The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 11, 1911, Page FOUR, Image 4
Entered at the Postoffice at New
&rry, S. C., as 2nd class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Friday, August 11, 1911.
The prospect for a good cotton crop
as well as a good corn crop is as good
in this ection at this- time as it has
been in years. The farmer who hasn't
a good crop this year is the exception.
Of course some caLlamity might befall
it before harvest, but that is not prob
able.
A Washington special says Coa
gressman Aiken is trying to find out
which U. S. senator told Gov. BleasE
that Joseph T. Johnson of the Fourth
district had more sense than all the
other South Carolina congressmen. It
might be better first to find ou: if Cv.
Blease made any such statement as
comin'g from a senator.
Supervisor Feagle moved a portion
of his chain gang on the Newberry
Prosperity highway on Wednesday
and began work at the corporate lim
its of the city of Newberry and will
continue work on this road until he
reaches Lexington line. This is one
of the most important and most trav
eled roads possibly in the county, n
it will not cost a great deal to make
a first-class road of it. The supervis
or should relocate the road in several
places so. as to avoid some 'of th?
grade crossings of the railroad.
"While they are hunting for some
body to. beat Blease, what's the mat
ter with Hon. Jerry Moore?"-Spar
tanburg Journal.
Jerry Moore is ,all right. But Jerry
won't run against Governor Blease,
'because, in the first place, he is nco of
constitutional age, and because, in the
second place, he is already as much
honored, and by his own efforts, as
iy governor. But the opposition will
i eed a Jerry Moore-and, from the
way they are calling for help In their
searceh, they . are having a great deal
',Of' difmculty in finding him.
"Small" Is a very small word, but
* t is the only word we know of which
till adequately describe the remarks
af President F. H. Hyatt at the State
Good Roads association In Spartan
~burg this week. If Mr. 'Blease's re
n* arks were a p19asant surprise to Mr.
Hyatt, it would seem he could have
chosen a more fitting mann,er of ex
* ressing his gratification-and cer
--tainly a more delicate manner. As
*-matter of fact, Mr. Hyatt's remarks
ought to have been left unsaid. Sure
ly Mr. Hyatt's "few remarks" were
* mot for political effect; no one would
make that accusation!
"It is claimed that the coroner of
Newberry county, who receives -$25
a -month, is being overworked, and
there is a demand for an increase in
his pay. Wouldn't it be better for
the people of Newberry county to give
him less to do?"-Spartanburg Jour
nal.
This is very good advice, but how it
was ever conceived in the mind of a
Spartanburg paper we are at a loss to
unklerstand. (So ilong, however, as
the people of Newberry county need
a coroner, and have a good one, we
are sure the Journal will agree with,
us that they ought to pay him a salary
commensurate with the importance of
his office-and at least a salary that
- will pay his official expenses.'
The Herald and News has frequent
ly undertaken to run a church direc
tory and as frequently t;he effort has
failed. We have asked the pastors of
the town always to keep this directory
corrected, for otherwise it is a dis
advantage rather than an advantage
to print it. Besides, we do not care
to publish a directory of the church
services which is incorrect. Being
unable to interest the pastors suffi
-ciently to give us the corrections for
this directory, we have decided to cut
it out. We felt that if we could give
the space and make the corrections
-tihat the pastors would be sufficiently
interested to furnish the corrections,
but it seems they~ are not. We sup
'pos the do nnt cnsider that it is
worth while, or that the publication
of a directory is an advantage.
The editor spent Sunday at the old
home in Greenwood county near Dy
son. The crops in that - section are
as good as we have ever seen them.
I Master Luther Bachman Aull is a
member of the school boys corn club
and is contesting for the prize. He
has an acre of very fine corn. The
only drawback is that possibly he did
not get a regular stand. But suppose
he makes only a hundred bushels at
present prices that is a hundred dol
lars and for the same cost he could
not have made that much in cotton. A
great proportion of the ears on this
acre are over twelve inches in length
and two and three ears to the stalk
in many places.
Mr. Geo. W. Reid has some fine corn
on his bottom land near the statiom
at Dyson, and the crops all around ir
that section have a healthy look and
indicate a good yield. There was a
heavy rain in the community on Sat
urday.
We have recently, on several occa
sions, called the attention of the busi
aess men of this community to the
importance of having the two roads
leading t6 the steel bridges across the
Saluda river 'put in good repair so as
to be ready for the fall trade from Sa
luda county. We had occasion this
week to go as far as Deadfall over one
of these roads. It is in a very bad
condition and in many places there
is not sufficient width on the road for
one veiicle to pass another without
going into a ditch or into the field.
This is considered one of the most
important roads from a business
standpoint leading into Newberry. We
have tried to call to the attention of
the business men the importance of
making this a first-class road. It
would pay the merchants of Newberry
to spend $1,000.00 on this road out of
their individual pockets. We feel it
our duity to mention this and having
done so it is up to the business men
to go after putting the road in good
condition.
Some while back The Herald and
News stated, In reply to an editorial
in the Anderson Daily Mail in re-I
gard to sign boards on the public
roads, that it 'was the duty of the
supervisor to have these sign boards
put up, or that the law required that
it he done. ' We were writing from
or impression of the statute on the
subject without referring -to the
tatte. We knew there was a law on
the surbject. We have since looked up
the statute and ~id that We wgre
slightly mistaken as to the provisions
of the law. -
.In the Code of 1902, SectIon 1,337, it
is provided: "EDach overseer, within]
his district, may erect and keep up,
at the expense of the county, at the
forks and cross roads, a post and
guide-board, or finger-board, contain
ing an inscription, in le,,Ible letters,
directing the way and distance to the
town or towns, or public place or
places, situated on each road, respec
tively."
The same provision is in the new
code which is proposed for adoptio
by the next legislative session and is
section 1,875.
It seems, therefore, that the law
leaves it within the discretion of the
overseers. But they have the right
and the authority to go ahead a-11
have the boards put up and the coun
ty must pay for jthem. And it should
be done, especia4ly on the main roads
of each county.
We hav'e watched and have been in
terested in the Daily Journal, of
Greenwood, published by the Messrs.
Gardener, more than we would .uae
been, possibly because of the fact that
some years ago we 'printed an after
noon paper in the town of Newberry,
and the Journal resembles our paper
so much, that somehow, we have taken
a personal interst in it, as far as pos
sible. The Messrs. Gardener have
been printing a very newsy paper and
it is a credit to them as well as the
town of Greenwood. We hope their
efforts are being appreciated in a
substantial way by the business con
cerns of Greenwood. Of course such
the community.
Taking out the advertisement of
their job department and the rail
roads, and including all others, w
could not count more than three col
unins carried in an issue this week.
It will take more advertising than
that to pay .expenses, and if the Green
wood merchants are alive to their
best interests they will come forwar.
with their advertisements. If they do
not, of c3ur-se, the Messrs. Gardener
can ot put the labor necessary to,
produce such a paper without receiv
ing compensation.
We continued the publication of our
daily for several months at a loss of
$50.00 the mnonth, and without payiug
anything for .?ditorial service. That
is the reason that we discontinued.
We hope a similar reason will not
force the Greenwood Journal to dis
continue.
SANITARY CONDITIONS.
The Charlotte Observer, commenting
on the way in which the board of
health of Asheville has handled the
sanitary conditions in that city, espe
cially with reference to typhoid fever,
says:
"Asheville's wide-awake board of
health reports only eight cases. of ty
phoid fever and not a death in that
city up to the middle .of July, being
fewer cases than at the same time in
the last twenty years. Commenting
there'upon the ~Bulletin of the health
department says: "It is a pleasure to
note that the decrease in typhoid fev
er so far this year is in the outlying
'districts where there are no water and
sewer connections. This, we think,
is due to the installation of our new
surface closet system and to the ffir
ther attention that has been paid by
our inspectors this summer to back
yards, stables and premises generally.
The result of this js a large diminu
tion in the number'of flies in our city
this year."
It further says that there has not
been; one case In the city this*year to
3,600 of population, and . not one
eath -from the disease. This is a
good record. Please read what is
said as the reason for this healthy
ondition and see, or, ask yourself, if
It would not be the part of wisdomn
to apply tsomne of these remedies in
ur own community. Just swhat*..Is
eant by- the "new surface eloset sys
em" we do not know, but every one
an -understand what is meant by
. IE ,4ETCL
Kr. Welch Wilbur's Fine Field-Vali-'
able Information as to the Grow
lng of the:Crop.
Some weeks ago The Herald and
News secured a photograph of Mr.
Welch Wilbur's vetch field. We regret
-hat we did not see the field, 'but all
information from those who saw it,
and from the picture which iWe have,
indicates that it was a 'beautiful sight
to look upon, and the pity is that every
farmer in Newberry county did not
ave an opportunity to see this vetch
just before it was harvested.
Being impressed .with the beauty
of the picture and the value of culti
vating vetch, not only for the hay it
produces, but as a fertilizer for the
land, The Herald and News asked Mr.
Wilbur to gir-e a statement in regard
to vetch and its value as hay and as
a fertilizer, and some information as
to its cultiv~ation for pig4ication in
The Herald and News.
In reply to this request, Mr. Wilbur
says:
"My experience this year with over
one hundred acres in vetch, both
Oregon and Harry, is that it is super
ior over other clover crops in soil
improvement.
"First. It will stand dry weather
in the fall. Hot weather will not kill
ou the stand. Any crimson clover
"the further attention that has been
paid by our irspectors this summer to
back yardr, stabtes and premises gerl
erally." And this sentence should be
printed in red ink, but as we can not
print in two colors we will print it in
blacker bitzer than the or:linary
type: "The result of this (cleaning
up premises) is a large diminution fin
the number of flies in our city thi,
Tre Ar."
If anybody responded to the call of
the board of health to observe clean
ing up day we have not observed it
It it was observed there is ropm an
good reason to appoint another clean.
ing up day.
* * * * * * * * * * ** * * * *
* .
* FAMILY REUNION.
There is a lot of hard work to di
and much of sadness, sorrow and suf
fering in this old world, but there is
lots of times of rest and happiness
and pIeature and sweetness mixe
along with it.
- One of these happy occasions wa.
celebrated Tuesday, August 8, at th
home of John A.' Shealy, near Littli
Mountain. It was a family reunior
clelra'irq tle F7xty-second birthda3
of Mr. Shealy, wl en every one of the
children was present, being the firsi
time they were all together in fifteer
years. One son-in-law, one-daukhter
in-law and four grandchildren were
absent. There are ten children, and
there jas never been a death in the
family. They are W. Aug. Shealy, of
Leesville; A. J. She4ly, of Perry;
Mrs. C. A. Epting, of Leesville; Miss
Bessie Shealy, at home; Mrs. Jacob
Long, of Slighs; Mrs. William Koon,
of Chapin; Mrs. John BalIentine, of
Pickens; Mrs. Claude Clark, of Peak;
Miss Nell Shealy, in shcool, and Mas
ter Milledge .Shealy. A bounteous
dinner was enjoyed and many days
long gone by were lived over again.
The crowning happiness of the day
centred around -the presence of the
father and mother of Mr. Shealy, Mr.
ad Mrs. Jacob Shealy. Mr. and Mrs.
Shealy are perhaps the most remark
able pair in the State, being ninety
two years old, still active and in good
health, never having had a death in
their family until a few months ago,
when Mr. Drayton I. Shealy, of Prb
perity, -dled. The house in which they
live and have lived all th41r married
life, has never ha a death in it.
It is earnestly 'hoped that all! these
people may live to meet together on
such an occasion -ften.
will not stand dry weather and the
hot su.
"Second. Plant vetch any time from
July 13to December 1.
"Third. IEasily snade into hay of a
very superior grade. . The United
States government analysis places
veteh in the head of the list in food
value per hundred pounds. For in
stance::
Protein. Fat.
Timothy..'.... .....6 3
Crimson.... ... .. ....15 2.8,
Alfalfa.. ... .. ......14 -2.2
Vetch... ... .......17 2.3
"Protein is the value limit we pay
for in food, so vetch hay stands above
the far famed Alfalfa, and it bas al
most three times as much 'protein as
Timothy.
"Fourth. It is of interest to the
bee keeper. It improves the lot of
honey that ranks with the finest honey
grown in the United States.
"Fifth. It is also a great soil Im
prover, getting nitrate out of the air
and putting it in the soil at no cost
to the grower.
"Sixth. One rule that must be fol
lowed the first year you attempt to
grow it -get soil from a place where
some va iety of vetch has grown be
fore and spread it over your land at
the rate of 200 to 600 pounds per acre,
and it can be grown successfully in
the poorest soil, and without it, it
wilmb hapt to fail on the best of soil."
i l 1H1111
Young Men!
H ERE'S a chance
yudon't want t
miss, because it
won't come again
this -eason.
A special rere
sentative direct from
the %famous tailoring
house of Clarence
Mayer & Co., Cin
cinnati, will be at
our store
AUGUST
\14 & 15,
-tophowyntheir os
plete assortments of nW -am
woolens for.- Fall and
Winter. There'll -be
hundreds of clmy fab
rice to select fro=-and
every one all-puro
Sprtn (ioodg
OIOnd husa lock
nOW.f
Telme one thing, dear, I wa.nt *to
"Arethe Fana they hawk at the Base
balgames electric or just plainpahnl
leaf?"
*The goodslIselare not plain goods,
but they are the very best. I have e.
ercised nmy best refforts to get a Eri' of
goods that would please the most'eriti'
cal sportsman,and I have everything
Mayes\o tr
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August,16th, 1911.
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