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E. H. AULL, EDITOR,.
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MICKIE SAYS I
They's a whole gang of subscrip-'
tions comin' due this week an' a raft j]
of good names is comin' off'n th'|
mailin' list if some of ya don't think
t' shoot us a few iron dollars "toot <
sweet," an' gosh; we sure hate t' J
throw anyone outa our happy fam- j
ay. :
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, we are 01 me iiupicasiuii tua^ <
"Mickie" is writing for the Green- ]
wood Index-Journal, but that is im- j
material except that we desire to give
the paper credit from which the es-i'
say is taken.
We take this method of warning j1
a number of the subscribers to The ''
? Herald and News that their subscrip-; i
tions are coming due, and some of 1
them are past due, and if they don't j <
shoot a few iron dollars this way by j <
the first of September we will have j i
? i -f i :i? J ,
to taKe em out OI our xaiuuy, an '
gose, we sure hate t' throw anyone |
outa our happy family." So come ' 1
along before it is too late and attend <
to the little matter. Now it is only I i
a paltry $1.50, after-the first of Sep- jl
tember it will be $2.00. Any sub-! <
scriber, it matters not to what date ?
he is paid, may pay now at the rate 1
of'only $1.50, and for each sum
equal to that amount he will be given |
credit for an entire year. Just j?
eight more days until the first of ; *
September.. Including today eight i1
days exclusive of Sunday. The pres- s
ent subscription price ceases after! 1
August 30, which is Saturday of *
next week. s
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THAT WHITE WAY. c
Now that the telephone poles are "*
down on Main street why would it i
not be -a good time to revive the talk t
about that white way, and not only
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revive tne taiK out taKe action auu i
have it put in? You will remember
that before the war it had been about,
decided to have a white way, and
now that the war is over and things
are getting down to normal would
be the right time to go ahead with j
it. .
We are sure that the commission-'
era,of public works would cooperate
with the merchants and property
owners in carrying out the proposition
we had some time ago for this
white way.
The Hei'ald and News suggests
that some one take the matter up
an& we are sure he will have the co- J
operatiotn of all the people and the
property owners generally. It would
add so much to the appearance of the
city: in the early hours 01 tne even- j
. ing during the winter months to have . <
the streets beautifully lighted. N
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* We take very little stock in either ]
the honesty, the sincerity or the prac-'?
ticability of price fixing by the Fed- ]
eral government. According to our 1
way of looking at it, the fixing of the t
prices of the retailer is only a kind x
of a ruse or subterfuge to engage the l
attention of Mr. Average Citizen j
while he is being robbed right and i
left by the wholesalers above. We g
can understand how some good can \
be accomplished by forcing cold!
.storage products on the market witn- t
in a reasonable length of time after ?
hey have been prepared for use. ?
This Will ttend to the establishment i
of a comparatively smooth and legit- t
Jmate operation of the law of supply t
and demand. But when it comes to j
telling the small grocer that he t
jiust sell at 12 cents sugar for which c
he has paid 11 cents, leaving him a \
^ross profit of less than 10 per cent, t
when he cannot do business on less <
lhan about 15 per cent, there is no
r.emblance of justice. The people j
who are making the big money out of c
ibis situation are the meat trust, the t
ilour trust, the steel trust, the shoe t
{rust, the clothing trust, and other t
folks who have combined to make [
the public pay to the last farthing or i
do without.?Yorkville Enquirer. 1
This expresses just about how we j
feel about this thing of the govern- j
aient fixing prices, and also express- I
fcs our opinion of the location of the s
trouble. We have said as much be- s
fore. It has seemed to us that the i
policy of the government has been J
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Mil aiOIlg IU btaib ai mc ?iuug ?uu ui
Ihe trouble. As a rule there is not s
much profiteering on the part of t
ihe small merchant, and we mean by i
:,hat any merchant in the smaller i
towns, but that the trouble is with t
;he big fellows who corner the goods t
: nd thereby put themselves in posi- s
on to fix the price at anything that t
';ey please, and if the government t
* * lx. ?i: r
* jsires to neip ana 10 relieve u;c s^- *
. ition let it get behind these big fel- 1"
ws who are hoarding and holding c
: e goods simply to get in position to c
iece the consumer. No merchant t
n do business in this cay on u s
cf less th;in 20 per cent and it r
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svill push him to do it on. that. The .
proper thing for this section of the ;
country to do is to grow all that it;
needs to feed itself, and if we could \
*et rid of the trusts and the combin-1
ations the law of supply and demand
would soon regulate the price. '
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Every paper you pick up chronicles
some terrible and heartrending
auto accident, and in most cases due
to earless or reckless driving. Always
follow the advice of a late president
of the Southern railway at
grade crossings, stop, look, listen and
if that is done a great many of these
awful accidents would be avoided.
Just the other day at Ridgeway almost
an entire family was killed, and
the same thing happened the past
week in Georgia, and several more
or less terrible iccidents at other
rvl q /?nc
[jiawvo.
It does seem that the drivers of
cars would take heed from these terrible
accidents and be more careful,
but they will not. At any time you
undertake to travel the road you will
meet the reckless driver and the \
speed lust, but of course they think ;
they know how, and that there is no
Sanger to themselves. They surely
io not think of the other fellow who !
is traveling the road and snouia nave 1
some consideration.
But this is a very selfish age, we j
lave been told, and it is demonstrat- j
?d on the road as much as any place j
??e know. We have about come to
I
;he conclusion that it is a good test
>f the character of the driver to ob- ;
*erve his treatment of the other fel- j
ow.
The election on the voting of a
ipecial additional tax for the main-1
enance of the schools will be held
n September. There! should not be
i vote against this proposition. The
)eople signed the petitions asking
he elecion with practically no dis-!
ent at all, and the vote should be !
he same way. The proper education '
>f our children can not be postponed
rithout great detriment to the child- j
en. And then the people of New- j
)erry have ever taken a deep inter- i
ist in education, and the wonder to j
is is that this tax was not increased
>efore this, and^why the equipment
vas not enlarged and made adequate.
!t just had not been called to the atention
of the people before, is the
>nly reason we can imagine. j
The teachers have been inadequitely
paid and the only way to pay j
;hem a living salary is ..to increase
;he revenue of the school district,
md the only method by which it can j
be increased is to increase the taic
evy. And that is what it proposed;
by the levy of an additional two mills,
tax on the property. There should
aot be a dissenting vote.
The requisite number of freeholders
and electors have petitioned to
issue bonds to the'Amount of $40,~
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DUO lor tne pnysicai improvement 01
the schools, but it has been discover3d
that under the law creating the j
iistrict it will be necessary for an!
ict of the legislature to issue bonds, j
Dut it is well that the citizens have
signed the petition because this will
3e evidence to the members of the
egislature that the people desire that
;he necessary legislation shall be enicted,
and it should be done prompter
so that the necessary equipment
nay be made during the next sumner.
It is too late now for this next
session any way.
I
September will soon be here and
hen the price of The Herald and
views will be $2.00 the year. Better
ittend to that little matter of relewing
your subscription before the
;ime is out. Look at the date on
he label on your paper opposite your
lame, and if that is correct it will
ell you l|ow the matter stands. We
lesire that all of you shall remain
vith us, but in or^er to do so it willI
>e necessary to have the date ahead
>f vou.
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President Wilson has told the foreign
affairs committee of congress
hat rat.ifiVation of the neace
;reaty was the first step toward gez;ing
back to a normal world. And
t is, and the longer the delay the
onger it will be, and the harder will
>e the struggle to get back to normal
Isn't it strange that the good peo>le
of this good town will remain \
iatisfied with the streets. It seems
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O IO US. uuierwise wuy uu jiui
nake a move to do something to
lave them improved? It takes money,
o be sure, but did you ever hear of
mything worth while being done of
his kind without the spending of
noney. And once the streets were j
nade at all what they should be
here would be less cost of patching
hem. We spend thousands hauling
:and from the creek but to have it?
vi shed back whence it came. ^And
his year the rains have taken it back
nuch faster than the teams could
lei ui if up, i iiC iccuiw is iua,uy
)f the ditehes do nut jrei the ac~
ustomed replenishing of sand at
he proper ti;ne. if we had but
tarted 30 years ago to spend what
none} we spent <n streets in the
VERY FORTUNATE
PIANOS HALF PRICE
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NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY THAT |
PROMISED PIANO FOR
YOUR GIRL.
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of only 500 of these great bargains
for the whole United States.
i Read this letter and you can understand
why:
j Fall River, Mass., July 25, 1919.
;Mr. J. L. Bowles, NewbeiTy, S. C.
! Dear Sir: As you are undoubtedly,
aware, it is the intention of this
' company to devote the entire im:mense
plant of Fall River to the
I manufacture of player pianos only.
We have in process five hundred
straight pianos, which are anxious
i to dispose of. We are going to close
[ out these pianos, as it is absolutely
j necessary that we have the room
here to take care of our immense
player business, which is rapidly
[coming in. In order to dispose of
this surplus stock, we are going to
make special prices to dealers for
quick delivery. We arevtelling you
this, as you are an old customer of
ours and we want you to get the
benefit of anything: that we have to
offer.
We are going to set aside about
25 pianos for you, and are going to
make you a special discount for immediate
sale. The pianos in question
are what we call our style 10
pianos. This is a modern massive
instrument, four feet nine inches
high, Colonial designe, that is
straight lnes throughout, and
makes an impressive appearance in
any one's home. If you desire, we
will send you a sample instrument
and there is no question that, after
you have displayed it to your customers,
it will mean a sale.
Kindly let us hear from you at
once as to just how many of these
pianos you need for your customers.
Yours truly,
International Piano Mfg. Co.
Af fV R_ Summer & Son's.
You are not buying a "pig in the
bag." Every Prescott Piano has the
International Piano Company's guarantee.
"Prescovc" Pianos have been made
for nearly one hundred years; so
they know how to make them.
Don't fail to come in md see
them, about September 1st. It will j
pay you. x i
J.L. BOWLES
FACTORY AGENT:
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building of such streets as would be
permanent we would today have
streets worth while, but as it it
they are in worse condition than they
were $0 years ago owing to the increased
traffic. Wonder if we will
ever learn wisdom.
WE DON'T KNOW. [
Talking about profiteering and j
price fixing there seems to be up-,
heaval and unrest in all departments.'
High prices are not only prevalent
m the matter of the things you have
to buy, but wages in some lines is
also very high. Brick masons for in- .
stance are asking 85 cents the hour,j'
and you can't get them at that price.
A merchant the other day said that ,
the farmer wanted 9 1-2 cents for his
beef cattle on the foot, and he .
J
thought it should not be over 8 or
8 1-2 cents. We do not know any- j
thing about it, but it would seem to
us that the price of beef at 35 cents ^
and the "fifth quarter," as they call ^
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beef cattle on the foot at 9 1-2 cents'
was not very tyigh when the steak is j
35 cents. But as we say we don't1
know. '
A negro woman was in town the (
other day with a cabbage for which '
she wanted 10 cents the pound. It 1
weighed 7 1-2 pounds. It would seem -1
to us that 75 cents for one cabbage (
was a pretty good price, but we don't;
i
know.
Tomatoes sold the early part of
the season at 25 cents the pound,j
and they tell us they weigh 60 j
pounds to the bushel. That would
be $15 the bushel for tomatoes, a'
pretty good price it would seem to ^
us, but we don't know.
Chickens have gone so high that *
we never even think of eating chick- ^
en, except when we go to the coun- j
try. It has soared away and above j
our purse, and we are not troubled j
much, because we get some every
now and again by visiting our country
friends. jr
So we say we do not know what 3
is the best thing to do. To be very 1
frank, we have not much faith in 3
government regulation. If the gov- 3
ernmeni would get after the big 1
trusts and the big concerns which :
are trying to corner all the food 1
stuff? there might be some way to 3
iccomplish something. ' i
7v:c -e a grc:;t s.-piieava.' now in an i
departmer.ts of human activity, and I
it vill a!3 settle down ri<rbt after 1
:v}".q. if we d j not undertake to
regulate too much by legislation. :
Only
Suit and R
Den
0
Elegant parlor for
and Ready made Go
and everything the 1
parlors on the secom
frpm the store to the
We invite the ladie
and inspect the new 2
Dresses, Suits, Shirt A
Everything newly
pleasant place to wai
fitted.' Courteous ar
| serve you.
Paul E
Main Street
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Supply and demand will settle the ?
question. ' i
About the only thing that we see
from the agitation is to: reduce the
price, of cotton which is too.low now. , j
-nrifVi f Vio rtriAA rvf' (rnnris
mwxi wuv
and other commodities. But we admit
our ignorance.
PROPRIETARY STAMPS
AT NEWBERRY POSTOFFICES
^
Patrons of postoffices in Newber- us i
ry county can now purchase proprie- GO<
tary stamps when needed from their ^av
local offices instead of having to
obtain them from the Newberry office.
A /\^ fv.ioonwr /Innort.
?\. . dliipillCUt U1 Jl Vivytti. W I
merit certificates has been received.
These certificates may be purchased __?|
for cash or in exchange for war savings
stamps. Full information re- gyj^g
yarding them may be obtained at the
local postoffice or from carrier?.
Orders for army blankets are now Bjrmjr
aeing taken. Prices may be obtained
, ,, ? stills, on
crom any carrier or at the P. t>.
from re(
mmm today in
A Japanese Wedding million-d
Will be presented on the lawn of j built her
;he Lutheran Church of the Redeem- j Qf
ir Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock j protecte(
;o which the public is cordially in- j from the
rited. A silver offering will be taken j ma(je frc
:or the work in Japan. The cast of i ^9 0thecharacters
is as follows: !^e pjan
Bride?Miss Nancy Fox. Both wei
Groom?Mr. A. J. Bowers, Jr. (establish:
Bride's Mother?Mrs. E. C. Pierce j moonshir
Bride's Father?Mr. Fulmer Wells ' test ancj
Groom's Mother?Mrs. Will Brown ! arrests ^
Groom's Father?Dr. E. C. Pierce, i probal
Go Between?Miss Mary Lou i 0ff jce ur
3owers- ' ! law is n<
Bride's Maids?Misses Marion Ear-1
lardt, Lillian Kibler, Grace Summer,!
Rosalie Summer.
UTins CHOI us? :wear her
Refreshments will be served free. J earg ? ^
^ j "Do y<
Quaker Acrostic. young m
(Read both ways.) "Yes,
rhe man who saveth money Only if m
lath his future guaranteed. I'd do so
Remorse o'er substance wasted
!s unknown to him, indeed. ORDER
fortune smileKh on him. TION 1
fhinsrs he hath, as he may need. j ING A
i TWO
Phe man who spendeth wisely; i SCKOC
lath no idle, wasted hour;
Uileth cities?even nations? i Where:
nterest for him doth flower, :third of
'\)r he learneth as he liveth ' ing in N
riirift succeedeth?THRIFT IS been filet
POWER. ' . of the si
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Exc!usiv<
eady-to-W<
artment
the display of Millinery an
'Ods, Suits, Dresses, Waists
adies want may be found
I floor. Easy stairway 1
parlors. ,
s of the town and county t<
ir>d latest in their line. Mi]
Waists, Hats, Ribbons.
fitted and clean and fieat
it and have your suits and <
id polite attention and exp
. Anders*
Newberrj
, a /
GRISTS MILL
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Ir. G. W. Kinard Has1 bought my entire
continue to operate same at his
GIN STAND
(
Ve wish to thank the public for the libe
md feel sure Mr. Kinard will continue to
DD MEAL and give you the same gene
e offered you.
lours u
J. D. QUATTLEBA
RAIDED IN said school.c
RMINGHAM POSTOFFICE of voting ai
tax of two
igham, Ala., Aug. 18.?Two situated in t
" > 1 -1M1 +
e ot wnicn was sun warm bcimncc ^nu
:ent operations, were raided now, therefc
the basement of the new; it is order
ollar postoffice now being tees of Ne\
e. Newberry co
ills were in a basement room held in the s
1 by an improvised door sixth day of
outside detection. One was question of ]
>m a small syrup bucket and 0f two mills
r, apparently an addition to ty situated
t from a galvanized pail, trict, for the
re modern, perfect working ment of its i
ments capable of making shall be held
m wrmlrl stnnH XT/iTtrVusv'VTr c
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bring the market price. No be opened a
ave been made. ling and clos<
)le confiscation of the post- ternoon of t
ider the Weakly "bone dry" j Tke f0n0W
)\v being discussed. ie(j managers
^ | tion:
Family Secret. j g g Cun
I know what makes sister^ g
hair bunched down over her i
-small hnv I At the elt
)u?" replied the affable |e^ec^ors t
an. jtrict shall b<
But I ain't goin' to tell. *n ^avor of t
ty ears were as big as sister's cas* a
mething like that myself." "Yes" writt
! those oppose
AND NOTICE OF ELEC- a ballot cor
ON QUESTION OF LEVY- 'written or pi
.N ADDITIONAL TAX OF j By author
MILLS IN NEWBERRY tees of the I
)L DISTRICT. tAiJ^'ust 20, .1
i
is, a petition signed by one-,
the qualified electors resid- j
ewberry school district has;
1 with the beard of trustees 1
lid school district, request- Board of Tr
r.n election be held in the ! District.
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make you that same
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listrict upon the question
nd levying an additional
mills upon the property
he district for the mainequipment
of its schools,
?re:
ed by the board of trusvberry
school district,
unty, that an election- be
aid school district on the
September, .1919, on the
levying an additional tax
upon the taxable properin
the said school dis
: maintenance aim cquipschools;
that the election *
[ at the court house, at
md that the polls shall
t 9 o'clock in the morn>d
at 5 o'clock in the af- a
he said day. ^
ring persons are appoint- JL
to conduct the said elec- Hj
ninghanf, J. M. Bowers, \
npprs "
rvw*"
jction only the qualified
he Newberry school dis2
allowed to vote; those
he levy of such tax shall
)t containing the word
:n or printed on it, and
d to such levy shall cast
itaining the word "No"
inted on it.
ity of the board of trussTe\vberrv
school district,
1919.
W. G. Mayes,
J. Y. Jones,
L. G. Eskridge,
J. Y. McFall,
.Arthur Kibler.
ustees Newberry School
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