The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 06, 1915, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Entered at the Postoffice at New&wry,
S. C., as 2nd cla^g matter.
V VT AT7TJ. EDITOR.
Friday, August 6, 1915.
The Whitmire people have the spirit
and the enthusiasm to make the building
of the Appalachian highway a re
ality.
The Columbia Record thinks that "if
England keeps on bothering with our
cotton, s?e will arouse Senator E. D.
Smith." Oh, no, this is not election
year.?Greenville Piedmont.
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Then you spoKe a paraoie. raecuuu
years are great things and the people
do love so to be fooled.
The trouble with our so-called road
building is that we go about it without
intelligent supervision and we mean
by that that we do not have some one
~wfco knows how, and is trained in that
line, to locate and supervise the con
I
?traction of the work and the rains '
?ome and soon the work that is done
washes away.
Mr. Cooper may not run for governor
next year after all. The Abbeville
Medium disapproves of his candidacy.
?Anderson Daily Mail.
Yes, and there are others who do not
approve of Mr. Cooper entering the
race. In fact, the entire Manning press
ic now offering Cornier advice. There
is an old saying, you better watch the
enemy bearing gifts.
This is a good time to use the split
log drag. In fact as we have remarked
once or twice before in the course of
publishing this newspaper any time
after a rain is a good time
for the use of this simple device for
the improvement of the roads. Funny,
isn't it that people will not use this little
road repairer more frequently t)':an
they $o.
The chairman and secretary of the
State Farmers' Union- have called a
meeting of the farmers of Newberry
county to be held in the court hous#
At Newberry on August 21. State
Warehouse Commissioner John L. McT
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JUClU'Ilii Will UC JULCiC axiu
State warehouse system. The farmers
sfcould turn out to this meeting. The
warehousing of cotton this fall so as
to secure money on it at a reasonable
rate of interest and on a fair basis
of price may mean the salivation of
the cotton farmer this fall and his sal
vation means the salvation of many;
others in other lines of business. The |
country is scarcely imposition to stand:
another fall simil^p to the one weI
passed through lasjfyear.
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The building of this Appalachian
Highway, about which we have written
in another column, it seems to us
means more to Newberry than some
of us seem to realize. Some such road
some where is going to be built. In this
day and time if you want anything,
as Mr. LaCoste Evans says, you hajve
to go to it. It is not coming to you
?n a silver platter. That is worth
going to. Tie people who are spend
Ing tneir summer in tne playgrounds
of Western North Carolina are making
their trips largely by auto. And they
are the people who have money to
spend. They are going to spend it
ami we had just as well put ourselves
in position to get part of it as any
one else. The central committee will
meet next Wednesday to put tfoe ma
chinery in motion and we hope to see
a full meeting of the committee and
JSi/mc tiling
"AND HE LOST HIS CASE.*
Associate Justice Watts of the State
supreme court has declared the act
authorizing the tax commission to assess
the banks for taxation to be un
vuiidiituiiv/ucii.
It will be remembered tfcat Assistant
Attorney General Domini^k, in
arguing the case on behalf of the
State, refused to let Hon. J. Fraser
Lyon to have anything to do with it.
"H'/v ^ n *-? rvf 1rr?/NTi* f "n O + OnV+'KlT> or t,VlO +
W C UU iiUl rvuu n uxij tuu u
Mr. Lyon might 'have said would Ihajve
caused Justice iWatts to render a
different decision, but Mr. Dominick
is now in the position of having lost
a case for the people after having
refused the proffered help of an admittedly
able and experienced lawyer,
a former attorney general of the
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iAnd t' at is a position that few:
lawyers would like to occupy.?Ander-!
son Daily Mail.
This is a very unkind, unjust and
uncalled for criticism. We suppose
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the Daily Mail has seen the decision
Of Chief Justice Gary which sets
[aside the injunction of Justice Watts,!
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and we wonder what it will say about j
taai. In fact, neither one of t-iese
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decision or orders or rulings goes into
the merits of the case. The case has
not yet been heard on its merits and
no one knows what the decision
will be.
In so far as the action of Mr. Domi-!
nick goes in the matter of tr.e entry
of Mr. Lyon in the case, we think 'he
did exactly the proper thing, and he:
could not have done less, and no other
self-respecting lawyer would have
done otherwise. We do not believe
Mr. Lyon would l.ave acted different^
from Mr. Dominick if he had been in j
his position, and we believe runner;
that if Mr. Lyon were free to express ;
an opinion he would say that Mr. Dom-,
inick did the proper thing when he:
objected to ibis entering the case under !
the circumstances. Any way, it was
t'he DroDer thing and until the case is
heard on its merits it is too soon to j
talk about "he loses his case." Under ;
the decision of Chief Justice Gary the
Mail should now write an editorial
and fcead it "And He Now Wins His
Case." It is always best to be fair
and just.
The case will be heard at tf-e 'November
term of the supreme court, and j
in the meantime the tax commission
goes on with its work."
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<$> THE IDLEB
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I think I was talking something
aKrrn+ ot-rooto in rrtv Tact Nnw T want
auvu t on w(.u aju - w < 7 ?
to say that I was down street the
other day and I saw where the street
force was at work putting down some
gravel and then piling dirt on that,
first having picked up the macadam
that f-ad been put down years ago.
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mis WOrK Avas gomg UU m ^aiuncu |
street and was beginning in Friend J
street. Take it from me, this is an- i
other waste of money and labor. This !
portion of Caldwell street has been I
macadamized several times, and it has j
never been a good street, always full
of holes, and the first big rain that
comes along will take the dirt and
grajvel that is now being put down
on toward Scott's creek. If the gravel
Lappens to be left it will leave a rough
and ugly road, wnat 11 win lane lu j
gravel these two sections of street |
would have paved one section in something
that would have remained and
been a good street for years and years
with no need of any more attention, j
This patch work business for streets;
and roads is all wrong and a waste
of public money, and I almost said a
criminal waste. But then what business
is this of mine. The people w?':o
are doing the work and having it cone
were put in the positions they occupy
by the people for the purpose of attending
to this business and the other
business of the town, and they know
wi:at they are doing, or they wouldn't
be where they are, but ,1 heard some
one say once that the cat could look!
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a l Lnt? JLLlvMJll, auu X ivvuvu ~--o ]
ficant individual can express an opinion,
whether any one reads or listens,
and little do I care whether any one
does or not. It is out of my system.
I have said so much from time to
time in the last several years about
the condition of Rosemont cemetery i
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tJi&t 1 approacn me suujcvl ?h.u ju^<
a little misgivings. Not because the
subject does not need treatment, and
treatment of the heroic kind, for it'
certainly does, as anyone who will.
visit the place and take the tim-e to i
stop and think for a moment must conclude.
It has long been a wonder to me
why the good people of Newberry
1 on<-?Vi o r>nr^itmri tn Pxi'St.
WOi: ouutri oui^u u vuuU...wU .?
This is one place in whicia every citi- j
zen of the community has a personal j
interest and in which we all stand on j
an equal footing, and in which we i
should all have the same interest in
the matter of its up-keep. Years ago
there were some pines in pichjc i
and the soughing- of the pines gave!
some sense of feeling that somewhere i
some one had an interest in the place,!
but now there is nothing like that
there and tJ'.'e ditches that pass for
roads, and where there are no ditches
the rocks and trash from the ditches
have been piled in the middle of the
place where the road is expected to
hp hnt wnere it is not And then the
condition of many of the lots, but that
is not near so bad as the roads and
driveways, because the lots belong to I
individuals and they must look after j
| their own, but the driveways are the f
! property of all of us wtlio may desire j
h H
to go there, and sooner or later all
of us wiil go, whether we desire to go
or not. And then look at tJ:at fence,
or rather the place where the fence
was once supposed to be, for what is
there now you could scarcely profane
by calling it a fence. And it
seems to me that I have been bearing
t V? y\ nocf c-cr^rol voorc CAmoT^ino
I lilC" paoi ot *tiui j \. tx i o oviiivwua^
about tl'"e Civic association raising
money to build a fence around the
cemetery, and it seems to me that 1
have seen some designs for a fence
that they were going to put up. and I
have a faint recillection of how nice it
ail looked on the paper and in the
drawing and how I imagined how
1'tautiful it would be when it was all
completed, and then I f.ave heard only
recently that the trustees would not
the if.ivin association build the
fence. That must be a mistake. Surely
if they have no money they would not
object to some one who was interested
helping them to make the place look
like it was t).e burial ground for civilized
and Christian people. 'In fact, I
doubt if any heathen nation or people
would tolerate a burying ground as
poorly kept and as unsightly as our
own Rosemont. Will not some one
wake up and take notice?
Now, I am going to tell you what
this town needs, and it is this: Yve
need more optimism. We need for our
people to have more confidence in one
another. We need to reach that point
where every man does not think that
every other man is a grand rascal.
Until we get rid of that feeling and
that spirit of course we are not going
to get together on any subject and in
t? j tt r * j _
any cause, good or uau. waiy, uu \uu
know that there are people right here
in Newberry who will sit up and laugh
heartily at tfiose fifteen 'men who
guaranteed the money to bring the
Chautauqua here because they lost
some money on it. Those men are not
complaining. They did a good thing
and yet that spirit of pessimism wtiich
1 1 ~ ^ ? '? ? A T>-> ol/nc c* nm a
JiaS JUOIU Ui UUi j/cupic ujanco
of them really rejoice because the town
did not patronize this enterprise and
caused these men, who were working
for the good of the community, to lose
mon-ey. There is one good thing about
it, if it will give t):ese hard flints a
?ood laugh it may help that way, because
a good laugh is healthful and
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great need of this community at this
time is a spirit of optimism. A feeling
of more confidence in one another. A
greater trustfulness. When you get
11 e impression out that you regard
every one as a grand rascal you create
or contribute to the creation of
grand rascals. Let every one go to
talking good times and whistling cneer
? Aim Afln o T?
iui:y as w0 go fctuuui vui uuoiu^oo a-^u.
meet each other with a smile, a word
of good cheer, and in less than a week
you would feel an entirely different
atmosphere, and the town would be
really another place and one in whicfc
you would like to live and in whose
cemetery you would like to be laid
away when the final summons came.
Take it from me, as the girl in the
ehautaucua said, that what is here
written is a great truth and it would
cost noti'.ing to verify it if you have
any doubts.
The Idler.
rfifflPLE FUNDS TO HANDLE
THIS YEAR'S COTTON CROP
Federfcl Reserve Board Man Believes
Staple Will Bring Better Average
Priee Than in 1914.
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Washington.Aug. 5.?Conditions that
confront tht Soutft in handling the 1915
cotton crop and the condition a year
ago are contrasted by W. P. G. Hardiing
of the federal reserved bulletin.
The por.tion of cotton today is much
stronger and financial and other conditions
are much better than a year
a?o, in Mr. (Harding's opinion, and if
the people of the South will not weaken
tfteir position "by unwise action,"
they have little to fear.
"The cotton tragedy of 1914," says
Mr. Harding, "will be succeeded in 1915
by nothing more serious than a
drama." Mr. Harding warns the South
in its desire to see a broad market
established for cotton to do nothing
to embarrass Preside* Wilson in his
conduct of international affairs. "It
should be remembered," says Mr.
Harding, "that the president owes a
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Illjiner CUl*- l<-.' l iIV iu& v> uujv
country and to mankind at this juncture
than t;:.e establishment of cotton
values. Serious complications between
this country and any great foreign
power -certainly would not enhance
cotton values."
After comparing conditions affecting
the market this year and last, Mr.
Harding says:
Comparison of Conditions.
"Under the most adverse conditions
conceivable, with demoralization in
every money market, with high inter|
est rates, with emergency currency being
issued daily in large volume, wittr<
j enormous gold shipments abroad, with
crippled shipping facilities, without
adequate insurance protection and
with ocean freights three to five times
ariral, we began in Augyet. 1914,
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F reezers,
Home Canni]
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market a crop cf nearly 17,000,000
bales of cotton. Financial institutions,
already hard pressed, were unable and
unwilling to make advances on cotton.
In addition to this the Southern farmi
ers, wi o have this year planted recordj
breaking food crops, were faced with
I a deficiency in home-raised foodstuffs
! and were in many cases force j to sell
i cotton to pay off pressing indebtedness
and to secure adequate food
supplies." |
Attention is called to the fact that
the high prices for cotton now prevail- j
ing in Germany and Russia, about 30
+ o nnnn H -arill Ji ttrflPt rrtttATI to
VVli to U [/UUUU, V ^ 4 A ? V.W* V?WV VWVVWM ,
those countries in spite of apparently
insurmountable obstacles, just as high ;
prices paid for cotton abroad during j*
the civil war made blockade running j
o etoo/iv VincinPts
Funds Are Ample.
| T'.ere seems to be no question that
| ample funds can be obtained to finance J
j in a normal way a much larger volume j
of cotton than was taken care of last j
year, and that even if Germany and |
j Austria-Hungary should be forced to
I Micnan/? fintrnn m 9 nil fa f>+11 rill or Antirftlv '
| cucyv,ijia vutiv/u ?w... -?0 ?w
statistics show that the mills of the
United States, Great Britain, Spain,
Russia. Italy, Japan, 'China and India
'have spind.es sufficient to absorb every
bale of cotton that is likely to be
cult;V. ated.
"T* *.i olort ha " Rfl\*s \Tr I
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i Harding, "that the reduction in Amer-iican
cotton acreage this year amounts
j to more than 5,000,000 acres, and that
| Egypt and Indian have also made radi!
cal reductions in cotton acreage. It is
j probable that the world's cotton crop,
i based on an average yield per acre,
i will be about 5,000,000 bales less than j
I
I last year.
"Cotton, unlike grain, is a commodity i
j the market value of whici: depreciates
Jin time of war. and the South was a
i producer of that commodity has suffered.
Better Than Last Year.
The actual position of cotton, hows'
ever, is so much stronger than was
| tr: case a year ago, the financial and
| other conditions are so very much
more lavoraDie tnai mere u?ui ue uu
j doubt that if the South will keep cool
j ami will refrain from merely weaken:
ing its own position by unwise action
' the present nervousness regarding the
! market for the growing crop will soon
disappear.
"Even in the face of all tr?e adverse
conditions during the last twelve
' months the average price or cotioa i
has been about what might have been
expected for a 17,000,000-bale crop had
there been no war, and there is every
! reason to believer tfcat the average
I price of cotton during the next twelve
I mnnth? will be higher. The real ques
I tion is: Will Southern merchants and
I Southern bankers, and all others ini
terested in Southern trade, co-operate
! in securing for the cotton producer tfce
I benefit of this average price, and will
! the cotton producers themselves do
their part? iMy knowledge of Southand
nf Southern business !
n II UVW* ?
I conditions justifies a confident belief
I that an affirmative answer will be
eiven.
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I The Quality o
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tation of being
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Tin mi. days u s
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16 size 20 year case 7 jewel $10 00
16 size nickle case 7 jewel 5.50
12 size 20 year ca
And we have a large line of ladies
Also a full line of Bracelet Watch<
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P. C. JEA
Jewelers and
Repairing a Specialty.
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GEN. SHERMiAtN SAID SO.
Many Times Expressed the Opinion
^Tiiat "War Is Hell."
- -T A T T"? 4.^ XT s\?*? ITWWfe. TU wi
inciter ui A. ?J. ID. to xwa ?u?i^o.
I note in your issue of today your
editorial, "War is Hell." It was hardly
to be expected that Gen. Sherman in
an official communication to the chief
magistrate at Atlanta or any other important
city would use language
stronger than "War is cruelty ana you
can not refine it," but isn't cruelty
hellish?
Moreover, many years ago I sat as
one of a good many guests at tf"e same
table with Gen. Sherman at a semipublic
dinner, men only being present,
and heard his reply to a somewhat inquisitive
participant?it was after the
table had been cleared and punch an 1
cigars added to the wine?who had
asked him, I was told (my attention
was otherwise engaged at tt' e beginning
of the colloquy, whether he had
ever really used the expression, "War
is hell." Gen. Sherman's reply was
substantially that, ever since the Mexican
war of 1847, he had many times
expressed t>':e opinion among men
friends, especially during and since
the conflict of 1861-6'5, that war i? hell.
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"Good Morning.**
Haverhill Gazette.
The apostles of cheerfulness and
kindness are abroad once more. "Good
morning" and "good evening" clubs
are organizing in cities of the West,
with the purpose of expelling the chilly
indifference which exists between men j
wf.o meet each other day after day
on the streets, in cars, in offices, etc.,
and yet who have never formed the
pleasant habit of giving a similar nod
of recognition. We are familiar with
the condition of things which stir this i
latent sense of good fellowship. *In
every residence neighborhood there
are men who always take the same
street cars downtown in the morning i
and frequently the same cars back at;
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st fastidious taste and b
the leading dealers in sw
AM once you will want i
ILHtLL
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uit Jars
$12.00
Sale 8:30
and 7th
flair It'c Oat
VUli^ Al %J VU11
n Co.
12 size 20 vear case 7 iewel f12.50
J # c* x V
12 size 20 year case 15 jewel 15 00
se 17 jewel $ 18.00
; watches at equally as low prices,
ss ranging in price from fn.oc to
& rn
Optometrists
We Will Pay Cash For
Eggs, dozen - 15c
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Hens, pound - 10c
Friers, pound ? 12c
Miller Brothers
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rrosper uy, a, V/.
night. These same masculine atoms
gather day after day and look at each
i othen with dead-fish eyes until the situation
first becomes embarrassing and
t'-en hateful. Yet many of these atoms
only require the presence of another
| atom?the "good morning' 'atom?
i "u ~ a m oo-irt nf CAaIoT
V? UtJiX, picaiu- LUC magiL cutv-i VI uwiai
unbending is seen in a chummy group
| of. friends, a molecule of neighborliness.
All men of similar interests are
pretty much alike. Once the crust of
formality is broken, almost any group
of men may be friendly. Ulen become
I rccerwH nnt tn. Sflv SUSniniOUS. bv v
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j force of habit. It is an unfortunate
I and unjustifiable habit and often leads
j to development of tf:at unspeakable
community nuisance?the neighborhood
grouch. If men would more often
"ict on/ia r\f o n1?afi9Tlt "WArd <yf
lion. liic VUU'UVV/ VI U .. v.
greeting to the stenographer it is certain
that many a man would arrive
at his office in a happier mood, and
at the end of t)":e year would have
more friends than if he had just passed
along engrossed i hims-elr.
A Demonstration.
i "Tomorrow, gentlemen," said The
j professor in a lecture on taking notes,
"I will bring my cards and show you
my card system."
Voice?"O. K., Doc. Fetch some chips
and we'll have a regular par.:y."
IMany men prate of their sympathy
for the under dog, forgetting t):.at what
he needs is help.
a and Candies
uilds our repueets.
If you try
it again. :. :
& BRO. I
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