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Wk lerolB anil Ileitis. [ Entered at the Postoffice at New- ' Srry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, October 19, 1920. I mere is an ordinance against cui outs. Why not cut them out. When j cars were novelties and not so many ; traveling the roads we somehow liked | the sound of the cut out, but now t i they are so numerous that the music of the cut out has become rather j monotonous and we would like to see J ;V . the cut out cut out. What say you , about enforcing this ordinance? l It is said that the total enrolment j in Columbia university, New York j city, will exceed S 1,000. Which is j why we would say that no one in this i part of the country who would like to send his-sons or daughters to an ; outside institution should send them ; to Columbia university. No univers- j ity in the world, however great its j endowment, or numerous its corps of j \teacliers can give anything like proper attention to a mob of 31,000 students. The value of an educa- f - rtional institution dees not consist in . the number of its students but large- j I; ly in the human touch between the I teacher and the student.?Spartan- j burg Journal. ! That has always been our position and we think it is the correct idea.' We like to see a school or a college or a university big enough to have ! money enough to have the right sort of equipment and the right sort of teachers but it can be too big. * The human touch between the teacher' and the pupil is a very important part of the education of the child if there be the right sort of teacher and it not there had better be no teacher i at all.* That is the way it appear? to us. The total increase in the capital stock of the cotton mills of South Carolina made during the year 1920 Jv is $19,468,000, mostly from the accumulated surplus. The total prior to., the increase was $28,857,500, KMoViixar a crrnnrf total of Capital Stock p ? c> of the cotton mills for the state of $48,525,000. This is only about half, or not quite, of the total amount invested in automobiles in South Carolina. i 1 ' ; TRAFFIC RULES. The Anderson Daily Mail prints a tm?cta advertisement living the traffic* L - rules adopted by ordinance of the .city. It shows the streets and the rujes to be followed by the drivers of cars and other vehicles. We mention this to say that % the city of Newberry some time ago passed a traffic ordinance, and in some respects tfre regulations, so far as we recall, are the same as in this Anderson ordinance. There are a few of these in the Anderson ordinance so much like the regulations The Herald and News has been advocating that they sound like they might nave Deen copieu nuin vu columns. They are simply common sense, and should be recognized without any ordinance for their enforcement. 1 Here is one that we have advc-' ' ; cated for many days, long before our traffic ordinance was passed, and it is really the state law, as we understand it: "Except when passing vehicles ahead keep to the right and ?%? naai* tiio cirfpwjtlk as Dossible; , ao avwA. v**w V4%?w ? Anever stop with left side to the curb.". This last provision was cut out of our traffic ordinance, as we understand, and as President Wilson says about article ten of the treatv, when it was taken out the very heart of the tordinance was cut out. If this one rule was observed, drive to the right and as near to the curb as possible, j and never stop with left side of car to the sidewalk, it would very much , simplify traffic in the narrow street.-, of this town. There are many others, but here j are two that strike us as very sen-, sible: "Cars must have mufflers, j Open cut outs and all unnecessary ' . noises are prohibited." And .the j other: "Vehicles with flanges, ribs, j champs, etc., which would damage ; pavements prohibited on paved . streets." Uf course we nave very j few paved streets, but such cars will soon damage any paved streets. And ; then what is the use of the unneces- \ sary noise. ' * Then here is another that we have suggested for some of our narrow streets, and this would aid very much in preventing congestion: "The ; streets around the square are one j way streets." Take some of our j streets, and if they were made one, way streets it would be a great help i and act as a safeguard against acci dents. How would it do to try the adoption of one way streets in New-1 berry? It seems to us that with the . many narrow streets in this town it; would be a mighty good regulation j and help to relieve congestion and be i in the interest of safety. Thej* here is another fine regula-' tion in this Anderson traffic ordinance: "Drive carefully at all times, having regard to width of street, traffic conditions and never more than 15 miles per hour. In approaching or driving over crossings or around curves exercise extraordinary care and do not drive more than six miles per hour.'' There are some mighty good suggestions in these regulations for Newberry. True, in the recent past we have been very free from accidents. No telling when they will come unless we observe better sonic sensible traffic regulations. And then in the county of Anderson since they have built some good roads they are enforcing the state regulation as to speed. The statelaw we believe limits cars to 2r> miles the hour. There is not much use to enforce that law in this county until, at least, we can get some roads, because the speed limit is selfacting in this county at present, un less the driver is entirely regaraieso of tHe care of his car. THE COTTON CONFERENCE. Those who attended the cot.on conference, or rathtr we should say the conference of the farmers, but mainly the question was cotton, in Washington last week, have ccme back just about where they ware when they went. The federal bank took a.sane and sensible view of ths situation, and did nor get pr.rr.j stricken, or was not trying simply to^ret in the limelight. The federal bank advised before the conference was called that a!! these matters should be handle:! through the local banks, and so far as we have heard the local bank 3 have been and are handling the matter and their paper "s being handle ! by the federal bank. We have heard Mr. B. C. Matthnvs of the National bank of Newberry say time a*id again that he wouM handle warehouse receipts for cotton and advance 80 per cent, of the current price. And so far as we know none of the local banks has turned down any such paper. We nappen to know that they are giving ?uch paper preference. What else could you expect? If the cotton produce.* would warehouse his cotton and pu80 per cent, of it on his debts or in circulation, the situation would net be strained and the channels of trade would run along smooth. There is no panic and no occasion for any. We firmly believe that the price cf cotton is being depressed by the spec?1 \r + ]-> i r> rr fnv th:^ UliXi/Ui^ CLL1U bile V1UJ AV4. V..W cottcn grower to do is to warehouse his cotton and take the warehouse reco'pt either to the bank and get the money and pay the merchant, or give it to the merchant and lei him ease up his creditors, and for all of us to cooperate, and the people who need the cotton in their business will come to tha'ir senses when they h.ive to have it, and it will not be long. But i' we keep making a noise like there%as danger it only gives courage to the speculator to press down the price. And it will have a tendency to make some growers get frightened and piit cotton on the market. The present price is entirely too low, all oth%r things considered, and below the fall in prices i.i other products, and if the cotton r.ia.i will just sit steady and use his cotton as a collateral and ease up the people he owes conditions will soon adjust themselves. It is not right just to hold your cotton and not try to help the man who has helped to make the cotton by advancing credit, but if you will use the cotton to pay him something, as can be done through the warehouse receipt, it will male** everv one feel better. But by all means stop trying to frighten any one and crying aloud when there is no danger.The local banks will handle all warehouse receipts and the federal bank will take care of the paper of the local bank. What more did any rmo nvnert the federal bank'to do? This is a time for every man to do his duty and not complain, and for all of us to cooperate in the spirit of determination to succeed, and we will succeed. But-if we go to criticizing and finding fault and complaining we can never accomplish results that are worth while. ENGINEER NEELY CROMER WITH STATE HIGHWAY Civil Engineer Neely J. Cromer has accepted a position with the state highway department and left NewKovrv nn Mondav for Lanes, where he will begin work. He wishes to thank the people for the support which they gave him while he was here, and while he would like to continue he feels there is greater opportunity for promotion and service with the highway department. He is a very competent engineer and surveyor and we regret his going away, but wish him mighty well wherever he may go. In order to succeed a man must fail a few times. J [ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ? AMONG THE SCHOOLS 4v '$ ? > <i" ^ \# .?S ' .?, ?N v?;- > <& . ' / j New Hope-Zion. This school opened some days ago with Misses Watson and Lominick ; as teachers. The two districts of Zion and New Hope decided some. time ago to consolidate, and while J waiting for the erection of the new< building for the consolidated district, j to hold school at the Zion school! house. This makes it a mue mcon-i jvenieftt for some of the patrons, butj ,it was thought best to suffer this { i temporary inconvenience in order that a better school and better facilij ties may be contained in the near future. County Superintendent E. : H. Aull will visit this school on Fri<day, October 2*2, at 12 o'clock noon, ' and hopes to have all the patrons and ! friends of the school meet him there j . at that time. The purpose is to talk ] | over conditions in the district and see j j what is best to do just now for the j j interests of all the children of the j j district. This is a busy time, it is | (realized, but the educational inter-j I ? | ests of the community are among the j biggest and most important, and to j spend an hour or two in talking over . the conditions will not cost any one j much loss of time, and in fact it will ; not be a loss of time to discuss and i plan for the betterment- and the eduj cation of the children, and it should ! be a pleasure as well as a privilege j to spend a little time in these mati ters. Let all of the friends of the ; district and patrons and women come to this meeting. They will not be detained very long. i I Hallowe'en Party Pomaria. I There will be a Hallowe'en party ! at the Pomaria school on Friday ' evening, October 22, for the benefit of the school by the Improvement association and every one is invited to 1 1 n nlnneonf nirp De present/ uim enjujf a v I ning and at the same time help a good cause. There will be things to J eat and for sale and everything will be done to make the evening an enjoyable one. if" Hallowe'en Party at St. Phillips. | There will be a Hallowe'en party at St. Phillips school house on the evening of Friday, October 29, given i by the ladies of the School Improve-, ment association for the benefit of | the school. There will be amuse-1 ?_ ? -Prtv. +V10 ir/inno* anrl ! meilts pxuviucu JLV/J. (.lib jrvu..,, ^ the old and some good eats will be on hand, and you are invited to meet with the good people of this good community and encourage their efforts for the betterment of the school. j < 1 i St. Johns. i The St. Johns school opened on 1 Monday, October 11, with Mr. John: A. Cumalander as teacher. Mr. J Cuma'landcr h serving his second j term as teacher cf this school and! l likes his work fine. i ! ' Red Knoll. The Red Knoll school opened on j Monday, October 18, with Mr. 0. B.J Summer'as teacher. This is the old j ; Cross Roads school of Lexington j county whore President Derrick of j Newberry college first learned his A. B. C.'s and aftsrwards taught the* j school himself. The patrons have moved the school house further down towards Capers Chapel and have built a new and modern one ro'om house and secured about two acres ' of land. i Send in School News. j The county superintendent of education would be glad for the j teachers and pupils to send school news for this column. It is the pur' ??n?nrto>viQrit r\f TVio TTpV j pose 01 cue ^...v ~ ald and News in offering this column to the schools to make it helpful to the schools, and to arouse and keep : up an interest in the schools, and to j make it worth while the school people must take an interest in it, and j make it a medium of communication among the schools, and by telling t what you have done that i3 helpful to your school ma? encourage some other school to do likewise, or at least profit by what you have done. ! Send in the news from your school. ! You may address your letter to The j Herald and News or to the coanty su-J perintendent of education. ! Union. | j The school at Union will open on Monday, October 25. Mrs. Bessie Pugh is the teacher. She has had large experience and is one of the good teachers of the county. The patrons and friends of the school are invited to be present at the opening and to give a word of encouragement to the teacher and the children as vthey begin the work for the year. : Superintendent E. H. Aull will be ' present and make a talk to the chil- j dren and friends of the school. Let : us all be there promptly at 9 o'clock. | ? Midway. The trustees of this fine district I arc offering for sale the lot and house of the old Swilton district, and when they sell this and the Excelsior school house and lot they will be able to use the proceeds in making; some needed improvements to the handsome new building which they have erected at Midway. There is a little * f 1 1 1 Al. _ more man an acre 01 ianu arm me building1 at Swilton, and about the same amount of land at Excelsior, and both have fairly good houses,' and should bring: fairly good prices. The Midway house needs furniture for the class rooms and for the auditorium and a lighting plant and many things that will help to make it comfortable, and we know they will soon have these, because the fine spirit of cooperation which is at work will bring results. Another Reminder to Teachers. Superintendent E. H. Aull desires to remind teachers to have their state certificates recorded in the office of the superintendent at once. Of course those who have not received ii Ui/l tut: Staic uuai u v/x aminers can not record them, but the superintendent would like to knowthat proper application has been made. The law requires every teacher to have a state certificate in order to receive pay as a public school teacher. Noticer I expect to visit Betheden school Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock, and would like to meet the trustees and as many of the patrons and friends of the school as can make it 'convenient to be there. I will not detain you long. From Betheden I will go to Cromer school and will be there at 11:30 o'clock and would be glad to meet the trustees and patrons of this cvwl will nrvf Hofrflin VPl'V IIUU1, C4ll\A ?T ili iiVb vtvvw? long. I hope that they will maka it convenient to meet me. On Wednesday at 0 o'clock I will be at Central school and would like <. ? to have the trustees and patrons of this school meet me at that hour. I will thank the teacher to send word by the children of my coming. # At 11 oclock i *ill be at Red Knoll and will thank jftpe teacher to send word to the trustees and patrons to meet me there at that hour. There are some matte^l would like to talk over with the trustees at this school. T7' * -11 -- ? nam Villil/^inor Jkspeciitny <tuvu?fviac and other matters of importance. ~ From here I expect to go to St. Johns and will get there about 12:30 and desire to meet the trustees and patrons also, aftg will thank the teacher to let itjbe known. I will make tjjjs schedule as near as possible and barring accidents I should be on time. If I am a little late at any of the places it will not be my fault, df course if it should be raining I would not like to tackle the red hills of this section. These visits, as you will ' readily see, are not to inspect the work of the teachers, but rather to have hpnrt to heart talks with the patrons and friends of the schools, and to arouse a little enthusiasm in the school if possible, and I feel that a little publicity of the right sort will be helpful to the community and to the school, and for that reason alone I am advertising my coming. We need to have cooperation and to catch the school spirit, and in order to get it we must have enthusiasm. And to get enthusiasm we must arouse, wake up. E. H. Aull, . Superintendent of Education. Teachers Association. It is getting tjme to hold the county teachers association. I do not know who was the president last year, but I would be glad for some of the teachers to suggest a time for meeting and organization for the new year. All of the schools of the county have about started the work for the year, and it would be well for the teachers to get acquainted with one another, and I am going to suggest that the first meeting be held on Saturday. October 30, at 11 o'clock. My idea would be to promise the teachers that the meeting would not last more than a hour, and certainly all the teachers who are at all interested in the work would be willing to spend that much time in a meeting of teachers. So the first meeting of the year will be held on Saturday, October 30, and all the teachers in the county are expected to be present. Announcement will be made in the next paper as to the place, but I suppose it will be convenient to have it in the \ewberry high school building. You will all desire, I suppose, to attend the state meeting at Spartan burg the latter part of November, and we should make some arrangement in regard to that meeting. And I would like to have as many of the trustees present at this meeting as can make it convenient to be there. It will do you good to come. We must all get together if we are to have a fine system of schools in this county. Cooperation is the [word that spells success in this age. I I E. H. Aull, , Superintendent. I ?. First to Pay Taxes. j Mrs. Emma Hipp of Pomaria wasj the first person to pay her taxes on ! [Friday morning. She paid soon after^ '9 o'clock, coming from Pomaria fori I that purpose. The second to pay was' ; also a woman, Mrs. L. P. Miller. ( ? *tmt r i r urrTiMr. MFWRFRRY AnnuAL iri?.c.iinU , RED.CROSS CHAPTER I ' Will Be Held Court House Sunday < ; Afternoon?Talks by Dr. Guy E. Snevely and Dr. George B. Cromer, i I The annual meeting of the Newj berry Red Cross chapter will be held {in the court house Sunday afternoon, i Octobcr 24, at 3 o'clock. I A talk will be made by Dr. Guy E. j | Snavely, formerly manager of the i Southern division and now dean of; {the college of social and practical I ! arts of Converse college, who has j ! kindly consented to serve as chair- : i mon fnr the fourth roll call in the { j northwestern part of South Carolina, j : The peace program will be pre-' ' sented by Dr. George B. Cromer. | Officers will be elected for the en-' j suing year and there w?"!l be reports' of all standing committees. E-vcrybody is invitee1. Come out j and give the organization your en- j ! couragement by your presence. The. | work of the chapter during the in' fluenza epidemic and its cooperation with the county health unit speaks for itself. UNIQUE PENSION SYSTEM FOR DISABLED PASTORS A unique pension system for aged jand disabled pastors, pastors' widows : and children is the claim made for [the psnsion system of the United^ i Lutheran church in America, which' | will come up for discussion and rati-' ! ficaticn at the coming second bien| nial convention, to be held at WashI ington, D. C., October 19. j It is said to be unique for two I reasons. It is a pension system not j based on need, but on years of serv: ice. In general the principle fol, lowed among church bodies in taking | care of its super-annuated and in! capacitated workers is to trust to j the good will offerings of the mem. bers cf the body to provide for them j according to their need. For some ; years there has been agitation among , church bodies to change this system ; to a 5>y?tem that is held to be more businesslike... i it fioMnpp Millor. president t 1U1 v*ivw ..... ' ? f A- j of Bioren & Co., bankers, Philadelphia, and treasurer of the United 1 Lutheran church, is responsible for .'the innovation undertaenk by the board of ministerial relief of the : United Lutheran church in America, j He made the offer that if the pension fund would not be a matter of relief i subject to the condition of the bene>' ficiary, but basad solely on aid, service and retirement, he would personally guarantee that the money | needed would be available in case it Tint hp obtained from ordinary VUUAVt **VV wv ~ ? | channels. ! j On the basis of this offer, the; | board on ministerial relief instituted j a system by which a pension of $300, !annually is paid to every Lutheran! ' minister of the United Lutheran, j church, when he is 65 years old andj , if he has served at least 20 years and; j is now connected with the church, j j Two hundred dollars is given annual- j {ly to widows of ministers and an ad- j j ditional allowance of $50 for each-i child under 16 years of age. The uniqueness of the system con-! sists also in the fact that it works J automatically and applies to every ordained church worker. Many i church bodies that have changed (from the old system of relief ac Janondinff nnnn j corumg tU uccu u.ixi.1 u^yvuuiiig uyv?? | . free will offerings have instituted a J system by which the workers of the | church pay a certain fee annually and are then entitled to pension. ; At present there are 182 ministers ! of the United Lutheran church on the pension list, 333 widows and 119 children. The board spends approximately $200,000 per year to provide for them. A proportionate amount , of this comes to South Carolina to , those who are eligible to this fund, j j The board will bring a recommen- j : dation to the next convention of the I United Lutheran church for an en- j : dowment fund of $2,000,000. Some ! 1 of the other Lutheran bodies have i been successful in establishing- funds | to provide for their superannuated ! and incapacitated pastors, their J widows and children. The Augustana synod has carried on a successful campaign through its laymen's" organization. The Lutheran synod of Iowa and other states is planning to carry on a campaign. The official members of the board of ministerial relief in the United T iithernn church are: the Rev. A. Pohlman of Philadelphia, president; Mr. J. B. Francke of Fort Wayne, vice president; Mr. G. P. Tuetin, | treasurer, and the Rev. E. G. Miller, D. D., of Columbus, Pa., executive! secretary. Among tiie other 15 members of; the board are the Rev. C. L. Miller! of^reenville, S. C., and the Hon.: John F. Ficken of Charleston, S. C. j \ Mimnaugh's Big Sale Now On. Greatest of all sales is advertised; in this issue. The crash has come in prices and Mimnaugh had the money j and now has the goods and is offer-' infr them t.h#? Newherrv trade and I his prices are money savers. Read: his ad and then visit his store. CHANCE TO WIN BIG CASH PRIZEj 25,000 Offered to Prove That League ! Would "Abridge the Sovereign- ' | ty,of America." I New York, Oct. 15.?Democrtic national headquarters today announced a cash prize of $25,000 had been offered by the pro-league independents to Senator Harding, Sena-1 tor Johnson, Senator Borah, Senator t Lodge, Chairman Hays of the Repub-1 lican national committee or anybody else in the United States who could first nrovo that the ieaeue of nations1 would "abridge the sovereignty of America." J Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale univer- j sity. chairman of the pro-league in-: dependents, explained that, under the ' terms of the offer, essays must be re- j ceived by mail or write at 77 East j Forty-first street, New York city, by, October 22: that each member of a ' i jury of 12 citizens would be appoint-! ed jointly by George White and Will H. Hays, chairmen of the Democrat-! ic and Republican national commit- j tees?all to be Republicans, if desir-ed by Hays; and that, in case the J invir wos nn<- nnrmimnns. half the 1 ? ? ? ?7 ? ( prize still may awarded, prcv.ded , a majority of the jurors so vote. "This announcement is intended The Bread Gnirjpn viviuvu X Fresh from the( We take this oppo people of Newberry i they have given us a apologize for not hai ply your demands, b our baking force an( supply you with delic ROLLS, BREAD, C MONBUNS, DOL OLATE AND Oi IES, COCOA] CREAM and other FRENCH AND AMI / Bake-Rit 1310 Ma Make This Bank Yi Have You An , Worl Every surplus dolla; away is earning moru If YOUR money i money for YOU it is other fellow. And tl self. Don't let a single d< Put it to work here Excham ?H "The Bank oi for every newspaper .in the United States,' Professor Fisher said, "and is being given for distribution to the various press associations, with the request that each newspaper publishing it send to the pro-league independents here a marked copy of the issue containing it, so that the independents may report on how' many fail to publish it. "If Mr. Hays admits that such statements and notions are unproved, unprovable, untrue and absurd, he is respectfully asked to publicly so state, and also to publicly state that he is requesting his speakers, press bureaus and Republican newspapers to cease making such 'false statements." / Mr. and Mrs. Dickert Entertain. Mr. and Mrs. Wyche Dickert delightfully entertained a crowd of young people at their home on Friend street,. Wednesday evening from 8 until 11. The long and spacious hall was beautifully decorated with ferns and other house plants. Punch was served during the entire evening by little Ruby Dickert and M. G. Sheppard, Jr. Rook, other games and dancing formed the chief amusement. Later in the evening a delicious ice course was enjoyed by the. guests. ? x Card of Thank*. Editor The Herald and News: Please permit us in our sore bereavement to extend through your paper our heartfelt thanks and deep spirit of gratitude to our many kind and thoughtful friends and neighbors who were so kind and serviceable during the sickness and death of our dear wife and mother. We assure each and every one one that your kindness will ever be cherished by us all and pray God'a richest blessings on you all. W. C. Miller and Children. WMUJ?? i i a?mac I With The i Crust Ivftn Every Hnur li ?'"-J " Q \J ,Vr . N rtunity to thank the :'or the patronage that ,nd we also wish to ring been able to sup-. ut we have increased i we are now able to ious , r AVTC DTCC PIMA. niviuij) A uuk/) ir*' FGHNUTS, CHOCVTMEAL COOKNUT KISSES, [ PUFFS ERICAN PASTRIES ~ c uatvci y .in Street our Business Home! y Money king for You? r not actually hidden ?y for some one. s not earning more earning it for the lat isn't fair to your* >llar lie idle. I f re Bank f the People9 y # \ . i