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Xatrred at the Postoffice at New h ~~~f, S. C., as 2nd ciass matter. J? ? AULL, editor. Tuesday, February 6, 1917. MODERATION! Mr. Andrew D. White, one of our. American men 01 tetter declares tliar j during many scjjurns abroad he saw - no drunkenness among the wine-j drinking peopLs of Europe. And adds these words which, though few I in number, contain a well-nigh per- j feet statement of the true philosophy j of the drink question: "It is my earnest conviction, basi-a; upon wide observation in my own country as well a3 in a any others j duriLg about half a century that the American theory and practice as re gards the drink question are gener ally more pernicious than those of! any mother civilized nation. i am no'' now speaking of total abstinence-' of that, more, presently. But the best ! temperance workers among us thai I know are the men who brew light, pure beer, and the wine-growers in California who raise and sell at a; yery low price wines pleasant and \ -aoiMtorv if am' wines can be so." * J , ?-~m. The famous Max O RpII, type of the! finished cosmopolite, has a notable | remark in this connection: "The more nations I make acquain-l tance with the more convinced I am \ that, in spite of his defects and vices, the Frenchman is the happiest man on earth. He kDOws how to enjoj I ! life, and though moderate in all his j *-~ nf all the erood' SSOlUi, UC yai iuaw v>. ? things of life without making a fooil of himself. In France the teetotaler! 'is unknown, as is also the drunkard; the one being a consequence of the - other." So Anatole France: "We French ar.e prudent, and the virtue of moder ation is in our very bones." / "" l The above is clipped from the ed- \ itorial columns of the Columbia Rec-; ~--J ji?ro The Quota-' Ui U u; a i.v u __ tions so fully set forth our position on subject mentioned vthat we simply quotj the article to remind our read ers that has been the position o: The Herald and News for a long time. i i Some of the prohibitionists are ttie most' intolerant ul our people. And the most int.mperate. We should not cniy preach temper ance but we should practice modera- J i tion and temperance in all things, i Editor Koester of the Greenville: Piedmont says that he has been over! the State a good deal recently, and j that he has talked with prominent men of -both factions in the State, and that; the trend of thought as he found it is the abolition of factionalism and for the people to g;t together for the advancement and upbuilding of the' State, and that the way to accomplish that is to advocate measures and not! men. and to get some big and broad and farsesing man to lead the people, and they v/ill follow. One who has not been prominently Identified with any faction. The trouble is to find sucU a man *ho ha? not spoken out a3 to whore he stands. If he is a bi^ r:an with bread vision and independent think ing lie has taken position on one side or the other. The people should go ahead and elect the test men for the positions to be filled regardless of how they stand on factional issues, but our ex-! perience is that those whom we call \ our best men and biggsst men are the ones who drew the lines closest in j the recent election and voted party lines more closely than any others., They would admit that certain men were best fitted for tire positions they ! were seeking, but they could net vote, for them on account of their politics.J ?We rather think we shall have io go along just as we have been for srme time. Y.'e notice that a preposition is be fore the Ie0l~r?.'.u:e to cut down v.o:-:: in ail manufacturing establishments to ten lir r_ a Wo were just ' * * 1" CV b'"31;* L ^ C V to u.J C&.lul \\ c niX \ to increase farther our advertising rate as v.\l: as ir.-.:rer.33 car subscrip tion so i--- wo xnis?t employ one ot two .11. o men. Y;o row work about twerr.y Lours the day. V/c vjuIU ii--:e to asl: v.iiat lias l?e-. con:2 ci the two committees which were appointed by tb.2 Press associa tion some months ago to look into the newspaper print situation. Mr.,\ Jordan is the chairman of one and soon after tlie meeting he sent to us for $2.50 to defray the expenses; of his committee and v/e have heard! nothing from it sme . Mr. Mims is ( the chairman of the other and he was to gather some information and call his committee together, and we have heard nothing from him. If anything is to be done for the; suffering patient it seems to us that I it should be done before death claims : the victim. What have you to say, I gentlemen, and chairmen? Let us know if vou are doing anything, and j 1 if you can't do anything let us know i This suspense is terrible. And in the meantime the price of print paper: does not come down any i The Siate's paragraphs remarks: j "Paul Revere was a hero, but he' never had to ride in an automobile in w frnm Dionin f r\ T.fttln ,i (< :; u.?, y 11 urn v.- iuvw** tain.'' We are pi rased to learn that you "had that pleasure. We have been trying for seme time to get the Co lurnbia people to help us do some- J thing to have this read put in repair, or to get the main Piedmont highway , changed so as to c^me from Spring Hill around by Capers Chapel, and to see if we could not get the people along this way to do something, if the Chapin folk can't get anything done for the other road. It is very little if any further and there are no big hills. Stir up th? 'Columbia peo ple, Mr. Paragrapher, and we will help you at this end. j A LITTLE tfOKE SHOP TALK This is a little more shop talk, j If your subscriptino is paid in ad vance it is not necessary for you to reau it. we mienaea to taiK ims > / shop in the last paper ^nd as we did i not we are sending this issue to all j whose time expired on the first or; February. We have also mailed post: cards to all of them. We hate for! any one to miss an issue because we v know what you are missing and for, that reason we are giving you this j nnrwrrtiTnitv tr? r>j>v hofnro +'no no-v-* sue. There are not many whose time went out with February. But there are some and we want you to remain with us. That is. ii'. you want to remain. There is no danger to the German consulate in Charleston. It was un necessaiy for Gov. Manning to have te!eplioned to Sheriff Martin to pro .e^t the consulate. One of the best measures we have seen proposed in the legislature ai tin's session is that by Mr. Xiekles ol Abbeville to provide for a systematic dragging of the roads with the olci^ split leg drag. And ;o provide ic pay for the work. We wish we could see that our own Newberry delegation could be so progressive as to have; some such law passed and then pro vide the means to have the wor> done.! A'ot simply make an appropriation.} If they would, then we would have better roads. It is too much to ex pect individuals to drag the reads. Even if you do expect it, they 'era not going to do it. The house has killed the propose! bill to give the governor the power to remove sheriffs. That was a wise killing. An examination of the monthly re port of the county supervisor, pub lished in this issue, will show a bal ance on hand for every item excei-t commutation tax. and yet the county has been giving those who work for it an "I. 0. U." for several months, even the item of county% officers salar ies. The Newberry delegation in the legislature some years ago passed an act making appropriations for eacn item of expense, and keeping them all separate, which is a fine system and, then making an appropriation for each separate item, which is also a fine system. It takes a little more bookkeeping but each report shows just what is being spent for each item of expense in running the government. Of course, there are certain items liVp 'salaries that tlie delegation knows y."--i how much it v.-ill take to pay that, and can fix the appropriation with some degree of accuracy. Other e c "'lure-.* : ?. to l o e^'mato*.!. *' O fry i ; > *1 r !iC el' t .] V : " r 2Z17Q- Of the n-,i. T w> v * r.'1 Bat tlie .tfie delegation never ? vi.'C > a ? r' t "i pi""l the expenses of tlie county, -er ot the annronriati ;ns ms *o in tlie it?'r,l!1 an.l v.hlle the yaportpuhiishert today s>o\vs p. cash balance in all the items the countv 1?:is been on a credit for . several months and people who do work for it have either to wait about \ a year for their rnoroy or have the j claim discounted, and the same is I true of the county officers. '-And now j the delegation we see has a bill to j borrow some S2f5,OCO to pay past in-; debtedness and is levying a half mill j tax to pay it and the interest, and if, the levy remains where it has beei and the expenses remain the sam< even, and they are likely to be more it will be necessary to borrow agaiz another year, and have the people wn< work for th ; oounty do the work 01 a credit. It is not good business sense. The bills have to be paid an.* just as wen proviae enougn 10 mee the actual expenses of the county a; to borrow money from year to year as has been done now for severa years. and have interest charges t< provide for. We notice from the report of Cliie State Constable S. M. Duncan as puu llshed in the News and Courier tha the exnerse of the constabulary, w< suppose that, stationed at Charleston cost the State the past year $16,812.21 He also states that lie captured anc destroyed 1.186 1-2 gallons of whis key, which lie estimates at ,50 cents a half pint, and 15,757 bottles of beer winch he estimates at 25 cents a bot tle, imkin? a total for whiskey o: ?9 490 00 and the beer $3,939.25. Thai must have beei? very fine whiskey and an excellent quality of beer. Ttu whiskey is put down at SS.00 a gallon IU:t why estimate its value at all, be cause he poured It in the se\ver. Mr Duncan also says that he has beer \ery much hindered by some of the rulings of the magistrates which, were "contrary to law and common sense.' Why not let the governor remove such magistrates. He has the powei to remove magistrates. The report also says that the constabulary has 34 convictions and pleas of guilty re alizing $3,900 in fines. NOT NECESSARILY WA R, What The Herald and News maj say or think about the war situation does not amount to much and will have no influence one way or the oth er. We do think some of the papers are saying too much. It looks now that we may have war with Germany but somehow we have felt all the time that President Y/ilson was goin'^ to avoid war. Just how he is coin? to do it we do not know, but somehow \vc ji;st fee! that there is going tc be seme way to avoid it. Germany has not broken any prom ise in the matter of her submarine rt-. t ~<"o >-r> tllO TVnn to T1 =s lift S been that she ci:l not do this very thing long ago. England early in tin war put a blockade on Germany ant. kept' her from getting any of our col fon, and we cannot see much differ ence if Germany can place a block ade 011 England and shut off war mu nitions and food supplies. It may result in an early termination of tin war. We hope so. The Greenville Piedmont about ex presses the situation as it appears U us and we are going to quote the sum mary mace by this paper: "la the exchanges over the sinkint of the Sussex, Germany agreed u sink 110 ships without warning am nrinArfnTiitTr nf pcmtp tf) thosft Dl them, except ships which shov/ed figh or attempted to escape. German: aid not try to make a bargain out o putting restrictions upon ~-submarin< warfare, but did point out: "1. That entente nations violate; international law, not only as to le;a commerce between neutral nation: and tho~e of the central alliance, bu a'so C3 to commerce between one ncu trnl nation and another neutral na tion. *2. That ;h?s interference with legi timate commerce, carried on conirar to international law, was an illega v.ar measure adopted for the purpo*< np weaken Gernany and her ai lies. -3. That neutral nations which per mitted this megal interference wit! their legitimate commerce were 110 only permitting an injury to them selves but were aiding the entente t< injure Germany and her allies. "4. That if neutral nations c.ontin ued to permit this illegal entente in terference with, their commerce 1 would create a situation which wouk compel Germany to remove the re strictions as to submarine "warfart and meet illegality with illegality. ''There was no reason for Presiden Wilson to have been ''incredulous/' V has always boon in the power of thi< country, without war or danger o v'P.v9 u) roTP. *-i nruions u }n *-?pf*ord3DCi V."! * ** 1 o r'* 'r^ r\v* ? r /*? * r> o ,- r* > T ]r\ rV P c J py7t*+ > ^/>y* P*t7^t)AOT| * V . 1 ^ ' Prc^iQO' 1 wlis n I-' himssJi ? V A "? 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"If Prp^ifiAnt Wilson and congress harf no intpnt'on of armlvine: th** pres sure to r^m^el re^nert for nentra' pnmmproe that it "wns in their r>owe! to apply, ^rid if the7 tc i make war upon Germany, should she i J resume unrestricted submarine war-; I l'are, it was their duty immediately < '' upon receipt of the Sussex note to i 1 l'ave started preparing this country 31 for war. < !; many conditionally agreed to restrict < i That Sussex note, in which Ger- < ! submarine warfare, was delivAre>n i 1; nearly a year ago. During that time. 1 tj working with the feverish activity I J that h.is characterized the European 1 j nations engaged in tbe war, we could ' ' i have drafted and drilled an army or 1 j miliicns, piled up huge stores of muni- I 5 jtions, constructed many submarines : and airplanes and otherwise prepared j for instant aggressive action the L j moment Germany resumed unre- ( _; stricted submarine warfare. Did V/il- j ^, son and congress think German} wa.? : biuftinti when she said that she wcnUi : resme submarine arfarf- f ';-:o il legal entente inter! ire nets with nei: trai commerce wer-j no* stopped? It" so, they know beucr now but nr;ch valuable time has been lost. Possibly, had they not de-eiv^d themselves with the thought that Germany was bluffing,'they would have either fully Tepared this country for war or have i prevented any possibility of war over ! the submarine question by freeing neutral commerce from illegal in tor j ference by the entente navies. It }.? not German militarism brt navyism that has brought us to th*i brink of war." Somehow we just feel thnt Presi dent Wilson is soincr to be the instru ment through which peaor4 v*i!l come *o the world and this world wa3 will come to an end. We call attention to the statement of the trustees of the city schools as to the needs of the schools. All that is necessary is for you to read this statement and you will see the nec essity for the additional money which the trustees ask at this time. We wish we had more space to give some additional reasons for granting tne request of the trustees but the simple statement which they make should ue sufficient. UrPYCTABUf T* 4 ITP L)liU-ll3 1VUll fcl'J LaTIOX CUJILY ! German Ambassador Waiting for De nurture to be Arranged by Sv.iss jlmister. Washington, Feb. 3.?Having ^e .eived passports for himself, his farn j ily and his suite, together wlih a note i explaining why President Wilson has j severed diplomatic relations jetvreeii ! the United States and German;.-. Jou?ti ! Von Bernstorff tonight v;as waitin ; ! fm* ll i ^ rlo".a i?l n vj f r\ Kn o *? -rs\r1 V. TJ j WAO avi'Ui un V tyj CLL 1 U1UUU UJ j the Swiss minister. The minister, Dr. Paul Ritler, lia3 cabled Berne for formal authority to take over Germany's affairs here, nna j when it is received he will call on Sec SYSTEM 0] UiiUYt i'-VW When you do your the FEDERAL RESERVE STRONG bank before h c We are cne of a ts protection of our deposit Cur bank can take / , r?r r\ \ n \r time and get iov, oii. B. C. MATTHEWS, T. I President retary Lansing ar-d arrange details. Count Tarnowski, the new ambassa dor from Austria-Hungary, who has not yet presented his credentials to rresiuem wason, uenieu nimseir to callers today and tonight, and official confirmation of reports that his gov Brniuont had taken action similar to :hat of Germany was not Obtainable at :he embassy. It is taken for granted :liat when such action is taken reia :ions also wiii be broken with the v'lenriJi Government. it is still vnoo nrn what action will e 11 ken by Turkey. Eieiiual Day. The Germa?. a:- ba r:-Pucr s ciTi :ial day in his embassy ."as an evem iul one. His friends noticed that while -.c. vr-iivi^c] a!! bis ccstemary courte sy anil Me i liis best to appear pleas ant. actually he was deeply aTectea m<l gravely apprehensive at the pros pect of the future. The ambassador shortly after 10 >Vlo<'k received a correspondent of :he Associated Press it his study. The embassador was busy writing checks !or perscnal bills. He swung arouna in t'*e chair at his desk. "Wdl.lie said smilingly, and of !ering his hand, "what do you henr :Tns mom:n':? Am I ~o*ng to be uric7 a'-!0 N"n information? Well. [ have none either. I haven't heard i word." j\.c fhn t.aik ^riftei to prosreots o* and the smhns^anor pxnr^cogrt v.^-conn! rnvnion *vat it was not pi^^bab1*3. ?Mrr>n *'*atf<">T?s were jroken off that the Unit*3'} States r.i?ht continue efforts in that direc ion. a telephone bell r'n^'e^. Tbe irrhn<?=:ido'- rirked nn the receiver. ;mi)in?. He was nniet for a ^om^n?. ?-rm tbo expression on his face hanged. Priiate Citizen .israin, "You say relations "have been brok jr and tiiat the president is going to longressr Are you surer ?eu, may >e that's so. No I have no comment o make and nothing to say. If that s true, I am a private citizen again." The ambassador turned to the cor espondent ant -3ked that verification )f the report lie had heard be obtain 'd. This was done and the ambassu lor quickly walked into the next room o carry the news to the Countess Von Sernstorff. >Alien lie came back into his study lis eyes were moist and he said: 'So it is really true. I'm sorry, however, as you know, I expected :r. never expected anything else. Therv vas nothing left fcr the United Sterns o do. I wonder how I a in going to rot home? I certainly am not sur irised at the action thru has been aken. My people in Berlin v.:'] nor >o surprise- ei,T:rr. They knew what. va*? when t;*nT" declared uii estrictel submarine warfare. How ;vr>r. i have ?*'n:r>Iy been he^e to car v ?oMt tlie o-'lers of my government tnd I have done so.'' >eivS)?jipcr iron Call. After Assistant Solicitor Woolscv, )f the State Department, at 2 o'clock lelivered the ambcssnrfor's pa-wporn uid the note frcrn Secretary Lansing. /! RAL RESERVE ? BANKS iwionai banking with us you do it wi system of banks. Our ban :ould become a member. $>?: army of banks which S FA srs. its secui'itk-s our Whn y o a r .: * c 7 f 3 i vs c 1 YOUR U J . ~ 1 B . _ J_ f ^.^>7 |p n . /. # &? ?\???v ?> X* *.t ii ?JS B ?1S mf*j~ ' v?> V><<? xL . JOHNSTONE, H. T. CA^J^ Cashier Asst. C a fcrcup of ne'A^pdiier correspondents went in. The ambassador, as is the cjstom, s.n down under the portrait 01 rne i-.u^eror and opened the convention by saying: 1 a.xi very glad to sec all you gen tlemen. : ur what interest c$n you. - ave in me now? 1 am a private citi zen a;:a.!i." '' ?\ ;ien I am going home? l"&on t k':ow. You'll ha\e to ask the'Swiss m'niste" thaf. Procedure? I -.don't v ; at o;:her. This is my firstxjex Lerionee of this kind and I will ha\e -,?i myself regarding what shalt"^ be done." ? s^dor was told that the United States would take necessary s' -p ' to protect American life ana p^orerty on the seas and was asked wl'p*. would happen. ' " 'o * '.x >-??-? n **0f' Ti Ck ran' itl I c^r.'t say about that. If 'American ?.'?>* hi2re srcing; to convoy ships carrying ammrn:t?on?well really, i can't say what will happen." atv' the ambassador shrugged his g"i"! ivi'derfi. He said he expected to stay In Washington for the present because in view of the situation on the seas he r?:fi not see how he was going to return to Germany. Secret Service 3Ian Calls. The interview over. Count Von Dernsinrff went into an adjoining parlor and there conferred for half an hour with William Nye, of the United States secret service, who had called for one of his "men to remain constantly with the ambassador dur ing the remainder of his stay in the United States. For. Personal Protection. This step was taken as a measure of persona! protection. Soon after the ambassador called for his automobile and went for a drive through the parks. A secret service man jumped on the front seat beside the uniformed chauffer just as the car was pulling away from the embassy. Count Von Bernstorff od aerveu mm a. uiuau sumc, xzt? returned to his embassy in an hour, saw a few visitors and later enter tained a few close personal friends at dinner. At the piers of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg American Lines in Hoboken additional guards were placed. A report that preparations had been made to scuttle or disable the vessels in tT,p ev^nt of hostilities between the Unifei States and Germany was vigorously denied by Commodore Haii3 Ruser. in command of the Vaterland, the largest of the German steamships. Besides the St. Louis and the Adri atic vessels which, cleared today, at the customs house for early sailing, vr.ro the Brit:~h steamship Cavour for ^[ '.nchester; the Rochombeau, French,, for Pordf-aux; He!!'"? O'av (Dart.). for Coron^aT". ard the Texe!, Dutch, for Rotterdam. The fruit cultivation of this coun try is largely engaged in by women. California has a number of success ful growers. 1 ^ffi -- <m nkin?ii\ Bank! ith a Member Bank of k had to show it was a NO TOGETHER for the ! Reserve Bank at any bank i OU can get m? i ION, W. W. CROMER acK^ov A ccf tpr i