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|?e ?enUD QitH Jem i , ? i. i -fr" T " 1,1 i' ' pi litond at th? Postoffic# at Ntw. ' r x *nry, 3. C., as 2nd class matttr. I; E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, November 9, 1920. s& 4 ? _ jnr. narcung is so aemeamng mmsetf since the election as to raise him in the estimation of those who may not Juive thought as highly of him as he deserved during the heat of the campaign. And it seems to us that the senate oligarchy about which we heard in the campaign is not going to control the new president, but \ that he is going to have a mind of ; his own and will exercise it. The f weight of responsibility some times Has a neaitny influence upon ine acts r of men. We heard a gentleman from up the Whitmire side ^ay the other day that it was a real pleasure and a real comfort to go to Union now, that the road has been completed, to the river, and the truth is most of the people from up there are going to ; Union instead of Newberry just on account of the fine road. It is now ?n easy matter to drive from Whit? mire to Union in that 30 minutes and CVCU VU |llCa9iUC U lyo i W ujl auv fcr Union merchants. . \ ? A LONG TIME AGO. The editor has a letter from Y. I. Hutchinson now of Wilmington, Del., f but from Newberry originally. We take it he is a member of the Newberry Hutchinson family. He is writing about renewing his subscription to The Herald and News and among other things adds the following paragraph: ."I feel a deep interest in the people in and around old Newberry, and I get some solace in reading a paper from there. I was acquainted at one tipe, Iback in '64, with a Mr. Jim * AulL uosslblv a relative of yours. j| That was when we were at Charlesion and Florence when I had a gun on my shoulder." /, Yes, Jim Auli was a relative of the editor, a first cousin, a son of the l$i?e Capt.'John P. Aull. Jim has been dead for a good many years. V ;:;"We are glad that Mr. Hutchinson gets some comfort from reading The Herald and News. We do not know how long* he has been away from old Newberry, but it matters not whether long or short in absence the mind " ' j wm turn paga. uu tue u?y? ux wuu' hood, and there will be a longing tc get back to tl$e scenes of other days as we grow olcL Mr. Hutchinson would not find many of the things here now that he saw when he was here with "a gun on his shoulder," tot we are all proud of our county and we all are pleased to hear from the citizens of the other days. ? v . % IE "William Jennings Bryan has broken silence and gives his reasons for not taking part in the campaign and for keeping his heart so long buried. Well, if he could not support the nominees Jie should have kept silent, and yet sometimes all of i i,u us support nominees of the party who are not altogether acceptable to ns. But in most cases we do it 0:-; ^ost as Mr. Bryan did 'by voting for them end saying nothing. The weather could not be finer. If the farmer has not gathered his crop in good condition this year it certainly has not been because of any lade of fine weather for the purpose. The farmer would like to see some rain so that plowing might begin and the fall sowing done. But it will come out right. It always does. No use for any one to have the grunts. This is too fine a land in which we live for any other than a feeling of thankfulness and gratitude for the blessings we enjoy. GOVERNOR COX TO HUNT FOR SQUIRRELS Washington, Nov. 6.?Governor "Cox is going squirrel hunting and free himself from all thoughts of the late campaign, beginning next Thursday at Montgomery, Ala., according to announcement today by Senator Pat Harrison, who will be the governor's host. Several days will be spent in the vicinity of Montgomery and the party will then go to - Biloxi, Miss., Senator Harrison's home where hunting will be resumed. There is no big game in the regions which the governor will visit, but quail and squirrels are reported to be unusually plentiful. Meeting Bachelor Maids. The regular monthly meeting of the Bachelor Maids club will be held - -in-i. iw;eo rinrripiia Maver Tuesday ' iriut iUuj ? afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Elizabeth Dominick, President. 3fiss Rosalyn Hipp, * ^ Secretary. t ,' <y It i i AMONG THE SCHOOLS j1 ?> ? jt Fork. ! ? I Oil last Wednesday I had arrange-1 ments to visit two of the schools in j ! i 4. n xi x I \>iutu >vc caii wmcuiiies uie new lci-; ritory which recently came into New- * berry from Lexington, St. Johns andj Red Knoll (Cross Roads) and on the) way down made a brief call at Fork, i This school is taught this year by: Miss Erin Taylor. She- has only four i children in the school at this time; j and said that when all of them came j i there would be only eight. Several. j of the children of the district are at-1 tending school either at St. Phillips j ^ or Jolly Street and I was just won-j * dering if it would not be a good plan j6 to divide up this district of Fork j and let part of it go to the other ad-, joining districts, say St. Phillips and j I Jolly Street and possibly some of it! to either Pomaria or Zion. I am notj yet entirely familiar with the bound- j | ary lines of Fork but desire at this j time to threw out the suggestion of j i rearranging the district so that all ! the children may have the advantage j J I of a good school and not feel so lone- j ^ j ly as they must with only four or Ic : eight children in the school. I would 2 be glad to have the patrons and 1 friends of this school think about * this matter so that we may do some- ? thing definite before the next school * year. These matters must come by * : degrees and the only way to bett2r * : conditions is for the people con- ) j cerned to give some thought to them ( and then make up their minds to do * , what is best. for all the children of j ^ the community. It is a little difficult ( for either the children or the teacher 1 to get up much enthusiasm when the * * * * - ? - ? " - ^ r?lr A o i : SCftOOl IS ov smaii auu t,u maat ?. ; school a success there must be en thusiasm. I hope the people will i give this matter their careful I thought. i I | St. Johns. | From Fork I drove directly to St. Johns. I did not have, time even to !' i' hesitate at Pomaria because I was n running a little late and in these J matters of appointment with the ( . schools I like to be on time and to ] ,'keep all appointments. St. Johns ? ,! school is located at the St. Johns Lu- i : theran church one of the oldest or!' ganizations in this county and pos, j sibly in the state. This church was; 1 ' i built away back yonder before the 3 war and I suppose before the begin- * ;' ning of the last century or certainly I i 4-Vio oarlv Havs of the last cen- 3 111 wwv I i' tury. I do not know how long the Ic school has been along side the church, but for many years, "though the present house is somewhat modern and I j understand that the old school house + r * was of logs and stood a little further r , from the church. I would be glad j j ! to have some of the people who know j c i to write a brief history of the church j and the school for The Herald and i , News.. I had never been to the s . church to my knowledge until some a | six or seven years ago when I was t ; taking a trip with Hon. Fred Domi- fc nick to visit his uncle at Peak, Mr. i ; W. M. Wilson, I asked him to drive t in by the church that I might see it. I And then I made a second trip there e j the past summer and attended serv- ^ j ice. At that time we took a few pic- f ture9 of the church and the school i c i iv .house, one of the school house. j with the church in the back- i j ground,, and the other showing the I j church. Dr. 0. B. Mayer in his j c j sketch of my grandfather, the Rev. j ? i Herman Aull, which is printed in the f | Annals of Newberry, refers to at-11 . tending church here and of hearing I ? I the Rev. Mr. Aull preach and speaks j t j of how his broken English impressed j t i u; +Vio<- mnst hnvp heen in the j i j 111111) CWIV.4 U1UV AtlMwv | part of the first half of the last cen- j i tury. I have long had a desire to j 1 I visit the church and was glad of the j c j opportunity to visit the school at this j "v place. The school this year is taught j1 j by Mr. John A. Cumulander |and j t ' there are some 30 children on the 1 j roll now. I was pleased to meet sev- s eral of the citizens at the school house, though disappointed that none} of the trustees was there, and so few t of the fathers and none of the ] > mothers of the children. I love to r meet the mothers at the schools onj b hese visits which I am now making.! am going: back in this section before ong and hope to have a big- educaional rally down that side sornevhere and spend the day talking tbout the betterment of the schools. Red Knoll (Cross Roads). The next stop was at Red Knoll, he new name of the school. Presilent Derrick of Newberry college ob ects to the change in the name from Dross Roads. He says Red Knoll ioes not mean anything, and that is rue, but it seems to me that Cross loads does not mean anything- cither ;xcept that the school was at the inersection of two roads, but then it vas called by that name in the days vhen President Derrick went to schol tnd when he afterwards taught at he same place, and I can realize j low he feels about it, and I told the! )eople that we would have to change he name again, though I think I vill suggest a name that will be ac:eptable I hope to President Derrick tnd at the same time not call the ichool Cross Roads. The school this rear is taught by Mr. 0. B. Summer, rhere are some 25 children enrolled, rhe trustees and patrons and friends >f the school have builded a new tnd handsome one room school house, tnd it is well built and according to he latest nlans. and they deserve a 1 ^reat deal of credit for the interest: hey have taken and the sacrifices i ;hey have made. They have raised j ;he necessary money to put up the j )uilding with only the state and the :oimty aid of $400 each. And the juilding cost something more than ?2,000. I say they deserve great :redit for the fine spirit they have % ' ?- XT nanifested ana me interest xney iave taken in bettering the school acilities for the children of the :ommunity, but I told those who vere present that I was sorry they lad builded, because it seems to me; ;hat we might all have gotten together down that side and put up a ine school that would have been accessible to all the children in two or ;hree of the districts .that are there \ow* and then we could have had a ^ O.V jaodel rural school, biit I do not de?re by saying this to state away any )f the. fine spirit of.'the good people of this district. The trustees ire G. A. Cumulander, W. J. Oliver md J. K. Lindler. I made a talk to, the children of joth the St. Johns and the Red vnoll schools and they seemed invested and I believe that both >laces will have good schools this rear and that good work will be lone. Auditor Ji B. Halfacre and one of ny boys went along with me on this rip. The weather was ideal and the oads not as bad as some over which have traveled, but bad enough. We :ame back by Little Mountain and i*rosperity. The Newberry Prosperty road does not improve. It was craped by the chain gang some time .go and for a little while was not as >ad as it once was, but the same old loles are back at the old places and t is just as bad as it was. Some of vaqa ia rrnn/1 i HO. b live uiuuoaiiu a uiiiv x vuu ao ^wu >ut most of it is in bad condition and iven the good part is so full of small jravel and flint rock that it is painful to drive over it. The fast riding >f the cars and the trucks has swept ill the loose dirt out of the road and eft as top soil only the small rocks. t may be if a rock crusher could be Iriven over the road it would help it iome. At any rate when the state jets to work on this road I hope it. nay be improved and kept in better I ihape. I noticed some time ago thati he contract had been let for the. >uilding of the road from the Lexngton line to the Newberry line and Tom the Lexington line to the Richand line. This road is to be relo:ated from Little Mountain all the vay to Ballentine and will not cross he railroad on a grade crossing all he way to the Broad river bridge. That is fine. All grade crossings hould be removed. And this reminds me to ask why he road at Excelsior school house j las not been opened under the rail-j oad at this place. There seems to; e a hitch somewhere. The road has been built all the way but the under J crossing has not been fixed. I sup-j pose the county is waiting on the J lailraad and if that be true there j may be a long, long wait. But the road should be opened. E. H. A. I will visit Big Creek and Monticello and Saluda schools Tuesday ( today) and will stop first at Big Creek j - ~ * * * i 1-! 1 7. about lu o'ciock ana tnen anve duck to Monticello at about 11:30 and from there down to Saluda arriving a little before 1 o'clock. On Wednesday I am going to Mc-j Cullough and Mollohon and Trilby in j the order named and Attendance Of- j ficer A. H. Counts promises to pilot me on this trip. I have been to all of them except Mollohon. I have never had opportunity to visit this TVierp 1-inQ hppri rif) notice given but if any of the patrons and trustees should see this notice I would be pleased to have them come to the school. We should reach Mc- I Cullough at about 10 o'clock and from there to Mollohon will not take very long and then on to Trilby. E. H. A. A Laurens Friend Married. It seems only a few years ago that the reporter spent six years very pleasantly and agreeably in the friendly and hospitable city of Laurens. One of his first friends, who was also one of his best, was a bright, pretty and sweet little girl about three years old when he first saw her. She remained his true and loyal friend, growing in sweetness and beauty as those six years added time to the days of her happy girlhood. Those of you who take time to enjoy the elevating and ennobling influence obtained through the pure and unselfish friendship of the innocent trusting little tots, know what a pleasure it was to the writer to have and to hold the baby heart of the little girl which, like the rose, unfolded and expanded into greater sweetness and loveliness of life as it developed fuller, -gpowth. The reporter left the city and the little girl grew from childhood to young wo-! manhood. Time 'passed swiftly by.! That "once upon'a'time" little three j -li -1 ln/)ir ! year oia gin xs uuw a ^uuug > and married; but J a very young bride. She was' Miss Catherine i ,crv , 1 Crews, youngest daughter, as well asj youngest child dxl.a family of 12J brothers and sisters, equally di-! vided. She is nS\v Mrs. Gordon i Duckett, the bridegroom being a, young man of Aiiderson, connected j with a bank in ^that city. The mar-: riage took place j^n Laurens on Sun-1 ' - -1 - -1. T4. aay aiternoon at .p u c-iuciv. ^ w<*o a surprise to this reporter. He didn't, dream that the tijpe had arrived for, his little friend to get married, j First he knew offti was -by an invita-1 tion to attend, &pttent. in a letter full of friendly words 'from the pen: of the fori&er little girl. Those j words are appreciated like "apples of gold," as the lldde-elect took time from her busy hours to think of and write to her old friend? telling him that she had not forgotten, but still remembered those few years when she was so young and the reporter petted her because he loved her. That she cherished all this with affectionate remembrance is a bright casis in j the desert of life to the reporter.: And now, with just a little tinge of sadness to cast a brief passing shadow across the edge of the blue sky of her gladness he sends congratulations to the young man who has won a precious jewel from among the rich treasures of the human gem mines of: the earth. HARDING SAYS VOTE FOR HIM WAS PROOF OF "AMERICANISM" i Aboard Harding's Special En' Route to Point Isabel, Tex., St. Louis, Nov. 6.?President-elect Harding, addressing several thousand railroad workers in the freight yards at an impromptu meeting here tonight, declared the results of Tuesday's election proved to him that the people held "Americanism above party." i "I need not say I am very much pleased with the way Missouri voted,". said Harding. In the next breath he said: "We ceased to be Republicans,; Democrats or Socialists, but have become 100 per cent. Americans." Senator Harding told the audience, that all should join in working forj the country's common good. * ?- ? 4>V?a wov ^ I "We must recover num mc , he said. "We must have popular government again, but everyone must help." Death of Mr. Tasso Tarquato Ruff. Mr. Tasso Tarquato Ruff died at 3 j o'clock on Sunday afternoon at the; home of his mother, Mrs. Mary R. j Ruff, in the county, after a brief ill-1 ness from a stroke of apoplexy, at! the age of 46 years, and was buried on Monday afternoon from St. Phillips church, services by the Rev. S. P. Koon. ENTERTAINMENT AT ST. PHILLIPS FRIDAY 19TH j 'Dot, the Miner's Daughter," will, be presented at the St. Phtillip?; school on Friday evening the 19th of; this month. Program will be printed j in a subsequent issue of the paper, j Every one is invited and expected to come and give a capacity house and have a good time. NEWBERRY ELEVEN WINS. Defeats Ninety-Six by One Touch- i down. Newberrv hisrh school defeated? Ninety-Six high school in a fast, j clean and interesting game here Fri-; day afternoon by the score of 14 to 7. Spearman's tackling for New-; berry was the feature of the game. Newberry has a fine team enjoying the enviable reputation of/', having never been beaten. .* Fire in the Country. j V; - * w ^! Accidental fire at about 7 o'cloclc TnodHflu mnrnirxr st ' fine, six room dwelling house <mVMr>r George Abrams' place near WJiitmire. The house was owned by Mr. ; Ab-1 rams, but rented to some of his colored farm hands. The family saved only a few articles from the burning building, known , as the old William Abrams place. Mr. Abrams could not rebuild a similar house for less than $4,000. He had only $800 insurance on the property. Let's Work for a Hospital. Now that Cooly is no longer an issue, having been buried under a weight of public condemnation, let us, the people, put forth renewed efforts and join hands with the committees working for the proposed hospital. Those of Cooly patients who are still alive can help greatly, in tfyis noble and necessary mpve-j ment by being as quick to contribute, to the cause as they were to give I liberally to the socalled psychologist, | which will bring about something' that will be of permanent and last-j ing benefit rather than an imaginary j temporary feeling of improvement. ALL PLACES, BUSINESS CLOSE ONE HOUR THURSDAY f > I AH the merchants and business j meo in Newberry have agreed to ! close their stores on Thursday for! one hour and a quarter from 10:45 | to 12 noon on account of Armistice I day celebration. There will no doubt j be a large crowd in town that day and we should all be willing to stop for a .little while in honor of the. gr^at event# ONT PHIL I ' 5 < ? i v ^ v TH BUSTER Fridc GRAND f % E\ An Entertain FREE S0UVEN1 j' ii 11 I Cut Glass and i In selecting a gift f< we will be pleased \ Genuine Hand Cut ling silver ware. We also recomend for which we are e in this Gity, to be quality that can be There a large am ment from which selections and your be appreciated. The Elite Je Car Cal * Will reach here Thursday. The Finest you eve lowest prices. i \ | See us before ' Summer E | Don't Forget the G HE WA\ dewberry, S. C. IE REAL LIV BROWN AN iy, Nov. 12th, 4:00 P. REE ENTERTA 'ERYBODY INVITEE iment That Will Amuse An Both Young And Old [RS TO EVERY BO! ' j* v I I / Silver Ware w the bride we to show you the Glass and sterPickard China, xclusive agents the highest of nhtainpfl d varied assortto make your ; patronage will welry Co. bbage Wednesday or % -i. . . ; ? - ' sr saw and the : i . . . . / Jj, , . 1 you buy. Iros. Co. " . . , , - . / L_11 T?:~U luuey s i uiugiii m 'TO * 1U1 ' "J. - ' i E D TIGE M. J INMENT ) id Interest { AND GIRL '