The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 11, 1919, Page FOUR, Image 4
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fiAKEUP. ,
The election on the bond issues 1
^will be held today, Tuesday. Do not13
fail to attend and cast your ballot, ]
for the advancement and progress j
of the town, wJbiqh means that you j
must vote for t&je fconds, and when : i
the debts are wippd out we want to! <
vote some more bonds so as to get, t
the monev to build some streets in i 1
the good old town, 1 <
Newberrians who visit at Green-1 ]
wood or Abbeville or .?ny of the j
other live towns in thi? ^reat Pied- j t
mont section can not "help saying, j \
why is it that Newberry does not; c
keep pace with these live towns in ,i
the matter of street improvement,; t
and this street improvement *n these | s
towns is telling very effectively in, i
the matter of the growth of the j s
towns in other very improtant re- j c
spects. The only reason we can giye f
in answer to this question is, that 11
our people need tp be waked up, ; e
They are asleep to their own hurt,! a
Every one will tell you that there! c
is no better town anywhere than \ t
Newberry, and it is true. The peo-!c
pie are the best, the business men j
** are the equal of any, the ..farmers ;t
are-among the best in the Stater In 9
the matter of intelligence there is j
none to excel, and then why do we!
not^wake up and do something. |
Time was when Newberry was the j.
. largest town in the State above Columbia.
Time was when Greenwood i
was but a hamlet compared to New-11
berry. ^ Newberry should get the ,
step and keep time with the prog-:
ress of the age. In order to do so11
she must spend some money and
then some more money on her,
streets and on other improvements!
that afe greatly needed.
Go out and vote, the bond issues \
proposed so as to wipe out the" debts <
that "now exist and give the council i
the leeway to impose more taxes to s
wnintt AYTkPtf&es of the 1
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town, and then get ready for more <
money to make needed improve- 1 j
mentis. .Now is the time to act. ; ^
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t KIND OF MEMORIAL ^
"This movement is a State move-]*
ment and not one that has anything <
to do with tiie University of South 1
Carolina. j <
'The Memorial Building, not a 1
chape, is to be beautiful in design and i
architecturally a gem, - to face on' i
Main street, on State property, and ! i
the approach to it will be from' *
Main street and not from the Univer- 1
sity grounds. \l
"The building will be a half of j 1
archives under the care of the State i
Historical Commission. It will be a j
monument to those who made the:
supreme sacrifice and the names with :
the records of every white South:
Carolinian who fell will be in-1
scribed in bronze and the deeds of all;
who served, civil as well as military,
"will be recorded there.
"In this Memorial Building will be
an auditorium where veterans of this j
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war and otner wars can noiu uiecu-,
ings. The building will be distinctly j!
non-utilitarian but commemorative j'
and will be distinctly a memorial to i1
" those who served fn the war."
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We are glad to see the above an- i'
nouncement. v The Herald and News :
some time ago, in speaking of the
memorial, suggested that it should
not be built on the college campus, .
but should be placed^ on some of ihe j
university property Which faced on I
Main street so that the people going j
to Columbia could not help seeing it.!
* And besides, then no one could say j
that it was part of the State univer- j
sity, but would ieei tnai it was
really a State memorial. If it had!
been placed on the college campus .
very few people would have had |
opportunity, or at least would not
have taken the trouble to go there.
It should be in fact a State memorial.
This action of the commission car- .
ries out the idea of the legislature j
to place the building on some of the
college property, and yet takes it
away from the campus and makes it
easy of access to the people who will
visit to the city. It should be a
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place wnere an xne peopie may go
and be easy of access.
The people should be glad to contribute
to stich a building to perpetuat
the deeds of the boys who
went over there, and every one should
- esteem it a privilege to have part in
the building and to feel whenever he j
gees to Columbia and looks on the!
memorial that he had contributed;
something to its erection, however j
small the amount may be. If the !
amount pays for only one brick so
much*the better. It would be bet-'
ter if the confcribr.t'cv.s wer* suCi-:
ciently numerous tha~ euea one p~i'i
>. yi;lv a part. It wcnld iLc n be
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in reality the people's building and .
i memorial erected by the people.
Another good thin;* the commis-'
sion has done is not to consider any
if the proposals to make it an utili-!
tarian building, bat a strictly memorial
building where the records of the :
soldiers may be kej3t and where the ;
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people may go lor iniormatiun cuji- :
;erning the great world war.
Mr. B. C. Matthews and his cotji -;
r^ttees in Newberry are going to '
raise the portion that is expected
from Newberry, and if yon have not
pet taken a part do not wait' any
longer but see Mr. Matthews at o- t.
We regret that we will ha-. 1
ibandon *the idea of getting ou<.
Christmas edition which we had con- j
;emplated and for which we had already
secured the advertising. We
lesire to thank the business men of j
dewberry for the readiness with
irVii/>Vi tVioTr aoTPPrl tn t.alcp ^sr>?p.e in
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;hat edition of the paper. In fact ;
ve had 'orders for a sufficient amount
>f advertising to warrant the printng
of a 40 page paper, but owing to;
he amount of job work at the office
ind the scarcity of help it will be
mpossible for us to undertake the J
ipeci'al edition. We regret this be- i
:ause we had planned to get out a f
ine paper, but just now the office
s short of help in tho mechanics!.
ind and there is a limit to the:
i
imount of physical endurance even
>f a printer, and we have to give up 1
he idea of getting out the issue as
:ontemplated.
Practically every business man
hat^ we approached readily bought
pace and we regret that the pro- j
ect has to be abandoned. *
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Today is the first anniversary of
he signing of the armistice which
neant the cessation of fighting in the '
greatest war in all recorded history.
SVe are still at war but it is hoped j
Knt it will rtnt he so lone^ before the
jeace treaty is ratified. It would
De a fine celebration of the signing
>f the armistice for the senate to go
ilong and ratify the peace treaty. 1
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We notice from our local column
;hat the new recorder had the first
speeder before hifti the other day.
We do not know just what the
jpeed limit is in Newberry, but we
biow that there are a great many
jars and drivers besides the one before
the recorder that are going
through our narrow streets at a
nuch greater speed than is good for :
;he safety of the pedestrian and
>thers as well. And from the acci- i
ients of which we read it does seem 1
Jiat no one is safe even if he is
m the sidewalk, because it was over
lere at Greenville just the other day j
ffhere a car mounted the sidewalk i
ukUkilled one man and seriously!
Injured another, and. the two were j
landing there engaged in conversa- j
;ion feeling no doubt that they were
it least safe so long as they "were on,
;he sidewalk and not at a street!
crossing. But the automobile has all
rnflrfo and thiners that are not roads :
for its own in this day. Very few
lars in this town give any attention
to the stop signs at street crossings,'
md as for the speed limit if there is t
my it must be- the limit of the car. j
Fortunately we have had no acci-!
ients.
Another thing, how about that
ordinance as to the cut outs? Some- j
bimes in these .offices fronting on a j
street you can not hear yourself or
each other think for the noise of the :
cut out.
But thfs is a strenuous age, in '
which we live and one must keep out
of the way if he does not want to be
run over. j
The world "is groping about just j
now,, trying to reduce the cost of
living by increasing wages and lessen- j
ing production; both nations and in
dividuals are hard at it cutting down
the tree in order to get the apples.i
When sanity returns, they will dis- j
cover that neither nations nor in-:
dividuals can live unto themselves,
but that their interests all hang together
on one and the same apple j
tree, with its many limbs and.
branches."
This sentence expresses a great I
f-rntli and strange to sav our great
men and leaders seem not to see it.
The great cry is to increase pay j
to meet the high cost of living and at!
the same time cut down the hours
for work which necessarily cuts
down production, and the truth is
the only way to reduce the cost of;
living is to increase production.
But maybe after awhile the world,
will return to sanity and get down,
to ordinary and simple rules of life
and of living. Until it does this1
great unrest is going to continue and
we will be in a state "that there is I
no telling what the result may be.
It would be well if we could but
hark back to at , least some of the
good old wuys of life and of living.
The rale is simple. The only way to
settle all these disturbances is to
idcpt the Golden lisle and whan
we come to deal wuh one anof'-sr
disyued ground to make an honest
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were reversed. That is a simple
rule but it seems to be hard of application
in this day of unrest and
nervous strain.
SOMETHING ABOUT KIDS.
We ask you to read an article by
Herbert Corey which we reproduce
from The State. J. T. Thomas, who
is head of the Granada bank out in
Mississippi, gave the boys and girls
of that county a tryout. and by so,
doing put the county on the map and
put the older people as well as the
ikids to thinking and doing something
that is worth while. We have always
>een of the opinion that the best way
j develop sturdy and worth while
maiihood and womanhood was to trust
the -boys and girls and put them on
their Jionor, so to speak, and that this
thing *>f not trusting any one and requiring
every one who wanted to
get something and to secure some
help so ?bat he might really do some-'
thing was the same as going on the
principle that every one was a rascal
and guilty of something wrong, in- i
stead of the old doctrine that every
one is presumed to he innocent and
honest until the contrary is proven. I
Whenever you require every one
who wants some help to put up twice
the amount you are going to let him
have, it is virtually7 saying to him
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simply because he feels that he is
obliged to. do so. . We mean to saythat
such a plan has that tendency.
Of course, we do not mean to say
that a man must be careless with
what he has accumulated and simply
throw it away, but if we would trust
our boys and girls just a little more
and let them understand that character
and honesty and integrity would
onnnt for iust a little in the com
mercial world as an assst, it would
develop a higher type of manhood
ard womanhood.
This man Thomas, according to the
story undertook to help every boy
and girl in the county, who was willing
to go into it, each boy torbuy a
pig and each girl a pen of. chickens,
and the result was that there was not
a real defaulter in the lot. it is
stated that one of them died and in.
one case the pig died, but all of them
paid up the stake with interest, and
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the girls, it is stated, maae on an
average $52.43 after paying off the
note or stake furnished by Mr.
Thomas, and the boys made on an
average $75.00. One bay made from
his pig $125. And more than that,
each one was given a new vision with
a determination to do something and
be something. And it is stated that
an equally important result was that
it aroused the men oT the county to
the realization of the fact that the
county could prosper even if the boll
weevil had come.
We suggested to a banker of this
town the idea of trying a similar
plan here several years ago. Take
young men of character and integrity
and help them to get a start and to
get a home and take their character
as the greater part of the collateral,
and if he had done so we do not believe
that he would have' lost a dollar,
and greater than .that he would have
helped many a young man to become
a home owner and a good substantial
citizen, vand would have helped his
county. Of course the thing could
nnt. he done indiscriminately.
But the point of printing the
article referred to and the writing of
this article is to say that even with
the boll weevil actually in our midst
it is not an unmixed "evil. There
may be some good in it if it will only
teacb us not to depend absolutely
and entirely upon cotton.
The story referred to in the above
was printed several issues back and
we hope every one read it. The
editorial above written and put in
type for the same issue but had to
give way fo rads.
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CENSUS INTERPRETATION
OF THE WORD "FARM"
| Washington, Nov. 3.?What is a
farm ? /
| Seems a foolish question to ask,
doesn't it? Almost anyone can tell
off-hand just what a farm is and
?'nov.rs one when he sees it.
But do you happen to know the
interpretation Uncle Sam places on
the word "farm" for census purposes?
No? Then read how his Bureau of
Census defines the word:
I "A farm for census purposes is all
the land which is directly farmed by
one person conducting agricultural
operations, either by his own labor
or with the assistance of members of
his household or hired employees."
In further explanation of this definition
the Census Bureau points out
that the term "agricultural operations"
is used as a general term re
>ferring to the work of growing crops,
producing other agricultural products
and raising domestic animals, poultry
or bees.
Prom tills definition it will be seen
that a fc.rm may consist of a single
of land or of a number of
rvrd distinct traces. And
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cause?
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died that you and
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been called upon
war.
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For this we
and we are due t<
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under different tenures as, for in-11
stance, when one tract is owned by 1
: the farmer and another is rented by ]
| him. Thus i? a man who owns 100 i
acres rents an additional ten acres 1
from some one else and operates both
! the 100 acres and the ten acres, then J
his "farm" includes both tracts of land
comprising 110 acres.
By the sarne .token when a landj
owner has one or more terints, ren- 1
Iters, croppers or managers, each ^
j different tract of land operated by
( any such tenant, renter, cropper or
! manager, is considered * a. separate
and distinct farm by the Census
! Bureau. Or, to give an example, if
a man owning 120 acres of land rents
- 2
j 40 acres to a tenant and farms the
! remaining 80 acres himself, his farm
is the 80 acres which he operates not <
!the 120 acres whitrh he owns, while ]
the 40 acre tract which he rents to
' a tenant comprises a separate farm
j to be reported in the name of the
tenant. i
Another question to be determined
j is how important does an agricul
tural enterprise have to be in order
to secure recognition in the census
oo o -fn-rm? A small vegetable crar-(
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den or a chicken yard accomodating
a few busy hens will not be allowed
; to qualify as a "farm" in the census
;no matter with what pardonable
! pride and satisfaction the proprietor
j may view his agricultural enterprise.
; But if the garden or chicken yard
; expands until it covers not less than j
three acres of ground, or until it requires
for its care the continuous services
of at least one person, or yields
products annually to the value of!
$250 or more, it comes within the j
: census definition of a farm and will i
be recognized as such and counted.
The agriculture schedule contains
many questions regarding farm
values, expenses and live stock as 1
i well as the average and quantity of \
crops raised in the year 1919. Cen- j
sus Bureau officials are urging far- j
mers everywhere to prepare for the
i census enumerator by looking over
! their books and records so that
| accurate answers may be furnished !
to questions. f
i In this connection the Bureau of |
the Census emphasizes the fact that j
the information furnished to census '
takers is absolutely confidential, made !
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so by Act of Congress, and that un-,:
der no circumstances can any such j
information'be used as a basis for,,
taxation.
"Cooperation between farmers and
the census officials next January is
more necessary and viial than ever
before/' dcclarcs Diruclor oi? the Con- .
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rial Coram
1918 NOV:
?a trio tic Newberriai
he men did who w<
/hat will you contri
js? Can you name
Their lips are seal<
11 might enjoy the
hout which you an
to pay the entire cc
should be thankfi
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o avail ourselves *
ibuting something s
get on the Honor
id notify the treasi
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reasurer and Coun
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Chairman Woman's
sus Sam L.' Rogers. "The worlc
war and the part that the farmei
played in it and will continue to plaj
in the rehabilitation of Europe serv(
bo make the agriculture section of th<
Fourteenth Decennial Census th<
most important in the nation's histon
Absolute accuracy and completeness
in the census returns is the goal to
ward which every citizen shoul<
3trive."
SAVE AUTUMN LEAVES.
Best Soil Builder Known Is Nature'
Own Compost.
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Atlanta Constitution..
There is more truth than poetry ii
the statement 01 a contemporary wu?
said that people who burn all thei:
leaves and then spend money for com
mercial fertilizer need to have thei
heads attended to."
The time is close at hand in thi
latitude when autumn leaves' wil
cover the ground, each day's fall be
ing a matter of dread to the smal
boy whose duty it will be to kee]
walks and Awns free from the trees
discarded habiliments.
The traditional and customar;
manner of disposing of autumi
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private grounds is to rake them int?
piles and set fire to them; but tha
constitutes only another proof of ou
lack of thrift.
Leaves contain every element tha
is necessary in the development o
floral life. For that reason they cai
be converted into the best fertilize
known.
The process is very simple, further
more, consisting merely in letting
decay.
Piled, or. better still, dumped int<
a pit, and permitted to rot by nature';
own process of decomposition, leave;
become what the gardeners call com
post?a commodity of rare valu<
both as a fertilizer and a permanen
soil builder.
Put on the land and spaded in, thi,
compost not only supplies all the ele
ments of plant food, but, in additioi
to plant growth, it puts humus int<
the soil?vegetable matter -that aid
in the conservation of moisture an<
in keeping the ground loose an<
friable, thus aiding root development
All of which proparties are lost?
with the exception of the noncom
bustible mineral ingredients?whej
the leaves are burned instead of re
turned co the : >il.
'The richest type of so;'i known i;
teaf moid, which is fo^ed b?
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as, let us do our ^1
m this war. They
bute to perpeta- Uj
a more worthy *
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in death. They
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Subscription Koll urer
immediately
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thews,
ty Chairman.
Floyd,
Committee. ^
L nature's process of making compost
r of the fallen leaves.
[ THE FARM.
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ine iarm s a pleasant place? .
7 There are the beasts I love;
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White calf and spotty pig,
" Gay cock and gleaming dove,
A thousand golden bees?^ _ 7^-" '
My pride and care are .these!
Yet I would slip away
Up yonder woody hill,
s As up a magic stair, ^
Pale green and wondrous still?
Fair, when birds built in May, 1
Fair, now they've "flown away.
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3 For where 'neath birchen bough
r Tarried, most delicate
_ And gay, the violets,
r Now blue, now yellow?where sate;
Green lilies lightly down,
s Softly of May winds blown.
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_ Now purple flowers droop
1 Like quaint dames listening '
3 J^eneath a gallery * ,?
Where sweet the minstrels.? sing,. ?
1 Briars of Michaelmas . v, ,
^ Above them in the grass. - \
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2 j Where April showers come
| So fair one scarce believes
J That rain like that can fall
So drab from cottage eaves,
r White clouds stray hither and yon?
How lonely every one!
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f | Uphill I see those clouds,
1J Mirthful at harvest-tide,
r j Bidding me clean forget j
Cares in the valley that bide.
; The'farm is good, but stui
? 1 Tis better up the hill!
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S | Bees Took Carload of Sugar.
s j Near the station of Fontainebleau,
- j France, a carload of crystallized
b sugar was held up and within four
fc days the entire load had disappeared
in spite of the guards.
s Not far from the station at Avon,
- there are large bee farms, and while
i the bees covered the car in swarms
3 no one supposed that they could car
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s i ry away the crystanizea sugar. i\or
i could they. But industrious and ini
; genious they betook themselves to
J* nearby basins and fountains and car_:
ried drops of water to melt the sug_iar!
The dampened sugar formed a
l' syrup that was easily transported to
. | the hives.
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