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j|&e pernio mtd Jem | Catered at the Postoffice at New* Harry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. C. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, November 21, 1916 THE PROSPERITY FAIR. It wa6 a great fair and far exceeded the expectations of its promoters in the interest manifest and in the exhibits made ^.nd in the attendance of the people. The exhibits were good end would do credit to a much mor*. pretentious fair. It was a good thing to get the children interested, and the schools all of them had excellent exhibits of the handiwork of the children, botn in domestic science, or the science of good cooking, which was in evidence, and the fancy wor* and specimens of tomatoes and corn and almost everything that is grown on the farm. An account more in detail is printed from our Prosperity correspondent. We had only ? couple of hours at the fair on Friday afternoon. Very ntucn to cur regr;?: vc could not get there sooner and could not remain longer be a& to have a chance to examine and note carciuily all the exhibits. In a in 7lieu look through the building we saw enough to prove to us 'at least that the children and teachers of the schools and the pairons all bad taken an active part in contributing to the success of the w-PHonn Aiuj then there were cat tie and chickens and hogs and cows on exhibition and all of them were fine. The people deserve a great deal of credit for making so fine a snowing. But then they really couldn't help it, if they made any exhibit at all, for this is one of the finest sections of the State, and they could not make a poor exhibit. But to our mind^the greatest result and best accomplishment of the fair is the fact that it has helped the people to find themselves. And by that we mean to say that it has demonstrated to them just what they have and what tlysy can do when they make up thfeir minds to do it. In other words, the great result is the fine community spirit which it has aroused, and it has got all the people interested in the community ^and talking about the community and the fair, and they have really ^discovered the / possibilities which are theirs, it is 'Mreally a great and a good thing for - the neoole of anv community to get - together occasionally and be of good cheer and see what each the other is thinking about and what they are <Joing and compare notes. In oth?r words, to use a little slang, it is good for people to get together occasionally if they only take a "chew of terbacser" with one another. What we jikc about the fair the 6hort time we had to spend with the^ people was the fine spirit which was in evidence on every side and the enthusiasm which pervaded the whole atmosphere. It <o fnr pnmmnnitv arid will be good for the business of the communi* ty a& well as for the social life. As -we have already-said it lias caused the people to find themselves and to cause them to discover their possibilities. * _______ / Then they are going to have a creamery in this community and that will increase the number of cows and % will increase the wealth or the com "A? f ATtn n/\m iuuuiiy. x ucx c are yvooiviy ic r? munities in South Carolina where there are so many small white farmers who own their own farms and who have money ahead and owe no man anything as you will find in the townships of Xos. 9 and 10. They have done great things for their schools but this is one line in which they need to do even greater things and get some of the schools that are jiow, consolidated and make more ru ral graded schools with three teachers. They have the children and what they need is a greater development of the community spirit. We started the school movement for them some years ago and it is developing rapidiy and we^hope to be able to give them more help and will give all the en? couragement we can. There are a few people living in Newberry now who can remeinbei when Xe^ berry county had a fine fair, " It was considered one of the best county fairs in the State and it was a good one. There were horses and J AH J Q 1 Cattle auu uugb ami lai jju w\a uv,w N and all sorts of fancy work, and while; there was no domestic science taught in, lthlepgcbo(^><tl%6cft.^?i?. om^ good housewives of the county who had on exhibition at those old county fairs some as fine preserves and jellies and bread and cake and coni ned goods as you will find now. Ana | that was a beautiful location for the j fair. Wonder how many of the youn ger people know .w'J^re tfoe ran grounds in Newberry were. Or that the county ever held a county fair. Get your teacher to tell you something < j about the countv fair that was once ! a feature in the agricultural lil'o of , 1 the county and get the teacher to tell I you where the fairs were held. j . And the Prosperity people are already talking about the fair for next | year and what they are going to have ' and asking you to be sure to come to j the next one. It is well. I o There was a collision at one of the street crossings on Sunday morning by two automobiles. The wonder is there are not more. iW'e have advised ! and urged the necessity of some traffic regulations and then the strict enforcement of the ones that we have. Few people really realize the great rmmhor r?f r?t>rc that are now driving ! our streets and some really forget that thv-re ever was a wagon or a bugI gy or iliat man was- made to walk j and if thess don't get out of the way ! when tbe u. g! sounds why it is barej ly possible for it or him to be knock'[ ed into the great beyond. Turn to * f IrAOn 4- rs fVln ri OrVi f LUC 115111 auu LU iuv x iftut Uiiu slow down at crossings and stop at some of them and stop before you cross are good regulations. How 1 many cars pay any attention at all to the little board which reads "4 miles the hour?" \ lhe We 7 BENEF I ! Hicrli - "5" ' | High School , Tnurs. r I 8:00 1 f Admission 50c I I I Christm We advise our chase early this year a rush iatei and tlio; have a better select* land we will be able itention to the engr _ M/%vir tudi aujr iiiuic iiuvv it off of your mind. We have a larg for you to choose fr anrl vnn ran Amy unvi j ! everybody at our s nothing more appro] mas gift than a nice We remember that some years ago I w we heard a good deal about establishing a boll weevil zone and thus keep the insect from spreading all over the a cotton belt, but no one took anv ac-i i o tion and we suppose the government! thmio-ht if unwise to act. and as a re-i , ! ID suit the weevil continues to travel,' ! D and now we are told that our farmers i : ii must diversify as the only proper; ^ means of com hating tne evil. We notice that Senator McLaurin suggests the establishment of a zone along the Savannah river to stop the! weevil at that place, but we suppose the people who would be in the zone; would object, but would it not be bet-!. ter for them in the end and would it j c not save the cotton section on the: " j i eastern side of the zone. j As we understand the weevil, it not; 4 ! s only travels but remains also where | it gets. If it could be stopped by . establishing what they call a zone it | . seems to us that the government j / should take some action, but it may r be that we have waited too long for' < that sort of a remedy to be effective, j f ? n '.Ye aie glad to read the notice sf,* the return of the first regiment from ( the border. So far as we know all * of the Newberry boys in the National ? Guard are members of the first regi-, ' ment and we will be glad to see them * coming home. ? ? The chambers of commerce of Or- 1 angeburg and Charleston are nav- * ing cooperation road work rallies. ? They are good things. In fact, you* can't accomplish much of anything t c ??????? t t \ tverleys i i 1 IT OF . School !: : l \* Auditorium '! I if' 11 ! it *lov. 23 I r ? I Children 25c - ... I as Gifts customers to pur an uro afo fn navp Tf V Ml V V\/ *?M v/ se buying early will on to choose from, to give more ataving. It will notp and you will have s t jc ;er stock this year '" om than ever be-; get something forj tore, and there is 3 ariate for a Christ- j< niprp nf ipwplrvJ WW 'W* ^ vxrmm j w P. C. Jeans & Co. Fvrlll*iwA? jwelers & Opticians |j|^gEwasgsg ithout cooperation. A little cooper-ji tion and a little work would give J s a good road between Newberry i nd Columbia. A little cooperation , n the part of the communities of ; .ittle Mountain. Prosueritv ami New-1 erry could greatly improve the road j etween these points. What the road ; eeds now is to be sure of a gOGd 1 plit log dragging immediately after! iie first rain. Work on it now is' seless and a waste of enregy. Don't j Tt-;n -J~ ~ 1; * * i ~ ! iu aiiaiu jvu ? 111 uvj a iiiiic ournc- j hing which will benefit some one else, j f it does, you will feel better by hav- j ng done it. How about arousing a ! ittle of the community spirit in this :ommunity and are doing something or the general welfare, and thus j jet the indirect benefit for our-! i ielves. It would make us stronger, i j It is stated that the militia at Anierson is costing the State of South Carolina $4,500 a week. The gover- i I ior's private secretary went over on Saturday and paid off the boys for the \ irst week. That is a small matter, j iVe saw it stated the other day where he expenses of the Mexican peace commission were $6,000 a week. That he messengers were occupying rooms it a hotel that cost $8.00 per day.' Some things come high, but what's the lifference. Just as well put the mon?y in circulation. 1 We nave corrected our mailing lists lp to Friday of last week. We have 10 doubt there are a good many er ors. Probably some duplicates. And lome wrong addresses. If there are my such we would thank any one for, he information that will help us to ;et the names and addresses correct, ind especially might the rura! carries assist in this, if it is not against ;he regulations of the department. nV'e vould not ask them, of course, to do inything that is not in accord with he regulations, but we thought nawbc' tbat if they saw that ther? ,vere duplicates, that is two papers ?oing to the same name, or if we iad the wrong address of some subscribers, that it would be entirely >roper for them to give us the infornation. and in this way.help in the >rompt dispatch of the mail. At any ate we will make the corrections just is last as we can. iWe want a word with the -young ady contestants in TI13 Herald and sews circulation campaign, and it is his: Our mailine lists have now been :orrected and each name on them hows to what date the subscription , ias been paid. We would much pre-! er that you collect the old subscripion than secure new- ernes. And we \ tave asked the campaign manager j ,nd he has offered an extra induceuent to collect these oid accounts. j f you find any one who says he does j iot want the paper and will not pay ; ^hat is due because we did not take lis nam? otf when the time was out { lease let the editor know asi his j tame will come off quick. If you j iave no list with these old names on kN Tr \ ^ Look at the abov( .MUW 1V1I . 14H11C1, I tore, you will get. ;ause you have bee: iow oats, sow whej ^ou will ?et this pi C m. Look at our platf< rour cotton. See t ean man (David C< FARMERS \ i: M: fcGMiNACK, Treasurei it let us know and one will be furnished you at once. Another thing: Every one in this contest is going to have a fair deal and no one will fail to ?et something. uno ui Liie Ljauiuuiis ui uup cjiuraf! with the campaign manager is that no long term subscriptions are to be taken so that no candidate can buy rvi Tn n UUK3 MUS Reduced Bel Janua COME AN We are offei values in all of ( Furniture, Sprh Pillows, &c. k Framed Picture Shades, Cur J Rugs. Carpets, j Make Your S Enameled ar Wi When WestIt's Oak It's Oc WEST-MA ;r^srorrr i . ; cut! Has cotton i Dring your cotton t 25c. You think c n practically giving it, plant corn, and j rice regularly, c 3rm! What a nic< >1* ^ vv* o ( T rvl^ M ^ 11C Id I man ^juim i ildwell) reach out f I WAREH01 J ? . any of the prizes except by sending , ; in bona fide subscriptions upon whicii votes '.v 111 Lc issmd. Get behind the fellows who are in V arrears. If any one or more of them ^ dj not appreciate our indulgence suffl- ^ ciently to pay what is due let us know and we will not give sucli an onrortunitv to set in arrears again. tock" T BE ore Removal A try 1st 1 ID GET IT ' ring exceptional v t mr nees. rigs, Mattresses, Stoves, Ranges, / Tin ware, etc. \ * Lmns. T>nrtiaras Linoleum, etc. | election NOW ^ id Aluminum ?? j -m ar . IVlartm Uo. says 1 ik. RUN CO. ???in??? ? 'TAT iSToaoj | 7?~-> 5 7?7 7\ I p. $ * :< * ? ' f> 5 f f v i h: : -f ; : : v -\\ *-; fc t* R fa *'; > : *| v '; * -\> * * ffiv> ti'i /. ' A;"'': I H : ' reached the price? o us to weigh and A j :otton is high be- | it away for years. | alenty of each, and J > nlare to unload " r H\ i J.L _ vail) smue ana me :o welcome you. I USE CO. 1 : fit BURTON 1 President. 1