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[ A ' . ' iMM^MWMiW?? ???- - .,* ' II I ??? f ; ~ VOLUME LV., NUMBER 47. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR REPRESENTATIVE MEETING n OF NEWBERRY CITIZENS, n p rFiae Spirit of Cooperattion Prevails, p Every One Willing to Do Some- fi thing to Improve Town. n ,tl ^ * ) L That was a good representative p Meeting of the citizens of Newberry h ^ on Monday evening. It was well at- b tended as citizens meetings go. The v spirit of cooperation seemed to pre- e -vail among those present. They & seemed to realize that there was ii rneed for something to be done to j improve civic% conditions in the town, b and to start the movement for im- n provement and to find out just how ;f TO stood in a financial way. it was ? realized that the income <Tf the town h Aifhust be increased for ordinary ex-1 Hv penses, and that there was also need,1 j] mar and imperative need, to make a g Movement for some very much need- j fc ed improvement of streets and health 's K. -and sanitaryy conditions, and the'o K spirit of determination as well as the L i ? spirit of cooperation was very man- a if,est. This means well for the town, 'g It means that something will be do- v ing in the near future and that all 'a the people^ will be behind the move- fc rment whs,/ spells success. .], . The old charter, which was adopt* it' edj,years ago when Newberry was (S only a village, has fixed in it a mas- c ^ imum tax levy of 6 mills, and of * > course the expenses of running the Jc town have greeatly increased, and 1 7? lot taxable value not increasing as I they should on account of. low ass^s- I ments of property, and the law rek quiring the town to take the State m assessments as the assessments of W. the city, the income has not kept j pace jrith the espense account, and f instead of having the cliarter amend-yy # ,th#Pba i** keenio MpBi L. _ $u*d make- it ft wvc"i ? There was also a sentiment that-a Die habit of pateh work and thefcaulr* sag of sand from ScottSi creek to t fill holes in the streets to hay* Vit' * } washed back and the same process l i ^one over from time tit time, should t ^ be stopped and we should go about[ * our street work in a sensible w^y. No ^ criticism was made of the officials I ? ? V^or those who had charge of the work,, 3 - - - j vi. ?? y < but the system is iae trouuic /uov oa < The Herald and News has said from '.c time to time. .jt Mayor Wright made a statement * of the financial condition and said J the meeting was called to let the I ^ people know just how the finances p of the town stood, and to talk over ,s the situation and to devise ways and ^ means to remedy the difficulty. |C 'The clerk and treasurer _eaJ the I ^report of the audit made for last ' .year, and stated the indebtedness of the town. As ths report was ordered printed we will not quote figures . ? ^ - -s^:?? s where, out reier 1X16 CttUCUO iiw vu? | official report. j* Mayor Wright said that the counoil would recommend that the float- j1 ing debt be taken up by the issue of ?j "bonds and that the tome be dbne'toi pay for the new fire apparatus and ,* r also the old opera house debt be refunded at five epr cent. And also ( that the meeting discuss the matter^ of issuing bonds to do some street * paving, and that the charter be * amended so that a-sufficient- levy** could be made to raise enough mon- j ^ ?ey to meet ordiary expenses. i( tw Prnmer made a talk and said * that he wanted more information be- t* I ^^pre any action was taken. That it * B Bas a disgrace to the citizens of ^ Rewberry that we had such streets ( as we had, and that we did not do * more for the health department of : * the town, and that he did not mean 1 4 > , any reflection on any of the of-; ficers, but the citizens themselves 1 ?:? ftw rto rendition. He WBHJ bU uiauib ivi. moved that the report submitted by f the treasurer be printed in the town i1 papers so that all the citizens could . see just how the matter stood, and thatJ when ths meeting adjourned to be called again by the mayor when HV {his report had been printed, and < also that the mayor find out just i Ir what was necessary to have the char- ? ter changed. i -1 His motion was unanimously adopt ( mnH the reDort will be printed. ( Mr. E. S. Blease said that he ] thought the health department < should also be included and he 1 moved that the board of health sub- * f lit a report showing just what was f ecessary to equip thf town witn a roper and up to date health deartment, and asol that city council nd out and report to this adjourned leeting what it would cost to pave tie streets per mile and make reort and let the citizens know just ow much the town can issue in onds under the constitution for this roA. There was no opposition to ?1 Knf liner one ui uicac uivuvuo i/UU l*AiV I entiment was strong in favor of doig something. Dr. Gilder as chairman of the oard of health stated that there was eed of appropriating more money or the work of the board so that the anitary condition of the twon might marie modern and effective. There is going to be something dong now in the old town and we are :oing to have a modern sanitary and lealth department that! will mtean omething, and we are going to pave ur streets. The spirit of the meetag was fine and our slogan, Coopertion, was the watchword, and that pells success. Mayor Wright will lave the treasurer's report published nd every one should not only read it >ut study it. Our tax rate on a very ow assessment is about one half of 1?tAnm n-f similar Xliib UX any *vuki wnu VA ize in the State, and with no money, f course, nothing of a permanent ! lature could be accomplished. v Dr. A. J. Bowers presided at the aeeting. IEWBERRV5 WELCOME TO RETURNED SOLDIERS. At a ^neeting of the committee appointed by the Red Cross chapter to Jrepaw^ for a worthy , celebration to retcoatt? our returned soldiers, taxA colored, it was decided to roldth^ celebration f$r the white ofcfieij^iul Sfod, on th? college smpus; and for the colored soldiers Helena. Ai tot it* tras h&' intention of the committee to celebration tot eatk Tse* t th?: above named pkcea on the. amfe d^r, /nly 4th,i)*t upon jBecend hought it seemedl*est~iji order to void Overcrowding ;on the. public oads and in tW streets of Newberry o ??p seDarate days..' The committee has appointed the arious committees for. July 2nd to lave charge of the different events, rhe names of these committees will e published later. A sub-committee H .colored men has been appointed o liave charge of the details of arrangement for July 4th. The central committee ris com>osed of v the following: Z. F. RTright, chairman; Mrs. L. W. Floyd, ecretary; Mrs. J. P. Fant, Alan fohnstone, .Otto Klettner, P. E. Anlerson and S. J. Derrick. 4ERALD AND NEWS VANDA riitruT TUF TWIFF VAWOA A A A m rnrnm?mmm ? The mention made in The Herald tnd News of the loss sustained by Kr. Sorg by some one entering his >aker shop and taking from the noney drawer some forty dollars reralted in the capture of the thief. Sdgar Caldwell a colored yout^ wjth lot a very savory reputation was the guilty party according to his own confession. When he went home he vas heard to brag about having >lenty of money and that informa 1- T?1 ?l,A ;ion got lO roiiceman aruiyct y*uw him coming out from the neigh>orhood of the baker shop late Frilay night and then the flirchase of m outfit from Clary brothers with ;he cash to pay for it, the combina;ion of circumstances, caused Mr. Player to make the arrest. Edgar :onfessed that he. had been around ;he shop and saw where Mr. Sorg eft his money and it was easy to *emove the latch to the door and ;hen the taking of the money was o9?v Hp will likelv do duty *IOV ~ ^ 'or the county for five years at least is that is the minimum penalty. He s in jail. He is a boy 18 or 19 pears old. Bobbie Bass. Mr. J. R. Bass, of the Typogrcihijal Union and for some time forenan at the Phoenix Printing Co., lias accepted a similar position with the Bryan Printing Co., in Columbia, S. n Is. Bobbie Bass is a live wire in me ranks of organized labor and will be quite an addition to the alread/ solid movement in Carolina's capital city. ?Augusta Herald. REV. FREDERICK H. * l President of the United Lutheran C minister in the Lutheran church in Am j He will preach the sermon to the gi in the opera house at Newberry on Sui j He is a modest man, but scholarly ar jKnubel to Newberry and regret to lea j to be very brief. GRANDMOTHER'S VIEW c OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE. 1 .?? . . u Says County Has .Had Too . Modi t Fathering ami Now Need* . Mothering. 'n ' ?r1--' | To the Editor of The State; _ , v [1.-: CBo.-yotrbeliete in signs? I j kaow a man who believes in so many 1 s^gns It keeps him'busy to ?voi4 the 1 "tad tofrk and to g&fc the good hick. > 'l^hble 24 lidiifs ia ^iak^^ pp ! . i i_ l?^ j. ??_ j. i 1. 3Wl^lUg SBrronq gouta- WCA ?hu^MW 3scfc signs. A two doHatinfland the 1 number 13 throw him into a cannlption, and the phases ofthe moon * keep hitt on: the jump.,Life is. a r burden to people-who J>elieve in * those sorts of signs and yet, almost ,J everybody is a little shaky on some,* of them. I confess to a weakness for ^ dreams. That weakness is the "causam primarn" of my- writing you 3 again. It happened this way: I dreamed you explained to me you 1 had no more space for ''rot," as one < of your correspondents calls equal suffrage talk. You said there really j] was no such issue in our State any p way, and such a small per cent of * your readers were interested in the ! subject, you preferred to fill your i space with things of more general interest and profit, for instance, "Tern-; ? perine for falling hair," "Ladies can j] wear shoes one size smaller after us- p ing," "Straighten your kinky hair/' 1 and the like. You made it very plain i to me. I awoke and behold, it was '< a dream. Since "dreams go by con- 1 traries," I knew you were wanting me to write you another one of my 1 elucidating equal suffrage articles. I !i ?1 -1- -- ? 'vm 4-Unf T tiro o was aDOUL to WI1LC yuu wav x new j entirely too busy and besides I did N not know which phase of the subject the readers of your paper were most 1 ignorant upon. When Mr. Dial, our 'j new senator, who has just gone to j Washington and who is new at the ? business kindly interviewed your re- | porter for my benefit, for which I ] thank him. Mr. Dial is kind enough < in this interview to make it very ] clear to me just where I shall begin, i rrl? * i" Ti-f*. Fiiol Viimcol-f PprhflDS 11 X ilex L lOf VU 1U1. L/mi uiuun..^. . ? ?x his name is somewhat responsible. , Mr. Dial is behind time. He is going ( by sun time of course. He is out of i date. We have had sun time and old \ time and now* we have new time. Dials can not register old time nor | new time. It is sun time or nothing. ] I fear the thing is hopeless. I do not 3 know, but it seems to me more might \ have been accomplished had the men ] * ? , I sent a wrist watcn 01 a senator wm j Washington that could tick up to < date, while Mr. Smith is busy getting |i the cotton situation straightened up. !< Mr. Smith should not be interrupted. | I have lived all my life under the 3 pressure of the falling price of cot- \ ton, and now my boys are saying, i "Ma, will Pa buy a Ford if cotton < foes to 25 cents?" 1 ~ I * j But to go back to Mr. Dial. I have read carefully his ideas on the suf- < frage question. It reads like anci- < KNUBEL, D. D. I 5 7 ^"TV?'*v*^,^;.' ^gf! 5p^35P8r52?l33S^^^^^K r *'"V*^^< B9t *'Yi ' V ' ''' - V"< hurch. of America and the f oremost erica today. raduatxng class of Newberry college nday next at 11:30 a. m. id a fine preacher. We welcome Dr. rn^that his stay in our city is going *' i>' r . >nt history. Mr. Dial has a lot to earn about women folks, however mich he may know about some other fcjngsr" 1 I am a great hand at wondering what people's initials stand, for. Mr. Dial's have. interested me much. Hfey have such a familiar sound. If ihey 1iad been B. N. 'I could have nrohes^ed "Bia^ ^fttmber" was his iaaer rat since ti is N: B. it must be iota bene. So we will advise him to p$)r and take -notice of what is gotyf on ii| the world outside of Lau~ rem. *; ^ ^ He says, "3ust warn. I d& nob underake to discuss the broad question. whether or not. woman** snffrage, >y whatever means achieved, is itself sound and desirable." It has tak;n.a long time to find it out. Evidenty Mr. Dial will settle the question tor us at some future time. When rou hear our foremost men talking ike that it is hard to believe they ire not playing politics. Mr. Dial san get proof from many sources if ie" really desires it. I hope he will lot squander any of our time try? fA lilro 9 ,115 W UVUJ UIV 1BVW) ? ? :ain famous Georgian once did. He says further, "I regard suffrage as rather more of a burden than a privilege." I read that line 5ver five times," trying to convince myself that he did not say it. It was no use, it . is there. Is it possible that our senator does not have my regard for the franchise in this democracy than to regard it as a burden? TTT1 ? ~ ? ? ? I VYiicn you ncitr iucu i>aimng auvui the franchise being a burden to the women of our State, and wanting to relieve them of the burden, ask them what we are relieved from. We are equal partakers in all the burdens oi the government, we are protected by it, just as the men are, or suffer with it, just as the men do. The ballot instead of being a burden is a burden lifter. Since equally with men we bear the burden of the government, we pay to support it, we obey the laws, then equally with men we need the burden lifter that we may say what is our will regarding the kind of government we want to live under, the kind of men we want to rule as and what is to be done with the taxes we pay. The demand of the *3qual suffragists is simply this: Women, being human beings, just as men are, demand the right to have their say as to the" conditions under which" they live. What suffragists are asking for is that the practice of this country shall correspond to its ideals. We want fair play and justice. We are citizens of our country and w? want to be recognized as citizens. Women should be enfranchised, because the government needs their help, and cvomen need the education, the development, the enlargement of puroose in life that it brings. Every act of government concerns every human being unJer the government. It is *he solemn duty of every citizen exercise the right of suffrage in the fear of God, and to cast the ballot with as full knowl- L edge of the men and what they stand 'for as is possible to obtain. We hear rumbling today of rewarding soldiers with office. I say yes, if they are capable, and no, if j? |they are not. After the Civil War . -r? I* men mil iut unac jn mcij. nm records! Some of them had to hire ^ | other men to run the business of the K 'office. 'But let that pass. M>*. Dial lis heartily in favor of the federal j? 'amendment when applied tD the pi'o- |' 'hibition of the liquor traffic. His argument is the same on the suf-; , frage question for South Carolina as j* that of the brewers vn the , liquor,* 'question for Rhode Island. It seems 1 i to make a difference hose ox is , j f 4 gored. The men have suffrage written into the constitution, why not j' women? Senator Borah has turned loose the league of nations tc delay :the suffrage amendment all he can. I* jWe will never have the kind o * gov- J j ernment we are seeking until to- j 'gether men and women work ir out .3 ' at 1 t?- ri. JaUit t lor txieiiLseivea. iu <ttbciJipv w ucmj | it is no cure. Mr. Dial argues as though he had the negative in a school boy's debate, j I He has only studied the affirmative i' _ -a.1 X. _ * I sumcienuy 10 get a xew pumw iu ic- u fute. He is a doctor that treats!] symptoms only. He says the su/Fra- ( gists liave not exhausted theireme- , dies at home. That is all he knows ( about it. Mrs. Cathcart has answered that point already. What more can we do? The intelligent legisla- ( ture is not intelligent on the suffrage fesue. 1 If Mr. Dial, a leader jn the State, can exhibit such a mossy back, what < can be expected ordinary men |j f<>lk? 3dany of jthent ne^r see any Mr WM"VJ ^ paper. - Most county j^eff are so ] <fry of suffrage ne^f suspect that theyha?jSeen censored by Brother Burton and Senator Borah both. They are "agin, it" because - they don't know anything about it. Womaa&: suffrage" is a: vague sometiSsg tm be aspojded'by iftost. of the pnpnlfrrp: m States4 where there has been fittie agjtaiion, like our? own. Bat we will change that, and the suffragists will get them if they don't watch out. I As for the legislators knowing what iff. best for the ladies! The . ladies-don't see it that way. They know more about what they want and wbjr they want it than anybody else and mean to keep on till they get ft and when they get it ihey will use it. | ' Mr. Dial is unalterably opposed to the amendment. To be unalterably opposed to anything sometimes gets : us into awkward places, especially when we are unalterably opposed to ; a thing that is inevitable. He harps upon the small minority in this State i who are wanting suffrage. It they t are in the minority they are not un, alterably so, and Mr. Dial will have to sit up and take notice sooner than . he thinks. The women do not crave , Teverence and flattery and ease any f more. If he really wants to help ( them, let them down off the age , worn pedestal and give them a t chance. What this nation needs is r more mothering. We have been L nearly fathered to death. We have Pilgrim fathers, church fathers, city ?n/4 TIA fallinflp liflw mflnv ^ idtllCl O OUU IIV bVAilMg AiV ff | , more sorts of fathers, and now we} need some mothering to undo the . , evil of so much fathering; We need the mother instinct to follow the . workers into the industries, and the I i children into the schools. We need women on our school boards, on our ; , health boards, our town and city ' council, on road commissions and inspection boards. Men have done ' " ? __j well, dui men ami wumcu uu , better. If Mr. Dial means what he says I would remind him that "actions speak louder than words." j Senator Borah says that equal suf-1 - frage will be a dead amendment in the South.. Do you suppose he be! lieves himself? He plays with the; negro question to kill time. The*time ' ; killed in law making bodies has become a stench in the nostrils of the people. Do not deceive yourself, oh, ye senators! The woman of this na- \ tion are keeping close track of what . is going on. Eevery delay, every trick and every phase of political dishonesty is beine noted. The time for < . women suffrage has come, and when: ' you appeal to the new voters do not NEWBERRY COLLEGE CLUB .uncheon Will Be Served to' Visitors on Tuesday in Store Room Next Door National Bank. The luncheon under the direction f the Newberry college club wilVbe ;iven at 1:30 p. m., Tuesday, June 7th, in the store-room until recenty occupied by G. B. Summer and >on. All out of town alumni and former itudents, the trustees, the faculty, he ministers of the town, the former co-eds of the town who notify -* Prof. 0. B. Cannon of their intension to attend will have tickets issued to them. All members of the college club, ocal alumni and former students re- ^ v jiding in the town of Newberry will 3e given tickets at $1.50, each. These must notify Prof. Cannon of their intention to be present Saturday, the L4th, or tickets may be secured at Mayes' drug* store. AAmmi'ffaA An h/ianifaliftr 19 JL I1C ViA UVM|f4VMi?AVj -M# making every effort to make this affair a pleasure for our guests, and is trying to overlook nothing. It asks the genuine cooperation of all onr people. Everybody in town, visitors and residents, young and old, men and women is requested to wear the college colors, scarlet and gray, and to display these colors in the homes and stores. If you cannot get the college colors display tne u. ?. nag. "Newberry^ college is my college." STORES WILL CLOSE . ON MONDAY AND. TUESDAY. .,1 ' * ' ' V (k*. v? The iopowing, mershaijts agree Jo :ldae their stores at 5 t? %; Monday Tues^^une i?th a?d ltQi, Jwe.afte^o^i at*the college: pP/E. Anderabn. ~ / Miss Joe L; Jones & Co. Annie L. Smith & Cp. Williams. Cash Grocery. 1 ?lary Clothing Co. .Baltiwaig^h-^ Carpenter.,. v. , E(ugfi Sumfoer/ * ;.v ^ jGedl CJ.'Sipp. ;;^ . Johnson-McCrac-km <>,.. ^ ." ' r" IlavhtAW Sr -TokriftrYn. . * VAJtai 1MVAA %?/ . D. A. Livingstpu & jSob. .. , ,u: "* Reighley & Buford. * " ' Boozer_,#rother*. J. M. Cxmnts. . G. C. Cooper. , . .. Copeland Brothers. : B. T. Anderson. \?c T. IT Sanders. Summer .Brothers Co* I R. C. Perry. Wm. Johnson 6 Son. " ?' n P- C?^^. li. -D. oumnier ? ovu. r. Kibler, Graham, Suber Co. ' Newberry Hardware Co. Anne 0. Ruff & Co. The Purcell Company.^ T. M. Rogers. R. H. Anderson. J. G. McCrory Ten Cent Co. J. A. Mimnaugh. - j T. Vigodsky & Son. J. L. Burns. L. Morris. Daitch Bros. T UTonn U *??* **** . . / ' J. T. Dennis. 0. Klettner. Buzhardt & Langford. \ ? r J D^. oem CiUea i mivi There will be no services coming Sunday at St. James and Beth Eden churches. These services have been called in, that the people of the pastorate may attend the commencement services and it is hope all will attend this service, and not only honor our college but hear the great Dr. ICnnhpl as well. L. P. Boland, Pastor. Flowers for Commencement. The Bachelor Maids will sell cut flowers at Mayes' Book Store, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of commencement week. They can be bought either in bunches or arranged in pretty little baskets. Call and leave your order with Mr. Mayes. The commencement at Newberry college begins next Sunday. An interesting program has been made and will be rendered. be surprised to be met yourself with opposition and suspension. Can you afford it? Grandmother. N ,