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^tir ^rnUi jih0 ffosi j> Entered at the Postoffice at Newv.amww Q P * c 9nrl /?lae3 maff pr E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, January G, 1920. NOTICE. We have corrected our mailing 3t up to date. All subscriptions pvrsirpH nvior to December 15. 319, have been taken from the list. 7e have not sent notices to those cpirinc: December 15 and January We can not send notices. It kes time and costs money. The " :b*el on your paper opposite your ime sho" s date to which you have ' -sen credited. If there is error W2 ill gladly correct ii;, if our attenon 13 called to it. Examine your ame and if your time is cut renew .! yo" want the paper. All subscripons on our list will be corrected vice a month and if your time is out id you do not renew the name will i taken off without further notice. re ask our subscribers to cooperate ith us and if they desire the paper -> renew before the time is out or hen it is so that we may be saved f /ouble and you will not miss an is- , le. We want you to remain on our st but the only way we have to kn^w ' lat you aesire to do so is that you: . 3new. I ( ? j( THE COUNTRY PAPER. . Some one in discussing the shori"e of wh;te parer r.nd the high :: price which it has reached pays a aautifui tribu to the country liter and the country newspaper, , id the writer is not one of the , lings himself. u'e want modestly! ) pass it on to the people of New-! . erry. Eere it is: Life to the averare country : * /-> TT"c! r*" v? r T*.O ^ M. J 4 i.IV/ V/ - - ^ *.?*. W A i with hard work and h:s n:?Ii! - ith unpaid bills and vain atte-.nn<:~ * > understand why the ordi ~vy : "ti'-en will pay all of his clher^b:v efore- he thirks of the newspaper. If he pleases his readers, they swell J *i p over the kind things he says about ( iem, but usually they forget to j ' t "iank him. If he displeases them s a i * 'iey descend upon him with threats !1 : nd curses. i3 The country editor works harderj1 " ? i ? i ft * / ot his town ana gets less credit ior,? j': than anyone else. He is vhe in-11 <*3fatigable booster and the always j1 cheerful optimist. *;< His news columns are fillea with;? wonderful accounts of the wealth of jT the community and his advertising |( rages build up prosperity for the mer- I <hants and other business men. Yet only a small proportion of this wealth j comes back to the editor. His re- J *vard is more often the satisfaction * hat comes of service rather than dollars in the bank. ; Ask the smalltown resident about j J y is home town and he will boast of! J 1 he new bank building, the fine |, r chools and paved Streets, but will j, arely mention the newspaper. Yet a j f Town wnn a goua newspaper nas mi j sset that rightfully ranks with its; ( largest enterprises, not in dollars.' j naybe, but in usefulness. j Take away the country newspapers t * nd you strike the country a body I} ' low. Whatever can be done to j { elp the rmall publisher should beL "one. After years of aiding others.] is is time he was given the helping jj , and. Taking it all in all, the coun- j ] ry newspapers exert a greater in flu- j ( : nee for good and have a wider E phere of usefulness than probably j \ ; ny other force in the land." j s It is true that the country paper ij i not as a rule appreciated whatjc : is worth to the community. Bus'-i( ess the past fall has bean jro6d, buc, r :e publisher could have made more : ? ut for the fear that his supply of s ews would give out and he would j 3t be able to print at all. It was ! ue with many county papers and c " undreds of them had to suspend c ist at a time when they could have t ade some money. So many of us c d not print extra pages and turn- c 1 a way advertisements because of a :e fear that the supply of news f ? Diild not be had. j t Many good people in a community c ) ke Newberry will speak dispavag- t igly of the town paper and will not i" } ay even the small price of subscrip- t on but will read their neighbor's o raper or send around to the office for 1 . copy and never think of leaving t '.he price, and yet these same people i vould no more think o.' living in a-r own the size of Newberry without v. paper being published here than ' .iey would live here :? there was no | ?..lurch in the town. v The country cc.'ror ara pur-rsnc . .irely accumulates any W/' c ..t he can have :be s.if .V. \n : . ; has done a service fc- -ihc co:%i- v . ur; y : - . . ' . i * I it . ? :l 1 . e will!: jr i) do rczC.1. for ;2.c ?v.:;- 1 \ ' . . ?". JL 4.C V.. .?t ?- C .1 _.! t" C".; - J \ most successful life after all is the j life that is fullest of service. ! ' We are printing the last statement | of Dr. Jervey on the trachoma situation in Newberry. It seems to us ! to be in the same bad spirit that. characterized his first statement on I the situation. Of coui'se every one knows who knows anvthing at a1! that we do net know anything at all about trachoma. And we are rot going to express any opinion on the subject, because we co not know enough to form an opinion, but in our unsophisticated and ignorant and simple and confiding r.atuve we can : not help reaching the conclusion that we believe that Dr. McMullen knows his business and knows what he is talking about, and we are irlad that the stale board of health is going to take his opinion on the question. We met Dr. McMullen and he made a very favorable'impression on us as a man who is unassuming but vh.o : knows what he is doing. And he could nGt hold the position he does unless he did know h;s business. And besides there is absolutely no reason for him to say the d'sease is tra choma when it is not. His work here was without any sort of compensation to him, and then we understand that he is vice-president of the rational J ^ 1-1A /*! ' rl clSSCC !cit il/'H Ui UUttUia jj. lit uiu ; net stand pretty well in ihcTprofession we imagine he could scarcely hold such a position. Whatever name you . may call the disease if the simple operation he gave will cure it and do so before it gets a strong hold on the : children, we think it was right to have the clinic. As we understand it if the disease is not taken in hand very soon it will result in very serious injury to the eye, and it should be our first duty to lock after the eyes of the . children. At last we are jroir.j: to have our ] Liters rewarded, we say cur labors. because for years and years we have : advocate a the removal of ihe grade :ros"in~3 cetwcen I'ewberry ard 1 Prosper:: y. In season and cat of ! :carc*-. we have :dvocated the vcmov- ' 1 of these dangerous cror?!r^s. 3 erne mo:,lhs aero the movement tocli " >hr.~c and the rights of way were re- 5 rurcd and a Dortion of the new read I :>ed was irr.de but then the thin'? stopped. Now, however, the force is f ictually at work and very soon the 1 *oad will be all on on3 side of the c i T railroad and there well be no grade irossing of the railroad between 1' dewberry and Prosperity until you : 3 each the town, and then you have !1 >nly the Southern to cross. Good for j Supervisor Sample. It is something j I vorth while that he has accomplish-; < id while supervisor. 1J Dr. Jervey is unfair to Dr. Mc-:j Vlullen and to Dr. Goodwin in some! i - - J >f the statements made in the article , i le sent to the press. For instance, j 1 3r. Goodwin and Dr. McMulien did j lot see the identical children in every; ] nstance. Dr. Goodwin examined j | some children that Dr. McMulien has j 1 lot seen, while Dr. McMulien saw ] i number of children, as well as j c idults, which had never been examin- ^ ?d by Dr. Goodwin. - ] Agrain, Dr. Jervey seems to be un- j ler the impression that the children | lere were forced to undergo the; ( >peration. The contrary of this is; i ;rue. It was repeatedly stated by the ' t lealth authorities, state and local, 3 hat the operations were not com- \ mlsory. : t Dr. Jervey seems also to have been , t nfcrmed, ar.d it appears that he bo- i 1 iv>o-f-inn flip nar- I < v_ v t o i iitxv4iuuviv*>? v.. w i snts cf the children were forced to; i >jgn releases against the result of c he operations. No parents sismed 5 ;uch paper, is our information. The j j >arents did sign a consent to the j c >peraticn, such consent as is very I >ften given in many hospitals. But, ] 10 parent signed any paper releasing t my one from liability as to the re-! lult of the treatment or operation, n ?***- | r We wonder why the commissioners ; r if public works continue to keep the lurrent cut oil all day Sunday. We' c bought they cut it off one Sunday to 1 r lo some repair work, but it has been < tlf now for about a month. It is s .11 rignt to snut aown so mat uie j y orce may go to church, but the thing j hat worries us is that when it is! r m Sundays we burn two lights pracically all day in our study, and since t has been off and we can not use <* he light our bill has gone the largest if any month since we have had ights. The metre runs too fast when ( he current is cut off. Please keep \ t cn or we have no idea where the \ a Lext bill will go. I n VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. j 3 There were some pipes to burst the : p cry cold morning of Monday. ( ?T'Ts "T:vr vols ten* ht. ?Ion- ' r. . ?r j. i ^ A ? v 3. 1 . . "v J. Tr " " >;l c i cpens his new business in s< i r f . ' n " " t""it o.: } tl 'icy. pooipcnc.i c.ic wee k. ; ? rs .. o.'.T'ifi " I.,02 v Willie Mayer paying: the fee of $15. I will be in Newberry Wednesday, i Followed by Alice Brady Thursday( in "The Fear Market." For assault and battery, striking j Ruby At wood, colored, George At-; wood paid $30, as fined by the record-; er Friuay. Tuesday at the opera house Mabel Norma nd will be featured in "When . Doctors Disagree." Th^s h-is no reference whatsoever to tiachcma. It is new the firm name of G. J.! Jcr.es & Sen, Mr. J. K. Jones having returned lo Newberry ar.;I gone in with his father in business. The fresh' supply of coca-ccla that; was last received by Mr. Fischer! made many peopie here feel l'ke t dancing "The Fis:-h:-r's Hornpipe.'' This being political year and "everything" going to run, we rise to remark that one of the campaign sor.gs will be, "The Campbells Are Coming." Monday morning, the coIdcst day of the winter in these parts, the thermometer registered 11 degrees. Sir. Peterson says that or.e year age today, Tuesday, it registered 15. Coeds and other students and pupils ! from Greenville, Silverstreet and elsewhere in the state and country o vrv 4r\r?1r iTtrr,? r\ r? r\l 1 c* *. v i v..iuv.r.u;^ tv uvi 1 j cvaiw^v and the schools today. Assisted by physicians of Newberry Dr. McMullen, ths federal service health o-Ticer, operated on about 00 more cases of trachoma here Friday and returned on Saturday to j perform several more operations. Fire destroyed Mr. licbert Smith's i nio* lv->vn on.'l ?:Viorl nn V>i^nir-v -fnvrn at Kinards Monday morning at about 8 o'clock. Our informant didn't know much to tell, except that Mr. Smrh did r.ct Icjc ar.y of his cow3. nrc;h 1:22-3 crused a your:^ Ncwberrj bi.y to fr.il neirly. troak her s'de. So she tele! us. Y.'e Jcn't u v u .1% i c-1 .11* _ c. - V. C We co"'; see hew they can even licv.L cler.e on rrme of the heels. A Voi ' 1 ? fi 1 -? *;** f n'^ - . iiv.il I v. . . i i / w x L iUuj o k. V l( . <? reads: "Children Inch :Ccrd, ore tr-vir.T by lho^:nr.ds in Europe." It :" hr."a J :> r~:.!'.'e this ".her we see sjreat profusion and the waste cf ' fcccI'tuiT? in l\v.s count " ?" '1 < p n TIT"" -*V" T)1r,iTt^ Ar.other musical ccnedy, Flo-rie, ' The legislative delegation and the jufTragettes arc! the delegation and;he county ofr-cers are to meet at the! ?ourt house Tuesday mornin?, tcdey. p rhe hour for the first meeting has; < Deen set for 10:30. It cannot be j positive when the other meeting will j :ake place. Having been- in bad health since j ast January Paul Johnstone has de-! ] :ided to close out his business. Hal s 1 ?ohn has rented his old stand and it j * s understood that he will open up j \ i book and stationery store, dealing!J n books, magazines, social and busiless stationery, office supplies, rub)er stamps. The Experience that Mr. Lawson Liong gained while conducting the ? grocery business will enable him to ^ )e a good salesman for the firm of, ?. D. Smith & Son. He is capable of ,, wifVt rvion n-f all ! . whether Jones, Brown, Smith or' ( Long, including So Long, Go Long, i ^ md How Long. Many friends had hardly finished 1 ( congratulating Mr. Richard C. Floyd ! ipon his promotion to fa+her befors; hey turned their attention to Mr.!, . ( 3en A. Dominick, who had just 7 jeen placed in the same high rank in ^ he community, the only difference j ;eing that it is a Floyd boy and a j Dominick girl. i Just after it had been settled that j t is trachoma in Newberry we read T )f another disease in the United | i"l-- J ' ,1 T ^ juaes i'. 'uiiuy aisjuveicu uy uie >ublic health service, which disease1 ( cmes from a germ "bacterium tu- j arense." It is said to exist in Utah. j. low we do hope that the "bacterium ^ ularense" germs do net ccme south. , One cf the best recommendations, nade yet is "that there shall be a ^ ninimum wage of $90 a month for all ( ssistant terchers for nine months, ^ :i CO a month for principals of a two ^ >r three-teacher school, SI 10 for ^ iri^cipnl? of four-teacher schools and ^ >120 for principals of five-teacher c chools. It is to be hoped the recom- ^ nendations will be adopted. ^ IRZENWOCD MEN BUY GGLDVILLE MILL' > Senator S. H. McGhee and Associates Purchase Mill and Take Charge. fc ? : r Greenville Index-Journal. I Sen. S. H. McGhee and business <j ssociates have bought the cotton r nill located at Goldville in Laurens ounty, known as the Banna Cotton h I ill and took active charge of the q ro^erAy as of (7a'c January the first. T Th? active ofr.cers of the new cor- ^ v.-'y'ch ir, to be in control of s h? property will be S. II. MeGhee, fc r ' and treasurer; G. P. Sloan, o scretary. h ^ art cnt;o~i on 0^1 . . ? * r*"f^v) y " . ' /"\ '7 ; * v. Matthews, president of the Palmetto ,, National Bank of Columbia, and as- \ sociates owned the property. The Banna Cotton Mill has approximately 15,000 spindles. It is located at Goldville on the Columbia. Newberry and Laurens railroad ri\* ] miles south cf Clinton. IT is re.cravded as a splendid cotton mill property and I:a? been eijcy'nc: a fi;;e decree of prosperity along with most of tho co'.ton mills of the country. The capital stock of the rev." cor poraticn will be 1-500,000, <250,000 of which is preferred steels. .~gg.a? Mrs. Dach:nzn M. Suber. Pc-maria, S. C.?rirs. Fachninn M. Sub or die:] early "Wednesday morning December 31, after a Ion? and painful nines'?, at t: i rnre of 41 years 4 months ana 10 days. A noble and lovable woman h is pa::~ed away snd her death hr.s cast a rclcom . ever tho entire community. She is ; survived by an aged father, Mr. G. ; M. Oxner, two brothers. lilessrs. Thomas and Bcyce Gxner, one sis'rer, . ?k vs. Johnson, all of Xirard% her husband, Mr. B. M. Suber, one daughter, j Irene, and one son, Claude. The funeral services were held at St.. Matthew's Lutheran church, conducted by her pastor. Rev. Enoch Hite, on New Years day in the presence of a multitude of sorrowing relatives and friends. The inter merit was in the adjoining cemetery, i The floral contribution was beautiful.; Morris-Mann. Miss Florence Morris and Mr. Jacob . Mann were married on Sunday morn-' h:g at 10:30 o'clock at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. ; I;. Morris, east Main street, by the . Rev. D. Karesh cf Columbia. The J fortunate groom ard-nis pretty bride f left for Prosperity through the Vfl o r?pvh r fcr c bvidsl tci:r somewhere, from i which they will return to make thoU* home in Spartcr.burj:, where JvL\ I.'r'v^cr-v JviO.*s To.* JL -n?I Crrari. The f:dcvr.l ccirt t. h; i> is to con- i rere at Greenwood in February trill < k ? t ? i r m ^ ~. . ;-.:av: me icllcw r.'r . *v:c" . c:.: .,e .her y county: Grand Jury, I. II. -jr. rci'Z juro::s, \v. r. L'cmirJck (possibly meant for Lcrni- . ~P F! T 5"* J , -V - .. j.-'-WJi, . ... j Brown. Second week, W. D. S4"*!- f well, J. R. Spearman, Jr., J. W. Ep- ij ;ing-, A. B. Miller, E. B. Martin. Calvin Crozier Chapter. The Calvin Crozier chapter, U. D. C., will hold its regular meeting at rhe home of Misses Lila and Julia Summer, Tuesday afternoon at four j'clock with Mrs. Hueh Summer, Mrs. D. J. Burns and Mrs. Everett Evans as associate hostesses.; Mrs. T. P. Johnson, Secretary. mt j Mummies in Arid Lands. Mummies, generally speaking, are products of rainless regions?as, for example, Egypt. Thus it Is not surprising that the ancient Peruvians should have mummified their dead; ikewise the cliff dwellers and other jarly inhabitants of our own south arest. Mummies are natural products in iesert countries. The process adopted by the old-time Egyptian priests, vhose profitable business it was to ?o all' that work, merely helped, Mummies of camels and men, lying a here they fell, serve as waymarks * - - ? ? *%% 4-/> C < > "! > r~> vo .ur caravans xii uic kjciucucw The Egyptians of old regarded j :ats ar.d dogs as sacred; likewise bises and hawks. These frere com- ^ r.orly mummified, being wrapped in f( inen and buried in copper cofnns, or c, nore commonly in vases of terra j. :otta. ^ Mummifying is a process of de-; lydration, signifying merely the i Us\-P oil mrtiofuro "fvr>m tlio 1 VliilUic(>Vai VI C41i iiiV/iUwUi. v XA Vii* , )ody. ! n Interesting: experiments recently j iave been made in the "restoration" v> )f mummies obtained from caves in he southwest. When such a mum- jT ny is placed in a closed box and a ;team is slowly introduced, it err ad- ^ lally absorbs the moisture and re- s] ;r?mes somewhat of the contours of o he person in life, privinj: a notion of c '.-'-t.it he looked like.?Kansas City ^ 5 tar. S :?*?. ^ ]( Starved Saving for Family. ^ tfew York Tribure. v Somewhere in Russia a mother and g ler three children are awaiting the ^ eturn of a husband and father who y, eft them several years ago to ac[uire wealth in America. He will ^ lever go back. ^ Frank Zabielski made the journey lalf way round the world in his . nest for a fortune. He had been yi ivirg in a small basement room m "ewark, N. -T., working hard and ^ kimpirg and saving. His bank ocks show a hnlanre of SI.125 in re bark ar.d $925 in another. But c is dead. He d'ed the c*ber night i the cifv hnrrr>*frd. Novark. a~d h"0? P: !?Isdy p"S~z?ed the phydcicss urf l ,--j y T'-ysic'nn Warren made lib a . :r ti: < . i ! : -T C \ , W ' J - J CI STATEMENT OF CONDITION TOW CEMBER 31, 1919, CLERK AND T 1919. Di Tan. 1. To cash on hand Motes National Bank Merchandise sold Fines License Street duty Do? Tax R & P Tax HeMclery lots P >' f r L W V.- I i K. J Cr By pr.:d Notes Ear.k Interest Coupons Sinking fund Cemetery note Interest Insurance O71 er? houie, lire liouse, etc "*?>?{; room Printing:, advt. and stationery Oil and ]"'<rhts : Tax abatement, etc Police Department: Salaries Special police Expense Street Department: o?7 oaiut y Wages street hands Expense Feed Materials and repairs Fire Department: Salaries Hands Expense Feed r* _ i _ salaries Ksal'h Department: Salaries Expense \vrr.^;c3 hands r.ihries, mayor, Atty., recorder.... ":: iv. an d -.treasurer /-v'c-'*r.:sn Janitor ^slayic&j ciir.h sinking Fund Will have ano am I7wi J ? lUUlCd Ull 1 11UI and see them, you from $40 * each mule. aaattiw??M? ?i m sayMWfc?? d whom Zabielski had entrusted th? | th are of his bank oboks said he told i in er he was saving money to take ack to Russia. a jth Do Figures Lie? An Irishman working for a Dutch-1 lan asked for an increase of pay. I ^ 'he Dutchman replied: "If you are j orth it, I will be pleased to give it! . 5 you. Now let us see what you do j 1 a year, Pat. We have 365 days in j year; you sleep eight hours every ay, which makes 122 days you leep, taken from 365 days, leaves! pj 43. Now you have eight hours' re- j reation every day, taken from 243 j p] ays, leaves 121 days. We have 52 i ^1 undays in a year which you have off, | UI ;aving you 69 days. You have 14 1 ce ays vacation; take this off and you! ave 55 days left. You don't work S aturday afternoons; this makes 26 j ra ays in a year. Take this off and I or ou have 29 days left. Now, Pat, j q, ou allow one and one-half hours for j co eMs. which total in a year 28 days, j w. ake this off and you have one day J ilt. I always give you St. Pat-' ck's day off, so I ask you, Pat, if! cu are entitled to a raise?" Pat then answered: "Well, what' !e divil have I been doing, then?"? fp Ji-t- ; ?0 ? A Better Way. rem Innrlcn Answer?. !'h The sergeant major was a bit of. rr.arti?.e - t rice*; hv.p-:e 1 s>me-! Ties?or (I was consent!;* finding j "lie with tit? rTT-rc.u. >h;ngs. j co Cue ?zy, as Ls sal in ins room in Aj N OF NEWBERRY, S. C., DE- * I REASURJER'S OFFICE. I $13,215.10 I 9.1,000.00 1 3,183.25 1 8,306.89 ] 1,525.50 I 56.00 - V J 28,239.01 A 20.00 M 730.75 ^ $148,793.69 1 $93,000.00 J 2,050.00 V 1,500.00 j 2,859.10 1 300.00 : \1? 500.41 1 74.35 t , -ZM 57.45 | ..$5,307.50 I 22.50 ? I .. 1..020.86 ' I 6,350.85 : J 96 ;.oo . \Jm .. 4,471.85 . ' .. 568.60 .. 1,538.80 .. 1,946.42 9,485.67 ..81,017.00 .. 299.37 - v .. 407.30 .. 277.50 *? '-A 2,001.17 || ..$1,010.00 .. 119.92 .. 2,070.90 3,200.82 ..$1,150.00 .. 1,080.00 >|j|i .. 2-50.00 ' 3gf gg .. SCO.CO ' . ^4 2,780.00 <? Q O C O Q 9 i .. 9,052.GO 17,942.31 $148,733,69 - ' -- *J*?J -*_ ??! sxa IZMM^ ' f ' z mrwwm ^i^ib I ther car of a v. Come in * . Will save |4 to $60 on V fM fl W^SSBm^iSI^X^i III I nil?II J ' r> ' I ?s ^ ^ ps . i: fl ISC V/U. ^ 'i e barracks, he saw a private pass ; full uniform with a bucket. ^ This roused the sergeant major tofury, and he promptly dashed to e door and hailed the private. , "Where are you going?" A "To fetch some water, sir," replied"^.jfl e man. "What!" yelled the sergeant mar. "In those trousers?" "No, sir; in the bucket." Use Black Sugar in East. i liladelphia Public Ledger. I Black sugar now is being used iis A hiladelphia households. Tons of V ack suerar in 1-DOund bricks of ^ liform size have 'been sold by gro- m Aside from being black, it has the- J miliar molasses taste common to- 0 ,w sugar, Whose sweetness cloys- fl t the palate. It was shipped from. | iba, and when the refineries here i >uld not take care of it the sugar J is sold for home consumption jP 2alers who laid in large stocks of had no difficulty m disposing of- % em. J Purchasers, however, have not J ken kindly to the black sugar af- M r trying it out in their breakafast<;I r.ctlced you wave yojw hand to if at traffic policeman." f "Yes,'' said the rrotc^'st. % "OM friend of yours?" "In z vr.v. Kers earned me to .JP "j. "*" r few times."?3 irir in^hagfc jKt