The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 20, 1920, Page FOUR, Image 4
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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. j
Friday, February 20, 1920.
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THE MEMORIES ARE PLEASANT.;
The following very kind comment is j
from the Abbeville Press and Banner
in introducing the article which we
wrote of Abbeville as we first remembered
the good old town, and we
appreciate the kind words of Editor
Greene. The memories of the old
town are among the most pleasant
that we have stored away in rne
corridors of the past. Just why we
did not remain in Abbeville may be
explained by the fact that at that
time it was our purpose to devote our
life to that of a teacher, and the
opening at Newberry college seemed
to be a step upward in the profession,
and we came in answer to the call.
But circumstances and environs have
a great deal to do with the shaping
of the life as well as with the work
in which one will engage, and there j
seems to be some unseen hand that!
chirps flip destinies of men and di
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rects them in the paths in which they
are to walk.
But somehow the short days spent
in Abbeville have always been one of
the most pleasant memories of our
life. The people were kind ani considerate
and were an inspiration, and
we have always had a feeling that
when we met some one from the old
town that we were meeting: a friend
from the old home. We thank Col.:
Greene for his kind words.
j
"Col. E. H. Aull, editor of the Newberry
Herald and News and director
of census for this district has written
a very interesting sketch of Abbeville?its
people and various other
things?which we print below. Col.
Aull has made a number of. visits to ;
Abbeville within the past several
-nnrtnfVxs civincr attention to his duties
M4VWV44U ?C?
as census director and has managed
to circulate among our people quite
a bit. He is a careful observer and
.with it has a good memory; and he
writes well.
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"In former days Col. Aull lived in
Abbeville and his article is about
"old scenes and faces of long ago re
called" and what he has written will
be of much interest to the readers of
the Press and Banner. He writes
with such evident love for Abbeville,
its people, and traditions, that one
wonders how he happens to be now
living in Newberry."
GREATER PRODUCTION.
Talking greater production points
the way to what is needed in this
hiit thp thins- is
CUUUUlJr tWlUClj , ^
?going to work for it with a will! i
Preaching sermons on hrigh food
prices don't make them come down
?so you can notice it; but a steadily
increasing production will have
the right results.
In this connection The Springfield
(Mass.) Union says? I
"There may be, probably is,
profiteering in food, but the present
high prices are for the most part
due to underproduction,' and this j
applies to other necessities as well as!
food. The cost-of-living problem can '
not and will not be s >lved until there
has been a general increase in production
of all commodities. Increases
of wages will not do it, 25 these simply
increase the cost of production
and push the selling prices higher.
Greater production and better transportation
facilities are the prime
needs of the country at this tim<?."
And transportation facilities do
not only mean on a large scale, but
they comprehend every rural road1
that leads from the farm to the town
market.
That is why The Moultrie (Ga.) I
Observer says that paved roads between
productive tov/v.s and territory.
"are of supreme i .nportance" as they!
open nn Dcsr'bir'ticj "for the s"
towns that "can be opened in no
othe~ way."
And crrc-'ter nrodu^tion, v. "th a |
divert v c * -?+? > 0u?
to c * * " - \" ' "?""iiuTh'S
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and many of the othei* troubles and
difficulties and problems we are
struggling with just now, and we can
never get back to normal and have
the wheels of industry running ,
smoothly so long as we try any other
I plan than that of producing more.
; All the committees and supervisors
land other organizations wo may Ivy
, will avail nothing, until we ere: to
| producing more. The Herald and
: News has said this now for many
months and in fact aJl of its existence
that what we needed mos-, was improvement
in our farming operations
and a slogan of back to the farm,
j We saw it stated in some paper
that Germany had gone to work and
was busy rebuilding, and that instead
of asking for shorter hours and
more pay, the work hours had been
increased and that every one was do
ing something to produce something,
and as a result Germany will recover
from the effects of the great
world war sooner chan any of the
other nations that were engaged.
No nation has a greater opportunity
just now than this great counx?
.r u?if wo /?or? r>of rnk'p n fl
iry UX uuts, L/u \t nt vuu tivo
vantage of the opportunity by quar- ,
reling among ourselves and shortening
the hours of work and increasing the
payroll.
What we need ju3t now is more ,
work and more production and unless
we do realize that fact and get busy (
there will be trouble in the future (
and suffering as well. Too many
people hunting soft jobs away from
the farm and shorter houre and more
pay. The opportunity is here now for
the man who is willing to work and
who can see the advantages of the ,
farm and who has the good judgment
to take hold vigorously of the side of
the producer. There is no need for
transportation facilities unless we are
going to make something to transport,
but of course roads and the upkeep
of the roads is one of the big factors
in the making of the life of the producer
worth while. We will wake up
in time to save the situation.
Some of the superintendents of,
the city schools are protesting against
the passage of a bill introduced by
Representative Boyd providing that'
there shall be a uniformity of text j
books in the public schools of the j
state including the independent1
schools. We are inclined to think the J
idea of the bill to haye a uniformity I
of text books in all the public schools j
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is a correct one, 11 we are tu
a set of books.
The matter of text books is not. so
important any way. The main thing
is to have a teacher who knows how
to teach. But so long as we are to
adopt books for use in the public ,
schools we do not see why it would
not be the right principle to have
them uniform in all the schools supported
by the state. ,
Prof. McCants of Anderson in giving
his objection to the Boyd bill
among other things says that the
effect of it would be to have a body
of men in Columbia administering our
schools rather than a body of men m
Anderson in charge of them. Well so
far as that goes does not Prof. McCants
realize that the whole tendency
of the management, not only of our
schools but of almost everything, is
to have not only a body of men in
Columbia managing the affairs but a
body of men up in Washington managing
all local affairs* and when the
thing gets to the school management
a little more strongly then the centralization
idea will have strong rcot
sure enough.
But so long as we are to have a
state supported system of schools we
can not see why it would not be bet4-^1.
4-~ Vim-n n nnifnrm cvcfpm nf f.Pvt
LCI IU I i wi > V- u Unix vi in vw v?*? w* - books.
We know sometimes it
appears that the gentlemen who are
designated to make the selections
seem to have little idea of what is the '
best system of books, that is according
to our way of looking at books, ]
but thpn some one has to make the
selection and we reckon they would
think the same way of us if we were ]
designated to make the selection. So j
there you are. j
A Sharp Old Negro.
A lady living in Nebraska records ;
the following in a letter to a friend in :
Newberry: ,
This story was told me by Judge Abbott
at their supper table several ?
evenings ago. An old negro entered
a store where good humor and cheer ]
prevailed, his clothing being in tatters
about him.
"You-all dickers heyah, do 'an ye?" ]
"Yes, Uncle, what have you got to
sell?"
"I got a aige to sell."
"What do you want for it?" <
"A da^nin' needle, sah." i
The darning needle was given him <
for the egg, and the question put: 1
"Do you want anything els:??"
"You sets 'cm up, do'an ye?"
"Yos." And the liquor was poured <
-?o r?*l 1
ill a
"Is there anything else?"
"Yeo, srch; I'd Ink a air: in it." Jj
"When 're eci? wa.> broken it proved
to have [wo yelks. Ti:e "customer' n
i . 'v tW-> :?'? t
o;-cr iiuvc another dumb;' needle." !<
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NEWBERRY COUNTY j'
SUPPLY BILL FOR 19201
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(Continued from page one.)
Treasurer <350.00
Auditor G50.00
Superintendent of education
1,500.00
Judge of probate 1,800.00
Physician 300.00 1
Coroner 350.00
Janitor of courthouse 700.00 i
Supervisor ;
Two commissioners at
$ each
Clerk to county commissioners
Chaplain to poorhouse 200.00 :
Constables' salaries
Constables' mileage
Magistrates
(b) County home, paupers
and pensioners 4,000.00
(c) Roads, bridges and j
ferries 10,500.00
\U/ VyUUViLto aiiu muuiw..
ance of road-working
organizations 10,500.00
The supervisor and commissioners
will have available in addition to the
above appropriation the following re-,1
sources for roads, bridges and fer-.
ries, viz.: The proceeds of the annual
levy of one mill for roads, esti*
? * t /??_!'
matea at eit^nty-?2A nuuuicu
600.00) dollars, commutation tax, >
estimated at $12,000 cash, and road
labor, estimated at $24,000.00.
There is available for highway t
work for the county the sum of $?now
in the hands of the county treasurer,
set apart in 1918 to match a
like sum from federal aid fund for
the construction of highways under.
the approval of the state highway
commission, together with federal
highway aid fund for 1919 of $........
otrciioKio tr? match the same. The
supervisor and commissioners will
also have available the provisions in
this act contained for the construction
of highways under the provisions
of the federal highway aid law for
the year 1920 which will probably exceed
the amount of such fund for
1919.
(e) Public buildings, in- j
eluding water, fuel,
light and insurance,
contingent expenses
and supplies, public {
buildings and county offices,
repairs public
buildings $ 3/200.00
(f) Printing, postage, sta- 1
tionery and books i,uuu.uu
(g) Miscellaneous contingent,
rest room 200.00 :
Uniforms, special deputy
sheriffs and jailer 300.00
County officers' bonds 600.00
For military company, to
be paid on receipt of
proper officer 300.00
Other miscellaneous
(h) County board of edu- ]
cation 50.00
(i) County board of <
equalization 400.00
(j) General sessions and i
common pleas court 2,000.00 ]
(k) Jail expenses, inclua- ;
ing dieting of prisoners 2,100.00 j
(1) Post mortems, in- 1
quests and lunacy 400.00 ]
(m) Interest on county in- :j
debtedness; interest on j
!
current loans in antici- j ]
cipation of collection of ;:
taxes, interest on bonds,
and to sinking fund for j;
requirements of bonds, ]
on principal of loan to j
sinking fund, and for 1
interest \ on loans to ! <
January 1, 1920 2,000.00 i
Pnvil nnlirp* two DO
\ II / XVU1V4A J^V4ivv, - - - - x- licemen
at $1,380 each 3,360.00
Provided, That the salary provid- 1
ed in subdivision (a) for the probate 1
judge shall be in lieu of all fees, ;
and any and all fees collected by 1
said probate judge for any and all 1
sources whatsoever, shall be convey- *
?d into the county treasury by said 1
probate judge, to be apportioned as J
follows: One-fourth of all marriage '
license fees (which in each case shall
-fnv lirpnse). to
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the school fund, and the remaining J
three-fourths "bf all marriage license '
fees and all other fees to the pay- 1
ment of the salaries of the county :
officers: Provided, further, That the :
sheriff may, in his discretion, appoint :
a jailer, at a salary, in his discretion,
not to exceed ninety dollars per '
month, and a uniform; the said
jailer may be vested by the sheriff
with the power to make arrests now j
possessed by special deputy sheriffs, I
to be exercised under the direction;
of the sheriff: Provided, further,
That no salary provided for special
deputy sheriffs (rural policemen) I
sViaTT Vip rnntinu ed if the exand jury;
of said county find it necessary, in !
the discharge of the duJy imposed'
npon thjm by law to pro." ,t sria of- ;
Seers for failuie t;> C: \-hvr". i'r-2
duties imposed upon then: by lav*, 1
unless ar.vl exepi. ia he evo.it that
the court airy fa 1 to act u.. .1 such ,
presentment of t!.? rrra..?! jury, .' iter
investaation, th.c legislative delation,
'y a maj^ri'y vu e, may pt ss a <
;v- '*.]*!'. a oont;r rr^ the p\~*nien~
i said sr.laiies, if, in -heir judaic at, i
the grand jury was misinformed or J
mistaken as to the facts set out in j
the presentment: Provided, further,;
That if a majority of the legislative
delegation from said county reach
the conclusion that said rural police
1.
men, or peace omcers, nave ueen remiss
in their duties, and the good
order of the county requires its discontinuance,
then, in that event, a;
majority of the said legislative dele- j
gation may direct the sheriff to ap- j
point other rural policemen, or peace
officers, in their stead, who shall be;
to thp same laws, regulations
and provisions as set out above: j
Provded, further, That the county!
treasurer is hereby authorized and
directed to take fifteen hundred doi-!
lars from road and bridge fund and j
fifteen hundred dollars from chain !
gang maintenance fund and place j
said amount with the funds received ;
from the state treasurer for automo- j
bile licenses and the said amounts!
are to constitute a special road j
fund, which shall be kept as a separ
ate and distinct fund for the pur- j
pose of matching the federal high-!
way aid fund for the year 1920. All j
of said funds shall be expended only
on construction of roads and bridges
agreed upon by the county supervisor
and the highway commission, j
All warrants drawn on the special
road fund shall be drawn by the
county supervisor and approved by
the state highway commission. Any
unexpended balance from 1919 shall
remain to the credit -of the special
road fund for the purpose of Constructing
roads and bridges during:
the years 1920, ~ i?zi, lvzz ana
1923: Provided, further, That in the
event that the levy herein fixed shall
raise, when all assessments of property
for taxation have been fixed, an
amount in excess of the sums hereby
appropriated, then the county auditor
is authorized and empowered to j
reduce the levy to such an amount as
will be necessary to raise the sum
hereby appropriated.
The sum of two hundred and ninety-eight
and 70-100 dollars is hereby
appropriated to pay for guns, amwmm'Hrkn
anH msps for the sheriff's
?
office. '
The sum of one hundred and
thirty-eight and 70-100 dollars is
hereby appropriated to pay for a refrigerator
for the county jail.
The head bailiff and the crier of
(he court shall each receive five dollars
per day and the other bailiffs
clioll ro^nivo tlirpp rlnllnrs nor dav. '
The sheriff and special deputy sheriffs
shall be allowed their railroad
fare while traveling within the county
in the discharge of their official
duties.
The sum of seventy-five dollars is.
hereby appropriated for the county
board of equalization to cover deficit
for 1919. |
The sum of six hundred dollars is
hereby appropriated for the venereal
dsease clinic for 1919 and the
same amount is hereby approprated
for said clinic for 1920.
The sum of five hundred dollars is
hereby appropriated toward the salary
or compensation of T. M. Mills, j
farm demonstration agent for 1920. 1
The sum of one hundred dollars is
hereby appropriated for clerical help
fl-io (trninfv trpflsnrPT*. !
LV/X ViiV WUiiVj va ? .
The sum of one hundred dollars is j
hereby appropriated for clerical help
for the county audtor.
The sum of fifty dollars is hereby
appropriated to be paid to the coroner
for travelng expenses for 1920.
The sum of four hundred and
twenty dollars is hereby appropriated
Dut of road and bridge fund for the
maintenance and operation of Holly's
Ferry over Saluda river. ;
The sum of one hundred and sixty
two and S0-1UU dollars is nereoy appropriated
to reimburse T. P. Richardson
for interest paid in connec- i
tion with building bridges over Lit-:
tie rver and river in 1919.
The sum of forty-one and 50-100
dollars is hereby appropriated to pay .
Louis Henderson for a cable furnished
bv him for the ferry at Blairs, on
Broad river.
Sec. 2. The secretary of state is
hereby directed to forward to the
county supervisor and county treasurer
a certified copy of this act so
far as it relates to Newberry county
as promptly as possible after it goes
into effect.
Sec. 3. That this act shall go into
effect immedately upon its approval.
by the governor. ,
FROM PENNILESS BOY TO
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Integrity, Industry and Imagination
Meredith's Rule for Success?New j
Cabinet Man Has Been Farmer,
Printer and Editor.
Dcs Moines. Ia., Feb. 14. (By W.
& 11 VMifrtr Thp f)es
Mciros NVw.O?From a pprniHc??
boy of nr. Tcv.a farm to Secretary of
\?_rric ulture in President Wilson's
abii^-t and millionaire farm paper
:Mishor Such has bcm the rise of
r.'hvin T. ?.Ie-etiith, in his life span
yi 43 years.
Vorw a f ~rm near Avcoa. la..
December 23, 187^>, Meredith oT
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BEFORE IT IS TC
SAVE THAT ROD
Goodyear Liquid I
10 to 15 years of ser
is applied with a brus
pnsipst f pmpnt on thf
will stop all leaks ant
terproof as well as f.
special representatiyi
figure with you the c<
derful product. R
guarantee for ten
every gallon sold.
STANDARD PAIN1
Exclusive Mi
Clevelac
PAAAVr A D V TAVIin
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ALBERT H..
. Special Rep
P.O. Box 43
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necessity early becaine interested in
the game of making money. His first
chance came when his father gave
him a little runt of a pig and loid
him with proper care the pig might
be raised and sold at a profit.
Meredith thought it was the opportunity
of a lifetime. Boylike he
jumped at th^ chance and from that j
minute the runt of a pig was hand-1
fed, watched over, sheltered and |
protected. It grew and waxed fat >
and young Meredith soon sold it at a i
nice profit.
Leaving the farm, Meredith entered
Highland Park college at Des
Moines. lie had no money from
home except a little he had saved, so ;
he paid his way through college by
tending furnaces and waiting on
tables. Mathematics was his favorite \
study.
His first job after leaving college ,
was pz a printer with a Des Moines
firm. In 1899 his uncle, Thomas
Meredith, started the famous Tribune
1 1
here and young Ed became his as-:
sistant, doing everything, from writ-;
ing advertisements to setting type.
The paper was started as a political j
organ to support the Greenback
party. Neither the paper nor the i
party gained much strength in Iowa j
and Meredith and his uncle had a
grim struggle to make expenses. In i
1901 Meredith and a printer friend
+-V.A ninfl* Tr? 1 Qfl9 AfprpHith I
UUUglll/ CI j
founded "Successful Farming," now I
- - -G ^-1 ' ? ?J r\v?Acnn>?_ l
0116 OI lfl6 Ictl'gC&l cliiu must jjiuoj/tious
farm publications in the country.
At the start it was a little sheet,
scanty in news and scantier in advertising,
but it had certain principles
and the young publisher was a
fighter.
The initial number carried the announcement
that only ''clean" adver- j
tising would be accepted. The first j
few issues were refused by the de- I
livery wagons hired to take them to
the postoiuce until payment was
made. The postoffice would not mail j
them until the postage was paid. Few J
believed in the ultimate success of !
the magazine. But Meredith "had a j
way with him" and it was but a few j
years until farm publishers of the :
country were forced to reckon with a !
"comer."
His publication today has" over j
800,000 circulation and the net profit i
from each monthly issue is estimated [
to be $50,000. Meredith not long i
ago summed up his "rule for success" ,
in three words: integrity, industry I
and imagination.
"Imagination spells tne difference
between small success and big success,"
Meredith said.
Service to his readers is one of.
Meredith's hobbies. One of the big- j
gcst thir?rs the farmer can do is to i
keep thi boys interested in the farm, j
T\ T/VMA/1 ? + fn T*C I
iUClCUitli oajo. J
"In this way the drift to the cities
can be checked," he says. "I believe
the boy will be interested in the farm 1
if he has a stake in it. He wants to
make money."
So Meredith will lend any boy
money to carry on farm work. A boy
can borrow $25 or $50 or $100 to buy
a pi^ or a cow or whatever he may >
want. The note bears six per cent.!
interest and matures in one year. If '
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he has bad luck his note is exrenaeu ?
and he :s urged to try again.
Meredith also loans money to young j
men working their way through eol- i
lege. So far he claims he has lost!
comparatively nothing and he feels 1
well r^pri'l for having helned hun-'
dver!~ of rv<"t i in '
life. l< g?.t the ??: - a "
pl;*.r of "* 1 v
r.Iere.J'h v\r. 'n i .. i.-iiclt
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10 LATE,
IF OF YOURS
ioofing Cement adds K
vice to your roof. It V
h, which makes it the l
; market to apply. It
1 make your roof waire
proof. See our
e who will be glad to
Dst of using this won- A | ,
emember a written l\.
years accompanies * I
fl
r & LEAD WORKS |
inufacturers 1
id, Ohio '
ROOFING CEMENT
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ADELBERG, I j
resentative
Newberry, 5. C. V
i m T\/\a ?w 1 QAH TV**? V^??~
1U A/CO iUVUl^O) AXi lU^V* X aa?t ^
two children, a son and a daughter.
At present Meredith is president of i
the Associated Advertising Clubs of '
the" world and a director of the
seventh district Federal Reserve bank: ^1
He was a Democratic candidate for
United States senator in 1914 and
Democratic candidate for governor *n
1916. Both times he was defeated. 41
rr? ~
ULC was <X llXCiilUCi UI tlic XUUUOUiOA
War Labor Commission that toured
England and France in 1918 and lat- '
er was chosen as a member of tUeflft
public group in the first Industrial^?
Round Table Conference at Washing- V
ton.
Meredith will bring energy and
vision to his new position as Secretary
of Agriculture.
<kI believe agriculture is th? basis
of all the permanent prosperity of
the country," Meredith has often
said. "The chief difficulty of the farmer
in recent years has been in marketing
his crops. There has been too ,
much lost motion between producer
and consumer. I hope to work out.
some solution of this difficulty." ' - \
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MAINTAIN BRANCH ?
OFFICE IN RALEIGH
Raleigh (N. C.) News & Observer.
The Standard Paint and Lead |
works, of Cleveland, Ohio, a division !
of the Consolidated Oil company, onfe i
of the largest paint manufacturing- M
corporations in America will establish
a branch office and warehouse 'ii^ A
Raleigh, March 1, and thereafter the
coloff onrl /-Jicf-rihnf inri n-f tVioiT nrrt
kjaivo C41J.V4 UlWVJ.AV/UWlVAt VI V4IV1* I'* V
duct in this territory will be done
from this city.
Leases were signed some time ago ^
by representatives of the company ^
for the Dixon warehouse and a part
of the old Southern depot adjoining.
A large stock of paints, etc., will be
maintained at the warehouse and shipments
made to all the sfates in the districts,
composed of North and Sou#i
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland and Delaware. The office
will be under the management of Mr.^Bl
Moody, who has been head of the ^
sales department m Lieveiana. 1
Capacity stocks carried here at all
times will amount to about 10 carloads
and weekly shipments of four
to five cars will be received and distributed
in this section. Mr. Mo^)dy
will bring with him from Cleveland
the nucleus of his office force, about
15 people in all, but the larger num- <
ber of employes will be recruited
locally.
The branch here will be maintained
spnpvste nrd distinct from the sales J
service that has been conducted, withflBB
Mr. F. M. Dillon as local sales pianager.
He will continue to have charge ^
of the sales department, sending A
orders to the branch here to be filled fl
rather than to the home plant fl
Cleveland. Mr. Dillon has more than fl
100 men working under him. fl
The Standard Paint and Lead ^
works is represented in isiewDerry Dy i
A. H. Adelberg. j
One of the queerest churches ever 1
known was that constructed by a
missionary in the far north. The^^
missionary found that the Esquimau>^H|
had no place in which they could ~
meet for religious* services, whereupon
he started to build a church of
seal skins, no wood or other suitable
material being available. The skins
were sewn together and stretched
over "erirders" of whalebone, empty
provision cans serving as seats.
7.-T vr'^o to The Herald and News*
a year. '
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