The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 17, 1909, Page FOUR, Image 4
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Entered at the Postoffice at New
kaerry, S. C... as 2nd class matter.
Friday, September 17, 1909.
AN IMPORTANT HIGHWAY.
Some weeks ago, in fact about the
first of August, a committee from the
,chamber of commerce with the coun
ty supervisor, went out over the road
lea;ding to the steel bridge, and it was
stated that a conference was held
with the people who lived along this
troad and who travelled it, and an un
derstanding was reached by which the
people who lived along the road would
co-operate and furnish their wagons
and teams, and that the road would
be put in good condi't.ion for travel
during the fall and winter.
That ihas been more than a month
ago, and so far as we are informed
mothing has been done looking to the
carrying out of that agreement. We
do not know whose fault it is, but cer
itain-lv it is a very important highway
.ior the business men of Newberry,
and if they are alive to their best in
terests, they certainly would look in
to this matter and see why .this agree
ment has not been exeeuted.
If the work will not be done by the
supervisor, it would pay the mer
chants of the city to contribute a few
hundred dollars and secure the co-op
eration of the people who live along
the road., and have it worked.
A very large proportion of the trade
of the merchants of the city comes
from .the Saluda side of the river, and
it seems to us that it is a very foolish
policy for the merchants to sit down
and not -on!y do nothing to make it
easier for these people to come here,
by improving the road, but to remain,
as it were, absolutely indifferent. This
road to the river is only nine miles
and the cost of putting it in good
condition would be a good business
investment for the business men of
th.is community, if they have to do
it without tihe aid of The county su
pervisor. Of course, we all know that
ihe should have this work done, but we
know also that it has not been done.
It was st.ated some time ago that
the mayor of Newberry had notified
the authorities of the two roads whieh
pass tihough Newberry, that an old
ordinance, limiting the speed through
*Mae corporate limits, to six miles an
hour would be enforced.
.If there is such an ordinance on the
books of Newberry it ought to be re
pea!ed. There is no reason in requir
isg these roads to mainkiin such a
slow schedule through tht city.
The distance'is about two miles for
each road, and it would very much
lengthen the schedules of the trains
betweisn Greenville and Columbia to
have such an ordinance enforced. If
anything is to be done to preven't ac
cidents, it would be better to have
gates at each of the principal thor
oughfares, where there are grade
crossings.
IThe railroad people iwn their road
beds, and there are the streets and
sid.ewalks for people who desire to
-travel, either on foot or in buggies or
wagons. and if anyone is injured by a
railroad train on the track where there
are no crossings, they contribute to
their injuries by trespassing on the
property of the railroad.
There is no ordinance requiring the
automobiles to maintain a rate of
speed as low as six miles an hour. and
the automobiles have tihe right to use
the same road as is used by the bug
gies and wagons. Why then, should
the authorities endea'or to require
railroad trains. that are travelling on
their own tracks, to maintain a slow
schedule ?.
Some years ago an ordinance was
passed by the city council forbidding
the blowing of whistles by the trains'
witVbin the corporate limits cof the
city, and Tihis in the fac'e of the State
sta:ute requirinur it to be d<meL1 (n ap
lie *j- l, IMion and 'Hlun t,he war.
1ead it and the best way not to mins
any of it is to subscribe to The Her
ald and News.
We -notice that the Anderson Mail
'is asking that the train which oper
ates between Greenville and Ander
son and which, we believe, is called
the "Short Dog," have its schedule
changed so as to leave Greenville on
the arrival of the train from Atlanta,
so that passeigers and mail from the
soutih will be brougbt through to An
derson. That is virtually the sugges
tion made by The Herald and News,
except that the tbrough train from
Greenville to Columbia, which leaves
Greenville now at 9:30 a. m., be moved
up so as to leave a little after 6 a. m.,
on the arrival of the train from At
lanta, and that the Anderson and Bel
ton train, operate on the sohedule of
the train for Columbia leaving
Greenville at 9:30. This change would
give passengers from Atlanta and
mail from the sotith elose connection
for Columbia without a wait of some
three hours in Greenville.
What is the objection to this sug
estionii
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THE IDLE. *
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Has the ordinance requiring dogs
to be muzzled been suspended either
permanently or temporarily? The
Idler has been requested to ask the
question and it is asked in all serious
ness and I hope some one who knows
will answer.
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A dog is'a very faithfull animal and
I am sure a very strong attachment
between a man and a dog can exist.
It was some statesman, I believe, who
paid that beautiful tribute to the
faithful dog and it is all true. Many
years ago I owned a little bench leg
flee, we called his name Penny, and I
learned to love that dog very much
and when he died I gave him a decent
burial. But a dog in the neighbor
hond barking all night and howling
is a great nuisance, now isn 't it?i
Did you ever have that experience?
But since the muzzling ordinance
there thave not been as many dogs
prowling around on the streets.
-TLhey teill me the street hands are
~building a bridge somewhere-,--very
likely in Jordan Green 's ward. Well,
well, but then you know that suits
me alright and I commend Jordan for
getting aill he can for his ward. This
town needs more force to help work
the streets. But there is somethbing
more needed than eutting grass and
cleaning out .ditehes. A blind man
ought to be able to see that without
being posted.
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Now, what about that steel bridge
road. This road, I am told, is in fair
ly good condition at the present time,
but when the wet weather begins and
the travel gets heavy it is going to be
bad. Now is the time to work it.
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'There is the Bouknuight Ferry road.
That is an important road. for. the
merchants of Newberry. And there
should be a bridge across Saluda at
:this point. It would be a help for
Prosperity, too. And a good invest
ment for Newberry county. But then
if the Observer is right, that New,ber
rv county is not able to buy salt to
flavor a jayibird, she is not in position
to invest in steel bridges, roads, or
anything else. I am sor'ry for old
Newberry, if that is her condition. I
am not much on "figgers'' and, of
course. I don 't k-novi, but it seems to
me if I was a live-live, mind you
merchant, I would make a noise that
would mean somehing. This is a good
town and a good county, but some
thing is needed to wake up our mer
chants and get them to work tdgether
for the general welfare. That's a
good term-general welfare. Think
of it.
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It seems to me I read in The Her
ad and News some time ago where a
special committee from the chamber
of commerce had gone out over the
steel bridge road and it was stated
that the p)eople would get the scrape
and haul grave and sand asd Super
visor Feagle would follow this
up with the chain gang. T'he
fall is here anid nothing has been
done. But why should I worry?
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Wedl, I jiust can 't hellp it. I am
a'fraid our meret ii do not realize
1w ue ta e thler kenfom tOalu
atviCe. t1m. AILId tli]en 1 (l1 i 1 (()Sl
VOU alIVtllng. but woul'd be of ureal:
benetit, if you would only aet oil it.
I wonder if any grown up folks and
<4d folks like nme ever read Buster
Brown. You know I think it is a
0ooi tiic to read the funny paper.
as we children call it. Some time ago
Buster had a round with a monkey
anid the whole monkey family and the
monkey got out of tihe trouble. Then
Buster resolved as follows: "That
the baboon baby got out of a difficul
ty because his family had a pull. And
the only way to pull off anything,
from a tent pole to a rowing match,
is to pull together. The members of
a family are all in the same boat,
skimming over deep water, and any
monkey business with the oars means
shipwreck for the whole lot. Pull
together, and you .ean break down
anything that bars your happiness."
This resolve could be applied to
whole communities as well as families
and applied with as much force. Pull
together is a doctrine that might to
be preached in every community. If
the people of Newberry. for instance,
would pull .a. little more together it
would be better for the community
and of course every member of. the
community. We are a'll skimming
over deep water and if we have too
much monkeying .with the oars we
will go sihipwreck together. We ought
to learn that in pulling together that
we could aecompilsh great things,
while if every man, woman and child
goes around with his hand at every
other man's, woman's a-nd -child's
throat that we are hurting ourselves
more than tJhose we would injure.
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IThen .why should we want to in
jure anyone any way? Don't you
know you would feel much better if
you tried to help rather tha-n to try
to pull down. Why not give this
method of pulling together and help
ing one another a trial?
I hear that city council has reeently
uilt some four or five bridges over
the creeks in the city. It is hoped that
these will prove to be of a permanent
character and that the force can get
back in the city and do something
permanent on our sttreets.
The rain will make the grass revive
and there will be more work for the
treet force. But tihe frost will be
here soon and then we will get
through with :the grass brigade for
a season. Truth is, just as I have
told city council a number of times,
we have too small a force of street
hands. The city is trying to keep up
the streets with the same force Mr.
Jackson used to have some twenty
five or tihirty years ago. And it can't
be did. That is the truth of the whole
matter, and why council doesn 't take
my advice and put a force of hands
in each ward under a sub-boss and let
Mr. Wicker look after tihe whole bus
iess and do the permanent work, is
beyond my comprehension.
.I see the Observer is a Pearyite
while The Herald and News an
nounces its belief and faith in 1Oook.
Well, I have decided to wait until I
get further information from these
men before I nail my faith to either
pole. Truth is, I don 't know much
about it, but I can 't help believing
tihat there is sufficient ice aroutid the
North Pole to make it possible for
both to have been there without the
other knowing anything about it. And
then, too, there is su.ch a thing pos
sible as neither one having been there.
And then in addition to that and
this it is a big enough thing to be
shared by both without having any
quarrel over it. Then I don 't think it
was nice in Peary to use such lan
guage as he did. Cook was much
more gentlemanly. I have reached
t:hat age nowv whEe it is not pleasant
to me to hear any one calling another
ugly -names, and to my mind it al
ways weakens the cause of the man
who does it. Well, I don 't think I
am going to worry my brain about it.
You may not think so, but I have
some brain, and I am going to put it
to a better use than worryig about
these North Pole explorers.
Will The Idler, or some onie else
who knows, inform me as tvo the law
about barb-wire and public roads? A
certain street in the city has I>arb
wire righat on the side walk, where a
lady's dress might very easily be
caught and torn irreparably.
"Tas there by chance,
I tore my Sunday -
Now I wear 'em everyday.''
L. 0.
The Idler.
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InLove, As In All Things Else.
She did not know that he was rich;
she hardly knew his paame, in fact;
When he confessed his love fo.r her,
a, captivating way he lacked;
She heard his pitiful appeal and
treated him with cold disdain;
He sadly rose and t.urned to go; he
had no reason to remain.
He pondered for a day or two while
sadness lingered in his breast;
She was the fairest girl he knew, she
put it over all the rest;
'He vowed that he would win her yet,
though she had coldly turned h.im
down,
And then he hurried out and bought
the best car in all the town.
He lolled back in his limousine and
often passed her dwelling place;
One day she saw him and a loold of
wonder spread across her face;
He leaned out when he knew she
watched and with a splendid, lordly
air,
Bestowed a greenish bill upon a beg
gar who was begging there.
He went again to ask the girl, who
listened gladly to his plea,
And w'ien he jour neyed home that
night :he maiden was his bride-to
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OPENING OF CITY SCHOOIS.
Primary and Grammar Schools De
partments Boundary Street
School.
Grade I, .Section A-:Mrs. W. Y.
Fair.
Grade II, Section A-Miss Ger
trade Reeder.
Grades I & II, Section B-Miss
Mayme Swittenberg.
Grade HI, Section A-Miss Mary
L. Burton.
Grade IV, Section A-Miss Helen
Goggans.,
Grades III & IV, Section B-Miss
Lillian Hill.
Grade V, Section A-Miss Helen
Smith.
Grade V, Section B- Miss Mary
Lou Coninor.
Grade VI, Section A- Miss Mary
Carwile Burton.
Grade VI, Section B-Miss Linda
Weleh.
Grade VII, Section A- Miss Eliza
beth Dominick..
Graide VIL. Section B- Miss
Friday.
High School Department, Pope
Building.
Prof. H. L. Dean. Principal.
Miss Lucile Wilson, Miss Marion
Williamson. High School Teatehers.
W. A. Stuekey, Supt.
NOTICE.
All persons holding elaims or de
mands against the estate of Cathe
rine E. Hendrix, deceased, are hereby
notified to presnt same duly attested
to me. or my attorneys, Messrs. Hunt,
Hun: & Hunter, on~ or before the 1st
1*ar of October. 1909.
M 1minitao of the1( estate of
(atherin lE Hedi x deceased.
September 7thi. 1909.
NOTICE THE HUBS
On the next Studebaker
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why aren't they split and cracked like
the ordinary wagon?
Because the ordinary wagon hub is made
from oak, a wood that splits and craCks
very easily, while
WAGON
hubs are made from dastem black birch, a
ver springy, tough wood, chemically
treated, with great weather resitig
qualities.
Weuaem birch is used by some manufae-.
turers, but itis even poorerthan oak. Itis
brw3hy and will, not stand the strain.
Studebaker hubs cost more than any,
other hub on the market, b theY ae
stronger and wear longer.
Another reaon why you aboM buy a
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