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tntlfl and mm Entered at the Postoffice at New , S. C., as 2nd class matte'. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Fridaw December T. 1916. AHEAD Ofr UlK n.ut. I was just a thinking the other clay in a little reminiscence brought about by certain things that are going on, that "me and William Jennings Bryan" are just about fifteen yeari j aliead of the time?of our time?and to me it is pleasant to see the things I dreamed and advocated in the years eone bv. and to which the people gave no heed, or if they did nothing was done, are being done every day. I don't know how Mr. Bryan feels about it, but I am glad he is living today to see the realization of the thing3 he advocated, and for which he was almost ruled out of the Demo cratic party, in their acceptance, I might say by the people of the coun try, and many of them now actually enacted into law, but many people 3*ave forgotten, if they ever knew, cue position of Mr. Bryan on these nnpstions. I am also glad to say that the failure of Mr. Bryaa to get office for himself has not seemed to disturb the even tenor of his way, or to di I vert him from his allegiance to those | principles for which he stood, nor to j I cause him to desert the party in which j he has made his fight, i rill not I here undertake to relate what tiros*; i things are. The people should know, j Mr. Bryan's influence contributed very j largely to Democratic success in 1912,) I and again ia 1916 without his in-i fluence it is very aouotiui u .m. ^ son would have been elected. But somehow the people would not elect Mr. Bryan. What I am going to say is not said j in a spirit of envy or jealousy or any other bad spirit, but it is just said i to remind us of some facts of his-1 toric record, lest we forget, and to1 say that I am glad to see the realiza-; lit.ii of certain things that I stoodj far : :id fought for and was a pioneer j in h -niging to pass, and to say also: iicw soon the people forget the ef- . forts of those who blaze the way and, bow. apparently at least, unapprecia-i tive they are of the efforts of thost' wjio really try to do things. As editor of the Newberry News, published then by Mr. R. H. Greneker, I took up the fight for the establish- : ment of a system of graded schools j in Newberry. If the files of that i J paper had .not been destroyed by fire J they would show, the fight then made. iWttien the schools were established j some of those who said we were not j yet ready for them, were immediately named life trustees. I did not want 'hat job, but some years ago I did permit n)y name to be used for tho I position of superintendent of the I schools. I received two of the fivej Jon,i the board j votes of tne iru^cs ,vflnt flwav from home to get a super-1 intendent. . ..j?i '? I I made the fight for the establish- { ment of a telephone system in New- j berry. Mr. L. W. Floyd knows about; that. My phone number is one. Forj several years I talked and wrote fori the establishment of a system of water works and electric lights and sewage. My home was the first resi-i dence to be wired for electric lights i la the town. If any one doubts what j is here written I have the record in files of The Herald and News and thej* are bound and complete from about 1856 to 1915 inclusive. I am simply writing these reminiscences to express my pleasure and gratification at being permitted to live to see the realization of so many of my dreams for the advancement and growth of the' community. As for the rest room and the retention of the old court house every one knows that The Her ald and News kept the old building from being torn down, and talked rest room before . j one ever thought of it in Newberry, or if so it was not mentioned. The record writ in the files of The Herald and News and is easily accessible. None of this is set a vain or boastful spirit, but U v> IX *11 _ simply to impress the power and in fluence of the press and to say in ad dition the pleasure of seeing the things done and also to say that The Herald and News' is going to con tinue to stand for the advancement and development and progress of thi3 community. I I believe that my enemies, if I j have any, and I suppose I have, and my political opponents, "will be wil ling to admit that the short time I I held the office of county superintend ent of education that I had a great \ I BAirillft IE Absolute! No Alum?Nc deal to do with arousing an interest 1 in rural scliools and in making the ii school the community centre and in n arousing the people to do something, t Now you see the city of Columbia and g others everywhere talking about tho t school house as the community cen- h tre, and Mr. Claxon sent Prof. Tate 1 over to Switzerland to study the sys- l] tem over there, and he came' back ad-'t vocating for the rural school just \ i.-haf T triPrl tr> the St Ijukes school and the Big Creek school to unite and do?establish a real high school in the country with a cottage on the grounds and let the superin tendent live there and be a part of the community life. And yet, in view of all the work I did, the people did not elect me to the position, but on two occasions took young men who had no experience in the work. I do not now and have not complained or murmured. Just a little ahead of the J time?"me and Bryan. My interest in the betterment of the *j schools' is just the same as if I had ^ received every vote in Newberry coun- ; N ty, and whatever I can do to help the n i work I am always ready and willing ' v to do it. and so long as I am connect- j a ed with The Herald and News tliat, c paper will also be a warm* and ardent j d advocate for the improvement of the j v< schools. It may be fortunate lor "me! g and Mr. Bryan" that we are dream- c ers, because they are the people who p blaze the way and do things, but nev.' v er reap the reward of office, and it ti is all right, or it would not be so. \ p The Herald and News was the p^ j neer in this State in the advocacy of j the use of the split log drag. I com- ^ menced it before I had ever seen one j actually used. I saw a model at Greenwood once at a meeting of somej kind that 1 attended with .Mr. L. I. Feagle who was then the county su-j pervisor. 1 am still a good friend of the drag and continue to tell the peo- j pie of the good it wfH tlo if proper-j ly used on the road, and I expect toj continue preaching that doctrine. I think tlrere are people now living in Newberry who will recall that for tnn vosrc nr more I was constantly talking about the building of a park in the city, and The Herald and News has a corespondent who writes oc casionally, who for years scarcely ev er wrote an article that it did not contain something about The Idlers Park. Some two years ago some gen tleman and ladies held a meeting and decided to form an organization for the opening of a park, and made some sort of temporary arrangements for tlip use of the grounds that The Her aid and News had oeen laiKing auun-. all these years, and a formal opening - wa? advertised. The Herald and News; ^ ' d was not mentioned or its editor in-' H vited to the meeting. Dr. Harms did F refer in his address to what The Idler i a had been saying. That was all right, j c As I said in all the stuff that was) s written about the park that all we i t f wanted was the park and the credit L C of it did not matter. I am glad that " some one moved in the startin : of a ^ real park. The interest is r -iept B up like it should be, and the park is' a not 011 the permanent foundation that ;) it should be put while the land may j 5 bo had. ' a je 'All of this is suggested bv a little ' t! tiling, and maybe it will not be of in- \ n terest to the reader. If it is not he 11 may just "skip it over*' as they used to tell us at school. I noticed the other day that some workmen were busy digging a hole in the sidewalk in front of the Newberry Hardware company in Friend street. I found It was for the sinking of a 220 gallon ; 1 gasoline tank. It is in and a big pump; b Stands oil tile SlUewaih. io uemn a:^i ' measure the gasoline. Some ten or ii i fifteen years ago I tried very hard to a get the commissioners of public works to give us a day current so that we j n might have power in the day time1 P to ru.n small manufacturing enter-! prises, especially was I interested In j power for the office, as we had put: tl in a linotype machine and could not j s get power to operate it except at | n night. But the commissioners would j a not. VJe bought a gasoline engiae jji and wh^n the Hardware company I a built we had no place to put our sup- j b y Pure > Phosphate mmmnmmammmmmmmmmamtaamm y tank. Defore that we had place.i j t on the vacant lot where the building i low stands. I got permission irom the; hen alderman of that ward, Dr. Van ' imitll, 10 put a lwo gallon ia.HK in | he ground under the sidewalk. The j lole was dug and the tank in place, j "he then mayor, Dr. Geo. 13. Cromer, j Lad a warrant issued and placed in \ he hands of the then chief of police,! V. H. Harris, for my arrest for block ng the sidewalk and endangering thej ife of pedestrians by placing sue*1.! dangerous explosive in the sround. nder the sidewalk. And after soms ittle controversy over the matter I ad of course to take it out. "Me and rt'txfa -iiiof- fiftoon VMrs flllparl ! /I jaii Ci V JUOV 4A&WW11 VM. ^ v...vw f our time. I am glad io see the j ank put in, if for 110 other reason.( 3 justify my position fifteen years j go. 1 Great changes are taking place in j 11 lines of human endeavor. In fact re are living in the greatest transi- J Ion period in the world's history, and here it will all end we do not know ;ow we have automobiles and flying j lachines and only the exclusive set j ;alk. And government control anfl j !1 that and I expect to see the time 1 ome of which Edward Ballamy j reamed in his book "Looking Back- j rani" when everything will be either j ;overnment owned or government j ontrolled. I believe there is com-1 ensation in all nature and I do not rorry about things but try always ; 3 do the best I can and to live at! eace with all mankind Far life is the mirror of king and slave. 'Tis just what you are and do; 'hen give to the world the best you have, And the best will come back to you." We may be approaching that far way land of which we have heard rhere all men will recognize the rotherhood of man and the Fatlier i Ait on it rafp T am ?TOin? ULTU U1 VJV-rvA. t A V?v^ a. w 3 hold to the doctrine that There's joy a-ple;ity in this world to fill life's cup f you'll only keep the corners of your mouth turned up." E. H. A. We sincerely hope the newspaper ublishers of South Carolina will not ive up the idea of a- paper mill for his State. We are of the opinion hat a plant located in the lower part f the State would be able to obtain 11 the material for making paper lat would be necessary.?Gaffney Led-i er. We asrree with you entirely, and we J ave been hoping to have the chair-j nan of the committee appoints to ook into this matter. Mr. J. L. Mims, all a meeting and let us take some ction and see what can be done. I Vhat about it. Mr. Minis? s we un. I erstand it the great increase in the irice of news print paper ha.s been pplied only to the flat paper that omes in bundles and is used by the mall country printer. The big dailies hat use the roll paper are getting heir new contracts, according to the1 , i Ipartanburg Herald and what we un-l [erstand Mr. Withers to say at the j neeting in Columbia the other day. i ?? in nriro nf onlv about! 0 per cent and certainly not over 00 per cent while the price to us is lready over 200 per cent increase ov r prices just six months ago. And he Spartanburg Herald says that the fiills are thinking of discontinuing he manufacture of bundle paper such s we use altogether. The idea is, :e suppose, to put the little country rinter out of business altogether. If tie price keeps going up they will ac omplish that without stopping the lanufacture because they will stop lie ability of the printer to pay. We elieve that paper can be manufac .ired in this State and that the mater il for its manufacture is here in bundance.' It will do no harm to look into the latter any way, and that was the pur ose of appointing that committee. The Bank of Greenwood in the tit le town of Greenwood in its report u - a /Mint nf nvp r Liu W a a UCpu^lL V ?... _ lillion dollars and it carries a page dvertisement in the two Greenwood a pars most every issue. CertaiRjy n ad of some size, and yet there are usiness men, or men in businpsi In Statem< Loans and Investme Overdrafts Secured 1 Secured and Unseci Cash Capital Surplus and Profits Dividends Upaid Deposits To the People of Newbe It is again our pleasu, rapid growth as shown Aw ?*?/r Am re r\nr R/ynb r%r I l/f liiumilg l/Uf Wl South Carolina. We w Service in fostering and terial condition. The Cc Of TU Rofilr TVi ? JL 11V S'ewberry who will te!! yap even in j cnc :his age that it doe* uol pay to ad- 1 m:s: fertise. And it mus* 110s be forgotten aun .liat there are three or four other very ov.t strong and prosperous banks in this the same little town of Greenwood, and if a ;he merchants use the columns of the ' am! papers very freely in tolling of thejGre Jiinss they have to sell, and the com- | missioners of public works carry an j T id ail the time and th? plant is own-j mili c.J and operated very much as the i is s I N OUR great-gi * lana iainmes r It was freely < freely partaken o1 The old-time ence, for our fore] Another old-t passing in the san The abandoni nowadays by the beverage with the Unlike coffee, tains no "caffeine7 Postum is now best of American 1 is valued. ent of Condi 9 Newberry, S. OF BUSINESS NOV PFcmiPrFQ U AWJUI^ ;nts by Cotton $112,0 i red - 5,6 LIABILITIES rry County: re to call your atten from above statemei te of the largest a ant you to think of \ building up your mt Yours for servic tmmercia Newberry, S. it Always Trea in Newberry is, bu: here the coi sioners do not even publish the ual report so that the people", ti ers of the plant, may know he thing i.s getting along, lhey si n; <? :e wants to kwow he "lay e ne the books. Do you wonder wl enwood has grown so much fast* he governor has withdrawn all t' tia from Anderson and the tov till safe and serene and peacefi reat-grandfathers' time lau a casK 01 rum 111 iu I offered to guests (exce even as coffee is toda custom gradually pass* fathers recognized it w ime custom?coffee dri le fashion and for the i nent of coffee drinkin use of Instant Postum, k rnffap.litp tfsstP. this purely American or other harmful subs used daily in tens of f homes where reason c. EMBER 83.50 42.07 4 $ 17, 1916 $477,172. 117,725.57 138,392.79 $733,291.06 $50,000.00 81,262.48 1,075.00 600,953.58, $733,291.06;' tion to our continued nt. We thank you all nd most successful in us as an institution fojr ntal, physical and ma e, | i 1 0_ i oanK > C. . j its You RigLt. / Took a Hand in the Game. A number of British recruits at Sandhurst thought they would have a little fun with the drill serg^nt. tw | They made their plan, and on the fol ly j lowing morning when the sergeant x- : gave the order, "Number off from the jjy j right," they did so in this manner: ' "One, two, three, four, five, six, sev en, eight, nine, ten, Quick as a flasl hack- "All court ?r. he ^'n port to the nl. ard. many New Eng e cellar. pt children) and ed out of exist as harmful, nking ?is slowly same rtasuii. g is made easy the pure cereal table drink con stance. rhousands of the ules and health