The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 28, 1919, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Mrry, S. C? as 2nd class matter.
E. H. ACLi; EDITOR.
% Tuesday, January 28. 1919.
The great slump in the price of cot
/ ton is to frighten the farmer into <
^ panicky condition and get him to sell
The mills are short on cotton anc
Lave only enough to last them fo]
about 60 or 90 days, and all the farm
er must do is to sit steady in the boai
and hold fast and decide to reduce hi*
acreage the next year and all wil!
come out right. Don't get scared.
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log drag used on the roads while w<
are getting read to vote millions /ir
bonds for the building of good anc
permanent roads we would have some
roads worth while while we are wait
ing.
In the death of Senator Nicholson
the State has lost a good man. W<
knew him quite well, having served In
the legislature with him some yean
ago. He was kind and gentle and a'
the same time strong and steadfast in
the maintenance of his opinions and
aivrovc with dim reeard for the opin
ions of others.
The influenza has taken a heavy toll
and has been no respector of persons.
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We notice that ail requests for the
demobilization of the 30th have been
withdrawn and all have united in ask
Jug that the, division be returned tc
Greenville and demobilized there. One
report is that the camp at Greenville
is to be closed at once and another is
that it will be selected for the demob
ilization of the division. We have fell
all along that Camp Sevier is the prop
for the demobilization of the
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troops. They were trained in this
country at this camp and it would be
- but proper to bring them back there
and let them go from there to theii
homes. One day it is stated that the
division is on the way home and the
next day there is some other report
We can not tell what is going to tx
done. The department does not seen:
to have the same opinion very long.
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We have received a good deal of literature
in regard to the good roads
proposition by the automobile associa
tion. We have not had opportunity tc
look into the plan and therefore car
not express an. opinion further than tc
say we are now as we have always
been most heartily in favor of anj
plan that is feasible and just for the
improvement of the roads. We cer
laiinlv npprf something to be done foi
our roads.
The present tax on automobiles, is
^ not just or equitable. The plan of cal
culating horse power is wrong. It
works out so that the big cars pay less
tax than the Ford: It makes the Fore
.pay on the full horse power and the
big cars do not or they fool the people
^ in the horse power which they de
velop. And then again it is not equit
able to make the autos pay all the tas
^ for roads. Of course, it would pay any
one who drives a car at all to pay
more man me tax n ne was assureu
that by so doing he would get some
roads worth while over which to run
his car. And that is another trouble
with all the plans, will we get any
roads worth while after we pay oui
money. But we are willing to help in
any movement that wiil give us better
roads.
The Herald and News is anxious tc
c|o anything and to help in any way
that will bring relief to the people
from the influenza, and we want tc
stand with the authorities and wil]
sustain them in any way that we can
but it does not change our opinior
that the kind of quarantine that we
have had is not worth much. ^
The State board has ordered the
sheriff to close all schools in the coun
tv and all churches and to stop th(
nojvnla frnm /^AnorrooroHnor
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We were reading the other day tha'
the statistics showed that in Nev
York city, where they did not quar
antine that the death rate was onl^
about fifty per cent, of what it was ir
Boston and some other places, ant
only 33 per cent, of Philadelphia.
In fact, we have never believed ii
closing the churches. There can no
be much danger from contagion bj
going to church, and this is a time i
we really believe what we preach anc
profess that we should gather in th<
houses of worship.
But we believe in obeying the lav
and advise all the people to submi
and follow the regulations laid dowi
by those in authority and those wh<
know more about the disease thai
we do.
It is not so bad in the town and i
might be worse in the county. Th<
thing to do is to take all the precau
tions you can and be cheerful all th<
time and do not look for trouble, be
<caif?e it will come soon enough.
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' JACOB SHEALY.
The death of Mr. Jacob Shealy re!
moves one of the landmarks from
: Newberry county. The last time I
' I saw him was only a few months ago
! and he was in his accustomed good
; health and bright and cheerful as was
j his disposition which no doubt ac
i counted in great measure for his '
i length of days.
. i He said then that he expected to
. reach the one hundred mark. In reL
cent days we understand that his
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of his home in Ausfust, 1915.
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t! great desire was to live to see the!
. boys return from France, not only |
? those of his own descendants who are j
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over mere, ox. wuum iuoc aic scium,.
but also the boys from the neighbor- j
hood, and he often talked of them and I
wanted the privilege of greeting them >
on their return.
He lacked less than two years of
reaching the century mark. In the j
5 coming November he would have been
k 99 years old. In 1915 I wrote a story
and a sketch and published something
!of the remarkable history of this re-j
.! markable family. Remarkable for the j
, length of years and the sturdy good j
citizenship and robust health of the j
> members of the family. At that time
{ Mr. Jacob Sheaiy's helpmate, who had
j gone up and down life's highway With
5 him for nearly 75 years was still Jiv- j
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r ing, tnougn in very leeuie uvami^ one ;
, died a short time after that and since j
that time Mr. Shealy has- been divid-,
. \ ing his time among his three living \
! sons. He had lived in the same house :
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. 'for near on to 75 years and his chil-t
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_. dren were born and reared in this!
.; home, v The first death in the family |
, jwas that of his second son, Mr. Dray-:
[ ton I. Shealy, in 1911, at the age ofj
T* Tiro a fh a firct Hoath in thp fam
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[. ily in 68 years. His first son, Mr. j
[ Ged. M. Shealy died in 1913 at the age
J of 69. Mr. Shealy and his three old.!
est sons, Geo. M., Drayton I., and John
! A., served in the Confederate army.
,! At this time several of his grandsons
,! are in France where they went in i
} | Uncle Sam's army.
t j Mr. Shealy was probably the oldest j
i1 person in the county at his death. I!
- j know of no other one except it be old
.colored Mose who lives in Newberry
L: and is an example of thrift and indus.
| try which some of the younger generi
ation might do well to imitate. He is!
jprobably more than a hundred.
,! I wish he could have realized his desire
to reach the one hundred mark
?I and especially to greet the boys as
) | they returned from France. But the
I j human machinery just run down and
ihe passed. He has gone to the happy
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tj hunting grounds to join the companion
of his pilgrimage here, and the
;two were permitted to journey togeth>
| er here much longer than is the lot of
many. E. H. A.
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j There is very great difference of
I' opinion among the various boards of
T health in the State as to the value of
.; quarantine and the kind of quarantine
fithat is worth while in the prevailing
l\ epidemic. It only shows that so far
j; we know very little about the disease, j
jWe are all doing the best we can and
l, there is no desire or intention to critit
cize any one, and the only thing we
.lean do is to cooperate with the auf,
thorities and do the best we can with
j the lights before us.
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THE QUARANTINE.
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t The city board of health has exi
tended the quarantine to the
;>; churches and Sunday schools and thej
i! picture show and the pool rooms. The
j State board of health has ordered al!
11 schools and churches in the rural dis31
tricts closed. Children under 17 years
- j of age are not permitted on the
?; streets, under the regulations adopted
-1 by the board. The people are warned
not to congregate in public places and
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All of us are willing to do anything j
that we can that- will check the disease.
A sign is placed at the homes
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wnere taere are cases ui iuc muucuza,
but those who are not sick at the
homes are permitted to come and go
at their pleasure. The banks and the
stores and the mills are not interfered
with and are permitted to go on as
before.
We would not be understood as setting
up our judgment against that of
the board of health, or of making any
captious criticism of their acts, be
cause we must believe that they are;
acting only for what in their judgment j
is in tl\e interest of the public health, j
But is such a quarantine as this j
worth anything at all, and will it con- j
serve to the prevention of the spread j
of the disease? When you have cases j
of smallpox or other contagious ancP
infectious diseases do you permit j
persons to come and go from the house j
in which the patient is kept?
Would it not be a good idea if we|
are to have quarantine to keep even |
the members of the family where
there is the disease from coming out
and in even^n their own homes, if I
we are to quarantine. j:
Is it right and does it conserve the
health of the community and help to I
prevent the spread of the disease to ]
select only two legitimate businesses j
and close them and let the others go I
on and people congregate in them ad
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HDilum; we nave iiu luicicsi m me;
picture show nor in any pool room, j
and as a matter of fact, do not go to
either, but is it right to the gentlemen
who own them to close them down
at the will of the board and cause
them to lose money and let other
places run with no restrictions? Or
is it true that it is more dangerous to
the public health to congregate in a
pool room or in a picture show than it
is to remain closed up in a warm mill
room, or to mingle indiscriminately in
the crowded stores. The men /who
are running the picture show* and the i
pool room, if they do not make the
money today it is gone, while the j
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merchant or the mill or the hank, if
they do not sell the goods or manufacture
the cotton or lend the money
they still have it. Besides the picture
show man has to pay for his reels
whether he uses them or not, and he
is losing not only -.what he would
make, but actual money, by the action
of the board. But you say the picture
show and the pool room are not necessary,
yet they afre legitimate busi-:
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customers say they
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believe that most s<
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nesses and so recognized.- Is it right
tq pick out these places and ^lose
them, and not the others, or even
quarantine people who are in the same
house with the disease..
Of course all of us want to do the
best thing that we can to check the
dread disease, and a few paltry dol
lars should not weigh in the balance
against the health of the community.
We admit that, but i^is the discrimination
that we are talking about. We
believe in equal justice to all the citizens.
The point we are trying to make is,
Is $uch quarantine as we have worth
anything? Frankly, we do not think
it is. In fact, we have our doubts
about quarantine being of any particular
good in the present case at all.
Certainly a partial quarantine is not
worth much. The disease is more
prevalent in the rural districts than
in the' towns, and there is very little
congregating of the people in the
country. .
And, by the way, we referred in a
former article to a serum or vaccine
about which we read in the Atlanta
Constitution, and just last Friday we
read in the Constitution a report from
a Georgia town, in which the disease
had prevailed and in which several
deaths had occurred, this sentence:
"The local health authorities attribute
the abatement of the epidemic
here to the almost general use of the
Rosenow vaccine as a preventive measure."
ti-Ko+ the Pneino vanninp 1Q \VP
do not know, but if it will prevent the
spread of the disease it is worth the
looking into by our health authorities.
Just the other day the legislature gave
the State board a special sum of $10,000
to fight the disease.
Every one must cooperate and do
what he can, but there is no good in
getting hysterics over the situation.
We must be cheerful and look on the
bright side of the situation. The
State of mind has a great deal to do
with the condition of the body.
As to closing the churches, we
never have believed that they should
be closed, and while we may not attend
service as often as we should
we would hate to livie in a community
where there were no churches and
no church service. We are told somewhere
in the Good Book of the man
who made the Lord, even the most
High, his habitation, that for that reason
no evil shall befall him and no
plague come nigh to his dwelling, or
words similar. Read the 91st Psaiin.
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.OUTSIDE BOOZE CUT OFF
PROM ALL DRY STATES
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Washington, Jan. 13.?No longer will
! the "wet" gentleman in a "dry" State
; be permitted to import a private boti
tie for "home consumption."
! The United States supreme court
| handed down a decision today holding
i that the Reed "bone-dyy" prohibition
' absolutely prohibits interstate shipment
into dry States of intoxicating
! liquor for beverage purposes even
! when intended for "personal use."
This decision nullifies State statutes
permitting limited amounts of liquor
| to be shipped in for personal use.
| The decision is the outgrowth of
j proceedings brought against one Dan
Hill, charged wfth taking a quart of
! alcoholic liquor into West Virginia as
j the law of that State permits. The
I lower court 4isftiissed' the indictment
1 against Hill, but it is sustained by this
| decision of the supreme court,
j Justices McReynolds and Clark dis!
sented, declaring in a minority opinion
! that the Reed amendment is not an
j interstate commerce regulatory measure,
but a direct intermeddling with
a State's affairs.
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| Death of Will Suber.
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| >Mr. Win. H. Suber died of influenza
! and complications at his -home Saturi
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, after an
| illness of two weeks, and was buried
! at Rosemont cemetery Sundy after!
noon at 4 o'clock, services by the Rev.
j Ewd. Fulenwider and Dr. A. J. Bow}
ers. The following were the pallj
bearers: S. W. Derrick, J. A. Burton,
J Thad McCrackin, M. B. Caldwell, Can.
j non G. Blease, J. D. Wheeler, B. H.
I Wilson, T. M. .Sandfers. Mr. Suber
was 50 years old and is survived by
his widow and three daughters, Mary
Alice. Gladys and Elizabeth, besides
I one brother, Mr. John Suber, an-1
j three sisters, Mesdames Charlie S.
{ Suber, J C Duncan and W R Elmore.
Death of a Little Girl.
Edna, four years old, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. Long of
' Utopia, died at 6:00 o'clock Sunday
j morning after a brief illness of pneumonia
following influenza, and was
j buried at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon
j at New Chapel, service by the Rev.
' G. F. Clarkson. . r
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In Columbia they are quarantining
influenza patient? and excluding visitors,
it having been decided that conditions
in that city do not warrant a
general quarantine.
Don't spell it "flue." If you will abbreviate
influenza say "flu."
NOTICE. ^
Daily Herlad Office.
1127 Drtiid Hill Ave., i
Phone Mt. Ver. 758. ^
I Baltimore,' Md.
| Rev. J. E. Thomas, A. B., Presiding.
Elder of the Newberry District, A_
M. E. Church, Newberry, S. C.
You have been appointed agent, collector
and reporter, for The Daily Herald,
Baltimore," Md.
Please begin at once. ^
W. T. Andrews,
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Have gained 15 pounds and am gain- JM
ing yet. I look like a new man," de- ^
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j wv^ has just finished the tonoline
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! Would you, too, like to quickly put
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i "stay-there" flesh, fat and muscular ttociiA
vnnr ckin and bones?*
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jyou. {
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! today. " >
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