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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-04-21
SC1NTILLATIONS.
By Squibs.

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How could you resist those beau
tiful home ladies in their arguments
for the park?
Gee! Haw!-Laurens Advertiser.
Whoa! What's the matter with you?
Come down and see some good ball.
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Nearby towns are now beginning g
to agitate the matter of early closing
for the summer months. The days are
beginning to get long and wearisome
and the call for rest and recreation
for the clerks and other employees of
the business houses is one that can
not be overlooked in its importance.
-Laurens Advertiser. Newberry mer-
chants look at it that way, to their
credit
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ANY man in Charleston who is eth
er sick or needs a loan has splendid
array of doctors and bankers to get
relief from.-Evening Post, 18th.
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With the doctors and the bankers
both in annual convention assembled
we poor common folk are in danger
of wreck and ruin both in constitution
and credit. They ought to hit upon
different times Of the year so that
physically or financially we may have
dependen Times, 18th.
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Why shouldn't farmers join cham
bers of commerce at nearby cities?
Each needs the other.-Charleston
Post.
Central Park, Leesville. Did some
one suggest the name or did we dream
it?-Leesville News. You dreamed it
after seeing Bill Ewart's cartoons in
The Herald and News.
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Abbeville has two of the best post
Office clerks in the State.-East End
cor. Abbeville Press andjBanner. That
correspondent knows nothing what
ever of the Newberry postofhce. And
he ought to see the Newberry R. F. D.
fellows, too.
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Round Trip Excursion Rates to Co.
lumbia and Return via Southern
Railway, Account Music Festival.
Account Music Festival at Colum-
bia, April 1922, 1911, the Southern
railway annudnces round trip rate of
S2.15 from NeWberry, S. G. Tickets
sold April 10, 20, 21 and for trains
scheduled to- arrive Columbia before
noon April %, 1911, with final limit
returning April "a, 1911. Proportion
ately low rates from other points. For
detailed information, call on Southern
railway ticket agents, or, A. H. Acker,
T. P. A, Augusta, Ca; J. L. Meeks, A.
G.. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
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GREAT LAND SALE AT UNION, S. c.,
MAY II, 1911.

The undersigned as executors OF,
and under and by virtue of the author
ity and power confea red on them, LII
the last will of Ann E. Rice, deceased,
will sell on Wednesday, May II, 1911,
at II o'clock a. m, before the court
house door at Union, S. c., at pub
lie auction, upon the terms of one
third cash, the balance upon a credit
of one and two years, payable in equal
annual installments with interest on
each installment from day of sale, Sc
cured by bond of the purchaser and
mortgages of the premises, purchasers
to pay for papers and recording; and
the bonds to provide for ten per cent.
attorneys fee in case Of suit or fore
closure, or collection by an attorney
after due; and the purchaser to have
the option Of paying all cash; the fol-
lowing tracts of lands, all in Union
county:
l. The "home" place, thirteen hun
dred acres, more or less, in Goshen
Hill township, bounced on the North
by land of the estate of W. H. Gist;
on the East by land of J. T. Douglass
and public road; on the south by
Jones land and the Dana" place; and
west by the Stephens place.
2. The Briggs place. seven hun
dred acres, more or less, in Goshen
Hill township, bounded on north by
the Darcy P. Duncan land; east by
Lou Beatty and the Kraft land, south
by the W. H. Sartor Harris place,
west by Jones place and the "home
place."
8. The "Shelton Lee place. contain
ing nine hundred and fifty acres, more
or less, in Goshen Hill township,
bounded on the north by Padgett's
creek and the Mobley land, on east by
Mrs. V. S. Coleman's land, on south
by Coleman and W. H. Sarter Harris
land, and on west by Kraft place (noW
Going).
4. Black Rock place, containing four
hundred and eleven acres, more or
less, in. Goshen Hill township, bound
ed on north by the Goudelock place
(now S. NJ. Rice), east by the Sims
land, south by the Duckett land, and
west by Green Lee and others land
5. The "Stevens place. containing
four hundred acres, more or less, in
Goshen Hill township, bounded on
north by the Gist lands, east by the
thome place." south by the Dana
place, and west by the ]. E. Minter
ct al lands.
6. The Dana" place, containing
fourteen hundred and seventy-fve
acres. more or less, in Cross Keys anc
Goshen Hill townships, and bounded
on north by the Stephens place ant
J. E. Minter land, east by the Jone:
place, south by Enoree river, and ives
BY lands of Mrs. Coleman and Mrs
Ida ". Goss.
!. The Lee place, containing dftee1
hundred acres, more or less, between
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DR. MELDAU

will answer emergency calls In con-
nection with his Office work. Special
ties, morphine and other drug habits.
Hours 9 to 1 forenoon: 4 to 8 after
noon. 1U-28-6mos
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Columbia, Newberry s. Laurens r. E

Schedule in effect October 8, 1910
Subject to change without notice.
schedules indicated are not guaran-
teed:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-04-21

Gee! Haw!-Laurens Advertiser.
Whoa! What's the matter with you?
Come down and see some good ball.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-04-21

How could you resist those beau
tiful home ladies in their arguments
for the park?
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
A Paper Restaurant.

Hamburg, Germany, has an eating
house made Of paper. Its walls are
composed Of a double layer of paper
stretched on frames and impregnated
with a fire and water proof solution.
A thin wooden partition affords fur
ther protection from the tnclemency OF
the weather. Roofs and walls are fas-
tened together by means Of bolts and
hinges so that the entire structure may
be taken apart and put together again.
The dining room itself measures 30 by
6 meters and is capable Of accommo-
dating $50 people. There are twenty
two windows and four skylights, and
the heating is done by two isolated
stoves. A side erection contains the
managers Office, kitchen, larder and
dwelling room The total cost was
S85O.-Detroit Free Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
His Danger.

In these days Of almost pre-eminent
German music and musicians 1t Is
rather amusing to read the opinions Of
former generations concerning Teu-
tonic singers.
Frederick the Great was so impo-
Iitely unpatriotic as to declare that be
would rather hear the nelghing Of a
horse than the singing Of q German
prima donna. Perhaps In his day there
was some excuse for such a remark,
but the times have changed.
There is a diverting anecdote Of an
Italian who was convinced that no
German could sing. A friend induced
him to go to the opera where Hen
riette Sontag sang. After hearing heT
first aria the Italian got up to go. The
friend urged him to stay. assuring him
that he would be convinced soon.
Il know it." repied the Italian, "and
that's why CO."
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
ANCIENT BRIDGES.
Some Built Before the Christian Era
Still Standing In China.

Some Built Before the Christian Era
Still Standing In China.
Suspension bridges which were built
In the time Of the Han dynasty COZ
B. O. to go A. d. are still standing,
striking examples OF oriental engineer
ing skill. According to historical and
geographical writers of China, it was
shang Lieng, Kaen Tsu's chief OF COM
mand, who undertook to construct the
first public roads In the Flowery en-
pire.
At that time it was almost tmpos-
sible for the province Of Shense to
communicate with the capital. Lieng
took an army of 10000 workmen and
cut great gOrges through the noun
tains, filing up the canyons and val
leys with the debris from his excava-
tions. At places where deep gorges
were traversed by large and rapidly
lowing streams he actually carried
out his plan OF throwing suspension
bridges, stretching from one slope to
the other.
These crossings, appropriately styled
flying bridges" by early Chinese writ
ers, are high and dangerous looking In
the extreme. At the present day a
bridge may still be seen in the Shense
which f. 400 feet long and Is stretched
over chasm more than 1000 feet
deep. How those early engineers
erected such a structure with the tools
and appliances at their command is q
mystery which will probably never be
explained.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
OUR FIRST MINI.
some of the Rules and RsguIatieas
That Were In Force Thers Over
Hundred Years Ago.

The first United States mint at Phil
adelphia was naturally a very unpre-
tentious affair The material for coin
age was secured from abroad There
was found much difficulty to get any
one Of experience TO operate the coin
age. and the salary list Of the first
mint employees was: David Ritten-
house, director, $1,000 per annum;
TriSuam Dalton. treasurer, $1,000;
Henry Voight, eoiner, $500; Isaac
Hugh, clerk, 1912.
The regular coinage OF copper began
In 1893, silver in 1794 and gold In 1895.
The following curious extracts ara
taken from the mint rules and regula.
lions OF the early days:
'"The allowance under the name Of
| drink money is hereafter to be discon-
| ttnued.
THE operations OF the mint through
out the year are to commence at 8
/ o'clock In the morning.
Christmas day and the Fourth OF
July-and no other days-are estab-
lished holidays at the mint.
J "He (watchman) viii keep in a prop
er arm chest, securely locked, mus
ket and bayonet, two pistols and a
| sword
1.-The watchman must attend from
o'clock In the evening to O'Clock Ia
the morning, must ring the yard bell
| every hour and send the watchdog
through the yard immediately sfter
ringing the bell"
Besides the Philadelphia mint, wh&eh
is now established in palatial quarters
at Seventeenth and Spring Garden
streets. there are mints at San Fran
cisco, Denver and New Orleans and an
assay office at Carson City.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
Courtship In China,

4 curious custom prevails at Huay-
ninghsien, in Kwangsi. On the If
teenth day Of the first month in each
year al the young ladies and gentle
men take a walk to the Yenyen noun
tain. Each damsel carries little box,
which she deposits at the foot Of the
hill. Any young gentleman desirous Of
entering the bonds of matrimony may
select one Of the boxes and take it
away with him. whereupon the fair
owner Of the box makes herself
known. and an acquaintanceship is
thus formed. III assorted matches are
not likely to occur. as this custom is
observed only among the well to do
classes of society.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
MISS WISE SERVANT.
She Was Too Well Posted on the Right
of Employer and En-
ployed.

"Some girls may be green and easily
imposed upon," said the woman, but
just as many more can give their en-
plOyers points on law. TIE girl that
came to my house the other day from
an employment agency knew more In
minute about the rights Of employer
and employed than / would know In 8
year. About the first thing she did
was TO look out at that big hole in
the ground at the other end Of the
lot, where they are preparing to build
She said:
"Tf ! should break any dishes while
that building is going up you couldn't
make me pay for them
Il asked why not, and she informed
me that a girl working in building
that is likely to be shaken by blasting
il protected by the same rule that gov
ems employees IN dining car. Owing
70 the insecurity they are allowed $40
month for breakagS. Dishes valued
at less than $50 may be smashed with
tmpunity. She gave me a printed &C
count OF the trouble Of two friends
who had thrashed that matter out In
court and had been sustained In their
contention for a twenty dollar leeway.
didn't employ that girl. / don't want
to impose upon any girl, but didn't
want to hire one who knows that she
can smash my best dishes up to $50
worth and get on without paying dam
ages. New York Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13

logically planned work. (a) Definite
aims. 2 Tacking of known to un-
known. (a) Children must be pre-
pared to take new idea (b) Aver
age child must. be able to take in. (c)
Proper questions which admit of no
confusion. 3. Remember you are
teaching children and not machines.
.(a) Don't teach time, but children.
When you desire a composition US
have developed, give the pupil a
unit of thought to guide him, IN his
reaction work as, Subject: My pet
Cat" Use run and ran. Subject;
Trees" Use give and grow. Subject:
Proper Rest Use sleep and slept,
Subject: Apple Blossoms. Use l,
you and he. (ImpersCnation OF a
flower.) Subject Month OF May,
use parts of bloom. Subject: The
Hen," use set. Skeleton sentences to
be filled in with the word lett out
are advised to acquaint the weak pupil
with the proper use of words in their
relation TO other words.
In developing composition, It IS
agreed by authorities that only two
thoughts should be developed each
day. These thoughts may be impress
ed during the dictation period, after
the development of same in the talk,
Your composition should be asked for
when you have developed the subject
in its entirety. A pupil can not write
a composition until he knows what to
compose.
Skilful questions in logical arrange
ment as we'll as outlines are recon-
mended as a guide to the fourth
grader in his composition work. The
question, Tell me all you know about
trees" etc, is much out of place, when
you do not know what he knows
Ask more simple question, which
will lead him to make a complete dis
fence.
The objects of questions are, CD TIC
| covery of all facts, within his eXper-
find out what the child knows. 81
To discover his misconceptions. 81
To secure the activity of his mind
and his cooperation. (D To tes
! the result and outcome of what yOr
have taught.
If the foregoing facts are advlsedly
/ considered, authorities will bear mt
out, a successful composition viii b'
developed
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
OLD LONDON BRIDGE.
Il Linked the Twelfth Century With
tho Eighteenth.

Il Linked the Twelfth Century With
tho Eighteenth.
For centuries old London bridge,
with its double row Of houses, was the
home Of generations who lived and
traded over the Thames waters.
Holbein lived and painted there. Os-
borne, the prentice lad, leaped through
a window IN the house OF his master,
Sir William Hewet, to the rescue Of
Sir Williams daughter, who had fallen
into the swollen food Of the river be-
low, and by winning her for his wife
laid the foundation Of the ducai house
OF Leeds. Crispin Tucker had bis shop
on the bridge, to which Pope and
Swift and many another author OF
fame made pilgrimages to purchase
books and gossip with the waggish
shOpkeeper. Crocker's Dictionary was
printed "at the Looking Glass on Lon
don bridge" and gigantic corn mills
dominated the south end Of the struc-
ture, not many yards from the wonder
ful Nonsuch House. a huge wooden
DltC Will LuAICAo dAA NuHOAsAo bAOR5AN
from Holland.
Such In brief outline was the London
bridge which linked the twelfth with
the eighteenth century and which
when it was on its last tottering legs
was removed to give place to its fine
successor of our day, the stone in
which is said to be nearly double
that employed in building St PauPs
cathedral" l."-MontTeal Standard.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
Doves and coronations.

At the ancient ceremonies OF coro-
nation Of the French kings after the
amounting had been performed some
white doves were let loose in the
church. This was supposed to symbol
tze the power of the Holy Ghost in di-
recting the kings actions. A similar
idea seems to have inspired all early
kings, for among the English regalia is
the rod of equity or the scepter with
the dove. This is simply a golden rod
with a mound at the top, which sup
ports a cross. On this cross is a dove,
fashioned Of white enamel. with eK-
panded wings. Some fine diamonds Or
nament the rod In various places.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
NEGRO STUDENTS LAURELS.
Wins Prize for Essay Offered by
French Professors of America.

Ithaca, N. Y, May 1.-The Society
of French Professors of America has
awarded the prix d'honneur for a
French essay on a literary topic and
translation of a French author to
James Bertram Clarke, the Negro
student at Cornell University, whose
recent article on the Negro question
at Cornell caused a storm of COM
ment. Clarke was also awarded other
prizes. He is a junior in the College
of Arts. He comes from CaStrles, IN
the West Indies.
Two other French prizes were
given to Clayton J. Buttery of Rip
ley and c. ]. F. Kline.
The annual Woodford prize contest
in oratory was won by George Nor
ris Wolfson, New York City senior
in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
FAMOUS GOODWOOD.

Something About a Historic English
Race Course.
The Goodwood race course is quite
unique. 1t is a long way from a sta
ton and is not near any town, says the
London Taller. 1t is on a hill the top
OF which is shaped like a horseshoe,
the space between the two horns being
represented by a deep ravine. The
course runs round the horseshoe, the
start being at the end Of one horn and
the finish at the end OF the other. The
result Of this is that the equestFians
who on other courses cOntriVe to see
both start and finish by the simple
process Of riding across while the race
is in progress cannot do so at Good
wood. They must elect which they
viii see and remain there. On the
other hand, the course is very easy to
follow with glasses.
The races as an institution are COM
paratively modern, but there must
have been hunt races and matches on
this course since the days Of William
Ill, when we hear Of the Goodwood
hunt as in existence. In 1900, how
ever, the then Duke Of Richmond
made new course, which is practical
" the present one In 1901 the course
was completed. and in order to cele-
brate this a regular meeting was got
up by the duke with the assistance Of
the hunt and some officers Of the Sus-
sex militia and yeomanTy, and prizes
to the value of about f1.000 were put
up. This meant q good sum in those
days. This was the first GOodwoOd
meeting Of importance, and from that
year 1t became an annual event
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
His AiternztiNSa-

Even at the tender age OF four little
Benny was considering his future Oc-
cupation. Mamma" he said, when
I'm a man I'm going to have a wagon
and drive around collecting ashes"
'Why, Benny" exclaimed his mother
In horror, mamma doesn't want her
little boy to be an ash man"
"Wen, then" replied Benny with a
very self sacrificing air, Il suppose !
could collect swiI."-Delineator
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
Gender of Garlic.

''Why is garlic masculine gendsrP
asked the man who markets. ''Lt mast
be masculine because the greengToceTs
I buy from call 1t he They are most
~ Italians and ought to know the seq
Of garlic II anybody does. OF all the
vegetables and aromatic herbs I buy
garlic is the only one to which mas
culine virtues are ascribed. Every
thing else Is neuter. To call garlic It
would be an insult. The garlic, be Is
fresh, he Is fine, he is cheap, be Is
dear. Funny, isn't itr New York
Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
4 Don and q Sonn.

During one of the last birthday cele-
brations Of the poet Whittier he was
visited by a celebrated oratorio singer.
The lady was asked to sing, and, seat
ing herself at the piano, she began the
beautiful ballad robin Adair" She
had hardly begun before Mr.. Whit
tiers pet dog came into the room and,
seating himself by her side, watched
her as If fascinated, listening with a
delight unusual in an animal. When
she finished he came and put his paw
very gravely into her hand and licked
her cheek. Robin takes that as trib-
ute to himself" said Mr.. Whittier.
"He also is Robin Adair." The dog,
hearing his own name, evidently con-
sidered that he was the hero Of the
song. From that moment during the
lady's visit he was her devoted attend
ant He kept by her side when she
was indoors and accompanied her
when she went TO walk. When she
went away be carried her satchel IN
his mouth TO the gate and watched her
departure with every evidence Of dis
treSS,
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
Birds and insect Life.

Men Of science are generally agreed
that birds are natures great check on
the excess of insects and that they
maintain the balance between plant
and insect life. Ten thousand cater
pillars, it has been estimated, could
destroy every blade Of grass ON an
area Of cultivated land. The insect
population of a single cherry tree in
tested with aphides has been estimat-
ed by q prominent entomOlogist at no
less than 100000 The bird popula-
tion Of cultivated country districts has
been estimated at from 700 to 1000 per
square mile. This is small compared
with the number Of insects, yet as
each bird consumes hundreds Of In
sects every day the latter are prevent
ed from becoming the scourge they
would be but for their feathered enc
mies.-Harper's Weekly
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOST
TION.
This Paper Was Composed and Read
by Richard A. Gillen, Teacher of
Grades Four-A Normal Practice.

Compositions do not come into the
mind fully grown, as Minerva was
tabled TO have burst from the brain
of Jupiter They have very humble
origins. At the start, composition
is merely vague idea of something
we wish to write about. Whether or
not this vague idea will develop into
anything better, depends on the way
in which we treat it.
DIR. Winhred Scott Montgomery
once said that "a word is the sign
of an idea to him who has the idea.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
RattIed.

4 nervous looking man walked into
a grocery store with his baby on one
arm and Il kerosene can on the other,
placed the can on the counter and
said. sit there n moment. dear"
Then. holding the baby up to the dazed
clerk. be added. Fiji this thing up
with kerosene. e."-Argonaut
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
rhn n.a.d.I nnn4nr.

'How did you Ike your dtnnerT In
Quired the epicure.
We'll" answered the dyspepdc, 1T
was admirable in every respect But
my doctor has put me into such an
apprehensive frame Of mind that when
ever l really enjoy eating anything !
become utterly miserable"
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
A Kicker,

"Got new baby at your house. have
yOu? Boy or grip
"Girl. but she's an anarchist She
hasn't done a thing but howl indignant
protests against existing conditions
since she came."-Chicago Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
An kmendment,

"Are you ready TO live on my In
conner be asked softly.
She looked up into his face trust
ingly.
Certainly, dearest" she answered,
'11-iF'-
III what?"
Ell you get another one for your-
self."-Esw York Journal
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
He Had Quit

"You say you have quit smokingT
"Yep; never going to smoke again"
''Then why don't you throw away
those cigarsI"
Never! threw away q box Of good
cigars the last tms l quit smoking,
and it taught me a lesson. ."-Houston
Post
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
Cheerful.

Old Nurse Ito newly married couple
after viewing the wedding presents
Well. my dears. you ought to be very
'appy. There amt a thing amongst 'em
as a pawnbroker wouldn't be pleased
to 'andle.-LoRdcn Punch.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
So Faminins.

Lottie-I wouldn't be In Kitt1ss
shoes for anything In the world Hat
ts-Of course not They hurt you tsE-
rfhlx-HaFpeFs BaSaE.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
Tha Pn&.

Wiley tat the hotel of1ce)-The clerk
says they don't take pets, Algy, 50
suppose Fido and you win have TO put
up In the basement.-Life.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
An Anomaly,

The average young woman doesn't
Ike to see her thirtieth birthday. Yet
when she has seen it she would like
to see It again.-Smart Set.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13

The understanding Is always the
dupe OF the heart.-La Rochefoucauid-
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13

Not what you do. bat bow yOa DO Il,
IL the test of your capacity-Ssadley.