The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 11, 1917, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
^,-^s VISIT TO WHIT3IIRE
By Mrs. Ethel Thomas.
(ilenn-Lo>yrj Mfg. Co
One of the finest descriptions Cj
^ magnanimity is Emerson's brief char
f arcterization of Abraham Lincoln;
"His heart was as great as the world
but there .vs no r-oom in it to hoK
the memory of a wro lg." What *
contrast to little, narrow-minded
weazened, ''picayunisli," revengefa
h creatures, who are con'inually look
^ ing for insults, and never forgive eveimaginary
wrongs!
In Mr. Alex Long, president or tn:
I Gienn-Lowry Mfg. Co., one sees z
truly magnanimous man; under hi:
magic influence and direction with th<
combined energy and Zorce of Messrs
Child, Hurt, and other officials plac<
mil) village reminds me of an ugl:
"worm" that has burst from tn<
prison walls of a cocoon <ind develop
ed into a beautiful butterfly of glor
-ious coloring.
W. P. Hurt, superintendent, ha;
been a prime factor in the rapid prog
ress and wonderful development; tn<
'-1 - * 0.1-0 nr? on
T^liOle village IS unueu ;u a ?
rdeavor to make this the Weal mil
town of the state, and no wonder re
suits are so marvelous. I would neve:
have recognized it as the same lac<
I visitd two or three years ago.
I am indebted to Miss Willie Wrenn
the efficient ai*d enorgetlc weirar
lady, for information which I an
, "weaving into this sketch, in additioi
ft to my own eye-evidence.
* 0vr?iM nil trv to remembe
KL nui no ouvutu ?... ?
that mill officials of today get th<
p hearty oc-operation of prosperou
W stockholders, where a few years ag<
i rtrosnerity was not pronounced, am
f improvements of living condition
could not advance so rapidly. Toda;
4 owners wisely decide to improve thei
property rather than contribute al
sur'us profits to the Government to
taxes.
A beautiful park is under way; i
lias swimming pool, hand stand an
playgrounds, and is electric-lightec
This is Superintendent Hurt's deligh
and he hopes to outrival even th
famous Willowbrook Park at .\ew
"berry Cotton Mills.
The "company store* has bee;
done away with, a fact which wii
help Wiiitinire to develop commercial
ly. This is the largest and fines
eton building in the place with hand
tome fponts to its several depart
jf ments. It is to be converted into
* "Community Hall" and will be supeT
ior to any building of the kind in th
Ctate I am sure.
} There will be a circulating librar
a*d various amusements. Here Mis
"Wreon will with her dft&reji
elubs and also teach cookin? and sew
fng claMea.
" ? - - * ^ V..? i
Tfcere "Win oe a nigmi rcqwi t??
^ nights each week under the superv:
#ion Of Prof. Hanna, assisted by Mis
ITreis.
AH Whitmfre is interested in Re
Cross work and a local chapter wa
erganlzed in the auditorinm of tb
^ ?cbool August 24.
I8k A Wonderful Oan*err
The most complete. and at the sans
time, simple, cannery that I hare evi
W aeen. is the one here the invention <
t Ja-s. L. Csrbery. It is attached to th
F ?team pipes just outside the boile
I ^ room at a cost of less than $15. TH
ft capacity is 270 cans at one time. 1
M takes not over 30 minutes for tome
toes and other short process stuff, s
" the daily capacity is 5,400 cans.
^ R. McCall is manager of the cai
aing. He had finished nearly 100
"CJean Up the Bowels and
ir?? Tb Am CUnn"
There a:c many remedies to be
' had for constipation. Lr: the difTiculty
is to procure that rets
Jf without violence. A rcn.c-.!/ that
M piished Ly i;cr*!yJjp
/ R sion is Lv. >"
ft ^7 Laxative Tablets.
\ After using them,
v *** I Mr. N. A. WatiiJcil,
^I5 ^Vashinj;tO!i
lift I have been
troubled with constipation, and have
tried many remedies, a!! of which
;||t seemed to cause pain wirhotit giving:
much relief. I finally tri'd Dr. Miles'
it*?.' 'i-wut- -J * ?V,?? *.-r _
14UICIS MiU IVUIIU lllVTMi
client. Thoir action is j- ^asanr and
'uB mild, and their chocolate tu-ste makes
Wj them easy to tak*. I am mora than
H jrlad to recommend them."
?f "Clean up the bowels and keep
f them clean," is the advice of all
physicians, because thev realize the
danger resulting from hahiiual constipation.
Do not delay too long,
' but begin proper curative measures.
Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets area
new remedy for this old complaint,
vi ereat improvement over the
cathartics you have been using in
the past. They taste like candy
and work like a charm. A trial
twill convince you.
i Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablet* are
sold by all druggists, at 25 cents
a box containing 25 doses, if not
'found satisfactory after trial, return
the box to your druggist and
he will return your money. iX
MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, In*
cans io.* the housewives of the village
j in less than a week and th- delay in
: receiving more cans was causing him
great anxiety. The ladies prepare
r their fruits and vegetables, place them
*? *'? ?-? "VTr- IT 11 t a T." Q c DIPTTI
" III lilt,' L'CtliS lis I'll . .uvv.Uii I.u?vu ?
; from the sterilizing machine and he
, does the rest. I had the deiigiitrul
I pleasure of going to Whituiire in oo-iii
pany with Mr. Cnrbery who boarded
. the train at Carlisle. ;
*i if I could get "Uncle Sam" by* tne
" whiskers i ci make him tt-11 why he's
1 given a Carbery to South Carolina
and not a sign of an equivalent 10 us
2 "Tar Heels." I don't like the way
1 he's using partiality, and! I think sonic3
.body ought to "put a bug in the ear"
J ol our congressmen and demand that
. some attention be paid to North Caro2
line along Carbery lines.
r A Visit to Jeems
a
nid I enioy Whitmire? I should
say so,?stayed in the lovely home or
" ^Superintendent and Mrs. Hurt, ate
I fried chicken .till I now can crow to
3 beat the band and had a big time generally.
*
One treat I'll never forget. While
~ at supper I remarked: "Wonder what
'Jeems' would do if he knew I was
within 21 miles of Newberry where
he is at work?"
a
| "Do you know exactly where to find
him?" askpd Mr. Hurt.
5 "Sure!" I replied; "He's boarding
i with our soil Cecil and his wife.**
1 "All right, then; we'll just go and
j see Jeems!" declared Mr. Hurt, to my
r intense surprise and delight.
e At 7:30 we started?Mr. and Mrs.
5 Hurt, their two charming daughters
9 Grace and Nellie, and I?with Nellie
* ("Dad's girl") at the whee:. :At S: 30
9 we were at my son's home, wnere a
^ torch party was assembled playing
r rook, and you never saw sucn sur-|
* pris d people. We stayed just one
r hour and in spite of a punctured trie
! were only one hour and fifteen min*
utes returning. Oh, how we ukl
sleep! (In defense of Nellie, r must
* ' - ? ? - i ? i _ \
l"' say that Air. Hurt drove. oacK nume. >
"i Overseer^
fs
The overseers of Glenn-Lowry Mill
j have few equals and no superiors. W.
Q A. Morris, carder, will loofc you orer
with cool, critical eye that makes you
wonder what the verdict will be ana
then a sunshiny smile begins to daw*
, in his eyes and bursts into a radiant
glow of good fellowship which .beams
a all over his face. J. M. Wofford is
second hand; Tom Moore and B. H.
e Wardell, card grinders; J. M. voung,
J. C. Grant. E. Brock and A. B. amr
mett section men.
R. P. Gossett, gpinner, is a genial,
^ whol'-souled gentleman, and I h*d me
r.s pleasure of meeting bis interesting
! wife and children. T <Rmt think any
0 one can be more interested in com
I_ nranny worK uai mtrse iwu. vn. ?.
IS Roddy and W. K. Gossett are asciati
ants in spinning; J. I. "West, second
jf hand in spooling, was in hospital;
s Perry Wilbank, Geo. Roof, Joe Roor,
e J. Q. Nelson, L. E. Yarborough, J. L.
Lowery and A. L. MiJlwood are section
men.
e W. F. Howard, wearer, is a Hustler
vr and possesses an attractive personai)f
itj which, coupled with efficiency and
e never-falling courtesy, maxes nim a
?f general favorite. He has three fine
e assistants?J. D. Gdell, W. F. Ezeil
It and T. H. Howard. D. W. Bo stick is
i- slasher foreman.
,0 J. "C. C. Humphries (he desrves an
I those initials) reigns in the cloth room
(.assisted by "W. J. Yarfcorougfc.
>0 The mill is much larger than out
j sides think. There are 1,654 looms,?
} 774 Drapers aad 878 Stafford,?and the
J output is 5-yard goods, ?4?1?*?3S i-~
! inches -wide.
B. H. Herren. -master mechanic, is
a thoroughly competent man. He Is
assisted by Prank Sinclair. Jeroa*
Norris is foreman in tbe carpenter
shop.
R. L. King is roll cover er and bam*
! master, and jxroud of both positions,
| as he has a right to be. Th? barf
has IS pieces and a big reputation.
S. M. Whitley is outside overseer.
I want to thank Mr. Abrams (a jolly
young man in the office), Superat.e*tfent
and Mrs. Hurt, and in fact, every
one I met, for an especially deligihtfu!
and successful canvass for Mill New?.
HIGH SEA SUPREMACY
IS YITUJ, TO ENTEXTF
f
Lloyd fteoree I'-Boat Warfar#
fan Not WeaifH Strength of Brfthh?Allies
]*ast Hare Paffrne?
to Stick
Berkenhead. Eng., Sept. 7.?Premie?
Lloyd George, in a speech here today,
on receiving the freedom of the city
. /lonior-^ tVior r'no -arhnlf* allied cause
vu vmv *' ??
and the freedom of the world depended
on supremacy at sea an that he
was certain it would be maintained.
German statesmen, he said, had beea
at great pains to impress upon their
people that the su^oiurine figures given
out by hizri in- th> honsr- of caramons
recently wer.? inaccurate. He
declared these figures were absolutely
correct and that they put an end to all
hopes of the enemy to win. (
The premier assert;! ho \vas abso- j
lutelv convinced ihat the German sut>
marine im*er would be able to beat
down the strength of the F ritisii Em
pire or beat do.vn *hr. lior.tx of the
alliance by means of a'>l the effort
the Germans coul'i mako vitli t lei
{
submarine.
The premier said that tlie new?:
from Russia in the last few days had
not been good. He thought when the
revolution came that it would have
the : ffect of uostponing victory, Du;
he had expected an earlier recovery, j
"However, through ah we mus: exercise
patience,'' he added.
Mr. Lloyd George said the Russian
leaders, all brave and patriotic
men, knew the enemy attempi in the
Riga region involved the fate or the
revolution, the fruits of whlcn they
would do their best to defend. Under
fire, the Russian leaders were repairing
the machine whlcn Tie had
broken down and he was confident
that in the end they would succeed, j
Effect on Democracy
"What I am concerned about most,"
the premier went on, "is not the effect
which the failure of Russia woul<?
1? --- or.
UiAYC UU LUC vrai, uui iu& vi.
feet it would have on the cause of
democracy in the world/'
It took a long time, said Mr. Lloy<?
George, for oppressed people to get
accustomed to freedom, as it did for
free people to get accustomed to op-!
pression.
"One thing gives me satisfaction,"
"rjormsm to
sow dissension between the allies east
C..~. 4>?j?j
j
I
y 1Z> liPric IV. O
| a $10,000 turnover than half
Mere increase in volume o
balance on the right side,
profit on those sales.
A clerk sells a dollar's won
of ten cents in adding up the
profit's gone. If it's an overc
and perhaps her trade is gone
j I Cashed Ir
Former experience taught i
pends largely upon the correc
So when I opened my new
basis of mechanical accuracy,
ing Machine was the first fixt
i
The first job I used it tor
my new goods, and here alon
of my store, it caught errors
an the machine. If those en
have bitten a fair-sized chunl
i
i
And now it's on the job in
that I get every cent of profil
Cutting? Orsi
There is no guess work in
added up on the Burroughs,
way and we know it's right.
On Saturdays and Monday
adds all the grocery orders <
clerks of that responsibility.
I
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pgwtt?
i
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and thi- allies west failed. Germany
only decided to invade Russia with J
the sword because ;?!; '.*er other methods
and machinations failed.'' j .
Tli: premier .-rfici he ?*ep'idiate<I with I
scorn the calumny that England was '
vncr'Ancihlo frit* tho Vt* Q r 1
"England drew the sword in honor 1
of her pledged word," he declared. <
Far from being despondent about 1
the crisis in the Eastern theater. Mr. 1
Lloyd George said further the people 1
should look forward to Russia with *
hope because she would recover and 1
play a greater part yet before the J
war was over, in saving the world *
from Prussian domination. \ *
"Dark as may be the clouds in th? i
Russian sky," he said, "there is sunshine
on the banners of the allies in
all othe^ theaters of war Hermany 1
may boast her victories in the East
against unresisting forces, but she has 1
her reply in the success of the allies
in til? west and especially the recent
success of the Italians." i
l
War Begran in the Eas*
"German attempts to produce the
impression in Russia that the war was
due to the machinations of England
?i/\t rr,-\Tl c. Vinmo " PATI fit! 11 Ad t.hft
lia VC UWC CjVilV, UWMIV,
premier.
"The war began in the East and not
in the West," said Mr. Lloyd George.'
"Russia was the first in because she|
undertook to champion the cause ot
Serbia. France was brought in because
she had undertaken a solema
treaty in obligation to stand by Russia'
in cast of a nattack. Belgium was
i
brought in because she was on the d'i-j
rect road to France. Great Britain i
I
5 9 | |? |p* * |
For M]
Pi
C. S. King, the King M
cr business to get all the profits on
the profits on a $20,000 one.
f sales is no guarantee of a ledger
You've got to get a just and fair
? of groceries and makes an error
slip. If it's an undercharge, your
:harge, your customer's confidence
s. You lose either way.
i on Experience
tic that getting all the profits de:t
addition of small amounts.
store I determined to put it on a
?- -
That's wny my tsurrougns r igurure
that I put into the store.
was checking up the invoices on
e, before I had opened the doors
enough to pay the first installment
rors had gone through they would
: oat of my profits.
the store every day assuring me
. . 4
t tnat is coming to me.
* the Guess Work
our figuring. Every sales slip is
It is added quicker than the old
*?our busiest days?the cashier
on the Burroughs, relieving the
NG AND BOOKKEi
IT COSTLY ERRORS-S/i
hma dm ^
was brought in because she ha/, gives
iier word to defend Belgium.
"Russia ^as th first in the frav
,rmd not the last and the leaders of
[he Russian democracy Knew that.
That is why th v have not moved from
their loyalty to the allies despite all,
the Prussian subterfuge and trlcx?ries.
Had Russia been a democracy
n 1914 she would not have allowed
i country of men and women her own
dth and kin to be unscrupulously
;rammellf-d down by a confederacy or
nilitary autocracies. Democracies are
>ure!v not less likely than autocracies
:o defend the weak and any one who
?9 ? -s : ? i m 1
*ays a Kussian aemocraey iu un
ivonld not have defended Servla K
libeling the people of Russia.
"Beyond and behind all these things
monies; the great republic of the West.
Her instinct taught her tTiat freedom
is in real jeopardy and you can
bear the tramp of her men and the
hammering of her anvils. The central
powers are dealing, and thev know it.
with a country that has never been
beaten on acout of her great re-1
sources. They possess the qualities
that make for enterprise ancr endur-l
ance. I
Defeat Unknown to Her
"Defeat would be a new experience'
for America and she has no taste for
it. (Cheers and laughter). Unless I
am mistaken in the news comrng rrom
America she is talcing steps mat win
once more inflict that experience upon
her foes.
"For all these reasons I ask you to
be of stout heart."
"With the whole united strength or
our people we will win," the premier
j Store
r ?
y
ere untile Co., Jopim, Mo.
I check every invoice, and the e
alone will soon make the price of tl
In a cash business like ours, acci
than in a Dusiness wnerc you nav?
a customer is gone, you have no c
But in any store, cash or credit,
one that turns profits on paper in
And that's a Burroughs.
98 Burroughs
No business is too small for
Burroughs models make one possil
as for the largest business.
^ - 1- 1 1 4
nonsuit your ekuxkci vi
nearest of the Burroughs offices
Canada.
/
Burroughs Offices are also m,
cities of the world.
EPING MACHINES
VEJ/ALUABLE TIME^
: ride:!, "but v/e shall only just vrn.
We will need all our strength .so eta n't
let us thro vi* away. It Is a mtginy
foe which has set itself to ^esfcrop
tins empire and lr win tawe au aux
strength to beat it."
PLEASE KEEP THI*
Paste It Cp Somewhere arid Be- lltSc?
to Answer Questions Yoursrii.
Every now and then ?ome one rails
The Index and wants to know
"mean annual temperature" of Greenwodd.
and the altitude. This letter is
easy to remember, it is 687 feet. The
mean annual temperature is net
easy because thpre is a decimal In lt_
Here it is as furnished by Mr. Ri'c&anJf
H. Sullivan who is State M reea
gist Cask Dr. S. C. Hodges if yon
not know the meaning of this nanr,
he?Dr. Hodges?being a zrrratt&mr
meteorologist. Well" Mr. S&rTrVsis
says that an observation from Zfr tryV?
years gives Greenwood an armval
mean temperature or ni.tj. this spaaed
is sixty-one and six-tmtfty T!j?
highest a^prasre mon*h is July s
flat record of 80 for the wenty er
more years and the lowest aTtsrsg?
month is January 42.8. Ttie record
by months follows: January
February. 43: March '3.2; Apri? "8&7~
May 71.4: June 78: July 80: AHgasf:
78.8; September 73.5: Tctober tSt:
November 52: December 43.3". Teaxfjr
average of 61.6. Please cut tins
and paste it somewhere. It wfflf ^
worth keeping. It also prov(>s- Greenwood
has as good a < .'mate as zjxv ofljer
place you can mention.
[ought
TTors I'm catching on this joble
machine seem insignificant>
irarv is ever, more important.
*
; charge accounts. For, after
hance to correct your errors.
the first fixture to get is the:
to profits in the bank.
i Models
~ D ..r.Uc oe
a UUllUU^llO cuiu UJV ->-w
ble. for the smallest, as well
ne book for the address of the
i in the United States and
tin tain ed m other principal
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l?sa PRirF.D AS.
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