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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

The Herald and News has realized
all the time that the people of this
county were not going to vote the
bonds for permanent road work and
if we desired to get on the popular
side and pose as the leader Of the
people We would have rushed into the
thick Of the fight against the bond
issue. We are convinced, however,
that the bond issue is the best and
easiest and most practical way to get
good roads and we have said so. We
are not quarreling with any one who
thinks otherwise.
Rarely has it happened that any
really progressive movement that was
for the benefit Of all the people sue
ceeded at first. There are still pref
udices against bonds and then some Of
our people are truly afraid if the
money is voted We will not get the
roads and still others who honestly
believe that all the work will be done
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06
Friday, August 6, 1909.

The Anderson Mail and the Co.
lumbia Record are discussing the
question Of asking the Southern to
put another passenger train daily on
the C. & G. division between Colum-
bia and Greenville and Anderson. One
Of these trains ought to be made a
through train as suggested. 1t is fre-
quently said that the road from Co.
1umbia to Newberry is dead road
so far as business is concerned. We
were on a Southern train the other
day from Newberry to Columbia and
we asked the fagman to count the
passengers on the train from Aston
to Columbia and he said there were
forty-fve. It was no extra occasion
either. Several got off at all the sta
tions between Newberry and Aston.
From Newberry up they say travel
is good. Forty-fve going down the
road at this season Of the year we
would think is not bad for a dead
road.
As the Record suggests the panic
is about cured now, so they tell us,
and We see no reason why the extra
trains should not be tried again. No
harm to ask the Southern to give it to
us. We think that association could
be revived again without much trou-
bic. The trip even from Newberry to
Greenville Or Anderson is a very long
one. Let the matter be brought to the
attention Of the proper officials.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

Now that the supervisor and the
people along the road and the cham
Der of commerce have agreed to put
the steel bridge road in good cond1-
ton we hope the people on the other
side Of the steel bridge in Saluda
county Will put that side in good con-
dition. We want it just as easy as
possible for our friends on this side
and on the Saluda side to come to
town. There are other roads leading
into Newberry that also need atten-
ton.
The people on the steel bridge road
are ready right now to furnish their
teams and cooperate but the work
ought to be done while the farmers
are not busy in their crops.
Even those who do not live on the
road are willing to help work it be-
cause they use it in coming to the
city.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

pay. I have about made up my mind
to jump in with the majority and
shout against bonds so that when the
election is over I can talk about how
I saved the people this great mis-
take and then enter the race for Office.
But as I am no politician I am afraid
I would not know how to work the
scheme. And then I don't want any
office.
I heard the other day that the
geese-the real article-were actually
at work in one Of the streets in one of
the wards. You see that is another
suggestion Of mine which has been
adopted. If the geese fail don't forget
that I suggested the Angora goat as
a sure thing.
I see the city political pot is be-
ginning to simmer. Well, let her roll.
I want to ask some Of the candidates
some questions when they get lined
up. I think maybe can vote in the
primary as believe you don't have
to show any tax receipt for that elee-
tion. If you do then I am disen-
franchised. I am going to support the
candidates who will promise to do
something. Then if they are elected
and don't do it 7 will remind them
every time I have an opportunity Of
their promise. I would rather man
would do something if he does it
wrong occasionally than to do moth
ing. 81
The 1dler.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

The Newbelry Herald and News
and the Greenville News are agitatlng
the matter Of chair car service on
the Coast Line between Charleston
and Greenville. We are with you,
brothers. All last summer we en-
deavored to get some actions on this
matter, asking for the service during
the summer months at least. There
is no question as to the need OF such
a service; whether or not it Will pay
is for the railroad to determine, but
let them give it a fair trial. Whether
or not the service is due the public
is to be decided by the railroad COM
mission; can We get that committee
interested? We understand that this
Charleston-Greenville run is the long
est in the United States without a
Pullman or at least a chair car SER
vice.-Laurens Advertiser.
We are clad to know that we shall
have the cooperation of the Adver-
tiser. What We want now is some con-
crete action in an organized way from
each one of these interested communl-
ties. The State quoted what the Sum-
ter Herald had to say and gave the
movement for better service on this
road its endorsement. An organized
appeal from Greenville, Laurens,
Newberry, Columbia and Sumter
would reach the ear of the railroad
authorities and we believe would re-
suit in securing what we are asking.
Let it be tried. Do it now. The Her
aid and News and the Greenvllle
News have been asking and agltatlns
for three or four years.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06
THE WAY IT'S DONE.

Editor Observer: "The road to ruin
is always kept in good repair -
So said The Herald and News. I
guess it must be done by the issue Of
bonds, and a Newberry overseer.
So thinks Broadriverite.
]. S. J. S.
The Herald and News never said
anything of the kind, but Judging by
the number Of people who travel the
road i must be down grade all the
way. We think it was said by one
much wiser than the editor Of The
Herald and News or J. S. J. S. that
it was broad and many there we're
who travelled that way. We do not re-
call that it was said that it was in
good repair. If We lived down on
Broad river where the roads are good
all the year round we would oppose
any plan for the working or the
building of roads. If the road to ruin
is in good repair we are satisfied
that that road is not in Newberry
County unless it is down on Broad
river. That is some satisfaction at
least. Don't you agree with us, J.
S. J. S.?
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

Greenwood expects to build two
cotton mills this year. One is assured
as mill No. 2 of the Glendel mill. The
other is being promoted by Capt. F.
S. Evans which is almost a sure guar
antee that it will be built. Newberry
is building one as No. 2 to the New
berry mill. What about that other
one that has been under way for a
year or more? We hope it is as
sured.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

They say that a greater interest is
being manifested in the working OF
the roads than has been shown in a
long time. We are glad to hear it. 1t
is needed for we are satisfied there
are what are called public roads in
this county that have not been work
ed in twenty-five years. If the prop
osition to vote a bond issue has ac-
complished this much even it has not
been in vain.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

Let everybody get busy now and
say a good word for Newberry. It is
much easier and then you speak the
truth when you say it. Try it for just
once and you will wonder why. you
were ever knocker, if You were.
We have one Of the best towns in the
state but some of us have not formed
the habit Of talking it as we should.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

do i great deal more than have ever
been able to do myself.
Ii seems to me that I have read
somewhere about a man who was
trying to tai ke mote out Of his
brothers. eye, while he had a great
long beam in his own eye. Did You
ever read anything like that or did
YOU ever hear Of it? You know a
mote is Il very small thing and a
beam is a great long thing. Sometimes
I am almost persuaded that if most
Of US would give more attention to
the beams in OUR own eyes We would
not have so much time to be devoting
to the notes in the eyes Of cur broth-
ers. I heard once long time ago of
two men who got drunk and they were
good friends, but each one discovered
q real mote in the eye Of the other
and then they proceeded to get out
their pocket knives to pick the mote
out. | don't suppose in this day of
temperance and prohibition that any
of us are drunk, and maybe I am
entirely mistaken about even think
ing that this has an application in
this day, and my digestion may not
be good tonight. l am still believing
that the world is growing better. Or
trying to believe it.
I wonder if anybody reads the fine
suggestions I am making from time
to time in this column. Of course I
see every day in Newberry evidences
Of improvement as result OF my
suggestions but somehow some that l
have made I thought would have been
adopted almost before the paper
reached the public, especially as to
that park. The court house square
has been laid off and the grass is
growing beautifully. John Mayes has
the Methodist lawn in beautiful con-
dition now and the grass is green,
the pea crop on the Baptist church
lot is in a very fourishing condition
land the outlook for a large yield could
not be better. Alderman Green is
building that bridge over Scott 5
creek in College street. The cart with
! man hitched to it is at work. But
where is the wagon yard? Still IN
the public square and mules still con-
tinue to- be fed there and our colorec
friends eat their watermelons around
the old court house. But after all this
is not a bad showing and am con-
strained to continue to. offer my val,
liable services to the public and lay
myself a willing sacrifice on the al
tar of the town and county. See'
Isn't that fine? Doesn't that sounC
! like the real article? I mean patriot
ism. And I am not a candidate to1
any office either, and don't you for
get that.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

Now is the time to get some roads
worked while everybody is in favor
of good roads. They are in the frame
of mind now to show that we can
have good roads without bonds and
we want them to do it for there are
not going to be any bonds.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

The News and Courier Of WedneS
day stated that the blind tigers of
Charleston were doing business just
the same as if the state had not gone
prohibition on the day before.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

Slration work. will be glad to aid any
farmer in this or any other way he
can.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

ot it and if he can manage it he can
do Il great deal more than have ever
been able to do myself.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
TAFT AT
MEMPHIS

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Oct. 27.-From
the time the presidential fleet
rounded the point above the city
early this morning until the last
boat was hidden from view by the
bluffs below the bridge, Taft day
in Memphis was one continual
round of deafening applause.
After being escorted down the
Father of Waters by the largest
fleet ever assembled on the river,
President Taft was greeted by the
booming of guns. shrieklng of wills
ties and the cheers of representa-
tive citizens of Tennessee, Arkan-
sas and Mississippi, whose voices
were heard above the carnival of
noise sounding the keynote OF the
presidents trip--the familiar slo-
gan of Fourteen Feet Through the
Valley"
Although 1t is probable that a
large majority of his cheering ad-
mirers were democrats, the presi-
dent has nothing to complain of In
the warmth of his welcome to Mem
phis. Nor have the governors, sen.
ators. congressman and other dis
tinguished men accompanying him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
A VERY LONG
TIME

The fact developed at the meet
ing Of the city council last night
that although over two months have
elapsed since Professor w. H. Burr
of New York, employed as consult
ing engineer on the Monroe street
bridge, was in Spokane, the plans
for the bridge as exported by him
have not yet reached the city coun-
Gil.
After Professor Burr concluded
his examination, it was given out
at the engineers office that he had
approved the plans in every partic-
ular. Last night City Engineer Raj
ston reluctantly admitted that Pro-
fessor Burr had offered a few sug-
gestions as to changes" and that
the making of these changes has so
occupied the engineer office that
the plans are not yet finished.
From other sources the informa-
ton comes that Professor Burr fair
ly hacked the old plans to pieces,
and that the new plans will bear
more Of the earmarks of Burr than
those of Ralston.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
CITY employees
IN DEADLY
GRIP

How would you like to be held
In such miserable subsection to the
Empty threats OF a greedy loan
shark master that you would be
to secure his written
permission in order that you might
Draw down your own salary? That
would be preposterous, you may de-
elare, and 1t is preposterous, but
nevertheless such condition ex-
fsts In the case of certain city
employe. known to The Press.
For nearly IL years this man has
been held tightly in the clutches
bf the loan sharks. He has lost a
lome in his efforts to meet their
demands. to which he subjected
himself the very day he fell into
he meshes of their net for a small
oan, and 1t has been only in the
asst few months that he has even
been permitted to put his name on
he payroll and take his salary.
They bullied him into making as
|ignments of his monthly wages
or 10 years and, armed with those
|apers, they went to the city comp
rollers office month after month
Ind snatched his salary. After
hey had extracted their enormous
mount of interest out of it, on the
pan that they made him In the
eginning, he was allowed to take
he remainder for his living ex-
lenses.
The city hall, with It's numerous
Jerks, the fire department and the
olice department. have long since
cen q favorite hunting ground for
hese men with money to loan at
surious rates of interest, until
comptroller Robert Fairly began
ignore their orders on city en-
loyes salaries. He has stopped
le practice to great extent by
bfusing to recognize a loan
hark's demands on city en-
oye's wages, in the absence of
he employees wife to the applica-
on. Still there are few paying
Iterest at the rate of 10 per cent
month to the money lenders.
Continued on Page Two.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
DEMOCRATS
F A VO R
PLAN
NOT OPPOSED TO COMMISSION
PLAN - MEETING
TOMORROW

Mayor Pratt today called a meet.
ing of the charter commission for
1880 tomorrow night for the work
OF preliminary organization.
With regard to the published re.
port that the democratic politicians
of the city were opposed to the
plan of government, H.
d. Merritt, who managed the cam
paign of Mayor Pratt, says that he
believes there is no truth in this
He says that there may be
democrats against the idea the
same as republicans, but that there
is no organized democratic opposi-
ton that he has heard of.
"At least there is none 1 nthe
democratic committee" said Mr..
Merritt. In fact, l find more of
the prominent democrats in favor
OF the commission plan than
against it. have been converted
to it myself and believe that this
plan ought to be adopted in Spo-
kane. We take modified form of
the Des Moines plan or any other
plan, but l believe that we are all
agreed a new charter is necessary"
Mr.. Merritt is one of Mayor
Pratt's charter revision commits.
sion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
JAPAN WILL
CHANCEPOL|CY

TOXIC, Oct. 27.-Elder states
men and ministers who were in
terviewed today admitted that the
assassination Of Prince Ito will
make inevitable a change of poll
cies Of Japan in Korea. While they
do not admit that Ito's methods
were wrong or cruel, they say the
Koreans never understood the real
motives of Japan.
An extraordinary meeting of
statesmen and cabinet ministers
remained In session nearly all Tues
day night. The effect of the as
sassination on the foreign policy
was discussed In great detail. 1t
was decided that the trial of the
assassin will be held In Seoul, Ko-
rea, and this way the punishment
will be brought close to the Ko-
reans.
The battleship Iwate has been
dispatched with the imperial cham
berlain and a delegation of Off
cials for Darien. where the body of
the prince will be taken aboard
and brought to Yokohama.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27

hands above his head at their conn
mand, and was shot dead. While
one robbed the body of its valu.
ables. his partner lined patrons Of
the place against the wall and
robbed them. One man who was
broke was given 81 of the stolen
money by one fthe bandits.
While awaiting trial In the police
court here, charged with the burg
larry of the Houchins secondhand
store on the night of September 20.
it is declared that Fitzgerald asked
one Of the trusted prisoners In the
city Jail to go to Deer Lodge, Mont,
and get some money he (F1txger-
add and his partner had taken In
the robbery OF a Butte roadhouse,
after killing the bartender, and hid
1t in cache near Deer Lodge. The
TRUSTEE told the police, and then Il
was found that the description 81
the Butte murderers Tailed with
that of Fitzgerald and Clark.
The Butte authorities are almost
certain that the two men are Der.
gers murderers, and they are at.
tempting to have q crescent
shaped stickpin, found on Fitsger.
aid, identified as Berger's property.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
PEABODY DUBS MRS.
EDDY CHILD MURDERER

Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy was
denounced last night as a hard
hearted money grabber and child
murderer by Attorney Frederick
w. Peabody of Boston, speaking at
the Firts NJ. e. church. : For two
hours the prominent eastern law
yer held the attention nof packed
house.
He called the head woman in
Christian Science a witch. an i'm
poster and an utterer of false
statements. He declared that he
has studied Mrs. Eddy's Christian
Science teachings for the last 10
years and has found that instead
Of getting her initial inspiration
from God to establish the now
widespread religion she appropri-
ated its fundamental principles
from the works of Phineas p.
Quimby, an old time faith healer.
He stamped her fiend for de-
claring she has the power to heal
and not attempting to prevent
case of suffering or to save a life
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27

before the earnest men comprising
the congress.
II was not until the present con.
gress that the dry farming" move.
ment came into its own. Previous
meetings have been largely at.
tended, but they were necessarily
devoted largely to a discussion Of
theories and opinions. The con
gress has now had time to realize
on this interchange OF ideas, with
the result that the early develop
ment of. the semi-arid lands of the
west will bring millions of acres
of now almost worthless land un-
der early cultivation, will furnish
homes for many times the present
agricultural population. will In.
ckease the commerce of the United
States and will in time insure
America against possible crop fail
ures.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
THE FILIPINOS,
INDEPENDENT,
WOULD SEE A
HARD TIME

When Lieutenant Morrissey, with
the colored regiment at Fort
Wright, was asked by press re-
porter what he thought were the
chances of the Filipinos for self
government, he said:
Il am afraid they would not fare
very well. There are so many fac
tons and jealousies that their con-
dition would be pitiable were they
to be left to govern themselves, and
they are ignorant of methods for
keeping up trade with other coun-
tries"
The Twenty-fifth regiment was in
the islands for two years, and be-
cause of its strictness in enforcing
the sanitary measures about It's
headquarters went through the dan
gers Of climate and water surpris-
ingly well.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
SPOKANE BURGLARS
MURDER SUSPECTS
Butte Detectives Think They Have
Big Find in Local Jail.

James Fitzgerald and Conrad
Clark, held in the county Jail here
under bonds of $4,000 for trial on a
charge of burglary, are declared to
be the cold-blooded murderers of
Max Berger, bartender Of the Nine
Mile roadhouse, a few miles out of
Butte, Mont. City Detective MUIR
ply, Chief of Police Jack Quinn and
Sheriff Murray Of Butte have been
in Spokane for several days trying
to weld few of the final links in
the strong chain of evidence that
seems to conect the two men with
the Butte crime.
Berger's murder was one of the
most inhuman acts in the annals of
the rocky mountain district. Two
men, whose descriptions tally with
those Of Fitzgerald and Clark, held
up the roadhouse barroom in which
he was working, one night about
the middle of last August. A strik-
ingly beautiful woman, dressed
after the fashion peculiar to the
frontier, and possessed with an ap-
parent daredevil spirit, was with
them.
Berger was slow to throw his
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
Hello Central A ,sss: c :. s. ss. .s':

Amid the agitation over poor tel
ephone service it occurs to US that
an all important feature Of the
game has been forgotten, viz, the
telephone girl.
We are all prone to crlticise her.
She advises us that the line Is
busy We get sore. She don't get
our party at once. Again we roar
because she don't get the line
busy. We roar If she does and roar
II she don't.
However consistent we may be
in everything else We become un-
reasonable whenever we take
down the receiver. Why in the
name of common sense don't she
arrange to have the otehr fellow
ready to talk as soon as we call?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
DRY-FARMING CONGRESS IS
IN SESSION

BILLINGS, Mont. Oct. 27.-With
many more delegates present and
marked by the greatest enthusiasm
In the history Of the movement the
Dry Farming Congress began the
second days session this morning.
Facts. figures and statistics. are be-
ing hurled at the heads of the few
who still hold that dry farming"
Is a visionary scheme. and the
great exposition which is now open
offers concrete proofs of what may
be accomplished BY the new meth
DDS. II the world derives its great
est wealth from the soil, then his
tory is being made in this little
Montana city this week. Untold
millions may be added to the ma
tons wealth as a result of the
papers and addresses which are
being calmly read and discussed
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27

for the sake of ordinary humanity.
He declared that her sO-called MIR.
aculous cures are frauds, that her
book, which she declares she wrote
by teh inspiration Of god. Il Z
fraudulent piece of work. and that
she invented the religion Of Chris
tian Science simply as a money
making scheme. He went on 70
say that he had made charges Of
these kinds all the way across the
United States and that II the author
Of Christian Science could deny
them he would have been prosecut-
ed long ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
THOSE SCREENS

At the request OF the police de-
partment, the city council will
meet in special session next Tues
day night to hear the application
that the saloon licenses of w. s.
Norman OF the Hotel Spokane, and
Herman p. Leid of the Orpheum
bar, be revoked. The application
will be based on the attitude of
these bars on the screen law. The
name of George w. Darby has
been stricken from the list, pre-
sumably for agreeing to comply
with the police regulations in this
particular.
In defense of his attitude, Mr..
Leid says: Il have made three