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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-23

:,.,si;ri III banks al + per cen; n;de
in the interest Of the banks or IN the
interest Of the county? In the interest
Of the county. Of course.
# the bill had said nothing about
depositing this money until used what
would have been the effect: lHe
banks would have gotten the money
Tor nothiu. as the commissioners
would not have taken ii t" their
homes.
What does all this talk amount to
about the bill being drawn in the IN
1ereSt Of the banks? Absolutely
notning. as vou can see from the
above statements.
What are the notes which the Coun-
ty gives to get this money called?
Bonds. Is that what you mean by
bonds? Yes. simply that.
Is borrowing money by counties to
build roads new thing? No.
Have other counties built roads IN
this way? Yes, many Of them.
Counties in agricultural States? ?
Yes.
Give a few examples. Take two
states in the South, Texas and Ten
nessee. and two in the North, Indiana
and Ohio. Here is the record for 1904.
Tennessee:
Madison County, $5OO,OOO; Bradley,
lsl9O.00O; Hamblen. $15O,0OO; Camp
bell. 100000; Marion. S65 1000; Mont
gomery. 100000: Anderson, $l5O.OOo.
Texas: Bexar County, 100000;
Dallas, $657, 900: Hardin, 100000;
Jefferson, $25O,OOO.
Ohio: Gallia County, $4,000;
Athens, 100000; Crawford, 1884,
600; Jackson, s5OO,OOO; Mercer, $780,
1000; Paulding, $4,000: Van Vert,
s6OO,OO0: Wood, $562,00O.
Indiana: Adams County, $35O,0OO;
Clay, $493,O00; Greene. $48 900;
Lake, $59O,OOO; Lawrence. S557,OOO;
Parke. $4,000: Porter, $345,OOO:
Randolph. $378,CO0: Sullivan, $SS44,-
900; Vigo. $4,000.
Not only have counties all over the
country issued bonds for roads but
many states have done likewise. For
instance Texas. $3.25O.750, Ohio. $6.-
2O5.O0O. Indiana. s11,OS6,9OO, Ken
lucky, $9O6.50O, Tennessee, $947, 900,
Maryland. $5,0OO,OO0, New York, $780,
100000, etc.
Can an average county like New
berry get roads in any other way? No.
What counties can pay for roads IN
cash? Rich counties with large
cities, although many rich counties
issue bonds.
Why do you say county like
Newberry can get permananent roads
in no other way? We will tell you IN
the next issue.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-23
FARMERS UNION ON THE 2STH.
Many Matters to be Discussed Of In
terest to the Farmer and All 9th
ers Who Depend on Him.
The State.

The State.
The State headquarters Of th> Far
mers' UnicA Of South Carolina Is
busy preparing for the next State
convention, which meets i'll this city
) on the 2Sth instant. State Secretary
Reed informs The State that all the
counties in South Carolina with the
/ exception Of few will be represent
ked at this next annual meeting OF the
%6tate union. Should all the delegates
" who have been elected attend, there
@ill be at least 175 here at that time.
hose who come as delegates from
heir respective counties are among
%the representative and most lntelll-
#gent farmers Of the State.
Y The convention will have before it
@for consideration many matters Of
great interest, not alone to tbe farm
er but to all others whose prosperity
is bound up with that of the farming
class. It is planned that the sessions
of the convention shall hold for about
three days. The railroads will give
reduced rates, and as the convention
comes off at a time when farming
&perations are not so pressing, the
$State officers have reason to expect
full delegations from the &c or more
eounties entitled to representation.
u Said Mr.. Reed: 1.-THE farmers OF
South Carolina were never so we'll
organized as at present. The State
Farmers union is gaining in strength
and efficiency every day. The farm
ers, more alive to their interests and
needs than ever before, have been
stimulated through the agency OF the
Farmers union to better methods Of
farming and to better ways OF con-
serving their Interests. It is this
practical work Of the union that is
attracting the attention Of the farm
ing class all over the State, the effect
/ of which has been and is a great IN
$crease of membership. Nearly every
bcounty in the State has strong eoun-
ty union made up Of many local un-
ions, Of which there are about 500
in the State.''
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-23
THE NEWS OF EXCELSIOR.
Crops Improving.-Opposed to Bonds
for Good Roads.-Want Roads
but Don't Want to Pay for
Them. Mrs. Sease Dead.

Excelsior. July 19-Excelsior school
opened with good attendance.
The crops generally have made
some Improvement since the sun
shine.
Miss Mary Wheeler, Of Prosperity,
has been visiting relatives in this Sec
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holland Miller spent
Thursday with relatives in this Sec
ton.
Don't forget the barbecue at Bach
man Chapel church, August 18th. 10
and enjoy the day and help a good
cause
Our people are opposed to the bond
issue for good roads; they want the
roads improved. but think it best for
the people to work the roads and keep
off the extra tax. If our supervisor
would just force the roads worked,
We would not need any extra tax. Try
it once, and see.
NJ. Aumerle Singley, a recent
graduate of Nevberry college, has
beer elected teacher Of the Cross
Roads school near Chaplin and opened
his school ON Monday morning.
We spent Sunday at Little Noun
Tain Glad TO see Little Mountain is
rapidly growing into a town. Amongst
other improvements we noticed the
Shealy Brothers are each erecting a
nice residence and others will soon
go up.
Excelsior Sunday school, Mr.. J. a.
G. kibler. superintendent. elected the
followin" delegates to represent the
school at the Sunday School Conven-
ton. which holds its session at
SMYRNA church this week: Mr.. John
F. Wheeler, Mr.. Jacob \. Slngley and
Miss Rosalee Wheeler.
Mrs lanes H. S2aSe. who has been
conlincu to her room very sick the
past two weeks died Saturday morn
inc. The funeral service and burial
was held on Sunday afternoon at
Bethlehem church, the service being
conducted by her pastor, the Rev. }.
J. Long. Mrs. Sease was a good
christian woman and vii! be greatly
missed in the home. in the church and
in the community. We extend our
>vmna:hy 10 the bcr,avc1 husband
and children. relatives and friends.
There will be preaching next Sun
,lav AFTERNOON at : clock BY the Rev.
: ia (. 'ul.)Wcn.
Sigma.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-23
GOOD ROADS DEPARTMENT
By the Good Roads League.

* * X * * * x * * * X x x y
Has the good roads League def
mite, we'll defined plan for securing
permanent roads in this county? Yes.
Where can this plan be found? In
a bill prepared by the League and
passed by the Legislature.
Will it take money to get roads?
Yes.
How does the League propose for
the county to get the money? Bor-
row it.
How much? s3OO,OOO- At what
krate of interest? Not exceeding
A4 A4 l-2 per cent.
l From whom? Wherever it can be
ehad cheapest.
For how long? Forty years, if
@necessary.
7 Can the county get $300,0O0 for
I forty years at not exceeding 4 l-2 per
cent? Certainly.
Does this bill provide means for
paying back this borrowed money
@and interest thereon in forty years I?
RYes,
a What annual tax will it take to
lido this? Two mills on the present
assessment.
If the assessment increases what
effect will that have? It will lessen
the time it will take to pay back the
money.
VIII property in the county con-
tinue to increase? Yes.
How much will it cost a man who
is assessed $1,000? Two dollars.
How long will it take to build the
roads? Three or four years.
Will $3OO,OOO be borrowed at one
time? No.
What is the greatest amount can
be borrowed at once? $4,000.
Can any more BE- borrowed before
that is spent? No.
Can the notes Of the county be
given 10 tae lender before the money
is paid over to the commissioners? No.
Then this proposition is not like
the railroad bonds Of which We near
so much? No. not at all.
When $4,000 is borrowed what Will
h. done with it until it is paid out
for work? 1t will be deposited III the
banks Of the county?
VIII the banks pay interest while
the money is with them? Yes, + per
cent.
o. WHY is not this money to be
&placed with the county treasurer?
&Recause the county ought l., have IN
Rterast on II.
Il Would not the county treasurer
Roav interest? No, he coNld not.
I'D What does he do with tn" r"NniN :
.,ucvo He puts il in III" banks.
K i, ,hc banks pat interest Oh sue"
R!epo~ir>? No. 49,,
III Was the provision !" The BIZ w.
;,irino the borrowed money to be de-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-03
STEVENS DUE FOR BIG JOB.
Hill Lines to Be Consolidated With
Stevens as eneraI Manager.


ST. Paul, June 3.-The consolidation
of the Great Northern, the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy and the Colorado
& Southern roads is forecasted in the
report that John F. Stevens will be-
come associated with the Hill lines.
A report was in circulation in st. Paul
yesterday that Mr.. Stevens will be-
come general manager, in full charge
of operation of the merged system,
embracing nearly $4,000 miles, with
headquarters probably at Chicago.
A New York dispatch was authority
for the statement that Mr.. Stevens
had quit as first vice president of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
road to accept an executive position
with one of the Hill lines.
But no official confirmation could be
obtained yesterday that Mr. Stevens
was coming to any of the Hill lines.
James J. Hill was in Seattle, partici-
pating in the opening exercises of
the big exposition. President Louis
w. Hill! of the Great Northern made
denial.
ut is a fairy tale" he said. Il do
not know where the report originated,
but | think that it will be shown that
it has no basis
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-03
TRAIN ROBBERS
ARE IDENTIFIED
Two Men Arrested at Omaha
Are Recognized by Union
Pacific Enginemen.
RIFLfD MAIL BAGS ARE FOUND
Discovered in School Near Where Sus'
poets We're Caught-May Have
Done N. p. Job Also.

Omaha, Neb., May 30.-Fred Tor
night identified by Engineer Nickel
john and Fireman Prawl as the men
who crawled over the tender of their
engine last Saturday night and forced
them to stop the Union Pacific over
land limited.
Engineer Mickeljohn was especial
ly sure of Tortensen because of sew
eral peculiarities in his physical
makeup. He also declared he was
equally sure about Woods. Several
school children also identified all the
prisoners as men they had seen in the
vicinity of Brown Park school Sun
day and Monday
A laborer living near the scene OF
the holdup identified two of the pris-
oners as men he had seen examining
the ground in that vicinity day or
two before the robbery.
Rifed Bags Are Found.
Following the arrest Thursday
night in the vicinity of the school
house of three suspects as they were
approaching a place where, it is said,
they had hidden revolvers and other
material, a hundred secret service
men, private and city detectives early
in the day began to search the local
ity for further evidence.
Two men climbed into the school
attic and found eight registered mail
sacks, two rain coats, a long top coat
and apair of overalls. Examination
showed that every letter and package
had been torn open and the contents
of value removed There were sew
eral jewelry packages, the contents
of which had been taken.
Suspected of N. p. Holdup.
The police found in the school
house attic near the mail pouches a
small souvenir mirror, on the reverse
side of which was a picture of the
Spokane union station. This leads
the postofice people to believe the
same men might have held up the
Northern Pacific train near that city
The Union Pacific railroad offered
reward of $4,000 each for the rob
bers the night the holdup occurred
and it is matter of interesting spec
ulation as to how the remard will be
awarded in the event of the men un
der arrest being convicted. Three
small boys, none of them over eight
years, were the first to give the pc
H. L.
Thursday night Chief Briggs and
two detectives made the capture and
will share in the reward.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME
Digest of the News Worth Telling Con-
densed for the Busy
Reader.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

After an hours interview with
President Taft, John Hays Hammond
definitely declined a tender of the
ministership to China.
Consul General Robert j. Wynne at
London has resigned. and Consul
John L. Grifiths at Liverpool will be
nominated to succeed him.
President Taft may be asked to par
don eX-Sheriff John F. Shipp, whom
the federal supreme court recently
found guilty of contempt in connec-
ton with a Tennessee lynching.
An executive committee of the fed
eral department of state is at work
on the program of the congress of n.y.
giene and demography, to be held in
Washington in the autumn of next
year.
Capt. A. M. Knight of the United
States cruiser Washington has been
ordered to report at Washington, d.
c., to become president of the special
board of navy ordnance, according to
dispatches from Tacoma, Wash.
The supreme court has advanced
for argument on Nov. 2 the cases Of
the Great Northern and Chicago
Great Western roads against the
state of Minnesota. These cases in
volve the validity of the gross earn
ings tax law and we're decided against
the roads by the Minnesota supreme
court.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-03
AMERICANS RUSH TO CANADA.
immigration Figures Show $4,000 Set
tiers in Year From United States.

immigration Figures Show $4,000 Set
tiers in Year From United States.
Winnipeg, June 2.-Startling figures
are contained in the report Of the i'm
migration department for the fiscal
year, issued from here today. The
year closed March 81, and the report
contains statistics for all Canada. 1t
shows immigration to Canada via
ocean ports from Great Britain and
European countries decreased 111OSl
persons from the preceding fiscal
year.
This decline is attributed to the re-
suits of restrictive legislation aimed
at INDECENT or somewhat worthless i'm
migration 1t has not seriously affect
ed the thrush from the British isles.
On the contrary, immigration of set
tiers from the United States not only
shows an increase over the fiscal
year, but it breaks all records for i'm
migration across the southern border.
In twelve months prior to March 81,
1882 settlers from the United
States came into Canada bringing
with them their money and effects. the
estimated value of which was $60,00O,-
600,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-03
TORNADO SCARES ST. CLOUD
Thousand Spectators at Ball Game Are
Routed in Panic-Much DAM
age Is Done.

st. Cloud, Mimi, June "A lorna
do, approaching st. Cloud, routed in a
panic 1000 spectators at a baseball
game between ST. Cloud and Melrose
teams Sunday afternoon, and when the
storm struck the ball park 1t demol-
ished the grandstand, which had been
abandoned by the last person only a
moment before Timbers of the stand
and fences were hurled hundreds of
feet, but no person was injured.
The people Of st. Cloud, with the
memory Of great storm that struck
here number of years ago, were ter
or-stricken.
Settlements of Poles and Italians in
the extreme western part of the city
were swept by the storm, and score
of roofs were carried from their little
homes. -Four Poles were injured and
many had miraculous escapes. The
ST. Cloud granite company's big shed
was blown to pieces.
The storm swept a large part of
Stearns county, and the crop damage
will be extensive, it is expected. Many
farm buildings and fences were blown
down.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-03
UNVEILS SHAFT
AT GETTYSBURG
Tardy Honor Is Paid to Regulars
Who Fought in Bloody
Campaigns.
MISS HELEN TAFT OFFICIATfS
President Is Orator of Day and Pays
Tribute to Men of Regular Army
Past and Present.

Gettysburg, Pa, June 2.-Yesterday
| was the day of tardy honor to the
regular" at Gettysburg. An imposing
shaft of granite, erected by congress
| to the memory of those of the regularly
enlisted force who fell in the three
| days fighting about the Round Tops
and the Bloody Angle, was unveiled by
the presidents daughter, Miss Helen
H Taft, while President Taft him
| self paid tribute to officers and men
of the United States army past and
| present.
Opposes Reduction in Army.
The president put himself squarely
| on record as opposed to any reduction
in the present standing army. He told
of the prejudice which often had arisen
against the possible aggressions of a
regular army and a professional sol
diery, and of the corresponding diff
Guilty in arousing that love and pride
of the army which expresses itself to-
day, and has frequently expressed it
self in the past in behalf of the navy.
The president asserted that the serv-
ices of the regular army never have
been adequately commemorated by
congress or the nation.
No Stain in Its Escutcheon.
"The profession of arms has always
been an honorable one" he declared
The present army, he described as the
largest in the history of the country,
but not larger in proportion to the
increase in population and wealth than
in the early years of the republic.
"All honor" exclaimed Mr. Taft, "to
the regular army of the United States.
Never in it's history has it had a stain
upon it's escutcheon.
The crowds present on the battlefield
yesterday were said to be the largest
ever gathered here on Memorial day.
Ceremonies Are Simple.
Four regiments of the regular army
were here to escort the president and
to participate in the program of the
day. There was also a personal es-
cort to the president made up of veter-
ans of the regular army who fought
in the Gettysburg campaign.
The ceremonies of the unwilling were
simple. Miss Taft pulled the silken
cord which released the flags draped
about the monument. The president
spoke from a platform erected near
the monument. He was followed by
Secretary Dickinson, who presented
the monument to the battlefield COM
mission, the acceptance speech being
delivered by Col. John P. Nicholson,
chairman of the commission.
Reviews Troops.
Following the unveiling the presi-
dent, accompanied by his military
aide, Capt. Butt, and by Secretary
Dickinson, walked to the base of the
towering granite column and there re-
viewed the troops. When the review
was concluded the president hurried
to his train. The president left at
3:45 o. m. for Washington.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-03
r. r. LINCOLN is OVERCOME.
Heat and Emotion at dwelling Of
Statue to Father Unnerves Him.

Louisville, KY, June 2. - Robert T.
Lincoln, son of President Lincoln, was
slightly overcome by the heat yesterday
near the close of the ceremonies of I'M
yelling his fathers statue in the
emancipator's native county seat of
HodgenVille. Mr.. Lincoln is siXty-nine
years old, and the fierce rays of the
sun beating down upon the canvas
over his head the emotion incident to
the memorials and the fatigue of his
journey almost unnerved him.
He leaned heavily upon the arm of
Henry Watterson, who spoke at the
exercises and who escorted him to his
car. After he had spent several hours
in his private car Mr.. Lincoln was
completely restored.
His chief regret seemed to be that
his illness had prevented him from TAX
ing the emile ride from Hodgen-
vile to see the cabin wherein his father
was born.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-03
HPPElIN BREAKS RECORD
Famous Inventor Guides Airship 456
Miles Without Making
Landing.

Berlin, June l. - Count Zeppelin,
whose remarkable performances in
his first airship have brought I'M
bounded honors to the inventor, yes
terday accomplished the most striking
feat in his career. He guided his Yep
pellin II. from Friedrichshafen to Bit
terfield, distance Of 456 miles, with
out landing. The journey lasted
nearly twenty-five hours and so far
as known last night Count Zeppelin
was still in the air on the return jour
ney to Friedrichshafen. He has al
ready beaten all records for dirigible
balloons with the opportunity of
greatly improving the performance.
Thousands Disappointed.
1t was announced and widely dis
tributed in special editions of the
newspapers that the count would
come to Berlin and land at the Tenn
pelhof parade ground. Hundreds of
thousand gathered there yesterday
afternoon. The emperor and en-
press, several of the princes and the
leading military Officials and officers
were present and towards evening
searchlights were set to work, in an
ticipation of the approach of the air.
ship. Soldiers kept an enormous
space clear until half past 10 o'clock
at night, when a dispatch from Bitter
field announced that the airship was
returning to Friedrichshafen.
Count Zeppelin at TiIer.
Count Zeppelin, who personally was
in charge of the airship and whose
hand was on the tiller the greater
part of the journey, had not allowed
word to be made public relative to
his intention of undertaking an en-
durance trip. 1t was, however, COM
mon knowledge that he purposed to
seize the first favorable opportunity
to proceed to Berlin in his newest
craft, Zeppelin H., which was built to
replace the one destroyed near Ech-
terdingen in March.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-03
JUNKEN IS FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
Negro Who Brutally Killed OF
tumwa Iowa) Choir Singer
Is Condemned to Death.
MOB SURROUNDS COURT HOUSE
Guards Fight Way Through Crowd and
Take Prisoner to Fort Madison
for Safekeeping.

Des Moines, June 3.-John Junken,
negro, last night was found guilty
at Centerville of the murder of Clara
Rosen, the Ottumwa singer, on Feb. 5
last, and was sentenced to death by
Judge M. A. Roberts.
The jury returned it's verdict after
elaboration of less than four hours.
There was an immense crowd await
ing the result of the trial, and as the
last words were read by the clerk q
shout went up which was taken up
by the crowd in the court house
square.
Attorneys for the defense waived
their customary right of three days
before sentence of death is passed
and agreed that Judge Roberts pass
sentence Immediately, which the court
did. Junken will hang the last Friday
in July, 1910.
He was taken last night to Fort
Madison for safekeeping till the day
of the execution.
Fight Way Through Mob.
A good-sized mob congregated about
the court house when the verdict was
announced. The guard formed about
the prisoner and made dash for a
street car, fighting their way aboard.
The street car was run with all posi-
BILE speed to the Burlington tracks,
where a special train was waiting
and Junken was hurried to Fort Mad
ison penitentiary.
Junkens crime was one of the most
atrocious in Iowa. He confessed kill
ing Clara Rosen On the night of Feb.
last with a stone while she was re-
turning from the home of her sister.
Her body was found by a searching
part ythe next morning.