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Ik Serais and lent . vy Catered at the Postofilce at Hew? Marry, s. (X, as 2nd class matter. E. H. ACLL, EDITOR, Friday, March 7, 1919. J ______________ __________ Congressman Lever in a statement urging the farmer to hold his cotton and to reduce acreage for this yean gives some good reasons which should be convincing to the sensible; and reasonable farmer and no onej should expect some other one to doi the reducing so that he might profit | by an increased acreage for himself.! I But what we started to quote from Mr. Lever is this: "For 15 years I have preached the doctrine of making every farm in the South self sus- j taming, which would result neces-! sarily in making the Soutn masters j of their great cotton crop..'' Weil, J that is sound doctrine and we can i beat Mr. Lever by several years in j the preaching of the same doctrine.! We have been preaching it now for J 32 years but it seems that our preach-1 ing as well as that of Mr. Lever has i been unavailing to a large extent at! least. We believe, however, that the pres-j ent movement for a reduction in! arreais enine- to result in a exeat er diversification in the farming of. this country. The farmer has begun; t to realize that other crops than cot-' ton may be turned into money just! as readily as cotton and at a greater profit because they cost so much i less to produce. There have been j several reasons which have made} i the South a one crop section. but the1 i transitions which are taking place in1 all things are fast changing these; conditions and we believe that this j crisis in the price of cotton is going j' to hasten the changes which are! i sure to come. j] 1 We failed to state in our last issue; 11 that the legislature adjourned sinei7 1 die on Sunday m-orning something j< after seven o'clock and the members ji I went home. The appropriation bill is J( a little over four million dollars for . ' 4 the present year. The three big|j items are eduaction, the hospital for < the insane and pensions. These three ji amount to a little over half the total ^ W1L We will print it in a subsequent j issue so that the taxpayer may see ^ ^ lor himself what the money goes for.1 and the amount for each object. All good roads legislation was pass- , ed up. All salaries were raised which' was entirely proper because they! were too low. ____________________ j' We drove from Little Mountain j Wednesday afternoon with Mr. Jo Quattlebaum in his car.'Nothing spe-,; cial about that. We waAt to say the, road is fairly good and would be fine!' almost all the way if the split log j drag had been applied. We had ai practical demonstration of that. From! the Boyd crossing to Newberry Mr. j] TN T*T T> 1 JiJ- X n i 1J. W. r>u&u<j.rui s irucn. was uiag-i^ ging and the road was greatly im-!. proved. The same would have been the result if the same thing had been done on the other end. Why not use the split g drag and have better: roads is the point to this pa -graph.! ! And when are the grade crossings to be removed. THE EXCHANGE BANK HAS HANDSOME NEW BUILDING i (COXTLYUED FROM PAGE 1) taken by those who need offices, because the comfort and convenience of the building make the rooms most | desirable. The bank is prospering and j the men behind it have set the pace! for other institutions and it is hoped! that this building only means that j others will soon follow as the coun-; try settles down to normal after the! upheavels incident to the great world . war. i In the men who officer the bank I it is worthy of note that four out j of live are country boys, reared on the farm, and while only the presi-, i dent may have had the distinction , and honor of plowing an ox and try- J nig to get a lien from a town mer- j ^hant to make his crop, all of them, no doubt, know what it is to plow a mule and did the job many a day: j Mr. M. L. Spearman is the son ofj the late G. W. L. Spearman, and was born at the old home near Jalapa and remained on the farm until he reached man's estate and after coming to Newberry was bookkeeper for Floyd & Purcell and for Purcell & Co.. and also at one time conducted a general merchandise business on his own account. Mr. Spearman is a far seeing business man and the success which has come to the Exchange Bank is due largely to his tact and good busi- j ness judgment. ; Mr. W. B. Wallace is the son of our friend. Robert G. Wallace, of Belfast, and knows what it is to do farm work and was reared on the farm. He j came to Newberry first as a store clerk, but very soon after coming , ( W "'*" ' . j&1 ; - : ; W- ' GEO. B. CROMER, Attorney. went into the bank and has been with it almost from its organization. ' Mr. Will T. Brown is a member of the prominent Brown family from the Caldwell community, and is a country boy and knows what it Is to work nd he is a brother of the successful mer Brown brothers, all mighty 1 1 ) ? _ g^ou peopie anu goou citizens. Mr. E. M. Evans, Jr., is a son of the merchant, E. M. Evans, and it is no fault of his that he was not born on the farm, but he is a fine young , fellow and very popular and makes friends all the time. He was bookkeeper for Purcell Company before going to the bank. President Parr was born on the Fnirfiolrl eirfp nf the Rrnstri Rivpr nrsH left an orphan in early life and made his own way to the front by the dint !>f his indomitable energy and the determination to succeed. He is the man < who developed the famous Parr Shoals i Dn Broad River, from which the power; is secured to turn the wheels of in- j iustry in Columbia and other places, | and by sheer force of his personality and character has forged to the front and is now recognized as the builder 3f Newberry. A man of less foresight and will power would never have undertaken and carried to a successful termination the handsome building which stands as a monument to his farsightedness more than to that of any other one person, and the people of Newberry should appreciate what he has done for the town and, cooperate to make it a profitable investment for him and those associated with him. i There will be those to knock and j complain and grumble. It has always i been so. Too true and pity it is, j that the man who does things is j rarely appreciated by his contempor- j aries and we too often wait until he ; is gathered to his fathers in the happy j hunting grounds to manifest our ap-1 preciation of what he did for his community in his day of service. There could be no calculating what! we could accomplish for any community if we would all cooperate and work together and lay aside all little petty jealousies and bickerings and faultfindings and work together for I See Us Be for Buying Your Guano Distributo Ledbetter, Clima: Drag and Cutaw; Lynchburg Middl Turn Plows, Plow Steels, Waeon and Plow We can supply j will appreciate The Purcel Newberr the general welfare and the uplift of the community in which we live. We should cooperate not only in the building of granite fronts and carved marble, but also in the house for hos-1 pitality where cheerful flames may cherish and warm us. The real builder and the live and progressive man who is serving his (lay and generation will go on building despite these little bickerings and the sneers of the faultfinder who never does anything worth while and it is well for humanity that j there are men of this type left in the! world for they are the real i leavern. f i I i r??=^=== I i L. E. Shealy, son of Mr. and Mr3. James E. Shealy of Little Mountain,, who has been and is still m the aero department of the government at Pensacola, Fkn, and who has made good in his service He i$ in the mechanical department and we do not know how it is with the flying machines hut we do not think any auto was geared so as to make enough speed to satisfy him when he was with his father at Little Mountain. He is an expert in his line. j VARIOUS AND ALL ABOtT There will be preaching at Helena ! Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock by the i Rev. C. W. Salter. | Eggs were bought in the city Wed~j nesday at 30 cents per dozen. Thisi shows a tendency to a greater fall: after Easter The Observer wants to know what; a billiken in. All we know about it' is thai at one of the picture shows | recently an actress called an actor, "good old billiken." * ' ' - 1-i 1 .. 1 + a laay upu?ill uvu iiluics mc , day. One of the mules got scared at the'water while crossing Bush river1 and backed off the bridge and wasi killed. That was tough luck. Mules j cost money these days. The Eugene S. Werts house in Mayer avenue is being overhauled! and repainted. It was bought by Mr. j G. B. Summer for one of his sons, i who (?) will move in some time in' the near future as it is being fixed | i up for that particular one. There will be service at Enoree Baptist church the second Sunday in March, 9th instant, at 3 o'clock p. m. Preaching by the Rev. D. W. i Garvin of Whitmire. Members are requested to be present and the pube i i ? >rs, i x and Pot Planters, ay Harrows, e Bursters and I | I r Uears. j i \?our needs and your business. i l ? 1 VsUlllJJCUiy y, S. C. * i I BIC SATURI pi adr llLUDL 20c Curtain Go 25c Bleaching, New Silks, Satii | SOAPSALE75c Work Shirt Ladies' Hose, Si I >- u c.,1 j men s nusc, oai Children's Hose I Boys' Clothing, I - Just receivSpecial prices o and Mon Globe Ne lie is cordially invited to attend. "A Trick of Fate" wil be played by picture at the opera house Friday, with Bessie Bariscale featured. The current issue of "A Man of Might" will be shown and Alice Brady win t>e in "The Ordeal of the Rosetta Monday. For playing pool under age Earl Duckett forfeited a $5 bond in the recorder's court Tuesday. Creating disturbance cost Si Canr>rm TllftSdaV in the COUrt of the recorder, and at the same time the said Si paid another $15 under the charge of injuring the property of another. Wednesday was Ash-Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, observed by some of the churches. At St. Lukes T^nisrnnnl ohnrch. this citv. there will be service every Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock during the Lenten season. The Rev. Wilmiot S. Holmes hopes to be here on those days, beginning next Wednesday. His regular Sundays at this place are the first and fourth. On the last day of last year C. G. Gilliam, a colored citizen of the county living on Route 3, was thrown from the top of a wagon load of corn, knocked unconscious for awhile and so badly injured in the back that he was laid up for five weeks. He was in town last week on business. The court of general sessions for Newberry county, March term, will convene on St. Patrick's day in the morning. Newberry possesses a citizen who * i- 1* - has recently taKen unto nimseu a fifth wife. While on his rounds Friday afternoon. passing through the Bush river church section, Rural Routeman "VVar'n G. Peterson encountered a hail storm which, while lasting only a few minutes, was thick and fast, preceded by lightning and thunder, a regular old time summer storm, but without any particular damage? there was not much to damage. The stones were about as large ar, average size marbles. Mr. Peterson had a hard time getting his horse to travel during the downpour, which, however, covered only a small area. Harrington street can claim the prettiest brood of incubator chicks in Newberry. The little biddies, quite a large group, are "perfectly beautiful," being of various colors, attracting the interested attention of passers-by, especially of those who love the playful little ones both of ~ . _ ; " ; i ~ ?- ?- ? - * "\ A vr in /sf\^ir\ A \7 * /A I aoaiviunuAi AT PR i tauOlb CO. ^ ods, S*le price, fche yard ICc * ^ yard wide, Sale price, the yard 15c is and Poplins, Sale price y^rd.. 98c to $2.50 5 bars Octagon Soap, Saturday and Monday 34c I ~ ; M s, colors blue and tan/ Sale price 49c V [4 Shirts to a Customer) j ale price, the pair 15c to $2.50 le price, the pair 15c to $1.00 Sale price, the pair 10c to 75c i Saturday and Monday $1.98 to $12,50 * ^ ed this week new shipment Ladies' Skirts, ^ Millinery and Waists , 1 n every pair of shoes in the house Saturday iday. All shoes marked in plain figures. ./ Dry Goods Co. wberry, South Carolina human and animal life. V |G. B. Summer & Son on Satorday.beHigh price for razor. It cost Pur-|?inninS at Kj vie wiiHamc r-ninrfirt 41ft in rppnrd-1 Effective July 1 letter postage will er's court Monday for toting a razor, the old rate of 2 cents on letters and Ed Cannon $15 for shooting off one cent on post cards. his mouth in public cursing. An examination for clerk carrier The Ladies Aid Society of the A! at the Newberry postoffice will . be R P church will have a rummage sale held at Newberry by the civil service at the store room lately occupied b> examiners on March 22. ?H i L i ir i 'i-sgMspv ^ \ "Where are my reading glasses ? " I Mischievous daughter has picked Daddy's pocket and watches him gleefully as he searches in vain for his reading glasses. I _ 1 If Daddy wore Kryptok Glasses, he would be freed from the "off-and-on" nuisance of the two-pair s-of-glasses M bother, because Kryptoks (pronounced Crip-tocks) 1 would give him, in one pair of glasses, the necessary %? ' correction for both reading and distance. | THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS give him this convenience distinguished from singlewithout the drawbacks vision lenses. That's why of other bifocals -the Kryptoks are called "the , invisible bifocals. conspicuous age-reveal- , ing seam or hump. We are competent to >lfl iii meet the optical needs ^ They are crystal-clear- an?j tastes of the most their surface smooth and exacting patron. Call at j - even. They cannot be your convenience. ! DR. W. C. EZELL 304-305-306 Exchange Bank Building, Newberry, S. C. ,L_ j