University of South Carolina Libraries
Mk aii0 ||m& 'Entered at the Postoifice at New. terry, S. C., as rfcid class matter. E. IL AULL, EDITOR. Friday, April 12, 19IS. YISIT TO THE BOYS. Reports from Washington indicate that the boys who have been in the training camps for some time will soon be moved to the firing line over the seas. In fact the report is that they are moving them just as fast as T>A.7o{sin mrwfl thorn and that ii> is iu uivv v4aw?, they will be taken to England f<fc further training with the English be. fore going over to France. In view of these dispatches the rumor became current that the boys at Camp Sevier would be among those to go, and it was also stated that the boys had been ordered to get rid of their personal belongings and to send their trunks home. In view of thes3 statements a great many of those who had sons and relatives at Camp Sevier have been gcing there to see the boy? r.itntx mnro before thev STO. I went over on Sunday to see my boy s);d spend a few hours with him, and had arranged to take the trip through the country with Walter Richardson, bnt he phoned late on j. +h?jf if wnillH Tin* OcttUiUctV 4 V, <rvv..M be convenient for him to go, and I went on the train. After it turned so cold and rained I was glad that he could not make the trip, because those who were there in cars had a time getting back, so Mr. John Danielson tells me, and he made the trip in h^s Ford. The roads are none of the best at any time, and after such a rain they must have been bad indeed. I was glad to find the boy in such " " ? J 1..nHU o,-,* good spirit ana m goou ueauu a.uu ready and expecting to go at any time. I wanted to cheer him up and reassure him that T was interested in him and willing to do anything that T could that he wanted, though that wa3 not necessary because he knew ft alrpadv. I have no fear about hi=? doing his duty and making a good soldier, and I know that there will be no murmuring or complaining on his part, and I believe that is true of all our boys. They are anxious to movs, the monotony of one camp Secbmcs tiresome anfi the boys get restless, and while I am glad that our boys , have been close home while they have been in training, and would like for them to remain,' still that is a selfish view, and I believe that it would be better for them all if they were moved, even if it were only from one camp to another, until they are ready to go over seas. When they will be moved, of course, ?hey do not know, but they are expecting that some move will be matte very soon. They will probably po to some other camp for a short whi!e before they are sent abroad. That, as T understand it. has been the custom in moving the boys heretofore. The infantry is what they are moving now, and I understand quite a lot have been taken from Camp Jackson. whils others have "been sent in. And it is also true that in some camps per sonal Deionsings nave ueen uiucicj sent ..home and the boys remained m the same earnn for quite awhile. The government does not advertise the movement of troops, and I reckon that is th? best. rrd while I believe that the irfirtrv division at Camp Sevier will he move,-] pretty soon T do not L-r?/vcr flnv mnrp nhrmf it. than anv One else, and yet we all know that if we are to help fight this war the men must be moved to the front just a.i soon as they are properly trained and the transportation arrangements can be made . T pray that all of them may come back to us, but that is not probable. But I want to see all of them go like men and with a determination to do their duty and let the consequences take rare of themselves. And that's what they are going to do. T did not get out io the camp bur spent the few. hours T had in Greenville. The boys were all on leave anrl the city was thronged with them, ani they are a robust and hale looking lot of fellows, and have the appearance of being wo 11 kept and well trained so far as health sroes. And they ar~also a happy lot of fellows. T'v^ry tin>n T vo to GrronWllt' T lik~ the c"" ' : ::<! wi.-Ii I har"! ; jo ryr>r :hr r if?>*.*.-? ''I'll I TVO'l ' will rJre 0 j-.!) j"- i . ' . .. r :)fytor ' ;* "'(! ta'-h enough to it to buy :? !iv!;;:: "believe that he has ino'Te a -r : 7 p 711 jrf):7>cr oy0r r^n?n ! week (lay if the boys are not moved before I can tf;et leave of absence from The Herald and News. E. H. A. On account of the failure of some plates to reach us we were late with the last issue and missed some of j mails, but the paper got there all the 1 same. Mr. McAdoo says he is wearing half soled shoes and patched pants that the boys may have more leather for ; shoes and wool for clothes. All cf us must do that. We must stint in many ways before this thing: is over. Newberry county is sure to receive ' one of those flags for having taken [ more than her portion of the third Liberty Bonds. But every one must get busy and do his part. This is a time for Cooperation and nx>t for criticism. "We can not win the war if the rne^i alnno fifht if " Thnt i<a "\Tr. | McAdoo said in his Columbia speech l to the women. Every one must do his part and those who are not in the i fighting are just as important parf I of the big war machine as any others, if they will do their part, and the women as a rule are doing theirs nobly. "I have no doubt that those lines will hold, and I thank God that America's valor is now asserting itself upon that front." said Mr. M? Adoo in his Columbia speech on Wednesday. And Mr. McAdoo is right. I That line will never be broken by the Germans and when it is found th?.e they can not break it then will start the drive for Berlin. WE RECOMMEND TOTtlf LESS. \ | When your eyes trouble you think of I P. C. Jeans, the Optometrist, who will give yoa satisfaction or your money refunded. 1\ i\ JEANS VXD COMPANY, Optometrfsts and Jewelers. MnHMnHMMnnnHBHB] "Dolly > W V A -or a V | Utility Stand c i | for onlyj $1.49 each with e Utility Stand, I American black wnnd almost wnr ; gold, 28 1-2 inch< | long, 11 inches w I cle in furniture ih ; the family for gei ; increase in value < ; and graceful in piece of furnitur< : the hard kr . cks c Baski Both baskets 1 l c&iiu mauv ux iiaxu beautiful Missio: inchcs^high. ggSI The demand of th %gj&?'An "Army" of w< ? x %/USL UZ/iUtr/UU^/ICC . Call to see tl while the bi i w w y,?. . ! Hamni), - ?.. ?. A > <-*5 V?:\ JOS. T. BUT* - 1226-1220 Main St. I , -rr-- ^rsr^-rr^.^xss:^ f Coy. Manning has issued a proclamation setting apart next week as a j week to be kind to animals. Evcrv ! \\veeK snoum ue siicn a wee*. ia-* ; man who is not kind to animals i'-. i . lacking in some-tiling. J { The Calendar society will me?' Monday afternoon at 4:30 with Miss Annie Bynum. ; Mr. Ira L. Clamp, Jr., is now witli Haltiwancer and will be glad to have his friends call to see him. PURELY PERSONAL* i The Herald and News has run for 1 many years what it terras a purely personal column. This is not that column but the editor received a few days aso a letter which we are constrained to print without giving the i name or residence of. the writer. It is in a sense personal, and yet it is not marked personal, and no doub* the writer,, if a few of the remarks were left out, would not object to it* publication over his signature. We I hope he will not be offended by its ; publication, because if there is any ; one that should be offended possibly, ; it is tne editor, but he is not In the ; least sensitive on the subject. ?o? We make these remarks by way of | introduction, so that if any of the j readers of The Herald and Xercs should object to the reading of purely personal matter, though not offensively personal, they may skip this column th;* time, because this pur^i"" personal refers exclusively to the 1 editor. That those who read thi=> column may more the fully under ( stand the tenor of the remarks by tho I editor, we will print the letter before | we proceed any further. Here it is: ?o? March 9, 1918. i Col. E. H. Anil. ' Newberry, S. C. j Dear Colonel: I have just read something in toj day's State that constrains me to conI gratulat" the editor of The Herald land News t*1^ at last it appears that j hi?- many-yeais' fight for eliminating :iinco Imtofji! an/l rlanfArrwic rrOes I inps between Newberry and Prosperj itv has been won and his dreams soo.i ? will be happily consummated and hi? i <nip of joy be full. And this leads mo j to say further in a most friendly nMMnHHHnnnBHBnraMK' Ia rden" in d Basketable ivery cash purchase of $5 made of genuine walnut, a rare ^ r /vt* 4* -4 -+*% til ltd wtigiit 111 2S high, 18 inches ide. A real artilat will remain in lerations and will every year. Neat || design-?a sturdy Is e that will stand >f long service. . stable landsomely lined wood and metal, ?1 oak finish, 29 3 ,!* r . eijt e times^is for? omen?.to sew and knit \ d?to do your bit. ' lese beauties g sale is on. & ?: f* C* I / -y f f > -iV &?> :* ' ^ C* i- * ^3* f. "V T ' ' < ' '{ -' * .' ' ?. % '. . I . , . ! .' ?. burr* '{ vP H I Si KT 1 r* ?<-t fVewoerry, b. v. s, e! SZZZEOtZTZ* "y,., '-- . spirit, what a power for good that same editor would be if "V would use those splendid talents of his always in the right direction, and not get so cross, and so irritable and spiteful with some of his best friends?friends who admire him for his abilities and progressive spirit, who unwillingly be come estranged from hiin?and say such naughty things?and if he would cut himself loose from some of his associates?political and otherwise. There is more good in him than ho has ever allowed to come to the surface?he has throttled his amiablene^ nnH kinrlnpca nf hpart with outburst? of incivility and discourtesy that have sadden^l many of his admirers. I seem to be getting along well herj ?enjoy my work and the people and a "crazy" about my children, as the young maidens say .vhen expressing a/lmir.it'nn Again congratulating you upon th? near fruition of your earnest an'] unselfish efforts in cutting out thos< abominable crossings, I am, Yours very truly; Ask Charlie Bowman if the above isn't true. ?o? TXT* AitM ? Ml AV?/3 U/SAOl1f?A TITO i "ve tiicitm wm menu, ucv-ctuoc r??, believe that he is our friend, for the complimentary portion of the letter, and none the less do we thank him for the other portion, which some may construe as severe Criticism. We have .possibly been too indifferent as to what people thought or said of ??s. so long as they did not take us for a. fool. And posiblv we have played that game more strongly than ar.y other. ?o? We are sorter like the Irishman. He was digging a ditch alongside th-2 road and some one came along and cussed him for all sorts of things that he could think of, such as thief and scoundrel, and he ditched right on. Finally he fused him for some trival thin? and the Irishman immediately threw down his pick and got out othe ditch and gave his cusser a 'rood licking. A gentleman who hannened to hear it asked the Irishman fiVv hs ' n'-'l ' ike : M them other op:?he..s and then fight for something that didn't amount to much. "Well," said the Irishman, "T knew T was none of them, but T didn't exactly know what this other was and I might be it, and therefore I thought I couldn't stand for it." Xow, mind you, I said T wa? sorter like the Irishman. T know I am nnnp of thp bad thin is That thpv c?.v / V I Ltoe Dt L before i I peoples Buy a I the dav a u Iwnen to men1 empty t If you I fore?1 woman of Free may co pressior tp^vJOBranHKiatttHMn Mil i i m inn ?? .% : ??r w J if fe S 5! lie t i\ | j of nie, because I am a mild mannered s'M't of human, and am trying to dr. my duty, and to be polite and co.irtei O'-is to every one, and if I fail it is , , not my fault, but I don't know that I would stand for everything and turn : both cheeks. I might not, and then j . this other thing, I might be it, and i if called it I might resent it. Hut i ' I am a peace loving ar.d long suJTer-, ; ; in;r sort of individual who strives to . j-.attend to his own affairs and not to > ! meddle in the affairs of others, and a sort of stay at home human, who pre; i fers his home to trotting around and ! listening to idle gossip. Despite the i I remarks of my friend, I have an * ? ? * ? 1 i ?v,:ij_? | amiaoie disposition ana iuvy uurcu , 1 and would rather serve a friend thai. 11 to be served. j But my purpose in printing this h , j that .it gives the opportunity, that I have desired for a lone: time, to say 1 one or two things. I have been told : by my friends at different times that r would pass people on the -*reet and [ not speak to them, and I remember : that on one occasion some v#?ars ago when I was a candidate, that the re- j port came to me that a certain gen' tleman was fighting me because at a j certain campaign meeting T had failed ; i to shake hands with him. Well, I j may pass peopie wuuuui apwmus, but it is not intentional. ?nd not beof a lack of amiability or kind' j ness of heart, because I have no ill , | -11 hod feeling against any hu: man be'ng, or any other kind of being. except snakes and mad dog>, and : I have a kind and sympathetic heart, ' if T Ho sav it. but thpre is none of that t effervescing moonshine and hypo! rri<\v about me. What I am I am, and i I do not believe in making display: before men , of what I am doing. I; i have known and seen men, during my ! ' i long and somewhat checkered career.' who imagined they were punishing j their supposed enemies by refusing to i ' | speak to them. For such human be- j '; ings I have a kindly and sympathetic ; pity and pray the Lord to' give then! i vision that they may be able to see ' 1-??- n *? J i 1/^ if 1* OloV ^ uow puerile <mu reauj tunuigu ouv,u ! conduct is I have always tried :i eventually dry up. I have always tried s i to be polite and courteous to every i ' i one. No doubt, in a long and some-' 1 what public career, I have done some 1 !. things that were not the proper things : 1 ( but never have T intentionally wronged any one. * ?u? I : I don't know just what my t'rierm \ rise your mite toward sp: be propaganda of fr ? ? - -1 11 hroughout the world, liberty to draw the v< the eyes of earth's be liberty Bond?harbir /nine of a new ton Peace Oil Earth?Go< '?may mean more tl expression. lave bought Liberty Bor ? T 1 juy more: unless ever] and child co-operate, the dom?the Home of the me under the cloud of tl 1 which has set all Europe ^ ,, a a Si St If $ li > .;0 *h&?* & ti & rn fa ^ ii means by my associates but I hv*? not found them bad. As to my ;>olitiral associates I do not know that I ran claim to have any as I am a sort of free lance and have never been, a narrow and bitter partisan irnd a slave to faction but have spoken and voted lor men and measures inde- ? pendently of factions. I have stuck to the democratic party snti have voted for men who were nominated whom I would not have voted tor if I had not felt bound by the' party to do so. But that is a inatteo.' indifference to me also what p. r>: le s:>y or think about it. ?o? I hav#> been in the newspaper %r.me in Xewberry for more than thirty <ou secutive years, and in thar time, i ing sort of a positive kind of human and h^ieving in speaking out in meeting I bave no doubt rubbed the hair tbe wrong way several times, but when I did not agree with another never undertook to assume I possessed all the wisdom of the universe and that every one else was wrong, but. have endeavored to maintain my position in a parliamentary wa?. ?o? In all these years I have the satisfaction of yj owing that the record which is writ will bear out the state- * ment that no progressive movement that has been for the betterment of this community has failed to have my hearty support, and many times I have been ahead of the times and have fought, ailmost single handed and alone for the people lo move, and as my friend says, I have fought for a lonjr time to have the grade crossing* removed but the people would not be CX ? J nrousen. finw it is giavu?i.i(, ~least the hope of any early furition of 4 this contention. And there are many ^ things that T could mention that have been for the good of tne community . j for which I have fought, many time.; ahead of the times, but man^ of them have been realized, ana though the ~~~/1f00TYi0/1 i; Tint thought UI CrtillCl WUU Ui vauivu AO ?>wv w of yet it is a pleasure to know that it is writ in the record ind what is writ rs writ nor all youi pity nor all your tear can erase a word of it. ?o? I thank my friend again for his kind letter and desire to assure him that I am the most amiable and courts- . C> ous of humans, and he should know it, but that I am not of the effervescing variety. E. H. A. reading eedom! , license ?il from _ 1 Ji nigniea I iger of I lorrow, I od Will J lan an ids bef man, T 1 ! L.and Brave lat op- I afame. jl O / fr ' I * <ajffjr ^ t vj?, I /'