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? r vu m j|te jffom Oflfl JtEJI iKtered al the Postoffice at Bievr* tarry, 8. Cn as 2nd class matter. E. H. AILL, JSUllUH, Tuesday, August 12, 1919. We have printed recently several items of news and personals which i have been mailed to us, and without j the signature of the person sending j them. It is contrary to the rule of all well regulated print shops to print anything unless the name of the author or writer is known. This \ is to say that we are very glad to I have you send us such items, and! we are always pleased to print them, but we will follow the rule a little more closely and unless we have the name of the person who sends the 1 item we will have to decline to print | it. We will not, of course, print t^e (! name of the person or the source of j the information, but we must know! i who the writer is for our own protection. Please bear this in mind j and send right along any item of j hews that you may have, or any j personal, and we will be pleased to j print it, but let us have your name, not for publication, but that wfe may know the author. PULLING TOGETHER. Some time ago the Providence Baptist church, colored, in the country near Eatonton, Putnam county, was burned to the ground, presumably by incendiaries. The pastor applied to a well-known [ philanthropist of Atlanta for a sub- j scription to a fund being raised with ! which to replace the burned edifice, j In his reply, the latter expressed j willineness to do as requested, but j he wanted to know "what help had j' been rendered in the pastor's own i community. The negro minister responded: |, "First, the white people of the com- j munity have offered $2,100 reward for capture and conviction of the outlaws who burned the church; secondly, they have contributed to- . ward rebuilding my own church $1,- ] AAA. m/\va Je nnrninfr OS TYITT wJlit.O VW J UiVl^ XO MU AMJ VV MAW 1 friends sympathize and feel * kindly toward my people." In explanation of his theory that the church had been destroyed by /'outlaws," the pastor said: "I disciplined some young men for drinking and carousing around the church on Sunday preceding the \ burning. This fact leads me to believe that the illicit distillers of liquor advised those who felt aggrieved to take revenge by the dast aijdly burning of the church property. The illicit distillers are white peo- j pie, who sell to negroes and whites;' and there are more stills in Putnam j county than ever before existed, if we believe the people who appear to know." This correspondence shows a commendable spirit of cooperation between the decent and law-abiding elements of both the whites and blacks of Putnam county. This is indicated by the effort the white people have made to redress the wronsr the colored people suffered, \ and to rebuild their church, even j though the incendiaries were law- i less negroes. Outlaw citizens, white and black, manufacture illicit whiskey of the' vilest kind, sell it to hot-headed, ir-1 responsible or criminal citizens, white ' and black, who, upon drinking it, be-1 come outlaws and imperil the com-; munity. In every community there are j enough decent, respectable and j law-abiding people of both races, if | they pull together for their mutual1 welfare and protection, to dominate the situation and preserve | order. This can be done only by coopera tion and good will between the white 1 :.nd the colored people, such as is evidenced in Putnam county.?At-! ianta Constitution. The above from the Atlanta Con-: : titution is rather a long story for us ; o print in view of the fact that the -cene is laid in a Georgia county, but1 it contains several very important j tmths which are equally applicable j h-k MAwhprrv. Of course, we do not I mean to say that stills are I numerous in this county. On the contrary, if there are any they are j very scarce. We believe they did discover one in a negro house down in I Prosperity, and there may be a few| around, but the illicit distilling of liquor is not one of the crimes that can be charged to our people. But the point of the article, as we see it, is that the best way to have ,;ood feeling among the races, and to :.ave law and order, is to have all the . ood people of the community of, ntVi rflf-ps to null together for the welfare and good order of the com- : . >unity, and it is the proper and only' v. ay to have a good community in | hich to live. We are still of the1 'c_\r;on that the good people and the rU. The greatest sensational p They will enj 1 i N law abiding people constitute a majority in all the communities in this county, and for them to cooperate and to pull together for the good order of the community will do more to preserve good order and to stamp nn+. thp lawless element than any other thing that can be done. The incident given by the Constitution shows also that the good and law abiding members of the negro race realize that the best friends they have are to be found among the good and law abiding members of the white race. The point we want to emphasize is that the decent and law abiding and good people of any community by cooperation and pulling together can dominate the situation and preserve order in that community, and that is the only way in which it can be done. FOR THIRTY YEARS. Thirty years is a long time to be a subscriber to a newspaper, and then cease. Ordinarily for a subscriber to say that he did not care to renew would not cause us a moment of thought. There was a time away back in the early (lays, when we first entered the publishing business, that we did worry a great deal when a subscriber ordered his paper discontinued, or declined to renew, but long ago that ceased to annoy, ~ i : for we always touna mat wnen one dropped off there was another to take his place, and that the same thing was true in all the affairs of men. The workman dies, but the work goes on. Not one of us, however important we may feel about ourselves, is indispensable to the moving of the machinery of the universe. The world went round and round long before we appeared oil the scene, and long after we are gathered to our fathers the sun and the moon will continue to give forth tneir raaiance, ana me morning otena will sing together, as they did of old. It is very rare, we say for one who has been a subscriber to. one newspaper in his home town for 30 years and more, to decline to renew, and naturally when that thing did happen it caused us to wonder why, and yet we said nothing, because it was perfectly all right, and before we returned to the office there was a new subscriber to take his place. We have but the very kindest feeling foi cnhsrriher who asks that his name be taken from our list, but it does make us wonder if he will not miss the visits ^>f the old paper that has been such a regular and constant visitor to his home during all these years, and why should he not wanl it any longer. It has carried messages of sadness and of gladness intc that home, and no doubt sometimes has said something with which the subscriber did not agree, but woulc onxr nna Hpsire a Daoer that was al ""J ? -- -together unanimous with his way oi thinking? We should imagine not This subscriber is one of the town's best citizens, intelligent, educated public spirited and progressive. Anc successful in business. The smal price we know is not the reason. We can not imagine the reason and thai being the case it does cause us tc wonder why. The truth of the matter is, we have never been able tc understand how any live and progressive citizen, who could read, oj 1 11VUU1 MAF LLYC drama of its kir icture of circus ioy it. n connection with tl "THE M O ADV t J who had any member of his family who could read, failed to subscribe to both of the newspapers published in the town. The price charged is insignificant. And how those who do not pay the small price for the | papers would like to live in a town {the size of Newberry that did not have a newspaper, and how they could expect to have one published if every citizen did as they do, not be willing to pay the small price rharp-ed for the naoers. We knew a very large merchant in this town once, many years ago, whc never believed in advertising, and never did any, who became very angry with us on an occasion when we declined to give him a free write up of his millinery opening. It was the custom of the papers in those days to give a column each spring and fal] to the millinery openings and we wrote accounts of the others who ad1 IIO VArni 10 "* ! TT on/1 VCl blDCU VY1 111 ua i^umi uuu him out, as he did not believe in advertising we thought it would make no difference to him. When he showed that he did not like it, we aske<i him if he thought it would be possible to have a newspaper published in the town, if all the business houses die as he, do no advertising. We hope no one will misunderstand tKis little homily. It is purely impersonal. We have often wonderec how any intelligent man could hel{ taking both the newspapers publishec in the town. Both of them have beer here for many years. Both have given largely of their space and theii talent and their labor to the uplifl ' of the community. The price is sc small that no one in this day car nnrrmlnin nf that. If we did not acrre* I ] with many things that any one oJ them had to say we would want tc see what he was saying, and woulc be willing to pay the little that is charged. And yet there are verj ' rich men here who do not subscrib* for the two papers, and some who dc not hesitate to send around for t ? xi. : _ . i copy, ana we suppose 11 uie prict ' j was charged he would become angry j But it is all right. No complainl I this. Simply an expression of wonder ' | we suppose we might call it. A newspaper is worth a whole lo1 I to any town, and does a whole lot oJ ' j free work for which it gets no credit .j It has been very truly said that the ; I support given the local newspapers . I is a very good index of the progress .: ive spirit of the citizens of any town For thirty three years now the present editor has been the editor oj k this paper. That is a generation oi . man. We have been abused and mis understood many times, but we beai > no ill will to any one. We have triec to say those things which we have k felt to be for the best interests oi j this community and to do our dutj as \^e saw it. If we had been a little | harder collector possibly we woulc i have had some money, but after al ! when we look around at some wh< 5 I ; have loved the dollar more, we ar< |: not so sure they are any better off I ! This is a good time for you to re k ; new your subscription or to sub ; scribe. ci > i - The petitions asking an electior : > for an additional tax for the main - tenante cf the schools, and for j :; bond issue to enlarge the equipment : |N id ever put into life. The best lis picture we will sh [ASKED ANCE II are being circulated, and be sure to i! sign them at once so that we may i have an adequate system and be able J % ; to pay the teachers something like ?!they should have. If those who have i the petitions happen not to see you l ! just call at the office of the clerk of ; | court at the court house and sign the ' .'petitions. It should require only that 1 jthe attention of the people of Newt - --TI-J J-_ Vr* > I Derry De caneu tu im& Iiiauci, uci cause we are all interested in/ having the best system of -schools in the l State and the only way to have that is to furnish the money, and no one 1 can use any argument or would care to do' so against the betterment of s the schools. The election should be ? ^held during ths month and before it can be ordered the petitions signed 5 by the freeholders and the electors I is necessary. Be sure to sign these s | at <mce. 'I " * ' j CHILDREN'S DAY OBSERVED AT PINE PLEASANT. i i Is there anything upon which the , [people are more unanimous than the , [question of good roads. It is sorter I i like good government, we are all in favor of good government. We are j all in favor of good roads. There is no argument that can be advanced ^; against the building of good roads. I We all are right there when it comes * ' ^ mi ...v.. j jto tne senumeni. xxicn wny anuum jwe be going on plowing through the imud and ditches and over the holes and rough places? Why not get busy and do something. The mere fact that we are all unanimous for good roads does not build them. It i takes money and muscle and lots of both, but it would be energy and money well expended if put into 'roads. Not only the roads in the 'country but the streets of the town 'of Newberry are no better and not >as good in proportion. And yet the j citizens of this town are refusing to ; sign a petition to help get the money jso as to give the city authorities I something with which to do the ' I work. They would rather stand aloof ' land abuse the streets and "cuss" the 'Imen in charge for the condition of these highways through the town. It takes money and muscle, we repeat, c to build roads. Being unanimous in favor of the proposition will not give 1 j us roads of itself. But the funny 5 ipart of the proposition to me is that " Uvhere the people are so unanimously i in fiivnv nf ? thine' there should be -! so much and so long delay in bring^! ing it to pass. E ?o? I reckon it is suffering for the p lack of a leader or someone who can * go ahead and do things. And then J there is that distrust which is charF o/?foY?i<s+ir> nf thp human heinc that 1 he is afraid if he spends the money 2 and puts up the bonds the money * imay be spent and no roads worth * I while built. But we must get to the } .point where we will trust someone, be 2 icause that is the foundation of our * 'system of government. And then" " j there are many people who are driv sm /-) /\ 71 Af ! in? L'cli S in una c v? juv uv uvu * V !ize that the cars cost any money, or jthat it costs anything to keep them i j going, some one else furnishes the -j money to pay the cost. Eut the i 'awakening is coming and very . 'and the people are not only going j n* s IL1KI motion pictures child's picture ow the 4th episode < RIDER' N PRICE to be unanimous for good roads, but they are going to build some. Every time I go to the country I am impressed with the condition of our roads, and can not help wonderiing why we will not get busy and do something. That old kaiser, bad roads, is doing a lot of damage in this country, and we should wipe him off the face of the earth. On Sunday I had intended to go to Dyson, but was just afraid of the roads in this county, and in Saluda, because I wanted to go some ten miles through Saluda county, and the constant rains have made the proposition of maintaining the kind of roads ?? l'rMnnoeiKili'iw nnfK 2 tllUt -WC 1\CL T C ail Xll^VOCivaAAVj w a vu (the resources at hand. It is not often that we have such a wet summer and so many heavy rains. But about ten o'clock Mr. D. C. Spearman came by and asked me to go with him to Pine Pleasant in Saluda county, where there was to be i an observance of Children's Day and dinner on the grounds. This is a place I have been promising my Mat to eo for a lone time, and as it is almost impossble for me to refuse to accept any invitation to go to the country, I accepted and we drove over. The road is good part of the way, but just before you reach Deadfali there has been a lot of sand and other things placed in the road, and it is now almost impossible to get over on account of the deep ruts in the road. I suppose if this section is dragged and the holes filled in as soon as the road dries a little it will be good. On the Saluda side the road has been widened, but it needs a lot of work to make it a good road. This is one of the finest sections of country in South Carolina. It is the home of the Colemans, and they all have good country homes, and they certainly know the art of making something to eat, and then they know how to serve it and to prepare it. The Kempsons ard the Longs also live in here and most of them went from Newberry originally. In fact you will find a lot ol JNewoerry people all about in Saluda county. ; The fine country homes over this side, with all the modern conveniences, and the fine farms, only increases our desire to get to the country and all that keeps us in town is that we have not enough money to move to the country, and can not ;fix up the home like we would like ! to have it. But some of these days ,we hope to get there yet. j Pine Pleasant is one of the old churches in this country. The organization is probably more than a 'hundred years old. This is the third house that has been built. It is of brick and one at the present site was destroyed by fire a good many years ago, and there was a house of worship before that a few miles from the present building. The congregation and membership are not large I but the members are alt good sudstantial farmers of the community, and the congregation at present is served bv the Rev. \<f. R. Anderson I of Newberry. ' I . . -?] In the cemetery is buried the I \ 9 \ 1 'VfC" i A thrilling, i ever made. s r "N ) / t lS Rev. Luther Bell, one of the pioneer | missionaries of the Baptist church. , He was a missonary to ][ndia away back in the early days of the last century. He died in 1836 and on tho slab over his grave it is stated that he was the pioneer who opened the way for the Judson mission in India, and that he also undertook to found a great Columbian university for the education of the people in the city of Washington. I understand that one of the organizations of the Newberry Baptist church has under contemplation a hike to this spot to study the life of this pioneer of the ' denomination. i T ] At the morning service on Sunday the children held the boards and a very interesting and instructive program was rendered, and the children were well trained and did their parts mighty well. The training I learned was under the direction of Mrs., G. f W. Coleman who is a fine musician i and certainly understands the train- r . ing of children. Mr. Mark Long is the superintendent of the Sunday ' school. After these exercises a most ex- ? cellent dinner, and in great abundance, was served on one long table in the beautiful grove which sjur, rounds the church. My friend Doc Spearman was uneasy that I might hurt myself, but you know a dinner 1 1 1 1 *1 _ *_ prepared ana servea iiKe tms 11 is ; impossible to hurt yourself, because these good ladies know how to prepare it. It was certainly a fine dini ^ner. i After the dinner hour Rev. Mr. ; Anderson preached an earnest sermon and with it began a series of meetings which will last several days during the week. I met my old friend and former schoolmate Marcus Payne over here. He is now living in . Southwest , Georgia and is prospering down 'there. He is on a visit to his old Ihome and kindred and friends in jthis State for a few weeks. He 4iloved/** . | from this section of Saluda to 1 Georgia some eight years ago. * Mr. G. W. Coleman had charge of | the Children's Day exercises and he f. | did the job well and also sang some beautiful solos. Doc Spearman lived | over this side some years ago and !every one knew him and was glad to see him. I was glad, after I did not get off to Dyson, that he came along and gave me the pleasure and profit of this day in this fine section of South Carolina. E. H. A. Notice. The Forward Movement Commitee of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church will inaugurate its rnrrmpJe-n duriner the conference at j Linwc-od college, near Gastonia, N. I C., August 19-24. | Friday, August 22nd, will be known as Forward Movement Day i at the conference and a great many ! Associate Reformed Presbyterians j are expected. Dr. V/. R. Dobyns of I St. Joseph: Mo., and other promin ent speakers will have part on the program that day. i