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Jpe jeroli) anil jem ' iEatercd at the Postoffice at New ftrry, S. C., as 2nd class matt<?r. j, E. H. AULL, EDITOR. ' I Tuesday, Januarv 25, 1916. FOR ONE DOLLAR. I As we have stated be fore, when The ; Herald and News resumed publication j last February, after a brief suspension j we did not feel that it would be wise! - to commence at once the old rule of cash in advance, and then, besides, at that time business was fearfully dull and the people were blue and remained very much in that frame of mind until the close of the summer. We decided, and so stated, that we would not take any names off our list until the fall, j at least, and that if any one did not care for the paper or intend to pay for it please to notify us and we would take the name off the list. We have i been \ery much gratified that so fetv discontinued. In fact we did not lose j a dozen. I But now times are better and more | money is in circulation, and we must be paid the small amount that is due us or we can not continue to send the papf-r. In looking over our mailing list on Friday we found that in the short period of ten months we had ac- I cumulated about S00 whose date still j bears the figures 1915. :\Ve have thought about a contest, but our experience with contests is not satisfactory. If you get the contestants interested you get the subscribers and "Aiwt mnnpv. but. bv the time you pay the premiums and the commis- j sions to the managers there is nothing} left, and so we abandoned that idea. To get some one to collect the back dues will cost over 30 per cent. So that is not practicable. want to get on the cash basis again. In fact, it is the only way to handle the subscription list of a country paper. On the credit system we' accumulated at one time once before ! over ten thousand dollars on back sub- i ( scription, and charged it off at one! time. We can not afford to do that l" any more, but we find that In iwu months we have accumulated abc-* J $1,200 on this account. We can not . stand that either. We know that our ( subscribers will realize the force of j { what we here say. We do not want to part with any of : you. We love you as a member of theij family. We do not desire to be understood as being inclined to put a premium on getting in arrears. But we want to give you an opportunity and ; an inducement to get in advance again, j So we have decided to give you the; i paper for one year for ONE DOLLAR, i i if it is paid ey or before March 1, 1916, i at 6 p. in. This applies to old subscribers, who are in arrears, and new , subscribers and all others. iWle want,' to treat every one alike and be fair to all. So even if you are paid in ad-', J # vance you can get a year for ONE DOLLAR. We will not take a sub- j scription at this rate for less than a!. year nor for longer than two years. 1 After the first of March every name . i on our mailing list that has not paid ; at least to 1916 will be stricken off. j, There will be no respector of persons j ( on account of anything. We do this j to give those who have gotten behind j { an opportunity to catch up, and in order to be fair to those who are in , advance they can have the same rate , of one dollar, if paid between this time | and March 1. Send a dollar bill, a dol- ( lar check, a dollar money order,- any way so you get us the dollar. And get , it now. We would not despise even a silver dollar or four quarters or two ( halves. Don't postpone this. Do it now. , We are working with a small force < and can not gee oui ana collect suu- 1 scriptions, and it does not pay to send' i out collectors, and besides, under this j i offer, we are proposing to give the j subscriber the commission we would : i ' I pay the collector. Whp not earn it and < earn it now? This is the only oppor- i frunifv We are going to give you a better paper than we have ever given and t that means some paper. This is going e to he a-political year, and while fTihe i Herald and News is not going to be in d f politics or tote the skillet for any of1 ihe politicians, we expect to print the news and give all sides a fair and squar, deal, and tell the trut'n as we; see it. We will comment and criticize: as we think the public welfare de-' mands of a newspaper. Always doing j so in'parliamentary language and, treating those who do not agree with us fairly and giving them credit for honesty of conviction. But the point now is this is an opportunity .for you to get a real newspaper for a whole year for only one dollar. THE ASYLUM. We hud intended to say something about the message of Governor Wanning on tne asylum, but have about concluded to let it pass for the present. 'We will say, -however, that all the things that Governor Manning and his expert say should be done that are worth while have been recommend ed by Dr. Eabcock and previous boards of regents, and yet you would conclude from the message of Governor Manning that until ne came in office the poor unfortunates had been most outrageously treated. They have born employed and given such work as they could do. We do not know that they wtre required to scrub floors and such like but they have been employed on the farm and such work as would be beneficial, and one of the purposes of purchasing the land in the country, as we understood it, was to give the parients employment on the farm and in such outdoor work as would be helpful. One thing we do want to say, however., is that eithe r the Ansel administration made a grave mistake, and the commission he appointed, in buying all that land in the country and starting tne development of the' plant in the country, or the present administration is wasting the public money in making improvements that are beink made in the city. We understood it to be the policy of the state eventually to move the plant to the country, and we know that the ! * * ? -? ?' + Ti /v ^ o commission that naa cnarge 01 u-.- , velopment in tne country stated in sev- i i eral reports that it understood that to 1 be the policy of the state, and the de~ j velopment was made with that idea j in- view. Now if the commission was; correct in so understanding the policy of the state it seems to us a great waste of the public money to spend $150,000 a year in making permanent improvements on the city property. A ^ ^ ^ 4*0 r?m If a man owned a auic xo.xU| within five of six miles of the city, and | Where he intended eventually to move j his plant, would he be wise to build a 1 $15,000 dairy on his town or city lot. i Would he not rather bui'-d his dairy on | the farm in the country. <As we understand it the management the past year has built a fine dairy on the city property. j We think the place for the asylum - * i I is in the country, where that iana ims been purchased. And where the development has been started. Then you | could find the right kind of employment for the patients and employment j t'nat would really be beneficial. There j is no better location for an institution of this character than the location sej lected. But if it is not the policy to : develop this property then the state! better sell it. If it is the policy to j ievelop this country property then it is very unwise to spend $150,000 a j rear on the city property. That is the tvay it appears. And it also appears ^ ;o us that the governor could have i abuuv^vu WW v? _ provements, which every one who is at i all familiar wit'n. condition will idmit, without at least intimating iereiiction of duty and indifference on the part of all those: *Tho .have been connected with the in- j stitution in the past. We take it t'nat :hey are just as patriotic and had as nuch interest in the welfare of those infortunate wards of the state as the i jresent administration and an exam-1 nation of the records and of their rec >mmendations will bear out this statenent. No good can come by minifying their J ifforts and magnifying the efforts of hose in charge today, though it he >rer so good a subject with which to day upon the emotions. Sober Judgaent will come after awhile. The Crooii'villo News menrions three ' legislative freaks being proposed in the present legislaturs. i\V'e are afraid the editor ;iay not been keeping well I up with the proceedings of the legislature if these are all the fnaks he i has founds. I The three freaks that the News ! mentions are, first, the proposition to have only chain gang sentences for violation of the liquor law. Well, you may rest assured that bill will go through. Any old thing that you men| iion now, if it nas the stamp of prohibition on it, will go through this legislature. You know some prohibitionists are the most intemperate cf | people. Ana yet, as the News points i out, not more than one-third of the | white voters of the siate voted in tne | prohibition referendum and then only a majority of that one-tliird for prohibition. it seems that these reformI ers are going to let the gallon-a' month law stand, however. So as a | prohibitionist the News may be conj soled. ? The second freak discovered by the ! I Xews is to have individual drinking : cups for cotton mill operatives. We do ! not know i-xactly whv there should be ; .separate drinking cups for cotton mill cperati.es, and not for farmers and merchants and lawyers and all the rest of us. Truth is, we do not take very strongly to this fad about drinking fountains and individual drinking cups and so on. It may be the proper thing X - J - 1 ** ~ ^ ii IP. Vsh i At*A I to UO, cliiu (r Sv'-ipyuae it is, uui uicxc i are so many other things that are so j much more needed, and then these are things to our way of thinking should be left to the individual and not have i legislation on. We might leave a lit; tie something for the individual to look ! after for himself. But not one if this l j legislature can help it. The other freak that the News talks ' ahrvnt i<? nroDosition to regulate ! the atmosphere in the cotton mills. ( Well, we suppose that most of the mill ! people would hail with delight some measure regulating and controlling the I atmosphere and the temperature in the cotton mills. '.And no doubt the farmer and the merchant sometime feel like they would like to regulate these things. Maybe our good friend ' "**** 1 ? ? -vu 4. ~ r; ?3 tLO'Die vvaison can ue auie lu uuu a.u expert he can send out to regulate these things. The legislature is recessing every Saturday until Monday night. It is well. It gives the members the opportunity to run home and feel the pulse of the folks there. iThe members realize the importance of such a performance at the last session of a term more than they do at the firs: session. j The time to another accounting before the people is a little nearer. The road from Newberry to Prosperity needs dragging. Some good work in surfacing the red hill just bei ; yond the city has been recently done I | and if the road were dragged now it i would soon be a good road. Just a little dragging at the right time costs very little and does a heap of good. The correspondents of >The State, writing from Newberry, correcting a statement that Senator Johnstone was the only member of the legislature who is a Confederate veteran, states that Senator Johnstone was too young to be in the war and adds that his brother, j J. M. Johnstone, was a (veteran. That i is correct. He was third lieutenant] of Co. H, fourth regiment of state' troops, called out in 1864 or 186i3, j and composed of boys from 14 to 17 and men over 60 years. Another brother, Col. Geo. Johnstone, now living in Newberry, was also in the serv v? 1?~ -rv-./vf fho T\o f to H/\T> iicti. UC.ti.lg <X mcui'ut.1 vrx Itiv uuvvw.vu | of State Cadets under command of Major White. Col. Johnstone was at the time a student in the old Arsenal, which is succeeded by the Citadel. Dr. R. H. Land, in one of his articles in the Observer, recalls Mr. Vincent Pope and his place of business in "Amisoka," and says that he does not know whether any of his descendants are now living in Newberry. "Amisoka"' was that section of the city along Main j street from the corner at Way's drug WrV DATkA ciurt? ou iu tutr iui. x v^c uau a place of business and lived in a building along about where Mr. Kleti f in r's stoiv now is. His daughter f-?ar- *" tie married the late VV. M. Siiackleford a::J there is rn;w 'Ivir.g in Xewberry ! c.'iiy one descendant of Mr. Pope, Mr. | Bernard Sheckleford. th; efficient and | courteous clerk in the express office. 1 A O,. 1.1, C J ... 1 i .h.. n.uuu:pu OnUCKitriOI U I10W lives 111 I i Augusta. Two granddaughters of Mr. 1 ^opc, Mrs. T. L. Sireetman and Mis-s ! i j Lmma Shackir-fcrd. aro living in Win-, : ston-Salem, X. C. i ! i ?oOS*? j Lieutenant Governor Bethea is a j very fortunate young man. On his de-1 | parture for the peace negotiations ne ! j v.us loituiitue ill naming mree ;>ewJ berrians to wish him God-speed in his voyage. President Harms of Newberry I college, President Hunt bf the Oakland j mill and President Kinard of t'ne Com- j j mcrcial bank. On his return lie was | greet, d and welcomed by two other T"\ v (\ o wi C\ 4" I)m ^ i / ] r ; ?Ji iiuiii ->c >> UKSi i j y i itroiuciio 6 j Geo.W. Summer of the Mollohon Manu. factoring company and President Macj thews of the National bank. Lucky ! man is Bethea. He says his trip anr I that of the party was not in vain. ; Some of Mr. Bethea *s friends were a I little solicitous about his safe return ! i and are glad to know that ne is safely , heme once more. President Kinard is ' anxious to know if he returned with ' that pretty girl that was standing be i side him as the flying white squadron j passed along. IMt. Bethea wf.l have to ' answer for himself. He dot-s not mention the fact in his interview in t'ne i State. ??ear?? ; STA1TE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION IN CHARLESTON 1 ! Charleston, Jan. 17.?The biggest Sunday school convention in the nis' tory of South Carolina will be held in , J the Citadel Square Baptist church, this . I city, May 3, 4 and 5. j j The convention is an interdenominaI tional event, and will be participated j in by not less than 1,000 delegates, ! representing schools of all denominations throughout the state. Charleston is making great plans to entertain ! the visitors. At a recent meeting a ! program of preparation was adopted, committees were appointed on entertainment, finance, music, publicity and other details. It is announced that free entertainment will be provided 1 for one pastor, a superintendent and throo riplp-crotpc frnm pvprv Simflav school of the state, and it is hoped that all of the 3.000 schools of the state will be represented. Tiie convention was brought to 'Charleston through enthusiastic meetings of local Sunday school workers, the invitation being extended through J. D. Cappelmann, president of the county association, and Mayor (T. T. Hyde, superintendent of the Citadel Square Sunday school, who is also 1 president of the South Carolina Sunday School Association. Reduced railroad rates have been applied for, and nego, tiations are on for the operations of j special trains from the upper part of j the state. j The convention will -hold morning, | afternoon and night sessions. The ! morning and niight sessions will be 'mainly inspirational; the afternoon I sessions will be devoted to "schools of " | method" from the practical discussion ! of every phase of Sunday school work. : The convention will carry out the purI pose of the association, which is to develop in a co-operative way, more efficient Sunday school work. Among the prominent speakers already announced for the convention is W. C. Pearce of Chicago, adult division superintendent of the interna- ] ; tional association. He is one of the I leading Sunday school men of the country, is a forceful and brilliant [speaker, and will appear at every sesi sion of the convention. It is stated j that under his leadership more than five million men and women have been brought into Sunday school work. Church Notice. The holy communion wiHl be administered in the Pomaria Lutheran church the fifth Sunday in January, in connection with the morning worship. There will be also confirmation. . Similar services will be held the first and second Sundays in February in St. Matthew's and in Bethlehem, re spectively. All are cordially invited to attend. S. C. Ballentine, Pastor. Enoree Baptist Church. Beginning with the first Sunday in February, 1916, services will be held at j m ? ~ ~ /-*V? n mVi fh a fl 7*0 f GllTI? : HillOiet? uajjiiai uuuivu ?,uiv> , day of each month instead of the second Sunday, as heretofore. The pub- J] lie is cordially invited to worship witi {J us. Very respectfully, W. E. Furcron, Pastor. "" Whitmire, Jan. 19, 1916. Admission | UQf 1 Always LElDil. Adulus 10c Children 5c j ial\ "THE BEST; The Ouly Sfc Arc Gr "Th TUESDAY Tt and c Mi U WEDNESDAY ,Z" 1 _ _ once each start! ~ ~"I Ce cpnti THURSDAY ^ topla LUL SATURDAY ST Art , Cedar 03! A magic home set consists of one prepared oil m< rlnstincr mnn fr " w O T wall paper and fi pared dusting tic Cedar oil for rem Four articles in Special $1.00. i Mayes' Book I The House of a HPRR A Monday and Tuesday ] The Musical foFI Of the; 1 i r-A fKT TUl iou in i hi. v Gorgeous Costumes, B< Scenery, Tuneful Mi AUSPICES OF Calvin Cr PRICES vigorating to the Pale and SlcSd> . ie Old Standard general strengtfcei Jag tonic. JOVE'S TASTEI*ESS chill TONIC, drive? ont aliria.enriche?t'ie blood,andbuilds apthesysm. A true tonic. 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