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Hate knowledge. II :s@g 81
We are placed in d position OF OK.
pecting a race but a few years from
the inevitable ignorance imposed up,
on it by the conditions of slavery to
make the most remarkable progress
that the world has ever heard Of; and
when we discover that in this nature
of things this is, impossible we shake
our heads sadly, and, are ready to lose
heart and hope. "1.'.'"'EI do not ask
any one to share my hopefulness with
respect to the negro, nor is it neces-
sary that the views I, am putting
forth should be accepted. =" r
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-25
Answering the Farmers Question

BY invitation I made speech moi
long ago at Il farmers barbecue in s
neighboring county, and I spread my
self III encouraging our people tc
keep up with the age, and pictured
the innocence and honesty and indie
pendccen Of MARINERS life in multi
\tudinous language. I was cheereG
(and congratulated, of course, ant
when I got through an old grizzly
fellow came up, with brass-bounc
spectacles, and says he to me, "Ms
friend, you talk mighty well; yor
talk like lawyer; but I would like
Ito know if you can tell me wha,
kind a calf makes the best milch COW
ga heifer calf" said I and the
crowd just yelled.
I got the grin on the old man, and
so says, "Let me ask you a question:
and you may ask me another, and
the man who can't answer his own
question must treat to cigars"
"All right" says he. "Now go
ahead.'
Said I, elbow does a ground-squir-
rel dig his hole without leaving any
dirt around the top9"
He studied awhile and then gave up
and, in triumphant tone, called on
me to answer.
"Why,' said I, che begins at the
bottom.'
"Well, but how does he get to the
bottom7" said the old man as though
he had me.
"I don't lnow,' said I; ~ never
did know; and, as it is your question,
you must answer or pay.'
The crowd yelled again, and the old
man bought the cigars Arp.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-25
THAW ON TRAIL.
Prisoner Much Interested in Selection
of Jurors.-Only Two So Far
Accepted.

New York, Jan. 23.-Thc curtain
was rung up today for another act in
the tragedy of real life known rs the
Thaw-White ease. The setting was
not the gay all night restaurants Of
the Tcndcrlin, where the principal ac-
tors in the tragedy once were familiar
figures. Tt was not the roof garden
crowded with the summer rcvelers
who on a fateful night clinked glasses
in rhythm to the music Of the orchcs-
ira and listened laughingly to merry
singers and then were hushed into a
silence Of horror as these pistol shots
HTacked and Il noted architect, lay
dead at the little round table where
he had been chatting with friends.
The story of the play was brought
down to the grim court room scene
where 12 men are to sit and render
Judgment which may mean either the
daking Of another life, this time by
| the state, or determination that
Harry X. Thaw was justified in the
claim that he shot the man who had
"ruined his wife, There may be a
third decision, that Thaw was insane
at the time he committed the crime.
emotional insanity,' it was called
today-but there will be no opportun-
ity to say that Thaw is now insane.
Opening of the Trial.
The long awaited trial began this
morning shortly before 1890 o'clock
and when an adjournment for the day
had been taken about 5 p. H., there
were two jurors in the box. a third
juror had been accepted and sworn,
but he was excused in the closing mo-
mcnts of the days session, the reason
for the action being of private ma
turc and not made public. Nineteen
Of the 200 talesmen who were sum-
moned were examined before the day
Lclosed. Nearly all of them seemed
anxious to serve and small percent
age was excused for cause. The chal-
lengers in nearly every instance were
Of percmptory character and about
evenly divided between the prosecu-
tion and The defense.
The examination Of the first tales
man called from the large panel was
followed with the kccncst interest as
it was thought the line Of questioning
by the attorneys for Thaw would de-
vclop the character Of the defense
they are to set up. There was disap-
pointmcnt in this respect. The de-
fcndant : counsel seemed perfectly
willing to accept any proposed juror
who satisfactorily answered the qucs-
tions put by District Attorney Jerome
who personally conducted the examin-
ations. The defense pcrcmptorily
challenged two talesmen, however,
who gave their business as architects
Mr.. Jerome asked each talesman in
turn if he would be influenced by the
so-called high or unwritten law to the
exclusion Of the actual laws of the
state as they would be laid down by
Justice Fitzgerald. There was none
to say he would not accept the court s
ruling as to all questions Of law.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-25
THE NEGRO AND HIS FUTURE.
"Uncle Remus's" Optimistic View
.. Of the Race. ..-

Saturday Evening Post.
I believe that, at bottom, majority
Of the American people are at one
with respect to the negro and his fu-
ture. and the reason I have for maxi
ing, the statement Is n sound one,
namely, that a large majority Of the
people Of this country are blessed
with common sense in larger meas
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-25
ECZEMA and PILE CURE

.EDEE Knowing what it was, to suffer
~ y. -. I will give FREE OF CHARGE,
to any afflicted a positive cure for Ecze-
ma, Salt Rhutn, Erysipelas, Piles and
Skin Diseases. Instant Relief Don't
suffer longer. Write F. w. WILLIAMS
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Friday, January rs, 1907.
COLUMBIA LETTER.

the third week Of the legislature ses-
sion.
There have been presented some-
thing near five hundred new laws.
MANY of them have been reported
infavorably and many more will be
and Of course very few of them will
ever become law and it is we'll for
the people that they will not for we
have entirely too much changing OF
our laws any way.
* X 4
Mr.. Scruggs Of Chesterfield had a
measure to make drunkenness a crime
punished by imprisonment but the
house dicided to kill the measure.
When YOU come to look ut it seriously
that might be the best sort Of liquor
aegislatinn. The use Of whiskey III
moderation can hurt no one and then
it seems that it has uses for medi-
cial and manufacturing purposes, and
if you would punish the man who got
drunk you minght help solve the
problem. My opinion, however, is
that the tendency Of legislations is
too much toward governing and regu-
lating the conduct of individuals. We
can't make men good or moral by
legislation.
However,, while nearly three weeks
of the session have passed nothing
has been done on the whiskey qucs-
ton except to lay out the skirmish
lines. The new investigating COM
mittcc on the dispcnsary is to report
by next Tuesday.
This committee is helding It's ses-
sion in private which seems to me to
be decidedly the best plan and what
facts are gathered will be submitted
to the legislative in their report. The
two dispcnsary measures have been
made special orders for next Tuesday
at 12 o'clock. One bill provides for
the abolition Of the state dispcnsary
and for county management where the
people desire it, The other is some
thin" on the order Of the Raysor-
Manning bill and provides for puri-
fled dispensary. The probability is
the house will pass the former but
Just what the senate will do is not
so clear The debate in the house
will begin on Tuesday. 1t has already
started in the senate over resolu-
tion to abolish the state disprnsary.
The bills carryin" big and new ap-
preparations continue to come in but
we are trying TO hold them down.
That is some Of us. With the increase
in the property in the state we should
be able to reduce the levy at one
half mill but if the bills carrying new
appropriations are passed the levy
cannot be reduced. 1t is rather early
yet to tell just what cah be done.
Yesterday the election for Il judge
Of the third circuit was held TO bill
the vacancy caused by the rcsigna-
tion of the Hon. II. 0. Purdy. There
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NOTICE.

1t seems the report
has been circul a ted
that we had gone out
OF busln ess because we
had to move, but this
is a mistake. We are
still doing business in
Newberry. We are now
located in the w. r.
Tarrant old stand op-
posite the Newberry
Savings Bank, next
door to c.. D. Daven-
ports grocery store,
and would be glad to
have our friends and
customers come in to
see US.
THE BEE HIVE,
E. l.. BALES, Proprietor,
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Ma1Ohe's Music House,
CHARLESTON & WESTERN OAR,
OLINA RY.

OLINA RY. 49,.
Schedule in effect June 8, 1906
Lv. Newberry(C. N. & L.) 1886 D. m.
Ar. Laurens :42 p. m.
Lv. Laurens &C. &. w. CO. 300 p. m.
Ar. Greenville 1926 %. m.
Lv. Laurens 2:07 p. m.
Ar. Spartanburg $40 pm.
Lv. Spartanburg $50. Rry) 400 p. m.
Ar. Hendersonville 6:35 D. m.
Ar. Asheville 1880 p. m.
Lv. Laurens &C. & w. c. 1:5O D, m.
Ar. Greenwood 2:48 pm.
Ar. Mccormick $40 D. m.
Ar. Augusta 5:25 D. m.
Pullman Chair Cars between Au-
gusta, Laurens and Asheville, tri-
weekly. Leave Augusta Tuesdays,
Thursday and Saturdays ;leave Ashe-
vile Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days.
Note: The above arrivals and de-
partures, as we'll as connections with
other companies, are given as infor-
nation, and are not guaranteed.
Ernest Williams,
Cen. Pass. Agt.,
Augusta, Ga.
Geo. T. Bryan,
Gen. Agt.,
Greenville, S. C.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25
WEDNESDAY,, DEC. rs, 1907.
Christmas.

The paper this week is dated on
Christmas day, though the day will be
past before these lines are read. lhe
day is intended to celebrate the birth
of Christ Our King. 1t should be a
Joyous occasion, and we should endea-
vor to make those around US happy.
Although too late for this year, we.
wish to call attention to the fact that
the ordinary method Of celebrating by
means Of an exchange Of presents is
greatly abused A present given as a
token OF affection or Of kindly re-
membrance is valuable to the recipient,
regardless OF it's intrinsic worth. But
giving simply because you know that
present is expected from you, or be-
cause you think that you will receive
one in return, is not the proper Christ
mas spirit. In many cases some sim
pie gift, the work of your own hands,
will give far more pleasure than the
most costly trinket that you can find
in the shop.
We trust that every reader has en-
joyed a merry Christmas, and that all
shall have happy New Year.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25
How to Get Parcels Post.

Editor Florida Agriculturlst:
Having read your paper IN times
recently past, I noticed you were IN
favor of parcels post.
[ will say that | am a Flor1d1an and
exDect to live in Florida in the future,
but circumstances have compelled me
to live here, and while [ do not want
nv name used in this connection, Will
suggest that if you care to do the par
GELS post idea a good turn, now is the
time to get busy getting up petitions
to CONGRESS- to enact the law. The re-
tail dealers associations over the coun~
try are sending in lots Of petitions
PRAYING congress not to pass such
law, and if the farmers want to stand
any show at all they must tell congress
that they do want the law passed. Get
signed petitions from all over our state
placed in the hands Of all the Florida
delegation in congress, and try,
through the agricultural and other
friendly press in other states to do
likewise to their congressman and
senators.
Florida suffers more from high ex-
press rates on her perishable produce
than from drouths and freezes cOmb1n-
ed, and will never get relief until we
come together in sufficient numbers and
demand it in no uncertain tOnes-nOt
while express companies keep their
officials in congress.
Hoping you can act in this matter, |
am, A Floridian.
Washington, D. c.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25

with store prices at $500 to $3.50. On
the whole, the prospect seems to be
good if too much fruit is not crushed
in at once so as to glut the market.
California oranges are also reported
in better shape and prices higher.
Porto Rico oranges are about the
same, averaging perhaps a little bet
ter in quality, and prices are few
cents a box higher.
Arizona oranges still take the lead,
being better in quality and consequent
ly bringing better price.
Other things being equal, quality al
ways rules the price. Those who per-
sist in shipping green fruit because it
brings what seems to the shipper, a
good price, will learn, sometime, we
hope, that the same fruit held until
fully ripe, would bring much more
money.
Greed nearly always overreaches it.
self, and in the marketing of green
fruit, it always does.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25
The Citrus Fruit Market.

Trade papers agree that the market
for Florida oranges has improved,
prices range higher. Some sold at
auction as high as $40, but some also
as low as $I.35, the range for good
ordinary fruit being from $I.75 to $2.75.
There is general complaint that there
are too many small sizes, which are
slow of sale. In some markets it is
difficult to get $3.50 per box for such
fruit.
The Fruit and Produce News warns
shippers not to rush oranges to market
on account Of this rise as they would
now be too late for the Christmas
trade and would probably strike glut-
ted market and be sold at a sacrifice.
In regard to grapefruit, the reports
do not agree. One says that they are
not coming in quantity but that there
is little demand and that the range on
all sizes is from IS cents to $225 per
box. Another report says that the
market is steady with prices ranging
from $1.25 to $4.12 1-2 at auction,
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25
Opposes Parcels Post.

Editor Florida Agricu1turist:
I wish to call your attention to one
out in the "Parcels Post" 1t surely
kills the country merchant, and hurts
people who will buy many things they
do not need because they see it in the
catalogue and it looks cheap. So Mrs.
A. thinks for an hour Of something
to buy. Then she runs in to see Mrs.
B. and coaxes her to order something
to make bundle. Then Mrs. c. and
Mrs. d. put in their mite, and they
send off their hard earned dollars that
they should keep for future needs.
The big department store gets the
money, and the country store is sold
out at auction.
By my side is smart young man,
who had a good business in Vermont,
but was driven out and now works by
the day. Think twice, and then take
another think, and you will save more
money.
Get. some one to write I'D rice as a
food for Southern people. 1t is both
cheap and healthy Eat more rice, less
meat and be rich and happy.
J. P. Phinney.
South Boston, Mass
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25
Remedies for Mea1y Bugs.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
I see in your issue Of the 18th inst,
an inquiry about mealy bugs on Pine
apples, and thought would give your
subscriber the result Of my own ex-
perience along this line.
In the year 1902 I took charge of a
3o-acre plantation, and the pines wede
bearing, but in the fall all looked sick
and were dying out, SO [ sent to the
Experiment Station, at Lake City,
some plants and they reported nlealy
bugs. l at once ordered 20 tons Of
tobacco dust for insecticide purposes,
and in the year 1904, shipped the
best crop of pines grown in the neigh
borhood, and if your subscriber will
apply 1900 pounds per acre as soon as
possible, Of the best tobacco dust, l
feel satisfied he will have no further
trouble, but in the future he should
always include tobacco dust in every
application of fertilizer.
Ratclif M. Hebbert.
Sewalps Point, Fla
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25
Parcels Post and Local Trade.

Under this title the editor of the
South Florida Record discusses the
proposed parcels post law. All Our
state exchanges have been unanimous
ly opposed to such a law. The fact
that one Of them gives it even such a
grudging and half hearted approval
is evidence that the people are becom-
ing SO inslstent that it is certain that
they will win, possibly not this winter,
but if not, certainly in the near future
The article is as follows:
There is very determined effort to
be made in the present congress to
extend the parcels post system SO that
larger packages than are now permit
ted by law may be carried by the mails.
The proposition is to extend the
service SO that package Of eleven
pounds weight may be carried, at the
same proportional rate as the four
pound package is now carried
Generally speaking, the movement
is for the benefit Of the whole people,
but the passage Of the law will be
fought 6ercely by the express COM
pan1eS, who now have a monopoly Of
carrying small packages.
Locally, the bill, if it becomes law,
will open up new competition to the
merchant Of average sized stock.
The mail order house is a develop
ment Of trade in recent times that has
spread it's influence over the entire
country by the aid of the mails.
With the adoption Of the parcels post
idea, the mail order house will come
in closer touch with their customers in
every town, village, cross road section
and farmer in the country, and can de-
liver small packages at much less ex-
pense than by express.
This means additional competition to
local merchants of all classes.
1t means an inevitable lowering of
the necessaries Of life, as a result OF
the competition of outside houses
The benefit will accrue to the pub
lie, but until conditions are adjusted
the retailer will suffer-
To offset the low prices offered by
the mail order houses the local dealer,
everywhere will have to cut his margin
Of profits to enable him to hold his
trade.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25
Fools and Trees.

John Muir in Atlantic: Any fool
can destroy trees. They cannot run
away; and if they could they would
still be estroyed-chased and hunted
down as long as fun or a dollar could
be got out Of their bark hides,
branching horns or magnificent bowl
backbones. Few that fell trees plant
them; nor would planting avail much
toward getting back anything like the
noble primeval forest During a mans
life only saplings can be grown in
place Of the old trees, ten centuries
old, that have been destroyed. It took
more than 5000 years to make some of
the trees in our western woods, trees
that are still standing in perfect
strength and beauty; waving and sigh
ing in the forests of the Sierra
Through all the wonderful, eventful
centuries since Christ's time and long
before that-God has cared for these
trees, saved them from drought, dis
ease, avalanches and thousand strain
Ing, level1ng tempests and floods, but
he cannot save them from foo1s-only
Uncle Sam can do that
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25
Defends Green Fruit Shipments.

Editor Florida Agricu1turist:
l see your people are still warning
orange growers against shipping green
fruit.
On December 9TH, 1907, Vessels &
Co., report the market as low as ST;
They report, on November 9TH, the
market as high as 81; and on Novem-
Der 9TH they sold grapefruit as high as
"; and on December 9TH they quoted
grapefruit as low as ST.
as ST.
Now the market is full of fruit from
Porto Rico, West Indies, Nassau, and
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25

few cars from California. Which
would you prefer, Brother Editor,
fruit ripened in a hot room and sold
November 9TH at 81; or to hold it until
today and get ST.? or hold it on the
trees and let it freeze?
Will it pay me to drive a deep we'll
and pump water to irr1gate 400 extra
large 30 year old orange trees? Who
can and will give me the cost Of such
a plant? How long would it take to
put down such plant?
Not single commission merchant
advises using smaller boxes; in fact
several told me they did not care to
sell the small box.
Sweat your fruit we'll if you want it
tC reach the Northern markets sound
James P. Phinney.
South Boston, Mass
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25
Chinese Exclusion.

AS is we'll known the demand for
the exclusion Of Chinese laborers came
first from the labor unions Of Califor-
mia. Later the unions Of the whole
country took up the cry, and the re-
suit has been that the Pacific Coast
finds itself very short of laborers. The
Japanese have helped out somewhat,
but they are not proving satisfactory,
in all respects, and now the California
Fruit Growers Association has passed
a resolution asking Congress to repeal
the law excluding Chinese laborers, or
at least to so modify it that limited
number shall be admitted We GER
tainly approve the idea, we admit all
other nationaities, only making the
condition that they shall not be crimi-
nails nor paupers, nor seriously dis
eased. The same rule should apply to
the Chinese, and it might be advisable
to limit the number to be admitted in
any one year. But there is no Ques-
ton that this country needs more
laborers, and there does not seem to be
any other source from which we can
draw a suitable supply for the relief Of
the shortage which exists. It is true
that they have not proved to be ad
apted to all kinds Of work, but if they
are here in sufficient numbers they will
do the work for which they are suited,
and in that way will set free others
who can and will do the work which
the Chinese cannot.
A great deal has been said about
their being heather and not adapting
themselves to our form of civilization.
That is true; but we do not know that
they are so much worse than some
who come from professedly Christian
nations. We do hear occasionally Of
the work Of the "highbinders," but they
COnfine themselves to tyrannizing over
their own people or race, and do not
from southern Europe have not been
so considerate, but have also robbed
and murdered all who had anything to
tempt them.
Possibly they might come in too
great numbers if the bars were let
down entirely, but that can be prevent
ed by limiting the number to so many
thousands per year. We do not be-
leve that anything will be done to-
wards this needed relief, at the present
session OF congress, but it may be that
q wedge may be started which will ac-
complish the desired result in the fu-
ture.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25

While deep blowing increases the
productive power of the soil, it should
be deepened gradually.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-25

Too much live stock is quite as bad
for the farmer as too,fVnb land Do
not keep more than can we'll.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1907-12-04
The SherifPs Office.
Auditors Have Good Meeting.

County Auditor, ]. l. Overman,
returned the last of the week from
Boise where he went to attend the
meeting of the Auditors State Con-
vention which convened in that city
November 10Th. The convention
lasted four days and was attended
by the auditors of the different coun-
ties of the state. Some good papers
were read by different members in at
tendance and this years meeting OF
the association was very profitable
one. Among other things the adop-
ton of uniform system of accounts
in the auditors offices was recon-
mended. Mr.. Overman reports a
very pleasant trip.