The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 14, 1915, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Entered at the Postcffice at New-1
bui), S. C., as 2nd class matter, i
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Tuesday, September 14, 1915.
"TO DEBAUCH LOCAL -NEWSPAPERS."
The letter of Dr. George B. Cromer
to the editor of the Daily Journal1
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which appeared in weanesua.v imcinoons
paper states the case just ex-J
actly as it is with reference to thej
efforts of foreign liquor houses to debauch
the electorate of this State by
subsidizing the press. "If the newspapers
are ready to sell themselves to i
the liquor interests, we are gone,"|
says Dr. Cromer. j
And this is just what has been done
by every newspaper that accepted the
advertising sent out from Columbia i
under the name of the Local Option 1
league. They sold out to the liquor!
houses of the country, and, yet, some;
of the papers that accepted this adver- j
tising refuse to publish liquor ads. No i
wonder these papers find themselves!
in a very awkward position from which |
they are trying to extricate themselves
by attempted explanations, and in j
most instances by justifying their;
course.
Thf> onlv thins: to do, gentlemen, is
to make an open, candid confession.
State that iyou were caught and blinded
by the liquor business with its millions
you sold out to them, and gave
them an opportunity to come into our
State and seek to control the votes of
our citizens by subsidizing the press.
JThey could not find men who would
dare go before the people and address
them in the interest of the dirty liquor
business, but they sail under false colors
and use you to enter the homes of
our citizens. x
There is more in this than many
have taken time to consider. Buying
vote6 and corrupting the electorate is
a crime and those who are parties to
such corruption are equally guilty with
the principals. The local option league
eo called should be prosecuted.?
Greenwood Journal.
It is not our purpose to have any controversy
with Dr. Cromer or the editor
of the Journal. We esteem both
gentlemen very highly. As one of the
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papers mat iias camoa me au'^i nocment
of the local option people, however,
we can not help resenting the
^ charge that we have sold out to the
lifluor interests. We have no confession
or apology to make. We believe
that local option is the proper plan to
promote temperance, and eventually
prohibition that is worth while-. If we
diH not. wp p.nuld carrv this advertise
ment anyway without offense to our
conscience or our sense of right.
We have no interest in any
liquor business, and never received a
i cent from any liquor house except for
work done in a legitimate way. Some
months ago we decided not to take
liquor advertisements. That has nothing
to do with the advertisement from
the Local Option league.
But the point is, not that the advertisement
is wrong, but that the newspapers
that have accepted it have been
bought by the liquor interests, is the
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tlemen. We worker if Dr. Cromer real"7
believes that the newspapers that
run this advertisement have sold out
to the liquor interests, or if the editor
of the Journal really believes any such
thing. We believe that these newspapers
are just as honest, just as true
to the State, just as patriotic and just
as honorable as Dr. Crosier or the editor
of the Journal.
It would be proper to take this advertisement
if the editor was a prohibitionist,
just as some of the prohibition
editors have done. The editor of
tiie Journal we do not suppose nrouches
for the efficiency of all the patent med"cine
advertisement that may appear
in his columns. The fact is most of
these medicines are largely dope and
tfo more harm than good pure whisi
ley.
We do not question the honesty or
the integrity or the motives of Dr.
Cromer or of the editor of the Journal,
-or their sincerity in their advocacy
of State-wide prohiibtion, and they
\ ?*ave no right 10 question ours. We
;;ve them the right to hold their own
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.:ews, ana we ciaim me same rigm iu
: old and to express our views, and they
ave no more right to question our
totives or to charge that we have been
orrupted than we have to question
their honesty and sincerity.
The editor of this paper has never
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tlf Jewelers
believed in the principle of statutory
prohibition, though just as strong and
sincere an advocate of temperance as
Dr. Cromer or the editor of the Jour""
' 4-V> ^ rrantlcmon
nai. rne cnarge ui mcoc jsuwvmvu
that the newspapers that have taken
this advertisement have sold out to the
liquor interests is unworthy of them
and the high position they hold in the
community.
! ' But as we have said aforetime, most
! of the advocates of prohibition are the
; most intemperate of all the intemperi
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to deal. /They seem to think that every j
one who does not agree with them is
.: dishonest and would sell his 'birthright
for a mess of pottage. That they
and they alone must save the world j
from the demnition bow-wows, and
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that it must be don by statutory enactmen.
We do not agree with them,
and if they want to think that we have
sold out to the liquor interests, or any
other interests, they are at liberty to j
so believe. We would not feel right
I
j if we had to hold the opinion that ev!
ery one who did not agree with us was
! for sale and a grand rascal. No, gen- I
j !
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! just as true who do not believe in
i State wide prohibition as there are
! who do. It is not a question of the
abuse of Whiskey and the evils flowing
i
therefrom, but it is a question of the j
best plan to promote real temperance j
cnri thus nvniri the evils that follow !
intemperance. Be broad enough and
big enough to give the fellow who does
! not agree with your plan the right of
honesty and integrity of purpose that
you claim for yourself. "Debauch" is
an ugly word. A good prohibitionist
should not use it.
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The Piedmont has indicated in posi- <
tive expression its opposition to the
continuance of a system by which the ^
| mill schools are controlled Dy tne au- .
thorities of the corporation instead of
by those of the public schools. The mill
' schools are to a great -extent sustained (
! from public funds. They should be
controlled by public authorities.
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The Herald and News of Newherrv
; was kind enough some time ago to republish
with its commendation an editorial
of ours upon this subject. Hon. '
J. E. SwearinEen. State superintendent
} of education, has taken The Herald
i and News to task for its "attack on
j the policy of the State department of
education with reference to the improvement
of mill schools."
i
The Herald and News replies very
| properly that its article and that copied !
! from iThe Piedmont were not attacks |
: upon the department of education, but, j
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i the desire tliat the work of the public i
; educational authorities be extended so ' ,
as to include, as they should, mill j
1 schools. As stated by The Herald and !
' News: "The 'very purpose of the crit!
icism of The Priedmont was against
the effort, as it seems to us, to treat
the i>ecple who live in the mill villages
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Fens to Suit
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in the Waterman^ New
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t over the old style as
er the old quill pens that
idred years ago and so
11 r*n it _?i iL _
lid can nil mem; put mc
nd press the lever and
iy to write.
u to come and let us
'onder in Fountain Pens.
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I and sell Waterman's
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Pens because they are
i repair all makes.
Jenns &
npany
and Optoaietrisis
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YOUR apprec
our service?
have made this
the institutions o:
It's a source of
< t
to us to iook aro
and think over th
come to us seaso
their hats.
It is not given
so and the worldHave
you seen th
ami nais anu jjw/for
Fall?
SUMMER 1
j.i_ ! r
uoining jl
as a separate and distinct race who
aeed a separate and distinct plan of
education, and also against the mills
Dwning and operating the schools instead
of having them under the same
board of trustees and the same superintendent
as all other public schools."
TT-m Hcra'/i anri Wws has correctly
u /
expressed our views. We intended to
assist and not to oppose what we beieved
the ultimate purpose of the State
superintendent of education.
Mr. Swearingen is too "thinskinned."
He must learn that there
rvtVm-r^ u'lin havA views besides him
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self and that others are interested in
sducational matters. When suggestions
are made, or even when criticisms are
made, they should not be regarded by
him as "attacks." Let him "take the
ship off his shoulder;" no one is seekirs:
to knock it down.?Greenville
Piedmont.
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We puDiisn ine a.uove m uns tuunection
as answer to a letter which
we ha've received from the State superintendent
in reply to our editorial
on the mill school proposition. As we
stated, he was after the wrong trail.
If there was attack it was the Pied
mont and not The Herald and News,
though we did and do now commend
the position of the Piedmont.
Stater
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At the close of business i
RESOURCES:
Loans $;
Overdrafts, Secured
and Unsecured
Real Estate
Cash on hand and in
Banks __
2
We pay
Depository State of Soutl
our ample resources as is
Freely on cotton proper
will be delighted to serv
produce the wealth of tb
The Bank T
JNO. M. KINARD, Presic
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iation of style?
and Stetson Hats
hat store one of
f the town.
keen satisfaction
und at our stock j
le customers who ! I
n after season for
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to everybody to j
-note in style.
e Stetson Soft Hats,
conforming Derbies
3R0S. CO.,
)epartment
The State superintendent says that
we "decline to outline your (our) own
i
policy with reference to the schools
I
| and mill village in manufacturing cenj
tree."
The point we made, or tried to make,
I was, what use or what wisdom was
j there in having any separate policy
| for the mill schools. Why not treat
j the mill children as other children and
as part of the children of the State.
Why not make the mill schools part of
the school system ot tne state ana nut
have them owned and controlled by the
mill corporation, and the corporation
paying for their maintenance. The
corporation paye its part of the school
tax, and why should the corporation
j be expected or permitted to have sep!
arate schools maintained by the cor;
; pcration. That's all. If that is a poi,
icy, then that would be our policy. To
! treat the mil! children just as yo-i
1 treat other children, and have the 1
j I
I schools in the mill village a part of i
j
I the school system of the State, and !
f
j why have a special State supervisor i
I for mill schools, as if the children of i
the mill village were not the same as j
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D* Newberry, S, C.,
seDtember 2nd, 1915, condei
- - M~ State
Bank Examiner.
id
395,338.21 Capital Stoc
Surplus and
1,723 66 Dividends 1
16,07225 Deposits
89,257.70
502,391.82
Interest in our Savings Depa
a Carolina County of Newber
3 shown by the above statem
ly stored, and also other &\
e you, as v;e are'determined
ie country.
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the children of any other part of the
State. ,
The state superintendent in ins letter
to the editor of The Herald and
News very truly says: "Public school
needs and public school problems are
too great to be soKed by any one man.
Through the co-operation and support
of many people the work is progressing,
although we have done little more
than begin."
That was our purpose?to co-operate
?when we quoted the editorial from
the Piedmont, and then we received
the letter from the superintendent
charging us with attacking the department
of education.
The school problem is a big problem
and when one makes a suggestion or
offers a criticism it is> little discouraging
to be charged with attacking the
State department. We have for manyyears
taken an active part in trying
to help solve the problem and in doing
what we could to improve the condition
of the schools We are pleased
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>n of
I Bank
iftpH from renort to tlie
liabilities:
:k _$ 50,000.00
. Profits 73,942.36
Unpaid 2,159.00
376,290.46
$502,391.82 ^
irtment 1
ry and city of Newberry d
ent enables us to Loan
^proved collarteral. We
to stand by those who
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Children under 12 5c
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now to be assured by the State superintendent
that be invites criticism and
suggestion.
The day after today is tomorrow an# ^
tomorrow is the loth. It may not appear
that there is anything remarkable '
in this statement, but there is more
j than appears. We requested those 501
| or more subscribers whom vre hare
I .
been carrying during tne sumnuer to
pay at neast a small amount by the
15th, and we tried to show them that
even fifty cents from each would mean
; a great deal to us and that it wa-s a
! very small matter for each. The re|
markable thing about the whole mat!
ter is that only a few of them have
: thought of it, and there is only one
1 day left. We desire to say that we can
)
i write a good many receipts in that one si
i day and none need remain away.for
| fear they can not be waited upon. Come
; right along. j|H