The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 29, 1920, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Entered at the Postofftce at I^ewMrry,
S. C., as 2nd class matter.
?. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Tuesday, June 29, 1920.
It is stated that Mr. McAdoo will
accept the nomination for the presidency
if it is tendered by the convention.
- And there are very few
American citizens who would be
considered for the job at all who
would decline. Mr. McAdoo is all
right, but we would like to see our
Ohio governor, Mr. Cox, receive the
nomination because we think he
would stand the better chance to win.
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Superintendent Wilson says that
the legislature passed an act provid
ing a minimum salary for high
school teachers of the state on certain
conditions, and now when the
districts meet the conditions there is
no state money, because the legislature
failed to make the appropriation
necessary to carry out the provisions
of the act. And that for rural
graded schools the appropriation is
only sufficient to pay about 47 per
cent, of the amount. The next legislature
will have to provide the
means, and if it ?oes not it will fail
to keep faith with the districts and
with the teachers. The great need
of the age is% better schools in the
rur4l districts and in order to have
theiii we must, have more money so
as to have better pay for the teachers.
Money put in the education of
the children is an investment and
the ^best investment we can make.
The Democratic convention now in
session in San Francisco seems to
be worrying over the several planks
in the platform, and it is said that
the platform will be adopted before
there is any effort made to nominate
candidates for president and
^ vice president. j
We agree with Irvin Cobb that it
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seems useless to waste so mucn time
and worry about a platform, because
there will not be one person
out of .the hundred who will know
what the platform is, audit will cut
mighty little figure when the voting
time comes. An i even the candi-'
dates and the parcv that shall win
will pay very little attention to the
pledges after the election. j
What the convention needs above j
all else to do is to give us good men
for the places and make the platform j
just as short and with iust as little
in it as it can have, and not till a i
whole lot of paper with meaningless j
words to be called a piutform.
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Mr. Wftliam Jennings feryan is outj
at the'national convention making a
row about whiskey and wanting a
bone dry plank in the platform. If
the delegates would vote on this
question according to their honest
-nnuiVtinjis about 75 per cent, at
VVA4* 4VV4v*>? _
least would vote for a modification
of the present law on the subject,
but about the best thing that the
convention can do is to let the matter
be kept out of the platform. The
law has been enacted and the supreme
court has passed on it and
there is no use to bother about it
just now. The people at the present
time are not going to vote whiskey
back to its old position in this
country, and it is well that they will
not, because times have very greatly
changed and it would be a calamity
to the country to have whiskey sold
again as it once was, or even in)
modified form. Even the illicit sale!
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of it now is not| near so oaa, ana it
will gradually decrease. What we
would like to see personally on this '
matter is what we have said afore-;
time, and that is the manufacture j
and sale of good beer and light
wines.
Then it seems that Mr. Bryan is
against the peace treaty and the
league of nations, especially as un- j
derstood and interpreted by Mr. j
" -*? \*r*A -ill rf QQ Tirol! l^t. '
Wilson, (IHU lie nau JU.OV aa n V? .? w .
that alone. The convention may !
adopt his dry plank but the party is
going-to stand behind- the peace,
treaty pnd the league of nations
without destructive reservations.
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We understand that the chain gang
is building bridges over the small,
drains in the roads up in No. 6 and
7 townships, and that is well, but
there are some that are very much
needed down in the lower part of
the county, and they should have at
J ?V..,
tention at once, "i ne wonaer is wuv
the authorities will continue to build
the wooden bridges when they will
not stand the heavy traffic that is
now on the roads, inStead of building
concrete or even pipe bridges that
vill not be so easily shaken to pieces.
Th- lack of sufficient funds we sup-'
dosc is the reason. Letter build the
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righ* kind so long ?s the money will
' List ar.d then quit until thoce is more
money, and in the meantime do some
thing else. The roads that were sc
worked in the new territory need to so
have the scrape or the drag applied ^
and the- small bridges ''built.
The more we see of the roads and
the more we travel over them the
stronger becomes our conviction that
the thing for this county to do and ^
to do right now is to buy several out-; ^
fits like the town outfit for working
roads, and put them to work in the 'S
county and keep them on regular
roads all the time, and we would sooni J
have roads worth while. First have p
them graded ' or laid off by a com- f
rvaf am! norcr>n nrw l then work up to F
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that grade as fast as possible. It ^
will be a long ways better for the
county roads than to vote the small
sum of $400,000 and with it build ti
only a few miles of road and leave F
all the rest to go the way of the 11
world or of roads. !
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Game for Whitmire. i 0]
The State. ' 1 \v
Whitmire, June 25.?Whitmire de- ^
feated Piedmont this afternoon in a st
fast game of ball lasting 11 innings
by the score of 3 to 2. Batteries for 0:
wVn+mir#?_ Williams and Donaldson; a
Piedmont, Meeker and Millwood. w
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Home On Furlough. !jl;
! Creighton Wicker of the navy ar- ir
rived home on Friday from Portlarld, si
Me., his battleship, the U. S-. S. Flori- tl
da, being now in that port. He gave p
his parents and other relatives a ir
delightful surprise, as he came ahead ir
of time, having been "let off" soon- n
er. than he expected. His many t]
friends are glad to see him looking fi
so well and happy, and to know that n
he is rising -in the navy. When a tl
young. man, in service acts well his is
part his merits bring recognition and c
reward. . We are pleased to record n
the fact at Creighton is making n
opnnd He f?ot leave of absence for e
^
15 days. Part of that time will be lj
taken up in playing with his baby p
nephew. t<
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WHTIMIRE SECURES 11
ONLY TWO SINGLES r
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The State. ic'
Carlisle, June 25.?In one *of the J
fastest games of the season Whitmire J*
defeated Carlisle in Union yesterday
by a score of 4 to 3. The game was P
hard fought from start to finish and P
; the outcome was in doubt until the
?'oe i\7if TVip fine* nitc.hincr
Ido man >> uo ?/uu* a *?v ^ 0
of Williams for Carlisle was the out- u
standing feature of the game, only a
two Whitmire players landing for J*
safe hits, and one of these was an lr
infield hit. Jenkins for Whitmire h
pitched a good game and, although a
he was 11 iched for six safties,
pitched airtight ball in the pinches. a
The field of both teams was excel- n"
lent. Carlisle
200 001 000?3 6 3 ^
Whitmire : 020 200 000?4 2 3 t:
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x Married a Native. : ^
Boston Transcript. - p
They were looking at the kangaroo d
at the zoo when an Irishman said: "
<;Beg pardon, sor; phwat kind of a
creature is that?" * p
"Oh," said the gentleman, "that is j2
a native of Australia." ' n
' 'Good hivins!" exclaimed Pat; \
"an' me sister married wan of thim." s1
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Means of More Privacy. s'
Good Housekeeping. 7
! When living in apartment houses, ,
j as so many do, it is often necessary '
| to devise ways and means to secure j*
| privacy. We have found that by put- ,
ting a thin coat of wood white paint J
| on the outside of the window screen 1
j it is easy to look out, -but those on ?
I the outside can not look in. Try 11
I this for yourself.
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j ^ J. F. J. Caldwell in The Co- v n
i & lumbia State. <t> t]
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i The delightful and suggestive ar- v
! tide printed below has oeen con- p
tributed to The State by Major J. F. ti
J. Caldwell of Newberry, and will be frj
I welcomed by its readers with the f
same keen zest of pleasure that oth- e
ers of his scholarly essays have q
AW M
hi
We can not say with accuracy o
when old age begins. For all practical
purposes, some people are old g
at fifty years; whereas, not long ago, m
when I spoke pf myself as old (at ?
eighty-two), a dear, discriminating
kinswoman?a young la^dy of about
forty?pr I ested thaV she never
thought of me as an old man. I
should say, however, that we may s
well put the beginning of that period
at sixty-five.
It is uncertain when or where the
idea "whom the gods love die young"
originated. Menander, some twentythree
hundred years ago, put it in
that form. But about the same time
Theatetus congratulated Crantor on
not living to be old. And in the
same period we find the 3aying referred
to as common among men?logos
andron. And, correspondingly, the
infirmities and miseries_of old age
figure in the literature of very ancient
times and down to today.
Moses tells us that, whicn "Dy reason
of strength" our days reach four
1 score years,' <4yet is their strength,
labor and sorrow." Dr. Samuel H.
Dickson, not a great many years ago
a leading physician in Charleston,
South Carolina, wrote: "Old age is
itself a protracted all terrible disease"'?just
as Seneca, aboi^ eighteen
hundred yeaTs earlier, termed it
art incurable disease. Latin writers
?Horace. Plautus, Lucretius, Juve?
1 ^ '4 t /\4 VVAMT yviAr/a I
l.ill, iiiiu i iiu.v uicwjjr i?.wl^
?dwelt upon the afflictions of a<re.
The last named is pos?" f ely horrifying1
in the hundred lines of bis celebrated
Te?nth Satire, employed In de- ^
ription of senility. Samuel John- ths
n, in his ''London," an imitation of we
at satire, is about as emphatic and be
srsistent as his original: do
CO
.ife protracted is protracted woe": ve
iuperliuous lags the vc/ ran on the Tl:
stage, tu
ill pitying nature signs the last re- mi
iease, n?
nd bids afflicted worth retire in bo
peace': ^ to
\~ew sorrow rises as tiie (lav re- in
turns"; lif
tn life's last scenes what prodigies on
arise, to
ears of the brave and follies of the de
wise! or
roni Marlborough's eyes the streams Bi
of dotage flow, ed
nd Swift expires a driveler aTId a an
show." ne
And' so goes the melancholy pic- el<
ire: Shakspere, Milton, Germans, an
rench, Italians, everybody, concur- in
ng. . ce
But why quote authorities for dc
hat we see, and many of us, daily? dl
icero wrote a wonderful defense of m
Id age in his "De Senectute," but a
e must admit that, after all, the
ork has been not inappropriately
vW n hit. of sDecial pleading. su
And the trouble is that old age-not of
nly suffers great infirmities, but de
bounds in glaring faults. Horace .be
as not at all too severe in charg- yhi
lg the old with timidity, procrasti- al
ation, lax action, moroseness, prais- of
lg the past and criticising and cen- to
iring their juniors. And Hugh Blair, ui
le eminent Scotch scholar and b*
reacher. is entirely corect in say- fc
lg: "Though the querulous temper th
nputed to age is to be considered a in
atural infirmity rather than a vice, gl
le same apology can not be made be
or that peevish disgust at the man- o\
ers, and that malignant censure of P<
.le enjoyments of the yonag, which w
i sometimes found to accompany de- m
lining years. . ' . . .,At is too com- I
ion-to"find"the aged at declared en- y<
lity with the whole systen/ of pres- ct
nt customs and manners; perpetuall
complaining of tlie growing de- sc
ravity of the world and of the as- af
wishing vices and follies of the ris- th
ig generation. All things, accord- tc
lg to them, are rushing fast into fas
" Tlioro ic ft fault. verv com-1 bi
ion among the old, of persistently cs
ontrasting things of the present day
Ttli the things of their day, to the al
epreciation of the former. I have th
) struggle vigorously against the n<
ropensity, my inclination being to d<
resent a Roland of my time when- d(
ver any one mentions an Oliver of m
le present. This practice, by the si
ay, is very common among women, ly
nd more so among them than among th
ten. One can hardly say anything fc
1 commendation of his mother or of fti
is brother, John, but many women, w
nd good ones, too, will at once set
) parading the wonderful character u]
nd performances 'of their "Mom
? ? 4-1% To/\eV*or\Viaf* R'
Id UL 111J1 UViiuoiiuiytmv,
Some old persons have done good
-ork; as Mesinissa, when past nineir,
marching on foot with his troops; y(
lincinnatus, whep past eighty, ei
uelling an insurrection; Titian, at Y
early a hundred, painting beautiful j ol
ictures; Michael Angeio,-at eignty, ni
irecting great architectural work; ti
blind old Dandolo," at ninety-seven, ?<
;ading the storming of Constantino- tfc
le; Blucher, at seventy-three, active fi
1 the campaign of Waterloo; Hanah
Moofe, Maria Edgeworth and m
roltaire, when past eighty,\ writing A
trong literature, the first named ol
rhen bedridden; Chief Justice Mar- oJ
hall, at egithy, and Chief Justice w
aney, when, older, working efficient- fg
j on the bench-; T/Omas Jefferson w
aking a vigorous hand in politics, si
* a A 1 ,,,
fften past eigntyj Aic*A<tnuci uum-i w
oldt, when nearly ninety, attending si
sctures in the University of Berlin? m
ke Solon, always learning in old ai
ge; John Quincy Adams, after be- oJ
ig president of the united stares, uj
rorking hard in congress, at eightyne,
and, practically, dropping .dead li:
t his work; and John Wesley,^ at f<
ighty-five, still preaching, -even bl
hen he had to be supported in the f<
ulpit. ai
But such cases are unusual. Most di
len about quit real exertion when fc
bey get into the seventies, and si
pend their time principally in eat- ir
ig, sleeping, and' grumbling. And si
ery often 4hey do not even take in
roper care oX-their own souls. Mon- c\
aigne is not far wrong in saying, ilj
lat while they quit some vices, they n<
all into others, or, as he words it* bi
Yrhance some for others: "Nons ne d(
uittous pasv tant les vices comme *n<
os les chang-eous," and he adds, in tfc
is opinion, for tnev-worse?"a mon I
pinion, en pis." v ~ . c<
We old people almost always exag- th
erate our importance. We imagine
S | ^ ^^DvAflPs ^ agent
it we know a great deal more than
: do, and that we are a great deal
tter than we are, and consequently
mand from our juniors much more
nsideration than we receive, and
ry much more than we deserve,
iere was a period of many cenries
during which the old were of
ich more importance than they
w are-?when, in the absence of
oks and teachers, almost all hisry,
and almost all knowledge of
e practical businesses and affairs of
e were handed down orally from
ie generation to another. This fact,
gether with the sobriety and prunce
of age, rendered the old man
woman very valuable to the world,
at that period is past. With the
ucation to be derived from books
id schools, our knowledge is not so
leded as formerly. And there are
ements, material, social, political,
id even religious, which have come
to operation within the last half
ntury or so, which our experience
>es not, of itself, qualify us to han
e. Our usefulness being thus diinished.
we should be reconciled to
diminution of the esteem which the
d formerly enjoyed.
The neglect which we old persons
.ffer is largely our own fault. Many
' us expect to be placed upon a "pesstal
of worship" for what we have
ien, or done, or simply because we
ive lived a long time, and - keep
oof from the company and affairs
our juniors, and still want them
pay court to us. This is utterly
ireasonable. Such relations should
; reciprocal. We should, indeed,
rbear to intrude upon many of ,
eir pleasures, for we should be only
their wav?"should come like
losts to trouble joy;" but we
tould keep in'touch with them, show
lr interest in them, and when op>rtunity
offers, assist, them. .Old ;
omen are generally better than old
en in this respect; and as a result, :
have* often seen young ,men and
)ung women fairly cluster aseuad a
leerful^ friendly* old lady.
On the other hand, many old per
ins have the vice of meddling in the
fairs of the younger, and pestering
lem with their inopportune, dicta
rial opinions. This is intolerable, !
t Macaulay says:."To be ruled by a
lsybody is more than human nature
tn bea1
We ain ]>rone to cease from almost
1 activii v sirnpk' because we, feel
iat we ct: 1 hot do much, and to do !
) work for the future, because we
) not expect to live long enough to
?rive any profit from it.' The forer
view is very unwise, and really
nful, and the latter, culpably, baseselfish.
We should recognize that
te Almighty Ruler has something
ir all of us to do as long as he sees
- L-oon r?? Vierp. arid that, while
e can do but little, he
Looks not at the splendor of our :
. deeds,
at the way we do our^part.*'
Varro wrote, that his eightieth
iar of life admonished him to gath
up his baggage before leaving,
et. a friend having bought a piece
f land, he proceeded to write for i
m an elaborate treatise on agricul- \
Lre. Statius reminds us, that the
)od husbandman plants trees,
lough not expecting to enjoy their
uit. And Stephen Girard said,
Although I knew I should die to- l
orrow, I should plant a tree today." :
11 of us?the young as well as the
d?should keep in mind the parable
I the talents. The man entrusted
ith only one was not punished for
tilure to effect as much as the man
ith five, or he with two; but he
lould suggest activity, for employhat
he had. And our self-interest
louldv suggest activity, fo iremployient
always promotes .cheerfulness,
id there is nothing more productive :
f discontent and distress than habital
idleness.
Man is a deciduous plant in this
fe. He germinates, grows, puts on
)liage, and bears some sort of
loom, and some sort of fruit; his
>liage and fruit mature and fall;
id he withers with old age.- Spring
3es not revisit him in this sphere
>r the renewal of his vigor. But he
lould enjoy and employ the remainig
elements of life, as much as posble,
and contemplate his transplantg
without gloom. Indeed, he should
lltivate a cheerful anticipation, simar
to that implied in a letter to me,
Dt long ago, from a beloved, aged
rother soldier, shortly before his
aofU Wo TirrA+o "T foor tV?o+ T clliil]
i^C&l/II 1XV YY i. V UK/ A XVttfA VUMV A *?**? **?
)t see you again, in this life, and
lat I must soon say 'Goodnight,' but
am glad to feel, that I shall wel>me
yoi\ with 'Goodmorning/ on
le other side."
Newberry.
AV TALIA WO it A
ci tauic naic
\
ids enchantment to the
. We now have the
MES & EDWARDS LINE
vhich we are exclusive *
s and for years past and
holds a world wide repui.
nanrv anv arhVlp in the
stown pattern that you
wish for, single pieces or
lete chests.
i also have other patterns
dw you. ;
; us try and help you sehe
best silver for your
nal needs. _
fp Ipwdrv To
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Big Wonderful Recor
To Be Contsni
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Saturday, July 3i
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This is by far the-big
sale ever held in Prospei
visite&tmr store during
been astonished and ai
?^ Vv 1 W Iv-vwv /-? O /\ '
iiiciriici)uiy iuw pncco, cui
and excellent quality of
cially when prices are
day. Hundreds have' ma<
us during this big sale ar
ly pleased and more th
their bargains.
Many of our customei
with big broad grins am
their faces, rejoicing
friends of the big barg
store. .
Now in order to finis
entire stock of summer
room for our fall stock
make still another big
just simply knock the bo
going to give you more
bargain^ and better b?
ever had offered you b
bargains that you'will e\
ttaii 11tta 1 f\Y> CY?
lUllgCl JUU live l/lie lUiigx
ber Kaplan's store and
you got. Everybody is c
come and see our goods
or not. We will take p]
you our goods and price
your own pleasure and
buying. We know it w
financial interest to cor
our stock and see for .yi
buy elsewhere.
Everything in the stc
plain figures so a child
read it. We can name 1
our many big bargains, i
\ SHOES St
One lot Ladies' White Cam
" Janes, regular price $2.50, sale
1 lot Ladies' Black Slippe
price
1 lot Ladies' Black Slippe
price i
1 lot Ladies' Black and Tan
$7.00, sale price
1 lot Ladies' Black Pumps, r
price
1 lot Field Mouse Kid Lace
$12.00, sale price
Men's Oxfords, tan and blac
cut, $6.00, ?7.00 and $8.00 vali
Men's White Canvass Slipp
Men's Palm Beach Oxfords,
saie price :
Children's Shoes and Slippe
Prices smashed to pieces.
" LADIES' DRE
, I lot Poplin, well made Dre
price wily
1 lot Flowered Voile Dresses
v $14.00, only
1 lot Taffeta and Georgette <
ly made, from $12.75 to $19.7(
price.
CHILDREN'S D
Children's and Misses' Dress
styles from.... ....
SKIRTS,
1 lot Ladies' White Skirts', sp
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1 lot Lames' wnite skites, sj
1 lot Ladies" White Skirts, sp
1 lot Ladies' White Skirts, sp
1 lot Ladies' White Skirts, i
price , ...
The biggest assortment of L
of Silk Poplin, Taffetas, Serge;
and styles, prices only from
Wn avfpnH a hpartv w
M V/ V^^VVAJ.\A Mr
all to come and see our
whether you buy or not
KAPU
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THE GROWIN<
Prosperity,
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A Breaker Sale I 1
led Until
rd Inclusive. i
gest merchandise '
city. All who have
this big sale h^ve
mazed at our re- ^
fVlrt V?irrV? V
L101U.C1 Illg l/il^ nx^ix
our goods, espe- -I
advancing every
ie purchases from ' i
id have been high- ? *
an satisfied with
?
^s have^one aTvay .
d lbng smiles on
and telling their
;ains at Kaplan's^; ;
>h closing out oar : *
goods and make
we are going to :.l;
cut in prices and '!
ittom out. We are bargains,
bigger ,
irgains than you
efore in your life, c
rer remember. The ' ?
ir you will rememthe
big bargains " -
:ordially invited to [ ?|
5 whether you buy
leasure in showing
;s and you can use
judgment about
ill be to your own
ne and look over ^
Durself before you i
/". ... ^ .
>re is marked in
five years old can j4
nnlv n fpw <rf
ivx V v? - W ? V ?
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IOES
/as Pumps and Mary
i price only .$1.48
rs and Pumps, sale
$i.9S
rs and' Pumps, sale
$2.98 I
Oxfords, regular price "
$5.48
egular price $6.00, sale > ^
$4.48 * "
Oxfords, regular price
$8.75:k,
blucher and English
les, sale price $4.98
>ers, ?3.50 value, only
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91.90 >
regular $4.00 value,
$2.48
rs, all styles and sizes.
:sses.
%
?sses, worth ?8.00, sale
.....$4.98
5, worth from $12.00 to
$8.75
sxtra quality, beautiful>
and worth double the
RESSES.
es, all colors, sizes and
49c up to $6.50
ecial * 98c **
>ecial $1.98
>ecial $2.98
>ecial $3.98
satin, valiue $8.00, sale *4
.15,48
adies' Skirts, consisting ....
s, etc., all colors, sizes
$1.98 up to $9.75
elcoAe to one and . : ,
goods and prices
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