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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-18

made very pleasant.
On the return trip Tuesday the
Greenwood citizens provided an ele-
CANT lunch at the Oregon hotel which
was enjoyed by the scout party and
the Newberry party together with
many of the citizens of Greenwood.
Laurens also sent a delegation to
Greenwood which went with US to
Abbeville with view Of making an
effort to induce the cars to 60 to
Laurens.
We left Greenwood something after
four O'Clock with Mr.. ". C. Waldrop
and Capt. ". S. Langford in Capt.
Langford's roadster as pilot, follow
ed by Mr.. Herman Wright and Mr..
". C. Moran in Mr.. q. F. Wright s
White Steamer, for Newberry via
Cross Hill, that route having been Sc
lected as the best. The run from
Greenwood to Newberry would have
been made in about 3 hours if it had
not been for a detour which was nee
essary seven miles out Of Newberry on
account Of Mr.. Clary's threshing ma
chine blocking the road on a bridge,
which necessitated detour around by
Mr.. Dave Pitts.
Mr.. Waldrop makes a most excel
lent pilot and Major Cohen and the
rest Of the party connected with the
scout cars frequently spoke of him
as the best pilot they had had on all
Of their trips.
The roads in Greenwood county
are in much better condition than the
roads in Abbeville, Laurens, or New
berry, though the road from Saluda
river to the Newberry line through
Laurens was in fairly good condition.
The road from Belfast to Newberry
could easily be put in good condition
for automobiles, the main trouble be-
ing that there are many holes and
ruts which ned to be filed.
At Greenwood on Monday after
noon the Merchants association held
a meeting to which Supervisor Feagle
and the Editor Of The Herald and
News were invited, and Mr.. Thorn
made a talk on the use and the re-
suits accomplished by the King Road
Drag. Mr.. Feagle promised to put
some Of these road drags to work in
this county. IF they had been used
on the Belfast road it would have
been probably as good as the Green
wood road. The supervisor in Green
wood uses the scrape and keeps the
chain gang mostly working the roads
and by use of the machinery which
he has and by keeping his chain gang
constantly on the roads the roads in
this county are in fairly good condi-
ton.
The interest which the people in
the towns and along the road seem to
take in the coming through this Sec
ton Of these scout cars sctrikes us
as evidence that they are interested
in having this highway through this
section, but still now and then you
may find citizen in the county who
is opposed. to working roads because
lie is opposed to the automobile using
them. We had just as well make up
our minds that the automobile is here
to stay and that its use is going to do
as much or more than any other
agency in the making Of better roads,
and the people who do not use auto
mobiles will reap the benefit Of bet
ter roads.
The list of the parties in these two
newspaper cars is given elsewhere in
this paper. The reception which they
receiver at Newberry was heartily ap-
preciated by all Of them and personally
n1 l.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-18
WITH TIE SCOUT CARS.

Herald and News calling our atten-
ton to the proposed capital route OF
the Atlanta Journal and New York
Herald scout cars which were to start
from Atlanta on Monday morning,
and we found that Newberry Was not
on the map, as published, we did not
have much idea that it would be pos
sible TO have the cars come this way.
However. we undertook to gel busy
and through the efforts of DR.. Mayer
and the citizens of Newberry cooper
ating the party was brought this
way.
1t may be, as some people seem to
think, that this is an advertising
scheme on the part Ct automobile
manufacturers and two great news
papers but even if it is they are do
ing it at considerable expense to
themselves and in addition to this
and whatever benefit they may re-
ceive directly from the advertise
ment, we believe they are stimulating
q greater interestin road improvement
and there is no subject which could
more properly engage the attention
and endeavor Of the people Of this
State than the improvement OF our
highways.
After il was determined to take
the rorte via Abbeville,. Greenwood,
and Newberry to Columbia We deter
mined to send a party from Newber-
rv TO meet the scout cars at Green
wood. In Tuesdays paper was gwen
the personnel Of the party from New
berrv and the cars which went out to
meet them and to explore the different
routes We we're in Mr.. q. F. Wright 5
Whit steamer driven by Mr.. Herman
WRIGHT, and Mr.. W. C. Moran, who
is also an expert driver Of the White
Steamer, was in this car, and ne ana
Mr.. Wright divided the time
We left Newberry at lO:40 on Mon
dav morning and drove out to Mr.. H.
T. Fellers where we stopped TOR an
hour and enjoyed real good country
dinner. We desire to say here tha1
We believe Mr.. Fellers has one OF the
nrettiest and most convenient coun-
trv homes in this State, and we hope
at some future time to say something
more of it.
II is on a high elevation just Il
miles from NewberrS and he has all
Of the modern conveniences winch
Won could have in city home. he
has also one Of the best farms IN the
county.
Leaving Mr.. Fellers' we drove on
towards the railroad bridge at Dy-
Dvson's expecting to 60 that way
At Mr.. A. P. Coleman's he insisted
that the road via Island Ford had
been worked this side and was IN
excellent condition and the route that
vav was much better than by the
DYSON bridge. We believe that MI.
Coleman was sincere in what ne stat
cd but if there is worse road IN
South Carolina than the one leading
down to Island Ford on this side OF
the. river we sincerely hope that no
one will undertake to call 1t a roao'
Just how Mr.. Herman Nrlgnt manas-
ed to take our car down this road IS
miracle to him and the rest OF u.s.
but he did it without any damage
to the car. AS We approached the
river. however, there was a deep mud
hole and the road turned square to
the left up an incline of 45 degrees
out Of the mud hole. Here we
"stuck'' and for two hours we olo
some work in prizing our car out OIL
the mud and building a eam"ay
across the road.
From the Greenwood side to Green
wood VIZ Ninety Six is an excellent
o1orr IT 9h0uf 70
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coming to Ncwbcrry and that was to
impress upon the scout cars that the
roads between Columbia and Newber-
" were 'eXcerable' as The State
reporter expresses it. The roads are
not as good as they ought to be but
Maj. Cohen and his party said they
had seen as bad roads on their trip
and with the material at hand all
along the route, it would be very
easy to put the roads in good condl-
ton. Even with the bad roads # we
had had Mr.. Waldrop as our pilot
from Newberry to Columbia we could
have made the trip easily in two
hours and thirty minutes. AS it was
the trip was made in three hours and
forty minutes, and We lost more than
an hour by stops along the road. Mr..
jenkins car suffered a punetured tire,
which delayed the party for some
thing over thirty minutes and after
going a few miles he had another
stop in order to put air In this tire
which lost about ten minutes, and
another stop Of ten minutes for wat
er made something like fifty minutes
delay on account Of these three stops.
The last stop the scout cars passed
Mr.. jenkins and left him and his car
in the road.
Twelve miles out from Columbia
the party was met by ten or fifteen
automobiles and another stop Of ten
or fifteen minutes was made to par
take of refreshments which were
brought out by the Columbia party.
The distance as measured by MI.
Lamar's Oldsmobile from Newberry
to Columbia is 43.4 miles.
The road for five or six miles on
the Lexington side Of Broad river IS
in GOOD condition and from Broad riv-
er into Columbia a distance of three
miles it could scarcely be better.
It seems to US as Columbia is one
of the points decided upon on this
capital route that the people there
should be satisfied and not be so ac-
tive in their opposition to the route
via Newberry, Greenwood, and Able
vile.
These scout cars are going over
three routes between Atlanta and
New York. They came down from
New York via Charlotte, Spartan
burg, Greenville, and Anderson into
Atlanta. They are going back over
this capital route, passing through the
capitals of South Carolina, North
Carolina, Virginia and they expect to
return via what they term the Bris-
tol route. Report is then to be made
on these three routes and one Of the
three will be adopted.
Of course it may be a long time be-
fore any highway is built between
New York and the South but with the
interest which is taken in automobiles
and the money some Of the rich men
are trying to find ways to spend 1t
| is not at all improbable that a great
highway will be built, and, Of course,
It would be worth a great deal to
any county to have such highway pass
through it.
At any rats as we have said already
the automobile is here to stay and we
firmly believe that this movement by
these two great newspapers will do
great deal to stimulate the building
of better roads and if it accomplishes
that it will be worth all the trouble
and expense to which the people along
the route tave gone in an effort to
have the cars 60 through their Sec
tion.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-07-04
Given the Faculty to Think and Power to
Reason Man Is Justified in Rejecting
Religious Doctrines that Are
Foolish and Self Contradictory.
by |. w. Beckwith.)


When a boy | read the Bible a great
deal, being encouraged by my mother, and
L heard chapter read every day at family
prayers, SO | knew pretty well what it said
but did not realize its meaning, but read
1t with an awe because it was the word of
God. But when | became older some
passag-s would come to my mind as Rom.
81, when Paul admits that he tells lies
for the benefit of the church; Mark IL :I3.
which shows that Jesus was so ignorant
that he expected to find figs on a tree in
winter, and was so angry and cursed the
tree so hard that it died. God did not
Know how to get rid of King Ahab and
called council of the angels and at the
advice OF one put lying spirit in the
mouth of 400 prophets. Qst Kings 22:17).
God commanded BALKAN to 90 with the
messengers Of King Balak and was angry
because he obeyed and tried to kill him but
could not. (Num. 22). SO L got little
skeptica, but thought the preachers might
explain these things so as to make them
reasonable, so L asked several of them for
explanation. told them what | wanted to
believe and hoped they could remove the
cause OF my doubts. But each. except
Clark Braden was not posted on that par
tlcular subject, but would refer me to some
book that makes it very plain. But Braden
did not have time, though he had several
hours at his disposal. j read five of their
books but the more | read the greater NV
doubts. | became greatly excited and
alarmed as |, in Imagination, saw that lake
OF burning birthstone into which | would
be plunged at death on account of NV
doubts. 'He that beeveih not shall be
damned" Mark 1916. | then studied
the Bible carefully from beginning to fin
ish, took notes and compared different pas
sages and by the time / was through NV
fear Of hell had fed
One woman told me that | was not of
the elect and so God was sending me strong
delusions, and quoted 2nd Thes. 2:11. OF
course | was then satisfied that the bible
is all fraud, and am still of the same
Now considering what Paul SAYS of God
sending strong decisions, and that Christ
says that he purposely keeps the people in
ignorance so that he can damn them.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-07-04

now you deny me. Will you?' Can't you
believe he is your father?" "No, l don It
want to- 81 am not so sure of that. He
says he has great wealth and he expected
to give 1t all TO his only son John, but since
you deny him he will give it elsewhere.
Now can t you believe and so get that great
fortune ~ No answer. ''He now pulls a
gun from his pocket and presents it to your
head and says, Damn you, Believe or | will
send you to hell this minute. You now
see that he is maniac and he is liable TO
shoot, and If he should you will certainly
go where he says he will send you, now you
had better believe very quick before he
pulls that trigger. Now as you in magma
ton can almost smell the fumes from that
bottomess pit and hear the groans of that
father who has just gone there you can
certainly believe and so escape" No an
swer. "No you cannot believe what Won
know to be false though you have the
promise of heaven on one hand and the
fear of hell on the other. You believe lust
as ! or any other man does You believe
according to the evidence and your ability
to understand that evidence
L will relate one other incident that oc-
CURED that day, though it is entirely for
eign to the subject of this article. | made
some alluslon to evolution, and he said sar-
castlcally, "Iou must be proud to think
that your ancestors were monkeys" eyes
L am proud, and think have good reason
to be and will tell you why. You had God
himself for your first parent" dyes"
trlumphantly "And Adam, his first born
created perfect eyes" "And now in
5000 years see how low you have got. At
the rate at which you are going down how
long will it be till you will be swinging
from the limb of a tree by your caudle
appendage? We, on the other hand, COM
menced at the bottom and are going up.
We have already got above you with your
superstitions and fraud and we hope TO
continue to ascend. Now which has the
greater reason to be proud; the one that
boasts Of retrograding or the one that has
the ability to improve and takes advan-
tage of the opportunity"
Perhaps some reader of the Blade NAV be
acquainted with this r. G. and if so will
you please show him this article and ask
him If he still believes as he wants to, and
also what he thinks on the monkey ques-
ton, and let me know the result.
Lander WWo
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-07-04
BLUE GRASS BLADE.
Who's Responsible for My Unbelief?

MARK 4:11.) eff prophet be deceived,
l, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, -
and will damn him for being deceived and
damn all who believe his word spoken by
that prophet (Ezek. IA - | now ask
who Is responsible Tor my unbeliefY Ii
justice requires that some one be damned
III he'll, who should 1t be l, or the God that
caused me to disbelieve!
L have been told by the preachers three
different times that l could believe if
wanted to, and therefore L was responsible
L Will relate one OF those cases. l went
INTO a lawyers office one morning about
III years ago, between and 10 O CLOCK,
to see Mr.. Orr, and found HIM and another
man standing by the stove talking. As |
came up to the stOve-it was cold day
Mr.. Orr introduced NE to the Rev. Mont
gomery, from Culbertson, Neb., who had
come to our place, Hayes Center, to con-
duct series OF meetings and save some
souls from hell. They then proceeded with
their talk, Mr.. Orr denying the inspiration
OF the Bible and the Rev. Gent OF course,
defending. Mr.. Orr would tell some things
that the bible taught and the X. G.. would
say there was no such thing in the bible,
and as Mr.. Orr was not posted SO as to
turn to it the X. q. was getting the best
OF it till "chipped in,'' picked up the
bible and read one Of those passages Mr.
Orr then went and sat down and left me
with the X. g. to occupy the floor which
we did till 4 o clock, and we soon had an
audience as it was noised on the street
what was going on.
Near the outset he said, "You could
believe the bible if you wanted to. 1t is
only because you will not that you do not
believe" Said l, $50 you claim that a
man can believe just as he wants to with
out regard to the evidence" eyes"
Did you ever believe thing because YOU
wanted to knowing that it was contrary
to the evidence" "Yes, often do.n
will you tell us one of those cases in
which you believed thing because you
wanted to, knowing that it was contrary
to the evidence" No answer. "As Won
Will not give us a case | will suppose one
for you. L will suppose your father died
recently and you buried him, and the next
man comes along with a very
black skin, kinky hair, flat nose and thick
lips, and says, why John, what is the mat
Ter that makes you so glum this morning?'
You tell him and he says, why John, are
you crazy, | am not dead so | see. but
ny father is. 'Yes ] am your father and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-28
Mystery Surrounds the
Murder of a Boy
In Pittsburg

nTTSBURG, Dec. 27.-After ques-
tioning half a score of persons
and applying the third degree to
half as many more, the police force
of Greater Pittsburg is still at sea
as to the identity of the man or men
implicated in the murder of 14-year-
old James Friel, whose frozen and
partly nude body was found last night
in a deserted house in Allegheny,
where probably it had been placed
Christmas day after the throat had
been slashed from ear to ear.
A coroner's inquest will be held to-
morrow, when sensational develop
ments are not improbable.
Police officers tonight are working
on the theory that young Friel was
not killed in the house where his mu-
tilated body was found, but was prob
ably murdered in Pittsburg and taken
in cab from the central portion of
the city, transported across the Ale
gheny river in skiff and placed in
the deserted house.
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tion at Panama, and by two aides.
The American officers were in uni
form and the object of Admiral
kimballs visit was to pay an unofi-
ctal call on President Madriz.
A great crowd gathered at the sta
ton and gave them a cordial greeting.
Ermesto Martinez, former financial
secretary, whose arrest was recently
ordered on the charge of misappropri-
ating public funds, has escaped to
Granada. Joaquin Passos, President
lelaya's son-in-baw, is under arrest
under similar charge, while JOAQUIN
Naviz, of Leon, also is in the hands
OF the authorities. He is charged
with obtaining 100000 of public funds
from Zelaya for the surrender of his
concession which was improperly
granted to him. The arrest of others
is imminent.
The minister general has abrogated
the agreement compelling the pay
ment of per cent of duties by means
of government bonds. Hereafter
duties will be payable in cash only.
This action leaves a quantity of these
bonds, now worthless, in the hands of
Passos and other favored individuals
who bought the bonds from Zelaya
at 45 and sold them to the public
at 105
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-28
NOW APPEARS CERTAIN THAT MONTANA
WILL FURNISH STONE FOR CAPITOL
legislature COnveneS in Special Session and Listens to Mes
sage Of Governor Norris Who Passes Entire
Matter to States Lawmakers

in reading his message. and the state
ment of the board. Despite the fact
that the reading of the communica-
tions consumed more than an hour,
napt attention was paid every word
said.
The special message of Governor
Norris set forth briefly the objects
for which the legislators had been
summoned together.
You have heretofore committed to
the state board of examiners the duty
of building the additions to the cap
itol,' the governor said "The board
is now performing that duty. With
every act of the board so far per-
formed and with every arrangement
so made of the construction of the
wings, l have at all times been in
absolute accord. You have not been
convened on account of any dissatis-
faction on my part with anything that
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-28
Hearing of the Alleged
Blackma1ler Is
POSTPONED

CINCINNATI, Dec. 27.-Mrs. jean
cite Stewart-Ford, charged with
blackmail in connection with the
embezzlement of $643,000 from the
Cincinnati Offices of the Big Four rail-
road, will not be brought to trial un-
til January 10. Mrs. Ford's attorneys
today asked for continuance on the
ground that their client had sustained
"a severe fall on frozen pavement
and was unable to be present.
Mrs. Ford's attorneys also filed a
demurrer to the Indictment, claiming
that the alleged blackmail levied on
Charles l.. Warriner, former local
treasurer OF the Big Four, was, if
committed, a misdemeanor and not a
felony. The demurrer was overruled
The postponement means that War
riner will be held in the local Jail, as
he is to be the principal witness
When the Ford trial is completed he
will begin his six-year term in the
penitentiary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-28
IS CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF HER TWO SONS

LOVELAND, O.. Dec. 27.-Charged
with the murder of her two boys and
with having set fire to her home to
conceal the crime, Mrs. Paul Some
calf was arrested today in an appa-
rently demented condition. The bodies
of the boys-one 16 years old, the
other 13-~were found in the home
after the fire had been put out. The
heads of the children had been
crushed by some blunt instrument.
Their father was away when the
fire was discovered, and Mrs. Some
calf was found walking up and down
in front of the burning house, wiring
ing her hands and calling Historically
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-28
Suspe ct Attempt
To Manipulate
Rock Island

EW YORK, Dec. 27.-The New
IN York stock exchange has an in
vestigation on it's hands. Com
mon stock Of Rock Island rose 31A
oints almost Immediately after the
opening today, then even more sud-
denly dropped to so. Thereby hangs
a mystery, or "a fiasco or something
that the governors of the stock ex-
change will try to sift to the bottom.
At the close of today's session the
governors quietly held a private ses-
sion, and it was announced that spe-
cial investigation had been called for.
Officers of the Rock Island dis
claimed any responsibility for the
movement. At the Office of Daniel G..
Reid, who, with ex-Judge William j.
Moore, is acknowledged leader of the
Rock Island group, it was said Mr.
Reid was indisposed today and an
other report today said that he was
entertaining house party at his
country home near here.
Judge Moore arrived from Chicago
in the afternoon and affirmed what
had been said earlier in the day that,
(C0ntiDupd on page Eight
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-28
Especial to The Gazette

ELENA, Dec. 27.-From present
indications the general assembly
of Montana will make provision
for the construction of the wings of
the state capitol, Montana materials
10 De used to as great an extent as
is possible. From the sentiment
which has developed among the as
sembled lawmakers it is evident that
the legislature will provide the money
necessary for the use of Montana
stone, and that the wishes of the
legislature and of the people will be
regarded in the matter of the encour-
agement of home industry.
Promptly at IL o'clock todav Lien
tenant Governor w. r. Allen in the
senate, and Speaker W. w Mcdowell
IN the house brought their gavels
down with sharp raps, Indicating that
the extraordinary session of the elev-
enth legislative assembly, called re-
Gently by Governor Edwin L.. Norris
to consider the character of material
to be used in the new capitol wings
and to provide for the maintenance
of the recently created publicity
bureau during the year of 1910, should
come to order Neither house was
half minute late lin assembling. Roll
calls disclosed the fact that there
were 10 absentees in the senate and
l9 absentees in the house.
Neither the senate nor the house
today transacted more than the
simplest routine, and both adjourned
to meet tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. The house referred the spe-
cial message of the governor and the
statement of the state board of ex-
aminers to a special committee of
IL. but the senate took no action on
either. The committee named by the
house on motion of Representative
Critchfield, after the joint session, is
composed of the following:
Representatives Critchfield, RavalIi:
Cluston, Cascade; Norton, Silver Bow;
Warren, Jefferson; Owenhouse, Gala
tin; Woody, Missoula; Shoemaker.
Lewis and Clark; Eliel, Beaverhead;
Hutchinson, Flathead; Connolly, yell
lowstone, and Thompson, Fergus.
After organization in both houses
had been effected, the bodies met in
joint session to hear the message of
Governor Norris. The governor spoke
in firm and distinct, but rapid tones,