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4 ' A ; Five Minute Chats ij * * on Our Presidents ij li By JAMES MORGAN ra - ? SS3 fCoDYriffht. ID 20, by James Mors an.) PROFESSOR IN POLITICS -Q 135S?December 2S, Woedrow [ Wilson born at Staunton, ! Va. 1879?Graduated at Princeton. 1885?Married Ellen Louise Ax- j sen of Savannah, Ga. 1885-8?Associate professor at Bryn Mawr. 1888-90?Professor at Wesleyan ;; university in Connecticut, j 1890-1902?Professor at Prir.ce- j ton. 1902-10?President of Princeton, f 1911-13?Governor of New Jc- j U sey. 1913?March 4, inaugurated twenty-seventh president, j aged fifty-six. m? J 0 * - . I m l'P Wilcnn nnr % I JLilX I > UX> ?T VVVUV1I >1 wvu uva his administration has yet passed into history, whose judgment on them it would be folly to try to fore-, tell. Nevertheless, mnch of the record of the presidency is made up and closed, and may be summarized at ? least, although it is perhaps foolhardy to venture into the flames of passions that blind men alike to the merits and demerits of almost every president while he remains the central -figure of partisan strife. "A statesman is a politician who is dead," said Thomas ; B. Reed. In this age of ?urs when men are (going to school to learn business ana farming and all manner of vocations, f it was natural that there should appear in the White House a man like Wood"" row Wilson, who had learned politics in the classroom rather than in the Wardroom. The eighth of our Virginiaborn presidents?in reality he is not i fe . nnnmmT 3s$L |:v:- ON ! ' ': - ' WnnWmui Wilenn at 5fl ' I a Virginian, but the son of an Ohte clergyman and of an English mother? ;. was a student or teacher of the sci! _ ence, or rather the art of governing for 30 years before he held a political ofnce. That fact was left out of their reckoning by the Democratic bosses of cor- j rapt, machine-ruled New Jersey when they summoned the president of Prince"/ ton university from the golf links one afternoon in the fall of 1910-to receive i f the nomination for governor. When this supposed novice in politics de- j . ' s clared, as he floundered through what, ; as he had to ov.-n up, was his first pc-j litic*l speech, that if elected governor he would govern, the politicians nudged one another and laughed in their sleeves at the idea of a professor try- j ing to run their machine. They laughed out loud when they saw him actual1 ly sit down in the governor's chair and begin to play politics out of a book, i Of all things, It was a book which he himself had written in his youthful : ' school days -merely as a thesis for his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins. The young graduate-student made the discovery-; that our Constitution created a vacuum, \tfiich the bosses had rushed in to fill. U Alas, popular leadership is neither x a science nor an art that can be taught out of a book. Where other leaders of our democracy have appealed tcKhe emotions, he is one of the least electric, least dramatic of our presidents, with no anecdotes to popularize him, with no Iegends of Lis youth myths about his political career to vitalize him to the general imagination. He owes ins vaLr rious successes at the polls to the cold logic of the political situation and little to his popularity. His academic aloofness from politic^, at a time when politicians had fallen into disfavor, made him the available man rcr governor in 1910. As a candidate for president, ho s ran a poor second to Champ Clark in the popular primaries of 1912. He was nominated at Baltimore only after 4-r? ballots, and then only as a result of Bryan's overthrow of ihe sterri roller. And he was elected by tiic? division of the Republicans between Roosevelt and Taft though he received a smaller vote than the Democrats had polled in three past elections. It is the tragedy of Woodrow Wilson's nature that when the elements were mixed in tim, magnetism was denied him. that lodestone which draws the hearts of men. The head has been the powerhouse of his leadership. k I Five Miniir.s Chats jj , on Gwr Presidents |J I |i i| B7 JAMES MORGAN v *l (Copyright, 102?. by Ja.rr.os Morsaa.) WILSON'S FIRST TERM p.. ? ?g? is -'3 || 191-V-Aug. 6, death o? Mrs. Wi!- l\ sen. j! 1915?Dec. 13, the president la married Mrs. Edith Boi- :I ling Gait. j| 1916?Re-elected. O ' ======= = j AFTER Woodrow Wilson had been : teaching in the classroom for a quarter of a century that the president ought to be more lilcs a prime minister, "trying to co-operate with other human beiegs," than "a mere department . . . hailing congress from some isolated island of authority," the opportunity came to him to j put his theory in practice. When- congress met in extra session a month after his inauguration he walked in and delivered his message in person, reviving a custom which Jefferson had stepped only because he happened to > have a. poor voice and was an awkward speaker. President Wilson adopted the atti- i tude of a sort of member at large of both houses, sauntering unheralded into the seldom-used president's room,; which adjoins the senate chamber,1 whenever he had any special business, and talking things over in the open.1 The president succeeded not by i arousing a personal loyalty to himself but by the force of his ideas. "I have had a majority on the Hnor, but," he admitted, "never a majority in the cloakroom." Here are the outstanding items in the peace record of the Wilson administration: Tariff, revision, the "first income tax, the federal reserve ac? ; the federal trade commission, the Clayton trust law. 30 arbitration treaties. the seaman's act, the farm loan. .11 ' -"'. %umB""iS'ii \r' : fcfa?? ? ? wS Mrs. VVccc;row Wilson. the repeal of Panama tolls, the shipping act, the child labor law, the purchase of the Danish West Indies and federal aid for good roads. The federal reserve law is potentially as gr^at a piece of constructive legislation as ajiy mat nas uet*a enacted in this country. We were absolutely without a financial system, and the money of the nation was in the irresponsible control of a few big banks in New York. Every attempt to remedy this situation had failed because private financial interests naturally wished to keep their control of the money. The Aidrich bill in the Taft administration proposed to give the sanction of law to this private domination, but congress refused to pass it. ' The federal reserve act sii#ply reversed the Aldrich plon and gave the nation, through the government, the control of its own money. President Wilson was the relentless driving force that pushed through the federal reserve bill and the rest of the legislative program. The electric spark was omitted from President Wilson's composition, and this omission denied him a flowing communication with his follows, a natural limitation which was confirmed by the life he had !ed until he was suddenly thrust into the hurly burly of politics. President Wilson lias been a lonely figure in the White House. lie came to the presidency a si ranger to public men. and no president can ma':e new friends?real friends. . His re-election was one of the big surprises of our presidential elections. For several hours after the polls closed he appeared to have been badly beaten, and Hitches went to bed with the assurance that he was presidentelect. After all the great industrial states which had decided Vhe elections in the past, except Ohio, had t*ont in reports of Republican victories, tne tide was {timed by the fur. West, which had been almost forgotten in the reckonin.?. but where the conservative interests had less inlluence. At last the returns from reraote hamlets in the Sierras pave California to the president by less than 4.000 plurality. He had lost all but two of the northern states east of the Missouri, and yet won by carrying all but two of the sta+es west of that river, where the wftieen voters are supposed to have rallied to him because "he kept u.r, cut ; o? tfce war." & LmJt"f " 'v" ' ! j -TO- rrrjLz^Jxr*r~rr. T J .'ivomzr rsz-jmcr Tsarsc-crassa <J> v"*"- <?> "?N ' > ??> < > <V> ^ < ><?< > <^' < > "^ ' Things We Don't Understand? <5 ; <; Z' Q & 'Z* r& ^ <^> ?.v> v#> <?? <?> < > << One of the things we do not un itcistand is. how ZVIr. and Mrs. Adar.? alter leaving the garden and livin; wUi relatives and friends in othe: ::I?.ccc. did without automobiles an< electric lights and other things, an< how ?vlrs. Moses, Mrs. Jacob an< other ladles oi' various generation back yonder managed to live with out rook parties an clthe like, am cut rook pavties and the like, an< tonsil attachments. cf Claude Greneher. The sad news of the death of "Mrs Claude P. Oreneker at her home i; New York on last Wednesday morn ins was received that morning b: wire to Mr. Frank G. Davis, nephev cf the bereaved husband. ZVIiss Mar garet Davis left for New York to b< with her uncle during his trying or deal. The devoted wife died o heart disease. Her married life wa a very happy one. The many New berry friends of the afflicted hus band sympathize very deeply wit! him in his great less." 0'ie of th< raci'Ic-t things in life is the death o: "> ' n-ifn .rliiiio frnirsc n*v*nv tpn? the heart strings of a loving husband AN ORDINANCE I?A!S?NG THE REVENUE BY THI LEVYING. OF TAXES IN THE TOWN 07 NEWBERRY F05 THE FISCAL YEAR 1220. Be it ordained by the mayor am fdi'iernien of the Town of Newberry South Carolina, in council assembled That for the purpose cf raising i revenue and in the exercise of lh< ' ?-"-w* cif! t.-.wrv thf l-ri-Vi: vy-l. 1/liV t.Wi.i. V - r - - , following taxes are hereby levied foi the fiscal year ending December ) 1st 1920, upon ill! the real and persona property within the corporate limit: cf the town of Newberry, South Car clina, (except upon such property ai is exempt from taxation under th< constitution and laws of this State) unon the valuation thereof as assess cd for taxation for State and Count} purposes, viz.: (1) That a tax of one dollar or each one hundred dollars worth c: i cal and personal property within th( corporate limits of the Town of New berry, South Carolina, (except sucl property as is exempt from taxatior under the constitution and laws c1 this State) is hereby levied for th< purpose of raising a revenue to de fray the ordinary exnenses of th< " ' r~ XT 1 nnvn S3 Id 1 CWn OX lMWUviJ. v, ouuiii \jAk \j Iina, fcr the fiscal year ending De cember 31st, 1920. (2) That a tax of three-fourths o: one mill on each dollar's worth o: real and personal property within th< corporate limits of the Town of New berry, South Carolina, (except sucl property as. is exempt from taxatioi under the constitution and laws o: this State), is hereby levied fcr th< purpose of raising a revenue to pa: the interest r.:?d to create a sinkir-f fund for the bonded indebtedness o laid Town for the opera hov^se. (3't That a tax of one mill o: each dollar's worth of real and per 'Tor.sI property vr.tmn mo corporate limits of the Town of Newberry South Carolina, (except such property as is exempt from taxation ur.de: the constitution and laws of t'.ii: State), is hereby levied for the pur pose of raising a revenue to pay th: interest and to provide a sinking fund for the bonded indebtedness c: said town for the sewerage system. (4 ) That a tax of one and one fourth mills is hereby levied on eacl dollar's worth of real and persona property within the corporate1 limit: of the Town of Newberry, Soutl Carolina, (except such property as i: exempt from taxation under the con stitution and laws of this State), ii hereby levied for the purpose o: raising a revenue to pay the interes on and to create a sinking fund fo: ine I?0iH:C(l i.'i Lin- ^-.1-. Town for the extension of the wate; and sewerage for the town. (o) That a tax of one and or.c fourth mill on each dollar's worth o: real and personal property within th< corporate Ivmits of tne Town of New berry, South Carolina, (except sucl property as is exempt from taxatioi under the constitution and laws o: th:> State), ;3 hereby levied for th< purpose of raising-a revenue to p?: the interest on ami to create a sink : r i jr'iy 1'wii;;: i<ji tut" uunucu ii.av wv.%?. of the mid town for the sewerage oi rhc Fair) town which were issued i) the year 1002. (6) That a tax of three-fourth cf a mi If 0*1 each dollar's worth oreal am' personal property withii the corporate limits of the Town o Ncwbsrt y, South Carolina, (exeep such prone-'ty as is exempt from tax aiior, under tlie constitution and law cf this State), is hereby levied fo the purpose of raising a rcvenir* t( pay the interest on and to -create : r-lnking fund for the horded irciebt talnecs of the town for "funding'' %th< floating debt of the town and whicl bond-* wore issued July 1st. 1005. (7) That a tax of one-half mil on each dollar's worth of real an< persona! nroperty within the corpor *j-.'t Mft? Kovvv F' . ? J!!r. Oi LilU 1 OVI v/ti . Sou h furclira. (except such proper ty ar is exempt from taxation undei the corrjii^'ition and laws of this S^.te), is hereby levied for the pur pose of raising a revenue to pay ths intnic.-.r and to create a sinking funt for th'i bonded indebtedness of th< ssid town for the '"Fire Equipment* of the town; issued January 1st 1920. (8) That a tax of one and one half mills on each dollar's worth ol real and personal property withir the corporate lim-its of the Town oj Xewberry. South Carolina, (excepl such property as is exempt fron taxation under the constitution aiu v "7 - t> lav/s of this State), is hereby levied ad 5> for the purpose of raising a revenue De 5> t;> pay the intercr.t on and to create a sinking fund for the bonded in- ru< >1 (!obtedness of :;>M town for the tio -; "funding" of the floating indebted-ipa ne?5 of the town, issued January 1st, ihc 'r 1020. ^ (9) That all taxes herein levied po ?halJ be paid to the said Town of ry, * Newberry, South Carolina, in lawful da 1 money of the United States of Ameri ? U,. 1 of i\f Of1. Alifav i It-'cX J UUt V# t'l'il lli^T lOU Viu;/ Vjl WW V. ? J ( s 10JO, and the loth day of December, j 11)20, and a penalty of ten per cent's um is hereby imposed and shall be 1 j ||M|HM| t * mil. Charter No. 6934. Report of Conditio :j PEOPLES MATH L t ! " at Prosper;ty, in the State of South C; /I 1 ; Or. September 8, 1920. v I Resources. 2 j 1. a Loans and discounts, including re (except those shown in b and c) ... 1 j d Notes and bills rediscounted with Reserve Bank (other than^bank ac sold) (sec Item 55a) 1! 2. Overdrafts, unsecured 21 5. U. S. Government securities owned: ' a Deposited to secure circulation ( 5 par value) i d Pledged as collateral for State deposits or bills payable h War Savings Certificates and Thri actually owned ;; Total U. S. Government securities He. Other Bonds and Securities, etc.: e Securities, ether than U. S. bonds stocks), owned and unpledged 11 S. Stock of federal reserve bank (50 j ;| tion) / ij 0. Value of banking house, owned an ID Furniture and fixtures ;,12. Lawful reserve with Federal reserve 14. Cash in vault and net amounts due : y I i 117. Checks on other banks in the same 3 porting bank (other than Item 1G " Total of items 13, 14, 15, 16, an , j 19. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasure , j Treasurer -! Total ' ! Liabilitie: ! - 22. Capital stock paid in.. ; " | 23. Surplus fund ^24. a Undivided profits Pi b Less curemt expenses, interest J | paid !. " i 2i 26. Amount reserved for taxes accrued _|28. Circulating notes outstanding' i 30. Xet amount due to national banks f' ? 33. Cashier's checks on own bank outst aj Total of items 30, 31, 32 and 33 - 34. Individual deposits subject to check i, 3S. Dividends unpaid ej Total of demand deposits (other t 2! deposits) subject to Reserve, items; 3 ?. 37, 38, and 30 ' j; 40. Certificates of deposit (other than : j 43. Other time deposits i j Total of time deposits subject to res -j ' 40, 41, 42, and 43 5: 40. Bill payable "with federal reserve b; r! Total 5'C>5. a Liabilities for rediscounts with F (see item Id) ~ I ; j *Of the total loans ard discounts si 1 ? J- 4- ?> A e /-?!*!vovorl of. TJ3 iiJlU UlStVUUli V.V.O V. v. ?.. _:by law (Sec. 53 07, Rev. Stat.), exclusiv i charge not to exceed 50 cents was made, -, loans was none. 5 i 1 State of South Carolina, County of Newb I, L. W. Bedenbaugh, Cashier of th 3 swear that the above statement is true t f belief. H ; i Subscribed and sworn to before me th ; i i Correct?Attest : -; J. A. C. Kibler, ? i T. A. Dominick, I i R. T. Tugh, II Directors. ^ : i! ?? J! Going to Oui Will Iff JL ?! itssi rawe w its i J :| Will sell all stock ai ?j ments. tf'ine opportuni > | cattle and hogs. I Fine Jersey cattle, 5, calves and some will b? i! Also will sell some f In fact everything fo ; ! farming implements, rakes, harrows, cultiva' - j that goes with an up -> j . i c * ^ -! -* -?-v W -j- n -L-a '| Come and get a bar? t Prosperity, 1 i i dcd to all taxes not paid prior to comber 15th, li)20. (10) That execution shall be i~2(1 according to law for coHecn of all tax"-, lines and penalties st due and unpaid for 15 days, ? costs of said executions. Done and ratified under the c-orrate ?cal ef the Town of >.'e\vber , South Carolina. this, the 2 iLn v of Ausrust, A. D.. 1920. EUGENE S. I> LEASE, Mr.\ or. Attest: J. W. CHAPMAN, Clerk and Treasurer. Reserve District No. 5. n of The 3NAL BAM irolina, at the Close of Business discounts, .$587,211.20 Federal ceptances vn o-o -*>o $550,288.81 . 2,150.23 LT. S. bonds $ G,250.00 or other 65,000.00 ift Stamps 834.00 72.084.00 (not including 18.000.0/0 )er ccnt. of subscrip 1,350.00 d unencumbered 1,500.00 1,300.00; b.ir/k 17,520.74 :or.i r.aticnnl Banks.... 7:C68.8S city or town as rej 441.75 d 17 7,810.63 :r and due from U. S. 312.50 $678,625.94 S* .$ 25,000.00 f 25,000,09 14,606.22 and taxes . 2,003.94 12,602.28 1 nr\r\ r\r\ a w.i/v G,250.00 40.08 anciing 462.04 511.72 . 148,043118 f. 44.00 ;han bank 4, 35, 3G, 148,087.18 for money borrowed) 600.00 .' 408,074.76 ;erve items 406,674.76 ink 50,500.00 ; $678,625.04 ederal 'Reserve Bank 30 952.39 lown above, the amount on which tes in excess of those permitted e of notes upon which total was none. The number of such erry, ss: e above r.amcd bank, do solemnly o the best of my knowledge and JLi. \V. licacnoaugn, ousnier. iis 18th clay of September, lf)20.. E. W. Vverts, Notary Public. * j * * m 0 i it r at mmg | :hevie; N. ?. j id farming imple- I ity to buy some fine 9 i two with young 3 fresh latex*. I hie mules. ? sale in the way of mowers, binders, tors and everything to date and well >-ain. lohn South Carolina I will r.;:ve !'. :-l of ! the estate of Samuel S. Fulmer in the { " ? '.Mi- t .??. i' ' v -un- l" >t\\ 0 ? i'-V. ' I the 29th day of S< pte mber, I- 20, atj 10 o'clock in ti. >i iii'id v.v'l; immediately ihcrsnftc? ask for my i f a? T! <r* >_?/ V V "'-iJ* Via.*.a. j -r~. r r; f - * ^-N * V- v' s-*,--* fT\ I a! ? - - V? X X. ^ -- *? ??^'i i Still doing- business. i r.,^,.', ] rnlfc r. 1.' 1 w.';;! 'J. .'-'-xi*:, I dry. Sanitary, clean, our own wor!: Your i "rj'^. 7T a *' M :? e I J I I^Sisiivr'c.ci ,;y 3 j m Resists e.rs Quick ??; j jgpj est returns for your land. Your f: ; g&l though rented for 1920. The Pathfir.i ! tK-gj be worth hundreds of collars to you. i ATLANTIC D i fafrw *' *''"The Kamr That gp 7^-::."fei |sjOffices: PETERSBUEC | References. Any Bank in 'DAViS REALTY CO., Local Contract Rc^rc I u r"''"" , ?*/*?* _? .j j I r-S; % j ^ /? ? / '? ' (*& \ J H ; ?rrr n . . a & BIG-SIX gxcycscs; 13 , ,. * . r K?^i 2.12*14 rexinc-Hen *> c\ I ! * c 'i <* aetr.ii a conccrucri-: psinst 3id[n t' sicvl! ci* experience :s CL7dE:? organizations. All StuockaI:cr car." J | Cord Tires?inoth.-r CiT^ic m ?. tit 5) C<J L~>- < McHARDY Flisr.e 300. I U gi jg SI 'V (FOR II ^ i ?1^^ 11 Mrs ' 11 : Steffi:.^1J|S , ~ ' \ as administrator of said es- # f. All persons holding claims V..-1 :-: i(l estate will present them !v attested to the undersigned by i (' <:c i>r they will be forever r red. Herbert S. Fulmer, Administrator. Xev/berrv, August 24. ier> vay ?.???*???.w?aw i ij ? i m ? J. L. Barns akes and pies every Fare foods. Do trade appreciated. 7 i&iKer uvitsBFjstttxati-r?r i n i h i i n nini nimi ribui er Modern Mef!?ed jS r Scientific Service, end'.-.sed by [9 ~dreus of sellers, yields you iatg- [?3 i-m. will readily sell now, even ?2: dcr gives full particulars?it inay t&t Send for'it TODAY. y' 3AST REALTY CO, 1 Justifies Your* Ccnfjdnnce'* [sfs },VA. and GREENVILLE, N. C. W? Petersburg Va cr Greenville, N. C. M GREENWOOD, S. C., sentatives. -^rr^T I u $ -M I j? 'U ; r->7 /-i r-tit -twt-j > : .S* >k r-rm^ I mi E?! I j i -- i"-?- I , n 5 i IJ ^v"5 5 'I !*?& .. taker Year'" ? 1 MOWER, ^Ic-A'/rcrry, S. C. , iiroffP] | \w HB-5 id -women NEED not suffer I i w the ills peculiar to the 1 g :. STELLA YITAE is an || inent doctor's prescription I ? it for three generations has S1 in RELIEVING suffering g| men and keeping young ?3 f Is from BECOMING suf- || ing women. % g | d by your ^druggist; upon || /] i c f i *n r? orwQA-mArjf f Viof Kd H uiol uit u i a^it^ui^uu inau mi r he FIRST BOTTLE gives 9| benefit, he Trill refund the 11 ney. STELLA YITAE 99 l do no ETAR3I, even if it j J is no good. Why not TRY 11 -instead of suffering? r; 1 . Susie Sutton, of Dunmore, Kv. 1 9 "I couldn't stand on my |j | an hour without lying down, I 9 S i one bcttio oi' STELLA VITAE 18 now I can be on my fcc-t all dayB s TKACHER MEDICINE CO. ? f Chattanooga. iesa.. U.S.A.