The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 12, 1920, Page FIVE, Image 5
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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,
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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.
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Red Cross Notes.
Win en a letter went out from di
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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]
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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
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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.
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Soldiers who lose their heads in
battle have no use for pensions.
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NEW RECORD SET
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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
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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
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In 1912 the water tank shown here
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1920 would cost $3,400.00. In the st
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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
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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*
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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|
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(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 ^
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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
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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.
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T. VIGQPSKY & SON.
20 Per Cen
A k 11 117 I
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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.
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SOLE AGENTS FOR W. L. DOUGLAS SH
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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?"
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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.
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T. VIGODSKY & SON
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Douglas Shoes
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Doualas fine dress shoes
lay, October 14, and will ;||
urday night, October 16. Every
in plain figures by the factory
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20 per cent...$12.00 / V
20 per cent...$11.20 fl|
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0 per cent $6.00 ^
20 per cent $5.60 B^^SbMEsshI
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>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.
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mans BnanrnDmBnoHnraMnmnEnm
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I Make the Home Brighter With
FLOWERS
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Bring cheer and gladness into the home
during the long winter months which are
before you.
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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"
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