on the Isle of Pines
since the close of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. and are residents there, are
dissatisfied because the United States
have done nothing for their protection.
They seem to think that the island
belongs to the United States, and that
they are American citizens. therefore
they are expecting the establishment
of a government there by this coun-
try. AS matter of fact the Isle of
Pines is governed now, as it has been
these many years. namely, by the
municipality of Havana. 1t was so
governed while Cuba was under
Spinish rule and the rule of the mill
tary government Of this country, and
Plat amendment, which was incorpo-
rated into the Cuban constitution, the
ownership of the island was left to be
settled by treaty between this country
and Cuba. Such treaty has not yet
been drafted. The matter is one to be
settled at some future time.
1t is probably a fact that the Ameri-
cans who purchased property OH the is
land Immediately after the close of the
Spanish American war acted on the
understanding that the island would
become a possession of this country
If they had not understood that 1t
would it is doubtful if they would
have invested in property there. Many
of them, SO it is said. are owners Of
large herds of cattle, and it may be
that they do not receive as much pro-
lection as they expected to-that is,
that life and property on the island
are not as secure as they would like
them to be.
But whatever their understanding
was they will have to abide by the
facts. 1t may be a long time before
the question of the ownership of the
island is definitely settled. And while
the control of the island continues in
the government of Cuba it is probable
that there will not be much change in
the present condition of affairs there
If, however, the island should pass
to the control of this country an i'm
proveinent would, in all probability
become apparent at once. American
money would be put into the lands and
there would be fine cattle farms as
we'll as extensive cultivation Of vege-
tables and fruit.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-04
BRIGHT BITS.

Jim: Money makes the man.
Jam: Granted; but man makes the
money.-Baltimore Herald.
old Inhabitant: 1 can remember
when hogs ran loose on Broadway.
Young Inhabitant: They ride on the
cars now.-Puck.
A: That's Jones' daughter with
him. She's just about to be married.
B.: Who's the lucky man?
A: Jones.-Punch.
II suppose" he said ut would be
useless for me to ask you to be my
wife,
1T would" she replied, "if that's
your style of going about it."-Chicago
Record-Her
But why" they asked, do you
keep a cat, a dog, and parrot? Don't
you know that it annoys the neigh
bors?" "Of course" replied the old
maid in the apartment building, "but
annoyance of some sort seems to be
considered the proper thing, and ]
haven't any children. l am doing the
best can in the circum stances,"-
Chicago Evening Post
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Birmingham Age-Herld Dem)
says: The House turned out Roberts,
but that case does not affect or re-
late to the Smoot case. Roberts had
plural wives. and he was turned out
because he practiced polygamy. The
Smoot case stands on a different foot
ing. The Roberts case does not touch
1t, and new precedent will be set
II Smoot is refused a seat in the
Senate"
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
Oem) says: The minority party in
Congress is helpless and on the whole
has done about everything it could
have done. Brilliant DeArmond of
Missouri made a spectacular ass of
himself by introducing a bill instruct
ing the President to ask the British
government to put a price on Canada,
He might as we'll have named the
Jupiter. This Congress will go down
in history as one that did not do a.
great many important things"
The New York Tribune (Rep) saws:
The inventor of the Calling gun has
gone over to the majority. In con-
versation and disposition, and in the
r.
diary life, he was one of the rnildest
hammered of men and he died at a ripe
old age. Amiable in temper he was
nevertheless the discoverer of the basic
principle of some of the deadliest and
most destructive weapons of modern
warfare. Such are the inconsistencies
of the race. DIR. Guillotine was a
lover of humanity, sympathetic and
compassionate, but how dreadful a. use
of his invention was made in the time
of Robespierre."
The Louisville Courier-JournaI
(Dem) says: Probably the most eff
fective speech that has been made in
the House for many a day was the
short one of Mr.. Cannon Saturday
Some OF the members being in. a stew
over the reported sale OF such sacred
relics as a sideboard alleged to have
been presented TO Mrs Hayes while
mistress of the White House, the H.
linois Congressman summarily set
tied the hubbub. When Madison was
President he said, IL was related that
the washing hung In the east room.
MY Cod he CALCULATED with mock
severity, what has become of the
clothes liner My Cod what has he
come OF the clothes line?' IL A senti-
ment that should be pasted in the
hats Of relic worshippers all over this
blessed sally land
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-04
Weather Lore in Verse.

DR.. Jenner of vaccination fame, found
Medicine, to worship occasionally at
the shrine of the muse. While he was
not noted as a poet, yet some of his
metrical compositions were quite clev-
FER. 1t is said that on receiving an in
vitation from a friend to make coun-
try excursion he sent his excuse in the
form of poem, as follows:
SIGNS OF RAIN.
The hollow winds begin to blow,
The clouds look black the glass is low,
The SCOT falls down. the spaniels sleep,
And spiders from their cobwebs creep.
Last night the sun went pale to bed,
The moon in halos hid her head.
The boding shepherd heaves a sigh,
For see! rainbow spans the sky.
The walls are damp, the bitches smell,
Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernel.
Hank! how the chairs and tables
crack:
. Old Betty's joints are on the rack.
Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks
cry,
The distant hills are looking nigh.
How restless are the snorting swine
The busy flies disturb the kline.
Low DER the grass the swallow wings:
The cricket, too, how loud it sings.
Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws,
Sits smoothing DER her whiskered
jaws.
Thro' the clear stream the fishes rise,
And nimbly catch the incautious flies
The sheep are seen with early light
Cropping the meads with eager bite.
Tho June, the air is cold and chill:
The mellow blackbird's voice is still.
The glow-worms, numerous and
bright,
Illumed the dewy dell last night.
At dusk the squa1id toad was seen
Hopping, crawling, DER the green.
The frog has lost his yellow vest,
And in a dingy suit is dress'd,
The leech, disturb'd, is newly risen
Quite to the summit of his prison.
The whirling wind the dust obeys.
And in the rapid eddy plays.
My dog, so altered in his taste.
Quits mutton bones on grass to feast:
And see yon rocks. how odd their
flight,
They initiate the gliding kite,
or seem precipitste 10 fall,
As II they felt the piercing bail.
Twill surely rain-I see with sorrow
our jaunt must be put on to-mor-
row.