The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 10, 1907, Page FOUR, Image 4
E. R. AcJLL. EDITOR.
Entered at the Postoffice at New
Arr. S. C., as 2nd class matter.
Tuesday, December 10, 1907.
A STATEMENT AND AN APPEA]
The Herald and News is no'
each issue. This is the lar,-c;t nu_
her of papers cver printed by an;
newspaper in Newberry county. Th
present editor has been connecte
with the paper for more than "twen
ty years. When he, in connectio:
with Mr. W. P. Houesal, bought th
paper from Mr. A. C. Jones on .th
seventh of March, 1837, the subscrip
tion list numbered about 600.
During all these years we have la
bored in season and out of ?eason i:
an effort to advance the - inter
ests of the people of this eounty
morally and , matterialiy, as the ligh
appeared to us.
The people of Neberry eountl
have, in many respects bee* exceed
ing kind to us and we appreciat
more than'we can say the considera
tion which they have shown us dur
ing all these years.
The subscription list has gradual
ly grown from six hundred to twen
ty three hundred. From an eigh
column four page once a week pape:
we went first to a seven column fou
page twice a week paper, then we in
ereased td a five column eight pag
twice a week paper. Now we ar
printing a seven column eight pag
twice a week paper.
During all these advance step
which we have taken the price of th
paper has remained the same. Th
cost of white paper as well as th
cost of everything else has increase<
and the price of the paper remain
unchanged. We have never beei
able to believe that we could run :
strictly cash in advance system. I
some one in some section of the coun
ty were to write us to send him th
paper and would say he would pa
for it in the fall or when he came t
t wn, we would do so. If we wer
- running a'cash in advance system w
would be forced to refuse to put hi
name on our list unless he firs
put down the cash. We realize tha
such a system has its advantage
and would relieve us of a great dea
of work but we also realize that w
are so constituted that we believ
it wouHi be impossible for us to er
force a strictly cash in advane
system. For that reason we, hav
n iot attempted to do so.,
As a result we find tha~t a ver;
large proportion of our subseriber
owe us from one .to several years o:
Their subscriptiopis. The amour
due by each one, ~even those wh
are farthest in arrears, is con3
.parotively small but in the aggre
gate would mean a very handsom
sum to us.
We owe some money and ou
creditors are pressing us for set'tl
ment. We trust that those who ow
us for from -one to more years o
their subscriptions will now com
forward and help us to relieve th
situation. Even a small portion c
what each one owes. if paid prompi
ly, would be a great help.
*Some time ago we sent a circula
to most of our out of the count
subsehribers and in the inext fes
days we hope to send it to the oti
ers, stating that those who on t
first of January. 1908, were mor
than one year in arrears and wh
paid no attention to our apper
wotld have their names taken froi
--our mailing list. We shall regret t
'do this but in addition t'o the'cos
of 'the paper we have to pay posi
age on these subscribers and we ar
forced to the ecnelusion that thos
who do not heed this lettr either b
a remittanec. in full or in part orb
some sort of answer do not care lor
ger to receive the paper.
A few of these have already ri
sponded. but a great many. to wvho,
we wrote. have so far paid no a
-tention to our appeal.
As to the susbscribers who livei
the county some of them have cal
ed at the office and paid. but thei
are still a great many who are
arrears.
We have secured the services<
SMr. J. W. Lominick, who will vis
'as many of these as he possibl
can in person. We sincerely trui
that you will pay him part or a
of what you owe, or call at the offli
and do so.
The people of this county ai
more prosperous than they ha'
been in many years. They are reat
not be forgotten.
We have said very little about ti
n a :d e hatv be':i exgL'ein ly
leniet in t hI matter. t f' 1-11:hi 1 tl
letil forI) (I 1wh11 is dle us. We wll
be gh_datlo c"lo:(eenp as mlan1y avet'011's
as possible before the end of this
year and we trust that we will not
be in a position to feel that it is nee
essary to call attention to this mat
ter again.
As we said in the be;inning we
v appreciate the kindness and cc,nsid
er:ttiu :f the people of Newberry
. e . and we trust thit they, espe
ei Lhose who are ')eribers to
e The Herald and News appreciate
d the effort which we have made dur
in, .these twenty years to give
i them a live and progressive newspa
e per and that those who are in ar
e rears will come forward and show
- their appreciation in a substantial
manner by . paying what is due be
fore the end of 1907.
A good live secretary is a sine
qua non to a live chamber of com
merce in any community.--Newber
ry Herald and News. The Herald
and News is one of the livest news
papers in the state, and the evidence
judging by the sentence just read, is
that it is keeping its eye on Laur
ens.-Laurens Herald.
Not exactly that but the proposi
tion is true generally. The least
t part of the duty of a secretary is to
keep a record of the proceedings. He
must be a live, wide awake citizen
who will look after the general wel
fare of the entire community and
when there is anything good to be
said to say it and keep it going.
But what has become of our com
mittee from the chamber of com
merce? Newberry should have a
hospital. It can be built. Will the
women build-it? Herald and News.
The Herald and News is exhibiting
wisdom and common sense and wide
awakefulness in asking this question
The only way under the sun to have
it built is to ''let the women do the
work.' You see how they are pro
ressing in Laurens.-Laurens Her
ald.
e It certainly looks like some one
e else besides the committee from the
shember of commerce will ''have to
do thie work'' if it is ever done. It
looks like tihey were immnaturel.y born.
But maybe the committee is going to
I spring a surprise on the community
in the near future.
e Seriously we believe the women of
- Newberry can build the hospital. In
fact we know they can if they will
determine to take hold of it. Noth
ing is impossible with them if they
determine to do it.
Last week The Herald and News
t reprinted an editorial from the At
y lanta Journal of November 24. This
. editorial was based upon the hear
-ing be fore the railroad commission
of Georgia of the statement of the
Southern Bell Telephone company
and commended the candor and comn
pleteess with which this company
responded to the request of the rail
road commission, for information.
eWe reprinted this editorial and
ae now calling attention to it for
two reasons. One and formvest is, the
Southern Bell Telephone company is
one of the public utilities and cor
*r porations doing business in this com
mity and it is but fair to -them
that the public should know some
thing' of the condition of the corn
pany and its willingnmess and readi
nss to respond to the authorities
whenever information as to the oper
Ll ations or business of the company
may be desired. Second, a Newber
Sry ~boy is general manager of the
Scompany and has in a very . shor'
time worked his way, to this position
e purelyupon his recor'd and his merit.
e and he had something to do with
yfurnishing the information which
brought forth the commendatory edi
L-toial of the Journal. The young
man to whom we refer is Mr. J. Epps
Brown.
rWe have remarked before and de
sire,1. to repeat that for some reasons
a telephone company should have a
amonopoly in any town where it oper
t- ates. Of course that' being true it is
'e necessary that t.here should be pro
n per control and regulation by law
'of such a monopoly so that it may
f nooppress. It 's better to have one
it telephone system in Newberry for
y instance than to have two.
t We are glad that this company is
i so willing to furnish all information
a which the commission may desire.
The service in Newberry so far as we
. have been able to Abserve has been
e and is very satisfactory.
The company in this state is un
iTi tm ar'aih-otti'nd commission as it is
- connected wthv ncome and the
1usiness which might be desired.
5erv.. pn t ically all' th e hi-h
school(Is whh-h hav bi t,eeni estab)lishedl
nle(r theo prIc Iov !iion of the li.h
ch l 1-t 'a sed I ast le_i.la
ture have been established in towns
and cities where the people already
had fairly good schools, which was
not the intention of the legislature
as we understood it.
As we understood the in
tention of the legislature, this high
school act was passed for the pur
pose of building up good schools in
the rural districts by the consolida
tion of- schools already in existence.
It seems. however, that the high
school board has taken a different
view of the intention of the legisla
ture.
It is also our impression that the
purpose of giving state aid for the
establishment of these high schools
is to get the communities in which
they are established to raise addi
tional funds by taxation or from
private sources, but the high school
board seems to have interpreted the
intention of the legislature differ
ently.
As we are informed, at least some
of the high schools which have been
established, have simply set apart
from the funds which they already
had, a sufficient sum to meet, the re-!
quirements of the high school act
and have thus secured state aid
without increasing in the least their
other revenue, as that they have got
ten the stir te money as so. much addi
tional funds for the use of their re
spetive schools. 'Wie presume, of
course, that the high school act is
capable of such construction, but we
adinit frankly that this construction
was not what we conceived to be
the intention of the legitature.
In another column we print an ar
ticle explaining the farmer's demon
stration work which the government
is undertaki. In fact this work
has been in progress in several states
for some yearS but it has recently
been decided to operate in South
Carolina during next year. Mr. J.
M. Jenkins, a graduate of Clemson
college, is the state agent for this
state but of course will operate 'un
der the direction of officers of the
government who have been engag
n this work for some time. It %$1
be recalled that some of these oNi
ers were in Newberry ~some weeks
ago and that The Herald and News
printed an interview with them in~
which was briefly outlined their
plans.
The article which we print, today.
o'es more into detail and gives fulily
the scope which it is proposed to
cover in this demonstration work.
It will be seen also that Newberry
county is one of the counties select
ed for demonstration work under
this plan.
The principal work will be in re
gard to the growing of corn and cot
ton coveting the preparation of the
soil as well as the fertilizer and
working of the corn and cotton.
If you have not read the explana
tion of the scope and plan you should
do so now while you have the paper
in your hand.
No. 6994.
RE~PORT
Of the condition of the Peoples
National Bank at Prosperity, in, the
State of South Carolina, at the close
of business Dec. 3rd, 1907.
Resources.
Loans and discounts . ..$102,669 63
Overdrafts. secured and '
unsecured....... . ..3,61 38
U. S. Bonds to seegre cir
ulation.........6,250 0.0
Premiums .on U. S. bonds 437 50
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures .. ........3,429 09
Due from National Banks
(not reserve agents). 3,076 65
Due from State Banks
and Bankers ........ 73 66
Due from approved re
serve agents ..........7.252 05
Checks and -other ca.sh
items...... .. .... 3,39 85
Nots of other National ...
Banks .... .-.------..655 00
Fractional paper curren
cv, n.ikels and cents.. 283 SS
La wful Money Reserve in
Bank, viz:
Specie .. ....$ 5,185 25,
Legal - tender
notes ...---.10,701 00 15,886 25
Redemption fund with
T. S. treasurer (5 per -
ent of circulation)... 312 50
Total .. .....--..... $147,330 94
Idabilities.
Capital stock paid in... .$ 25,000 00
Surplus fund .. .........5.000 00
tIn'1ivi ded profits, less
D Vue to 'Ahtert National
.. Banks............57097
Dne to State Banks and.
We have a pleasure for a
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Toilet Sets, Water Sets, L
Pictures, Cake Plates, Salad B:
Jars, Chocolate Sets, Sugar an
and Cuff Boxes, Necktie Boy
Smoking Sets, Ash Trays, Cu
COM PLE
-Dolls, Go Carts, Trunks, 'I
Wash.Boards and Tubs, Tea
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The store that give
"akers .. ...........243 43
Div: dends unpaid .... 32. 00
Individual deposits sub
ject to cheek ........107,860 GS
Total .... .. ....... $147,330 94
State of South Carolina,
County of Newberry, ss:
I, W. W. Wheeler, cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly
s~ear that the above statement is
tr.ue to the .bet o.f my knowledge
and belief.
W. W. Wheeler,
Cashier.
S;bsribed an-i sworn to before
me this 7 day of Dec.. 1907.
T. A. Dominiek.
Nota rv Publie.
J. P. Bowers,
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