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||;e fcolD anH Jems. Entered at the Postoffice at New *erry, S. C., as 2nd class matter, E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, December 1, 1914. The Newberry Herald and News notifies its partons that it will celebrate Thanksgiving day and it will "positively re use to receive any money on Thursday." Now, men, one at the time. Don't crowd.?Columbia Record. In order to avoid the crowds the "? + V. ^ ,r> 11 m Hifl thp tru.ii.ur ayciic uic .u , "square meal town.*' When he returned on Friday morning the office door had not been broken down and there was no evidence of any great crowds and neither have they been coming <;one at a time." WHY DISCRIMINATE ? We have from time to time said j something about the unreasonable, un- I A "? *? VI * M lo.TT'e T* I JUST, ana intjiiuitctuit; yiai lan j, vj postal regulations made by the department at Washington, which have tfie same force as law. Of course it does no good to refer to these matters unless we had some congressmen who would be sufficiently interested in having equitable and sensible and just laws and regulations, but somehow we feel better after having delivered ourselves of tne feelings which we have. (For instance, in order to get the rate allowed by the parcel post the r-.Bnlroora miict U'OlVh fnilT HOlindS. AS UXUUW .? J~ a practical illustration of the inequality, we sent by parcel post one thousdnd circular letters to Columbia for 14 cents. We 'had one thousand small hand bills which we wanted to send to Prosperity, toe weight, we believed, was 40 ounces, and the charge was 20 cents. If it had weighed 64 ounces or more we suppose the charge would have been about 10 or 15 cents. But in addition to that, to show how the j laws militate against the publisher, i . / I if this package of 40 ounces had been j merchandise, shoes or any kind o: j - x i J I merchandise, the government wouiu have charged the merchant seven cents to haul it to Prosperity, whereas, the newspaper printer had to pay 20 cents for it. We would like to have some of our congressmen or some of the of icials who make t'bese regulations, explain the reason for this discriminati n. These hand bills were as much " ur merchandise as the shoes or hats or anything else sold by any merchant. Why shouM it be worth more or should the government charge more to transport a few 'hand bills than it would the same size and weight package of merchandise. We would like to have some explanation of this dis- j crimination. j , I We have been in the newspaper *business in Newberry for ^ eood manv vears. and we have have always stood for those things which we have construed to be for the best interests of this community, and no enterprise has been undertaken which was for the advancement of this town and county and tihe uplift of these people, that did not have ur most loyal support, and without reward or the hope bf reward, except the satisfaction of having done cur .duty. For confirmation of the truth of this'statement we refer you to the files of The Herald and News for he past 30 years. Many of the enterprises that have succeeded have done so through our help and many of the ? /v ~ 1 T 1 _ *i _ i 1 peujtne wuo nave oeen neipea nave failed to help us when they fcad the opportunity .to do so, but we haye never whined or complained. Many times those who have been the beneficiaries of our help have been the ones to talk about us and say unkind things and to. abuse and revile us, but we have always smiled at their littleness and gone on the even tenor of our way. Of course, some of them have made money and we have not, but we are just about as well off. It is muc'h more pleasant to say nice things and to move smoothly along, but a newspaper owes a duty to the public and if it honestly and conscientiously discharges that duty it is r.: jv. *i -xwc*) v ' n. A r J? 'lyC* il ?c obliged at times to say something that will not please every one. When we / *; .% v y ^ ' r feel like we should say a thing we say it, always trying to say it a kindly and friendly sort 'o way and with no purpose to offend. If anything should appear in this j ?; column tnat 'nas we appearance 01 j being personal it is not intended to be. j We would not use this column to air j any personal grievance we migit have j even if we should have any. The Herald and News is not an iconoclast or a pessimist, but has always been, un- j der the present management, an op-' | I timist and as we have remarked be-j ifore, during this year' of grace we j are going to pi ay u.:e giaa game, we, said it before the war and now that the war is on we are going to be glad it is so many miles awav. We verily believe that the very fact of the banks putting the lid down So taut on all loans has kept many a j farmer from selling some of his cotton and paying something on his debts for fear that next spring he would be imoKIa + r\ cr<r\f ni Ar? n-if V? t~* V* ? ^ ~r? (.'!!(lUlt <-\J gCl C4.ilJ UJV/UCJ V?JL11 V? to make another crop, and he has felt that he had better hold on to what he 1 had and be able to run another year. We notice that State Bank Examiner I. M. Mauldin says that the banks are not hoarding their money but have made liberal loans on account of t?he low price of cotton. According to his J consolidated statement the total loans j Kv oil t V? f\ Of nf A kn wlrn n?? ? *- I Iuj an uic uiaic uauxva aujuuxiLb LU about $60,000,000 and the total'amount o: money borrowed and notes and bills rediscounted is about $15,000,000. There are 338 banks and banking in- j stitutions, with a capital stock of j about $12,500,000. Tlie suggestion that the merchants give tbeir help two days for Christmas is a good one and we hope they will act on it and let the clerks have the two days, and to at the banks will ] close and every one take, a little rest, j We feel sure the business men gen-; erally will be glad to close from! Thursday evening and give a three 1 t 1 day holiday. 'There should be con- j cert of action in the matter and an agreement among the business men. T^e farmers who have their cotton at home and in their yards had better look after it and see that it is oil the ground and it would be better to .'have it covered. While cotton kept in the dry will save for years in good condition, if left on the ground and in the weather it will damage very fast and lose more than the gain in the price is likely to be for a year or more. What became of all that money Mr. McAdco was going to put or did put in the South to help move the cotton crop. Was it about $350,000,000 or something like that and the banks were to get it at 2 per cent. 'Was not this money used by the mills and | toe corporations and very little if any of it for the moving of the cotton I frnnt I V- ^ ^ Editor Lorenz has been appointed postmaster at Aiken. We congratulate Mr. Lorenz and Congressman Byrnes in making the appointment. EXPLANATORY. It has been very difficult to regulate matter for the paper the last few weeks. We never know until the day we go to press what amount of advertising we will be expected to handle. Sometimes there is none. Then 1+ will nr\m a Flnriricr thocn war timps A I, " ili O--' U1 1 *-* ?5 kuvuv w * ** * we have been working only a small force and when several pages of ads come in on press day is causes us to be late in order to get them in type. When none come we run short of reading matter. It has been very unsaitsfactory and has caused us to be late and sometimes to miss the evening mail, but we can't afford to />rn j i rr,'?! _ 1 _ ~ ~ ' J T -r..? .. /*? aywn ail au. iuis is saiu uv >va.\ <ji explanation and we hope our subscribers will bear with us if the paper sometimes is late. NEWBERRY VICTOR IN PRETTY GAME Wins From Wofford by Score of 15 to 7?Losers Look Hetter. The State. Spartanburg, Nov. 26.?In the prettiest game ever seen on the local field mmu mm- J5 v this afternoon. Newberry scored two touchdowns and kicked a field goal, A while Wofford scored one touchdown and kicked goal. Both touchdowns scored by Newberry were on forward passes, while Wofford scored by terrific line plunges and wide end runs. Wofford succeeded in keeping the ball ir. their opponents territory during most of the game. Less than a month ** ? + Vl A 'I1 y dgO IIIIS Set Hit; Lt"cl III ucicaicu uic xciriers 36 to 0. T is shows t'.ie splendid work of Coaches McCoy and Mills. When the re eree's whistle sounded the end of the game Wofford was two feet from Newberry's goal. Tr.e features of the game were the allround playing of R. Baker, Newberry's most competent ground gainer, . and of Covington, Frev and Captain Osborne for Wofford. Wofford outplayed Newberry in the forward passes. A negro was held up in Oil (Mill alley on Saturday night at about 10 o'clock and robbed of $14 by two men, at present unknown. PROGRAMME Opera House Week Beginning Tuesday, Dec. 1st TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1914. JUDITH OF BETHULIA. (Four reels.) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1914. The Fable of Adult Gzrl Who Got Busy Essanay The Love of P/erre LeKosse Yftagraph (James Morrison and Dorothy Kelly.) H/s Brother Bill .... Lub/n (Two reels.) ORPHANS DAY. The Whole Proceeds to Go to the Orpliatts. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914. Bats Yita^raph - (Billy Quirk.) A Transplaned Prairie Flower -Edison The Strateery of Broncho Billy Sweetheart, Essanay The Real Thing1 in Cowboys Selig FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1914. Rrivnl W?ld "\Vp<t ... Y/tflsranli (Two reei^s.) x (Sidney Drew.) On C/rens Day ... - Lufoin The Legend of Amulet - - Kalem SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1914. ' The Mov/ng P/etnre Cowboy - Sei/g j (Two reels.) The Borrowed Book - - B/ograph F/ckleness of Sweed/e - Essanay MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1914. The Wrecked Special - - Khene (Two reels.) For the Loie of M/ke - - - Kalem When Slippery Sl/ni Met Champion Essanay For My Office DR. F. C. MARTIN Eye Sight Specialist. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Office above Anderson's Dry Goods Store. OPTOMETRY. "Optometry?The employment of any means, other than the use o.' Drugs, Medicine or Surgery for the measurement of the powers of human j vision, and the adaptation of lenses, (eyeglasses) for the aid thereof." "Optometrist?One who possesses a scientific knowledge of the refractive condition of the eye, and the necessary instruments for the thorough examination of same; one who tests the optical state of the eye and prescribes suitable glasses ifor relief; literally an eye measurer. Optometrists do not use medicine nor drops in the eye. "Optician?One who constructs or grinds lenses out of glass or other transparent material. He sometimes aI1/s /vl ft rtYN An A 1 Oft " iciib aiou. "'Oculist?A physician who has received the degree "Doctor of Medicine," and Vnakes a specialty of treating diseases of the eye." They someties fit glasses also, after using drugs in the eyes to suspend accommodation and to dilate the pupil." "Eyesight Spec ialist" One who has graduated in a special course of study of the eye and eyesight, and devotes his entire time to the profession, For My Office, DR. F. C. MARTIN. Eyesight Specialist. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Office above Anderson's Dry. Goods Store. i i f on I I I I ! CANTA D JL irf HPl JmMi 'Mk M M& r! V f Robinsons Te quarters a Come early and ioi chers, Spec Gitives W. L. Spearman. j.VIr. Graves W. L. Spearman died at j Lis home in Helena on last Thursday I a.ter an illness of eight weks in his j 89th year, having been born June 17, 1826. He was a native of the Snparman rnmmnnitv of number six township, but in early life married a , daughter of Col. G. S. Cannon, near I Jalapa, and for many, years lived in t:at community. His wife died in 1875* and some years later he was married again to a daughter of David Can- j non. By his first marriage there were: two children, a daughter, who became the wife of Mr. Robert G. Wallace and who died some years ago, and a son, Mr. Marcus'L. Spearman J who iKcashier of toe Exchange bank! of Newberry. By the second mar- | riage there are two sons, Mr. Roland G. Spearman, of Talledega, Ala., and Mr. D. C. Spearman, of Helena. Mi Spearman served in the Con- j federate army was 4ta sergeant of Company C., Holcomb Legion, having . been mustered into service December 3, 1881. j The burial was bad at Rosemont j cemetery Friday afternoon. The fun! eral services were conducted by Dr. E. Pendleton Jones of the Baptist church of which church Mr. S:pearman was a lifelong and consistent member. The ' pall bearers were: W. A. Hill, J. A. Burton, Arthur Kibler, W. H. Wallace, B F. Goggans and L. W. Floyd. Mr. Spearman was one of the oldest, best known and most respected citi- j rrano nf Vfln'horrv r>nnntv GREAT BATTLE RAGES WITH MUCH AT STAKE , Russ/ans Adrn/t Ga/ns But Deplore False Reports?German Emperor Jo/ns Field Marshal. London, Nov. 29.?Latest official j Russian announcements still claim advantage in the fighting in northern i j Poland, but deprecate exaggerated reports of their successes. Germany declares officially that the Russian attacks have been repulsed and that German counter attacks have been successful. Tue German emperor. has joined TTVoM Marshal von Hindenhi;r2 in the I east to offer his advice and to encourage his troops. Enormous losses have been inflicted on thjg germ|n$,i acoo^ding fo? tttfe Russian statement, but no mention is made "of the capture of German' *4ij ' > : >kWl w w Mere m WITH mui j.l.M.. , ... . iwimnmivvp M' vv'' ^ / r v?'* v>: ; '* '' ' ' ' .-. Mf - -m m Cent Store fter Thursday ok over my line. S\ ial rates for Chris \isions, so freely claimed by the Pet- j trograd correspondent's of London and 1 Paris papers. Some days must elapse before this battle, which promises to prove the most decisive of the war, is concluded. | So far all that is definitely known is j that the German advance tias been j stcrioed. Some of the German troops j <:ave been partly or wholly surrounded, but they still are fighting stubbornly to break their way through the j Russian iines, apparently to the north- I ward, where they hope to join rein- j :"orcements from Thorn. In the battle before Cracow the Russians claim decisive success. During tue last week they took 30,000 prisoners in that region, which is taken in Petrograd to mean tteat j Cracow will not bar the Russian ad- j vance in Silisia from the south, but ] that wit3 trie Austrian army ueaieii j it will be necessary only to mask the j fortress. The Russians also announce [ success on the Austrian side of the Carpathians and against the Turks in the Caucasus, although in botn regions the worst of weather has prevailed. In tine west the Germans, although making an occasional infantry attack, seem content at present to bombard the allied positions witn somewhat lighter guns than they have been | using. That fhe enterprise t'.iat railed in Flanders will not be repeated for the ~ ~ ~ oc- 111 /s c present scema pi IUW u...vU have been allowed to capture some points of vantage around Ypres, previously considered necessary to the German plans. There has been a minor attack near 'Arras. j Interesting reports from Field Mar-1 shal Sir John French, covering tfce [ period of tfte battle in Flanders and the days immediately preceding it shows that this battle was brought about, first by allies' attempts to outflank the Germans, who countered, and then by their plans to move to the northeast to Ghent and Bruges, which also failed. After this the German offensive began, with the French coast Dorts as the objective, but this movement, like those of the allies, met with failures. Field Marshal French gives it as his opinion that the German losses have been thrice as great as those of tfiie allies and speaks optimistically of the future. r"r?tiere- apparently" has b4en no development in the Balkan situation but stress is laid on the cause of the Rou 1 w n^joYS is My Head^ 1 Dec. 3rd. \ oecial rates to tea' tnas Trees. 7 " i mainian kings speech at the opening or his parliament, m wnicn ne saiu: ^ "I am convinced that realizing the | importance of the present situation. > you will give the government every I assistance in passing such legislation. I as is deemed by tlJe circumstances and. 1 required to meet the neas of the army." A KIDNEY REMEDY ADVER- ' TUT BROUGHT GREAT HAPPINESS I take pleasure in stating that I have used Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, that I was greatly benefited 'by the ' same and have used it in my family. 1 had a son, when quite young he suffered from bladder or kidney affliction. I called in my physician, foe attended him but did him no good. 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