The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 01, 1916, Page FOUR, Image 4
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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
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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
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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; ^
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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
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'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