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?> <?> AT THE OPERA HOUSE 4> <$> 'V & Road Shows. ? <S> Gus Hill's Minstrels, the famous organization that left such a good impression in this city last season, is the attraction announced at the opera house Thursday night, October 14. This season's offering is said to be a happy blending of old time min/ strelsy, the sweet throated singers, graceful and skillful dancers and all the glamour and charm of the minstrelsy of our forefathers and a joyful combination of modern minstrel novelties, ensembles and surprises, uri+Vi nlA "Tfino' Ta77" r?r?w rhp nnnil " * V*i WiU 41V UUU A4V T? VMV lar favorite in^American musical circles, as the leading spirit. Amonc: the many funmakers is George Wilson, the renowned black face comedian of "Waltz Me Again" fame. Wilson is the originator of the monologue style of entertainment. His familiar expression "Waltz Me Again" was a byword for a generation or two. There are 50 people in the organization and each and every one are e-tars in their own particular work. . I Red Cross Notes. Win en a letter went out from di I . vision headquarters to the chapterearly in the summer asking them to' undertake simple forms of production; work the Newberry <Jhapter respended that it would be glad to make at least 12 infants' layettes in the fall. j The woman's committee has these layetee ready for distribution. All, the women who are willing to help with this work are asked to communicate with Mrs. A. T. Brown, Harrington street, where materials and direction may be procured. Thousands of babies, especially in j the Baltic states are bare, not only] ?:a1?aIaIUao +-/\ maor Knf wit.JlOTlt [ ^ WJUUVUb yIVUiw _kw iivu* .v?. ... even rags to be wrapped in, and are wrapped in newspapers because there is absolutely no other covering ' available. ^ ^ - v A great deal of this suffering can be averted prompt action on the part of American Red Cross workers. *" \\ Mrs. L. W. Floyd, . . * Chairman Publicity. . ?Knows How to Grow Corn. Mr. D. Allen Reighley wants to. convince us that a man can come feoin. ..opjantoy tawn and live, awhile here and then go back to the farm and do the things necessary to be done there by bringing to this of, fice several *;ars of very fine corn. But then you know that he did not remain in town long enough to take the hayseed out of his hair as President Derrick would say. At any 1 +*V Irnmi! linw +A (rrnw rmc lie SCLtiiO W nuv? itvn ?? 0 corn and the pity is that more of our. farmers have not long ago learned the same lesson. RED CROSS TO ENTERTAIN WORLD WAR VETERANS In the same manner that the United Daughters of the Confederacy pay honor to the Confederate veterans once a year, the Newberry n/inn+v "RpH Cross desires to honor; and entertain the world war veterans. ( The Red Cross, therefore, invites as> their guests to dinner in the old court house all world war veterans in Newberry county on armistice day.. November 11. Plates for 400 will be prepared, so there will be places for all. the late soldiers. Members of the chapter and chair-! men of branches and auxiliaries are < asked to send donations of money to j Mr. P. E. Anderson, treasurer and! chairman of the finance committee, ; All women and men to prepare and1 serve the dinner will be summoned j by Mrs. L. W. Floyd, chairman of; the dinner committee. The expense J is estimated at about $400. It is hoped that the county will respond as nobly as ever in funds and in; work. Some Pertinent Questions. Editor The Herald and News: Some questions I want to ask: Haven't we a tractor? Why not at work? Don't the street overseer need i hands? Don't the water commissioner need hands? The oil mills need hands. Every mail in the country needs hands. Isn't the pool rooms full every day: i What use is there for a pool room? j Haven't we a mayor? Haven't we a police force? Why then so much loafing? J. H. Wicker. Support the chamber of commerce. It is a local organization, working for the development of Newberry. If you have faith in your town, get bez hind it and push. \ ?? Soldiers who lose their heads in battle have no use for pensions. i NEW RECORD SET I RAILWAYS OF SOUTH ARE NOW HANDLING MORE FREIGHT THAN EVER BEFORE COMMERCE AT HIGH TIDE Number of Cars Loaded in July and; August Shows Increases Over 1919 and 1918 Washington, D. C.?All records have; been broken by the railway o of the; South in the movement of the high: tide of commerce that continues; throughout the territory served by 1 them, according to figures, covering the movement of cars of commercial; freight loaded during the six -weeks'; period from July eleventh to August! twenty-first, announced today by the! Car Service Commission of the Amer- ' ican Railroad Association. During each week of the six weeks'; period there were loaded at stations! on the railways of the South more carsj of commercial freight than were load-1 ed during the corresponding week of i either nineteen nineteen or nineteen! eighteen. The total number of cars! loaded during the six weeks this year was 795,397 as against 716,294 for the same period in 1919 and 737.904 in 191S when every nerve was strained to move the traffic incident to the war. During the week ended August twenty-first there were loaded 137,937 cars at stations on the railways of the South as against 126,997 cars for the same week in 1919 and 124,175] cars for the same week in 191S. During the first three weeks ofl August this year the total number of How the H. C. L.. J III r '' ':> ?: ' ' : * , '.< w; '/$ ?'i' .<'' f 'i x | . ' . . >: ' ;. < - .v . :^< v - y^-.| . In 1912 the water tank shown here U?? tVin Cnnfharn Pailmov at a rncf nf ! IJJ tUC tJVUVUVl U M VV^v !n 1920 would cost $3,400.00. In the st -4 r\ _i. _ i. ? XS nt\ A I was Dunt in iyia ai a cost ul ?a,ow. cost $3,840.00. To the right Nof the a is shown a two-armed mechanical sign It cost $261.00 then, but to reproduce i RAILWAY WAGE ll ! What Becomes of the Revenue De-j rived From decent Advance in Railway Rates Since the recent order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, authorizing the railways of the country to advance freight rates and passenger fares, came only a few days after the | award of the Railway Labor Board,! giving increased wages to certain! classes of railway labor, there has| been a tendency in some quarters to* ! confuse the two. a rew aays ago a Southern editor was asked: "If the; railway employees receive an increase' in wages amounting to $625,000,000: and rates are advanced so as to yield! $1,500,000,000.00 what becomes of tlie i difference?" The difference goes to help the railways meet previous increases in wages which were granted by the United States Railroad Administration, to pay increased prices for fuel, cross-; ties, bridge timber, steel rails and oth-i er materials of which the railways use j large quantities and, after paying these increased costs, to yield a fair return on the value of the railway property, devoted to transportation purposes. Such a return is absolutely necessary if the railways are to be able to attract new- capital. This must be had to provide the additional! facilities which are badly needed to j counrtv over, but particularly in the | South where there has been such a I great increase in commercial activity, j The petition of the railways for in ! creased rates was filed in May. long' before the award of the Labor Board,' and showed that at that time rajnyi railways were not earning their oper-j ating expenses. After the award of Jhe Labor Board was anounced? the. railways filed a supplemental petition!' as>;ing further increases io meet the: additional expanse ana me uecisiun urj the Commission was rendered after considering both petitions. i FOR MOVING CARS ! cars loaded on the railways of the j South was 41G,940 while during the j last three weeks of July the number ; loaded whs 37S.457, showing an inincrease of 3S.4S3 or over 12,000 cars per week for August over July, indicating a progressive improvement for ? this week as well as increases over j last year and the year before. RAILROADS ARE PAYING TREMENDOUS INCREASES FOR LABOR AND MATERIAL From 1910 to May, 1918. freight rates decreased 4 per cent. From May, , 9 1918. to December, 1919, freight rates j| increased 25 per cent. | From December, 1914, to December, ; 1919, the cost of material, equipment, j and labor used by railroads increased j tremendously. The following will il- j lustrate this fact: Per Cent, j Mikado locomotives increased in cost 183 : Fifty-ton box cars increased in cost 171 ! Steel tank cars increased in , d cost 171 11 Steel rails, per ton, increased i in cost 68 | Cross ties, per tie, increased | in cost 102 11 Creosoted bridge material | increased in cost 82 to 124 1 Cypress stringers increased 8 in cost 118 ! g Cypress lumber increased in E cost 150 j | Fuel increased ia cost 115 | Other material advanced | during the 5-year period w from 50 to 500 I Labor increased in cost 42 to 148 | ^ Hits the Railways i| ?- - , I I | j | " r| ' iv^'vi i ' V I I I . '-' r I I I * id (With was installed at Raleigh, N. C., ?1,592.00. To construct a similar tank ime picture is shown a caboose which 00. In 1920 the sam& caboose would iboose and just in front of the tank al tower which was installed in 1916. it in 1920 would cost $650.00. ] RATE INCREASES That Six Per Cent Return In many quarters there seems to re- _ main some misunderstanding as to j ~ the provision of the Transportation j Act of 1920 which makes it the duty of the Interstate Commerce Commis- n0 sion to authorize rates which will ^ . yo give the railways ot each section of j1Q the country a fair return on the value of their property, devoted to transpor- ? iation purposes, and, for the two! years following the passage of the j Act, set the "reasonable return" at! 5 1-12 percent with another 1-2 percent, to be devoted to improvements, at the option of the Commission. Some persons have gotten the idea that the Tranportation Act guaran- j tees the railway companies six per-1 i cent on their stocks and bonds. The : fact is that the Act says nothing about \ any return on capitalization and no j railway is guaranteed anything. The' volume of stocks and bonds which any | railway company may have outstand-1 ing will have absolutely no effect on the return it will receive. While the Act makes it the duty of j ??inn i A VfJ tOO , I liC ^Uiimnooi w n iu aiuuuii^v. which will give the railways of each' seci ion an aggregate fair return on j the aggregate value of their property,! there is no assurance that any indi-j vidual raiilway will get a return of j six percent on the value of its prop-' prtv nr miv return at all What it will will depend on the busings it secures and *he efficiency with! which that business is handled. Under the new rates, if a railway earns more than six porcent, it must divide the surplus with the government: if it earns less than six percent or earns nothing at all, the lo^s falls on Its owners. . :m T. VIGQPSKY & SON. 20 Per Cen A k 11 117 I un /\ii vv. l.. This special offer on all J will commence on Thurst continue for 3 days, through Sat pair of Douglas shoes is marked and the savings are as follows: ^^ $15.00 Shoes, less y $14.00 Shoes, less^ $10.00 Shoes, less:/ 111 - $9.00 Shoes, less 2 $8.50 Shoes, less 2 $8.00 Shoes, less 2 $7.50 Shoes, less 2 ' iifitiajilBffiiwTTrig $7.00 Shoes, less i WITH THE DECLINE IN PRICES NO THIS PERIOD OF READJUSTMENT WE WITH OUR TRADE AS WE EVER WER PART OF LOSSES THAT MAY COME. T JL SOLE AGENTS FOR W. L. DOUGLAS SH I Would you like to have it said that price; that Newberry has a live wherry has a hospital, but you did j chamber of commerce, but that you t help build it; that Newberry j were not enough alive to get into it? s plenty of new houses, but that Are you a booster, or a dead one? u discouraged building them by Are you willing to work, or is your Iding your vacant lot at a high motto "Let George do it?" i FARMS We have for sale several very desirable farms in Newberry county, near Chappells. This is one of the best communities and farming sections of the county. If you want a small or large farm, land that will produce a bale and more of cotton to the acre, near good schools and churches, on public highway, and near one of the best cottons and cotton seed markets in the state, at very low price, and on very easy terms? Write Smith & Dantzler Greenwood, S. C. We also have some good farms in Greenwood county. . T. VIGODSKY & SON in D ] j_* i iveaucuun i 4 Douglas Shoes j Doualas fine dress shoes lay, October 14, and will ;|| urday night, October 16. Every in plain figures by the factory ' i 20 per cent...$12.00 / V 20 per cent...$11.20 fl| ) A V\ AT> AAwf CO cn X 1 0 per cent $6.00 ^ 20 per cent $5.60 B^^SbMEsshI 1 mmrnetn Hp' ' , mm " >W IS THE TESTING TIME. DURING ; ARE JUST AS ANXIOUS TO BE FAIR E, AND ARE WILLING TO BEAR OUR ky & Son OES. NEWBERRY, S. C. 2 1 mans BnanrnDmBnoHnraMnmnEnm ? f ^? I Make the Home Brighter With FLOWERS r Vv.v? ? Bring cheer and gladness into the home during the long winter months which are before you. m Every blossom will seem as a reward for the small expense attached to growing bulbs. , MY BULBS HAVE COME and I offer HYACINTHS TULIPS f FREESIAS OXALIS CROCUS NARCISSUS In all the best varieties and colors Plant your bulbs now and you will be certain to have flowers to brighten the home in December and to grace the Christmas table. Hal Kohn The Flower Man" I_ - . I t : ' > ' f : t* ' .?