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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22

| The case of John York. heard in the
City Police Court Monday, deserves the
attention of every editor and every
| other right thinking man in Virginia.
! 1t is a case of the individual against
society 1t appears from the testl-
| mony that John has been vagrant
for years. He has seldom worked,
| his mental powers are small and he
has frequently been a public charge.
While residing in the Henrico Aims
! house last year. John was permitted to
marry a woman living there, who had
two imbecile children. The woman her
self was an inmate of the Almshouse
and is said TO come from family of
mental delinquents.
Were John the only unfortunate who
marries delinquent and has to care
for imbecile children. the case would
not be worthy of note; but the man,
the woman and the children are typi-
cal of hundreds in the State Their
vagrancy is the inevitable result of
conditions which present two very Sc
rious problems to our people.
1t is safe to say that the marriage
of such a man and woman should be
prohibited. Although they have had no
woman's two children by a former
marriage shows what may be expect
ed of such union. Imbecile begets
imbecile. and the stamp of idiocy de-
scends from sire to son. AS the state
must care for these delinquents and
as the mental life of the State suffers
from their propagation. the State
should certainly put its ban on their
union.
Then, again, when the unfortunate
there is no place in the State where
| imbecilc children can be cared for.
None of the State institutions take
them in; the Children's Home Society
manifestly cannot give them homes
there is no excuse for sending them to
the Reformatory. While the State
should do its best to prevent the birth
of such children, 1t must care for then
after they are born. The children are
not responsible for their condition
Heaven knows. and they can only look
to the State for protection. In many
cases, careful training of these delin-
| quents Will give them chance in life
and in every case. they are less of a
menace to the State when they are in
an institution.
Nothing can be done until the AS
sembly meets in January, 1912. blu, the
people and the press should certainly
stir up sentiment for the establish
ment of hospital or school for the
care of these unfortunates Their
proper treatment and restraint is a
duty we owe posterity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22

We are told by his home organ, the
Houston Post, that the people of Bee
VILE. Texas, "hungered" for Cone
johnson at his meeting in that town
last week. 1t is all right, however,
so long as they don't thirst for him.
Gone being an out-and-outer Prohibi-
ZIONIST just at this time, he could find
no way of stalking II. II is COMPARE
lively easy to fix them on the food
question SO long as they can be satiss-
fed with the pauper rice of Texas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22

Benton McMillin has been nominated
for United States Senator by the "regu-
lar Democrats of Tennessee, and we
hope that he will be elected. in spite
of this handicap; the regular Demo-
Gratis being the Patterson crowd. Nc
Millin would make frst-rate Senator.
He has had large experience in legisIa-
tive work at Washington, and filed the
Office of Governor of Tennessee with
distinction 1t is too bad that he
should have been selected by the Pat
tersonians to run on their ticket.
Nothing better could happen for Ten
nessee and the South than the defeat
of Patterson. The blood of Carmack
cries out from the ground for VEN
geance!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22
TROOPS QUARREL OVER
ROYAL DEATH WATCH

plated. ass-mounted and plumed
helmets They are supcrbly mounted.
the chargers being all OF them much
over sixteen hands high and CORE
spending in size 10 their riders.
Perhaps the best proof Of the fact
that they have rights in the royal
palace superior To those of the Foot
Guards is to be found in tlfe fact
that their officers all wear the aigui !.
lettes of atds-de-cam to the soyer-
eign. which the officers of the four
regiments or Foot Guards. namely. the
Grenadiers. the coldstreams, the Scots
and the Irish Guards. do not.
While one can quite understand that
the Life Guards should be Jealous
of their old-timc prerogatives. which,
have thus been usurped b. the Grena-
der Guards, the controversy is not
n particularly pleasant one or agree
able for the King, for the squabble has
arisen In connection with the death
OF hts father and II the Guards de-
mand a settlement of the issue II is
in view of his own obseGuies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22
PRECEDENT of Priyy Council.

President of Privy Council.
Lord Beauchamp's appointment TO I'll.
Office of Lord President OF the Pr!vy
Council constitutes big PROMOTION
from the post of lord steward Of tho
royal household, which he has held
until now. for not only does II carry
precedence Immediately next to the
Archbishops of Canterbury and OF
York. the Lord High chancellors OF
England and OF ireland. and to the
Prime Minister. II gives him the pas"
of all dukes, as well as OF the earl
marshal, who is the Duke of Nor
folk and premier peer of the realm,
and OF the lord great chamberlain. who
is Earl Darlington, and. indeed. Invests
him with one of the greatest othces
of state.
In order to convey an idea Of IT'S I'm.
portance. 1t is merely necessary 10 point
out that the Priyy Council is the SUI
prerne and final court of judicial an
peal for the entire British Empire: that
the Cabinet itself derives its author-
ity from the fact that 1t is com.
mittee of the Prfvy Council, and that
| II Is the most ancient Institution OF
England. the So called Aula Regis. or
the Curia Rega of the early Norman
days, older even than that, English
Parliament which is acknowledged TO
be in point of age the senior and
dean OF all existing legislative BODIES
personiies the power OF the crown.
and the latter acts through the Coun-
ell
Incidentally, IT may be mentioned III led
orders "of" Council. orders ''in"
Council are made BY the King him
self. in conjunction with the members
of the Priv,y Council at meeting
| by the lords of the Council, that Is TO
say, by members of any of the various
committees of the Privy Council. Thus,
| for instance when the King decides
/ i,, In &c of
date at which this or that act or
Parliament shall come into operatlon.
| or summons the reserves and terri
order proroguing Parliament it Is an
order "n" Council. On the other hand.
when the committee OF the Counell
controlling the Channel Islands, or the
committee of the Council managing
\ the Department of Education. issues
some order or decree relating to de-
| partmental AFFAIRS which has been de-
termined BY aot the n commt'eo a'se'i'
commoners who belong to the priy y
Council, vet they are referred to IN
as "the lords OF the Council" and on
| lection and blessing of the sovereign
and Of the relgning II famN Wish als9 % cf fha
to to- endow the lords Of the, Council
with, grace, wisdom and understands
ing
Lord Beauchamp is an extremely
has held the Offices of captain of tha
Corps of MISUNDERSTANDING. Of Gov.
ernor Of New South Wales. and more
recently of lord steward. that IS tG
say, the chief dignitary of the roval
hoSu'sehold, He is married to a slstei
of the present Duke Of Westsm N, .
who is personal friend OF Queen
| Mary. and although his peerases ara
Of modern Great ion-his baron.v datinn
| from 1906 and his earldom from ths
year Of Waterloo-he Is .neverth a y
i the female line from that Walter d
/ Beauchamp who was lord steward ia
King Edward r., and a Crusader
Downright l9 Can ny 5no hieh'Woo'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22

Governor Ansel. of South Carolina is
said to have narrowly escaped being
struck by lightning while he was rid
ing around with three other Governors
in Kentucky several days ago. 1t is
not the sort of lightning, however. that
he is reported to be ready to receive.
What he would like is some sort of a
bolt that would knock him into the
United States Senate or lift him to the
Pench
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22

We wish the Springfield Republican
would tell us, truly. about the sena-
torial race in Connecticut. 1t is near
the scene. and can run over and find
out. We have not been able to get any
information from the Original sources
in Connecticut. Is it to be Buckley
or Mclean? That's all.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22

Does anybody happen to know what
has become OF the Hon. BraXton Bryan
Conner Governor of Alabama? Does
anybody care?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22

At Mr.. Taft's request, Secretary Knox
will remain in the Cabinet. That is
better than being Governor of Penn
sylvania, even il there is doubt In some
dense minds of the legitimacy of Mr..
Knoxs present job.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22
HOW ,1cADo0 SAW THE LIGHT.


Does advertising pay? Ask w. A.
McAdoo, the builder of the Hudson
River tubes. and George Boyd, the gen
eral passenger agent of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. They tried to get
along without it on the assumption
that the great publicity the tubes had
received while they were under con-
struction was all that was necessary.
but the assumption did not hold and
the passengers did not come George
Boyd was sent out with a number of
out how il did not happen as the as
biologists said it would happen. Dis
guising themselves with suit cases
as If they We're going on a Journey
they asked all the apparently intelli-
gent people they met how to get to
the PENNSYLVANIA station In Jersey
| City. Nine of the ten men they ask ed
told them to take the ferry. and the
tenth man had never heard of the
| Pennsylvania Railroad That was al
| Ninety sixth Street. In Forty-secont
| Street eight out of ten persons ap-
preached could give no definite in
| formation; one or two had heard o,
| the tunnels, but did not know wher,
any Of the stations We're, Only fift,
| per cent. OF those living ono block o
the terminal in New York knew any
thing about the tubes, and far up
town the ignorance was as dense a
night
Then q great light dawned upon Nc
Adoo and George Boyd and the rest o
the authorities. They had learned
their lesson. and began systemati
campaign of education by advertising
: in twenty-five newspapers. and b
Al other means. that they We're ready /
/ do business. with the result that iii
: people found them out and were abb
, 70 ride IN the tubes. During the mont
of January the tubes carried ALSO, 90
3 passengers, an increase of from s i
~ 10 ner cent on the business of tn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22

If there were fewer dogs in Monroe
Park there woaa1 be moro squirrels,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22
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PRESIDENTS, SONS.

While the eN-Presidents son was
being married Monday afternoon,
President Tafts son was being grad
uated at Yale. The people We're in
terested in both events. A great mob
that threatened TO swamp the Church
crowded to see the young man who
married Miss Alexander, and 1900
members of New Yorks most select
society were in attendance. At Yale,
young Robert Taft was centre of
attraction. and when it was announced
that he had led his class during the
four years of his stay at the college
the crowd applauded with genuine en-
thusiasm.
Everybody hopes that Miss Alex
ander's husband Will succeed in bust
ness. and everybody wishes Robert
Taft well as he goes into the world,
because the sons of the Presidents
are always an interesting company
of men. They occupy a unique posi-
ton, and they are forever under the
critical eyes of thousands. AS their
fathers achieve eminence the healthy
American public wonders whether or
not the sons will stand where the
| sires stood.
Generally speaking, the Presidents
sons have not turned out very much
better than the, same number of aver
age young men, born of good family
well educated and enjoying like adj
vantages, would have turned out. Few
/ of them have achieved great fame and
/ few of them have dsgraced them
selves. The first Presidents son to
| figure in American history was the
greatest of the whole company. for if
| Washington and Jefferson had no sons,
/ John Adams. that old New England
| Bourbon. had a son with sense enough
for three. John Quincy Adams is the
| only son OF President who ever be-
came President and the only one who
has left his name in the lasting annals
of the country. Andrew Jackson had
no son, though his adopted son. IL
will be recollected, was a gallant Con-
federate soldier; and, while prince
John" Van Buren,, Martins son, was
feted abroad, he did not fulfil the
promise of his youth. The next Pres
ident's son to achieve fame was Dick
| Taylor" famous in Confederate his
| tory, the worthy Son of old Rough
and Ready" and after him there is
not a memorable name among the sons
of Presidents until we come TO Robert
Lincoln and to General Frederick Grant
OF the later Presidents, Garheld's son is
the only one who plays any part in
public life: cleveland's son is strip
ling as yet; the others have to prove
their mettle.
On the whole. the fate of the Pres
idents sons bears out the general
theory of history that greatness is but
of generation. For one Robert E.
Lee, son of a Light Horse Harry,
there is many a Bismarck, son of a no
body; for one Matthew Arnold. the
"old Doctors" son, there are a dozen
like Robert Browning, the son of a
bank clerk. For one man who was
born great, there have been scores who
achieved greatness.
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-30
MOVED! MOVED! MOVED!

We have been moved around like the
black man in a swift game of checkers
ever since we opened up in Newoerry,
because we wouldn't join the union
and agree to get profits like they want.
Now, we are informed that several
we presume they must be business
men-have tried to rent our store
room from under US. We wish to
state in connection with this that we
have a lease on our present stand as
long as we pay the rent. But with
DR.. J. S. Wheeler's permission, we
will sub-let our present room at
s175.OO per month. Will be glad to
answer all who are interested.
THE BEE HIVE,
E. L. Bales. Proprietor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-30
WheeIand News

Slighs, Dec. 27.-Mr. J. L. Sease, the
oldest man in the Masonic lodge, at
tended the banquet in Prosperity las1
Monday afternoon. ~. ~...
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Kibler, OF Ll0tte
Mountain, spent several days. in tne
Piney Woods, to the delight Of theil
many friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Halfacre and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Fulmer spent
Christmas under the parental roof.
Miss Eunice Muse, teacher Of Vince
land school, is at her home in VerderJ
spending the holidays.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Sease and son
Thomas, spent Monday in Prosperity
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. R. J.
Stoudemayer.
The young folks are enjoying the
holidays with their fire works, par
ties and Christmas trees.
There are a. number Of wells being
punched. Among the Rumber are
those Of J. ". Lindler and c. S. Mat
thews.
Mr.. Lawson Enlow has bought and
moved in the Nathan Wheeler house
We are glad to have them.
Mr.. J. E. Cannon and wife, of New
berry, were on visit to his mother
Mrs. Della Cannon.
Mr.. Press Derrick has bought tn;
home formerly owned by DR.. Wyeh:
and has moved in. We are glad to have
him and Mrs. Derrick.
Miss Elizabeth sease is spending
her Christmas vacation in Prospe"''j
with her cousin, Miss Caro- Wyche.
The school is moving along ijce'y
The present trustees are E. l. SeSse
Pat Boland and John Metts.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-30
The Prosperity Circuit.

After a most pleasant years work
on the Prosperity circuit I am glad
to be returned for another. year. I
trust it will be time Of great spiri--
tual profit to all concerned. =
I take this opportunity to announce
our first quarterly conference at
Prosperity, Monday, January 9, 1911.
hope every member of this body
will make it point to be in attendance
at this important meeting. Preaching
at II a. m. by Presiding Elder j.. G:
Roper, intermission for dinner and
conference Immediately after dinner.
The public'is is cordially invited. +
S. C. Morris, P. c.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-30
Church of the Redeemer.

(Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor):
Nothing preventing, the pastor OF
thA Lutheran Church of the Redeem
er will return this week from his va
cation, and there will be regular SER
vices in the church next Sunday as
follows:
II a. m.-The regular morning SER
vice with a sermon by the pastor on
the subject: 1.-THE Message of the New
Year" There will be good music. At
this service the newly elected deacons
will be installed.
Sunday >chool will meet at the usu-
al hour. Teaches a3d scholars are
requested to be in their places and
begin the New Ye"~ '-'.';.''-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that the Town
Council of Newberry, S. c., will hold
an election on Friday, Dec. 80, 1910,
at 7 o'clock p. m., for the following
officers: ...
Clerk and Treasurer at a salary OF
se5 per month.
Chief of Police at salary of s65
per month. ,
Four Policemen at salary of $50 per
month each. i''>.>
One Policeman for the Newberry
Cotton Mills at a salary Of s35 per
month.
One Street Superintendent at a
salary of $50 per month.
One Lamplighter and Janitor at a
salary of s25 per month.
Two Hose Wagon Drivers at sal
ary of $40 per month each.
A City Attorney at a salary of 500
per year.
of $4,000. The Chief of Police will be
required to give bond for the faithful
performance of his duties in the sum
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-30
Honor Roll City Schools.
SpeerS St. School.

Seventh Grade.-Maud Abrams
Marion Earhardt.
Sixth Grade Kathryn Harms, Mil
dred Evans, Henry Rikard, Elise Pet
erson, James Dennis, Mary Elisa Ma,
hon, John Davenport, Eldridge Nc.
Swain. -
Fifth Grade-Joe Norwood, Edward
Davis, Jack Dunston, Lucille Baxter
Grace Wilbur, John Werts, Claud
Werts, Sarah Thompson, Lee Nc
Swain.
Fourth Grade-Bessie Bedenbaugh
Nancy Fox, Walter Lindsay, Emily
Hoof, Estelle Kibler.
Third .Grade-Herbert Franklin
Abbie Gaillard, Marguerite Jacobs
Louise Perry, Sue Ella Peterson, Ed
win Settler, Burton Wells, Fulme1
Wells, Marguerite Werts, Susie Maudi
Wilson.
Second Grade-Fredna Schumpert
Mary Alice Suber, Rachel Hendrix
Hilca Sample, Horace Gruber, Broad
us Werts, Mary Ellen Lake, John Rion
Bullock.
First Grade-Nellie Lake, Carol
Baxter, Preston Lambright Edith
Wilson, Blanche Counts.
Boundary Street School.
Seventh Grade-Terressa Maybin
Sara Halfacre, Oscar BlackWelder
John Kinard, Myrtis Miller, Claude
Perry. 8
Sixth Grade-Mary Iipp, Mary
Frances Kibler, Margaret Mcintosh
Ellen Mae Parr, Frances Wheeler
Louise Smith, Lucy Perry, Walter
Banks, Clifton Graham, William Half
acre, Fred Scurry.
Fifth Grade-George Rodelsperger
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-30
Here's wishing you a happy and a
prosperous New Year.
THE PROPOSED ROAD LAW.

We reprinted in our last issue the
proposed road bill, submitted by the
chamber Of commerce committee, and
also the present road law and inspec-
tors law, 80 that the readers might
look over both and see in what re-
spects the two differ, and in what re-
spects they are similar. You will note
that the present ROAD law does not
provide for expert supervision. It
does not provide for permanent work
by the changing. 1t does not provide
for work by a regularly organized
force for the maintenance of the roads
in each township. It does not pro-
vide for the use Of machinery neces-
sary to the building of permanent
roads nor does it provide for the
maintenance Of existing highways.
The proposd bill provides for levying
a two-mill tax and q $500 commuta-
aon tax, which money shall be used
exclusively for the building and main
tenance Of the roads, none Of it to be
expended for bridges and ferries. IN
der the present law, the proceeds of
the 1 mill tax could be used for build
ing bridges and repairing bridges and
maintaining ferries, and as a matter
Of fact, it IS counted into the general
ordinary county fund. ..
Under the proposed bill the two mill
tax and the communication tax are to
be kept as separate fund and, after
providing for the maintenance of the
ehaingang, it is to be apportioned
among the townships in proportion to
the public road mileage in the respec-
tive townships. In this way, the per-
manent work to be done by the chain
gang will start in the centre of the
county and go out as rapidly as it can
be done, and, in the meantime, each
township will have a force Of hands
under an efficient road builder work
ing for several months in each year
in the maintenance Of the roads.
We believe if the ideas contained in
the proposed bill are properly car
ried out, it would be only a matter Of
a short time when there would be good
roads throughout Newberry county,
and that at minimum Of cost
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-30

John Floyd, Bertha Gray Gallman,
Carolyn May, Nat Gist, Junius Kinard,
Ruth Porter, Eugene Shgh, Clyde
Ward.
Third Grade-May Tarrant Mary
Klettner, Hattie May Buford, Edna
Taylor, Ida Perry, Mildred Purcell,
Cora EWart, Edna Sease, Vernon Por-
ter, Harry Epting, Karl Kinard, Laur-
ence Hardeman, Daggett Norwood,
Root Schumpert, Bowman Adams, El-
lis Williamson, Callie Boyd Parr,
Irwin Leslie.
High School
Tenth Grade-Lei1a Dennis, Robert
Porter, Geneva Thornton, Louise
Jones, Margaret Burton, Brooks Den
mis-.
Ninth Grade James Kinard, Lois
Hipp, Gus Houseal, Marion Jones,
Lance Swindler, Leo Riser, Annie
Kibler, Nancy Werts, Rose Herbert,
Louise Workman. -.
Eighth Grade Rikard, Frank
Wright. J..
West End School.
Fourth Grade-Flemmer Jones, Eva
Robertson, Lillian Hayes, Emma
Franklin, Minnie Williams, Murrell
Witt, Rosa Copeland. -
Third Grade-Hazy Bouknight, Bur
ley Bouknight, Irwin Dogen, Olen
Lever, Cecil Merchant, Joe Morse,
Julius Rister, Claude Sheely, Pet
Thrift, Aumere Williams. .
Second Grade-Lillie May CLANCY,
Mabel Jones, jamie Padgett, HIKE
Peeler, Goldie Petrea, Mamie Rister,
Carrie Nell Swindler, Marvin Amons,
B. F. Tompkins.
Boundary Street School.
First Grade-Claude Cromer, Ed
ward Epti1g, John Chappell, Marcus
Ewart, Paul Fulenwider, Henry Lom-
mack, Walter Martin, Legare Tarrant,
James Wallace, Janet Banks, Collie
Biease, Leila Bradley, Ella Dunn, Eliz-
abeth Kinard, Elizabeth Mimms,
Marie Schumpert, Mildred Werts,
Elizabeth Wright, Susie Buford.
SECOND Grade Ralph Gunter, Clark
Floyd, Carroll Summer, Herman Dick
ert, Aubrey Tilley, Willie Caldwell,
JAMIE Deli Paysinger, Alliene Dunn,
Frances Jones, Claude Wheeler, An
ME Ward, Mildred Tarrant-
Fourth Grade-Annie Banks, Ruth
Blackwelder, Sophie Nell Crotwell,
Mary F. Cannon, Frances Houseal,
Harriet Mayer, Roberta Mann, Viola
Parketon, Azile Parr, Pearl Powell,
Marguerite Spearman, Ruth Schum-
pert, Leo Braswell, Cornelius Davis,
Guy Scurry, Foster Smith.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-30
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of The Commercial Bank Of
Newberry, S. c., will be held in the
Office of the President on Wednesday,
January 18th, 1911, at twelve o'clock
m. for the purpose of e1ecting Direc-.
tors for the ensuing year, and for
transacting any other business that
may come before the meeting.
J. Y. McFall,
; Secretary.