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Jhr |jfraii! aeO _ i Entered at the Postcffice at Newberry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, January 2, 1920. The legislature meets on January 13. It will face a number of problems, not the least of which is permanent highways. Good reads can't be built in a year, but a start can be made in such a way ihat the building of them will not bear heavily upon anybody. Thp t.imp rinp frtf anivf* fnr,5h'nr tive legislation. The recommendations of the comptroller general, which are called attention to in our Columbia correspondence, look tcwards getting the state on a business basis. The plan upon which the state government has been run for a number of years past would have been discarded at the beginning by a business corporation. The item of interest alone which the state iy>w pays each year on current indebtedness would not be tolerated by a private corporation under similar conditions. We are very much inclined to agree with Dr. W. W. Long of Clemson college that the appearance of , the boll weevil is rather a calamity than a blessing in d;sguise. We agree further with him that the South must continue to raise cotton and that it is the duty of all of us to do everything possible to combat the* effects of the weevil. He makes another statement which sounds very much like what The Herald and News has been saying for many years, and long before the boll weevil was ever heard of in this section at least, and that statement is "that the only proper course for the cotton farmer to uprsue, especially in this section, is first grow on the farm a sufficient supply of food stuffs to make the farm self supporting and then grow all the cotton you can. Dr. Long surely has been a close reader of The Herald and News. That is the doctrine we preached when the price of cotton .was at the lowest point it ever reached in the history of growing cotton. And a close observation of the farmers who followed that plan would reveal the fact, that those who pursued that plan were prospered and always had ready money and plenty to eat and j fat mules and fine cattle and good hogs, while on the other hand the all i cotton grower was generally hard up all the time and never did get far j ahead in the world. It is good and ; sound doctrine for the farmer of this j section in the times of war as well as peace, and when the boll weevil i rages through the land and when he' does not. t ^ The resolutions adopted - by city council are along the lines of pro-1 gress. If we are to go forward as a 1 town we must raise the revenue for: the town. And the onlv way to raise ! it is by increasing the taxes and the! issuing of bonds. We have a very low, tax rate in Newberry compared with other towns of similar size, and a very small bonded indebtedness. We ! can never begin to grow until we begin to spend money for public im-j provcmer.ts. We must build some, UVVV/il */ Oli VVkCt I Over in Greenwood where they have a lot of paved streets we think tax rate is around five or six per, cent for state and county and muni- j cipal purposes, and they are building! streets and making public improve-! ments, and building county roads, j By all means vote the $80,000 j bond issue and ask the legislature to , amend the law so that we may issue j more bonds and build some streets, j The spending of $80,000 would wol-fl o pfovf oVir! TirVion n*o cat tlmf 1 I11C4C4> oiax v MUU uiivi* ??v ^,w vnuw in streets the people would demand more. It seems pretty certain that the coming1 session of the legislature will provide some system of road working by which we may have some good roads in this state. Some sixteen years ago we tried to get through the legislature a bill providing for the issuing of bonds to build roads in this state, but the members at that time would not. All the time since and before The Herald and News-has been a consisitent and persistent advocate of road improvement. It looks now that the state is going to do something to give us better roads. U'a ennnnca fVin'f T\ro irpvc met O 1 if. IT t VilUV ?? V ?? Vfc v J v?.v^w v* 4<w tie ahead of the procession. If the state is ?oincr to undertake the iob it should be a state system and not a county system. First, there shou'd fee some s^at. roads bu'ldei! and In^n vs car ^?e vi'v tTv -vIP * -> 1 r> .1 t'~q r-v:-".e:v r ip bo ??? " : re; ?" ?;!. '7ut v;? tr;* . # r'l ever '! " <'0"^tie~ it v'l! be - lene '.ne 'x-r -o v. i; ' O .1 V . V.'il! C-V'.1 lO anything. Lc: us f.rst build under the federal ::J etc. . -c \..; k OPERA i ONE NIG Wednesd, 11 I The brightest and | show to visit here JOHN CORT aj^r ^ PRESENTS ??| THE SEASOKSW&W&f SENSATIONAL W^'' SUCCESS BL. I ? , > & f?P^ |f ff PERFE Book by FRED DE CPE5AC^g;v & r .. ^ Music by 5 ;? V V?ttUtfk s:tvio kein" "'J. i A RIOT OF FIVE CLEVEF I 20 BEAUTIFUL A ORIGINAL N. \ CORT SELE FULL ( Prices 50c $1 $1.50 c_ 1_ O T..? JdlC vypciid jl uc; " 1 I Ri? A M l oldsmo: , Touring Car. Ex; buy from Oldsmobik this car at a conside pay more when we c Menard; gp Distr: Phone 300 system of state roads having a road il -f v. ~ ?-> PViovlacfnn f r\ across tut; jjictoc nuin vjnaiivuwit w Greenville and then another across the state from the North Carolina line to Augusta and then the roads can branch out. It is impossible to build a grood road in front of every man's door at the same time. There must be a start and the start should be with some cross state roads. But by all means make the start. NOT HALLEY'S COMET Mr. Houseal Finds Error in Communication. The State. I?Ir. Brabham makes an error in his article in The State of December 27 in regard to the comet which he sa\V in such blazing splendor at dawn one morning in the fall of 1884. It was not Halley's comet which he saw. His mistake is no doubt due more to lapse of memory than the lack of knowledge of fact. It was Pons Brooks' comet which appeared in its ' npvihplinn nassa^e in January, 1884, ' and its greatest brilliancy was coincident with the election of Grover J Cleveland as president in November. ; Ralsinq the Family- < j ! I ; i j 1 i * .* *' 3fTi< r'j?>$3 1 K?gu, - ' .'- ' i s . i' f;-. ':J' i' A. ,,-r '"?*' I / ? v . " ;: ! "* , f f\j\s/**~Sr f ' v ? \o? . \ < ^ ~ * - ?- "H W rp -.---i\ _? T'OV; L " \"i'?*C 1 ' '' HOUSE HT ONLY av. Jan. 7 I / I 1 snappiest musical this season i I FRIVOLITY . , --- * | FAST ANvPiiflCj^ ? %jy ^ ?.._A_J; I I ?,- n A - | 9 i : * *':i <$ * ... ;Uv?j | cn P?J ; CT' -j vtJ ^ I ?j' " * " * ":**: : '.. v? i 'L. .. ? - I ! < I? < 9 | LAUGHTER I COMEDIANS I ji A in<s i tndfr ?ft ! fXi~XlS^ky V/ ? mv PRODUCTION CTED CAST 3F PEP I I j and $2 plus war tax sday Giider & Weeks w vn* y? vr y V NfcW | ictly same as you can i dealer. We can sell rable discount. Why an save you money? c. y Mower I i D ibutor * Lower Main St. p . b ? P Halley's comet is a periodic comet 0 ; like Pons Brooks' comet, but Halley's C( did not appear in its last passage un- a j til April, 1910, and it never did show ' any great brilliancy as a sky object. It was really disappointing both to j c. astronomers and laymen, for its com-1 ing had been heralded abroad as one of the greatest events in the appearance of any comet since 1S52, and the disappointment in thexfaint and atten' uated form which it presented in the f( fall of 1910 was accentuated because m TT .17 rm n VI iv?4-Avoc?fiv?ri? Til ilUIluy Is cuiiiei licii such c*.ii imti? history. It was named for Edmund j Halley, the English astronomer, who made such an accurate calculation of ^ ! its orbit and announced its return in ^ 11758, but he did not live to see his prediction fulfilled as he died 1G : years before the comet appeared on C1 time in its perihelion period of 76.03 a years. Haliey identified this comet j a as it had been pictured in 1036 in ths ! ~ Bayeux tapestry in which was illustrated about a score of events con - - " neeted with the career cf William I the Conqueror. The comet was given ' a prominent place in the Bayeux tnpectry on account of the supersti- e , tious belief that it had a-remarkable i influence in deciding the battle of ^ sure' L^t's an :cuu:n ? ? \ rz:. .x,.ijs. L(tern ?CJ|-'W . rSC*'-- ' . .A'. *-/ * ' . . .. . ..^ | ? ~ , -a ? \ yo>. " - sT ( t' \ V -_, We have now fc grade cars we have exceptionally fine c ical condition, tires advancing price of now. At the price v Our price is on the 1 will be much higher. . for a year. Come ir One Studebaker Perfect condition. One Studebaker unusually good vali every way. One Studebaker car looks and runs li One Studebaker condition and a bar One Studebakei New tires, new bath One Dodge Tou Battery. Perfect c< One Chalmers S tion. A bargain at One Maxwell T< TIM PU son A A JlV/ X1, V? V'W V tastings and made sure the Norman onquest of England. The connection of wars with comets ; sfill a superstition firmly believed y many people. They refer to the act that the World war followed the ppearance of Halley's comet, but as lere have been about a score 01 eriodic comets alone which have een seen since 1852 not to mention liela's big comet and others which love in parabola and never are exected to return, there should have een wars continuously during the ast three score years. However, I do not believe that any ne living in 1986 will see Halley's :>met on its next scheduled appear nee. It had been knocked about by le planet Jupiter since its previous ppcarance in 1758 and 1834, when it ime in 1910, that it will not be able > make the trip again. W. P. Houseal. Columbia. European experimenters have )und that ramie fibre and silk :ake better incadescent gas ligni; lantels than cotton, generally used. On the principle of spring win3\v shades, but operated horizonilly, an index that can be attached ) desk telephones has been invented. The wives of Simaese noblemen it their hair so that it stands verage length is about one inch and half. NOTICE. There will be an eye clinic held 1 the high school building at 9 'clock a. m., January 2, 1920, for ne purpose of operating on the eyes f children suffering with eye disase. All parents bringing their children or operation are requested to bring he-e^ f,| ^c>v.S^ : . * ' . ' HST# ' v.-- y ?/.,- -V/ m#, .; , j y, /J^>Y ,iI -a fcag ; fcr * v\lt (V . c/'.-i . ?? ^?v* tr -/' /^V- > SU :</ *"_'7 - ^ c / W| ? i.1 ' " I >r sale the best collection ever been able to offer, ondition in every way?g and batteries. In view < cars it will pay you to sel< ve can offer these cars we oasis of last summer's lev* . You can save enough r i and select yours before 1 Serifs 19 Liedit Six. 4 T .A bargain. Six Series 18, 5 Passeng ie. New tires, new battel Six Series 18, 7 Passeng ke new. Six Series 18, 7 Passeng gain at the price. Series Six 18, 7 Passei ery. Splendid value. ring Car. New tires, m ondition. lix Touring Car. All new the price. ouring Car. Fine conditi* IE PAYMENTS ARRAN fairrfir Mi aSULJ* Vt f A v JL Distributor. / \ 1 ? I MULES! > i ' I I . wmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm | Will have a < essee Mules to an in and inspect thei ? H/:il l._ j.1 VV 111 IIIC? file II1C U1 i * j ' I N Ben A. I ! , j ' ? j cots if they have them and also a . I blanket or quilt. i Dr. McMullen will do the operat! ing. Jas. K. Gilder, M. D., . I Chairman Board of Health, j S. S. Cunningham, Secretary. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. \ We will make a final settlement of 1 the estate of Lafayette Pitts in the i Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C., on Saturday the 7th day of , February, 1920, at 10 o'clock in the | ' forenoon and will immediately therej after ask for our discharge as Execu! tors of said estate. j HESSIE PITTS, JIM PITTS, i i Executors. | 11 Newberry, S. C. December 30, 1919. j I l-2-4t. , i j I l j ESTATE NOTICE. ; j All persons having claims against j i? " ^ u)hs' (^] j the 1 /vtow*s (one y ( the hilarity gftgir, :\ / abo^r fc^-^_ 1' ~"' ^ ~ ~ i - ' iwfcljp v :!iv>, ^ "iv 'v ih - J | xs* ^ Vxr'V'' r | p ' ? */ j - * " .""c" ,j_; * ' i ~ "" "' SStt . . ' I VLUES I \RS 4 of slightly used high mi 1 1 i iiese cars are ail in ippearance, mechan- > "d of the high and still I ect one that suits you can save you money. i el. By spring values 4 iow to run your car M they are all gone.- 1 f I cisseiigfi ivuau&twi / er Tburing Car. An i y. In fine condition > er Touring Car. This1 'i | k -J ; P er Touring Gar. Fine / / j '0&jj? ager Touring Gar. j 9w Wiljard Rubber: ' y 0m X'. r tires, perfect condi. r ' i>n. Good value. yg GED j < |. jWGi / j / * ' v"? ' 5* ? f _ " i'y Lower Main St. j - r ^ * ' * v ^ MULES! ' car of fine Tennrive today. Come J ; m before you buy. < ice right. ( ' r Havird _ .. ; IZZI __ the estate of Laura R. Koon, deceased, are hereby notified to file th&same, duly verified, with the underpirm n rl ?r\/1 f aca ir*/^AK4*rt^ 4- r\ ^1%/v a:iu uiuot niucui/cu tu vuo said estate will please make pay- i ment likewise. 1 JULIUS H. KOON, ' I JOHN D. KOON, I Executors. I i TO MEMBERS OF NEWBERRV CAMP NO. 542 W. O. W. You will please take notice that the rates of the W. 0. W. will be changed December 31, 1919. In -1 ? - . J.1. a i 1*Vt A?Tf 4 It r?4" AtTT* order nicti> t\uu niay ruivw juai huw you stand, it will be necessary for you to see your clerk, who will be i glad to explain it to you. ' I will be in Klettner's Hall every Saturday from 1 o'clock until 5:30- ! during the month of January. 0. S. GOREE, v ; Clerk W. 0. 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