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! mtar?d at the Postofnce sit New- | i - ~' t *1111, S. C.? as 2nd class matter. r E. H. A DLL, EDITOR. J ~ ' I Tuesday, November 23. 1920. . , WILL PRINT WEDNESDAY. J In accordance with a long time 1 custom in this office we will observe 1 Thanksgiving by closing the shop on 1 Thursday, and the Friday paper will { be printed on Wednesday afternoon. ! Advertisers and those who have news ^ items they desire to get in the Fri- 1 day paper will please take note of 1 this and have them in the office in time. ' The editor expects to spend the day at the old home in Greenwood j county \frith the old folk and enjoy a (5 1 real old time country dinner once more. And *e sincerely trust that the day will fittingly observed by all our people. Our notion of the day is that it should be spent with . the family and where possible there J should be a gathering of those wno . have gone out from the old tome,: provided yc^i are so fortunate as to ! have the old home in tact with the good old people still there. j > But the purpose of this notice is to say that The Herald and News will shut up shop on Thursday and the Friday paper will be printed on Wed- j is: Besday afternoon. WHERE IS THE TROUBLE? j j In this paper we are printing an, appeal for help for the starving * Armenians who are destitute of food t*?1 naked for the want of clothing.' ' " 1 .1. _ ' At the same time we reaa xnat in me West they are burning corn for fuel. and the cotton growers are com-, plaining that they can not find a mar-. ket for their cotton, because there' is overproduction, some tell us. ! ; There is something radically wrong | somewhere. In this age of advanced ( civilization and with close communi-j cation with all the known world, there should be no occasion for peo-j pie to be freezing for lack of clothes and starving for lack of food, when, ;there is plenty right here and no, market for\ it. Even though we arej gpihg through ^ period of readjust-r-'~ merit there should be some way of; disposing of the surplus food and j - cloth-that we have to those who are dire need of it. - We asked a larere manufacturer . ' ? . ; , the other clay what the frouble i<. We told" him that we did not believe 'IV \ : there was any overproduction of( either food stuffs or of cotton, that the world needed and could use more - than we had,- and it seemed to us that there should be made some trade relations with the people who really k \ need what we have produced, so that ( we could get at least remunerative prices for it. He replied that' the j trouble was with the government at Washington. He did not believe that there was overproduction either. If' that' is true it does seem to us, - 11? 1: I that some one is crnainauy negxi-j g&nt in the performance of his duty., And we can not understand why anyj government official, or any one else.,' would care so to act as to make his j own people suffer loss, and at the ( same time permit the peoples of the i world suffer for the lack of the things J that we have made which we are anx- j Sous to sell, provided we can get at least the ?ost of "the making. | It does seem to us that it should be j possible for this government or some j one to be able to open trade relations; with these people who are suffering] for the lack of the necessities which we have made in abundance. If it is speculation on the part of any one ( or any group there should be some way to reach them and let them feel the strong hand of the law. j ' In this day of unrest it is very im-1 portaiit that all of us of every call-1 ing should work together and coop-: erate and show the spirit of helpful- j k ness and we are sure that all things will work out right and proper and there will be no bad results. We, were traveling most too rapidly and ^ it is well' to have a shock and suf-' ficiently strong that we may stop to | ask where we are at and then we will take our bearings but certainly there is no shortage of demand for ( all the food and clothes that we can grow and we should try to find a v ^profitable market and encourage the ] . V s.producer not to reduce production, j < * t>ut assist him to find a profitable ^. ' ' market. KEEPING FAITH. T -1-fcl rVi<-? ! ill clliutlici v.uiuiini *> c I'uunoii viiv. | estimate of the state superintendent of education, Hon. J. E. Swear i;i?en,*' giving the amount that he w;'1 ask' the legislature to appropviale :o ihe1 support of the schools for this school; JC?1. . If the school districts in the other j counties have complied with the conditions of the various acts of the legislature offering state aid on <-0!v i iition that The district vote a local. J j ax as the districts in Newberry! ounty have, the estimate of the su-"' jerinendent is very conservative. ; And if the legislature should fail: :o make the necessary appropriation 0 eprry out rhe acts that have been) >assed as ine.ucements to the people; ;o vote special taxes it will net only D,e acting in bad faith with the peo-i )le, but it will leave the schools in j 1 very disastrous condition, and the i .vhole situation will be one of de- j noralization. But there can be no j ;hought of the legislature failing in; DrovidiAs the means for the running j )f the schools. There is great need! 3f constructive work in all the rural j schools of this section of the state, i [n many of the rural districts, where' the'need is greatest, there is very little taxable property, and even a i big local tax does not raise a suffi-! sient fund to run the school any, length of time, and there is^no money for the building of suitable houses and the securing of proper equipment for the schools. If our country is to prosper the rural districts must be built up, and j life in them must be made comfort- j able and attractive, and the one best; way to do that is to build good com-! munity centers, and the only way to do that is to make the school house the community center, and to do so there must be help dn the building of a suitable house for the purpose. The school of the future in the country must be a different sort of thing to what it has been in the past, and it is not sufficient to say that you went to the old school and that it was good enough for you, and should be good enough for the present, and that good men and good women came from these old schools. All that is true, but conditions have greatly changed and we must keep step with the progress and advancement of the age, or be willing to be left behind in 4-1 L. - ? A ry A fliTG me marca ui pivgxccs. -nun are not willing to do, we are sure. And with the sentiment of the people so strong in favor of bettering the school "conditions in the rural dis-J tricts the legislators can not fail in meeting the issue and providing the means. i <$<?><$><&<$ <$> >' ' <? '? AMONG THE SCHOOLS <*, -> ' . < ! <$> <?< <$t. &. & ^ <?> ^ ^ ^ <$> <?> *$> "i' > Te-achcrs Meeting. Pmf T?*?erl Smith, who had been invited to speak to the teachers on Saturday could not be present. He had just married and had crone on his bridal trip', an^ of course ccul:l not be in Newberry. I called up Prof. Baker and made an effort to get some other professor from the university to be with us, but they were all getting ready, for the state meeting, and so we met and just had the question box which proved very interesting. A. number of practical questions had been placed the box by the teachers ancl all of them were more or less discussed and with profit, I am sure. j There was a fine attendance, some j 56 teachers being present. The pity j is that more of them do not ta3<e interest in the discussions. I am glad to have so many take the interest they do to attend the meetings and I am sure they will keep up the same interest and that the next meeting will see more of the teachers present, and that the question box will con-t tain many questions of interest to the teachers. j Prof. Leuco Gunter was invited to attend the next meeting and address the teachers, and Prof. E. T. McSwain said that he had spoken to Mr. Gunter and he said he could be with us. This will be good news to all the teachers, because Prof. Gunter always has something interesting and profitable to say. The next meeting will be the third Saturday in December. which is the 18th day of the month. The meeting will be called to order promptly at 11 o'clock and will not last long. i Miss Campbell distributed pro-! grams of the community fair which is to be held at Newberry December 2, 3 and 4. Mr. John Mayes offered , to the teachers a calendar with a fine j picture of the first peace conference,) and all the teachers may secrue one j for their school rooms by calling at' his store. It is a handsome picture of historic value and every teacher! i should secure it and explain to the children what the picture represents, j A <- /- nnflncirm nf tllO mOStine1 At tilW W1?VAMW?V?* ^ Miss McNeil and the pupils of the j sciehce department of the Newberry high school served an elegant lunch, [ for which ali of us arc very grateful, j and a resolution of thanks was offer-; ed and unanimously-adopted. The, lunch will be a feature of the next; ? meeting, and it will well take the; place of the midday meal, and the. teachers will lose no time from their shopping by having to stop for din-; v.i-.r. and is a trreat h;*lp to the teach ers from out of rown especially. ! regret that there was no teacher! present from Whitmire. This line w?'.5tlu'r h.jvc :ri.'i.I-? i; ee.sy fovj \ \ mmm w i i wait l. j im'v um un.mimimm tut* 'minimum*. these teachers to have been present, i ami at the re\t meeting we hope to I have all of them present We want i' t;? haw a snrin*-i* mcetini* ;it Whit- ' i:iiie, and it would be nice for the j i teachers from this line school to come to the meetings and ?ret ac- i iiu*iinted with the other teachers in i the county. Just a social hour to- : erether is helpful. it It seems that very few of the i teachers expect to attend the state ( meeting; at Spartanburg, and the ( * ? ** ? ' ~ i- I* J . ? % ni ft 4-1 f\ fllOf "j main ruiisun 12s nicii Lina a wnnc wii?w all of them like to be home, and the i sentiment which induces this feeling ; is fine. I think the authorities made < a mistake in holding: the meeting on J Thanksgiving, because I like the feel-'t ing which makes one desire to spend; 1 this day with the family. Prof. G. i G. Sale was elected a member of the! i state council t.o represent the New- J berry association at the meeting, i mi -ill 1 +V,rt j.ncrc win yruunuiy uc a ic*v ui utv teachers at Spartanburg, but not a great many. They could, go ever on ^ Friday morning and have two days at . the association. , l Bsuh River. ( The patrons of the Bush River dis- < trict are putting up a modern two j room school house, and they are*not ] getting it any too soon, Deuausw ] there was practically no building in i the district. This was decided on j early in the year and the site was se- < cured and a part of the Reederville ( district was annexed and the site se- j lected before I came in office. The ( district has voted .a bond issue of $2,- j 400, and the building will be ready *or occupany very soon. In fact, it < is expected to open school in the new building n-yt Mo-day. The hcu<-e i? being built by Mr. W. B. King, and I wanted to see how it was netting along. So on Friday Mr. J. E. Summer, who is "furnishing the dressed . material from the Newberry Lumber 1 company, offered to take me out and look the building over. Mr.~ C. A. Bowman' went along. The work is being well done and the material is of the best.. I hope to have a good 'meeting up there very soon with all the patrons of the district and the friends of the school to give thanks for the fine school spirit which would erect such a fine community building as this, and to arouse the community spirit. Good schools and good roads and good churches are the three things which will build rural communities., and they are the things that are to save and preserve our civilization. Every .srood citizen is interested in having these things in his \ community- My. uargy jonns<?n, onu of the trustees of thc_ Bush Kiver school, was at the building when we arrived. Pie is taking a commendable interest in the school just as all good trustees should. And so are the other trustees* at this school, Mr. F. M. Satterwnite and Mr. L. C. Singley. That is the only way to build a good school in any community, for the trustees to be live wires. And to cooperate with all the school authorities. ; , i Dominick. ! ( From Bush River our objective on ! this trip was the Vaughnville colored " ' " ' Ml . .1 1 fair at the vaugnnvine coioreu, school, but as we drove right by the Dominick school I made a brief call to meet the teacher and the children, though I do not count this a visit. I also stopped for a few moments at the Mudlic school in passing. There is a possibility for the Mudlic people and the others up that side to build a good school in the community, and : some time in the near future I want! to talk the matter over with them. And I was just wondering if there are not possibilities for improvement at Dominick by getting together with Belfast, a line school. I would : * 1 ' 1? -? * 4-ItO4" i I1KC 10 Know now Lilt; yeupic mt*v way think about it. I am not offer-; ing any suggestions just now. I just desire to get the people to thinking. ( They must think before they can act. . I am not going to try to do things ex- . cept with the approval and consent . of the people. But to do anything , worth while the people must wake up and think. *" !: Vaughnville (Colored). J I was up to the Vaughnville color ed school some time age when I visited the other school (white) in that district, and I promised the colored people that I would try to come back . to their fair and give them a word ; of encouragement. I believe in helping people who evidence a desir \ to help themselves, and as I said before. I was pleased with the spirit of the colored people in this community, and so long as they show the same mirifc and are willing to cooperate for;, their betterment i am going to help and encourage them. The crowds had not gathered on Friday morning, though the exhibits were there and a fairlv good crowd. I made them a talk and tried to show them where their interests were, and let them un (ie.?st;in<l ihat so lojitr as they show-' ee the spirit of the proper eoopera1 ion we were wiiline* to help and en-; 11 111 oura;re. I understand tn'-y nad a; arije crowd that afu-rnoon and onSaturday, and that the fair war, a iuccrf.s. They had so hie liiio specimens of fancy work ard farm and, ravden products and canncd j,'ood.% i md these are the things to v.'hich | :h'jy should be trained to turn their mention, to do the things wnTch in j he very nature of ihe case they will j iave to do. U. S. Gallman, the col-; >red supervisor, is working with the; colored people in the right spirit so i far as I am able to judge, and is do-, ng: a good work among them. So far 1 is I have been abie to observe the J colored people exhibit a line spirit of' >elf-heip and are willing to do what' " 1 T ! j_1 x. Zi- I ^ ! ;ney can ana 1 leei triai, i? is uui uuu.> ;o help and encourage so far as we nay be able to direct them in the right way. Smyrna Community Fair. From Vaughnville we drove on 3own to the Smyrna school where ;hey were holding a community fair, rhree schools had united in this fair. Smyrna, Trinity and Burton. There t.oa o lorrrr. crmvH nresent and some nao a iui^v wi. v ? u r. ?? jne remarked in looking over the fine specimens of canned goods and other farm products that it did not look ike there was any danger of any one in this country suffering, and it did not. And there is not. We need to *et the spirit of optimism and ston complaining and go to work, and we can and will solve all our problems in this day of reorganization and reconstruction and readjustment. This is a fine country that we have here. We can grow all the things we need and live in comfort, if we just make * a . J. !i A w?/l wa x>nn dp our nun as to qo it. ahu ?^ va? -t help our condition by sitting: idly icwn and complainir\g. It was a Sne community fair, and there was ^ood feeling on all sides, and every one seemed happy and in good spirit. There were all sorts of good things on exhibition for which the good-people of this section are famous, i am * * ?' ? t j. +Va /.rvmmittoo giao tna: x whs nui, uii me i,uiuiuii>vk? to pass on the "rnerits of the booths from the three schools. The Smyrna booth was given the first prize and the Burton booth second and Trinity third. They were all fine. Mrs. Workman said that I was too late to sample the candy, but she did not know whereof she spoke. Mrs. Vernon Wilson is an-expert in the making of candy and she gave me .a sample cf it, and iVan testify as to the f;uality. Huyler can not beat her on candy. In fact, I am sure she would * " M 1 * J X 1 4 1 take the blue riDDon m a conu'si wiu'i him if the judges knew anything about the quality: of candy. Mrs. J. H. Dickert gavejne a sack of fine tomatoes. I do not know about the other prizes, as ?I was there for only a short time, ar.4 the awards had all been made and the booths were being taken down before I left, in order to meke room for^the entertainment that was to be Htld that evening for the benefit of the young people especially. Mr. J. V. Clary had on exhibition his new device for sawing wood ar.d furnishing power generally for the farm. He attaches a gear to his truck and fastens the wood saw to the back and it does the work. He said with the same attachment he had threshed wheat and other grain all summer, hauling the thresher on the truck and the whole thing was there to tfo the work. He has applied for a patent, and it seems to me to be the thing for the farm. You have your truck for hauling and the power for pumping water and doing other things about the farfti where power is needed. I regret that I could not go on down to St. Phillips for the entertainment there that evening, but I had work to do that night and could not get there. I understand that the entertainment was a success. When I see the good that these community centers are doing, and that this would be almost impossible without the school house as the center. I can not help wondering why any community would hesitate in the building of such a one. It is possible to have one in every community tlio npnnle would Ill liic lyuiuj, ix uiv r i just wake up to their importance ard yalue to the community. Look at Bethel-Garmany and St. Phillips and Smyrna ard the oihfvr-. ar.d s?e what they are doing for these communities in the building of a worth while place in which to live, and then ask yourself, why not have such a meeting place in your community. It is easy, and means so much for the children and young people that no one snould hesitate to put the money in rniiivi nrx'oqsr.r" to have them. How any good c:ti2on tan be satisfied r:o: to make an effort at least to cio something that wii! benefit hi? community, and to spend a little money for that which goes so "largely to make like worth while, is beyond my comprehension. Sunday morning J decided to take - ?...n I.a*.* ???' + Itr>I>* vrtnfhev IT! V IVv VKf* o ti.xvi oat to >00 hcv father. who hn? sick for si Tst* time.- I asked Tuz Sc'rn abi ai the road around by his house to Bush River, and he said it. 1 was L ie. As I like to discover new J tern! > . v js l;? -l! familiar with J I all the sections of Newberry county,; 1 1 decided to go this way on his recom-.< mendation. and as a result i got' i "stuck" in the mud, the sccond time 1; in ail my driving of a car. The!' road had been worked recently, or' 1 had that appearance, and that may 1 be the reason Taz said it was fine, > 1 The little branch just this side of j Bush River church had a pile of dirt, ] thrown in the road, and the rain had . come, and while it looked like I might ] ! tfet through, as soon as I struck it j' ! right down to the axle the car went, j i and there I was nearly two miles '' i from any place of help. I could. neither go forward nor backward, j After a while Mr. A. B. Lott!, came along and he could not pass j 1 me, because I was monopolizing the j road. He drove back to the home of; TVT- 17" \T Wnn/I onrl lio MTTIP aloni? i iU L? JJt *U? If VVU 1, | i with a mule and pulled me out. I j had intended to leave the folk with j Mr. J. B. Arnick and drive up to. Bush River and worship with the j pood Baptist of this church, but by; the time I got-out the church was, out. I have only attended church at' this place by.t once, and would have ' been glad to have had the privilege on Sunday, but the red mud up that, side prevented. Even a split log ** i 1 i x. -x drag on tms roaa wouia put it in veiji, good shape most of the way, but' something besides the mud from the; ditches should be placed at this little i branch, if it is expected that the peo- j pie shall go over in safety.. But Mr. Wood was very nice about it, and it' was some comfort for him to say! that he had pulled other cars out of this same place, because it makes one feel that the "sticking" was not en- i tirely deu to bad driving. I came j back by Garys. The road this way j is good as roads go in this county, j The truth is that the road from Kin-; ards to Newberry is much better thr?n ' the government road from Prosperity i to Little Mountain. The ' driving1 over it is fine. There were lots of cars out that way Sunday afternoon,' and some of them were "splitting the wind." But even with speeding the road is firm and solid and with the exception of only a few places, fine. I .And it is wide enough so that you may drive out of the way and not be run,over or.-run down, if you- keep your eyes open and watch. ; E. H. A. j ? Griff:n-Sheppard Wedding Plans Efit. Id Ghror.icle. " "-TTr.o Marriage'of Mia.s Octie Grif-i tirr of Newberry arid Mr. James 0. Shcppard of Edgefield will be a brilliant church event next Wednesday,: November 24, in Newberry, and will be followed by a reception at the home of -the bride's mother, Mrs. William Moon Griffin. j Miss Griffin will be given in marri- j age by her uncle, Mr. Charles A. Griffin, of Edgefield and Mr. Shep-: pard will have as his best man his j uiutlier, I'll, i iauvu t* , of Birmingham, Ala. The other attendants will be as follows: Maid of honor. Miss Pauline Fant of New-: berry, bride's maids, Misses Anna i Coe Keitt and Louise Haltiwanger I of Newberry, Anabel Saunders of j Edgefield, Josie Reed of Newberry, \ and Grace Wilbur of Newberry;! groomsmen, Messrs Edgar Hart of Edgefield, T. B. Greneker of Edge-j field, Thomas W. Bouchier of At- j lanta, Edward Denton and Dr. Pal-; : mer Holmes of Augusta, John Hughes ! J Cooper of Columbia, John Hollmgs-j ! worth of Edgefield; ushers, Messrs j Holmes, Brown, Kinard and Dennis j of Newberry; dames of honor, Mrs. i J. J. Hope of Columbia, and Mrs. E.! Pendleton Morrisette of Atlanta. OPERA HOI Geo. E. W CF With NYRA BROWN, Amer A Feast of frolic and frivolit Barbse, Victoria Thorn, Ac Fo?:, Edna Clayton, Tom Br A CHORUS?I'LL Si SEE the 20 Dainty Dancing the Flirtation Walk Extendi K-rrr-t tc vr.rn patrons ic | SEATS NOW ON SALEAT < Eirthday Dinner. November 20 being Claude Tvlat-j :he\vs birthday his mother surprised him by inviting a fow of his friends' ;ii to spiiid Salurdav evening. They * I nad much merriment trying to blow; ?ut the 14 candles on the cake with | K>-r?5?th Mnp fnllmv hlow out 12 it one time, others only caught two. j rhe boys finding: their places at the i table by a place card, each reading: i the printed message. They were \ kept as souvenirs. An oyster sup- j per was se;*ved, followed by Char- j lotte russe, whipped cream and cake. | After which numerous panics were played. Those-enjoying the fete j were Grandfather E. P. Matthews, \ Cmirli nf T<T Hllfrh En- ' L CUtV V^iUAWit ?/*. j_,-_ ^ j ting-, Herman Epting, Burton Reeder,: Floyd Reeder. Each presented him with a useful i prift. Stand Together. J Mr. L. A. Black of the Black's Dry. Goods company in sending his ad-| vertisement which appears in this is- i sue says he means just what he says: in the ad that the people of this section of all classes and professions and trades must stand together in Look A cd rr jr lv. > w;-* ? ? / 33 1-3 Per Cen All Women's Qua All Qlllr Qovoria fljii A ? All Coats for Won All Mien's and Yc Overcoats All Boys' Suits am 25 Per Cent. All Men's and Bo] All Ladies'-and IV] All Children's an< Hundreds of pairs < $1.98 a Hundreds of pairs of $2.5G a tt -j i _ (* _ TV Hundreds 01 pairs n - She 98c, $1.25,' $1.50, $: worth double. All men's, Ladies' ar ers at 25 per cent. < Ail Men's, Ladies' a wear at 25 per cent. Big Reduction on E> store. Tremendous cut on J USE, Monday, ft intz presents his Big Musical C IEER UP MAB ica's Most Beautiful Actress; JC V K*-: -i- V.A'/.' , ::C | , s - ' % . ' ' : * " ' ....... ,;:vv;-' v ' *A y with a corking comedy cast e Wingfield, Seymour Sisters, J iskey and THE HARMONY Q \Y?ALL YOUNG, PRETTY P Darlings in Feminine Finery, ing 15 rows into the audience. ) secure seats well in advance r.ll DER & WEEKS CO. PRIC1 this time of stress and jielp one another and in this statement he is eminently correct. We must patronize the home merchants and not send all our money or any part of it to the mail order houses. It never pays to do so. The ~~ : r l.i 3 iruill is trim n any out? wuuiu unuertake to press any man who is trying to do his best at this time he would be doing an injury to his eounti-y^ This is a time when we must bear and forbear. And if we do all will come out right. It is going to be better before long and the shock which we have felt will do good in the end if wo bear with one another now. There is no need for panic of am- kind. Just sit steady and help your fellow to pull and we will carry the load and no one will feel the burden. * Y. P. Christian Union. The Young People's Christian, union of King's Creek will serve a; supper at the home of Mr. George S._ Rut? Friday night, November 26, -at 7:30. Twenty-five cents per plate | will be charged. j Everyone is cordially invited to; I be present. V * 1 t These :ials Brothers ; Jf 9 ^ % t. Reduction 0|? | lity Suits d T?icoJine Dresses, |j rl Children - & J mng Men's Suits and | ; d Overcoats. ? ?' 'i Reduction On /&' Dress Shoes . 2 liases' Dress^Shoer:< 3 Infants^lShoes ^ A ^ )f Women's Shoes at nd $2.98 > ~ ' Meii's Work Shoes at nd $3.50 . ... ^ ,A lisses' and Children's esat 2.00 $2.50 and $3.00 id Children's Sweat>ff. nd Children's Underoff. /ervthing all. over the ?ilk and Dress Goods. ; Brothers I A , November 29 omsdy Success EL )HN GETZ, the Perfect Fooi ; \ ^'. ''' ^ v.v"; ^ ; . , ' / j including Helen Janis, Bill oe Coyla, Betty Earle, Henry UARTETTE. iND FULL OF PEP. Sing, Dance and Prance on 4 ' - ">'J ctin^inor in )inp anu a? w?u ... . iS: 50c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 j . : ?,M