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9 ^ i ? ? YALl"E OF (iOOI) NEWSPAPERS. Mr. Arthur S, Tompkins Writes of the Value and Influence of County Paner. Edgefield, S. C., March 9, 1912. Mr. John K. Aull, JNewoerry, s. u. My Dear John: The issue of The Herald and News of March S is very j interesting reading. We properly speak well of the farmer who toils day by day, and produces bread for tile eater and seed for the sower; the' brave soldier who seeks the bubble; ^ reputaiion at the cannon's mouth in J defense,of his county. But there are ! 'heroes in time or peace no less re-1 nowned than those in war. Especially the lonely engineer as he sits with his hand on the throttle and his eye on the rail, as his train filled with ' precious human lives, rushes headlong:; over the roaring trestles, amid the ' misty darkness of a stormy night, while so many others are resting in balmy sleep. The editor of a good j ' county paper like The Herald and |1 News, and the diligent printers un- j' known to fortune or to fame, they too; Ii ? oro Viorrnac as fhpv or a mnro i m nnrt- ^ ant to' the country than the big city : dailies, who only print general news, not but that the- great dailies do great ( good in promulgating the general poli- 1 cies of action and creating an interchange of ideas among the public; just ! as the great trunk lines of railroads! brings long hauls of traffic and scat- 1 ters blessings at every station along j1 its extensive route, so do the daily1 papers collect from distant lands, over ; ; tne iar-reacnmg unes ui me ucti- i ing thoughts and lay them before the j 1 delighted reader as he smokes his 11 after-breakfast cigar. But somehow ' ' in this State' the leading dailies hare 1 not exercised much practical in-j' fluence in shaping the conditions at all; but things seem to have gone|] contrary to their views. This is due j ^ in part to having too much hate and i 1 bitterness and a desire to try to dicj tate and drive the people. My mother; < i taught me these words in early life: i< I "Speak gentle, it is better far To rule by love than fear." < I This applies to newspapers as well *. i as the family. While the county paper is down next i to and among the people and as you j bo beautifully say: "It has rejoiced ' with those that rejoiced, and it has mourned with those that mourned. Its ( columns have carried the fragrance of j < the orange blossoms that adorned the j1 s. ! 1 brow of the bride and the fragrance j ^ of the roses of remembrance, twined ] with the immortelle of devotion that 1 wreathed the tomb." It helps to uplifr nonnU taor>Vt 1 -ncr fha orrnrc nf ' yiV. J IVUVAiAilJj LXIV V* * VA kj v*. intemperance, the felly of toting the handy pistol, the preciousness of human life, the importance of attending1 the preached word of God; good roads and better country school, and thus ( toiling in the night, while so many 1 t f others are enjoying nature's sweet re- j1 storer balmy sleep, and is safe-guard- ( ing for the people that liberty which 1 is only brought by the eternal vigi- i lance of the country editor and his j < faithful crew. i1 A py-inri Mnntv nartpr should blaze1' with the sunshine of Christian love;' and charity. It ought'to cultivate thej] people and the people should cultivate j it. Their interests should be one and 'J the same. Xo paper can live and pros- ( per unless the people patronize it and ' pay for it promptly as they do their 5 y grocer's bill. It should fall into every : 1 home as a sweet benediction of peace i1 and instruction, and not be filled with blood and thunder, sensational crimes. < nor smell of the rotten vaporings that j{ arise from the filthy cess pool of j( scandal; nor merely act as pitiful hack * - ? ?rt ion n r-Vti n ior any n-arruw punucai uoaiioiuu, or bigoted religious fanaticism. Its | sheets should be as clean as the skirt j' of the sweet girl graduate on com- i' mencement day, and of it we should j say: ? . !. "I only knew they were noar me, In a world made new again; j.. And the winter violets of life ', Were edged with spring time rain." j, I Th^ TTprald and News is doins* ai good work in the grand old coumy of : Newberry, a county that has produced . so many good and great men. and eo j1 many more noble and consecrated wo- j men, for no great man was ever pro-1 duced without the gracious guiding of; a good woman in the back-ground of, - his life. Of course it takes a higher order of talent and energy in this day of electric speed to run a good county paper J* j: 1 ~ rxC 1 mail 1L UiU ill lii'c piijuii:ic j plain living and sparse population. One of the many ways of doing great! ' good by county papers is to promote! a better system of far ming, and no i i one is doing more on this line in congress than your most worthy Representative, the Hon. Asbury F. Lever,! and with him to lead, and good coun- j ty papers, the county is sure, under j rhp nrovicience of a good God, to con-! tinue to blossom like the rose and ! abound with Christian prosperity. As ! old Rip said, may The Herald and News live long and prosper, and cause j the county to prosper. Yours truly, Arthur S. Tompkins. LADIES REST ROOM. Wnnh Im-rtrAvPniPnt ^fillip Tllfi Lil" dies Appreciate it and Give Ex- '! pression. Mr. Editor: A conference of lady visitors from city and county, in the Xewberry rest room, adopted a resolution of thanks which they respectful-1 ty request the county papers to pub- j j lish. : < Resolved, That we appreciate the < sympathy and help given to the man- i ager of the rest room, ourselves and Dur little ones, and desire to publicly express our profound appreciation for :he improvement of conditions sur-; rounding the rest room, to Jno. B. | Mayes, president of the chamber of \ commerce, and to the generous gen- 1 :lemen who aided him in this noble ! svork for women. We offer our most | sincere thanks for the neat stairway | * leading from the ladies' entrance to! ^ hiacpmpnt thi_c cutting off public cor- j udors and offices, and making this j an ideal home for women and children j ' and the only rest room between Char- i1 ( leston and Laurens. As our city is i first in a well eqnipped rest room for ! t courtesy and consideration toward } svomen our men stand highest in cit-; ] zenship and we proudly call them our ,1 iriends. J1 j Acknowledgment of donations to \ < rest room: I j Mr. A. P. Asbill, jeweler, a bcauti- | * cul hanging clock. j J Mr. J. B. Mayes, map calendar of; t South Carolina. Mrs. R. Smith, Confederate memorial J calendar. ^ Mrs. Livingston, two pretty table c covers. 1 * Mrs. Franklin, a nice scrap bag. j 1 Mr. M. M. Buford, a very fine day j * edger. \, Mr. Eskridge, lavatory lock and key. J Mr. P. Frank Paxter placed lock | md key on ladies' outside entrance. j ' Mr. J. B. Mayes and a number of j . )thcr gentlemen, a much needed and ^ appreciated gift of a stairway from iadies' entrance to ground floor vith \ lavatory, a great blessing for genera- \ lions to come for a ladies' rest room I 1 s with us to stay. i Manager. | i The Greatest Woman. Thornwell Messenger. ; j One hundred women teachers in the ^ Vorth recently gave answers to the i juestion, "Who is the greatest living svoman?" The judges unanimously md enthusiasticallv awarded the devision to the woman who wrote the :ollowing answer: "The woman who is a farmer's wife, who rises at 5 yclock, manages her household and - or <iuiifP.s relative to the farm, rears children, clothcs and cares for them, ' ind finds time to attend to her own intellectual improvement." We say, 'Amen" to that dceirion. Too much is ;aid about women whose names are constantly before the world because dt money or social cn.uunu.icm-> ^j. seme particular intellectual achievenent, and too little is made over the .loble army of women, who year in and rear out attend to the home and th-?dr , children and their husbands and their >wn intellectual and spiritual culture.! 3-od help us men to appreciate our wives more and to sympathize with them in their enforced shut-in lives. We men would not stand what women 2:0 through, and yet they do it so un* * 1 ~ 1 ? ! sompiamingiy. ijoa uicss me gicaicoi i women in the world?our mothers and j wives. i > <$> t> <? 3> <$> <$> <$> <?> <?> <?> < > <$> <? ^ $> <$>, $> LODGE DIRECTORY. <$>| ; ^ , < Woodmen of the World. Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., i meets every first and third Wednes-; , iay evening at 7.45 o'clock. Visiting, j brethren are cordially welcome. 1 D. D. Darby, ; j T. Burton, Clerk. ' C. C. f i i Newberry Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W., meets every second and fourth "Wednesday night in Klettner's Hall, at S ! o'clock. < . i Amity Lodge, >To. 87, A. F. 31. j Amity Lodge, Xo. ST, A. F. M., meets , prr>rv first Mrmdav nifrht at S o'clock 1 c~* in Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren cordially invited. H. H. Rikard, J. W. Earhardt, "ftr. M. Secretary. Bergell Tribe, So. 24, I. 0. R. M. Bergell Tribe, Xo. 24. I. 0. R. M., meets every Thursday night at 8 o'clock at Klettner's Hall. 0. Klettn^r, C. R. J. E. Franklin, Sachem. Signet Chapter, Xo. 18, R. A. 3T. Signet Chapter, Xo. 18, R. A. M., meets every second Monday night at 3 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, Harry W. Dominick, E. H. P. Secretary. Lakota Tribe, No. 79, I. 0. R. M., will meet at Jalapa Wednesday evening, January 17, at 7.30 p. m., and ?very second Wednesday night there- j ifter. Wm. C. Sligh, J. Wm. Folk, Sachem. Chief of Records. I Cateechee Council, >"o. 4, D. of 1% L 0. E. M. Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P., neets every other Tuesday night at 8 ' I Spiritism Said to Be Dtmonlsm. A most Interesting little brochure has recently come off ,the press setting forth with Bible proofs thar the communications received by rnd through 3piritlst Mediums is of Demon origin, rhe writer traces his subject through :ne Scriptures from the time when rertain of the holy argels became dis )beuient. 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