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gut ftnli n) Itw. jfeJitered at the Postoffice at New6*n-y, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, July 23, 1915. ABOt T ROADS AND OTHER THINGS There are people in every community who will tell you that the newspaper has no influence, and there are a few wfao will brag that they scarcely ever *ead the local paper, that they have already read all it contains or they know it beforehand. These two classes are not very numerous. But there is a large and ordinarily intelligent class in every community who ^ "will say that ti'.:e newspaper does not influence them. Be that as it may and this only preliminary to what I am going to say. I have been The editor of this newspaper now for nigh on to or quite thirty years. During t)~at time the paper has stood for the progress and Ui mis cumuiumi), auu it has at various times advocated new enterprises and development of the community when it stood almost alone, and it has had tfre pleasure of seeing i j many of these things come to pass. Possibly the newspaper had nothing to do with it and maybe some of them would fcave come sooner if we had seid nothing. There may be som# who "believe that way. At any rate, I have had the pfeastire of speaking to the people on these matters and tfcen had the pleasure of seeing the realization, of course "with no recognition to me or the newspaper, but that is a small matter. I first spoke through the old Newberry INews, when Mr. R. H. Geneker was ^Mj&the proprietor, and made the fight for Bthe establishment of tke graded school system when there were many to say I that Newberry was not yet ready. The school was established. I wish the files of that paper were in existence, but they were destroyed by fire some years ago. , rllV Aft An I'hrAnor'h^Tli a Uat?o lrl h .1?? vu. laici uu, luiv/u^aT xiiu ix^iaiu mr and News, I spoke to the people in beW half cf a water and electric light sysW tem. It came. Of course there are v no doubt those to say that it would have come sooner possibly if the paper had kept quiet. Then I tad the pleasure to take up the fight for the sewer system and spoke through the same medium for the establishment of the system.. It came. TV-en for years I have been writing -i vii.v: i.i ~r ? + ~ ana puunsmug a aoi ui siuu <iuuui iac establishment of a park. It is about to be realized. I heard a very distinguished citizens say the other day that The Idler should fcave a chain gang sentence of thirty days for each year that he had been writing about the park. That would give the poor fellow about a year and a fcalf on the gang. Well, to realize his dream of tyears for the establishment of the park I have no doubt he would take the punishment just like a good little boy, if the people of the community tfoat he has been servisg all these years thought it a just compensation for such services. I have been speaking through the same medium for many years in be-1 half of the split log drag, ana began R before I ever saw one in actual use, B and before there was one in Newberry county. \nd the subject of better roads has been a hobby for a long ![ time. The split log drag has been used in Newberry to some extent, but | not near so much as it should be. And the question of road improvement is _ receiving attention as never before. lAs to tbe telephone system in the town of Newberry, ask Mr. L. W. Floyd I ! I ow it came to be at the time it was S" installed. , h _ _ Now, as I have stated, what I said ' "to the people in cold type through The Herald and News may have had no influence, and in the minds of some people may have retarded ratfcer than hastened the good work, yet I have the satisfaction of Knowing that I was at least a pioneer. And the good t1 ings are here. What I am trying to nn +/-v ic rVn<s* T Via vp hppn writ j itau v.* tv ^ u? . v ~ - ing about better roads for a long time and I mean to say that I am going to continue to write about better roads and the split log drag. For a long 1 time The Herald and News was about the only paper in the State that kept writing about the split log drag, and we announced once that we would not let a week escape without mention of this simple device for bettering the roads, and we have almost kept the 1 faith. Now, if any of my readers dc not like to hear or read about roads and better roads why just skip over about half of what is in the editorial column and t'-en you will still have more than your money's worth of good wholesome reading matter. ?o? I took a trip over to Greenwood county on last Sunday to spend the day with the "old folks at home." The distance is only twenty-five miles. A very nice run, even with a Ford, if there were any road. I went out tfce steel bridge road via Silverstreet. The road this far is good for a Newberry road. On up to Mr. Henry Fellers' and to the Williams place, and even to Vaughnville, you can go over the road with some degree of comfort, though it is rough and jolty. I was afraid to risk the crossing of the Saluda at the > railroad bridge, because the approach on this s'ide has been in bad condition. so I went via isiana roro. i remembered on a former occasion or twe when Pope Coleman told me it was just like a plank road down to the river at tfcis place. That was the time we had Mr. Z. F. Wright's car with iMr. Herman Wright driving and the writer and Irvin Feagle going to Greenwood to meet the New York Herald and the Atlanta Journal scout A xt' r\ Vin cr/sno tViic U'P V to VJ<XI a, aiiu ?c "ciu. ..?^ scout out the road. We got stuck fcen with Mr. Wright's big White steamer and we remained stuck for a couple of hours. I asked the old negro who was helping us if the road was in Newberry, and he said it was, but ^ J o Krvl icVi o/'l Uldl v> UCI 1 J> U au CAHiCi |avviiouvu the office of supervisor or the officer was dead, they had never heard of him in that community. Then last August Fred Dominick and the writer drove through there in Ford No. Ill and we made it without sticking, but when we got through we were mud. And then I was fool enough to try it again last ! Sundav. The road is worse now than on any of.the other occasions t):at J have been along there. The big rain that Newberry had on Thursday must have passed along this section. The road, or wtere the road is supposed to be, is nothing but big ditches, | though the mud was not quite as bad as on former occasions. I overtook a m2n in a one-horse wagon, with his wife and children, after passing over almost impassable roads, and as he drove to one side to let me pass I asked him about the road ahead. He said that over which I had just come| was a fine road compared to what was just ahead. I would have retraced] right then and there, but I was going I slr\Tt'ri I -! 11 on/1 T n/\+ tiiTn anil could not back, and besides I saw one automobile track ahead, and knew that if an automobile could pass over the road a Ford could, so I kept in fairly good cheer. I asked the man with the one horse wagon how I would manage to get througS, and tie re plied: "Back your ears, shut your eyes and let her go." And that is about what I did. And I got through, but I did not attempt to return that way. After we got on the hill on toe Greenwood side of the river the road was fine. I returned by way of Greenwood and Laurens, a distance of sev enty-five miles against twenty-nve. ?o? The point of all this is that I am going to continue to talk about roads so long as I write for this paper, and until the people of Newberry county wake up and do something worth wcile. Under the present system we will never have any roads worth while, and we will go on spending some $20,000 to $30,000 a year and have nothing when we are through. You may talk about the rural schools and the building up of t&e rural community and the ' improvement of the farm and of farm [ 1 life, but wnat vou want Urst is in*1 I I I building of some roads so that tlie ! people may come aiiu gu ?nu a muui- i ; cum of ease and comfort and without risk of limb and life. E. K. <A. WHILE HE'S AT IT, WHY NOT ! WRITE V\\0 NOTES? The usually sedate Boston Transcript, made rasu for the moment by : ti/.e deloy in having this country take Germany across its knee, calls loudly \ for immediate action, and pledges j f President W'ilson the support of men! ,jand "women" too numerous to men-j j tion if he will but at once, and with-1 out further "parleying," send an ulti- j matum to Germany?and put a life11 size brick in it. But let the Tran| script tell you about it, in part: "The advices today from Washing-' ton, founded upon unofficial conver-1 sations with the secretary of state,1 give ground for t'.e hope that the recommendation of Mr. Lansing will ra-; Ivor an ultimatum to Germany that' 1 will put an end to parleying and re-1 j quire a categorical answer to previous j i demands within a stipulated time. If j ! the president will sign and send such j .! a note he will deserve, and we venture; - ^ ~ will /\ f?!inr*Art Af tV* fl 1 I II tf w in 1CLC1VC, LiiC auppxsA t, \J1. txi^ . men and women to whom the nation j xiave never looked in vain in critical j times. Woodrow Wilson will find in j maintaining the rig-ts of the nation ' against German aggression what Gro- | > ver Cleveland found in performing the! same duty in the face of British ag-1 gression, if only Mr. Wilson will act! with the splendid courage which Mr. | ? Cleveland showed. Said Mr. Cleveland: i < ,fT'riA /? n?Vi a fflora/1 noroAnol ) JL 11C tlUliU VJLTVO uu ovuui L financial loss, or t' ose engaged In speculation and stock gambling, are ' willing to tolerate the Monroe doc' trine, or any other patriotic principle, > so long as it does not interfere with ; their plans. * * and are as will-! , ing to cast it off when it becomes troublesome. But these things are, nothing when weighed afainst the sub-' lime patriotism and devotion to their _ ? i ? 1 41 * ' uauuii s> uuuur eAiiiuiieu uy iiie 51 cat > mass of our countrymen," etc. Hoorav! Let's up an' at 'em?even if we can't get to 'em; nor they to us. j A merry war;.or, maybe, a merry jest.! But, while we are in a warlike mood, j why stop with Germany? Why not demand our rights of Great Britain, as 1 well? Our right to trade unmolested; with any neutral country in the world. The rigLt of our ships to sail the high' seas without let or hindrance fromI Great Britain; even as we demanded of her, and enforced, this right more j than a hundred years ago?and as we demand it of Germany now. To be sure, Germany has killed our citizens; for which we should ':o'd her to "strict accountability." While Great Britain has killed our commerce; ' which is, also, a violation of international law. The offense may not be, the same, but if we are to maintain j our position as an independent nation,: ihe call to assert our rights is the same. Yes, we believe Grover Cleveland; wrote t'-ose very words; but he wrote, something besides. 'And he wrote it j to . Great Britain?which then, as for more than a hundred years before, was' seeking to deliberately trample upon i our rignts and prerogatives, ne wrote these things in connection with the ( Venezuela affair?and wi.at he wrote 1 gave -Great Britain a distinct shock and brought her to a full stop. It is well enough to deal firmly with!, Germany; but in doing to, we should1 not forget our just grievance against,. Great Britain?or our duty to our-1, selves. President Wilson should write \, f titrv n a.+ ac or?/1 cnr?/^ f n nm atrnr fVi a 1 I" V CL11U O^iiu v/?tl LXXV^ ^ same wire.?Augusta Chronicle. j This is a little long, but it expresses; what we have been trying to say for '' some time, and says it so plainly and so true that we are going to quote it ' i for the purpose of endorsing it. That's it. Let's deal firmly with1 i 1 Germany, but at the same time let us i make England understand that she can not deliberately trample upon our rights and prerogatives, and if she does not stop we are going to call' time on her just as we have done '.:eretofore. Let President Wilson write j + n'rif a + Vi CkTTi -nicVlt ! I V> u JLLirt^O, O.XJ.U LUVAAl } THE COTTOX EMBARGO. The Observer has been contending! that the Washington administration \ should speed up negotiations with | England so as to have the way open for exports of Southern cotton before the next crop comes on the market. Cotton interests nearer the center of the belt take even a more urgent view' of the situation. According to a New 'Orleans report to the New York Times, they "are still of the opinion mat a | satisfactory agreement will be reached between United States diplomacy and England, which will enable the farmers to get rid of a large part of their crop before the new season is well under way." Further, that the trade J expects to see the difficulties with Ger-1 i i MITCHE is the cream and if Likewise our candi the most popular c< shipments of choco N. P. Ml He-/ many satisfactorily adjusted, and also look foi^-ar^ to England's giving the neutral countries a square deal as to the rights on the hish seas. This country was hit the hardest. Just before England began to seize American cargoes expcrtations of cotton to Europe were large, and now ti.ey are gradually falling off from week to week although they are still far ahead of those of the previous year.?Charlotte, X. C., Observer. And now England is undertaking to say what amount of cotton we shall se'l to the neutral nations and that none si'* all be sent to Germany of course. It seems to us that the administration at Washington should take a little stronger hand in this matter and ask of England what she has to do with to whom we sell our cotton. The statement is also made by England tf at if the shipment of cotton could be cut off entirely the war would end. The same may be said of munitions of war and food supplies. If they were cut off the war would likely end. England hones to buv un all the cotton she can just as cheap as possible and when the war is over then sell it at an immense profit. It looks like the Washington administration should take a hand in this matter 'and save the South's greatest product. If we were free to sell our cotton now the price would be at least double w'.at it is and possibly three times the present price. We are a neutral country, in name at least, and if it is in accordance with interna tional law to trade in munitions or war, it certainly should not be contrary to tl.'.ose laws for us to sell our cotton in open market. And while we are endeavoring to bring Germany to task for torpedoeing neutral ships carrying munitions of war to her enemies we should at the same time get after England for attempting to interfere with the shipment of cotton even to neutral countries. CA> THIS BE BEAT? Greenville street, in Abbeville, is an offshoot from Main street and w:.ile it has a one-sided sidewalk still it holds the record of the world for the number of distinguished citizens that live on it, and it is douoted it it can be equalled in this country. Within a distance of two hundred yards t':ere lives Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary of the supreme court of South Carolina, Hon. Frank B. Gary, judge of the circuit court and formerly United States senator; Congressman Wyatt 'Aiken and W. W. Bradlev. secretary to Con eressman Aiken, assistant bank examiner and trustee of Clemson college, and W. P. Green, recently appointed special judge, and last, but not least, Col. J. D. Kerr, the "Buy Now, Pay Later" furniture man. It is stated that this judicial and political quartet has decided they do not desire any "trade" people living in their midst anH will rpfliiirp tiv,A lattpr to "mn'Vfl on." Can any other town furnish a list of such distinguished gentlemen? We doubt it, and it is another evidence that "you can't beat an Abbeville man? ?Abbeville (Medium. Of course it can't be beat, and they are all mighty good fellows, too. We "Atinn +n<a+ unn VIQTTD nno lo 'hnlfl Uiat ;vu uu ? v -0 -w- I down three jobs, and he is a mighty fine fellow, and very competent, and we had just as soon he hold ti$?m as any one we know. It only shows w'rat a community can do when it sticks to its own. All these fellows "nave good salaries and they spend the money right there is Abbeville. We Vnnw ?nmp other communities that had rather go off and find a man for the job from some other town than vote for one of their own citizens, and then they feel good about it and wonder why business is not better or why that fellow they tried to keep out of a job does not come and trade wit'b tbem. It is hard to beat any community where its peop.e stick to their own and work together, but where they' are all torn by little petty jealJ 11 >q irp you order your ice cream fror es are the sweets of quaiity. nfections consumed in this lot lates enables us to carry a full line ITCHELL adquarters for Chocole ousies vou can count on them get-, getting left every time and they de; serve nothing better. I Some member of the Georgia leglsI lature has introduced a bill in that legislature to limit the expenses or rhp randidafp for various offices. That! i will be another law that will be violated, and it will cause a lot of prospective office holders to evade and make statements that are not true. There is entirely too much law. If i we could and would go on the theory that the man is honest and truthful and will do ti e right and endeavor to instil that in the hearts and minds of the risinor <rpnpratirm rather than the idea that every one is a grand rascal J and we must pass a law to regulate I him and punish I'.im if he violates it. i and thus leave the idea that the government and his neighbor is acting on the principle that fce is a rascal, we would have less use for so many laws and would bring up a more honest generation o? men and women. We want to see every one in a good humor now and boosting for the Chautauqua which will be in Newberry next week. Don't forget the dates, j Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, j July 28, 29, '30. T:is is to be a count} I affair and we want all our friends from the country to come in and spend the week with us, at least three days. Then there are to be some free talks in the morning of each day which will be worth your wiile. There is none better than Dr. Snyder. He is to speak education day. Then on farmers' day T? T Wfltsnn "F.hhip." ic to talk on agriculture. That will be worth while also. Come and be entertained, instructed and amused. It will do you good. We publish in this issue an article or statement from tt e Bachelor Maids which should appeal to the citizens of! this community of all classes and conditions. The idea of a community trained nurse is a good one and would be a great help in sudden sickness and accident and in sanitary matters as i well. Sometimes the services of a trained nurse are difficult to secure just at the time she is most needed | and the idea is to f:ave one who coula answer emergency calls and serve until a regular nurse could be secured. We feel that the appeal of the Bachelor Maids will receive a hearty response from the citizens of the community. We invite and request a careful reading of an editorial printed in this issue of The Herald and News from the Greenville Piedmont on tJ"-e general subject of observance of law and the enforcement of law and the duty of those higher up to obey and respect the law, and then there would be more - ' y r\ VT* reason in trying to eniuiLL itiu 0Ln' GILDER &1 THE RIGHT E CREAM n us you get cream We make some of cality and frequent of fresh candies at all times & BRO. ?tes I erally. If the people generally are to ! obev and respect the law we must In sist upon ti:ose who are charged with the making and the executing the law to set the example of respect and obedience. Don't forget to buy your season ticket for the c.autauqqua next week. Any member of one of the teams will ' v ? ? - x. 11 ? -.. m De pieasea 10 sen you. me eAercises will be held in the court house. It would be a good time after some of the showers to use the split log drag on some of our roads. If properly used and used at the rigMt time it is the greatest road worker ever invented. The Herald and News leas been re quested to ask if-the commissioners of public works would not kindly print or publish in the newspapers the contract which they made with the Southern Power company. We do not recall tiiat this contract has ever been published and the citizens whose business it is would like to know something of the terms of the contract which ha* been made. ROBERT A COOPER. Bob Cooper is at Saluda this week. He is not a stranger in these parts by any means. It is easy to remember his kaleidioscopic run for governor the last time?and to picture him as in the running again after Manning has served the usual four-year term in the governor's office. Mr. f - - -- Cooper's slogan was 'law eniorcement" and Governor Manning, wuo was elected upon that platform, is undoubtedly making great headway toward stamping out the law breaker. > And Mr. Cooper is hand and glove with the governor in eliminating factionalism and in making of this State what she sould be.?Batesburg Herald. If Bob Cooper couldn't do more in ii?? if wiping oui iaciionansxxj man iviauning has done, we pity liim. Yes, we are trying to have law enforcement in Charleston and Columbia against the sale of liquor, but we see very little difference in other matters. Seems to us that now and then we Jnear ot a lynching somewhere in the State, "but we are not such a terribly lawless people. If Bob Cooper wants to be governor his opportunity is in 1916. Fact is, we believe that he would have been in the second race the last time, if he had demanded a recount in some places, instead of Manning, and in that event he would have Deen elected. Ana t':ey do say that down in Charleston you can still get a drink without going to the dispensary and buying a half-pint. Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edw. Fulen wider, Pastor.) Services Sunday, July 25, as follows; 10:15 A. M.?Sunday school. 11:15 A. M? Regular morning service and the holy communion. 8:30 P. M.?Union service. TVip nnhlir i<? rordiallv invited to all ti.e services. / ecifo <a#id v&fa. / WEEKS CO. )RUG STORE. J