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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
TOWN AND TOWNSHIP BOARDS OF
ASSESSORS FOR 1911 AND 1912.

The following members of the Town
and Township Boards of Assessors are
hereby notified that a meeting of this
body will be held in the Office of the
County Auditor on Thursday, March
IA, 1912, at II o'clock a. m. This meet
ing is called for the purpose of at
tending to all necessary business in
connection with fair and equal as
sessments of personal property for
this fiscal year, 1912:
City Of Newberry-Jno. A. Sem,
Otto Klettner, L. W. Floyd.
Township No. /, County-Jno. C..
Neel, S. P. McCrackin, G. Med. Sigh.
Township No. 2-J. J. H. Brown,
Chas. S. Suber, J. D. Nance.
Township No. 3-E. L. Glymph, Job
H. Ringer, B. H. Maybin.
Town of Whitmire-David Duncan,
Jno. H. Hipp, P. B. O'Dell.
Township No. 4, County,. H. Sub
er, Jas. c. Duncan, Sam w. Derrick.
Township No. Geo. c. Glasgow,
Geo. a. Epting, Jno. W. Smith.
Township No 6-J. Will Wilson, l..
C. Pitts, NJ. NJ. Livingstone.
Township No. IA. P. Coleman, P.
n. Boozer, Jno. ", Sanders.
Township No. S-H. O. Long, ]. NJ.
Nichols, W. H. Long.
Town of Prosperity-E. W. Werts,
w. T. Gibson, a. H. Hawkins.
Township No. 9, County,. Pierce
Harmon, B. R. Long, L. S. Long.
Town of Little Mountain-Joe. B.
Derrick, A. N. Boland, J. E. Shealy.
Township No. 10-Adam L. Aull, D.
B. Cook, W. B. Boinest.
Township No. 11-R. H. Hipp, Perry
Halfacre, Felix A. Graham.
The above members of the boards
are expected to be present at the
meeting the 14th inst.
EUG. S. WERTS,
z-8-2t. County Auditor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
RURAL POLICEMEN.

The two rural policemen, Messrs. T.
G. Williams and o. H. Peterson, who
were appointed by Sheriff Buford un-
der a recent act of the legislature, fl
ed their bonds and began their duties
on Monday. These young men will
make efficient officers, and will, as
far as it is possible, see that the law
is enforced in the rural districts.
The editor of The Herald and News
recalls with some qualification the
fact that he proposed the first gener-
al rural police bill that was introduced
in the South Carolina legislature.
That was some eight years ago. We
have always been of the opinion that
the people who live in the rural dis
trict needed police protection, and,
while two officers can not cover the
county as thoroughly as it should be
covered, the very fact that they are on
duty and no one knows just where
they are will have a deterrent effect
upon those inclined to commit crime.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

Avery Patten swore he received a
threatening letter from Newberry.
And letter from Fielder was alleged
to have been dug up in the same city.
Anderson Mail.
The Patton letter was postmarked
at Newberry. You know, a lot of peo-
pie come to Newberry. and the fact
of being postmarked Newberry is not
conclusive it was written by New
berry man. Mr.. Patton says cit is
said" it was written by Gov. Blease.
If he has the evidence to substantiate
st is said" he should produce it.
There were several Fielder letters dug
up in Newberry. Not only alleged"
but actually produced.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

WHEREAS, one-third Of the resi-
dent electors and a like proportion of
the resident free-holders Of the age of
twenty-one years, of Utopia School
District, No. 10, of Newberry County,
State of South Carolina, have filed
petition with the County Board of
Education of Newberry County, South
Carolina, petitioning and requesting
that an election be held in the said
School District on the question of re-
pealing one mill of the special annual
tax of two mills heretofore voted, le-
We'd, and collected on the property 10
Gated in the said School District.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersign-
ed, composing the County Board of
Education of Newberry County, South
Carolina, do hereby order the Board
of Trustees Of the said School District,
No. 10 (Utopia School DISTRICT to hold
an election On the said question of re-
pealing one mill Of the two mill tax
heretofore voted, levied and collected
on the property in the said School Dis
trict, which said election shall be held
at Utopia School house, in the said
School District, No. 10, on Friday,
March 29, 1912, at which said election
the polls shall be opened at o'clock
in the forenoon, and closed at 4
o'clock in the afternoon. The mem
bers of the Board of Trustees of said
School District shall act as managers
of said election Only such electors
as reside in said School District and
return real or personal, property for
taxation, and who exhibit their tax re-
ceipts and registration certificates as
required in general elections shall be
allowed to vote. Electors favoring a
repeal Of the said tax shall cast bal
lot containing the word Eyes, printed
or written thereon, and each elector
opposed to such repeal shall cast a
ballot containing the word ''no" writ
ten or printed thereon.
Given under our hands and seals on
February 29, 1912.
E. H. AULL,
E. o. COUNTS,
County Board of Education of New
berry County, South Carolina.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedules Effective December 8, 1911.
Arrivals and Departures New
berry, S. C.

IN. B.-These schedule figures are
shown as information only and are not
guaranteed.)
S:51 a. m.-No. Is, daily from Co.
lumbia to Greenvilie. Pullman
sleeping car between Charleston
and Greenville.
1850 a. m.-No. 1S, daily, from Green
vile to Columbia. Arrives Colum-
bia 1876 p. N, Augusta 8:35 p. m.
Charleston 8:15 p. m.
2:45 p. m-No. II, daily, from Colum-
bia to aGreenville.
sos p,>m.-No. 16, daily, from Green
Vile to Columbia. Pullman sleer
ing car Greenville to Charleston
Arrives Charleston S:15 a. m. Ar
rive Savannah Ais a. m. Jack
sonville $50 a. m.
Four further information call on
ticket agents, or E. H. Coapman, V. P.
& G. NJ, Washir gton, D. c.; j. L
Meek, A. G. P. A, Atlanta, Ga, or F
L. jenkins, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

The dispensary winding-up-investi-
gating-committee appointed by the
legislature is meeting once a week to
wind up the dispensary affairs. At the
meeting last week the members of the
Ansel commission, as they term them
selves, were sworn and examined.
They abused Gov. Blease and proved
by their own testimony that they had
done nothing wrong but had given the
State faithful service, and We think
every one knew and believed that be-
fore they were investigated. Certainly
the investigators could not have hoped
to prove anything else by them. Gen.
Lyon and Mr.. Stevenson also testified
that they had only done their duty.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

already getting quite the thing now
to refer to those who are not hurrah-
ing for Judge Jones as the 'lawless
element" the "blind tiger element" "
the cotton mill vote and other things
that are meant to be offensive. We
have seen the time in this county
when all the candidates about cleo
ton season went hunting for the
cotton mill vote and were glad to get
it. There may be a difference this
year. We do not know. We shall
see.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
the other side.

A fine time now to get in some good
and effective work with the split log
drag. This simple and inexpensive
device for road working was never
more needed than at present. A cou-
pie of days this week throughout the
county will do a lot of good to the
roads, and they were never in worse
condition and in more need of atten-
ton.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
FIGHT WITH TOWN OFFICERS.
Hanford Cushman Killed by John
CleckIey, Chief OF Police, and l..
b. Johnson, His Assistant.

Aiken, March 1O-Windsor, in this
county, was the scene of bloody bat
tie last night, in which Hanford Cush-
man was killed and three others were
severely wounded by the town officers,
and John CleckIey, chief OF police, sus-
tanned more Or less serious injuries.
Cleckley adm his assistant, L. B.
Johnson, are in the Aiken county jail
and John DuBose, Smiley Randall and
Jet Atkinson are held in the Windsor
lookup.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

We do not recall it, but We are told
that it was stated in The Herald and
News that Major L. W. C. Blalock,
chairman of the "lilly white" repub-
lican party in this State, had made
overtures to the Tolbert faction, If it
was so stated it was a mistake. On
the contrary the overtures came from
the other side.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

For, we know, not every morrow can
be sad;
So, forgetting all the sorrow we have
had,
Let Us fold away our fears
And put by our foolish tears
And through all the coming years
Just be glad.
James Whitconb Riley.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
Candy Pulling.

The children of the st. Lukes Epis-
copal church will have a candy pull
ing at Mrs. Holmes on Friday after
noon at four o'clock to aid in repair
ing the church. If it rains On next
Friday, the candy pulling will be post
poned to the following Friday. Ad-
mission ten cents.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

The neutrality-suspicious.
up-investigating committee extends a
general and cordial invitation to ev-
ervbody to come forward and 'fess up.
It will save time and expense. Col.
Fielder has been given a special inVi-
tation. Will he come?
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

This talk about Blease not being fit
TO brush the shoes" Of some people
is fine vote-making stuf-for Blease,
-Spartanburg Journal.
There is a grain of truth in this.
This about expresses the estimate of
the evidence gathered by the investi-
eating committee up to the present
writing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
WHY NOT A SOUTHERN MAN?

The friends of oscar W. Underwood,
the Democratic leader in congress, are
making q vigorous fight for his n0mi-
nation for the presidency on the DEM
ocratic ticket. He is from Alaoama
and has been in congress about six
teen years. He is recognized as one
of the ablest members Of congress in
either branch and withaI very level
headed man. In fact he is construc-
tive statesman.
When you mention a Southern man
the answer is that the time has not
yet come when man from the South
can be elected. Mr.. H. B. Warner, edi-
tor of the Lexington On. c. Dispatch,
who has just returned from a trip
through the North and East, has the
following to say On the subject of a
Southern man and his chances for
election:
"New York is practically solid for
Representative Underwood for the
democratic nomination for the presi-
dency, and if the South will show the
North that they really want south
ern man nominated, there is little
doubt in my mind that the Empire
State will send an Underwood delega-
ton to Baltimore"
1t is certainly time for the South
and the North to be rid of sectionalism
and for the country to look around
for the biggest man for the position.
There is need for craftsmanship and
if the democratic party will meet the
demand and present the strongest man
then she may go before the country
and ask his election.
On this subject the Atlanta Constitu-
ton has the following to say, and it
is we'll said. If we want the North to
rally to us we must not be afraid to
rally to ourselves:
"The South cannot, in common
sense, expect the North to rally to
the condidacies Of Southern men so
long as the South itself repudiates
them. The people of this section must
give unequivocal evidence of their SEN
timent. They must show beyond dis
pute, that they no longer buck and shy
at the specter of sectionalism. They
must show that having, for fifty years,
furnished the life-blood for the demo-
cratic party, they will no longer be
kept in the kitchen by the old, explod-
ed civil war argument"
The Constitution very truly remarks
that if fifty years has not lifted the
fifty centuries will not be
sufficient. A vigorous campaign is be-
ing waged in Georgia for Underwood,
and there is considerable Underwood
sentiment in South Carolina and there
would be more if the people would dis
abuse their minds of the ghost that
Southern man cannot be elected. =.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
Down at Hampton when somebody

Down at Hampton when somebody
hollered "hurrah for Blease" Judge
Jones is quoted as replying: "Hurrah
for civilization, hurrah for purity, hur-
rah for law and order Down with
you anarchists" Surely he did not
mean to say that every one who was
not for him was uncivilized, impure
and lawless and an anarchist. 1t is
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

If Mr.. Patton has evidence as to the
authorship of the threatening letter
postmarked at Newberry he should
produce it. 'It is said," he says that
Gov. Blease wrote it. "It is said" is
a very irresponsible person. 1t is
akin to ''they say"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

Solicitor ]. C. Otis is quoted as say
ing that the Jones people are laying
low, saving wood and saying nothing
If that be true the papers are fear
fully disappearing them and Judge
Jones as well.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
Tuesday, March 12, 1912.

Our sympathy goes out to the Union
Times in the loss of it's building and
plant by fire. The paper comes right
along.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned will make a final settlement
of the estate of N. P. Abrams, deceas-
ed, in the Probate Court of Newberry
County, on Tuesday, the 18th day of
March, 1912, at II o'clock in the fore
noon, and will Immediately thereafter
apply for his final discharge as Ad-
ministrator of the said estate.
All persons indebted to the said es-
tate will make payment forthwith, and
all persons holding claims against the
said estate will present the same,
proved according to law, to the under
signed, or tC his Attorney, Eugene S.
Blease.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that 1 will
make final settlement Of the estate of
]. H. Dominick, deceased, in the Pro-
bate Court for Newberry County South
Carolina, at II O'Clock in the forenoon,
on the fourth Gay Of April, 1912, and
will Immediately thereafter apply for
a final discharge as administrators OF
the estate of the said deceased.
Mrs. Alice Dominich,
Administrators
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
A Thing of the Past.

Prof. Keith: "Mr. Horger, how do
you pronounce your name?"
Horger: "Hurger.'
Prof. Keith: "Is it French?"
Horger:: "It used to be."-The Game
cock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

THOSE desiring stenographic work
will please apply at The Herald an6
News Office.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12
Baseball Tuesday.

There will be a game Of ball Tues
day afternoon at 4 o'clock on the col
lege diamond between the college
team and select team from the town.
The following is the lineup of both
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

A mercil"ss murderer IS Appended
IS With athg r;ctims, hut Or. King 5
ew Life Pills XII it by prevention.
= hey getty stimulate stomach, liver
end bowels, preventing that cloggiR g
tlat invites &pDerd!citls, curing con
situation, headache Oilliousnes
c.,ills. 2ac Al w F. Pelharn's.
lelham 4 Son
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

A small admission fee Of 10 cents
will be charged. Ladies free. Come
out and see the boys play. They will
leave Thursday for Charleston, where
they will play two games with Char
lesion college and the Citadel.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-12

see.
The Keota news., 1912-12-06
NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY
Items of Interest to the People of
keota Community

Mrs. w. H. Tompkin and son Jarvis,
and Will Tompkin, jr., of Denver, and
Mrs. Harry Wilson and daughter
Gladys of Grover. formed an automobile
party that visited the Schoonover fami-
ly and Miss Emma Downing in Keota
last Friday afternoon. Harry Wilson
and w. H. Tompkin went to Sterling
Friday, where Mr.. Wilson purchased a
new automobile, returning to Grover
Saturday night. On Sunday the entire
party, with Miss Downing, went on to
Denver.
Dr. and Mrs. N. D. Wells went to
Greeley the first of the week, and from
there to Fort Morgan for short visit
with relatives before going on to their
new home at Newman Grove, Nebraska.
Many friends wish them good luck and
prosperity at their new location.
I. S. Griffin has been appointed treas
urer Of School District No. 90, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of C.
w. Murphy. The appointment of Mr..
Griffin meets with quite general APP
proval of the people of the district.
MIR. and Mrs. Mari, Misses Minnie
and Ethel Marr, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Hoover, and Miss S. E. Wallace were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Dake for
Thanksgiving dinner.
Miss S. E. Wallace and her pupils of
the Dake school are preparing Christ
mas program to be presented Friday,
December 20, and all are invited to at
tend the exercises.
The Keota news., 1912-12-06
PLANT THAT IMPROVES SOIL.
The Sugar Beet Increases Yield Of
Other Crops.

How sugar beets improve the fertil-
ity Of the soil and Increase the yield Of
oil crops grown in rotation with them
Is explained in the National Magazine
by Truman G. Palmer, who has spent
the past ten years in studying agricul-
tural methods In Europe and America.
"The sugar beet being a deep rooter,"
says Mr.. Palmer "a prerequisite to its
culture is that the soil be stirred to
depth of ten to fourteen inches. The
tender beetlet having to undergo the
shock Of thinning soon after it comes
up in order to leave but one beet to
place, 1t demands well prepared, mel
low seed bed. Gathering the sugar in
Its leaves from the atmosphere by the
aid Of the light and storing it up in the
roots, it will not thrive If the light Is
cut off through being shaded by weeds,
and their eradication means not only
further stirring of the soil by cultiva-
ton and hoeing, but they are removed
before going to seed, thus leaving
weedless fields for succeeding crops
Being plowed out in autumn gives an
extra fall plowing, which leaves the
land in condition to absorb instead of
shed the fall and winter rains and store
up the moisture for the following sea-
sons crop. With the removal Of the
main root myriads Of fbrous roots are
broken off and left In the soil to an
average of a ton to the acre, and in
rotting they not only deposit humus In
the lower strata of soil, but leave mi
mute channels through which it be-
comes aerated and hence fertile. The
roots Of subsequent crops follow these
interstices and draw nutriment from
two and three times. the depth Of soil
formerly reached, and hence the farm
ers double and treble their soil output
without increasing their acreage"
The Keota news., 1912-12-06
Gives Thanksgiving Dinner on Day of
Final Homestead Proof

On Friday, November %. Abram NJ.
Jones made final three year proof to es-
tablish claim\tO his homestead, which 10
located on Section 8, Township north,
Range So west Mr. Jones made fling
on his homestead on March 5, 1910, and
uously, altho he has made several trips
to his former home at Syracuse, Ind,
since that time. He is enthusiastic
about Colorado, and especially over the
possibilities of the eastern section OF
Weld county. Even in the exception
ally dry season Of 1911 he raised good
garden vegetables; and this year he has
splendid stand of broadcasted alfalfa.
He il a veteran of the Civil War and
past seventy years of age, but the
crops and improvements at his place
will be found to compare well with the
best of the younger generation. Mrs.
Jones has spent the summer At Syra-
cuse, where the family has considerable
property, including profitable summer
hotel, but joined her husband in Keota
a few weeks ago.
On the day of his final proof, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones had the following persons
as their guests for dinner at the Schoon-
over home: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ash
down, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Myers, Mr..
and Mrs. C. o. Dodder, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. R. Stewart, l. S. Griffin, c. L..
Stanley, and Miss Fac Stanley. A ver-
liable feast of turkey and all the other
good things that go to make a Thanks
giving dinner had been prepared by
Mrs. Schoonover, and was served to the
very evident enjoyment of all present.
The Keota news., 1912-12-06
BUCKINGHAM

Charles Linton 10 making improve
ments on his homestead east Of town.
Mr.. Linton recently purchased the Cul-
yer REIMBURSEMENT of 800 acres.
Charles, jr., the six-weeks old baby
of DeFords, who has been i'll with pneu-
monia is improving.
Miss Gladys Morgan returned Satur-
day from Goodrich and visited over
Sunday with the Rupp family.
Mrs. L. E. Silvis had as her guests
Thanksgiving Day. Miss Helen Whip
pie, A. S. Whipple. and S. S. Potter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Palmer of Paw
nee are staying in Buckingham during
the absence Of Mrs. Dorie Palmer.
The program and social given by the
pupils Of Miss Anna Showers was a de-
cided success and the Sunday School
treasury is enriched about fifteen dol
lars.
The Keota news., 1912-12-06
ROCK RIDGE

The Iowa School closed for Thanks
giving week Miss Heinrich attended
the State Teachers Association the first
three days, and visited at her home in
Denver the remainder OF the time.
She returned Sunday by way of Briggs
dale.
The Rock Ridge people held their
Thanksgiving dinner at the Hillside
Cottage Ranch. The fifty-two who
were present partook of a bounteous
repast and listened to good program.
"The Workers of the Palms." met
Friday night at Cochran's. There was
\ large crowd out and the meeting was
an extra good one.
Mr.. Waxham is confined to his bed.
He was taken suddenly i'll at Grover
and the Grover doctor brought him
home in his auto.
Carl Cochran, who is attending Gree
ley High School, spent his Thanksgiv-
ing vacation At home.
The Keota news., 1912-12-06
The Packers to the Rescue


The wholesale merchants. the Mail
Order Princes. the Railroad Kings, the
Lumber Barons, and the Great Cap
tains of Industry have all joined in
universal chorus, 1.-THE farmer must be
educated. Now come tho Packers of
meat with their contributions, not in
mere driblets of a few dollars, but in
sums of four figures to be devoted to
the educational interest of the class
that. Atlas-like, supports the world.
But this latest evidence of the home
missionary spirit does not present any
particularly new phases, if we may
judge by the newspaper reports. The
packers like the grain men, the bankers,
and the manufacturers of implements,
have money but they do not seem to
have very definite grasp of the situa-
ton. They propose to force this educa-
tion on the reluctant farmer by sending
into every county an expert to blaze the
way to better methods and larger yields.
We have heretofore called attention to
the futility of this scheme. You cannot
change the ideas and habits of genera
tion by sending missionary to preach
the gospel of scientific Soil Culture.
Campbell preached his principles of Soil
Culture twenty years before the experts
in the state and national agricultural
departments began to recognize the
truth Of his theories and the results of
his practice. If it takes twenty years
to convert an expert whose mind is sup
posed to be open to new ideas and ad-
vanced thought, how long will it take to
change the crystalized habits of farm
ing community that has seventy-five
years of reasonable success of farming
behind it?
Campbell's Scientific Farmer, pub
lished at Lincoln, Nebraska is of the
opinion that the way to introduce better
methods Of farming, both as science
and as business, into the average
American community, is to begin with
the present generation in the public
schools. Eternal bammering by the
Farm Press, the local papers, and the
live wires in the Institutes, supplement-
ed by the experimental work Of the
agricultural colleges will turn the trick
in time. But your missionary experts
in every county-No, it won't work,
ho which
you can't. Back up gentlemen, and try
another tack.