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jtntfD irafi Jam Entered at the Posioffice at New* berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, January 30. 1920. ^ <?> < > 'it/ '+> ^ .,#> xj. ? Watch the label on your r ^ paper and renew before the r time is out. We can not send <$> notices. All subscriptions ex*> pire on the first and fifteenth 'Is $ of the month. We are forced j <S> t-o adhere strictly to the cash ?>' in advance system. When <$> your time is out the paper <?>' will be discontinued if you have not renewed. We would ?> be pleased to have you remain with us. *>; >$> If vou desire to remain in the family, renew - promptly 3>; . and you will not miss an issue. <s> $ <?> $> <$ | OWN YOUR HOME. j "Every man owes it to himself, to \ his family, to society, +o own the j home in which he lives." j That is true and every man in the i community who has been able to own j his home and who has prospered in | business owes it to the community in! which he lives to give what aid he can ! to help every young man who is start-! ing in life to help that young man to! own his own home. There are many young men in dewberry who would : today own their own homes, and who would have had them paid for by this ' time ,if we had some sort of organiza-; tion here by which they could have been encouraged and helped to own' their homes instead of paying rent.; A live and real building and loan association here that was organized for the prime purpose of aiding young -? CT J 4l? f A AXm ! [Rtn CU UU11U lliCU llUliico, anu w vm> ( them, could have accomplished ai whole lot in this direction during the past thirty years, and even in less time. We say thirty years because that is about the time the first building and loan was organized in Newberry, but unfortunately all organizations of this character that we have had in Newberr\? seemed rather to ' have been organized to help make richer a few individuals ratfter tnan . to help the honest and struggling young man to own his own home. *There is a fine field right here for some fine community work and work that will pay the men who put their money and energy into it, good divi-! rwi +Vio ir>vAci-mpnt Here is a UC11UC Vll ?liv ? fine field for the exhibition of the community spirit and at the same time for a good .dividend paying investment. How about taking up the 1 work for the community, Mr. James A. Burton? It is along the line of the real estate man and it opens a wide field for you to be of service to your fellowman and to your com- j munity. In this connection we desire to quote from an editorial in the Atlanta Constitution on this subject. Read it and think it ever, those of you who have not yet secured an equity in a, home. Some folks, say that it is cheaper/ to rent than to own. It may be in the* counting of interest and dividends but in the making of that which is for the best of the citzens fVio -fflrvnlv and the communitv there is no way of making comparison : i "Home ownership adds dignity to the man; it makes him more selfrespecting and more highly respected by others. It makes him a better; head of a household; a better neighbor; a better citizen. "His country means more to such a man, and he means more to his . ? C ^/-> / v> a lio c co ii^ tlmt ITUUII1.1 ?V uymc i/nt nua uuiu ? .?> . any red-blooded man will fight to protect his home, but few will fight to protect a boarding house. "Inspired by the pride that goes with proprietorship, the man who owr.s his home necessarily is better * I equipped to meet the exigencies of. existence as they arise, and morally strengthened to surmount them. He feels himself to be a man among men,' a fully defined unit in the scheme of . society, and as .such society regards j him. "There was a time when few but the comparatively well-to-do could afford to own their own homes; the i rest were renters. j "Nowadays such is not the case, for proprietorship of a home is within the : reach of any man, vhite or black, j whn i<? willing and able to work. "Xo matter how small the man's income, there are ways open to him; whereby he "an acquire an equity in a home to be added to week by week or month by month or year by year. "The man who rrakes an initial payment, on a home ha sthe satisfaction of knowing: thencefo"wr>\l 1 % v.. Uv'v. 1 llv * ' ... * tree rr ?bz\-.h lu ;.i: .its. t v.. ? < ' fyi of o -rih t :rr? t'. f<> vVl'A J Y~ f.'.nr'y v' ihc \.11 uc cr . . i...vv ! o*i. * o i\. {lord's, investment. j I ? t "He-makes his payments?at a rate ! I that corresponds to rental?and each ! one adds to his equity; so that at the ; end of the year he is wealthy in point of money, of pride, of independence, ; of standing as a citizen, either of > , ; : which alone is worth more man a : i lifetime's accumulation of rental rei eeipts. "As for the best time to start,buyj ine: a home, there is only one time when it is really advantageous to do that. , ; "That time never changes. "It is right now!" SOME OBSERVATIONS AND ABOUT OTHER THINGS r When I left Newberry on Monday for a trip to Greenwood and Ander son in connection with my work in the census, I had no idea that there . had been such a severe freeze and ; storm or .that I would find condi- i tions as I did. The freeze was as : < severe at Newberry as in these otn- t er towns, and I was told that the ] severe part of it did not extend as ] far as Atlanta. It had not seemed 3 to me to be very cold, although the ] trees and the ground were all eov- ? ered with ice. And there had been ( a heavy fall of rain in the up coun- j ( try for the Saluda was out of the j banks at Chappells and the water ] running up against the railroad ( bank. ! i i ?o? ! ] * ? - x i.L . And isewoerry was not trie omy ( place where there were no lights t and no power. Greenwood and An- t derson, and no doubt some other . places, were without either. And I , resolved that the next .time I went ? away to spend the night I would take ] my flashlight along, because every j one and every city is so dependent ( on the big concerns for the light and j power, that they are all helpless when the current fails to come. And this was the hardest lick that they have been hit since the "juice" has been furnished by the big power companies. I ?o? j At Greenwood there was no light and no power, and some one remarked that there was no water. The explanation for that being, a Ford car had skidded in being run on the iced streets, and had struck a hydrant and broke it, and the water all ran out of the standpipe before it rould be stooDed. and there was no power with which to replenish the \ supply. And it was said also that i the Ford nor the driver was in the \ least hurt or damaged. I heard a ? guest at the hotel say that he did not have water enough in the room I with which to shave, and he had to ^ so to the wash room to bathe his { face. I fared better in that respect, because I wrote mv friend Watkins i at the Oregon hotel a day or two , ahead of my coming to reserve me ' a room, and he did so and located ; me on the second floor and I had plenty of water for all purposes, but not light, but the fellows higher up neither had lights nor water. And outside it was raining and freezing. The only light was the little candles and they were placed around on the tables in the dining room and the lobby and were used to light you to UVV4. 0 ] The head waiter at the Oregon is < something of a philosoper. He said < the candles were but a symbol or re- ' minder of the condition of the world ' today. (And the lights in Xewberrv < are not yet entirely reliable because 1 as I finished this sentence at mid- 5 night Wednesday, out went the lights, but fortunately for me, and 1 maybe unfortunately for the reader, < they came back pretty soon and here T fro ao-iiin fillintr soace.) The wait ? O " er said that as the lack of lights j showed that the city had gone back to darkness so was the world going ' backward and would soon fall into ^ the dark pit. That the peojfle seem- v ed to bv? worshipping monoy and it ' meant that things were retrograding ^ and moving rapidly toward the dark " ages, or words to that effect. The ' power came on at Greenwood about midnight and the lights flickered on j until around 5 o'clock, and then away 1 r ?-?/vn i > * A >t/l LIit\\ V\CXIt U^clill. -rx 11va wixt: ahuv.v Journal had a hard time getting out a paper at all. ; 1 ?o? j; But not only was it the light that * seemed out of joint. I had intended ; to^o to Anderson by trolley so as i to get there sooner, but was told' that it would be uncertain to try the 1 trolley, so I decided that possibly it 1 would be safer and surer to take the Southern. I wired the party I wanted to see that I would be delayed, < but even traveling by the Southern J I reached Anderson and called up i t t? j : < the centieman to wncin i nan wir-vsu, jir.'i irettcintr thv :.i"'h '.v'tli h?r? " and spending a coup!" hours in An der?on we vent ?V\\n t ? Y> ts:c<y!T"'. o'' ? < ' .] I rccn-rd .! 2 lolc- ' nvi v h:'' ] ey s.-.'d had just ar- 3 're-i it is-! rer^or. And 1 \ . c ' ?o at G *een v ' ! ':t ?o fnr C S i IL. -. . v. V? ? TV - on Sunday about 2 p. m. just reach-! ed Anderson Tuesday about noon on the same train 1 suppose that I was on. So it would seem that almost everything is just a little out of joint. j But Anderson seemed to be the 1 - I* . il i. rru?%.? worst nit or any 01 ine towns, mt-ic were no lights and no power for some three days. The Daily Tribune failed to print on Tuesday morning and the Daily Mail could not make it on Monday afternoon, and there was no telegraphic news for the paper on Tuesday afternoon, though Brown printed a paper and in order to get power for his lintoypes and his press he rolled down in the eel- i lar where his press is one of these creeping tractors and hooked it up to the press and the linotypes and his paper came out even before schedule time. i ?o? ' I don't know how it is in Ar.der son and Greenwood, but in Newberry i ;he consumer of this "juice" which we buy from our commissioners of public works must be paid for on the minute, or the "juice" is cut right off, run nt>n Kp ffivpn nil sorts of losses and sustain all sorts of damage in consequence, not to speak of the in-' convenience, and we must take' t just so.i Of course I do lot mean to say that they! 3id not do all they could to sup-; 3ly the current and that they could j lot help the failure to do so, but the contract is all one sided and the lit- j ;le fellow just has to sit down and ;ake what he gets and as he gets it ind do just as the big fellow says, i \nd the meters, why bless you, they ire the only perfect things that we aiow or ever read about. Well, we lever had this trouble when we had I A ** J Tvaoi/JAC T ? I JUI" OWIl pjitm. n.nvi ucoiuts a. . :hought it was understood that the jlant which the city owns was to be leld in reserve for just such emer-, ^encies. But it seems that is a mis:ake, that the plant is of no use, and f it is not used it will soon be worth /ery little, that is if it is still held ay the commission? s. But maybe he contract with the Southern Power company has a provision to cover >uch contingencies just like it has a lause about cutting off the current >n Sunday to make repairs., And if :here had been a fire in Greenwood he other night with the power off and he water out the fire could have playrrr\r\A nnH lipid SWJ1V "U 111 i to V V\ 11 ^VVU WltiiV v .. ^ for no telling how long. But then I eckon it is all right or it wouldn't )e, and I should not say anything ibout it. i I heard a remark the other night as | ve were trudging along in the dark j roing from the depot to the hotel lugging our grips, which rather impress?d me. One of these fine fellows who ;ravels the road and belongs to that; rreat army that keeps the railroads. -unning and makes the hotels inde- ! 1 J /miv efvlino* . 3 nQenx, saiu tut; iuca vjl whx. i ourselves traveling salesmen and | lere we are wading through the mud ! md water and the ic^ and snow and i ugging our baggage. The thing is' ridiculous. We had better be called j :lucks or tramps or fish and even mud ish. I just wondered what I should oe styled, for there was I also pulling along. Well, it takes all of us to . make up a world and I try to philosophise and conclude that about the :>nly sensible and sane thing to do is :o go along and do your duty as best! i*nn mav be able and to be sure that ?ven if you are but a brick in the wall :hat you will try to be strong enouch ?o that if the wall drives way you will lot be the cause of it. In other words that I would endeavor to be the hardest and strongest brick in that wall. 1 E. H. A. j r? _..i?:_l* iai wowti* . Miss Yennie Bouknight of West End, Newberry, and Mr. Belton M., fiartsell of Greenville were married )n Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at: :he O'Xeall Street parsonage by ] Rev. R. F. Cogburn. They left on the ( 4:05 train Sunday afternoon for' ( Sreenville, where they will make t heir home. J t City council at the meeting on . Fuesday night elected Mr. Jno. P. Livingston policeman to succeed Mr. FT. 0. Stone, and elected Mr. T. B. ~ Kibler as mill policeman to succeed Mr. J. H. Singley. | j NEWBERRY THEATRE FOR |] LEASE. |1 The city of Newberry, S. C., in-!' yites sealed bids for the lease of the 1 theatre owned by the city for a term '< of two years, beginning May 1st, 1 1920. The property to be leased in- 1 eludes the theatre part of the opera J house building, with the dressing I rooms, box office, gallery office, * scenery, chairs, tables and other fix- 1 tures, furnishings and appliances ,w? <? rv the. c iv and connected Atii '-jid theavre and offices. All < bids must be liled with J. W. Chap- t mv.n, Clerk and Treasurer, Xevbcv- c ry, 3- C\. r.ot later than 5 o'clock } >. m.. Fel-ruary 10 1., IS 20. C'iy * >u*vi]l o:) i :' ! rthj i : to > : .V t * ; ; " ' J - : . t eservsd. Each bid must bo acccm- t BUY Y( 1 A few reas< 4-^v 4-1 IU I cuutc u We buy at w ties, paying c? very lowest pi and have no 1 doing a big v< to sell for less Everything ii u. if ly* xi 111 iicci line it will pa; have big stocl WE WAP Brysoi TheF We just ha \\T *11 J_1 we win uc set of alum j til you call j out for you None bettei . j 1 jcimeci uy ctrx emeu. ul ^iuv<. ? :heck, made payable to the order of 31erk and Treasurer, in the sum of i ;wo hundred dollars, as a guaran- | ;ee that the bidder whose bid is ac-j .'epted will comply with the terms of : ns bid and enter into proper lease ( md bond as required. Checks of un- j successful bidders will be returned, j Lease will provide for the payment, )f rent monthly in advance; that :enant will keep premises and pay ' rent for full period of lease; that ! jpon default in payment of any j month's rent that rent for whole i :erm will become immediately due ; md collectible; property to be used j Dnly for theatre, shows and enter-1 ;ainments; that tenant will pay for ill water, lights and fuel and keep Dremises and fixtures in good condi;ion, except ordinary and reasonable ! lse and tear; that no fixtures or fur- i ?r".jiim ffi hp removed from the I building without the consent of the I nty; theatre and fixtures to be let i :o Newberry college, Newberry grad- ! ,'d schools and local people, as anI iroved by council, for not exceeding welvc days nr.'! in each yo.ir! it r .evit.' l c-f i. ! iv.v: o th: v >cv day r.i 1 ;:?y t: promisors or prop;ity not to bo su.Mot wit! rut writ-' )0R GRO FROM US mmmBBmrnammuBOBmamammm ons why we Cc lie high cost p holesale and in i ash, in this way tl ~ , rices, men wc i losses in bad acc olume of busines profit. i groceries isac i of anything in y you to see us < ks and can save IT YOUR I i Grocei Lange Et 1 ve ten left at liver at your c iun free. Do i us and we w to see it. r on the mark BEAUTIFUL , MONUMENTS IN MARBLE and ^ A mrTmri UKAiNllL Ti w Sli a 2 cc HOME MARBLE & 1112 Laurel St. 9 ten consent of the city; if tenant op- j erates a moving picture show he will be required to pay the city license therefor; tenant to make all necessary repairs and improvements, but j 4- -v r,A with nut. rorispnt of j nuiivs iu uv uhiuc ?Tv.? council. Tenant will be recvirrd to j furr.irh, at his expense, bona in sine-! company, to be approve.'! by ?oun- j c;I, in at i::sz double the amount cf j total rent for faith.Yi performance 1 t j PEPIEQ 1 vjiilllLiiJ t I vrAii U11J crip y\j u f living. A large quanti- j ' we get the I sell for cash counts. Then Li - _ ? I i ? Ivancing dai- 1 the grocery w r it once. We ? you money. ? BUSINESS, f ?o? 1 ' ry Co. 1 I ! .^inai | | $110.00 | ioor with a * lot buy un- . ill bring it 1 :et. j 'ARE CO. ] / 4 o mark the sacred places, here dear ones rest, we ipply artistic head stones -?/-? ofofnorv of a mrvrJorotf* 1 u otumwi j i/ M iiivuvA ww j )St. GRANITE WORKS Columbia, S. C. J'i.* * i _ r* - ii oi conditions 01 lease, runner information will be supplied by Clerk rind Treasurer. By order of city council of New- . bejry, S. C. EUGENE S. BLEASE, Mayor. Ut?s;: J. V. (/! ."'? ' \ . Cc-rli s-v oUii. Jol?> i*o0*4t 9 %