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jlje jeralO and jjem | MrX ~ " """ | Entered at the PostofSce at New Srry, S. C., a# 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, September 28, 1920. / ~ j OUR SYMPATHY. The community was shocked and saddened on Sunday morning when it ' * became generally known that Mrs. W. H. Wallace had died. It was not known ihat she was sick. In fact she , f* had been ill only a few days. I We desire to express- to the hus K . band and son our tenderest sympathy in this their hour of sorrow and sadfness and bereavement.. No greater: sorow can come to a man than the ?E ' ? taking away of his companion of a lifetime. For nearly, if not quite, fifty yean Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have trod the wine press of life together, going up [ the hill hand in hand and on down to the sunset glow. Looking forward %'from that distant day fifty yearj; > ' > seemed a long, long time, and the ' sunset far, very far, in Hie distance ! ' Looking backward it seems as bu: yesteryear. No doubt she seemed to * him as the same blushing bride oi fthe long ago, and he to her the samo bashful and timid bridegroom. It 1 ? and happy provision of na ture that as the years come and go those who plight their faith in the happy glow of youth never grow old j one to the other it matters not how i many frosty winters they may have left behind. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace' ^ V have been blessed beyond the aver-,' . age in that they were given so many M5 ' years together. j I ' ? jStf < * A friend on one occasion re-' marked to Mr. Lorimer, editor o: ?The Saturday Evening Post: "I do not like certain departments of you:* j paper." To which Mr. Lorimer re ) plied: "I am glad to hear it. If you j i liked it all it would be very faulty,; because it would satisfy only people j of your taste of reading. A good j paper has few pages that are univer-, sally Tead. The editor aims to sup ' ply something of interest to each , .?*' class of subscribers, and expects that _ each class wiil pass-by. seme of the columns or departments." / , So when you find something in th" paper that does not interest you juspass it on because it may inte^esi 1 TVio m*>Vf some otner suusinuci. *.0.^ -?? of a newspaper must try to find something that will interest all ce 1 , the readers and sometimes print ', that which- does not particularly interest the editor himself. ..A newspaper should print the new:: fairly and impartially 'being carefu . at all times to adhere strictly to the truth and should never use the col-, umns to punish or to reward any one. ? :? <1 BAD "LUCK," OR SOMETHING, ! . . i All of us are more or less superstitious. Some more and some lesr.' Wo hoiipv* in si^ns and omens and in bad luck days, and we have knew.: people who would not start a job on! Friday, and that it was bad luck trsee the new moon through the bushes and to turn back without making n.' j cross mark and then spitting in it, and so and so on. And some believe iTv that there are unseen forces and j powers that have an influence over: tv. us and in some mysterious way direct; our actions. 0 I Just the other night my son win 1 1 is a. veteran of the world war calle'/ my attention to an article which war published in an April, 1918, magazine i which was reciting some incidents ; and mysterious things as related by ' soldiers who were in the battle of the : Mons which was fought in the early - stages of the greaft war. It is stated 1 . that the Germans had at least ten t f"* * one in the number of soldiers in that battle, and that there were no re-' enforcements for the English. It h said that the horses of the German cavalry as well as the men came -to a sudden halt in a charge, and, for some reason they could not understand, refused to go forward though certain victory would have been theirs. Then this story is related by a soldier in the English army: { ~~0? i ^ "It is a far cry from those "days to this," said the soldier, "and what 1 saw then I don't really believe now.' t? Rut liist think of it fo.* JLIO w van x. v. - j yourself?men marching, marc hi the enemy at our heels, everything-.1 even nature, against us. Think of u:> in the dark, still hiarching, hardly knowing that if a file of men tha j rose up suddenly in front of us wen- ' enemies or friends. Think of us "sleepless, lying uown in the dark, be hind tufts of grass, facing German i devils on horseback?not knowing j what moment thev would be on us!i c i Is it strange if we thought we saw j or heard queer things? These Ger-; mans were ten to one. Why didn't they kill us all? i r i m ? MB? ? afc? a?anrsra?a "It was one night when we were fb lying down behind these tufts o"1 |v grass, and an Irishman that war js somehow with our lot kept staring up i i in the sky. He said he could fee S' j I Patrick ordering, the German hort:;'ti back. Well, of course, I laughed j him. But, well, there it is, ma'am: j pretty soon I saw?something; can't tei] you how it came to me < < ! % v actlv?il was a kind of lierht. Mayb:? j T - .. ,, ' Y U i leu n miner man saw it, anu i ir.u: ; a feeling that the Germans were f:;ll- j" ins back. What made it queerer \:.i ; a 0 the Irishman sp diking to me, out of j ^ the dark, and saying: 'Now, you se.' it's true for yourself.' How could h : know what was irointc on in me? ^ | i. "Locking back, 1 don't know w>.r.'.;" to make of it, but then I was sir.:!' that somebody was holding the O'er-1N mans o*T of us, and the queer pari cf j! it was that the idea of reenfo""e- j1 ments never struck me. No hums i !. power that England could have rer t.11 us at that time would have held them, j1 It was something eise. What I that nicrht was something like thir:i x ** ] O1 There arc in the world dark for:-c , i ^ and forces of light; we all k'.iow j that. We see them in good people j and bad people. Now. there must the same forces in other worlds, ar .1 i I believed then that the forcer <? ! light had /rot themselves translate:! ,1 into something that fought for us rrd | s against the Germans. But that's!3 ? ? ' C when I was groins through with ' Today, I either don't believe it at a!!, i!i or else I don't know what to b"-11 lieve.*' ?o? J There you are. Now, I may ] av2! gone a long way around to tell what I I started out to write. But it is cniy j to show that at times at. least a1! cf j * ins Uru on fhat. there is 2 ' ^ ^ **"* - ---- _ force or something that i? havinj" an J influence, and it is true, and then v;e ;? i translate these influences into s '.giir., ( and good luck and bad luck day:;. It j ^ is true that there are unseen i >: fluences for good and fcr evil thit j are working round about us all the; time. But even this is a little for?ign ! to what I started out to say. ; S ?o? 2 I have known people who w iul-l; S not start a job of any kind on F; j day, as it was an unlucky day. 7 hr.t c is. they would not start on that d:-y. { unless they could finish the job. M\ !} Wilson set Friday as the day to tuv<: . ? over-to me the office of, county si:-'* peiintendent of education. I do no!; c suppose he is the least bit supersti-' tious, or if'he is it never occu.tc!:( to him that he had ser Friday, a:id I If do not believe myself that it i:> unlucky day. But I have had somo!s very queer experiences since Friday ij morning. Mr. J. C. Sample asked ire ; to go with him down to Midway, school, the building for which he ar:1 . ! Mr. \Y- T. Livingston ire putting u;>.1 ^ So in company with him and Mr. Livincrston and Mr. T. P. Richardson 11C accepetd the invitation and w:nt. i ^ The first thing I did when I go'; in', his car was to mash a finger blue and j > purple on the door, and it has g'vJ.i .^ me lots of trouble. . Rut I was glad > that I went and had opportunity to; ^ see the building in its present state. }> And it is a very handsome country ^ school house and wilt be a credit, '.o * r the school spirit which must prevail > among these good people, and they t will be glad in the days to come that ^ thev have made the sacrifice to bull ! t . r it, and it will stand fcr many years > as a monument to their patriotism ) * and be a blessing to the children of > that community and a great help to.-., the old people as well. The buih-ir.T will be ready for the school to cpen \ within the next ten days or two ^ weeks, though it will be some t'.mo C before they have everything finished. ^ > And then there was just a little of C the mean spirit which' induced me t > ^ accept the invitation of Mr. Samnb t J. to take the trip, and that may ac- ^ count for the punishment which I' rc- ^ - 3 vaii fn r> rnf. fin WTV.nf -V CIMVtU. \-?j-* vuii ^ %1 ^ without suffering: the penalty, and ^ yet I do not fed that the spirit ^ which moved me was an evil spirit. I just wanted to drive with Mr. Sample over this road with him at ^ the wheel to let him see and know ^ just the condition of the road, and with the hope that I might be able ^ to induce him to have something done ^ to it. 'But he favs ho will net be t J 1> able to touch the road while his of-;> lice lasts, that he has more already \ undertaken than he will be able to'^ finish, and besides the state high-!v ! ^ way commission has agreed to take ^ this road over and he expects to see v the work of maintenance be^in very "T.,i " SOOll. YY iruiu ftUHiC~?y to know and I hope it will begin v-crv ,N ! soon. i ^ O ;:And then bad luck still pursued me. When I woke uo Saturday morn- x j i\ ing I discovered that the little diamond in the ring which I have beenj^ wearing for many years had lost out. Now, 1 am going: to say that tliis loss , ^ has anything to do with my beginning'^, the school work officially on Friday. I but it is rather a remarkable coin-j eidence. The diamond is a snihll one, j ut at present prices ii is equal in alue to about n month"s salary, boides I prized it for the association, f any one by chance should iind it will be jrlad to pay for its return r? me. i hope at lear-t that these ;ii omens, f they mean anything, mean that I 'il 5i-n.fi > crirtfl PTifliiirc nf i hf' WOl'K 'ill ilCl ? V 1 V <_ V V? X. .4V%4..W, x.? pon which I am now entering, ami hat by the end of the first school oar with the help and cooperation f the people we may have at least hree or four real high schools in he rural districts well under way. "hey should come and can come by he help of the people interested and :cst vitally concerned. Let us all .*ork harmoniously together with that iew in prospect. I expect to ask he cooperation of the local press and n this way as well as by personal isitation to keep in touch with ali he schools of the county. I will antounce in a few days a schedule of isitations which I am going to make, may be a little peculiar in this re;ard, but I want the patrons and rf thp several schools to now when I am coming to the school 7 r o that I may meet them and have ,eart to heart talks fcr the good and he betterment of the school. There 5 a fine field for .good work and contractive school work in this county nd I hope very scon to get it going o that we may have results. But I rmst have the hearty cooperation of .11 the people. This I am expecting o have. E. H. A. ANNOUNCEMENT. Last Friday afternoon I took over he office of county superintendent >f education. I am now on the" job. There are one cr two statements or JEHM WGBBnga?B?? ? ?? STATEMENT OF THE F CONDITION OF At the suggestion of Mr. Swearip;en and by request of Mr. Wilson ihfi Mr. Auli, County Treasurer Jchumpert and County Auditor ialfacre checked up the financial ondition of the schools of the coun ~ * 1 i.l y and cert?iiecl as to me Daiances uu lar.d July 1 and Sept. ?24, the day hat the school year ends and the day hat Mr. Wilson turned the office >ver to Mr. Aull. It should be stated that the overIrafts as of July 1 are due to the act that the .equalizing fund which vas provided by the legislature fell hort and only 47 per cent, was paid, t is expected that the legislature at ts next session will not only provide Cash on Deficits Red "w,i 1*. 1 on .Tv 1 20 Jv <0. 1 2,'>29.29 Co. 2 87.44 Co. 3 4.91 so. 4 90.53 <o. 5 , 14-80 Co. G ^ '86 Co. 7 Co. 8 .' 223.80 Co. 9 132.37 . Co. 10 7S9.43 Co. 11 1H8.88 Co. 12 43.90 Co. 13 16.2.10 Co. 14 128.22 so. 15 2&l.o3 Co. 10 142.90 Co. 17 1.98 Co. 18 33.6/ Co. 19 28.12 Co. 20 2.18 Co. 21 132.44 Co. 22 17.56 Co. 23 213.05 Jo. 24 73.83 Jo. 25 1.02 Jo. 2G 11.98 Jo. 27 Jo. 28 75.56 Jo. 29 37G.G4 ' io. 30 428.55 0. 31 195.89 o. 32 I2-87 o. 33 ; 247.36 o. 34 272.38 o. 35 o. 3G 7.44 o. 37 200.85 o. 38 3 2.74 o. 39 202.01 o. 40 585.21 o. 41 7.18 o. 42 78.88 o. 43 3.17 o. 44 88.48 o. 45 74.22 o. 40 172.91 o. 47 272.82 0- 4$ 97.98 o: 49 20.04 o. 50 6.31 o. 51 148.70 a -9 110.0:5 16.0 o. 5o 41.90 o. 54 105.62 o. 55 26.61 o. 56 80.50 o. 57 14.71 o. 58 346.25 o. 59 170.20 o. Bd 1,114.3S S( Totals ..0,OS 1.2-1 1.671.01 lO.Ofi i . announcements that i desire to make. J 1 And in fact fed that i shouicl make, j I have not of course vol a line on! ? the work or on the schools, but hope i ! [to have the infoi mat ion within a few : 'nays as to the situation in each (lis-1 ! tvict in the counlv. i * t } I I did not promise to give "my! .... i whole time" nor even "entire time ; 1 to the office, but i did promise t:. give intelligent, efficient and faith- j | ful service to every demand of the j I position. This promise I wili keep | to the best ability that I ma> possess.! In order to accomplish uesults worth ! ? while theie must be hearty coop era- J 1 tion of all the educational forces in < i the county. I would not sever mv j I .j : conncctior: with The herald avai ! iNews for anv efnee in the state. For; I | S3 consecutive years I have been with' ; the paper, ami 'I cculd not get alone: j i without ii. The county newspaper j | can be made one t>f the mcst power- j ! ful factors in the development and j | ; constructive work for the betterment j j of the schools in the county if di- j j rected -that way. The Herald and j | News has always done what it could' to help the educational interests, but i i being in official position with the | i county schools I will bo able to do ; j even greater work by the help of the; 1 paper, and I am sure there is no one ! ' connected with The Herald and News j I . 1 who will not be glad to have it lend J what influence it may possess in this j direction. ; When the new company was or-i 1 ganized last year I was relieved of i | all responsibility for the business management or the mechanical con-' trcl, and the duty of editing and fur-i nishing what help I might be able was jand is mine. Until the compensa-j r aL- ~ txi ? nftnnfi' ciinr-riT'' lion oi tri'j uiiicc ui cwwiiuy 1 tendent cf education is made commensurate with the responsibility j INANC1AL =' j for this deficit but will also provide J to take care of the other schools ; which have qualified under this law. ) The deficits since July 1 are. but natI ural and always occur until the taxes ' are paid. i 1 i At th? request of Mr. Aull the statement is published for the information of the people as well as the ! trustees v.-ho may not happen to knew ' ' xl__ /I r\-C fVldlY* rlistvir-t JUSt HOW LlltJ UUdliCCd ui invii ui^wwv ^ I stand. It will be necessary to bor row a considerable sum vto run the ' schools and pay the teachers until the taxes are paid. i i The following is the statement as ' made up by the fre&surer and the i auditor from the books of the office: Since Chns P(1 Bal. Deficits 1 20 Jy 1 20 ' Sp 24 20 Sp 20 20 940.?2. 1.398.47 50.00 122.30 14.91 55.00 50.09 1 ~ n/\ . -7 ~ "O AD.V/U HJ.fJU 1 4>89 .86 30.00 S0-00 ' 223.80 132.37 | 17 4.00 615.43 43.90 43.00 I 162.10 128/22 40.00 241.63 If 2.00 | 1.98 , 38.67 43.00 14.88 . 2.18 ! 132.44 300.00 282.44 213.05 : -10.00 33.83 i 1.02 'i 71.08 I 75.56 , 222.24 154.40 28.00 450.55 ! 195.80 ' 2.01) i4-^7 ' ' 247.36 ; 115.00 157.38 7.4-1 i 71.00 120.85 155.00 142.26 j 72.40 129/61 1.25 553.90 7.18 ; 78.88 ; 3.17 88.48 36.00 11C.22! 40.90 132.01 j 272.82 48.00 145.98 j 20.04 | 6.31 | 14S.70 15.00 10,045.CO 110.(5:, 41.96 I 105.62 20.61 89.59 14.74 65.15 411.40 j 50.00 120.20 >5.50 2.926.91 947.0:1 j 0.50 21.042.17 0,055.42 1.7.70 j j 11 aii"' e and work i!ovolv:nir upc: it. r. m:;n i<> 11*." <* in this <i-.y o* ;< hi-:: i *v-i, must have some other;* got- -'i-i of income. I will make my ; hea..irie?sut the oiTico at the court ] houv, but if i should happen not to 1 he : .. re 1 :v.:;y easily be found in : i tow::, unless: 1 am'out visiting ihe j ] schools. As soon as l can jret in touch j with the schools it shall be my our-1 pos" to spend at least three days in i each week with the country school?,! and the other three days I may be j found in the ofiice at the court j hou?e. 1: In this connection I desire to ask 1' the trustees of the several districts i' in the county to notify me at ome ! if they have teachers, and if so send j the names, and also when the school j1 opened or is to open. I understand : there are several districts without! teachers. The time is here for the :J opening of the schools, and teachers seem to be scarce. As soon as I ran j* get this information I expect to ar-; range and announce an itinerary of j visits to-the schools, and to announce j it in the paper. And-I would like to 1 have the patrons and friends of the i school meet me at the school house, j and let us have a heart to heart and friendiy talk about the conditions in the district, and thus get in closer touch with the school. If there are any teachers without i positions who would like to teach, ; or who would be willing to teach,. I would be glad to hear from them, i and I am sure that I can put them ' in touch with trustees who need to ; have teachers, and the pay is good | and the communities fine in. which to . live. | I ?.ni going to ask the manager of r- o . mi.- 7T 1.1 1 ! 1 ne JICI'UIU aim :vcv>i cu no iiavi. . a Lection which we may use for school news and matters educational. i Jwh*;h pertain "to the schools of the cojr/iy, and make it a means of comj mi:r.i;-ation amonj? the schools as well ' as helpful in the way of suprestion.; j las to methods and experiences, and; I if the teachers and trustees and ; children ,will take a liltle interest there can be jjreat pood accomplished : in this way. and the paper made even ' a greater help in the work of ad1 vancing the educational interests of . ; the county. I feci sure that the re; quest will be granted. ! v direction of the state superin ; torment of education I will attend r. mtiting of county superintendents at , Spr.visnburg on Tuesday and Wedrccrday of this week. i One? more let me appeal to teach-' ers and trustees and children and all j TWT 1 - * PJO Dusmeso below cost of p try to grow rnor (It is our opii each and every in the Farmers3 Government Gr< any local bank < j pay his honest c J H. * ' : L- f C.hvrfor that he ;oopoi'i-.tit>n which k so o*:;-*ni:ai to t: Uivt-.-s in any undertaking, and v. J .v::i be able thus to make this t.'ie | o' >u;:ru-r year for the? schools of New-1 ^ jerry county. I am here to : vrve i "I an; and \v: 1! o.;!er.n it a favor 'o | w lave you command me. ; ^ Elbert II. Auil. j Vv Mistnaurrh. Min-.nau.irh has cut the h'jh cost of living by reducing p.-fees as will be (<>' xeii by {he prices quoted in hi-; a-.l-, m revt'soment today. He lead-: the way ! hi in this section and goes one better | ai rm Henry Ford, Wanmur.aker, Fears j tc Rocbuck in the reduction of the price ' h of thi.urs that are wovth while, and. j F that the pecpie need every da; j w The great reduction s:de thst Mim-jb nau^rh now has on n of ?.'.oods that j a every"one needs. Staple and seiv.'et"| able merchandise, and rhf prices i naoted by him speak for the;;:selves and are more fore 2 fill than a:iv worus ib with which nie mijjht till of the suie. -ass,-. | 9 Death of I^'rs. William H. Wallace. | e The community was saddened. c early Sunday morning with the news'" of the death of Mrs. Alice Lomax Wallace, the beloved wife of Mr. W. i H. Wallace, editor of The Observer.! She had been' in ill health for some j time due to heart trouble. The death j of this estimable lady was a sad blow ; 3 to the many friends in this city and j C county. Mrs. Wallace was a woman j ^ ? , j ^ of rare intellect ar.d refinement and : ' Viov ;i distinct loss to New- I o "" ~ ! *" berry. ! v Besides her grief stricken husband j and Dr. D. D. Wailacc, the only son, | ^ nhs ir, survived by one sistci, Mrs.1 f Lewie Jones, of Ridge Springs to ; d mourn the e'er.in ef a loving wife,; 2 c; mother and cister. The tender sym-. * pathy of all friends will go to the ; ja *..rsaanmi'*.pA*<w L \ W i_- A vi. V -1?' on sal: The FIoia at gilder & tuesday Get Yours Before tl ? ? ?? i . r m zasassgsmmssisstsBssssssaEsmm 9"? ? /*> Newberry man would think of selli roduction and then go ba e at a loss. lion that it Is the part of farmer ?c held his cotton Warehouse, having it g; 2.der? using his warehouse is collateral for borrowii 5ebts. y ??tt?e f %0 * y- P if % M O. LONG, President OBaamarariQ I :y. >.:es in their severe afTliche cor.e^e left the h rase at 4:00 clock Monday aflerr.ooir. service at sisenionf by Dr. T. t.. Daniel, pastor ? the deceased. The pallbearers ere all nephews, a feliiw?: W. B. 'ai-ace. K. (i. Wallace, v,. Heroers a I! ace, B. if. Boyd. J. Vv. Boyd, W. . Boyd. ' of Mr. Jeff Boozer. Mr. Jeff Davis Boozer died at 9 clock on Sunday night, after an illess of three or four months, at his onie beyond Mollohon mill viliige, iid was buried at Rosemont cemem y Monday afternoon, services at !s late residence by the Rev. R. ' . Cogburn at 4 o'clock. Mr. Boozer as 59 years of age. He is survived y two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Perkins nd Miss Boozer. Dowel-Longshore. Mi?-. Grace Dowd and Mr. Herert Longshore, both of this county, ere married on Sunday morning at :o0 o'clock by the Rev. Edward Fulnwider at the parsonage of the Ihurch of the Redeemer. .ESS THAN HALF BOTTLE RE-CU-MA HELPED MR. DEADMOW WONDERFULLY J. C. Deadmon, employed in McIillan's Barber Shop, Union, South 'arolina, received a free bottle of te-Cu-Ma and took it for a general undown condition. He suffered ,'ith torpid liver, less of appetite nd frequent sickening feelings, fhich made him lose time and sleep. After a half bottle Mr. Deadmon ays that the sickening feeling left lim and is now able to enjoy his ood and that his iiver is m nne conation. He further says that he will .lways keep it on h2nd. Re-Cu-Ma ells for SI.20 plus tax and can be ind at Y\r. G. Mayes' Drug Co. and il s;ood drug stores. rAT TICKETS " \ E FOR A \ rer Shop WEEKS CO. \ S A. M. j 4 ii eCanvass Starts r / \ County 1 .ng his cotton g J ,?% lv ii~? *-vr*<"a/ * 'S?H 3. ClJlwi p an wisdom for | by storing it | jjH raded fey the I BBj receipts with I a| ig money to I 1 ydin, I < j