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M|)c Jcrolii anil jeais.! i Entered at the Postoffice at New- ; ku'i , S. C.? as 2nd class matter. _ E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, June 11, 1920. OUR FELICITATIONS. The Herald and News desires to! extend to Newberry college its fe licitations in the honor it has done: itself by conferring upon Major J. F. J. Caldwell the honorary degree of doctor of laws. Dr. Caldwell is not only learned in the law?the : theory and principles but also the practice?and he is also a scholar and a historian of high attainments and well deserves the degree which has been bestowed upon hjm by Newberry college. | i t If drivers of cars could just be im-' pressed with the importance of obeying the law and driving to the right, law or no law, it would save accident. It is common sense and common safety to observe a simple regulation such as this. But there are people Vho persist in driving just any old way and human life is thereby endangered. j I TAOM no 1 VI . Our office . is in very much of a mess and somewhat torn up at the present time. The boys are installing that press and they are digging up the floor or the ground on which the floor rested, and they are laying brick and building walls and alto-! gether they have been very successful in raising considerable dust and there is no comfort to stay in the ~1 ? - ? ? J 4-1.:^^.^ OPAmowliat fllTTl piiiC't:, UliU CiHilg.o ait ?v>uu???. ed upside down. The job has been going on now for a week or more and we are simply doing the best we can under the circumstances, and you will have to bear with us for just a while, and we.hope all things will come around all right and that when they do get the press up and everything moving again in order, that we ?mi ?; ? j- ? an mi rrVi n mrc. win tnen prim <a suic btiwugw ~ paper. Certainly the boys are fixing for it and then it will be up to us to do the job, and don't you forget that . we are here with the sroods. But you * must bear along for a short season until things get set up. OUR APOLOGIES. Here they are. We did not know that the chamber of commerce through its board had selected a secretary when we wrote the inquiry i:i the last issue of the paper. Of course we can not tell what a board of directors does or may do when the meeting is not public ;and we have no knowledge of the meeting. We were under the impression that a chamber of commerce vias a sort of publicity affair and The Herald and News is read by some ten to fifteen thousand >AA?1n nnnvif iopno onjl if is o Tirflt+W cvcij ioou v ^ anu x w ic m good medium through which to reach the public. * I We have since ben told that the young man who has been elected sec-1 retary did come around to the office,! but we happened not to be in at the i time and 3id not know that an elec. tion had been held until we read the # item in the columns of our contemporary. Please accept our apology. Now we want to say that The Herald and News will be very glad to cooperate with the new secretary and the board of directors in every good work for this community, and if this organization will only permit it we 11 1 T. _ A J win ao wnai we can ana we are sure that the purpose of the organization is to do things for Newberry and we want to help do them. We have been here a long time trying to do something ?n& helping every good cause and we are still pretty vigorous and better able to help now than ever before. ABOUT ROADS. Some how we just can't help it. We must write about roads, and the things that go to make roads. It may not do any good, but it fills the space, and we have thb satisfaction of having said the things that in our opinion are in the interest of the people of this county and State. ?o? On Wednesday we drove to Columbia through the country with our brother. He has a good car and a big one and is a good driver and it - -i_ A - v x ii 1 7_^ took just aoour inree nours u> mase the trip. Of course we could have n*ade it in less time if he had had 110 j regard for the car or the occupants.' But as a matter of fact there are only two stretches of road from Newberry to Columbia over which* you can make any time. These are from Mr. A. A. Singlev's to Mt. Tabor church in this county, and from Wat?"ree creek to the State farm y?rsix miles from Columbia. The j remainder of the road is one succession of holes and bad places. f< It has always been a very strange 1 an<i peculiar :hin<? to us why there are so many people who seem to be ---- 11 A -PA>* tha / rwn _ unwilling iu Luupciatc ivi Li**- winmen good, and while helping the other fellow be helping themselves. Now we all know that we have a couple small chang ganir forces, and that we all pay a small bit of tax, and that we have a county government system that is supposed to look after the working of roads and the building of bridges. All of us should have sense enough to know, however, that it is impossible with the force at command on the gang and the money appropriated to work all the roads and to keep them worked, and this article is not intended as a criticism of the officials, but a simple statement of fact. The strange thing to us is that in a road for instance like the road from Newberry to Prosperity that is traveled as much as it is by the same people every day. or at least many of them, why they do not' get together and scrape the road or drag it after every rain. It would ( pay them to do it, or why should they not get a leader and organize a, force or company and raise enough money to pay some one to keep the road in proper condition. We do not suppose the- county officials would ob-' ject to this being done. This road is in worse condition than it has ever. been. Two days work with an outfit such as the town of Newberry has would make it in fine condition for travel. We do not travel the road a great deal, but we would be very glad to contribute our share to such an enterprise, and the work should be carried on as far at least as the residence of Mr. A. A. Singley. It. would not cost any one very much. | 0? And do you know that the permanent road which was built from Prosperity to Little Mountain at a cost of something like $6,000 the mile only a s? :>rt few months ago is just as bad as the road from Newberry to Prospency. Such conditions as these do not give very much encouragement to the people to vote bonds A Trr/\*?1? T r? -?o /if I or pei'IU(tIlCIll> l uau num. JU iuvk this road is in worse condition in places than it was before the making of it a permanent road with the use of government ^jgineers. The people are willing to pay for roads if they can get the roads after their money is spent, and then there can be some arrangement by which the road will be kept in repair. ' , One branch of the Newberry chain ' gang is camped just below Little Mountain and we suppose is going to work up the roads in the new territory which but recently came into Newberry from Lexington. This is just what should be done. And in fact it seems that the road down to Capers chapel has recently had a working, but it is in very bad condition, just because it has had no attention since the rains and the travel has cut it all up and the Condition is just as bad as it was before the working. It needs scraping and dragging or the use of a machine just such as j the town of Newberry has and in j one or two days this road could be ; made good. From Wateree creek just where you strike the Richland county line; the road is fine on down to the State, farm six miles this side of Columbia,; and frv n there on until you strike J r.r\cr nf Mflin street in Colum- i *? I bia there is not much excuse for a! road. Now what we intend by writ i ing all this is to say that by just a : little cooperation and some good leadership even if the counties * * * ???Jn *nn ViotTO tnrougn wmcn tnesc ivauo luu ou.v. not the means to put them in good j condition it could be easily done, and j it would not cost any one very much,! and every one who makes one trip | a year would do well to make an in- ' vestment because it would save him in the wear of his car not to speak of mental aneruish and loss of time. Surely our modern civilization and enlightenment will surest th?t we! should de something to gyii a\v?y. from the.^e roads which might do t"> pull a mule and old wa.eon over when time did not count and no one was in a hurry and no one cared much about groins: away from home. But in these times when every one is going some- i where and every one wants to come, back from somewhere the wonder to j us is that such a condition of roads I should satisfy the great traveling.1 public, and if not satisfied why sub-! mit to any such conditions when they j could be so easily remedied. That's I what puzzles this writer, and we just' can't help going on writing about it. ?o? Two outfits such as the town haSjJ at work on the streets kept constant-! i !y at work with some tme who Knew j how to handle the job, could place j the road from Little Mountain to J Kinards and the road from Pomaria j to Chappells and the roads' from Newberry to WhiL.iire in j fine condition all th3 year round, j Would it not pay the towns! rn&ntior.ed and the people along ! 1 the way, ever, though they paid taxes, to get permission from the county officials to iook after these ' roads personally and privately and ] pay for their upkeep by private contributions, if the public fund is in- 1 sufficient. We say it would. There 1 is need of something being done. "KT tl.? Cn #.?? oo ?'(1 ;i rp iM)W IS u 11 tr uiiic. mi ?? v v..^ concerned we should be glad to see an experiment made with one of these "creeping" tractors such as the town of Newberry has and a good scrape or two, and we believe that the results would be so great that soon we would have a sufficient num-' ber to do all the roads of th.? county,; and to keep them in good repair, and. then let the chain gang be busy in widening the roads a.td building con-: crete bridges over the drains and streams, and thus be rid of the brok* * * ?L '-'- ? TT/iti nn cn bridges wmcii huw meet ."* every road in the county and every other county. YANKEE TOURISTS MIGHT i CAUSE A DROUGHT By Forbes W. Bairbairn. I . London, May 6.?The tremendous increase in the consumption of cham-, pagne, cocktails and whiskey due to ' 1 " r?rt.1oT\rl Kir A moriVan tnc mVciSIUi; U1 Uligianu UJ tourists is making startling inroads into the "wet" stocks of London's principal hotels, clubs and bars. With more than 20,000 Americans landing in London during the past month Arturo, maitre d'hotel of thet Savoy said today: More than 2,500 bottles of champagne were consumed at luncheons and dinners in our hdt61 last month. That is an increase of 100 per cent, over March. I scarcely need tell you that most of these 'sparklers' were delivered to the tables of Americans. Ordered Champagne by the Case. > "Your American millionaires, not content with drinking during the regulation hours, ordered /champagne t>y the case, to be delivered to their apartments. I never saw such drinkin.0* in my life as is going on now." The newest cocktail dispensed at the Savoy bar, the famous rendezvous of Americans in London where sooner or later all male visitors from the states meet, is called "the swamp." It is the first thing Americans call for and it has a mighty "kick." The say it prolongs indefinitely the rolling sensation experienced on ocean steamships. ^ Experimenting in New Drinks. London bars are anxious concernin? the ingredients for cocktails because of the tremendous consumption. They are now experimentincr with Scotch whiskey cocktails, which so they say is passably fair. Commenting on the drink situation here, Leonora Harris the New York actress, who is soon to appear in JUU11 (1U11 111 UUl ucitci.i, cuiu 1 \J biiv correspondent today: "Champagne, is remarkably cheap here. Just think, I sold in New York my entire cellar stock which had been presented to me by admirers. I got an average of $75 a bottle. You can buy the same champagne here for $4 a bottle." Whisky SeJls For Twenty Cents. Whisky sells for 20 cents a "shot" in London. Cocktails fetch 30 cents a "copy," while the. best white and red wines are obtainable for $2 a bottle. lviany Americans are senuusiy considering settling permanently on this side of the Alantic. j "HAVE DONE MY BEST" f ??? i Lost in Blizzard Cared (or Companions Until Death. Ottawa (Ont.) Letter to New York Times. [ On the Fort Resolution and Dawt Q1 "1 T*1 nrvAnf av dUii patiUl, 111 Xliopcvtv/l JL iWAgerald and three companions lost their lives. Fitzgerald failing to arrive at his destination, Corporal Dempster was ordered to find FitzREMOVALSALE; 15 Per Cent Discount ! | July the first we will move to. our new display rooms next door to The People's National Bank. ! j Due to limited storage space we are qClss'.:.--' a iZ ^_i_jnt. j discount on TIRES, TUBES and ALL other accessories. We carry only Standard stuff such as Kelly-Springfield, and Goodrich Casings and Tubes. Accessories, such as Hand i i T-M _ i _" - TT m?? j ana JtMecixic nunis, ?up auu. Seat Re-Covers, Top and Seatj Dressing, Motometers, Spot Lfcrhts, Gabriel Snubbers, Hass-J ler Shock Absorbers, Auto Soap; and Polish, etc. Remember this 15 per cent, discount applies only till JUNE 30th. 1920. Central Garage I Prosperity, S. C. j perald with instructions, ''Bear in mind, nothing is to stand in your way until you get in touch with this party." Dempster started into the wilds of he terrible artic winter and, hundreds of miles from the post of civilization, found Fitzgerald's companions lying together with hands crossed and faces covered. Fitzgerald had cared for his comrades until they died, and even after death. Then he pushed on, but was found with diary and mail bag under his body, protecting it to the last. In his pocket was found his will, written with a charcoal stick, leaving everything to his mother and concluding: "(iod bless you an, r. J. Fitzgerald, K. N. W. P." Struggling through the artic wilds a lone policeman has brought a maniac strapped on a dog sleigh to civilization. Alone with a madman facing the most terrible storms he has won through. A /v ? ?* ? n 4-VtY*Al1^vVl OO JL>Ul ctlJ. UU 1IU I Will UlLUUgli, uu shown by this ]ast message found on one of the force caught in a terrible blizzard: "Lost, horse dead; am Irving to push ahead. Have done my best." There never was a more deserved motto for any force than the last words of this dying member of the Scarlet and Gold, "Have done my best." NOMINATIONS. For Magistrate Pomaria. E. A. Hentz is hereby announced as a candidate for magistrate for Pomaria and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. /II 1*9 lolumbia .< Truck Toi uiioii auun I . WILL B Monday o P.:.. Iff ! n: rree moving ri< It will consist of at ing plants, and a mi recruiters and office dred men will accor Two lighting systerr show and furnish p( A portable screen w and the machine wi The following pictm Northwest Tour M The Dozier Picture, Crooked Roads, 2 f The Doughboy, 2 R< This will enable nur tor show at night wh< rlnvi-nrr AA7C U.Ui llig) UllV^ U.M J I T V to make an open air COME AND SEE A motor show value' a wonderful band cc Mr. Chas. E. Grahar I scientific farming, g J long as there is anyb< Also the fleet will ai ing, lumber, wood, g Tuesday morning G We will be glad to s may be interested in be transacted or soli< poses only. All inquiries and ha' icate with any of th< >. * i. | .. t. ^ '< ! v " i Magistrate No. 11 I Luther Crumpton is hereby an- t nounced as a candidate for mapris- t Crate for No. 1 1 township and will abide the rules of the Democratic, party. Commissioner No. 10 Township. 1 J. D. K. Kinard is hereby announe- ^ ed as a candidate for township com- 1 missioner for Xo. 10 township and 1 will abide the rules of the Democrat- ( 1 ic party. J I J. Walter Richardson is hereby an- < TOILET Jl Summer time is. \ needs a greater supp In this department o find a very choice se] eign or domestic man FlitJl PJi JUllkV t A A J it "Phom : "Motorize t * ir to be Bigi Attempted H i / ' T?TLT TtTT^fl XL I1M / Evening tl ;ture Show and Somi . \ ' 1 1 1 i 1 least twenty-five trucks, i K+sirv ha-nri of"fift.PAn rtier JL JL VUi. J v JL AAA. WW** ;rs.. Approximately sevei npany the caravan. is will be used to highly ii >wer for the motion picti' ill be used for showing tl 11 Arinv?ofnrl VYTT Qfl aVTV^i1 il UC kjj an res will be shown otorized Farm, 3 Reels. 1 Reel. . teels. jels. nbers of people to make ii o misrht not have time and >ather conditions permitti: affair of everything. and LEARN, you may re; d at about a hundred th< >ncert.' n, a speaker of reputatior ood roads, and other topi( ody to listen. jpreciate the opportunity rrain, etc., while here betw RATIS. ;ee every farmer here and t farming and good roads 2ited on the trip as it is f< uling arrangements, you "v ; undersigned committee. -iC s J G lounced for commissioner for No;. ID1 ^ ownship and will abide the rules of he Democratic party. j_ STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. The annual meeting of tlie stocklolders of the Farmers Oil Mill will je held in the court house at Newber ?-"* n ? Ontnv/lor .Tnrio 9ft 1920. V. C5. V ., U 11 oaiui wa_< , U , T it 11 o'clock, for the election of di- rectors for the ensuing year, and for :he transaction of other business. , Please attend in person or by proxy. ? J. H. WICKER, 5-1 l-5t Manager. iRTICLESii / - /. ; . * i iere and every one * >ly of toilet articles. H f our store you will lection of either forufacture. wwmmmmammtmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm f tarmacy *115" he Farm" * ' T>'\ TPQt npm- I ?WI l/vua | In South. j /BERRY fie 14th { t I ; t Good Speeches i tractor, two light:es. About thirteen j lty-five to one hun- < V ' " [luminate the motor; * ^ ire machine. le moving pictures rt. m~ - *<* - ? . I nspection of the mo- j opportunity to do so ] ng, the idea will be j gret it if you don't. Dusand dollars, and | 1 who will talk on 1 is of interest, just as ^ of doing some haul- ^ ;een 8:30 and 10:30 j everybody else who - I s. No business will j it* educational r>ur- i ' 1 t ' /A vill please commun!. T. Summer, P. -W. Cromer, . S. Cunningham . W. Smith, Jr. k B. Summer. 1 , V\ t