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|te ^trnta and Jbitcrcd at the Postoffice at New fcgy, S. C, as 2nd class matter. R. E. AULL. EDITOR. Friday, January 19, 1917. The city of Sumter "has voted a bond issue of $73,000 for paving tnei streets by a vote of SI to 6. Think) of it. We believe that the majority! for such work in Newberry would ?e almost as heavy as the vote in Sumter. Why not let tlie people have a chance to say whether they want We will thank the city authorities to 5 send out a split-log drag or a road 1 scrape or some other invention end 3 remove rhe big, sharp rocks scattered j. up and down Church aireet by the j rock wagons. These said loose rocks] interfere with the operation of our 1 "John Henry/' and we do not think t: that is fair.?Spartanburg Journal. 1 . So it would seem that they have c some rocks in the streets of Spar tanburg. And the old split log drag would do the -work of smoothing down the rough places and it would do the same thing for the country roads that would .be doie for. the stress of Spartanburg, or even for .\V?v "berry. nnf kick SO Tne average u?u+a much on the amount of tax he pays if Jie gets full value for it. But we do not blame a man for kicking on hav iag to pay high taxes for the privi lege of being lawed to death.?Pick ens Sentinel. . Then >ouv spoke a parable and notj a weekly riddle. For the building of streets or roads for instance if we1 could just only be assured that wej would get them when we voted the j ? ?;j Mviis arid vftt YOO. I money, or, p<*m wc t must trust some one if you are to J ^ get anywhere. } t Senator E. D. Smith voted for pro- J 1 fcibition in the District of Columbia, j "while Senator Tillman voted against,1 s it. But Senator Tillman n ver did | 2 believe in prohibition, nohow.?An-f v derson Mail. And Senator Tillman is a practical j prqhibitionist, too. Just think of It. j ^ And yet, some of the real prohibi-l tinists are the ones who are not in' '-ffav-or of statutory prohibition, and i some of those who believe in. taking j a little sometimes are the loudestj in their - protestations for prohibi tion. We have heard 'em make big ^ speeches in the halls of legislation for prohibition, and then we have! seen 'em go out and take a good big1 0 lot of the stuff. But then prohibition i s is coming whether we want it or not,) Q and the sentiment is growing fast.! The pendulum may swing too fast and! too far and get a rebound. tm it] The Newberry Herald and News is j o to be commended for its consistent j t] and persistent advocacy of the use of tiie road drag. Tis the cheapest. and best method of keeping a road in | v good condition, but there are lots of i d people who refuse to believe it.? !j Gaffney Ledger. , - j t Yes, sir, you are-right. There isjt; nothing to equal tne drag 101 lesuiis , at the cost expended. And vet voa 1 know it is a hard matter to get the: t people to see it, or if they see they are i slow to act. The Herald and News was' a pioneer in the advocacy of the drag1 and we are keeping up the campaign, j On motion of Mr. T. A. Dominick the Kelley resolution to investigate! the serving of Scotch whiskey at a banquet in Columbia, at which it is stated high State officials were pre- j sent, was laid on the table without: debate. Just as well lav it on the i * table. It is only the little fellows1 thai we get after when there is vio-j lation of law. That is the reason If we are to have prohibition we should have it air tight, gomb proof, so that: < we will not only legislate tor tne oui er fellow but for our noble selves as well. It is right and proper, as Governor Manning says in liis inaugural aiir - dress, to turn our backs on past dif ferences and dissensions and be for a forward-looking people, tout the trou ble with all the fellows who preach such doctrine, and it is the right doc-) trine, they want the other fellow to! agree with them and go along an^ do all the forgetting and take up their * lead. It is always the other fellow ?- -- ?~ ,1 rviacc ha fnllrvsra WHO 13 wruu5, auu uuivuu ? the lead of the one who is preaching he is the one who is keeping up the factionalism. If there is to be a for getting and forward looking in the way the governor says, there must be mutual consessions and a recogni tion of the rights of the minority, at least to a small degree. It may be true as stated by Mr. X. G/ Evans that the State warehouse did not handle but 15,000 bales of cotton, and that the system cost. Re state of South Carolina $15,000.\ We ? - v \ M' i, hat. but even if it be true which we o not exactly believe, that was the mallest thing to be considered in he discussion. It was the indirect aust* of saving to the cotton growers, tot only of South Carolina, but of the >ntire south, of many more thousands ?f dollars in that it put cotton on the >asis of good collateral. Before Mr. ifcLaurin began work in the ware iouse you could scarcely borrow mon y on cotton at all. If we are going to do what tiie gov-; jrnor advises in his inaugural we ;'hould lay aside petty politics in this i varehouse business and show that we nean what we say when we talk about 1 nnL-in rr nprtnlp And as ! he Greenville Piedmont says unless :omething is done to keep this ware-, louse along the lines set forth bv' fir. McLaurin in his report the mem-' >ers will hear from the people in' he next campaign. And we believe; hat -Mr. McLau'rin should have been j :ept in the position until the ware- j louse was more firmly established. Of: ourse we do not mean to be under-; itood that he is the only man whO| :aii operate it. but he has made a j rtudy of it and is in better position \ ? 1?" -1'" ?? on*- Ano olco i'lflf ! U ilciiiUXC 2L L.IKW1 OUJ vwv Vtw ^ 10W. > What do some of our leading busl less man think of the proposition to! lo some street building during thi3| ;ood year with a seven at the end! if the figures? It is going to be ai :ood year and with the building o! j hat bank buildjng and the possibili- r y of several other good size build- j ngs we should begin something per- ] Qanent on our streets. i We notice that the town of Union; s to have an electric railroad or! treet cars. Wouldn't this be a good' I ime to get in touch with that good j own and see about building that j rolley line from Union via Whitmire j o Newberry and on to Edgefield, Sa-! uda and Augusta. What say you. j ome good business man. Why not. jet -busy and do something worth I rhile. A little cooperation is tiie tiling; ve need, most in this com-! i nunity just now. And we are get-j ing together better than in a good rhite. Speak a good word for. your own and the men and women who j ive in it. If you can't, better pack! p and move to some other seaport awn. i As soon as the ground is dry en-j ugh do not forget to use tne old* plit log drag. It will do the roads ; whole lot of good. 'We ar<? very much gratified mat here is no kick coming from any of ur business men or merchants on tie small advance which The Herald nd News matlo in the rate for ad ertising. It is still too low but it ai'ans a little better return. Our anuary business so far is better han usual. We are trying to serve his community and in order to 'give he best service we must receive a easonable compensation for our la or. We are going to give the best ervice that is in us and the veryj iest newspaper that we know how j iow to make, and that means somej nnor Rpnpw vour subscriDtion as i lie time expires and send :-lons your ds. We will do the r?st. There is :olhing in the local iie^d thai will scape the vigilant eye of 31r. R. 11. ireneker who is covering that field, 'hat,is it' it is worm while, and he nows when it is worth while. >E>(KtfI-\ATIO>AL COLLEGES AM) THE STATE. Our friend The lleraia ana .>ews, if Newberry, takes us to task and ; long with us Dr. Douglas for want ng State funds to go to denomina ional colleges. We beg to advise ?ur contemporary that w~ do not vant any of the funds cr e State or denominational coilegt ?. We are ust as much in favor of a complete eparatiori of church and State as any >ne, but we do not wish the State olleges to take our money and the tioney of other people in the name f charity, and use it in competition vith the denominational colleges toj ducate tiie sons of rich men or for j ftat matter ;the sons of any other ;ind of folks. We do not believe hat "fhe~ State has any business us ng "the taxes of all the people of kmth Carolina to destroy the prop rty interests of any part of its Cit zens, and at that property that the Itate itself could not do without. If he St?te, hpwever. must have a loan ucd to assist indigent students then i"1 f V* o f n otllH on + ohflll nftt HP ompelled to attend a State institu ion in order to get the benefit of aid fund. He should be allowed to :hoose his school. <We think that he time has come when the taxpay ers of South Carolina should call iown certain folks who are out to un things their own way without ,ny regard whatever for, the., right?. >f others. The friends of the de ominational colleges have been quiet - to the State as a whole.?Greenwoo.l Journal. No, sir. we ar.- not taking you to task. We are agreeing with the prin ciple lor which you \nd Dr. Douglas are contending as we understand it. but we do not say as you do, that the State should furnish a loan fund to the denominational colleges, and wej Am no*- tiiini- vnn VipHavp in that nrin-! ciple either. We do not favor a loan|| 1 fund bv the State for State collets jj any more than we -1o for dtnoir.ina- !| tional colleges. The o:ate has no busi ness furnishing a loan fund to any one. That is not the proper function of! government. , I i! Our position has long <Decn in favor of the abolition of all scholarships, and we introduced a bill in the leg islature some fourteen years ago to that effect, but it practically died in the committee room by coming out with an unfavorable report. We see the State board of education favors that position now. We say also abol ish tuition charges in all. State col leges or charge etery one, but the farce that we have had along that fnv mnnv vMTo fihnilld no Ion ger be permissible. We agree with you liv.anofcner tiling, that the time has come for the tax payers to< call down certain people who seem to think that they have a right to rule without' regard to the rights of the other fellow. And neith er do we think the State has any business using tne taxes 01 tue peo ple to destroy the property rights ot any set of people. But let us a!) join in the fight agai-ist a State loan fund. The denominational colleges are go ing to live, and they are going to prosper. Don't have any concern about that, and the Baptists in their meeting in Newberry took the proper posiiton in the matter of their sup port. These institutions are doing a I great work for the citizenship of the! State, and we are not saving one word j about the State institutions. t?4. _ niAro cimn Wp correct our mailing lists twice a month, on the first and the fifteenth of each month. All subscriptions on our list expire either on the first or the fif teenth. 'A 11 who have not paid b-ybnd the l^th have been .taken off except a few about whom there is some doubt as to the proper credit. As I soon as these can be adjusted we will j have an absolutely cash in advance list, and promptly on the first and fifteenth of each month all who fail to pay will be taken off.--'Please look at your name and the label and date ? - nonar onH wp hrm* it stands with you. We very much desire that all shall remain with us, but it takes money and a lot of it to buy paper and pay other expenses and in order to keep the mill grinding we must get the money from those who ad vertise with us and from thp subscrib ers. There are a few rich persons who send around pretty regularly and get the paper to avoid paying the small amount of th? price of sub a\'q itat thev dr> not feel iptlUU. * ' . V, WW J good about it, but there has been a long custom in .Newberry not to charge for a copy of the paper. It is a bad custom, but reforms come slow and we are doin.; the best we can. Xow Mr. Breedin wants to appoint a liquor commissioner to Iiave charge of the enforcement of th-e liquor laws and Gov. Manning wants an unlimit ed number of liquor constables. It is proposed, we understand, to pay the commissioner $300 a month and we suppose necessary expenses in traveling. $490 CHEVROLET "FOUR NINETY,, 490 Fullv Equipped Including Elec tric Lighting and Starting System Built In. 5-passenger touring and 2 passanger" roadster tower - economy? com - fort?style Four all important features found in rare combination in the chev ROLET "FOUR- NINETY," a thoroughly proven and tested car, thousands of which are daily giv ing wonderful service. The great est value to be had in a low priced car. Only $490 f.o.b. factor}'. J.. D. QUATTLEBAU M; Prosperity, S. C. KAPLA1V January Beginning Saturd We have decid< goods regardless < the Cash. We hi and we have slice one. Below are bargains. Clothini Men's Suits, a barga now L - Men's Pants from 98c Boys Suits, sizes 4-20 Men's Overcoats Bovs Overcoats Big line of men's shoe . Big line of Ladies ar shoes at sacrifice prices. We are sellir surely be the gaii plain figures. ymm Mid i Every time you re burglars GOT something the money is hidden?TP must to get your money. A Bank's business your money. And when Pi We pay 4 per cen The Natioi u r miA^rnjiru/^ T l LI. V. ITin X 1 ilL< TT V, A . President e rs kj Clearanc ay Jan ZUth and Wi ed to get rid of all V )f prices and profits i ive entirely forgotten d prices down to the quotations of a fe\ Drj ! Outing, ail c i j Ginghams.... Dress Goods i _ -1 in at $15.00 $9.98 up. , $1 48 up. ? : $1 98 up s $2.98 up id. Children's Ladies Spoi j sale price. I r Big lot of La up. I K iff at Clean Sweep F ner. Everything will sperity, South Carolii i Mill yraXlb QJ\Jl JW\ X&zMaj (vuLjtfto i yAs^~Jm.\^jL ^VYVtmsA^ jjis ?r1 in tkft nanp.rs ahnlif a Kuft That's their BUSINESS. Th IATS their business. And the is to have thick walls and strot you need it you can GET it jm at YOUR money in OUR bank. t interest lO I Ronlr nf icu i/uim vi S. JOHNSTONE, H. T. CANN( V/MWU r\99U \??Cv ^PLAN'S :e Sale 11 Last 15 Days Winter and Fall n order to raise i costs of goods reach of every v of the many f Goods olors, 12ic value 10c 6c up at lowest prices. rt Coats worth $4.00, ! $2.98 tdies Coats from $2.48 Vices and vou'll <?< Sb.*_-'c< Xckl nv<?. idiMj 4 :s; flary you'll notice the ley first find out where y will KILL you if they ig locks to PROTECT it the same. Nourlu m; I1VTTUVU )N, W.W.CROMER! shier Awt. C<