The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 23, 1920, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Entered at the Postoffice at NewWrry,
S. C., as 2nd class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Friday, April 23, 11*20.
The greater portion of the editorial
matter in this issue was written
and in type for the last paper, but
the advertiser came along and room
had to be made for him. He makes
th*_ ghost walk and must have the
right of way. Of course ordinarily
we would have increased the pages
nf thp nanpr. hnt in this dav of Daner
~ x" ? x y ? ? ? v famine
and general scarcity we feel
that we can not print more than the
regular size or we might run short
of white paper.
There was not the usual Saturday
crowd in town the past Saturday. In
many places the ground was dry
enough for the plow and many plows
were turning the soil getting ready j
to plant the crop. And it was well, j
because the crop is very much delay-1
- ed this year in the planting. But if!
the weather keeps seasonable for a;
few days the farmer will do a whole
l/vt: <vf wnrt AnH will be i
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made and the harvest time will come |
as heretofore. And the world"~willi
continue to go round and round.
A{ GOOD MACHINE.
That road machine which the town
has bought and is now operating on
the streets is a good thing for the
roads. * If it is kept busy the" streets
of the town should soon show a very
decided improvement.
As we watched it operate on Cald-,
well street we were just wondering
if it could be possible to get it to take j
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experiment and at the same .time i
scrape that road "a going and ai
coming." Two trips of this machine ,
would work wonders on this road and ]
wonders are needed. The two trips'
could be made easily in a half day. J
The fact is that such a machine on j
the roads would soon give us fairly,
good roads at least for the main:
roads of the county.
It would be a good investment for
the county to purchase a machine of
this kind and put it to work. We do j
not know what it cost but it certainly .
is a good thing for the roads. ;
Why two men could take a machine i
that .and cover all the main roads
in Newberry county once a month, j
APPEAL FOR THE SCHOOLS, j
In another column we present a :
statement and an appeal from the,1
board of . trustees of the city schools.
It is a matter of vital importance to
the people of this community. Not
a personal master 6f the trustees.
The schools belong to the children of j
this community, and it is the duty of j
the citizens to see that they are prop-1
erly maintained and sustained. That j
sufficient monev is forthcoming to
meet the needs of the schools, both!
in the matter of paying adequate'
salaries to the teachers and all other!
expenses necessary to a proper and \
efficient system of schools.
The trustees are simply put in!
charge of the management of the
people's business, and they have j
managed the schools faithfully and j
well and as a patriotic duty, and no!
one will get the idea that the appeal j
of these officials is any other than in
?
the interest of the owners of the \
business. It is a business proposi-!
tion pure and simple. The pay of j
the teachers should and will have to'
be increased and the only way to in
crease it is for the people to furnish
the money. The trustees explain j
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wnat is necessary to oe uune anu wc
are sure the people desire that the j
business shall be run for the best j
interest of the community, and that
they will provide the means. Then
let these managers of this business,;
the trustees, put the matter in shape
for the people to provide the means,
that is to say, give the people an op-1
portunity to order the election and to ;
vote the tax necessary. That is the
proposition. No good citizen will be
unwilling to help and to contribute !
his share, or rather we should say,;
will be unwilling to make the invest-!
ment in the shape of a tax necessary
+<-> lrn<ir? Mow^prrv schools rif^ht i
up to the top in efficiency, and to
give the children of the comunity the
very best educational advantages
that it is possible to get with the i
necessary outlay of money.
The Herald and News called attention
to this matter a few issues back
when the question of securing State
aid for the schools was mentioned,
and other schools were voting taxes
in order to qualify for this aid. And
when these schools in the rural districts
were realizing that in order to
have competent teachers they would
have to increase the pav. But it
seems to us that the t?x levy that we
now have would qualify the Newberry
schools for a participation ?in this
j State aid, but even the amount re-1
j ceived from this source would not be j
i sufficient to meet the needs, and we j
! had just as well prepare to vote some J
: more tax for the schools and then j
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, there is still the need of improving (
j the equipment. But always rememi
ber that money spent and properly
. snent on the right kind of education j
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for the children of the community jsj
j about the best investment a com- i
' munity ean make, viewed from any :
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standpoint. Stand by your school at!
all hazards. A good school is the ]
: best asset for any communitv.
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MOTHERS?READ THIS.
i Under the significant title, "Watch
;Your Step," Maj. J. C. Hemphill)
! makes this pertinent comment on the |
jAbbeville affair in the Spartanburg!
: Journal: * |
j Whatever the result of the criminal j
! trial at Abbeville, the statement one j
, of the prisoners is said to have made i
j to the Sheriff of Anderson county |
| when he was arrested?"he thought if i
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i that she was crooked"?should im-!
| press the mothers of the State with j
1 the necessity of warning their daugh- j
ters against undue familiarities with'
| young men whose character they are j
| not fully advised. j
I In these intense times when so j
many of the old-fashioned moral bars
have been let down, when Social con- j
ditions are so unsettled and the !
younger generations are.so. forward, j
when society is fed to satisfy on sexj
problems, too great care cannot be !
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taken to guara against tue n=aei, ay-t
pearance of evil; for once the flower;
is kissed^the bloom is, shed. - j
Here^TsjBomething for the, fathers j
as well Wtiie mothei^ to thinly kbout j:
and to aci upon.- One of the great,
troubles in this day is that we are
all too busy to think anything at all
about the American home, which has
been in reality the bulwark of this
country, and somehow it does not
seem to us that we get as much accomplished
as we did in the days before
this great unrest and hurry ,
when'men1 and womeh'liad time to i
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give a little to preserving and main-J
taining the integrity and sacredness i
of the American home.
Too much familiarity is not good]
anv wav. A certain amount of dig- !
? ?^ nified,
reserve is a good thing. Some- ,
how it appears at times that we have
forgotten the correct meaning of that
good old English word, gentleman,
and that other one, gentlewoman.!
Men and women should be polite and :
courteous and social and mingle with
one another so as to know each other :
better, but that does not mean that
there should be too much familiarity, I
because then we are too apt to forget:
that respect which is due the one to j
the other, and which is necessary for
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me su?unuj( ui uui
When you strike a blow at this you
are striking a severe blow at the very
foundation stone of our government.!
THE OVERALLS FAD. )
Somehow we are not convinced j
that the overalls fad is going to help '
the cause for which it purports . to !
offer help. It will very likely cause;
the price of overalls to advance. In I
fact, we noticed that as soon as the!
movement got well under way in Bir-!
mingham the price of overalls ad- i
vanced- from $2.00 to $6.00. Those '
who are advocating and forming the !
clubs are not the ones who wear over- j
alls for the purpose of saving their j
good clothes, and will very likely go j
right on buying the same amount of,
clothes they did before, and the fel- j
low who wears overalls because they J
are necessary to save his clothes, and j
who is the real working man, will1
have to pay more for the very things
he really needs. j
We do not question the fact that j
clothes are selling at almost exorbi-!
tant prices, but as a matter of fact j
the ~eal saving should be made in not j
buying extrav? ~:nt clothes and in j
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WCUX lllg L1LXZ VlltC jr vw law 0
as you can wear them. Most of us!
really can do with just about half j
the amount of clothes we really buy,
and if we did, those who are able to !
1
buy clothes without feeling the pinch, j
it would tend to reduce the price for
those who do not have more than 1
they really need. , I
We notice that the club at Yale !
is the old clothes club, and that j
strikes us as being the sensible club
to form, and then follow it out strict- j
ly. Many of the men in this coun-1
try have a sufficient number of gar- j
ments mac mtjy xiitvt: uistaiucu wi?v i
could be used for quite a while if they
are cleaned upland mended a little,
and that would be a greater saving
and a saving where it would count.
And then there are just lots of men,
and men right here in Newberry, who
buy a great many more clothes than
they need. The point we are trying
I to emphasize is that the trouble with
| most of u? is that we are too extrava- j
j gant in buying clothes just as we are ,
! too extravagant in most everything
else. There is one provision in Yale
club platform that we like. It is
stated that there is no embargo to be
ncn n-f /?7f?sir? llTlPTl. !
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We happened in Columbia the j
I other day when the Carolina boys j
and coeds had their parade intro-1
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! ducing the overalls movement in that
city. We noticed the main banner
icad something like this: "Knock tho
hell out of the H. C. L." There were
many other banners of a similar import.
They were out in full force and
attracted a good deal of attention.
Now it has appeared to us that the
best way and about the only way that
we can imagine to knock this thing
out of the high cost of living is to
save and economize more, waste less
and work more so as to produce more.
i The overalls is a badge of honor,
; when worn by the man who is really
| using it for the purpose for which it
| was manufactured, but really we
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haven't much faith in this movement
! helping any one very much, except j
I the overalls manufacturers and the
dealers in overalls, by increasing the .
1 price. !
There are those who are agitating
a club in Newberry. We have no ob-!
jection to such a club, but for us to ;
join would be a case of extravagance, ]
because we have been trying to J
economize in the wearing of old j
clothes properly irtended and patched, j
and some one borrowed our overalls,
that we had some time ago when we !
were doing work which required their j
use, and has failed to return them,?
and to join now would necessitate the j'
expense of the garment, when we j
have already old clothes which we i
can utilize. We claim that the prop-!
er and right thing to do is to econo- j
jtfizey save more and . waste . less and
work more, and then you can knock
that thing out of high cost pf living!
in"? very effectual and, legiiftnate !
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DEMOCRATIC CLUBS
CALLED TO ORGANIZE
County Chairman Harry H. Blease 1
calls the Democratic ,clubs of the!
county ta organize and elect delegates j
to the county convention. Under the j
constitution of the party the clubs j
are all to meet next Saturday. The j
county convention will meet the first j
Monday in May and the State con- S
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vention tne secona weanesaay mi
May. y j
There seems to be less interest in!
the campaign and the political situa- j
tion this year than there has been |
in 'many years past. It may be the |
quiet before the storm, but you'
rarely hear the name of any candidate
or prospective candidate mentioned
for any of the minor offices
of the county, or for any other position.
So far only one candidate has
announced, and that is for coroner.
Mr. G. H. Ruff has had his name '
before the public in the newspapers
for several weeks. The others are
waiting to see developments at the
county convention, possibly.
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It is very probable, however, that
this will be one year in Newberry
county when all party lines and factional
divisions will be laid aside, and
men, and intelligent men who heretofore
have been holding causcuses
and' voting for or against men because
they were lined up for one or;'
the. other side of the factional divi- .
sion in this state will cast their ballots
as intelligent men and good citizens
should, for the best fitted man
for the position he seeks. It has
been a little remarkable in the days
gone how our very best men and
most intelligent and substantial citizens
were governed by partisan politics
in selecting men for positions in.
the county purely administrative,
and how they would let their prejudices
govern and rule their action in '
voting for men whom they would admit
very frankly ere not as well
qualified for the position as some
nthpr randidate. but that other can
didate did not agree with them in j
State politics, or was not going to
vote in State politics as they thought j
he should. If we can be rid of that i
sort of narrow prejudice it will spell j
a good omen for Newberry, and for j
its growth in every way. We sin- j
cerely hope that nothing will happen
to divide our people. Of course, i
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there are still a few narrow partisans
who have been the beneficiaries of ,
this prejudice who will be sorry that.
its days are numbered.
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The present State senator an-;
nounced during the last session of,
the senate, so the papers stated, j
that he would not be back any more,
which we suppose being interpreted
from his viewpoint means that he
will not be a candidate. No doubt if
he could be persuaded that there j
was unanimous demand for his services
he would, nnke the sacrifice to
answer such a call. For this position
the name of Captain Neal W. Workman
has been very prominently men- j
tioned. Captain Workman ran for j
this place four years ago and lacked j
on]y a few votes of winning. When )
xl? C!+of/ic cmf intn a wnrlr}
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[ war he immediately offered his ser- j
vices, and at first he was refused ad-.
mission to the training camp, hut
| finally got in and saw service over
seas for more than a year, and did
not return until some while after the
signing; of the armistice, being retained
in the service. County Chairman
Harry H. Blease has also been
mentioned for the senate and may
enter the race. He has been county
chairman for the past two years and
held the same position away back in
the early days of the Tillman movement.
Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter of Prosperity
has also been mentioned as a
probable candidate for the senate.
Dr. Hunter has never held or sought
political office, but has always taken
an active part in all matters pertaining
to the welfare of the county.
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For the house it is taken for granted
that the present members will
stand to succeed themselves. They
-renerallv do. The present members
are Geo. S. Mower, H. H. Evans and
J. William Folk. There does not
seem to be any general desire to go
to the legislature. We have heard
the name of W. R. Watson of Whitmire
mentioned, and Dr. Z. T. Pinner
of Pomaria, and Hayne Dominick of
Chappells, but we do not know if
any of these gentlemen are seriously
considering the matter, or whether,
they have thought of it at all. Then
from our new territory the name of
W. M. Wilson of Peak has been men- j
tioned, and G. H. Shealy from down(
that side also has been mentioned as
a. Drobable candidate for the house.'
There, may be lots -more-' who will
thvow their;hats in the political ring,;
and' Rafter the ciuh meetings and j
about the time of the county Convention
developments-will show up.".
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For the county offices it is pretty
certain that Jas. D. Wheeler will op-}
pose John C. Goggans for clerk of j
court. Mr. Wheeler ran eight years j
ago and gave Mr. Goggans a close
chase. There will be no election for t
probate judge this year, Judge Ewart!
holding over. So'far no opposition
has developed to Sheriff Blease and
we have heard of no prospective can-j
didates. Neither have we heard of j
any opposition to Treasurer Schum-,
pert nor to Auditor Halfacre, though ;
some opponent may come along. '
There is to be no supervisor after
this year, the manager of the county \
to be chosen by the twelve township
commissioners to be elected from the
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VariOUS lOWIlSIlips. L. :u. ?t nauu it
is understood will make the race to
succeed himself as superintendent of
education. The name of E. H. Aull, j
who filled the office at one time for
a short term, has been mentioned as j
an opponent of Mr. Wilson, but he
has not made definite announcement.!
It is taken for granted that Coroner !
Lindsay will make the race to suc-1
ceed himself, and he already has an;
opponent announced as stated in the i
person of G. H. Ruff. So far no one!
has been mentioned as a probable
opponent of Magistrate Douglas at!
Newberry.
About the time of the county conventioned
the candidates will begin
to announce. It is a very pleasing
anticipation that this will be one political
year when the voters will select
the men for the various positions !
on the merits and fitness of the can- j
didates for the various places to be
filled, rather than that they shall be
judged and voted for because they
are for or against some candidate j
for some other position. In the heat j
of political passion and when preju-!
dice ran high good men have not al- j
ways cast their ballots for the best'
men for the positions to be filled, ;
and have voted rather according to i
their prejudices, and have not con- .
sidered the fitness of the candidate J
as counting for very much.
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Of course Newberry is going to j
stand solidly behind Congressman!
Dominick for reelection, because!
they realize now that he has made j
srood in Washington, and then he is
a Newberry man. He will get the i
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Diggost voie in mis cuuixl.y uiat any
home man has ever received, and
there will be no factionalism to di-1
vide that vote. From what we have
been able to learn through the district
we doubt if he has any opposi- j
tion, and if he should it would not.
amount to very much. We have been
in every county in the district dur- j
ing the past several months, and
while we have not talked politics, j
yet we are neither deaf nor blind, j
and y?e are satisfied that he is "Strong- j
er today than in any race he has
run, and it would take a very strong
man to defeat him, or to make it
even interesting. We have seen in
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the papers that Mr. w. w. uraaiey
of Abbeville would make the race
against Mr. Dominick, but we doubt
very much if he enters.
The Herald and News is not in politics,
and every candidate for any
office will be given the same fair and
courteous treatment of every other
candidate. And we hope the people
will go quietly along and elect the
best fitted men for the positions for
Another C
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mules here at mi
urday. The ver
that you need an
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the farmers and<
munity that I km
that you need an
mule for you on
and get it.
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Tn electing delegates to the coun
ty convention the clubs should remember
that each club is entitled to
one delegate for every 25 members
who voted in the primary election?
first primary?in 1918 or majority
fraction and that the representatives
in the county convention are not to
be counted by the names on the
club rolls.
ARMENIA'S AWFUL CONDITION
MOST VIVIDLY DESCRIBED
mi j;4-inn IM cfoTOlTlff
i ne appujumg uuiiumuu m
Armenia were graphically described
in a thrilling address at the Lutheran
Church of the Redeemer on Sunday
evening by Mr. N. A. Boajian, a
young native Armenian who, escaping
from prison in that stricken country,
made his way to America, and
after fighting with the American army
overseas is now a student at the
University of South Carolina, and
will graduate this year.
Mr. Boajian knows from personal
experience of the terrible cruelty inflicted
and the suffering caused by the
Turks and Kurds, as about thirty of
his relatives, including mother and
brothers, died as a result of the persecutions
against the innocent Christton
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Conditions in Armenia today are
terrible, declared the speaker; for
the people, who were once prosperous,
are now not only without food and
clothing but every article of household
furniture, farming or other industrial
implement, so that until such
things are furnished them they cannot
earn a livelihood and produce
anything; consequently the destitution
will continue and starvation ultimately
and probably speedily claim
every inhabitant, for this little nation
which once numbered many millions,
has now been brought down to just a
very slight proportion of that num
ber.
Mr. Boajian urged that there be
the regular "Save a Life" pledge
taken, based on $60 a year, as it has
been found that $5 a month will provide
food sufficient to keep a child
alive.
The allotment for Newberry county
is $5,000. Something over $1,000
has already been subscribed. Mr. I.
H. Hunt is chairman for this county.
A canvas of the county will be made.
NEWS FROM ST. PHILLIPS.
The farmers are very busy now
tilling the soil. The rainy season has
delayed them in their work, but we
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are glad to- know that the weather
has made a change. We" tike the good
old spring time weather but it seems
that it is rather late. We are glad
to see that the trees are patting forth
their green foliage. The fruit crop
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will be tine if no destruction, me
"flu" seems to have hold of this section,
but we hope that it will soon.
turn it loose. y
I am glad to see that St. Phillips 4
school is making such progress. I
had the pleasure of visiting the school
and enjoyed it very much. I first
visited Miss Frances Caldwell's room.
She teaches the first two grades, and r
it was remarkable to see how well
she had those little folks trained.
From there I went to Miss Ola
Brown's room. Miss Brown is teacher
of the fifth, sixth and eighth '
grades. I next visited Miss Mary
Crumpton's room where she teachesthe
seventh and ninth grades. Then
the last teacher I visited was Miss
Lottye Lee Halfacre, who is the
teacher of the third and fourth grade.
The patrons of the school ought to.
be proud of these four young ladies,
for they are as fine teachers as afcy
school can afford. The work is;
carried on well. I enjoyed very much
hearing the pupils recite. I do not
! speak these words- because I live in
this community, but the management of
the school shows that it is the>
finest in the county. We hope that
this will not be the last year for us to- *'
have these teachers, but that they
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Will UC WILLI US XUl JICOIO . ?v vvmy?
Remember, patrons 'that it is your
duty to keep the school going for- j.
ward not backward, while you can.
have a good school by giving a littlemoney,
and it will be better for yon
than sending your children off ; to ..
other schools. Stick to your teachers..?
and work for a nine months school. > ' *
There will be communion service
at *St. Phillips church Sunday morning.
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I will close for this time wishing
snnresw to The Herald and News.
" ~ G. H. Ruff.
Cruickshank, the noted English ...
artist, once offered $500 for proof of
a violent crime committed by a teetotaler.
To the day of his death the
money was never claimed.
The first woman to become a candidate
for municipal office in Nova *
Scotia is Mrs. Laura Haliburton
Moore, who has been nominated for
town councillor in Wolfville. It is
I exDected that the women electors will
make Mrs. Moore's success at the
polls a certainty.
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