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3|fet ^CCGfit aE0 Jim Kmtere<i at the Postoffice at ?iew? tarry, S. &? as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, ED1T0K Tuesday, August 5, 1919. Remember this is August now and the next month is September and if you want to get a real live newspaper ; for a whole year for only $1.50 this is your opportunity. On September first the price goes to $2.00. Any one may get the paper until that time at $1.50 the year. Better not de lay. We are inclined to the opinion that the rains are taking the sand to Scott's creek much faster than the town force has been able to haul it back. If the heavy rains continue it will be necessary to increase the force of the town, or we will never "be able to catch up. The tendency is, and we suppose 5 always has.been, for the other fellow * to rush in ^nd reap the fruit of an[ other's planting,' and to give the i planter, the man with ideas, no credit i for putting out the seeds which have brought the good fruit. It is so everywhere. We want you to read the state\ ments of Mr. W. G. Lee in the article i in reference to the conferences in reI gard to the high'prices of living, and the profiteering that is now going on. Something should be done, and if it can be done by congress that body should get busy quick. There has been too much profiteering and too many corporations and others have been getting rich too fast for the good of this country. Mr. Lee says: "We are nearer war in this' world today than when the kaiser threw down the gauntlet." And he thinks that the lawmakers can correct the trouble. Just how we do not know except to stop play- j ing politics and get behind the prof- j thnse who have Dower to JUUVk WMWW * I oppress by virtue of the money they have made at the expense of the la- I "boring man. j There' should be some way to ; crush profiteering and unless some- j thing is done there will, be trouble, i r and it will not be so long in coming. ! * At the request of Gov. Blease we print a letter from him and also his platform. We regret that he wrote this letter, but we are not going to have any controversy or any further " discussion of the matter. Our position was as clearly and nioinitr Hripflv stated as we AO yiuillij uuu could in the Friday paper. We see ] bo reason to change or modify the statement of our position there made. * NOW IS THE TIME. : 1 This month is the time to renew your subscription or send in your name as* new subscriber and get a' good newspaper twice a week for* a j year at the nominal sum of only: $1.50. Last week only about 60 sub- j scriptions were taken in. Better come along and not wait. We will j have to average 100 a week the bal- j ance of this month to clear up those ; "whose time will be out by September; first. We desire very much that all; of ycu shall remain with us but after j ^September first we have no discretion j and all who are in arrears will have ( to come off and the price after that \ '<date will be $2.00 the year. We; have given you a long time in which .to attend to the matter and are now j simply giving you the additional notice. ,i COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTEND-' ANCE. | Twelve years ago when compulsory school attendance wa^ proposed in the legislature, the argument bitter-! ly presented against it by politicians who nj 'taJire race prejudice was that it would cause the education of \ >the negro children and they contended, appealing to the passi ns of igwhite neonle Jll/ldllU Wlil WkJj v^iM v v*a ^ ?, ... ? jj, j. should not be taxed to support negro schools. Nevertheless, under the leadership of such men as Jno. G. Clinkscales, Col. Mendel L. Smith, Ex-Governor Manning and Governor Robert A. Cooper, a law for universal and compulsory school attendance has at last been enacted and its enforcement is about to begin. Nor are such governors as Manning and Cooper apologists for lynching. Leaders of this stamp are making the place of the negro in South Carolina more secure and more inviting, because they are upholders of dtder and law, however opposed they are to political agitation of tne black people. ?The State. "We would not take from any of these gentlemen any credit that may v? 'Mv them for th^ir efforts in the in ' "c:* cci^puhory school attend?hw by ou.' legislature^ bat we t gglK|#lV> '.I > i i i m j just as veil keep the record straight. So far as we recall Gov. M. B. Mc-: I Sweeney was the first governor to , | recommend a straight State wide j compulsory attendance law. In his ; message to the legislature in 1902 j | he went somewhat into the details to ! ennm fVio imnnrtanr-p of n fOmDlllsorV i ""X--* ? jt ~ j attendance law, and again in 1903, j the last annual message submitted j ; by him before his retirement, he laid stress upon the , importance j of a State wide compulsory attendj ance law. We are going to make a I few extracts from the annual mesj sage of Gov. McSweeney to the iegis-1 j l^ture of 1903, on this very import- j | ant subject: "In South Carolina the per cent of j ! illiteracy of native whites over ten i : years of age is 18.1 per cent., and in j | North Caroling it is 23-per cent. In . ! the face of these facts I do not see , how any one can oppose compulsory ; ' attendance at school. It is not nc^- j , essar^ to worry about the negro. He i | is getting all the education which is I j provided now and could get no more j I J under compulsory attendance. What J we should be concerned about is the J education and the moral uplift of our i | white boys and girls. Ignorance is a j | menace and a burden to. civil liberty i j and the good morals of the country. | In addition to this, every boy and ' girl in this country has a right to the ! opportunity to do something and to be something. Such a law can not interfere with the rights of parents, t because no narent has right to make j a slave out of his offspring or to rob j his child of the right to make a useful citizen or t;o have the opportunity to live a useful and a happy life. No one in this day will question the j right of the State to enforce com! pulsory attendance. * * * The history and experience of those countries in which compulsory at| tendance has been tried prove its ; good results and refute the idea that j I it works any hardship. It is true , ' x ?rViirtVi Vicjira ! mat HI Hie Otatca Wiuvu uai v w??? I ! pulsory attendance laws, only two are j I Southern, but that is no res^n why 11 ! we should longer lag beh1'" I In the message of Go- A Sv eeney t of 1902 he gave a numt * tatisj tics to show what was bem* ione in s ! other States and urged the passage I fcf a compulsory attendance law by I South Carolina. We have not that 1 message before us, but all we want 1 to do is to show that several years t before the time referred to by The State there had been efforts to pass t a compulsory attendance law in k South Carolina. 1 At the session of 1903 Mr. T. M. s - c - - r Rasor of Orangeburg, a member 01 ~ the senate, introduced a compulsory F attendance law which passed the sen- 3 ate. Mr. E H. Aull of Newberry, a member of the house at that time, * introduced a similar bill in the house. When the senate bill came over from c the senate it was takfen*up and on roll call vote (see House Journal 1903 page 496), Col. Mendel L. s Smith, then speaker of the house, voted for the indefinite postpone- t ment of the bill. The motion was ? made by Mr. M. P. DeBruhl, a member from Abbeville. Mr. R. A. Cooper then a member from * Laurens * g voted against postponement and for the bill. The bill was indefinitely t postponed by a vote of 6.0 to 54. E This action being taken of course Mr. r Aull withdrew his 1*11 fiom the files f of the house. Mr. Arthur Kibler and 11 Mr. John F. Banks the other two members from Newberry also voted s against the bill. We are not referring to this record j to: tal^e proper credit from any one for what he may have done to pro- j mote the education of the children of 1 Ia kiif einrtnliT fA & T*P. I 1/IiC Otitic, UUt Oliliyij' I/V Wiv .? cord straight, and to give credit .to j whom credit is due while we are at j . it. Gov. Manning and Col. Smith and Gov. Cooper and Mr. Clinkscales ^ may have done all that The State J says they did, but compulsory attend- i ^ ance was proposed in the legislature more than twelve years ago, as the* g ! records will prove. We are glad that the compulsory attendance law has ^ been enacted. We have been a long! j ' time and consistent advocate of such !, 11 a law. The same old argument about | j ; the negro was used away back there I when we were trying to get the law j 1 through. i ^ i nf ic not ' f X lie XlgllU AillU VX VUUVMW1VU 11V v | ! going to hurt the negro, but if he is | ^ ! not trained awav from the oath he I i A 1 c ' must follow, it will be helpful to him . ! and to the race. j _ ^ How it Happened. 1 Every day or so we hear somebody z say, "Why, how in the world did it < happen that a pretty woman like Mrs. i Duff ever married a little sawed-off 1 shrimp like Tom Duff?" I Well, we'll tell you: When Torn;, and Helen first began going to par- j< vk-%attic or>rl rifliQV nlrj/?DC I ties (4I1U LiIC UlUVito auu uxuvi. |/iuwu,- as is the wont of young couples. To.n (. blew himself for a swell fee J one : < evening.' He took her to a nice res- j-1 taurant, and, when seated at the . table, suggested: i "Will you have a little shr:mp?" j "Psar me/' Helen exclaimed, "this is so sudden. ' I a&i opera Wednesdaj I Tom The Wilde! A stirring romance oi Story from the nove I , A terror amons among good won Mix. ''The Wilderne cinating romance - .1 ping country in tl --a story of life ai joy in the desolat< snow and ice. ?Als BILL PARSC w T-* 1/ltT * HT\P | J. JL. BUUZ.LK Ur j SELLS HIS PLANTATION. ! A big real estate deal was con-jummated last week through Frank ': i. Hunter real estate dealer, when j. Jr. D. Luther Boozer soid his excel-! ent farm just across the Newberry j ine to Mr. A. J. Bethea of Colum>ia for the sum of $41,000. ] It is one the best plantations in his section and is on the Piedmont lighway and just over the Newberry ino in T^nrens countv. The new I urvey of the road that Laurens is i low building runs right through the ] (lace and by the dwelling. The road it present leaves the dwelling some i ittle distance off the main road, 1 hough the land is out to the road. Mr. Boozer has been a very sue- j essful farmer and makes fine crops very year, but the labor conditions lave been such that he decided to i ell. The place contains 630 acres ^nd ] he price realizes very near $70.00 he acre. The farms adjoins New- < erry county at Kinards. < It is the intention of the purchaser ] o cut the place into small farms and i ell them at auction in the near fuure, possibly the latter part of this rionth, so that the* purchasers may tiake arrangements for the next rop. This will give a fine opportuty to purchase a small farm in a ine community and near a good chool. ] ? - ] Alfalfa-Clover Campaign. ] In order to stimulate and encourge farmers to grow more winter le- ; umes for soil improvement, grazing ? nd hay meetings will be held at the j ollowing places this week, viz: St. Phillips school house, Thursday, i Lugust 7, 10 a. m. < Bethel-Garmany school house, on ] 'hursday, August 7, 2:00 p. m. h Hartford school house Thursday, j Lugust 7, 5:00 p. m. t. Smyrna school house, Friday, Aug. \ th, 10 a. m. Luther M. Long's residence, Fri- , ay, August 8, 2:00 p. m. For these meetings I have secured ] he services of A. A. McKeown of lock 'Hill. Mr. McKeown has been j , member of the Rock Hill alfalfa j .ssociation since its organization and j. herefore has had much practical ex- j, lerience in planting and growing al- j alfa. We are very fortunate in sewring Mr. McKeown's services and ! t is hoped the farmers will avail j ;hemselves of this opportunity to in- j form themselves about this important lay and forage crop. We also desire it these meetings to make up several jooperative cars of ground limerock ind what seed the farmers will need i"or fall seeding. You will not from the schedule is mapped out that we will only have ! about 2 hours time at each place so \ [ urge that you be there on time. ! A.11 farmers are invited to be pres- j 2nt. Other meetings will be held if 1 farmers desire them. T. M. Mills, County Accent. j Subscribe to The Herald and Sews, $1.50 a ^ear. i i .*L "x J i r, August 0 1 rness Trail f the Northern snows 1 by Frank Williams < ? bad men, a hero i -? nen?that's i om ss Trail" is a fasof the fur-trapbe distant North id love, grief and a- land of eternal i ? a~^~ J IN COMEDY j Souvenir Hunter Failed. This story illustrating both the * "? ' * J American pencnanc ior souvenirs ana the French distrust of the Hun is from a Paris letter in The Bystander, London: I found an American make a great argument with our concierge, "Combien?" he was demanded, and he has held up his five fingers. "Clinq francs," he has said, but the concierge has shook her head. "But what is it he wishes?" I have asked, and the young man has said, "Souvenir, souvenir." Then the concierge has explained how he has wished to buy our sign which the police have stuck on qur Ttfall when we have had Hio fin+hnn "Ahri SO "But why," I have ^gid, "will you not sell it to the young man?" But our Concierge has said: "No, maidemoiselle?I part not svith that, until the peace is signed. Voyone one cannot trust that Boche, not by a little hair, and one cannot know at all till the peace is finished that one will not again have need 3f our cave to shelter the poor people for the Gothas. No, no, that rests till the war is quite finished." Another Dream Shattered. For the nineteenth time Miss Matilda Tiddlum looked behind her. "He's following me," she gasped, | as she hurried her pace and straightened her hat at the same time. Her ! heart was in her mouth and in her pale green eyes shone a light of hope?no, fear. j "It isn't safe for a girl to walk; about alone," she muttered, as her i size eleven elastic sides spurned the 1 pavement. , Again she looked around. Ha, he j evas still there. What could ne ao.'j She heard his footsteps drawing j nearer. No, she must not faint. He vas here?oh. Then the man hurried past* her ind joined the sweet young thing in the pink jumper on ahead and Miss Tiddlum ground her teeth?a j guinea a set?and slowed down. Expect wind stands as never it stood, .t is an ill wind turns none to good. ?Tausser. SPECIAL ELECTION NEW HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Counfy of Newberry. Whereas, one-third of the resident free-holders and a 1;ke proportion of the resident electors of the age of twenty-one in the New Hope school district No. 25, the county of Newberry, State of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the county board of education of Newberry county, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an election be held in the said school district on the question of levying a special tax of four (4) mills on the taxable property within the said school district. Now, therefore, we the undersign _ ? -it- _ ,.f eel, composing cuumv w-m.u education for Nt-wberry county. c"i;:te of South Carolina, do hereby crdc?. the board of trustees of the New I I i I have sold Mr. D i ii tion at Kinards, S. ( Bethea, of Columbia, II 11 This tract of land [ will be divided into s lir at auction on the pre: j i i| Watch for date of jj in Friday's paper. i i * " | r I r in j rranKK i ; ! AGI | "Nothing Too Large, l j OMaMMMMMMMMMMMMMn I Mm I 1 \JF A i ' To Subsc ! v: -l i. victory li i " % ALL SUBSCRIBE TORY LOAN BONE ED TO HAVE THE] MENT OF 20 PEF HANDS OF THE BJ 9, ON WHICH DAT STALMENT FALLS i 1 Hie National Bat Tina f I 1 lie tUUIUIU UUI |i Hie Exchange B; Hope school district No. 25 to hold j an election on the said question of j levying a special tax of four (4) j mills to be .oliected on the property j located within the said school dis ! trict, which said election shall be held j i at the New Hope school house, in the | j said school district No. 25, on Wed- : ' nesday, the 20th day of August, ; j 1919, at which said election the polls j 1 x n aIapc/) shall be opened at t a. in. citiu nucbu at 4 p. m. j The members of the board of trus- i I tees of the said school district shall j act as managers of the said election. Only such electors as reside in the said school district and return real or personal property for taxation, and who exhibit their taxes and registration certificates as required in general elections, shall be allowed to j vote. Electors favoring the levy of ! ! such tax shall cast a ballot contain- < I ; ing the word "Yes" written or print | ed thereon, and each elector opposed j to such levy shall cast a ballot con| taining the word "No" written or ! printed thereon. ' Given under our nands and seal i | th-is the 2nd day of August. T9I9. I 0. M. Vv7iison, 0. B. Cannon, 0. B. F.v.vi?n, 1 County Boavcl o F . u^:<tiO':, JS'ew-f berry Couirty, v i*ol!na. > ' - "" ' 4 'arm Lands | T Tkl a"n + Q_ i . Juit JJUU^^X O ^lUHVU I 1, to Mr. Andrew J. , S. C. ; . j * containing 626 acres small tracts and sold * ; mises. sale to be announced - i Uimfnir . 11U1IIC1 :nt Nothing Too Small" ?f?mm wimwi?www?i if />( n 1 I L11| RS TO THE VIC- j >S ARE REQUEST- I [R THIRD INSTAL- I t CENT. IN THE INKS BY AUGUST ; 1 E THE THIRD IN- | ' , 1 DUE. , V # M ? * ik of Newberr ? 1 I / IT 1 >ank ot Newoerry ink of Newberry ; NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT We will make a final settlement of the estate of J. B. Shealy in the Pr?nV?ntp P.rmvt fnr Newberry County. S. C., on Wednesday, the 3rd day of September, 1919, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will immediately thereafter ask for our discharge rs Administrators of said estate. 'J B. F. SheaIv, * J. A. Shealy, Jr. dewberry, S. C., August 5, 1919. J M VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE. , flj At $25.00 per acre. To settle an estate, 400 acres in I Newberry county, within one and 1 one-half miles of Blairs, on Southern \ railway, lying on Broad and Enoree rivers. One hundred acres in eT?ra good timber; 50 in pasture; 80 in. cultivation. Sand loam with clay subsoil. Fourteen miles from Pomaria; 16 miles from Newberry. Sixroom dwelling house; 3 tenant houses 3 barns; other oat-buildings. On^half cash, balance on terms. Come and see?better than writing. Thomas P. Adams, Executor, BJairs. S. C. Eugene S. Blease, Attorney, 8-l-4t. Newberry, S!" C. Subscribe to The Kerald ar.d News, S 1.-50 a year. . \ J , '