The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 11, 1919, Page FOUR, Image 4
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K. H. ACLL, EDITOHr
Tuesday, ;November 11, 1919. j
W&KE UP.
The election .on the bond issues
^will be heM today, Tuesday. Do not1
fail to attend anjd cast your ballot j
for the advancement and progress j
of the town, wiuqh means that you j
nwist vote for t&e bonds, and when'
the debts are wiped put we want toj
vote some more bonds so as to get,
the money to build some streets in j
the good old town,
Newberrians who -5'isit at Green-!
wood or Abbeville or .$ny of the j
other live towns in thi? -great Pied-1
mont section can not iie.lp saying, j
why is it that Newberry does not;
keep pace with these live towns in
the matter of street improvement, |
and this street improvement *n these |
towns is telling very effectively in.
the - matter of the growth of the |
towns in other very improtant re-j
spects. The only reason we can ?iye
in answer to this question is, that j
our people need tp be waked up, \
They are asleep to their own hurt,!;
Every one will tell you that there:
is no better town anywhere than!
Newberry, and it is true. The peo-!
pie are the best, the business men j
* ' are the equal of any, the farmers;
are-amone the best in the State/ In
the matter of intelligence there is
none to excel, and then why do we!
not^-wake up and do something, j
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- j
berry., Newberry should get the
step and keep time with the prog-:
ress of the age. In order to do so'
she must spend some money and
then some more money on her
streets and on other improvements I
ilia* ate ereatlv needed.
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Go out and vote the bond issues
proposed so as to wipe out the" debts
that "now exist and give the council
the leeway to impose more taxes to
pay the running expenses of the
town, and then get ready for more
money to make needed improvements.
Now is the time to act.
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"This movement is a State move-'
ment and not one that has anything
' .--to do with the University of South
Carolina. |
"The Memorial Building, not a
chape, is to be beautiful in design and
architecturally a gem,- to face on:
Main street, on State property, and!
the approach to it will be fromii
Main street and not from the University
grounds. !
"The building .will be a halt- of;
archives under the care of the State i
Historical Commission. It will be a j
monument to those who made the j
supreme sacrifice and the names with ;
the records of every white South j
Carolinian who fell will be in-1
scribed in bronze and the deeds of all j
who served, civil as well as military,
'will be recorded there.
"In this Memorial Building will be
an auditorium where veterans of this j
war and other wars can hold meet-;
ings. The building will be distinctly j
non-utilitarian but commemorative j
and will be distinct' - a memorial to i
those who served m the war." '
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We are glad to see. the above an- \
nonncement. The Herald and News
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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!
university property which faced on!
Main street so that the people going i
to Columbia cpuld not help seeing it.
' - And besides, then no one could say J
that it was part of the State univer- j
sity, but would feel that it was
really a State memorial. If it had!
been placed on the college campus
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opportunity, or at least would not j
have taken the trouble to go there. \
It should be in fact a State memorial.
This action of the commission carries
out the idea of the legislature i
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
place where all the people may go
and be easy of access.
The people should be glad to contribute
to s\ich a building to perpetuat
the deeds of the boys who
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- esteem it a privilege to have part in j
the building and to feel whenever he j
gees to Columbia and looks on the :
memorial that he had contributed.
soraeihirf to its erection, however!
*7riai! the amount may be. If the;
amount pays for only one brick so '
much*the better. It would bo better
if the contribiit'ci s wen? sir'!1-'
ciently numerous th i~ e-ucli one ;ov.M
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in reality the people's building and !
a memorial erected by the people.
Another good thin.-* the commis-!
sion has done is not to consider any
of the proposals to make it an utili- j
tarian building, but a strictly memor-!
ial building where the records of the ;
soldiers may be kept and where the .
people may go lor information con-*:
cerning the great world war.
Mr. B. C. Matthews ana his com-;
r.i'ttees in Newberry are going: to!
raise the portion that is expected {
from Newberry, and if you have not
yet taken a part do not wait' any '.}
longer but see Mr. Matthews at once, j'
We regret that we will have to:'
abandon *the idea of getting out a;3
Christmas edition which we had contemplated
and for which we had already
secured the advertising. We
desire to thank the business men of
Newberry for the readiness with 3
which they agreed to take "space in
that edition of the paper. In fact;'
we had 'orders for a sufficient amount ;
of advertising to warrant the print- ;
ing of a 40 page paper, but owing to ;:
the amount of job work at the office <
and the scarcity of help it will be 1
impossible for us to undertake the j
special edition. We regret this be-{<
cause we had planned to get out a f 1
fine paper, but just now the office ]
?s shorty of help in the mechanics!. i
end and there is a limit to the; <
amount of physical endurance even ' <
of a print ~nd we have to give up 11
the idea of getting out the issue as <
contemplated. | \
Practically every business man' i
that ^ we approached readily bought 1
space and we regret that the pro- j <
ject has to be abandoned. * :j
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Today is the first anniversary of <
the signing of the armistice which !:
meant the cessation of fighting in the '
greatest war in all recorded history, i
We are still at war but it is hoped j
that it will not be so long before the i
peace treaty is ratified. It would j
be a fine celebration of the signing
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OX 1116 armistice xui uuc ouiatc; tv gv
along and ratify the peace treaty. \
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We notice from our local column
that the new recorder had the first
speeder before him the other day.
We do not know just what the
speed limit is in Newberry, but we
know that there are a great many
cars and drivers besides the one before
the recorder that are going
through our narrow streets at a
much greater speed than is good for
the safety of the pedestrian and
others as well. And from the acci-;!
dents of which we read it does seem 1
that no one is safe even if he is
on the sidewalk, because it was over
here at Greenville just the other day |
where a car mounted the sidewalk i
and- killed one man and seriously j
injured another, and the two were!
standing there epgaged in conversa- j
tion feeling no doubt that they were' j
at least safe so long as they were on, j;
the sidewalk and not at a street!i
crossing. But the automobile has all!,
roads and things that are not roads j;
for its own in this day. Very few
cars in inis town give any attcutiuu
to the stop signs at street crossings, j
and as for the speed limit if there is (
any it must be- the limit of the car. j,
Fortunately we have had no acci-1
dents.
Another thing, how about that
ordinance as to the cut outs? Some- j
times in these .offices fronting on a <
street you can not hear yourself or
each other think for the noise of the :
cut out.
l3ut th?s is a strenuous age in1
which we live and one must keep out
fV.o \trn\r if Iip rlnps not want to be
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run over.
The world "is groping about just j
now, trying to reduce the cost of
living by increasing wages and lessen- |
ing production; both nations and individuals
are hard at it cutting down
the tree in order to get the apples.,
When sanity returns, they will dis- ;
cover that neither nations nor individuals
can live unto themselves,
but that their interests all hang to- (
gether on one and the same apple ;
tree, with its many limos ana.
branches."
This sentence expresses a great '
truth and strange to say 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 .
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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 this'
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 seme of the
good old ways of life and of living.
The rule is simple. The or ly way to
settle all these disturbances is to
adept the Golden V.v\q and when
we come \ > deal wiJi oi-.e a:::x* o:i
d/3.rju:ed 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.
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5UMfc 1 H1INU ABUU1 IS.IU5.
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, grave 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
kids to thinking and doing something
that is worth while. We have always
been of the opinion that the best way
to develop sturdy and worth while
maiihood and womanhood was to t: ast
f-Hp bovs and e'irls and nut them on
their honor, so to speak, and that this
thing *)f not trusting any one and re-;
quiring every one who wanted to'
get something and to secure some
help so that 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 be innocent and
honest until the contrary is proven, j
Whenever you require every one
who wants some help to put up twice
the amount you are going to let him
have, it is virtually"7 saying to him
that you doubt him, and he pays you
simply because he feels that he is
obliged to. do so. . We mean to say
that such a plan has that tendency.
Of course, we do not mean to say
that a man must be careless with
ivhat 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
count for just a little in the commercial
world as an assat, it would
develop a higher type of manhood
ard womanhood. - * {
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'JLius man jl nomas, according 10 me
story undertook to help every boy
and girl in the county, who was willing
to go into it, each boy to buy a
pig and each girl a pen of-chickens,
and the result was that there was not
a real defaulter in the lo^. 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
the girls, it is stated, made 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 boy 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 o3T the county to t
the realization of the fact tftat tne 1
county could prosper even if the boll,
weevil had come. *|
We suggested to a banker of this j
town the idea of trying a similar
plan here several years ago. Take J
young men of character and integrity j
and help them to get a start and to
get a home and take their character
as the greater part of the collateral, i
and if he had done so we do not be-. ;
lieve that he would have' lost a dollar, ]
and greater than .that he would have j
helped many a young man to become j
a home owner and a good substantial j1
citizen, -^and would have helped his; ^
countv. Of course the thing could 1
not be done indiscriminately.
But the point of printing the; ]
article referred to and the writing of j1
this article is to say that even with j ^
the boll weevil actually in our midst 1
it is not an unmixed'evil. There J
may be some good in it if it will only 1
teach us not to depend absolutely;1
and entirely upon cotton.
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The story referred to in the above j
was printed several issues back and .
we hope every one read it. The '
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type for the same issue but had to '
give way fo rads. I
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CENSUS INTERPRETATION j:
OF THE WORD "FARM" !
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Washington, Nov. 3.?What is a 1
farm? ,< <
Seems a foolish question to ask, ^
doesn't it? Almost anyone can tell ]
incf iirliof o form 1 c or* A !
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Jmows one when he sees it. : i
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But do you happen to know the ]
interpretation Uncle Sam places on j
the word "farm" for census purposes? i
No? Then read how his Bureau of . i
Census defines the word: !1
"A farm for census purposes is all <
the land which is directly farmed bys
one person conducting agricultural. 3
operations, either by his own labor;*
or with the assistance of members of 1
his household or hired employees." (j
In further explanation of this defi- ^ 1
nition the Census Bureau points out:
that the term "agricultural opera-' 1
lions" is used as a general term re- 1
fcr'ing to the work of growing crops, 1
producing other agricultural products :
and raising domestic animals, poultry <
or bees. :
Prom this definition it will be seen 1
that a far , may consist of a sir.^le
7"t of ye cf a number ox 1
dislir.':t ti'DCvi". A.r:d i
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NOVEMBER 11,:
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duty as nobly as 1
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gave tneir aver; \
ate their msmori<
cause?
- Think of it.
died that you ant
dom we have, wil
been called upon
war.
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and we are due t
privilege of contr
Let everyone
by subscribing, ai
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mder different tenures as, for in-1
stance, when one tract is owned by
;he farmer and another is rented by
lim. Thus i? a man who owns 100
icres rents an additional ten acres
;rom some one else and operates both
;he 100 acres and the ten acres, then
lis "farm" includes both tracts of
and comprising 110 acres.
By the same .token when a land>wner
has one or more tenants, renders,
croppers or managers, each
iifferent tract of land operated by
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manager, is considered' a separate
md distinct farm by the Census
Bureau. Or, to give an example, if
i man owning 120 acres of land rents
10 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
to be reported in the name of the
:enant.
Another question to be determined
is how important does an agricultural
enterprise have to be in order
to secure recognition in the census
as a farm? A small vegetable gar-1
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 i
may view his agricultural enterprise. I
But if the garden or chicken yard ;
expands until it covers not less than |
three acres of ground, or until it re-j
quires for its care the continuous ser- j
vices of at least one person, or yields j
products annually to the value of j
$250 or more, it comes within the j
census definition of a farm and will j
be recognized as such and counted.
The agriculture schedule contains
rv.oriTr nnpsfinns regarding' farm
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values, expenses and live stock as :
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
census enumerator by looking over
their books and records so that
accurate answers may be furnished ;
to questions.
In ^is connection the Bureau of
:he C i -us emphasizes the fact that j
rhe inxc. ^ation furnished to census'
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makers is aosoiureiv connaent.ai, rnaue :
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so by Act of Congress, and ihat un-,
3er no circumstances can any such j
information'be used as a basis for,
taxation.
"Cooperat:on between farmers and
:he census cfacials next January is
more necessary a:.d viial th~n ever
before," cxclru'cs D: -clcr o2 cha C-eni
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jtf iuuut i^cwucrnmu
the men did who woi
yhat will you contrib
is? Can you name
Their lips are sealec
11 might enjoy the li
thout which you and
to pay the entire cos
should be thankful
o avail ourselves oi
ibuting something su
s get on the Honor S
id notify the treasui
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measurer and Count]
Mrs.L. W.
'hairman Woman's (
sus Sam L." Rogers. "The world: b
war and the part that the farmer <
played in it and will continue to play
in the rehabilitation of Europe serve
to make the agriculture section of the
Fourteenth Decennial Census the ,
most important in the nation's history
Absolute accuracy and completeness
in the census returns is the goal toward
which every citizen should
strive." '
SAVE AUTUMN LEAVES.
Best Soil Builder Known I? Nature's
Own Compost.
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Atlanta Constitution.
There is more truth than poetry in
the statement of a contemporary who
said that people who burn all their
leaves and then spend money for com
mercial fertilizer need to have their
heads attended to."
The time is close at hand in this
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latitude wnen autumn leaves wm >
cover the ground, each day's fall be- |
ing a matter of dread to the small j
boy whose duty it will be to keep j
walks and Awns free from the trees' I
discarded habiliments.
The traditional and customary;
manner of disposing of autumn J
leaves that clutter the streets and
private grounds is to rake them into 1
piles and set fire to them; but that j
constitutes only another proof of our |
lack of thrift.
Leaves contain every element that 1
is necessary in the development of
floral life. For that reason they can
be converted into the best fertilizer
known.
The process is very simple, further-1
more, consisting merely in letting
decay.
Piled, or, better still, dumped into
a pit, and permitted to rot by nature's
own process of decomposition, leaves
become what the gardeners call compost?a
commodity of rare value j
both as a fertilizer and a permanent
soil builder.
Put on the land and spaded in, this
compost not only supplies all the elements
of plant food, but, in addition '
to plant growth, it puts humus into
the soil?vegetable matter -that aids j
in the conservation of moisture and 1
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in keeping the ground loose ana;;
friable, thus aiding root development, j
All of which properties are lost? ! '
with the exception of the noncom
bustible mineral ingredients?when !1
the leaves are burned instead of re~ J
turned co the : :!.
The richest type of so*l l:ncwh is '
moid, which is formed by .
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mission 1
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1 this war. They
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nature's process of making compost i
of the fallen leaves. '
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(From The New York Times.):
The farm's a pleasant place-? .
There are the beasts I love;
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White calf and spotty pig,
Gay cock and gleaming dove,
A thousand golden bees?- .
My pride and care are.these! i
Yet I would slip away
Up yonder woody hill,
As up a magic stair,
Pale green and wondrous still?
Fair, when birds built in May, ' V
Fair, now they've flown away. ^
For where 'neath birchen bough
Tarried, most delicate
And gay, the violets,
Now blue, now yellow?where sate;
Green lilies lightly down,
Softly of May winds blown.
Now purple flowers droop
Like quaint dames listening
Peneath a gallery * - ^
Where sweet the minstrels; sing^ ?
Briars of Michaelmas. > ,
Above them in the grass. \
Where April showers come ^
So fair one scarce believes
That rain like that can fall
So drab from cottage eaves,
White clouds stray hither and yon?
How lonely every one!
Uphill I see those clouds, \
Mirthful at harvest-tide,
Bidding me clean forget Cares
in the valley that bide.
The{farm is good, but still 7 'Tis
better up the hill! %
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Bees Took Carload of Sugar.
Near the station of Fontainebleau,
France, a carload of crystallized
sugar was held up and within four
days the entire load had disappeared
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m spite 01 me guaras.
Not far from the station at Avon,
there are large bee farms, and while
the bees covered the car in swarms ?
no one supposed that they could carry
away the crystallized sugar. Nor
could they. But industrious and ingenious
they betook themselves to
nearby basins and fountains and carried
drops of water to melt the sugar!
The dampened sugar formed a
syrup that was easily transported to
the hives.
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