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Evening journal., 1909-05-03
CONTRACTS TO
HIGH BIDDERS
Board Of Health Ignores the
Low Bidders for Garbage
Removal
DR.. HOWELL SAYS
THINGS ABOUT 1T

Or. Harrison W. Howell. president of
the Board Of Health. threatens to resign
as a result OF the boards action in award
ing the garbage collecting contracts as
was done to-day for tho ensueing three
wears. bids for which were opened to-
day.
The board will meet for reorganizatlon
for the year on Thursday night DR..
Howell said:
II feel as IL did not care to organize
with them"
The contracts we're not siven 10 tho
lowest bidders except in ono instance.
The president was hot under the collar
as result OF the distribution Of the con-
tracts
"There was a slate and that IL all there
is 10 Il. Politics OF that kind don't suit
me. The people lose money by such meth
DDS" he said
What the other members thought about
the matter they kept 10 themselves When
asked n they had any statement to mako
they shook their heads IN tho negative.
Tho successful bidders were First dis
trict, John W. Thompson. ss.ias second
district A. c.. y. Anderson, tio,s2o. Third
district Charles II. Coibourn. siiss2. and
Fourth district. Daniel Mccormick. s2osos.
with the exception OF MT Mccormick all
the contractors arc colored men.
The only change made was in the Third
district where Colhourn succeeds Henry
witsii. Democrat. Tho atter's bid was
5000. being si,Ssa less than that OF col-
bourn's the successful contractor.
Presidents Ire was Aroused.
The awarding Of the contract TO COL
bourn was what aroused the iro Of DR..
Howell. He said that wtsil being tho
lowest bidder was entitled 10 the COM
tract. "but yet" he added. there was a
Republican who was even lower than Coll
bourn why didns they vote for hlmg
+ How Mccormick got the contract"
said DR. Howell and witsl did not is
! a mystery to me- Why they voted for on'
and not the other is a problem"
a In the nrst district john W Thompson
\ received the contract az his bid OF So,
: 4os. The only other bidder In that distric
y was Edward Congo. whose bid was ks
j SSH. Both men are coiorcd.
William i. winchester ana D. g. ~
q Anderson. both colored. were the only
bidders in the Second district. Tho former
: bid siO5is and Andersons price was sio.-
eco The FIRST ballot resulted in a tie and
on the second Anderson received thrce
, votes 10 winchester's two.
= Tho bids Tor the third district were as
follows; Charles II. Colbourn. Nts7e: Ed
/, ward Congo. sio.s5e5i; Henry wtsil. sa..
900. George L. Watson, Sii050. and Ielor
Collins. si0.i5i.52. with the exception Of
witsil and Watson, the bidders were al
colored
The Fourth district bids were: Johr
Wooden. s2i.e95: Daniel Mccormick. s-D.S'
and s. J. Mccall. Jr.. $4,000 Wooden 4
colored.
All the members or the health boar
were present They arc President Howell
= Charles S. Schoneid, Frank O. Moseiey. G
Z W. X. Forrest and city Engineer IIovarl
a B Grifnths. One OF the members votel
g with Dr. Howell but which ono was no
c learned
There will likely be a big stir over th'
manner in which tho contracts wcr'
awarded as friends OF some Of the CON
tractors who lost the contracts are in
dlmant.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
STRIKE BREAKERS
ARE INJURED
Eighteen Arrests Made in the
RiOtiIg in New York
This Morning
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BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK. May s-All Of the police
reserves Of the East Side section Of
Manhattan were ordered on duty today
as the result Of continuous riotlng in
tho strike Of the bakers who went out
on Saturday demanding shorter hours,
and numerous other concessions. The
strikers early today descended ON the
the shops where non-union men had
been put to work. and drove them from
the ovens. before the police arrived.
Many OF the strike breakers were bad.
ly hurt two being stabbed. Eighteen ar.
rests wers made
The Master Bakers Association has
decided that it viii not grant any Of
tho demands Of the men,
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
PEACE PEOPLE
IN SESSION
0no 7kn..~=1 neIex=4ns Az
Vne InOuSdIIu UeiIgdIeS At
tending the National Con-
VentiOn in Chicago
By United Press Leased Special wire

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
CHICAGO. May 3-with more than
thousand delegates and visitors the sec
ond National Peace Congress began to-
day The congress will continue until
Wednesday evening when it concludes
with a banquet Foreign diplomats will
vie with American publicists in ex-
tolling peace, and advocating tho dis
armament Of tho world.
The assembly has for its purpose an
awakening Of the world conscience for
q general agreement to abolish war. Ar
bitration Of national disputes Is urged.
as a cure for the evils of fratricidal
strife.
The congress is composed Of four
sharply defined elements
Humanitarians. who are prompted by
religious and benevolent motives; labor
leaders. who believe the working classes
bear all the ills, and reap none Of the
profits Of war; commercial leaders. who
think universal peace will insure greater
prosperity, and increase productivity.
and academicians, and socialists. who
urge tho establishment Of cooperative
brotherhood Of man with the abolition
Of war incidental TO steps for the gen.
eral good.
Preliminary crowded meetings were
held yesterday and last night i'm all th-
, downtown halls where numerous AZ
dresses by the advocates Of peace were
delivered.
"The silent protest" by the Socialists
i'm Great Park, whore the park board re-
fused TO allow public speaking, was held
yesterday afternoon, but the Socialists
could marshall only 1000 persons instead
Of the 10000 they wanted The e.OoI
however stood for an hour and a halt
IN perfect silence as a protest against
the action Of the park board.
Secretary Of the War Department
Dickinson is presiding at the meeting.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
THOUSANDS SUFFER IN
REGION OF MASSACREN

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
WASHINGTON, May additional
horrors threaten the ravaged districts
near Adana and Alexandrette. in
which the Armenian massacres took
place, according 20 dispatches received
at the state Department to-day from
Constantinople. Because of the un-
buried dead. and the general unsani-
tary conditions an epidemic is feared.
Small pox has broken out, and there
arc thousands Of people without shelter
and food.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, May 3.--Sinoe Sat
urday fair weather has prevailed, ex-
eept in the lake region, whore showers
or snow hurries occurred Sunday
Temperature continues below the sea
soma average, except in the extreme
northwest.
During the next SO hours, local show
ers will occur. from the upper Ohio
Valley over the middle Atlantic states.
Forecast till s p. m. Tuesday;
For Delaware-Local showers late
tonight or Tuesdays warmer tonighti
moderate southerly winds.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
RAILROAD VICTIM
NOT YET IDENTIFIED

The body OF the man killed on the
Pennsylvania railroad at Gordon
Heights, last Friday night. is at the
morguo awaiting identification. A
woman called there today but did not
recognize the body.
Coroner Gaynor will hold an inquest
IN the case tonight.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Water pepartment FInanes.

Water Department balances we're re-
ported to the Board Of Water Commits
sioners this morning as follows: Spec
ial fund, s7O5.s9; current fund.- ss367.45;
weekly pay rolls We're passed as fol-
lows. Current. Si050.si. special SS603.
The monthly pay roll OF 1880 was also
passed. Collections FOR April amount
ed TO si5.5s6.26.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Dead From Paralysis,

B. Frank Townsend died this morn
ing at the residence OF Edward Court
enay near Guyencourt from paralysis.
He was born February 20. 1897 near
Hazel Dell. He is survived by three
children B. Frank Townsend. Jr., Of
Philadelphia, Mrs. Susan Carswell and
Mrs Elizabeth Bower. ~
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
FAVORED ALBANY
AND SUSQUEHANNA

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
WASHINGTON. May SIN answering
the two questions certified in connection
with the suit of certain stockholders Of
the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad
Company. for an accounting by the Della
ware and Hudson. the Supreme Court Of
tho United States to-day. favored the
former The original suit was for payment
of a minimum rental of $4,000 a year to
the Albany and susquenhanna, in accord
ancc with the lease executed in 1870.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
BEHEADED BY
FALL FROM TRAIN

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER Del. May S-With his head cut
off as clean as If by a guillotine. a negro
was found near Dover passenger station
to-day by the crew of passenger train No.
Ss known as the 1.Oi morning northbound
train.
The supposition is that the man was rid
ing on the buffers OF a freight and was
probably losing himself either in sleep or
forgetfulness when the train started to
swing around tho Peterson curve below
Dover station, iostling him off.
Deputy Coroner Wills will investigate
the case.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
TURKISH GRAND
VIZIER RESIGNS
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BY United Press Leased Special Wire
CoNsTANTINOPLE. May s.-Grand
vizier Tewfik Pasha handed his resigna-
tion TO the Sultan to-day and Hi.mi Pashs.
whom the mutineers drove from this Of
hce in the uprising Of April -, was rein
stated.
These changes have not been officially
announced but It is known positively that
they have been made.
Tewnk Pasha's resignation occasloned
no surprise. as It was known that his
tenure Of the office was but temporary,
owing 10 his sympathies with the reaction
aries.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
cathoIie cIeray chanass.

1t was announced yesterday at the
Cathedral that the Rev Father
MKenna. Of that church. had been APP
pointed assistant at St Mary's Church,
which is now in charge OF the Rev.
Father Mealey who succeeded the Rev.
Father Brady. who resigned his charge.
The Rev. Father Ryan of st. Thomas
Church has been transferred to the
Cathedral, succeeding Father MKenna.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
saIes by the sheriff.

Sheriff Lippncott this morning sold
the dwelling in Franklin street south
of Oak stret belonging 20 the Lind
more Improvement Company to Ed
ward Rice for $1,000.
The property of John w Bird in
Second street between Scott and du-
Pont was sold to Henry G. Conrad
for $500.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
FREE DEAFNESS CURE.

A remarkable offer by one Of the
leading ear specialists in this country.
who viii send two months medicine
free 10 prove his ability 10 cure Deaf
ness. Head Noises and Catarrh. Ad-
dress DIR. G. NJ Branaman. 1868 Wal
nut street. Kansas City. Mo.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Mr.. Stone Establishes Church Home.

VII otVWV L7NaUIIaIFUa NTNINI IIVIIIN'
The RPv. George w. stone formerly
of this city and now minister Of All
Souls Unitarian Church. Santa Cruz,
California, has had a church house
erected alongside of his church for the
convenience of the members of the
church. The home is provided with
amusements of all kinds and the inno-
walton is meeting with success. II has
long been Mr.. stones idea to have
such a home. lie says his faith is
abiding in this departure from the
usual church methods. What he seeks
TO do is TO extend and broaden and
deepen in a rational way the influence
Of the church over the lives Of the
people.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Walker Weston in Missouri.
TfpffnI Traaa Taaaad Cr.rial WIZ

BY United Press Leased Special WIG
MEXICO CITY. Missouri. May 81
Edward Payson Weston the pedestrian
left this city early this morning on his
walk westward. after having rested
here all day yesterday. He declared
that he was IN excellent condition and
that he would reach San Francisco on
schedule time.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
bio Enaine Tested Here.

An engine weighing 120 tons brought
from the Potomac yards at Washing
ton has been given trial over the
local line OF the p, B. & W. Railroad.
The type Of engine may be more gem
orally used here.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Inlured bn Maehlnerv

Clarence Vernon residing between
Claymont and Boothwyn. had the
leaders IN his left arm badly torn
on Saturday by being caught in a
gas engine on his fathers farm.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Railroad Detective Resians.

Detective Allan II. Thomas who has
been in the employ of the Delaware
railroad for several years resigned that
position on Saturday
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
K. Of P. Euohre.

In the X Of p. hall tomorrow even
ing the Pythian Sisters viii give a
progressive euchre party. There are
over 100 handsome prizes for the sue
cessful players.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
crants Letters on Estate.

Letters testamentary on the estate
OF Hugh Sheridan have been granted
by Register Of Wills Walker TO John j..
Sheridan.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Grant Letters on Kenyon Estate.

Letters testamentary were granted
today 70 Eliza Kenyon on the estate
Of Robert Kenyon.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03

Mrs. Mary Shaw OF state Road sta
tion. who was injured last week by
falling down stairs. is recovering grad
u5lly
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Mr.. Kates Improved in Health.
Mrs. Shaw is Reoovsrino.

J. n. kates has returned home from
Rehoboth much improved in health.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03

ENR. MERCHANT = In these
lka days don't you expect people
to go hunting for your store.
You must be the hunter. There
are foo many after the game 10
sit idly by. Advertising is Hunting.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30

that the newspaper must rely upon
advertising patronage for sufficient
revenue to pay its expenses and keep
the wolf from the door, while. sub
scription payments may be. counted
on to furnish pocket change. The
advertiser makes the quantity and not
the quality Of the circulation the
measure of patronage and> standard
of price, and the publisher too Of
ten: knows, giving the merchant or
medicine maker the best display, po-
sition and price. The delinquent
subscriber, though he may never
have set foot in a print shop, recog-
nizes in the make up" .rhe littleness
Of consideration for him or herself
and the largeness of the esteem in
which Col. Merchant Prince Adver-
tiser is, held. =
So through this misunderstanding
of their proper relations the sub
scriber and publisher, who should be
to each other as Davids and Jona-
thans may have only surface regard
between them.
"ICut out' that feeling. Give the
average subscriber equal eonsidera-
tion and value received and he will
prove as honest as the newspaper
worker. For love provokes love and
the man is rare who consents to be
always treated by somebody else
without ever settling up in return.
Let your subscriber know that his
annual due and constant friendship a
better asset than the occasional Job
furnished by an advertiser and he
will make good.
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complaint Of the delinquent subscrib
er, and the editors travels were lin
tied to fishing holidays and picnic at
, tendances. Every paper then ran OF
its merits or. demerits. There Wert
no clubbing rates with other publica
tions, nor voting contests, no prize:
offered to win subscribers in tht
ways of this latter day dispensation
With the exception of few medi,
cine notices the advertisements OF
that time were mostly Of near by ter
ritory. They were moderate in size
and formal in language, nothing
thrilling being said. Cuts were few
and far between. The horse, flag and
eagle were the largest used, while
advertisements of runaway slaves
were emphasized by pictures of a
man or woman, with a stick and
bundle attached on the shoulder and
the position Of one making haste.
All in all the old time publisher
was a person Of some consequence in
the range of his circulation. He re-
ceived about as many donations Of
fruits, vegetables, sausage and hogs
head cheese as did the preacher. He
rarely if ever got rich, but he had a
mighty good average time and from
his split bottomed easy chair welded
an influence that was all unselfsh and
for the public good. When he died
there was no i'll word said Of him, nor
was there any law suit over his es-
tate and effects.
That these old time journals were
inferior in some particulars to. the
Of this later period is as
true as that in others they were bet
ter. The influence Of their courage,
self reliance and independence has
come down as blessed heritage and
and runs as a leaven
through every editorial column in
South Carolina. And when the pen
lulum of business devotion swings
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30

but there were not so many great is
sues to worry the brains Of public
servants or disturb the even lives o1
the agricultural population.
Many of the court house journal:
had young and ambitious lawyers
mastheaded as editors, and they
were liberal in their use of ink
Weighty communications were fre-
quenr from such nom de plumed, cor
respondents as Junius, States Rights,
Fair Play, etc.
More attention was then given to
all classes of readers than now and
| it was the general rule to have in
each issue some articles to please the
women and others to amuse and in
terest the younger people. The coun-
try paper was then constant mis-
sionary and teacher, always a well
come conner to the homes Of its sub
scribers. The news they carried may
have been weeks old, but it was fresh
food to its subscribers, and had the
constant element of correctness i'm
possible in the eager rivalry Of mod
ern dailies to give the most news
ahead Of rival contemporaries In
fact there was then no competition
between the modern country paper
and the sensational city daily scream
er. Yellow journalism was unknown,
the unabridged daily had not come
and the country publisher was mon
arch Of all he surveyed.
The printers then were fixtures,
holding their case during life or good
behavior and being accurate COM
positors after serving their long ap-
prenticeships.
The subscription price as publish
ed was uniform. 81 per annum. Gin
cream-bwir-a etaoin etaoin etaoi cts
variably N advance" It is doubtful
if that rule was strictly observed but
the inference is in its favor, from the
fact that there was rare published
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30

backward toward journalism as q
profession the newspaper Of the fu.
ture will combine the virtues and
eliminate the weakness Of both sys'
TENS.
The poet is born and so is the
editor. To one having that natural
bent Of mind the journalism Of the
future will give a most inviting field.
Great crops of wealth may not be
made theFein, but Usefulness to hu-
manity: is worth more to the heart
and the hope than the riches that
take wings and fly away. In doing as
one best can that work for which he
has the love that LASTS from first to
the final work hours Of ones span of
existence there is happiness that
can neither, be lost nor taken away.
But the interests and achievements
of to-day are of larger interest than
the traditions Of yesterday and the
great expectation Of tomorrow. So
before again taking back seat we
will recite briefly the lesson learned
slowly through nearly a third of a
century Of editorial schooling.
And we pay our respects first to
that much misunderstood and fre-
quently scolded person, the deli1-
quent subscriber He or she is
very numerous individual in this
State excepting in the counties of
York, Spartanburg, Newberry and
where he and she have been
converted to a different way of
thought and conduct.
The existence Of the delinquent
as a constant epidemic is
largely chargeable, in this ultra COM
mercial period, to the attempted COM
bination of business and profession,
that will no more mix than oil and !
water, for no man or woman can
serve two masters. There has been
4 long, lasting and wide spread and
unfortunately true, pro tenn. theory
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30

were wrestling with the problems o1
Pixies Arithmetic and the polysyi
labies Of Grigg and Elliott's Read
ers. We first learned to read then
at the noon recess when it was toe
! wet to play ou tof doors, and wher
school was cut, we'll towards sun
down the dispensing children carried
the second hand papers to their par
ents. That was the rural free deliv-
cry of the old times.
The newspapers of our boyhood
were all four page publications. That
was the fashion in town and city.
They were all home print and the
hand press was every where. The
country papers were then confined
to court house towns, in fact there
were few places away from the seats
of justice sufficiently large to be
called towns. The whistle Of the
iron horse had not yet walked up the
Piedmont section of the State and
the mails, at best one day, we're car
ried by stage coaches along the main
lines Of travel, while the once a
week routes were supplied by horse
back riders. The mail schedules
were frequently interrupted by mud
in the roads and water in the creeks
and rivers.
The telegraph had not been
thought Of then, nor had any one
even dreamed of such wonderful
invention as the telephone. Yet with
all this lack of news getting facili-
ties the papers were full Of interest
to their subscribers. Books were
scarcer in those days than now, and
the horizon Of every man nearer his
own home. Much Of the world was
still unmapped and no one knew or
cared much about the affairs of
Asia, Africa or the far off islands Of
the seas. The United States was
then just we'll out Of swaddling
clothes, lusty youngster it is true,
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Newspaper "reminiscences Etc.

It has been a good long time since
We enjoyed the rest, recreation and
youth renewal of an attendance at a
meeting Of the State Press Assoeia-
F5on.
Our younger in the cause breth-
ren Of the fourth estate have not
forgotten us, for time and again
they have assigned US a place and
part in the programme Of, papers and
speeches, to which we have not an
swered by word Of mouth or spread
of hand writing.
There is an old and almost forgot
ten saying that 'silence is golden"
almost forgotten in this strenuous,
bustling time. Perhaps it would be
better for US to keep our rush light
candle under a bushel or smaller
measure, but having more leism and
larger space to fill than usual we
yield our Judgment to the opinion Of
Ex-President Ebert H. Aull as ex-
pressed in his Pythian visit to our
old fashioned sanetum. And our
plain, unvarnished tale Of the fading
days may, if they have no other effect,
give some amusement to our junior
brethren and add to their satisfaction
that they play their parts in the
luminous beginning Of the twentieth
century.
The first newspapers Of WI -ch we
have remembrance were the Laurens-
vile Herald and the Union Times,
and we rather think that Col. T. B.
Crews, the veteran editor Of the
first above named, was then taking
his first lessons in the art preserva-
tive, and from those two journals we
probably caught the newspaper fever
that continues to the present time.
They we're brought by the country !
postmaster's children to the little
log school house in which we and a
score Of other more or less hopefuls
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30

A woman can look at a man in a
way that makes him feel like a plug
ged nickel!-then she spoils the ef-
feet by saying things.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30

In mans life the greatest neces-
sity is more money. ]
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30
SCHULTZ PIANOS

This week will include our great Schulz
Pianos, $500 Pianos for $4OO, $500
for $3.50, balance all the way Gown to
$3.50 This is a great opportunity that
YOU should not overlook.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30

Cut this coupon out and bring to
the store and get one Of our fine
Art Gale dars. Most beautiful ever
given away in NeWberry.