The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 18, 1913, Page FOUR, Image 4
The Herald and News
Entered at the Postoffice -?+ V'*nvtenr,
S. C., as 2?d class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Friday, July 18, 1913.
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In speaking of the condition of
Rosemont cemetery we had no idea of
placing the blame at the door of the
trustees, because we think the blame
attaches alike to all who have loved
ones buried there, and to the citizens
of the community who have none, because
it is a place in which we all
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should sthow an interest, mere suuuiu ,
be some sort of organization, how- j
ever, to look after the general appearance
of the grounds. Each .lot owner
should look after his own lot, but
there are things over there besides
the Jots whicih should have the attention
of some one. The walks and j
drive ways, for instance. One can j
scaicely drive in and out of the place.
We do not know what authority the
trustees have, but if some one would
take the matter in hand we teei sat- j
isfied that those who have interests
there would only too willingly contribute
sufficient funds to make decent
drive ways in and out of the grounds.
We don't even know who the trustees
are. Somebody start a movement to j
do something.
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Dr. James P. Kinard, who has been
professor of English at Winthrop
since the college was founded, has
been elected to tne cnair 01 n,ngusu
at the Citadel Academy. If he wants
it, and we presume lie does, we are
glad he has gotten it, but some'how we
believe we would rather teach girls
than boys, and besides, we know we
would rather be instrumental in making
teachers for the country schools
than in turning out soldiers. Dr. Kinard
is .from Newberry and an alumnus
of the Citadel and maybe he feels
like he wants to go back home. We
all ihave that feeling as we grow older.
He is a fine teacher and an accomplished
scholar and educator, and will
be a strong addition to the faculty of
any college.
We hope all the people from Newberry
who go to Columbia will take
a look at some of the playgrounds
which have been provided for the children.
We are satisfied that every
one ^'ho will will come back home in
favor of building a park. We could
then have the playgrounds. It would
cost very little and we are satisfied
that every one who would contribute
would feel amply repaid for the small
outlay in the satisfaction of seeing the
children enjoying themselves, and j
besides in a park the grown ups could
also enjoy themselves. Why not start
the park now.
Secretary of State Bryan says he
can't live in Washington on $12,000
a year. He may toe including in tlhat
the ten thousand he ihad been putting
aside for _a. rainy day. With his sim-i
pie habits and no wine and cigars at j
his entertainments it seems that he
might get on reasonably well on the
salary. It is a fact, however, that the
salary of cabinet officers is out of proportion
to the salary of the president.
The president has a mansion and
many other perquisites furnished by I
;he government, and gets fifty thous- j
and and a good allowance for travel- j
:ng expenses, whereas, the cabinet of- j
ncers on a meagre t.\velve thousand j
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have to pay house rent and all the
other incidentals, including traveling
expenses, out of the salary. They
should get twenty-five thousand, just
half the amount paid the president.
And yet there are people living and
rearing large families who do not
handle in a life time that much mon
ey.
Everybody agrees that a good road
is worth having. Since that is true,
:he vote for good roads in eastern
North Carolina ought to be unani.nous.?Wilmington
Star.
Unfortunately what ought to be
doesn't always be. Everybody favors
good roads, but somehow they seem to
have an idea that the thing ought ;
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to be without paying for it. We have
come to the conclusion that first you
must create the sentiment in favor of
good roads and along with it instill
the idea that what it worth having
costs money.
Suppose we make an effort?a uniti
a/j rpvivp thp e'nnri rnads
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spirit and get the people to use t'Je
split log drag. It is simple and inexpensive
and a great road preserver.
?'Newberry Herald and News. Second
the motion!?Rock Hill Herald.
What we want is to get the people
to second the motion, and the country
press can be of great senvice in
creating that sentiment. It takes a
long time and a great deal of patience,
but keeping everlastingly at it will
certainly bring success.
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Our tenderest sympathies go out to |
Col. August Kohn and children in the j
sudden bereavement which has corn* j
to them in the taking away of the wife \
and mother.
It has been our pleasure to know |
Mrs. Kohn for quite a number of ;
years and to be in her home on sev- j
uro 1 n/ifiaciAnc a olwaVc fmirid h PT i
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a sensible and sympathetic wife and
mother and a true friend. Death is sad ,
at all times, but it seems to be more j
terrible when it comes so suddenly. j
Mrs. Kohn was present at the recent j
meeting of the State Press association, i
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and was bright and cheerful and
seemed to be in the best of health. i
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!We all butt in wher we have no
business, and some dare even to walk
where angels fear to tread, and with
the liability of butting in where I
have no business, I am going to take
the chances of making a suggestion
or two. Really, t^e fact is, it is none
of my business, and it makes very j
little difference to me whether my
suggestion is even considered long
enough to read these few scattering
words, still I am going to have the
satisfaction of having said what I
want to say, and the consequences
may take care of themselves, because
tn mo norcnnallv if maVps not n "whit
of difference. Well, I walked down by
the postofRce the other day, and took '
\ look up towards where Mayor
Wright is erecting that handsome
mansion, and every one in town ought
to be proud to see the beautiful home "
going up, even If the young mayor does
not immediately seture a caretaker <
for it. What I wanted to say is to
call attention to the result to the
fellow who hid his light under a j
bushel, and to the other fellow who
buried his one talent for fear he would
lose it. Now, my suggestion is that
'Mayor .Wrignt should do something
to that portion of Friend street leading
up to this handsome residence,
so that it might be seen, and then
this Is. too handsome a piece of work
to front on such a miserable looking
thing as Chat in front of It, and sometimes
called?incorrectly?a street.
Do it now. Fix it now. There is no
time like the present. Fact is, it is
the only time you have. Put down a
cement sidewalk. Pave the street all ,
the way down to Main. It should be
done now. I am willing to pay my
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puruou ui luc uaA ivi" me wui& juau
for the satisfaction of looking at a
decent street and sidewalk when I
go to the postoffice. That is a prettynice
job on Friend street. Let the :
good work be kept up. Permanent ,
work is the tJhing for the streets as
well as the public roads. It is the
only kind of work worth wihile.
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I was just thinking the other day,
though it was very hot to think, still, |
some times I do try make my old ;;
mind work a little?well, was just
thinking, as I said., and trying to make !
a fair-illation, t'honsh I never was!
crazy about mathematics and calcu- \
lations, still, as I was saying, I was
thinking and making a calculation on
the amount this town was spending
in trying to keep up the streets, and
my thinking and my calculations led <
me to the inevitable conclusion that
if the money wasted during the last <
ten years had been put in peramnent
streets, * under intelligent direction,
we would today have to be extending :
the city limits to find streets to pave, j
and the maintenance would have been <
reduced to the minimum, but it is aw- i
fnl hard to make r>?oDle see things, i
especially when they are nearsighted. !
There will be an awaxening some day,
and if some of my young friends would 1
just keep a scrap book on what I am ]
saying they could draw that out and ]
say, The Idler told you so way back ]
yonder. But what's the use- The 1
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people who have money and property !
care nofcing about these things, and J
will take no interest in them. And '
Wihy should I, who have neither prop- !
erty nor anything else worth while in j
this community, except a long life;
spent here in the service of the pub- J
Hc for which tie public is ungrateful, i
But I am a great believer in the com-1
pensaticn of nature, and it will all j
come out right some day, and the peo-1
pie will be made to see things as they
are.
I have been watching with a great j
deal of interest, and, f must admit, j
a modicum of curiosity, the result of I
the pron\ise which the editor says 'he
has from Mr. C. E. Summer to call a
mooting of the automobile owners of
the county to form an association for
the improvement of the public roads.
I have not seen the call yet. If the
two hundred auto owners of Newber-;
ry county would get together in an j
organization there is no telling the,
amount of good tney couia accompnsn !
in a short time, and it would cost
each one a mere song in comparison j
to results. It seemed to me to be !
quite a distinguished honor to be called
upon to lead in a movement fraught.
with so many possibilities for constructive
work. Why wait? Why not
do it now? J You know, somehow, it
always did Ake me tired to wait to
do things tha ought to be done now, |
and could beldone now mucu easier '
than at any olaer time. Just to think
what a great benefactor to his fellows,
as weil .as to himself, any one
could be whofkvould take bold of and
lead a moivemlpt to improve the roads |
of the countyfkand to create a good }
roads spirit ar?ng the people There
is more honor In it than to be governor
or United States senator. Think
of it seriouslyijust for one moment.
I guess Mr. Su?mer 'has got the wait- j
ing spirit and will soon make a move.
To wake up the people is a great job,
but when once* you do it in a good
cause you become a real benefactor j
and it is "worth more Chan to accumu- I
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I tell you tha old court house looks
like a peach?IRielie^e that is the ex- .
pression they ule when they speak of j
a beautiful girlf-weH, it is fine look- j
ing and that flower bed at the en-1
trance to the rest room is also a;
beauty. You know, toe rest room is,
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a great thing f<jr the country people i
and for the town people as well. I'
advocated a rest room for many j
moons before one was established i
here. Of course, every one has forgotten
that now, but like all leaders
the fellow who starts, the movement
never gets credit, but it is a satisfac- j
tion to see his dreams in real life and
action. So it will be some day witto j
many other things I am advocating. j
The dreamer is a pio>rer. T am a
dreamer. And I dream good dreams.;
The Idler.
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iNext Monday evening at :he college
the Soutn Carolina Sunday school
normal begins its sessions which are
to last until Thursday at noon. For
weeks past the slogan among the Sunday
school officers and teachers has
been, "Meet me on the campus of New- !
berry college." And these earnest
workers are about to come together to
take counsel with each other how to
do tfoe work of teaching in the Sunday
school to the best advantage.
The normal is not a convention. It
is a school organized with classes
for study, meeting in the several class
rooms of Holland hall at regular in
tervals. As soon as tine visitors arrive,
they will register their names
and the courses of study they wish to
pursue. And beginning at nine o'clock
the classes will meet regularly until '
Thursday. Chapel exercises will be j
held at 8.45. Half nour lesson per-:
iods begin at nine o'clock and contiEue
until two, when'the normal adjourns
for dinner. The afternoon is j
given to recreation and games. At j
six o'clock, an open air conference is
held on the lawn, and at seven vesper
services are ccnuuctea. jviier supper,
which, with all other meals, is served I
at the boarding hall for a nominal fee, j
the normal assembles for a lecture of
popular nature by well known speakers.
The curriculum of the normal includes
a course in junior and primary
work. It offers a course in Sunday
school pedagogy, or the laws of teadh- 1
ing. Practical demonstrations will fte
given. A course in Bible history is :
one of the features. Missions is a 1
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suDject aiso inciuueu. auu perious are 1
set apart for the study and practice of <
Sunday school music.
The faculty includes such -well 1 <
snown Sunday school workers as Rev. :
E. C. Cronk, D. D., Columbia, S. C.; 1
Rev. C. E. Weltner, D. D., and Mrs. C. I
E. Weltner, Columbia, S. C.; Mrs. W. 1
?. PugTn, Florence, S. C., and Rev. H. e
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A. McCullough, Columbia. S. C. Besides
these, Rev. R. L. Patterson, secretary
of the board of home missions,
Charlotte, X. C., will lecture on Tuesday
evening. On Wednesday evening,
Professor J. G. Clinkscales, of Spartanburg,
will deliver a popular lecture.
Representatives of ninetv-seven
Sunday schools of ttie State are expected,
three being allowed to each.
Only those who are engagd in such
work or expect to do Sunday school
work and wish training for it are expected
to enrol. NevfeTtlieless a large
number of people will visit Newberry
at this time to enjoy some of the
lectures and the music. The orchestra
of St. Lukes church, Columbia,
will attend all tfce assembly meetings.
On Monday night a reception will
be given the students of the norma!,
on the college campus. A number of
the townspeople have been invited to
be presort and help entertain the visitors.
Most of the students will be lodged
ic the college dormitory and home
near the campus.
The program offers a feast of good
things, and wftile it means a good
deal of work for such hot weather,
it is expected that under such pleasant
surroundings as the college building
and ca:npus afford, large and permononr
rojnlto will o/?r>rilA tfl fhp
iljan^uv a v-?;u*Ukj tf uvv* MV WW .
Sunday schools of the State.
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That many old people do not receive
the consideration at the hands 1
of their children and grandchildren
that they ought to receive is a fact'
too frequently observed, and that it
takes but little ) make their hearts
rejoice is a fact easily admitted. How- j
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ever mere are sunie uiu wuu <
are remembered very Kindly by their j
children and other relatives.
Uncle Ben Miller and /his good wife
are certainly in this class. Last Saturday,
July 12th, about 10.30, a host
of people began pouring in the town
of Little Mountain making their way
to the home of Mr. Miller. Uncle Ben
and his wife were taken on surprise,
not having heard of the happy surprise
in store for them. Those constituting
and attending this happy occasion
were as follows: Five children, twenty-three
grandchildren, five great-,
grandchildren, two sons-in-law, two j
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granddaughters and nine visit,ors, not
related to the family.
Rev. Long and family were present j
and with the others enjoyed the hap-1
py occasion.
A table was built in the front yard i
and the rich and bountiful contents of;
the many baskets were placed thereon j
and heartily enjoyed Dy all. It was I
a rich dinner and one noted, not only j
for its bounty, but also for its variety, j
Some beautiful presnt we re given to j
Mrs. Miller which, of course, were |
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greatly appreciated.
Late in the afternoon the crowd disbursed
with glad and happy hearts
because of the occasion just observed
and enjoyed.
Many more just such reunions
should be held. It is the duty of
children who have been blessed with
honorable parentage, to be very kind
to and considrate of their parents and j
especially in their old and declining
days.
We hope Uncle Ben and his good
wife and their large family will have
other such reunions.
Jno. J. Long.
RENO'S DIVORCE COLONY.
Vivaria's New Law Expected to Lead
to its Withdrawal.
Reno Letter to the Brooklyn Eagle.
No more will incoming trains dump
divorce colonists and carloads of
trunks at the Reno depot, for the familiar
song, "I'm on my way to Reno" j
has been shelved by the action of the '
last legislature, when it dealt the j
knockout blow, after several roundsj
of a bitter*y fought contest, in its;
ultimatum that no divorce proceedings
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shall be instituted in the State of
XeAaJ-i under th* existing six-months'
residerc-c law. aft:r December 31
next, thereby limiting the time in
which Dewccn.ris could begin such
residence ptiiod to Ji-re 30. Any divorce
seeker arming here on and after
a six-mcnths' residence until
January 1 next, upcv which date the
new law. requiring one year's resitknce
before institution of such action
becomes Bftective, which fact eliminates
the one vital feature of inducement
to so many to come here
aud take advantage of the short residence
requirement.
It is reasonably concluded that with
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Dther States nearer me -c.asi uctvuig
i sirai'ar residence requirement, al:hough.not
providing for as many
grounds for divorce as Nevada, and
vith. two other States requiring but i
iix-months' residence tbe rush to this ]
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tyerytmng every in
State and its notable divorce court j
activity csased last midnight. By 1914
the unique Reno divorce colony will!
have passed into history.
Fully 700 men and women, or about
5 per cent of the entire population of
Reno now constitute the colony of
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temporary resiueuLs. ixjLj* yci
of them ever remain here more than
a few days after securing their decrees.
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During the past month, and especially
last week, the throng of newcomers
has experienced great difficulty in securing
apartments. All the hotels are
crowded, as are the desirable rooming
houses. Available cottages are almost
as scarce as the proverbial hen's
teeth. In many cottages, from four
to six divorcees are living. Some private
boarding places are housing as
many as ten of the fair sex. There are
now scores of so-called "divorcees
nests" here. Every train the past
week hr>.s unloaded r.pw 'arrivals, the
prepon 1 w.acp of men and very ;-c
women, seemingly well +o do and
fashionable, being notiealble. The proportion
of men to women has increased
largely. Baby cariages and bull
nuDs are Dlaying conspicuous parts
as never before.
There is life and action day and
night. Saddle horses are working
overtime; the river, a turbulent mountain
stream, running directly through
the centre of the city, and alive with
mountain trout, presents daily scenes
of big catches of the speckled beauties;
joy riding is doing a land-office
business, w'bile the cafes and nearby
resorts resound with the popping of
corks, merriment and music?a veritable
scene of wine, women and song,
such as even Reno has never before
wnnessea.
Over in the new $160,000 court house j
within view of all these festivities, the i
divorce mill keeps up its silent and j
unceasng grinding, and the elated divorcee
having just secured his much- ;
sought decree, opens a bottle or sev- J
eral bottles with friends and a newcomer
in celebration of the joyous
event.
And so, from present indications,
1913 is to witness the exit of Reno's j
divorce colony, to which no more
members can reasonably expect to De j
Ridded. Elsewhere throughout the;
State, the comparatively few colonists ;
are keeping within their shell of ob-1
scurity in some measure, pocketing j
their decrees and hiking away as se- i
cretly as they endeavored unsuccess- i
fully to come.
Double His Assessment,
"Would you," inquires the Greenwood
Journal, "give the deaf man a
verdict, if you were on the jury, who
is suine for damages because he al
leges that he is paying for preaching
he can't hear?"
Personally we'd be inclined to render
a verdict after the fashion of the
immortal Paddy Driver. As the story goes,
a loyal henchman of the clan, ;
named Danny, was arrested for an
enthusiastic and successful assault
upon an innocent third party. It was ]
just before election, and Danny sent
for his leader. The leader heard Dan- i
ay's story and went to see Paddy Dri/
ling to Town '
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"Judge," he said, "I wish you'd he \
light on Danny. He's a good fellow,,
and can help us a lot in the election."
"Alright!" said Paddy. "I'll give
him thirty days!" ,
"But that will keep him in jail over
the election!' the leader protested.
"H said Paddy, "I mean the
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London Men All in Grey.
Springfield Republican.
The gney, tall hat was a popular
thing is this country in the '70s, as
many a reader will remember. He will g
be interested in the fact that the gray J
top hat has come to its own again in ^
London this summer. Such hats are
regarded as "the thing" in the house
of commons, and are to be seen in increasing
numbers at all fashionable
open-air gatherings, says a London
special to the New York Herald. The
gray "beaver" follows the latest style
of the ordinary tall hat, but is made
<ff felt with a gray silver band instead ,
of black silk. This is a revival of the- M
old order of things, but it used to he ?
the fashion here for young men to
have wide, black bahds encircle their ^
gray hats. Cool and pleasing is the
thought of London clad in gray nats
and light gray morning coat and
trqusers. The grav hat came as the 1
culmination of the gray suitings, thie
crowning glory, as it we?*e. The top
notch of London fashion adds gray
spats, socks and ti5e to complete the
picture.King
George has adopted the tall
gray hat, which was a favorite with i
King Edward before and after he succeeded
Queen Victoria. Back in 1878
two Springfield men ventured to carry I
their gray, tall hats to England for J
the comfort of them, but expected that 1
their headgear would mark them as
Americans. It proved to be quite oth- 1
erwise, for the Prince of Wales had
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ed commonplace in England. Perhaps
by next year the men of this country '
will be found wearing once again tall
gray hats, although the tendency of ^
automobiling to make caps and other \
slouch y head covering the popular
thing may interfere with any such
toning up of masculine bearing here.
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Washing the Lettuce.
To show that though she occupies
a prominent place in the "smart set"
of the town in which she lives, she
is of a truly domestic nature, a i
young woman of Cleveland pitched
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in to ncip &cc _?
of the cook wio was ill.
The flurried housemaid, who was
struggling with a refractory coffee
machine, confessed to her mistress
that she had forgotten to wash the
lettuce. ,
"Never mind, Clara," said the young
matron. "Don't get excited. Keep ,
right on with the coffee, and I'll wasih *
the lettuce. Do you know where the
cook keeps the soap?"?Boston Her- 1|
aid. J
High fertility is exceedingly 1m- m
portant for cabbage. This crop must
have an abundance of quickly available
plant food. Application, of nitrate
of soda usually pays.