The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 19, 1920, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Entered at the Postoffice at New- '
Srry, S. C., as 2nd class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Tuesday, October 19, 1920.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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AMONG THE SCHOOLS 4v
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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
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| 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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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!
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likes his work fine. i
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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.
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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.
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Midway.
The trustees of this fine district
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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
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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.
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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.
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*tmt r i r urrTiMr. MFWRFRRY
AnnuAL iri?.c.iinU ,
RED.CROSS CHAPTER
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Will Be Held Court House Sunday <
; Afternoon?Talks by Dr. Guy
E. Snevely and Dr. George
B. Cromer,
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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'
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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prize still may awarded, prcv.ded ,
a majority of the jurors so vote.
"This announcement is intended
The Bread
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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
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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
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"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."
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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.
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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.
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