The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 15, 1920, Page FOUR, Image 4
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S?t?red at the Postoffice at New*wrj,
S. C., u 2nd class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
'Friday, OctoSer 15, 1 i>2U.
We desire to say to Mayor Blease
that we intended our remarks on
the absence of the creeping tractor
;iv and the scrape to be a regret rather
than a criticism. We kaow what it
is to get help to do anything and
that it is very dear at any price to
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ftave incompetent neip to nanuie uia|
chinery of any character. The work
done by this machine the month it
was on duty put the streets of Newberry
in better condition than they
, had been for years, but the vacation
taken by the good worker is but confirmation
of what we have contended
all the time, that if we are to have
roads or streets that are worth while
there must be constant work on
them. It is not worth while to build
a road and then leave it to the mercy
^ - of the traffic and the weather because
just as sure as you do you will not
? '/ have any sort of road very long.
Ste That is the trouble with our country
roads at the present time. It is impossible
for the chain gang to go
v over even a part of the roads of the
' \ county once a year and once a year
{:} <m a road in these day3 is almost
worthless.
m We can hot exactly understand
lflSr'
iiow men who are big enough for the
| * position of president of the United
? States would deliberately go before
? . the people undertaking to misrepresent
so very vital a thing as the
league of nations and the peace
1treaty, and yet that is exactly what
the Republicans are doing. And the
misrepresentation is so flagrant that
it; seems to us that they would not
/ f dare to presume thus on the ignor~
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auce OX W AUICiaan I. v.
can not see how honest men could do
I such a thing, even for party success.
We hope that the American people
are not such big dunces as these men
( seem U> take them to be.
: . We can not understand how the
manufacturer or the banker or even
the speculator would care to see the
farmer go into bankruptcy even if
.by so bringing it about all these
other interests would get millions of
wealth. The producer is the foundaIfe^tion
of all real wealth and when he
fails it seems to us that the ^alance
of "the world is in pretty bad shape,
even though it may have all the
f money that is in existence, because
pv even with money if there is nothing
r to buy in the shape of food and raiment
all of which must come out of
the ground what good does the
money do. You can't eat it or even
wear it. It is sorter like the story
y '.J of the rich man, what will it profit
a man if he have all the wealth oi
the world and no food and no clothing.
He is in pretty bad fix.
. What we want is hearty cooperai
tion of the resources of the country
working harmoniously together and
v " for the best interests of the whole,
no one profiting at the expense of
? the other but all living comfortably
together..
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HIGH COMMENDATION FOR
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. Parkinson, the state inspector
of high schools, paid a visit a short
time ago to the Newberry high school
and we are sure that the friends of
the school will be interested in what
Mr. Parkinson has to say of the
work at the high school. The following
letter was received from him
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board of trustees*:
Columbia, Sept. 27, 1920.
Mr. J. Y. McFall, Newberry, S. C.
My Dear Mr. McFall: I had the
- pleasure of inspecting your high
school on Friday, September 24.
Your board is to be congratulated
upon the fine high school facilities
which it is offering the city of Newberry.
The Jiigh school building
seems to meet the needs of the high
school: the course of study is well
organized; the character ol instruction
given is thorough; the attitude
of your pupils is wholesome.
It is to be regretted that more of
the people of your town do not patronize
your eleventh grade, as the
instruction given there is of a superior
quality, and any boy or girl
would be the better for receiving the
eleventh grade instruction given in
your school whether he goes to college
or not.
With best regards, I remain,
Very truly yours,
D T Porlririenn
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State High School Inspector.
The other two negroes in that
bunch of four fined $20 each in recorder's
court Monday for gambling
also paid up, or out.
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Midway.
As stated in the last paper the
j Midway school opened on Monday. It
! was a great day for that community.
| The opening of such a school in any
| rural community would be an epoch
I making- day for that community. A
! day long to be remembered and ;i
. privilege to be present. The Exctl'
sior school and the Swilton school
: decided to unite and to have a real
| school in 'the community and ever.i;
ually a high school.
The site was selected at what is
; known in the community as the Sam
' Bug hill, a place that has been f&'
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mous lor many years Dy me iact tu.ti
I at one time away back yonder a free
: negro lived there a- i owned h;.s
i home during the days of slavery. Aid
1 the hill was known for the bad place
it made in the road. As Professor
Derrick said on Monday when yau
started from that country to the
- "Level" you had to gauge load
you would haul or even the fact that
you could make the trip at all, by the
condition < 'his hill. But that was
away back jr^nder beyond the me nory
of the younger people of this d y.
Now the hill has been graded' de vr
the road is fine and the trave'f.ig
over it is a real pleasure, and on ar
eminence near the road to the ri n:
as you come this way and as you : pproach
the hill stands a beautiful t?vc
3tory school house, nearing comrle
; tion, and when completed will be an
ideal building and one that the cc
munity has a right to feel a- j isl
pride in. The work is not compla;
on the building,' but the three cbs:
rooms on t>he first floor are abcu
finished and sufficiently so to oper
ihe school. There is a large auditorium
on the second floor and arrangements
for another class re on
which we expect will soon be neeJec
as it is hoped to have sufficient children
to employ at least four teachers
1 The trustees and the patrons r.nc
friends of the school have laid as d
to some extent at least their cwr
business in order to tiave the bu^d
ing ready. The contractors ccult
i not secure the workmen in any othe.
( way and it is to the credit of thcsf
good citizens that the school building
is ready for the children, they living
done much of the work them
selves. The district voted the bor.d
tn nav for the building and the en
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tire issue was taken up by the people
of the community, and that ii
another thing to their credit and ir
evidence of their interest in the best
they could possibly do for their ccm
munvty.
There is need for furniture for the
auditorium, but with the spirit thej
have exhibited up to this time th:>r
is no doubt that the money for the
furnishing will be forthcoming in due
time. The building cost $9,500 s:k;
is a very good building for that
money in these times of high pric?s,
The contract was let to Mr. J. C
Qorv>r*io nnri Mr. W. T. Livingston.
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i At the opening on Monday manj
of the patrons and friends of the
GchooJ were present. The religious
exercises were in charge of the Rev
J. B. Harman and addresses were
made by the Rev. C. J. Shealy
President S. J. Derrick,x Col. E. H
i Anil, Mr. F. A. Boland and the Rev,
' J.1 B. Harman.
The trustees are G. A. Counts, J.
L. Bowers, J. S. Watts, F. T. Mayer,
T. S. Cook and they have been faith?ful
and have worked hard for the
success of the building and will continue
to work for the ??ood of the
school and no doubt will have the
nnrmpration of all of the pr-O
iicai ij> vwjo..
pie of the community. They deserve
this.
The teachers are Mr. E. 0. Conn is,
, Miss Sara Long and Miss Ruth Chr.pman.
J The enrolment the first day was
something over 60 and when the
rush of gathering the crop is over
this will be increased bpyowl 75 or
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O'Neal!.
O'Neall school will open on Monday
and the public and especially the
patrons and friends of the school are
invited and expected to be present to
give encouragement to the teachers
and children. Col. E. H. Aull will
be present and talk to the friends of
f the school and will be glad to have
? as r?nri make it con
us aicin^ pi tjvuu
venient to be there.
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J This school will open on Monday
and the friends of the school are
expected to be present. Superintendent
Aull regrets that he can be pres!
ent, but as he has to keep an ap;
pointment to be at O'Neall it is not
! possible, but he hopes soon to have
j an educational rally in this section
and get all the people together to
talk over school matters. He at one
time intended to ask the meeting on
Friday of this week, but owing to
the great amount of cotton the farmers
had to gather and the fine
[weather for this work he did not call
| the meeting, but will do so very
;soon. The teachers for this school
the present session are Mr. X. L.
j YVessinger, Mrs. X. L. Wessinger, j
i Miss Eula Epting and Miss Chloe j
I illpling", ifieie js imv: ujjjjui iuiu^v iui ;
;la real high school in this section, j
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j Fairview.
i f Fairview will open on Monday I
.! with Mr. Willie Hack Derrick as prin-j
cipal and Miss Sammie bou Hair as j
assistant. Superintendent Aull would
;! be plad to be with this school at this
; j time but will have to postpone his !
. i visit to a future day. This district j
; has but recently built a new two
; room house and voted the necessary
i; tax to qualify under the equalizing,
law and will be able to run at least
a Lsven months' school. j
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i; Cr^ss Roads.
1> I had the opportunity on Wednesday
to go with Supervisor Sample on
a trip to Pomaria and he said that
he would take me around by the new
: school house in the Cross Roads dis1-trict
near Latikoo. We left New.
berry a little before 9 o'clock and
drove to Pomaria where Mr. Sample
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; had some business. I did not visit
.; the school here as I had been there
.'only a few days'before. We then
. drove over to Cross Roads, but found
: no one there. I knew the school.had
;! not opened but I wanted to see the
; new building. It is a neat one room
. house ' and abou^ completed. : The
? cash had not fceefi put in but other.
wise the house is about ready for
i work. I understand that the trus.
tees expect the school to open next
Monday with Mr. 0. B. Summer as
> teacher. There is much cleaning up
j to be done around the building in
.?j.Kfinw tlio ennoll omAimt r?-f wnrlr
auuuxuu tv CiiC Oiliwi* *? ..
yet to be done on the building, but
. everything should be ready for the
. opening as indicated.
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tain and made a brief stop and then
on to Midway where Mr. Sample de(
sired to take a .look at the building
. and see, how the work is progressing.
. There was no one at work on the
. building but the school was in ses1
sion.
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; | The farmers are so busy this
. pretty weather in gathering their
nf ttrAiil/1 vka v-ni rs t?o n c r\n qKIp
. (JULUVJJi tuai< lli nuuiu ut uui
. to expect thenv to'do anything else,
. and then labor is scarce and hard to
. get. But the picking is going right
. along and many of the fields are not
5 near so white as they were a few.1
. days ago. 1'
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. The reads are very good down in
1 the new territory, better than up this
: side, but I imagine when the winter
rains come the red mud down this
? way will make travel very difficult.
; The Prosperity-Newberry road about
? which I have heretofore made a reI
mark has been dragged and is not
; near so rough as it was a few days
ago, and if it could be dragged again
after the next *ain it would be in
I fair condition.
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I think some how my bad luck
must have pursued me again on
. Wednesday. I recall now that it was
! the loth' of the month. I did not
, mash my finger nor lose my little dia,
mond, but we had a puncture and
. then another flat tire, and Mr. Sample
does not carry any tools because
. he says he is not in the habit of
, needing them. But we got to Pros
perity and had the damage repaired:
and reached Newberry something
' like two and a half hours behind !
1 schedule. Otherwise the trip was
very successfully made though ! did
not see any of the trustees of Cross
' Roads. But I did have an oppor"
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tunity to talk witn :ur. uai amgiey j
, from whom I desired to get some in-!
formation. The accident was in front
| of his home.
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1; Next week I desire to visit some
, of the schools and would like to an- (
nounce a schedule as I desire to meet
| as many of the patrons at the school,
' house as I can on these visits and
j talk over with them the interest of
; their schools and see what we can do
to get up that enthusiasm so necessary
to a successful school in the
1 community, but I do not know just
1 how to make the schedule. I noticc j
that some of the schools dismiss by j
12 o'clock, I suppose on account ofj
i the busy season of the year so that |
j the children may get home in time
j to help in the gathering of the crop,
j When that is over it seems to me
) that it would be well to have at
, least a 6 hour school day as required
I by the law. In order to make the
| rounds and attend to the other andj
, pressing duties of the office I will
. have to arrange to make more than
j one school in a day. I would like on j
i Tuesday to take in Betheden and.
j Cromer and Trilby and Mollohon, j
1?T ~ ~ i- IVfnlrvV?r\n Vine:
I DUt i am nut auic mat .uvivuvu ,
.opened. I will notify the teachers
on Saturday about the hour that I j
can make. And on this trip I would
like to take dinner with my friends!
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Duncan to keep,
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i The nnst idppIc's business 1
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biq sale. Now as the sea
save biq money by coming
every want in Ready-to-V
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IJust now our Millinery Department is
brim full of the season's newest novelties,
consisting of Hand Made Picture Hats,
Well Selected Talored Hats and Bpnnets
of every description, in this department
you will find Miss Kate Porter in charge.
She will srladlv helu you to select the hats
1 that suit best at the very lowest price.
| SHOES'. SHOES!
The Buster Brown Shoe is on sale here
at greatly reduced prices. The name Buster
Brown Shoe needs no introducing to
the buying public. All the best makes.for
Ladies and Gents in Shoes direct from the
factory.^ Call now and get your share of
the Shoes for all in this great sale.
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| BLANKETS, SWtAltKS ainl*
:] < UNDERWEAR
|| This'd^partment is full of big bargains.
? Ask to^See this line. Wool Finished BlanI'.
kets- at '.. i $4.98
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j a promise to do so made a long time; mate of my father away back yonder j}
j ago, but if I do and the schools before the war, I mean that war we 11
close at 12 o'clock I could get no j had some sixty years ago, and he j f
j further than Cromers. I made this { said that he would like to see him J t
trip once with Prof* Hand in a buggy | and talk of the other days together, i z
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i and it took us hard pulling to get 1 nope nu win uuvc m uu6SJ :
to Whitmire by nightfall, but then' see him. for I know it would be a
[ the roads were worse than they are! happy meeting. He is older than
now, j.my father. I am going to see himj
i soon and get him to tell me of the jt
This, eolurrtn may not interest all1 other days in school and about other j t
the readers, but if it does not it!things away back yonder, and I ami1
should, because there is no bigger j going to print the story for the use j a
problem before us today than the. of the future historian when he j *
betterment of our schools in the ru-1 comes to write the history of this j *
ral districts and before we can ac-! county again. Mr. Kempson told of i c
complish anything worth while we \ a trip he took in his buggy to Ala- *
must have public sentiment behind j bama to visit relatives in 1854, and c
the movement and to get that arous- j he said that he made up his mind 011 F
ed there must be publicity, and then j that trip that he would never turn k
enthusiasm, and that is the reason' away a traveler who wanted to v
among others that I am taking up' spend the night. I told him that my t
so much space in regard to these j father had reached that same conclu- r
'Pko WovoiH nnH Npws ran I sion vears ago, from what cause I ^
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do no better work than to promote > do not know, but all the time I was|c
the education of the children of the'home I never knew him to refuse *
cctinty. E. H. A. j the hospitality of the home to the |r
j traveler, whether he ever heard of J
While we were waiting at Prosper-' him before or not. You never lose i c
ity on the repairs to the car I met anything by such a course. Kindness e
Mr. M. H. Kempson, formerly of j and courtesy have their reward as v
Edgefield but now of Saluda, and a j surely as day follows night. c
native of Newberry, born down! E. H, A. *
where >Ir. J. B. Kempson now re-j 0
sides, and by the way he is a broth-! St. Pauls. n
er of Mr. J. B. Mr. Kempson said j The St. Pauls school will . open
he was 01 years old last February,; next Monday with Mr. F. A. Boland R
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and ne is as erect as a wiuiei auu j
moves about and looks like a man;
not over sixty. His farm is over at Mudlic. E
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Kempson's ferry, but ne now maKes t ivxucine sciiuui nao octuiwu C4 wwmwaa | his
home with his children and 1 er and the school will open next J c
grandchildren. He had driven over j Monday, writes one of the trustees, h
that morning from his daughter's atj but he does not give the name of the s
Saluda Sn his buggy, a distance of! teacher. n
21 miles and said he was going on! e
to his son's, Mr. F. H. Kempson's, The other schools where teachers n
that afternoon, and that he did not are not given in the printed list may e
feel a bit fatigued. He was a school- have the teachers, but the trustees q
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eduction Sale
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ias heen enormous at this
sen is well on you can
1 direct to Daitch's for
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MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING
Every Suit a special in quality, style and
fit in this great sale at reduced prices.
Boys Suits at $2.98 up. Full line of odd
pants.
COTTON PIECE GOODS
Cotton Piece Goods at the lowest price.
5 cases 4-4 L L Sheeting now, yd ,18c
5 cases 27 inch Dress Gingham, all new
patterns, now, yard... 25c
100 pieces Canton Flannel Drills, heavy
fleece, now, yard '. 29c
100 pieces Heavy Outing Flannel, all colW
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UNDERWEAR! UNDERWEAR!
All grades of Ladies, Men's and Children's
Underwear, the kind that fits at i .
reduced prices. Don't forget to ask to see * '
this line. It means saving of dollars to
you. . You are invited to inspect this big - :
stock of Merchandise every day. ":;v "
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the Hiq Keauction owe.
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iave not given the names of the' erated the machinery under the maneachers
to the superintendent's of- j agement of Mr. J. R. Swygert very
ice. He would be pleased to have successfully. Mr. Swygert, some
he names of the teachers at once! weeks ago, quit our employ for a
ind the date of the opening of the position he desired to liave and which
chool. ! pays him more money. We havfe
? ; been trying to get a competent opTo
the Teachers. j erator ai such salary as the town is
Of course the teachers understand! P/Die to pay. but so far have not met
hat the law requires that in order. with success. A gentleman, whom
o teach in the schools of the county j we thought capable, agreed to take
hey must have a state certificate. If j the place but has been unable up to
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hey should confer with the superin- Newberry. The council is anxious to
endcnt. I hope that they also un- j have the machinery at work, but we
[erstand that the law requires that realize that if it is put in the hands
hese state certificates must be re- 0f an incompetent person poor work .
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orded in the office of the county su-; wjH be the result, the macnmery win
lerintendent of education and that be damaged and the expense to the
le is not permitted to approve salary town will be too heavy. We are do.ai
rants unless this is done. I hope jng the best we can under the cirhat
all the teachers will bear this in cumstances; and we are sure you and
nind and not embarrass the superin- others who have had'trouble in getendent
of education when their, ting capable machinery operators will
laims are presented for approval by realize our difficulty and bear with
heir failure to have their certificates j us>
rn, . . ^ , The council would like very much
The county superintendent of edu- L j r t, ..
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at,on very much desires that all the Newberry t in better condit;on.
ducat,onal forces of the county may We have not the authority under the
. ork ,n harmony and in the spirit of ,, however, to use the city ma- ' .
ooperat.on and pleasantly for those j chinery to buj,d county roads Even
hmgs that are for the best interests i if we had this authority there is s0
f the schools Tnat should be the ; nluch t0 be done in the town that we
.a.n puipo.se o a of us. | can not do wor|j beyond the town
amm j limits.
SAYOR BLEASE EXPLAINS Eugene S. Blease,
m/uv tparmp mot nsF.ni Mayor. %
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Iditor The Herald and News: : Card of Thanks.
With reference to your editorial j We desire to express to the friends
ommenting on the fact that the city: who assisted and sympathized with
> not now using the tractor and ' us in the sickness and death of our
crape on the streets, I desire to j father, Mr. George T. Dickert, our
lake this statement. This machin- j most sincere and heartfelt appreciary
cost the town considerable j tion. Your kind and thoughtful atloney.
The tractor especially was j tentions and sympathetic words apxpensive
and is a machine that re- \ preciated.
uires careful operation. We op- C. H. and Gussie Dickert.
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