The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 23, 1909, Page FOUR, Image 4
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Entered at the Postoffice at New
Qerry, S. C., as 2nd class matter.
Friday, April 23, 1909.
AS TO SEWERAGE BONDS.
The city council has ordered an
election for sewerage bonds in ac
cordance with the petition which was
presented from the majority of the
freeholders of this city.
It is purely a municipal election
and if council has not submitted the
question -to the city attorney we
would suggest that article 2, section
12, of the state constitution be look
ed into in connection with the opin
ion of -the supreme court in the case
of Hunter vs. Senn, 61 S. C., the con
stitutional provision is as follows:
"The general assembly shall provide
for 'the registration of all voters be
fore eaeh election in municipalities.'
As we undestand the decision of
th,e court in the case of Hunter vs.
Senn, it is that a registration must
be had before each election.
Speaking of the act of the legisla
ture to carry out this provision the
supreme court says, after quoting
article 2, section 12 of the constitu
tion of 1895: "It would seem, there
fore, from a comparison of the act
regulating registration with those of
the constitution just quoted that the
general assembly has of its own mo
tion and not in obedience to any
mandate of the constitution provided
an additional requirement, namely,
that regist.ration of qualified voters
in municipalities must be had only
for what may be called regular as
contradistinguished from special
elections'in order for them to be al
lowed to vote on any question sub
mitted -at the special election."
From this decision it is gathered
"that electors of the municipalities
must be registered before -each elec
tion and the provisions of the aet as to
municipal elections conflicts with
this constitutional provision where it
requires registration only before
general elections."
,The Herald and News is in favor
of these bonds but we better be
sure we are right before we proceed.
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*THE IDER *
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Have you seen the good work that
Supervisor Feagle and Bill Miller are
.doing on the new court house square ?
This will be a beauty when they get
through with it and every citizen of
Newberry county will be proud of it
and glad that it is done. I told you
that Supervisor F'eagle 'would do this
work and do it right.
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The Civic Association got the
plans and got behind 'the authorities,
too. There i's no doubt about it and
much of the credit should be given
the members for getting the plans
and for insisting on having the work
done now.
By the way, while I think of it, and
as I have just used the word, I want
you to spell, Now, backwards. See
what the word is by using the letters
from right to left. Had yon ever
thought that doing a .thing that is to
be done now means you have wz'n,
and won a great victory.
But I want to say somet hing more
about that court house square. A
nice side walk is being put down on
two sides and a retaining wall of
granite and above ~his the giound
will be sodded and from each of the
four sides of the court house a walk
will lead up to the door and a nice
paved walk way is to be made from
Thompson street to College street
along by the Crotwell hotel and no
wagon way is to be made - of this.
When this work is finished and the
ground is planted in flowers and grass
it will be one of the prettiest lawns
in the city.
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The Civic Association can accom
plish a great deal by persistent and
con-tinuous effort, but a great deal
more could be done if every, citizen
in the community, who i's interested
in the city would become a member'
and a live and active member. It
takes constant and persistent effort
to get things moving in the right di
rection, but once the ball starts it is
rnot so hard to move it along.
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They tell me that the Clinton team
objected to Herman Wright as um
pire and the Newberry boy's agreed
-to take him out of the box. Well, I
don 't know anything about baseball,
and, therefore, I have a perfect right
to exPress an opinion on it. I saw him
o"'T e~ a ?':ine once and I believe lie
was one of the hest I ever saw. lie
we\1 gik. prompit. positive, ir:n. fair
and impartial in his decisions and
when he made 'em he stuck to "em.
Nw,r I would like to know what else
Could be required of an umpire un
less you wanted him to be unfair to
the other fellow -and give you the ad
vaimage always. Of course, an um
pire Will now and then make a mis
take, but if he does he must stick to
it. Whenever he wavers or hesitates
he is lost. Herman has a good keen
eye, is active and his decisions were
always prompt and to me appeared
to be absolutely fair and correct. Of
course, I don't know anything about
the game and therefore my opinion
is worth more than some one else who
has a technical knowledge of it.
The only mistake the Newberry
boys made on Tuesday was in con
senting to take Herman Wright off
as umpire. The rules of the game did
not require it. You should be nice to
your guests, but your guests have a
duty to be nice, too.
I heard a judge say once that if he
did not know the law he tried first to
decide what was right and just be
tween the litigants and then he went
to work, if a law case, to find the law
to sustain that decision. A judge
who will follow this rule will never
go far wrong even if he cannot al
ways find the law to suit the case, if
he cun find what is right and just
among the parties, that should be
the law.
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Talking about baseball, The Idler
is not crazy about it but I would not
like for .that to get out, because it
might injure my standing in the com
munity, and especially in the college
community. The main purpose for
the existence of a literary college
now is to furnish the best baseball
team in the intercollegiate contests.
And that is a high and noble purpose
and I would not for a moment dis
courage any efforts to its full and
complete accomplishment.
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I go now and -then to see a game
and I enjoy it because other people
seem to enjoy it. If, the "rooters'",
I believe that is what you call these
fellows that holler through mega
phones and tin horns and who ring
cow bells and jump up in the air and
act the savage generally, if they did
not make quite - so much noise, I b~e
lieve I would enjoy it more, but you
know it will not do to say that be
cause the community will put you
down as out of date.. I often wonder
if all that savage noise helps either
side'or rattles either side. It seems
to me if the friends would cheer lus
tily some good play or score that it
would do more to inspire the player,
than this continual howling of voices
and rattling of cow bells, but then
you must remember, I don't know
anything about the game.
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Now, I was talking to Dr. Gilder
the other day, and he say.s it's a great
game and he likes to see a good game
bt, it is nothing as compared with
" Town Ball,''' where they had soft
balls and broad flat paddles, didn't
call 'em bats in those days.. I don 't
remember much about "Town Ball,"
though I 've heard of it and I have
o doubt it was a great game in its
day and I know Dr. Gilder was a star
player. Fact is I believe 'he would
ake a good player on a baseball
nine. In my young days the great
ational :eollege game was marbles
yes, marbles-and a great game it
was. In this enlightened 20th centu
ry, where the ''rooter'' is ''it'' when
the great national game is on, they
never heard of marbles. That, I am
afraid, is one of the weaknesses in our
present educational system, that they
never heard of the great national
game of marbles. Well, I will tell you
about it one of these days when I get
reminiscent.
The Idler has received the follow
ing. pertinent communication. I can'
do more to-day than pass it up to
those -who are in authority.
Wel.1, Mr. Idler, you received my
questions so kindly last week that I
come again.
First, I want to discuss with you
a little fu'rther, the question that at
this time, is of paramount import
ane in Newberry-the schools-but
more particularly the location and
building. Are there as many as half
a dozen lots in town that have not
been offered for sale .to the trustees?
Do you think that there is an abso
lute necessity for the purchase of two
lots? But to go back a step, is there
an absolute necessity for two build
ins? There are some towns in South
Carolina very much larger than New
berry, with school systems that can't
be criticized. yet they have no High
School building. Instead the new
buildings -that are erected every now
and then are very large and in them
the grades are domiciled as the su
neritendenft sees fit. Why cannot
ewerry have one large, commodious
and up.-to-date b)uilding that will ae
commoi(date not o nly all the ch idren
in the pim!ary andi in'itrmedjat
*:aeis from a specified section of theit
tow, but also the chib1renm comp'
ig the Iligh School classes-these
fro th entire town. The numbers
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