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*#====Z-- ===== $* %nm HB0 JtlDS. I Entered at the Postoffice at Newberry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. c li a i ti i xrmtnp ? AX* * v/*? f Tuesday, February 17, 1920. lf> s*> $> < > =?> *$> <$> ?> <? A < > ; - . i <e> . ?> Watch the label on your -?>j paper and renew before the $> time is out. We can not send ^ j <s> notices. All subscriptions ex- ^ j pire on the first and fifteenth *> j <e> of the month. We are forced , <s> to adhere strictly to the cash | in advance system. When | . . i A | oN your time is out tne paper will be discontinued if you j ^ have not renewed. We would ^, be pleased to have you remain | with us. <(>' If you desire to remain in <s>i ^ the family, renew promptly <3>: and you will not miss an issue. <? <?> <$> _ j Robert Lansing secretary of state | has resigned and President Wilson has i accepted the resignation. It seems j that President Wilson did not think J that his secretary should have held j meetings of the cabinet while the; president was sick. Some how it; seems to us that the secretary did the j right thing in having the members of; the cabinet to meet to confer about matters of state. President Wilson has partially set- < tied the railroad strike or has man-1 aged to have it postponed. These; * * * 1 i. XI. _ 1 4- i railroad employees are auout mc ucou: paid wage earners in the country and we see no reason for trying to keep them from going on strike until, they are entirely satisfied. Maybe if I they would stay on strike for a year or so the farmers of this country would then go to raising enough food to feed us here at home and we would not need to have the railroads to haul any and we could just remain at home. That would not be an unmixed evil, something that would cause the people to stay at home for a few days.,1 -w i' The real estate men from Green-1 wood will offer for sale on Wednes- j day some very valuable building lots < in Main street. These lots are about < the only valuable store lots left in the 1 town at present and the man who! desires to remain in business here ' or to go in business had better look ] * % i - i 'i. out for his own nome, Decause it is ; difficult now to secure a suitable room 1 for business and as for a place to live ? the only way to get one is to buy it, j provided you can do that. The firm j carries a page ad in this paper. The i sale will be on Wednesday. J < ^m < That is a pretty good appropriation j bill the legislature is giving the people j this time. Nearly six million dollars ? is a big jump. It will take 12 mills 3 instead of nine the last time. And | this does not include the proposed , two mills for huilding roads and neither the one-half mill to enlarge . the Citadel. Nearly a quarter million 1 for the University for instance looks , pretty big when colleges like New- . berry and Wofford and Erskine think ] they are doing pretty well if they can j be sure of an income of $50,000, and ] ?jach has pretty near as many students ] as the University, and each is doing i about as good work in the education ] of the youth of the land. But then it , takes more to run a state institution ( than it does a denominational college, { and yet the denominational college is 1 .the institution that is to save the ? ? 1 r j_i_ - jcivnzauon 01 ine age. I j< The proposed appropriation for the ' < spreading of propaganda against the j "boll weevil and to tell farmers what \ to do and to map out a program of ( farming and so on and so on will $ be that much of the state's money t thrown to the birds. The farmer who j lias been raising cotton is going on 1 planting cotton and all the propagan- ? <da that the state can send out is not < going to stop him. The only thing is j xne aestrucnuxi uj. <i uy j pestiferous insects and that will not j ikeep him from planting cotton the i next year if he can get the labor and 1 the money with which to pay the labor < and buy fertilizer. There has been 1 advice without end for years to the ] farmer of this section to diversify, : and it was good advice, and even be- ] fore the boll weevil was ever dreamed ] of in this section it would have been ] the wise thing for the farmer to raise i on the farm the things he needed for i the farm. But he knows the situation > and all the farm programs you can : set out will not give any more infor- j r ;ticn. Bu: the money will give a < job to some, and w!!I help :o diver- : sity the monotc::y. ; Mozart becran coinf -irT at an 1 earlier are than anyboJy el~e on 2CC( rd. J : .v.- - " - infa- t i't*cc % i ' l .. *. pcsc '.1 ct.. .; . 3ie v vote w.:i c;~crs, )a . NO NEED TO GROW ! " CJ) SAY S EDISON! Wizard of Electricity Celebrates Seventy-third Birthday. Says Men Would Live Longer if They Used Knowledge of Environment to Protect Body. "Do you believe that there is really any such thing1 as growing oldY" This is the question that was put to Thomas A. Edison, grand old man of American science, on the occasion of : his 73rd birthday. And here is! Thomas Edison's reply: } "If man delighted in studying the j natural element in which he exists, and if he used this knowledge to protect his body against the malignant actions of his environment, I think that he would live at least twice as long as now, with his mentality un- I impaired at the end of life. As man I learns more of his environment and is thus able to protect himself more and more, there is no reason that I can see why his form of life should not be as long as that of the Sequoia trees of California, which is several thousand years." How Edison Talked. It was uder unusual circumstances that the wizard of electricity, who makes it a rule never to give out in- i terviews, consented to talk for publication. Several weeks ago a national campaign was instituted for the plac ing in every American home of the two Edison biographies, "The Life and Inventions of Thomas Edison,"; by Dyer and Martin, and William H. !? Voo^nwrrnft's "The Bov's Life of | m Edison." A representative of Har-1 per & Bros., the publishers, called at' ^ the inventor's office in the Orange, j N. J., laboratories, and was introduc- i ^ ed to "the old man" by Mr. Meadow- 0 croft, who, in addition to being Mr.:? Edison's biographer, is his business ^ assistant. ! "So you're from Harper, are you ?"i, said the inventor, with a kindly smile, a as he shook hands with the visitor. ^ "You know, I'm not literary. Some people can write "long things offhand and get up before a great crowd of 0 people and make smooth speeches, (j but I can't understand how they do w it!" He paused reflectively, and, nshaking his head, repeated, "No, I'm 01 not literary." ^ The aged scientist, whose hearing ai is poor, though his constitution is tl otherwise robust, put his hand to his ai ?ar for the reply. "Thank God for qi that.17' said the publisher. tt A smile started in a corner of Mr. w RMicnn'c month and errew in both di- T rections until it completely over- ki spread the imposingly handsome face, ai 'You want an interview, do you?" he a] said. "Write down .your questions, ki and I'll see if I can dictate the a] answers for you." * I Three questions in addition to the jr * i mi_. ., one given above were asKea. xne tr questions and answers follow: it} "Try Hobbies." ' e< "Do you believe it i a good thing w Tor a boy to map out his career years C( ahead, or just peg away?" "No, the boy, while being educated, < should try many hobbies, changing from one to another as many times # as he desires, the more the better, T until he finds one that delights him? Sl :>ne that he is sure he will succeed in ' * f- _ n-f after he leaves school?Decause ne i& ? lappy while pursuing it after trying h* nany other hobbies. With this hob- w oy he can succeed, and with no other, because when a man is vitally inter? +v>i"no' his mpmorv becomes ill Ci ...? v lighly efficient in that pursuit, but in re ill other lines normal. A good mem- A >ry means executive ability, and with in ;his comes 'Do it now.' " e> "What, in your opinion, constitutes w success?"' was another question. ip* "The above combination means sue- at :ess. It never fails," was Mr. Edi- re son's reply. 01 The question, "Who were the th :'riends whose confidence gave you st encouragement when you were struggling for a foothold?" brought forth bi ;his characteristic reply: w "I had no such friends. They were h< lot necessary. In fact, they are dis- so idvantageous. The hard path gives a >ne experience. One loses this if they ar ire helped by friends. It is like hav- hi n?? a rich father." . *\\ Mr. Meadowcroft Reminisces. i W For once, the spirit of business b( :hat hovers over the laboratory in 01 3range?Thomas Edison is a hard a taskmaster?seemed to have been dis- ot pelled. Mr. Me'. Jowcroft, "the old se man's" biographer and assistant, who m has worked side by side with him for bi many years, neglected the heap of rs papers on his desk long enough to w tell a tale or two from his store of reminiscences of his beloved chief. ! "My mind is so filled up with busi- cl ness matters that it is pretty hard to li< ?A cn;ririnrr VniTlS." dodar- a? Llt'li UUVVM IV .. , :<-] Mr. Men 'owcroft. rubbing his griz- in zled mustache, reflectively. ej 4'You know, it was or.lv ouf of love is for the old man that I took i^ie time m to wr'te the * Boy's Life of Edison.' m r ?Vv/?d hrn the 'Life and Inventus a Ti-n-iv^ T7 with Hs d*-i'-Trams ev i-'! v" ' = of Ms invent ;ons, when the h( v ? ' af'er iw fc v.'. u.:d h. loj'.iei ::t the NEW FOf FIRST LOAD Will have ano1 10 days. Place your ore ifl l l we will delivei in 15 days or ?vour money, m bill tied to it Centred < Prosperity, S. C. r olumes and said: 'Are folks really I oing to read all of that?'" oi "Even at the age of 73," continued w Ir. Meadowcroft, "Mr. Edison is as st nergetic as ever and there seems to h< e no dimunition of his mental activ- si ;y. He comes down to his laboraary every morning and plunges right je lto the activities of the day with his th * ! 1 1 a , ccustomed vim. wniie ne aoes noi is ork late into the night at the labora- th Dry as regularly as he used to, he th 'orks every night until 11 or 12 su 'clock at home and comes down to th le laboratory primed for the day's pi -ork, frequently bringing a lot of to lemoranda he has written to numer- in as officials and heads of departments yi ie night before. He has an intimate su nd exact knowledge of everything lat is coimr on in the entire plant, dr id is in the habit of asking pointed pr uestions as to the progress of mat- M ;rs, showing that he is conversant fr ith what has gone on the day before, tr he mental activity and intimate in nowledge of affairs frequently th nazes our people whose efforts are long certain definite lines, while his nowledge covers the entire plant in fa II its varied activities. pe "T* fViic wkon Vio r?r?mp<? rlnwn I ViliU) ?f AAV?A VW...W ?.? .. ? i the mornings he is fully posted on 75 le important news of the world and le state of the markets. His knowl- to 3ge of all these things is an actual orking knowledge, marvelous in its d )mprehensiveness. b; When Edison Chats. "Sometimes he will sit down and lat with me for a few minutes, and is lese are always interesting moments, of hese chats cover a great variety of le; lbjects. Yesterday he came to my 8? ssk and I showed him a photograph or I himself, a snapshot which someone ed id taken of him one day when he ? as in New York. We rather thought iat that photograph was good, but i didn't. He said: sa " 'It is almost impossible to get a cu sally good photograph of a person, uj difference of a thousandth of an of ch in lens will produce a different in :pression in a person's face. If you Hi ill take this photograph and com- M ire it with a half dozen others taken an ; different times, you will scarcely ta alize it is the same person.' We got of it a few photographs and compared em and the difference was, indeed, ori riking. | ce "The other day," continued the ^h ographer of Edison, "a boy came ir th ith a memorandum from one of the ?ads of the departments. Mr. Edi- ? m read it and then gave the boy verbal message. The boy went out id Mr. Edison turned to me with r T1 imorous twinkle in his eye and said :hen that boy has gone 50 feet he ill be absolutely unable to rememir that message correctly. There ir | su le boy around here who can carry A] message about 200 feet, and an:her about 300 feet, and I have only th ten one lately that could carry r C< essage all the way to the other be lilding down the yard. So I very irely send an oral message, but I rite it.' Edison on Food. ^ "Some time ago, Mr. Edison war latting with me about food. He beeves that most of us eat too mucl id load our systems with a lot o' ipuritios which tend to produce dis ise and shorten lile. Ho, hinder j ? ? ?11 ^.. >4-^,, T 11 T' r\ cn.1VI T1 "I ! II ?5111 ci 11 CCHL'L l iid> c ibV. v ii i* - i ar.y times finish cntir.7 ir. "v'v { ost of ns 1 rf.11 t?; _ m!urll"> ( I , meal, and li?rhi up hir cli.n:*. Tf h '? or l.as pr.y tiounie with his ; t ma. ' j i will either str*> e'l^insr r.li v f'.ro 0? *I?* cz ( r'5 r?r e' o v * Lo bolljd and t V n. Jry tc?.ri tD CARS SOLD OUT ther load in ler now, and * you the car return you 1 ^ AM. nth a $1.00 Garage Newberry, S. C. have known him to make his meals f this for three times a day for i eek?the idea being that if hfc omach trouble is caused by bacill 5 will not furnish any additional ipply from the outside. ; "One dav. when talkinc nr? fho ?nK ??^ ; V** V44W V ct of food, he mentioned the fact tat some explorers in Labrador perhed from starvation and contended iat it was through ignorance, as at eir feet there was an unlimited ipply of food that would have kept em alive until they could reach supies of regular food. He referred a peculiar kind of moss that crows Labrador, which when boiled, elds a jelly like food capable of istaining ihem. "Naturally," continued Mr. Mea>weroft, "we have visitors from all '.rts of the world, who come to see r. Edison, and whether they come om different parts of our own couny or from various other countries the world, no matter how distant, ey are usually astounded when r. Edison talks to them about their vn localities or countries just as miliarly as if he had been there in irson." In commemoration of Mr. Edison's Id birthday, bookstores today roughout the country are placarded day with posters bearing the legend *3," and announcements of the yer and Martin and Meadowcroft ographies. A T?vijf i r>V* >*/-\o A />nrv< nnoifi ATI /I JJl itlOH iuau ?* "*v?said to be dustless, is composed rock, slag, asphalt and scrap ather composition. More than >,000 pairs of old shoes are used i every mile of roadway construct1 according to the *ormula. SALE OF PROSPERITY LOTS Instead of offering my place for le February 2, I have decided to it it up into building lots, opening > a street in the center. Plats these lots may be seen by callg on me. Will be sold at the Court ouse in Newberry Salesday in arch. Will be first offered in lots id then as a whole. The place conio\ Hid \ O / in but; the town of Prosperity. Terms: One-third cash, balance te and two years at seven (7) per nt. interest, secured by mortgage of e premises, purchaser to pay for e papers. S. L. FELLERS. CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. le State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. By W. F. Ewart Probate Judge. Whereas, George B. Grigsby made it tn mp tn civnnt. Viim Letters of ministration of the Estate and fects of Isaac Grisby deceased, that ey be and appear before me, in the )urt of Probate, to be held at Newirry on Wednesday, 25th day of ibruary next, after publication here, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to ow cause, if any they have, why e said Administration should not : granted. r<: ? J ? J onfVi vjivcn uuucr my ixanu uno bvun iy of February, Anno Domini 1920. W. F. EWART, P. J. N. C. DTIC^ TO rJ~T JNCUENT TAXI'AriRS. j *-p, | ri'.nuaiji ith. ; -r *j* < ;!.) .axe- Hue the Town N'/j-1-] . ?\ , vV Pl'.v-e r:vc vc ir-r-'vei tliis trouble .* orcl'i of t'v <>ir 1. T C TAXMAN, Ueri: J. re usurer. ? 'J c -J / The Mules I Soon They Wil! That is to say the ca that will be at my s j- :ii i i a^y win suuii uc in i satisfied purchasers. Mules, good mules fi 'Better come and ge fko nroffinrr ic crnnrl K !Wll^ gVVklllg 10 ^VWV4 M load will not last Ion R. 'Tat' i T" . VIMaMMHBaaHBBBMaMHBMnHB Chevrolet New : Closed Cars Aac 1 est Mode 0( 1 . j "Closed cars are rapidly bein t means of travel," says J. D. Qu; : in Chevrolet passenger and coir 1 "The chief reason for this is : practical type of conveyance tha j independent in regard to his tr . "Not only for touring but for (length the enclosed automobil never enjoyed before. ' t m i 1 1 _ 1 J J "lime xaoies no longer neeu t comings. Permanent rails ne< route by which one must go. venience of transfer points is enl "In addition to these advai owner can enjoy absolute priv the annoyances of the common he is surrounded with refineme fittings such as reflect his ind possible in no other type of cc i i "The best part of all is that he I in any season. He can disregs t; entirely. "The permanent top and ad afford protection against cold i valuable assets on fine days. Tl late this protection at will. 1 '' > nWsnre nf onen air travel w from dust, dirt or burn. t "It is the completeness of its i popularity for this improved m< CENTRALG J. D. QUATTLEBA I I Prosperity, S. C. I Mules! Mule i I I We have just receiv j of nice mules. W< I beauties in this car. look ihem over. Remember we are a show you whether buy or not. Newberry J C. F. LATHAN, ! i ; <unrjEA ><K'.u".'m?iu?>-rr%3i?n-3i^:'4at*aMtMaK3BW In France the c::en that work in i Of the fields are regularly sung to as warm an encouragement to exertion; and temp* no peasant has the slightest doubt depth but that the animals lislen to him with pleacnre. i 1 A Ja,>nne~2 tail'i hi c? '* . wi,h his toes. I i ire Here. Be There. \ r load of mules tables on Frithe stables of rom $250 up. m| vniirc whilp 1 ' li JWUAtf Vf MMW ecause this car V 'WISE | =ri rs Bulletin ^ TL. nij. i j me nigiiTravel j g adopted as the ideal y attlebaum, local dealer * Attfl imercial cars. that they are the only V it makes one absolutely jj ansportation. J necessary trips of any 9 e affords advantages 9 lictate one's goings and J ed not determine the ; And all the incontirely eliminated. itages the closed car acy. It eliminates all ' carrier. In their stead ?nts of upholstery and iividual taste and are nveyance. i can enjoy these things . I ird weather conditions fl justable windows that 3 tnd storms are equally m ie passengers can regu-, 'hey can have all the ' J ithout any discomtort I M service that is winning j l^H sans of traveling," , H ARAGE | UM, Prop. 9 Newberry, S. C. I i Mules! 1 ed another car e have seme Come in and ^ M iways glad to jfl you want to' ifl Aide Co. J ,Salesman TP??? an???all be dies of salt water th'^M est is the Red sea, which has ?UH srature, even in its greatest^H| ,s, of 70 degrees. "v thousards of people in Eng~^H| c'<?c":I ta:: each year forfl^J a (cres^H^H plate, mm