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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25
Medicine That is Medicine,

"I have suffered good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints, but
L have now founI remedy tina,
keeps me well, and that remedy is
Electric Rittcrs: medicine that is
medicine for stomach and liver trou-
blcs, and for run down conditions," !"
says w. G, Kicstlcr, Of Halliday,
Ark. Electric Bitters purify and
enrich the blood, tone up the nerves,
and impart vigor and energy to the
weak. Your money will be refunded
if it fails to help you. soc. at w. E.
Pelham and Sons drug store.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25
A Dangerous Operation

is the removal of the appendix by Il
surgeon. No one who takes Dr..
Kings New Life Pills is ever sub
jected to this frightfi,l orlea! They
work so quietly you don't feel them.
They cure constipation, headache,
capable Of performing the best SER
vice. Hence boys chances Of get
ting good position when he gets
through school are generally reduced
if he smokes cigarettes. The boy who
does not smoke cigarettes will get a
better position than the boy who does
smoke.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25
LICENSE TAX DUE.

Notice is hereby given that city
licenses for the year 1905 are now
due and must he paid at once.
BY order Of city council.
j. J. Langford,
Eugene ). Wcrts, Mayor.
Clerk and Treasurer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25

REPAIR SHOP-Furnitue, lounges,
and parlor suits, each upholstered,
rccainin" chairs, repaired; making
and laying carpets and mattings,
cleaning old furniture. In Sunlight
Hall, near old colored Baptist
church.
Wesley Means.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25
STOESSEL CONDEMNED.
Czar is Asked to commute Sentence,
Recommending Ten Years in
Prison Instead of Death.

Lieutenant Governor Stoessel was
condemned to death Thursday even
ing by Military Court for the sur.
Tender of Port Arthur to the Jap
anese.
Gen. Fock, who commanded the 4tl
East Siberian division Of Port Arta,
ur, was ordered rcprimandcd for q
disciplinary offence, which was not
connected with the surrender, and
Gca. Smirnoff, acting commandant of
the fortress, and Major Gen. Reiss,
chief of staff to Gen. Stoessel, wer,
acquitted Of the charges against them
for lack Of proof. The court, sit
ting at ST. Petersburg, recommend
ed that The death sentence upon
Lieut.. Gen. Stocsscl be commuted to
ten years Imprisonment in fortress
and that he be excluded from the ser
vice.
Gen. N"dar, president Of The court,
read the sentences amid tense sill
rncr. by a Great effort Of self con-
troll Gen. StocSSrl maintained rigid
S"ldrrIN-llk" lmpaSSIvity. Gen Smir-
noif ;.'>' was seemingly mmovcd, but
there were tears in thc eyes Of Gen.
RciSS.
The sentence death was pronounce
cd upon Gen. SiocSScl. "for surrand-
erin" the fortress before all the
means OF defence had been exhaust
cd, for failing to enforce his authority
and for military misdcm,anors. Z"
Communication Of the sentence was
asked on the ground that "port Ar
thnr, basct by overwhelming forces,
defended itself under Grn. Slocsscl's $
leadership with mrNamplcd stubborn
ness and filled tnc world with aston
1shmcni at the heroic courage Of its
garrison: that several assaults have
been rcpulScd with tremendous losses
ON the part Of The enemy: that Cen.
SlorSS"l throughout the Sri"c had
malntalnd the heroic courage Of the
defenders and finally ihat he had
takcu energetic part in three cam
pal2us.'
Before the sentence was read,
measures were taken I" prevent Il de-
m"nStration in favor of StorsSc bv
a number Of The Younger officers, AMI
Witnesses who were present. These
later SrAt dispatch 10 the Empress
saying that they would humbly bear
testimony that Gen. .Stocssal was the
soul OF the defence of Port Arthur;
that ne had always encouraged and
put heart in the garrison. and that in
ease of war they would wish to serve
AGAIN under such Il hero. They asked
the Empress grariouSly to bespcak
from the Emperor Il full pardon.
There was dramatic moment af-
ter the reading Of the sentence when
Il detachment Of soldiers filed into
thc hall. The spectators. thinking that
they were about to seize Gen. StUes-
sci, displayed great excitement, sew
cral women faintinw. 1t leveIopcd
however. that this was merely guard
Tor the disposal of the court Gen
StocSScl, who was accompanied by his
son, was the object or sympathetic
demonstration, friends kissing and
shaking him by the hand as he left
the court leaning on his sons should-
Ter.
a. public festival is being organized
by the municipality of st. Peters,
burg in honor of the defenders Of the
fortress.
FThc passing Of the sentence Of
death upon Lieut.. Gen. StosSScl is a
harsh and tragic ending 10 the ear
Ger Of this RuSSiuu commander. VINO.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25

FThe passing Of the sentence Of
death upon Lieut. Gen. Sto,Sscl is a
harsh and tragic ending 10 the ear
Ger "i' this Russian commander. wnn,
three years ago. WAS acclaimed around
the world as the "hcro Of Port Ar
THUR
TN" basis of the indictment upon
which Lieut.. Gen. StocSScl. Gen. Fock,
who commanded 18th East Siberian di-
vision Of Port Arthur. and Major
Gen. RcisS, chief Of staff to Gen.
StorSScl. were tried for thcir lives.
was a secret report made by Lieut..
Gen. Smirnoii, on the defence of
Port Arthur. Smiraoff was actin"
romman,lant OF the fortress, Stoasscl
brln" commander of the KwaAg-Tung
Peninsula. Smiruol' ratp"oricallv ac-
ruStd StocSscl of cowardicc and in
capacity, and finally of the Aclibcr-
ate and trcasonabl, haStcnin" of The
surrender to save his own life and
defiance Of the decisions Of two sue
ccSSivc councils Of war.
Gen. Smirnoir declared that tha
fortress, which was surrendered to
the japanese. January l. 1908, couli
have held out for six months longer
The stands taken by Gems. Stocs-
sci, Rciss and Fock were that the fate
Of Port Arthur was sealed with the
capture Of the "Eaglc's Ncst' ana
two other positions.
The indictment against Gen. Smir-
noff charged him with having failed
TO remove Gen. Fock from his com
mand. although lie suspected thc
and Fock to surrender the fortress.
Anatole Mikhailovitch Stocssel was
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25

Lv. Newbcrry(C N & L.) 12:46 p. m.
Ar. Laurcns 1852 p. m.
Lv. Laurens &C. & w. c. 2:15 D. m.
Ar. Grecnville $40 p. m.
Lv. Laurcns 2:07 p. n.
Ar. Spartalbur" 3.35 p. m.
Nv. Srartanburg $50. Ry.) $40 p. m.
Ar. Hendcrsonville G:25 p. m.
Ar. Asheville 1880 p. m.
T.v. Laurens &C. & W. c. 200 p. m.
Ar. Greenwood 2:56 p. m.
Ar. Mccormick 1856 p. m.
Ar. Augusta $40 p. m.
Note: The above arrivals and de-
partures, as well as connections with
other companies. are given as infor-
nation, and are not guaranteed.
Ernest Williams,
Gen. Pass. Agt,
Augusta, Ga.
Geo. 7. Bryan.
Greenville, S. {.
Gen. Agt.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25

You use a fertilizer
of course, but do you
use enough1
The yield per acre,
and the profit thercfrom
increases in far greater
proportion than the cost
of additional fertilizer.
What is an increase in
cost of $500 to $1,000
rar ocra for fertilizer
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25

The fact that over a million
tons Of Virginia Carolina
Fertilizer were sold last year
proves them to be without
equal. Every fruit farmer,
no. matter what method he
now uses, should get the Viz
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25
CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAR
OLINA RY.

Schedule in effect November 3rd, 1907
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-25

when the returns therefrom
show an increase of $4,000 to
S250.00 per acre2
The big Magnolia Fruit
Farms at Durant, Miss, tested
the wcll-known Virginia-Car-
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-27
Wouldn't Miss One.

WYLIE, TEXAS simply drop you a
line to assure you for some cause I failed
to get my Blade of the 2Srd of August. and
will be truly obliged If you will forward
it to me, as l do OF wish to miss a single
issue; will try to keep up my subscription,
but l am very old and poor: still 1 want
the Blade as long as I live. Enclose you
some clippings to look over and comment
on If you are so inclined. Please accept
my sincere regards and best wishes-for
yourself and the Blade
MRS MARY p. CAMP.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-27

any sufficiently interested to put into prac-
tice what Col. Ingersoll has said:
Hands that help are better far than
lips that pray"
One hundred years will have passed since
the death Of this great man-and on June
9th next year we will celebrate the Gen.
tennary of his death--at the place, New
Rochelle where a monument has been erect
ed to his memory by loving friends many
of whom are dead, including Wilson Melon
aid, who made the bronze bust, OF Fame on
the monument-the funds for which were
given by the receipts of lecture on Paine
by Col. Robt G. Ingersoll, who has also
joined Thomas Paine on voyage to that
undiscovered country where many of us are
now ON our way.
A few of us that are now left propose to
honor the author of the Age of Reason by
assembling together at the house in Blocker
street in New York City, still standing al
though reported by preachers of the gos-
pei to be torn down and bible publishing
house erected ON it's site.) The addresses of
the centennial are to be made by we'll known
admirers of Thomas Paine-showing the
progress that has been made in religious
thought in the century and how much of the
same is due to Thomas Paine's writing.
The invitations that will be printed will
be 100 and they will contain reproduction
from very rare engraving worth its weight
in gold, of the house in which Thomas Paine
lived, with Madame Bonneville and sons
Paine is seated at the window. The chill
dren playing at the cottage door. A discrip-
ton of the Paine home by one who passed
the house daily will be printed on the card
which will be souvenier worth preserving.
Those sending one dollar will receive card
while they last and years membership in
the Association.
At Paine's funeral June 10TH, 190S-Ware
Madame Bonneville and her two sons Zone
became General in the u. S. Ala Quaker
preacher and two negroes who walked 25
miles to pay their respects. I shall be there
next year if alive How many readers of
the Blade will be there with me.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-27
BLUE GRASS BLADE
Forgiveness of Sin

to either take the Arch Bishop or persuade
me to take it. We both declined. l once
took a short ride upon camel, ''Bedelia,'
but that did not make me familiar with
Bedouin mystery; nor does wearing a cowl
or cossack make any man gifted with grace
sufficient to forgive sin committed against
someone else. II moral trespasses are for
given, why not financial obligations? Why
does not Priest Lafhearty forgive the $1,000
that Mike McCarty owes to James OFlynn?
Sure, Jims fist would mash two noses in two
minutes. If Mike steals James pig, Father
Lafhearty will forgive the sin and help to
eat the pig and Mike will let the matter
drop How did God forgive the wrongs in
ficted upon the Jews by the Egyptians?
Did he tell the Egyptians to go and sin no
more? He sent plaques to annoy them and
their innocent cattle.
But then no one expects God to be
human. A God must have low as well as
high attributes. He must be excessively
bad to Offset his extreme goodness so as to
be an Equipoised God. His virtues must
balance His vices. The first architect built
the first God that way, and succeeding ar
chitects hate innovations Precipitation by
offering burnt sacrifices, incantations, praise
prayer and psalmody; are supposed to open
Gods ears as the mystic words open
Sesame opened the door of the robbers
cave. Moses smote the rock and said some
thing--perhaps the Hebrew equivalent for
"a long time between drink" He also
evoked the largest quail sandwich on record
"a foot layer of quail between slices OF
land and sky. never knew why the Jews
spent 40 years in the wilderness instead of
40 days, until heard of that rain of quails.
1t took them 40 years to eat up those quails.
1 do not think that they were quails at all,
but tiny fedgling angels that God shook
off the Heavenly Roost Ornithology was
in its infancy then and SO were the angels.
The Jews mistook angels for quails as they
mistook mushrooms for mamma.
God is willing to forgive all sins except
HIS Own. Gods chief sin against humanity
is the imposition of credence in things not
credible.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-27
II Christianity be Right God is Willing to
Forgive All Sin But His Own.

(By John F. Clarke)
A lot Of fellows are in the business of
forgiving SINS
An immunity from remorse is given, re-
ligiously, to those who have wronged other
persons, by a priest, as agent of Jesus
Christ.
God made man, and gave Jesus Christ,
His Son, the power to atone for all the
wrongs done by man. Jesus Christ, to check
the sin-sewage from all passing through
His system, imposes a toll upon mankind.
First the test of belief checks the windy
tide, and then the gate receipts, per rents,
dues and collections masses and marriage
and funeral rites and rates, tend to check
still further, until only modicum of sin is
atoned for.
A. wrongs B.-A. stones c., A. and c. are
satisfied but where the devil does B. come
in? G. says: make an endless chain and
all do wrong and all shift your burdens up
on me and will make it all right"
Some refuse to believe or to unload their
vices upon c. d. says: Il am man enough
to stand for my own wrong doing" He goes
to E. and says: Il took mean advantage
of you but l am ready to make amends"
E. says: Don't mention it. did think it
mean, but it no longer appears So" feel
better, and looks it. goes to and says:
Il did wrong, l got the best of B. and 1
want the peace of God in my heart, 1 believer
l receive" He says that he feels better
but he doubts it himself Jacob was for
given by Esau and felt relieved of his fear
He did not express any sorrow for his
meanness. He had the spoil OF Laban upon
him, when he made peace with Esau. God
forgave Jacob for both robberies and Jacob
was grateful to God for His mercy. Bosh!
David acted treacherously to Uriah, but
did he ask Uriah to overlook his mean
ness? Not much He asked God to forgive
him. If he had treated God as he treated
Uriah and then asked Uriah to smooth it
over God would have raised hell. So should
have Uriah. He should have killed the one
and cursed the other.
No one asks me to forgive them tres
passes against others. / have just as much
power to forgive sins as the priests have,
and God has as much power and right as
and the priests have. I could swing a
glue-pot and chant and humble a little
Latin. had an offer made me to become
an Arch Bishop under Pope Schroeder. A
fellow named Sheridan went with Schroeder
and sent back his picture with his holy
robes on him. He asked a friend of mine
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-27
(By James B. Elliott.)

The Paine Memorial Association desires
to know how many admirers of Thomas
Paine there are in the United States and If
there are any who have been benefited by
reading the Age of Reason If there are
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-27
PAINE CENTENNIAL.

All Who are Willing to Help Should Begin
Writing to the Secretary.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-09

points Of the stars were red and white.
Directly over the speakers plat
form, against the wall of the building
near the junction with the ceiling, was
a large shield, 16 feet high, carrying
six flags IL feet long draped in artis-
tic folds. In addition to this main
shield there were four other shields
over the platform, each ten feet high.
The six flags on these shields were
eight feet long.
Just below the main shield hung a
mammoth portrait Of George Washing
ton. IA by 16 feet in dimensions Red,
white and blue bunting was draped
from the sides of the shield to the
bottom Of the portrait Of the Father
Of His Country"
Directly under the last shield, on
each side of the Washington portrait,
Thomas Jefferson and the other of
Andrew Jackson. On each side of
these pictures a large American flag
was draped. These flags are 40 by
so feet In dimensions. Beyond these
pictures. at each end of the wall, and
hanging above the gallery, was sus-
pended pendant. ten feet in diane
ter, upon which bunting was draped.
Upon these pendants a tiger was
painted. The back Of the platform
was banked with palms. Twenty
stuffed American eagles. with extend
ed wings. were suspended over the
platform. each bird carrying in his
bill red, white and blue silk ribbons
that were draped back to the wall.
Balcony and Galleries Draped.
In the auditorium the balcony ex-
tends all the way around the huge
building, but the galleries are limited
to each end. The front of the balcony
and the fronts of the galleries and
boxes were draped with bunting. 80 900
yards being necessary to complete this
part of the decorative scheme. At
intervals Of five feet shields, three feet
high, were placed.
Thousands of yards of bunting
were used in draping the corridors of
the building and the walls Of the bal
cony and galleries. Delegates we're
supplied with small American flags
to wave when their feelings reached
a pitch that com PEELED an extraordin-
airy demonstration.
Although the decorations In the
auditorium were elaborate. the street
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-09
HEALTH FADs NOT NEW.
Dietetic vagaries Were Practiced by
Our Grandfathers.

What's the use of trying to be origi
nal? What man does to-day. his no
tions, his fads, were practiced yester-
day. in the dim past. and II they vary
little, the same idea animates them
all. For instance, the new" fad,
Fletcherism and the one meal day.
were preached centuries ago. Books
on hygiene were concocted In the
time of Shakespeare. Have you ever
read The Breviary of HEALTH" COM
piled by "Andrewe Boorde, Doctor Of
English Phifckcian English man."
printed at London. 1887? Because, In
this quaint. black letter volume, are
found many of the ailments which still
affiict us. with the same advice that
the specialist and the faddlst bestow
to-day upon a suffering world. This
"one meal a day" is advised by DIR.
Andrewe Boorde. but he calls II "ab-
stinence," and also cautions the gentle
readers to eat with slownessl He fails
to mention. nevertheless, the advan-
tage OF going without ones breakfast.
and would never approve OF the well
known western lawyer. who goes to
his important labors daily without
breaking his fast and is. nevertheless.
a model Of physical and intellectual
vigor. THE Breviary OF Health must
be numbered among the curiosities Of
literature, but 1t will not be found on
the shelves of the Boston public IL
brary This Is the only copy in Amer
lea as far as known. and was the prop
erty OF a reverend country doctor in
Plymouth county. 1t doubtless served
to preserve the health of our pilgrim
fsitirer5. help sss mothers 5Iisfss
up their amilies.-Boston Herald
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-09

and carry the message at top speed.
We have tried to agure out all OBJ
stacles that might prevent n complete
success of this race as test trial of
speed agains. time. We choose the
week OF July Is in the hope that we
shall have moonlight nights to help
the boys along on their night runs. and
every boys department of the Young
Mems Christian association which is
on the route of the relay race from
New York to Chicago is training every
dav for the contest
DR.. George ID. Fisher, the senior Sec
retary of the physical department OF
the international committee OF the
Young Mems Christian association. will
be the official starter of the race He
said that nearly 1000 boys would take
part in 1t. Each OF these. he explained.
Will be representative American boy
and a representative association MEM
ber-that Is, he will not be selected be-
cause of physical fitness alone. but be-
cause he qualities from fourfold
standpoint of fitness. In other words.
he will be representative boy in
mental equipment. in moral attain
ment. and in character; thus II will
be truly race by representative
American boys.
81 approve of this race for adoies-
CENTS" Mr.. Fisher added. because
each boy viii run only the distance
OF half mile, Each will be subject
ed to a physical examination. and to
avoid undue exposure the boys viii be
taken care of before and after the
race In automobiles.
THE race represents test of
achievement. It is a scheme which
requires cooperation; each boy will
have to observe the rules to the let
ter or the whole scheme is failure.
1t will demand pluck; each boy will
have to finish his own race. and will
have intrusted to him the responsible
ity of carrying message noble In
sentiment from q high official of one
great city to another 1t will create
interest in wholesome, clean sport In
which the only aim is noble achieve
ment. the eligibility rules like those OF
the Olympaid. and the service void of
personal gain or individual prestige"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-09

decorations were even more pictur-
esque. and the illumination scheme
was the most brilliant Denver ever at
tempted.
Fifteenth. Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets, three of the main
thoroughfares in the city, were reve-
lations in color. On Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets there are eight iron
ornamental electric poles to block,
four on each side of the street. On
these streets the poles were draped
with red. white and blue bunting.
Wires were stretched across the street
from these poles and from each wire
two American flags were suspended.
The flags hung over the street and
were weighted" to prevent them from
becoming tangled and torn by the wind.
On Seventeenth street the scheme
was the same. except there were only
six poles to each block. two at each
corner and two at each alley.
At each crossing two wires were
strung diagonally across the intersec-
ton. from which red. white and blue
incandescent lights hung. The busi-
ness houses along the three streets
were handsomely decorated with
bunting and flags. Elaborate and cost
ly electric display signs had been
put In place on the buildings. and at
night Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets were q blaze of light.
Electric display signs are one of
the main features of business life in
Denver. Every merchant has an elec-
tric sign. and as all of the streets that
cross the three thoroughfares de-
scribed are live business streets, the
committee on illumination did not find
1t necessary to add much In the way
OF light to these avenues Of trade.
However, the business houses were
handsomely decorated with bunting
and flags. so the entire business sec
ton OF Denver was a mass OF color
when the big convention opened.
The people Of Denver. in addition to
decorating their city and providing a
beautiful and commodious auditorium
for the Democratic national conven-
tion. seemed determined to convince
every visitor that true western hos
pitality is not thing OF the past in
this city. The real Denverite is hos
pitabls because hospitality is in the
atmosphere in the wonderful Rocky
mountain country.