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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-06-15
The CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Enrolment over 7O0-Value Of Prop
ert over a Million and a Quarter -
Ninety Teachers and Officers.

Seven full four years courses, in
Agriculture, Engineering. etc.
Cost per session of nine months,
including all fees, board, heat, light,
laundry and necessary uniforms
S121.87.
Students who are financially able
pay $4,000 tuition additional.
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATIONS.
The College maintains 124 Agri-
cultural Scholarships and 43 Textile
Scholarships, worth $4,000 and free
tuition.
(Studenss who have attended Glenn
son College or any other College or
University are NOT eligible for the
scholarships unless there are no other
eligible applicants).
scholarship and entrance exam
nations will be held at the county
seats July Ia, 8 a. m.
NEXT SESSION OPENS SEPTEMBER
13, 1911.
Write AT ONCE to w M Riggs,
President Clemson College, sc, for
catalogue, scholarship blanks, etc. If
you delay, you may be crowded out.
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-06-15

Our idea of no place to start an
umbrella factory is on Mars. Prof
Lowell says it never rains there.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-06-15

Fashion is willing to be hobbled,
but not haremed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
Promoting Agriculture

s of the various organized movements to promote agriculture in the south the Southern Railway company has been a notably helpful leader during the past 10 years said T. O. Plunkett, of the agri- cultural department of the great railroad system mentioned. President ". w. Finley is far seeing man, and his con- structive ideas canont fail to be appreci- ated in the upbuilding of this southern country. He is thoroughly informed re- garding all the resources and conditions of southern communities, and with pro- phetic vision he has directed his energies along lines where results will naturally follow
 sAll of us engaged in the promotion of the south's industrial life get insplra- tion from Mir. Finley He works with en- thusiasm, and those under him have caught much of his enthusiastic spirit.
 'The railway branch with which l am connected has done a great deal of dem- onstration work in the southern states. We have co-operated with the farmers and the farmers have manifested an eagerness for improvement which has been most cheering
 The soutl,e Aas made wonderful strides recently, ara in the near future it will make another signal forward movement. Nothing pleases me so much as contact with the farmers. It is most interesting work and I am glad to see it bringing good fruit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Governor o,Nea,,s sneecb

''One of the local papers construes Gov ply to the commission form of govern ment," said D. B. Grace, but I do not understand that he condemned the recall In the commission form of government in fact, his ardent indorsement of the commission form would preclude such a conclusion. A careful reading of his speech clearly shows that he condemned the recall feature in respect to the ju- dietary, and as a corollary he referred to the restriction placed on the executive by the recall.
 That the most intelligent sentiment of the country opposes applying the recall to our judges there is no doubt. All thinking men are agreed that the judi ciary should be kept free from popular elamor or political prejudice. The courts are the bulwarks of our liberties. A judgeswho has a case before him involv- ing the rights to- life or property should render his decision without the fear of a recall before his eyes.
 The people are always right in the end, but they are apt to be swayed by the pas sions of the moment This country has seen know-nothingism, greenbaclSism, free slverlsm, and other isms sweep the voters off their feet like tidal wave, but the tide soon ebbs. We don't want to see the judiciary caught in such a vortex
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
They pnss'd by me As misers do by beEgars.
 --Troilus and Cressida.
Direct Action in Maine

The close vote in Maine over con- stitutional prohibition has attracted public attention, but another import ant vote-the vote on a statewide pri- mary law has been overlooked. The statewide primary law was, however, carried by sweeping majority. Only 6l62 votes were cast in the state against it in 70 cities and towns, and the majority in it's favor in the state will be perhaps 30,00O to 10000.
 Direct action by the people is every where gaining ground and in less than ten years it will be an established political method and principle. The right of the people to select practical ly all officials and in large degree transact their own public business without the intervention of self-ap- pointed middlemen cannot be success fully withstood except, perhaps, in machine-ruled Pennsylvania and the Shoot states that are ruled by the Mormon church. Governor Dix of New York demands that the demo- cratic legislature of New York obey the pledges of the last democratic platform in that state by passing a statewide primary bill. All experi- ence in this country goes to show that the people make few mistakes indeed, and the more directly they act the surer will the state secure wise anc rightful direction.
 The vote in New England state the state that lies farther east thar any other-is especially significant. It is fine step forward and in a short time all officials from the President down will be elected by the people acting directly at the ballot box. All men are free and equal there, if not elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
MAN NERS

From Harper's Weekly.
 We are all familiar with the story Of an accomplished host who drank out of his finger bowl to save an unsophisticated guest from embarrassment. This is off, set by the social kindness and tact of a certain physician, famous alike for cour- tesy and skill. A countryman. coming early one morning for the doctor, was kept for breakfast. At the table the coun- tryman poured his hot coffee into his saucer, and set his cup on the immacu- late damask beside it. Then he looked around the large table only to perceive that he alone had done this. But before the flush could fairly show in his face. the doctor had likewise poured his coffee
 into his saucer, and set the cup beside 1t, to the evident great relief of his guest. There is saying in the Tamud that he who causes another to blush Is as if he shed that others blood and so converse ly he who spares or shields another s blush saves some wounding of the spirit. For good manners really call for much chivalry, much heroic self control. and living for the moment in the experience of another For 50 soon as we go below the surface we find that manners are one | with morals, since the taproot Of both is the same. That famous order of Grants by which Lee was spared the soldiers 1 pain of surrendering his sword. is happ.
 instance Of the best" manners, since il combines chivalry and, magnanimity alike
 a full appreciation of the situation with g | fine consideration for another's feeling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
Taft's Record for Travel

Tomorrow MT. Taft sets out on a 12,000 mile trip of speechmaking in the west, and when he has completed it he will have a record of PTS, ,438 miles of official travelling in the pres ent century. He is an inveterate tray- eler. AS member of the Philippine commission in 1901 and later as the Secretary of War he swung around the world, and after he became Presi- dent he swung around the circle in this country. He has the wanderlust feeling at all times and under all cir cumstances, and the country foots his travel bills to the extent of $25, ,O00 year.
 In the northwest he will, however. have something harder to do than to withstand the fatigues of travel He will encounter at every stopping place numbers of his own party who see much in his vetoes of the free list and other tariff bills that they dislike. He will encounter men who cannot under stand how he could promise down. ward revision of the tariff, especially of Schedule K and yet be able to veto the revision bills presented to him. His tariff record is a tangle of in- constituencies, and he will indeed have difficult task when he appears to tie republicans of the northwest to support his renomination and re-elec- ton.
 He will find beyond doubt that the average man cares very little about his tariff board The average man wants a. decreased cost of living and he wants no delays. The tariff board means years of delays. In two years it has reported nothing but the prices of wood pulp and paper, and it would consume lifetime in going through the IA schedules of the tariff bill When the President talks tariff board to the people of the northwest he vii probably ascertain that the every day man cannot be beguiled by politi cal chaff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

According to stephen French Whitman, in his delightful article, "On Shipboa rd,1' in the current Harpers Weekly, here are some of the people one meets aboard a transatlantic liner:
 "The Englishwoman who has been over to a famous wedding where half thou sand dressmakers tore one another to rib- bons before the church. And almost at elbows with her we have gentleman in whose house they have Just discovered, among other things, five thousand rou- fSlte chips.
 And man who painted the President
 And dozen incognito brides attend ing by a dozen incognito grooms
 And a man who has skipped his bail.
 And a clergyman who grew tired wait ing for the lid to come off.
 And 50 buyers, in detachments, whose well trained feet turn unetringly toward the smoking room.
 And the man who nearly cornered oats.
 And the comic opera queen wearing those rings.
 And so on as long as you care to look
 "They find their deck chairs, and are tucked into them, one after the other, with Baedekers and newspapers and fat friendly looking steamer letters on lap Rows of pretty girls, pink of cheek and thoughtless now of the rolling forties, where pink cheeks are liable to pale They are reading letters; some look gay as they read them; some thoughtful; IS one wiping her eye with that little fistful of lace? Then don't look at her. Rows of elderly gentlemen, and they are read ing newspapers. So Amalgamated Bird Seed dropped three points? Very dull, very dull; Blank & Co. sold 59 shares, and that's all.' Rows of conscientious folk studying guide books and travel stories. They will know what time the drums beat in the Tulleries Gardens and where in Westminster abbey to find the shield that went to Agincourt'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
Center of Population

The center of population has moved westward 39 miles in the last 10 years, and is now located in Bloomington, near Unionville in southern Indiana. This is a change westward of eight miles from the original calculation of the census bureau. The manner in which this center was located is not generally understood. Under this plan man in Seattle counts for many men in Cincinnati. At first thought this seems absurd, but it is not.
 The center of population is a point such that if through it were drawn a | line running north and south, the sum of the distances that would have to be travelled to reach this line by all the people living east of it is the same as the like sum for the peo- pie living west of it; and if a line were drawn through it running east and west, the total travel to reach this line from the north would be likewise equal to the total travel from the south. And it is a mathematical fact that when the point has been found that answers these require ments, this same equality of aggre- gate departures will hold in regard to any oblique line, as we'll as in regard to the two rectangular lines.
 This is the real or common sense center of population, as we'll as the scientific center of the statisticians. It is in fact the only way in which center of population can be located. More people may live east of the Indiana point than west of it, yet when the distances to be travelled to reach common center are taken into consideration, as they should be, the center remains where the census bureau has located it, in southern h. diana Neither literature nor any Juggling of figures had anything to do with the location of the center of population. The travel distances did it..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
Mir. Underwood At Home

The return of Oscar W. Underwood to his home town has been marked by many evidences of his popularity among those who know him best. He is invited to attend all sorts of meet ings, and an address is expected wher- ever he appears. This is very gratify- ing to his friends, but those same friends should remember that MT. Un- derwood has this year but short va cation at the best.
 Early in December his great task of weeding graft out. of IA tariff schedules is to be resumed, and be- fore the long session adjourns in June the great business must be accomp- lished. The democrats cannot afford to go into a presidential campaign until they have redeemed their prom ise to do their level best to bring the tariff to revenue basis with conse- quent reduction of the cost of living. Upon MT. Underwood will fall the chief work of the great historic en- deavor, and he stands ready to carry out the will of the party. The Senate and the President may block the way, but if they do so much the worse will it be for them when the ballots are cast next year. Ninety millions of consumers are demanding relief from the exactions of tariff protected man. ufacturers who. never fail to mark up articles for use at home to the tariff limit.
 When we consider the magnitude of MT. UnderwoodYs work it must be conceded that he is entitled to few weeks of rest this fall After this week and until the Birmingham ban quet on November 23 he certainly should be left free to gather in his own way all vigor he can against the stupendous undertaking that will be his when Congress meets. He is will ing, affable and popular, but he is human, and all human beings need rest after prolonged strain upon both the mental and physical make 
 up. MT. Underwood may not feel the need of rest His close personal friends should see, however, that he gets it while he stays at home in the next two months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

disease is passed, for it is a hot weather affliction. Perhaps before summer comes again the medical world will know more about it than it does now.
 The death rate among whites was 9,IS; among blacks, 922. 13-a total of 1886 in each 1000 population. This IS low death rate, and it goes to show that the natural healthfulness of Jones valley has been preserved by the sanitation efforts of the city authorities. A raid upon the multi tudinous dry closets in this city is, however, sadly needed. Notice should be given when dry closets will become unlawful A years notice would not be unreasonable. Unless this is done the death rate cannot be kept down to low figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Gladstone it is stated that on May 90, 1877, the illustrious statesman visited Bir- mingham. England, the home of Joseph Chamberlain who had recently been elect ed to the house of commons. Tn Bir- minsham lived parsonage more famous than MT. Chamberlain-Dr. John Henry Newman, afterwards Cardinal Newman. He was at the head of an oratory there, and although his life was ascetic he was usually accessible to all sorts of men. In Morley's work is this note as if taken from MT. Gladstone diary: Thence. to the oratory and sat with Dr. Newman. w. E. G. Morley then says:
 At this interview MT. Chamberlain was present. He had asked MT. Glad stone what he would like to do or see
 in Birmingham. MT. Gladstone said he thought he should like to call upon pr. Newman. The wonderful pair were nervous and constrained, and each seemed a little relieved when, after 20 minutes of commonplace conversation, they rose to part
 T had the pleasure of meeting MT. Gladstone at Hawarden castle; was in his company at least two hours; heard him make the last address he ever de- Iivered In public. He was as genial as had imagined from reading about him. He received me most cordially and we talked freely about many matters. If there was any man in England noted especially for his bonhomie it was MT. Gladstone; and, of course. the world ic fa x.yifh Ia was as much at home in church his tory and theology as in politics, na- tional finance. or Greek poetry. I once heard an eminent divine say that there were few Anglican bishops so thor oughly familiar with patristic 1itera- ture as W. E. Gladstone, and yet &C., cording to MT. Chamberlain he was i'll at ease in the presence of John Henry Newman.
 T never met Newman, but I have read nearly all his works, and only lately have edited by his niece, Anne Mozeley. I had a singuarly delicious letter from him written long after he was created car- dinal, and I felt quite sure that he would have been a most charming man to meet. While pr. Newman knew the world well he had not been such mixer as MT. Gladstone, but these two men must have had some personal acquaintance at Ox- ford. Newman was vicar of St. Mary's, while the future premier was a student at Christ Church college. AS the preacher at St. Mary's was attracting wide atten- ton at that period, and as MT. Glad stone was deeply religious, he must have heard Newman; but even so the two great men had long been apart and New man might have felt a bit bored by hav- ing great visitor who was not in full sympathy with his theological views. I think, however, that Mr. Chamberlain must have exaggerated the awkwardness of the meeting. Surely MT. Gladstone could not have been at loss for a theme which would have been of mutual interest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
NEW YORK WOMEN FAT

From the Chicago News.
 That Chicago women are not so fat as those of New York because they eat fewer late dinners and take better care of themselves generally is the opinion of local modistes, who deny emphatically that Chicago women are shapeless.
 'The New York woman is little prone to stoutness," said Miss A. M Nichols, manager of a large corset shop. ''but Chicago women retain the athletic lines so much admired and desired. How does she do it? Why. by taking care of herself. She does not eat at all hours of he night"
 "I just returned from New York;" said Mime. Jeanne, at the head of another esta blishment, and while the New York woman has made a fine start toward ruining her figure with immoderate eat ing and drinking, I fear she is not so far past redemption as the New York man would have us think"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
PRINTING THE TRUTH

From Sacred Heart Review.
 A Kansas editor announced he would try for one week to print the truth and he is still in the hospital. He didn't get by the first day. The following item ap- peared in Mondays issue and now the boys are getting out the paper. This is what he said: Married, Miss Sylvia Rhode to James Cannaham, last Sunday evening at the Baptist church. The bride was an ordinary town girl. who didn't know any more than rabbit about cooking and never helped her mother three days in her life She is not a beauty by any means and has a gait like duck. The groom is an up to date has been loafer, living off the old folks all his life and don't amount to shucks nohow. They will have a hard life While they live together.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
A BRIBF INTERLUDE.

It was in the dreariest of small city parks. Dust was on the sscanty grass, dust bedimmed the few struggling trees and blazing afternoon sun beat down with pitiless glare. If a breeze had so far forgotten itself as to frolic across that sultry spot, it would have given up the ghost without so much as being able to stir single. grimy leaf In patch of shade a short, homely looking man. in shirt sleeves and suspenders, seated on the grass, his hat beside him. was read ing aloud from a book with faded covers. He looked like a very ordinary sort of man, but he was absorbed by what he read and his face wore an exalted look. Near him was young woman, evidently his wife, with dreamy, far-away look in her eyes. Whatever the story was, 1t had lifted her on the wings of fancy and borne her away from the sordid walks of everyday life. In front of the couple a baby played with a cheap toy. The little family seemed oblivious to passers- by, the baby in the blissful forgetfulness of childhood and it's parents bewitched for the moment by an authors nimble fancy. Thought one who saw them there it would have been we'll worth while to have written that book.
 A NEIGHBoR WORTH WHILE. A good mans gone, we're all forlorn, And this should be his epitaph: He Never Played Upon a Horn,
 He never Owned a Monograph"
 EXCUSABLE.
 'If that fellows chest expands any more he will certainly burst
 ''The man we just metz
 Yes"
 "oh, that's Wiggham. He is personally acquainted with Bob Fowler"
 A PROBLEM SOON SOLVED.
 Tigg liked to fish, -
 Fen though he caught none;
 To trim the dish
 He always bought one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
UNTIMELy INTERRUPTION

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Professor McGoozle was deeply ab- sorbed in the effort to take the tangle out of a knotty point in metaphysics.
 "Lysander," said his wife. looking up from the paper she had been reading, what does 1t cost to have ones name changed?''
 Tt never cost you anything to have yours changed, Alvira,'' irritably an- swered the professor. "I paid all the expenses" The worm turned at last.
 That was no more than you should have done," she snapped, considering that I changed my name from Wander poole to McGooze."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
InteIIecuaI CeIebrities

Famous men are not always at ease in company. and the host brilliant auth ors and popular heroes are sometimes dis appointing when we meet them in social life at close range' said a cosmopolitc. Carlyle was doubtless charming to his few intimates. but a friend of mine who spent an hour with him at Chelsea told me that he found him moody, and evea more eccentric than he had been descsio- ed. The gentleman referred was quite distinguished, but his visit to the philoso- pher was anything but satisfactory.
 Tn volume II of Morley's Life of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
HUMANITY FORLORN

Translated by Oscar Wilde from Victor Hugos poem, "Le Pape." Sin, suffering. tears-the sum of human
 life. The doom of all the worlds, of all Crea-
 ton. This is the creed that all religions teach Sorrow on Earth, eternal fire hereafter! O fatal shadow thrown on life from Hell By rituals of falsehood and despair, The dogma of Damnation! Wrath and
 hate Poured on our race throughout Eternity! A darkened life, dark abyss beyond If Man, a tortured, bound Prometheus; If Angel, thrice cursed Lucifer. o helpless mortaIs in the grasp of fate. Can we not claim some higher rights from
 God, Than tears on Earth. and Hell for evAr-
 more?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
Health of the City

The report of Health Officer Nell on covering the month of August, the last full summer month, shows that the city is pretty sound in a sanitary sense. Only eight cases of infantile paralysis were discovered during the month in the length and breadth of the city, and all danger of an cpl demic of that dreaded and baffling