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{lie j?eroii) aitH Jen at tb? PostofiBc? at N Srry, S. C., u 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, December 7, 1U20. We hope that all the readers this paper will .read the letter "Ben Hope," the shut in, and ' perially would be glad to have ' the complainers and grumblers those who seem to think that world is going to pieces ana who all the while finding: fault and who have good health and so i mifids. Here is a man who is I able to walk, and yet he finds m that is good in life and writes cheering and cheerful letter li with the spirit of thankfulness the many 'blessings which he enji J The State man was impressed v the gorgeous sunset on last Fri evening so much so that he wi about it in the newspaper the r morning, and the local reporter The Herald and News remarks 01 as observed in Newberry. We he several others speak of it and it * A ? 1 J A a glow Tfiat was oeauuiui uziu m ing to behold. But what we war * to say is that the sun rise the r morning was just as gorgeous beautiful, and those who arose jtfme to view the beautiful glow the east had just as fine a pictun the sunset of the day before, x we would like to add that so m of us lose the finest part of the x when we sleep while the sun co over the eastern horizon. That a brilliant sun rise . on Satur morning. A sun rise worth ris efcrly enough to see, and we h many that are sufficiently beaut to rise in time "to look upon. * We have read with a great dea interest an editorial in The State Monday on the comparison of co , tions in two adjoining counties conditions in the world. Of coi tfefc comparison is made for the j pose of drawing a lesson and it yery plain to. see the lesson. "We have ^produced the food "the clothing ^which the other pari - ? -v^orld needs and for the lacP which many people are going hur and almost freezing from the colt All we want to say is what have said before, that in our opii there has been no overproductior either cotton or food, and the tf that should concern us is not s. , proposition to reduce production, to get this food and clothing to starving and freezing millions of f world. Andjt does seem to us J in this day when the whole worl close together and transportatioi easy and 'the worl^ needs what have that it would be inhumane cut down the supply, and on tho ol hantf the humane thing to do it d]5en trade with these people what we- have and ^vho are a ?iiig to work and pay us for it, if will but give them the opportur And we believe that is going to done and soon business will re1 and instead of a feeling of "bli - tfcere will be a spirit of optimi This is too big a world and we are too close tpgether now for any i of it to suffer from overproduce while the other half is starving. Cooperation and a spirit of h fulness is what we need in world ? fairs as well as in the affairs of small community, and it is the t\ that will solve the problem. The letter of T. J. W. on the p ent conditions is very interesting, we can not help saying that when makes up his estimate of the cosl making this crop the only thing sane and wise farmer should h had to buy in the list he mention the nitrate and the labor. There no sane good judgment of any fa er in this section of the country b ing corn and flour and hams bacon and hay, and he could e raise the greater number of mules he would need on the fa . And so long as the farmer of N berry county expects to farm and to luy the things here mentioned will never make any money w( while, it matters very little what price of cotton may be, and farmer who grows what he needs the farm, he will make some mo and have some it matters not v the price.of cotton may be. This great country we have down here we can grow just what we need \ and then it is ours. Why we he a man remark the other day 1 there was not sufficient food in county of Newberry to feed the j pit until next March unless it shipped in. , , We hope that T. J. W. and all farmers took a peep at the comir ity fair last week, and that they looked especially at the exhibit tl" _r 11 ^ - - 1 - | from the farm of Mr. L. C. Pitts ii \S* I c^ar^e ^r- 0- Opting, ani I also at the exhibit from the farm o1 I Mr. George M. Epting. Mr. Pitts hat I everything that you could possibl\ * 1 j need to cat, and it was all jjrown or: | the farm. Well, he did not have an;, ? {sugar and coffee, but there was i pound cake there made without sugai ? and those who ate of it say it was fine. Here is the lesson we shouh ? ; learn, and untjl we do learn it we art | going to be at the mercy of others 0f j because we will not be a free people es_; Plant less cotton and more food. and The Baptists are going to use the! some of the seventy-five million whicr are they have raised in the developmrnl vet of the educational interests of thi un<l: and to that end have alreath not j decided to establish a number o! urli j high schools in the stale. They u? i a j doing this on the same basis vJiicr lied I the state gives aiv! to the bettcrmer?i for j of the schools in the several district: oys.! of the state, that the co.mmunitiefc ir j which the schools are to be located vith ! will help themselves. day! . What we need now most in out otc i educational development is a goo< lext! high school within reach of every boj of j and girl so that no child in the stale n it I would be denied the advantage of c ard j good high school education, and it ii was! not'well fo: the proper educational rik-! development of the state that al ited j these high schools should be locatcc text I in the towns, and cities. In fact i1 and [would be a decided disadvantage foi in!them to be so located. The greal in need is the building of high schooh i as in the rural districts. And thaj i< \nd what the Baptists arc doing to z any large extent. We should have ir day Newberry county several real high mes schools in the rural districts, and wt was have the children and the opportunity day is knocking at the door and if we ex iin^ pect the tural communities to gro** iave and develop we are sleeping on oui iful opportunities if we delay this important work very much longer. Th( children are there now and sa Iorj 1 of as we neglect to build the schools w< . 0f are denying these children wha^ if ndi- Justly due them, and we can not ex and Pec* them to remain on the farm s< irse long as we neglect so important i jjjr. matter., . v ' is 'The great trouble is to get th: people to see their opportunity ant and their duty, and until we can do tha t of there is not much worth while to trj : of to do anything. The first thing is t< igFv get the people to see it-and then the? 1 will generally do what is the righ we thing. ^ lion i 4 ' mdmi ^ i of & <$>& <?> & ? ? <?* ?? ? ? Q * \\f\'* <& v: the / AMONG THE SCHOOLS v but ^ .. '- , r v".s $ th3 'V <&<&$ $><$' G> & <$ ? '& ? i/ 'i th? ( Bush River. that ?0n last Monday morning Attend d *3 ance' Officer A. H. Counts kindn * is came up afid drove me out to Bur} w?| River. Mr. I^eister Counts was ir to the party. It was rather a ?loom> the.- day, hut the new school house wa: ; ' '* near enough ivady for school ti? ope: who jn and'the old house in which th< vill-; f(??chiny had been done was too smvl t " 0 ' w^4and too bad to do first class work lity.jso the teacher and the trustees wen be j all anxious to get in the new build nv-1 ing as soon as possible. A numbci ies | of the patrons and friends of th: 'sn-| school gathered for [he auspicious 1 all 1 < vent. It does mean a whole lot U >ai"t I the community, much more than tflu tion?most ardent .of the friends of th< * ! school can realize. A good schoo dp-1 and a good community center can noi j be estimated in the good that thej the j Wiii do.-. Mrs. W. M/ Buford has lir.g I been teaching in the old negro hour* waiting for the new building. Sh( had over 40 children in this little res- crowded T.ouse, and now in the new but building it is expected that the en r he | rolment will be beyond 50. The trus t of tees have employed an assistant ir the the person of Miss Wise, a teachei ave of experience. The building is oi s is the state approved plan with twc is large class rooms and cloak room; rm- and work room and teachers' rooms >uv- j and is most excellently constructed and j the work being done by Mr. W. B ven j King and in most excellent workman the j ship. The Rev. R. H. Burriss, the rm. j pastor of the Bush River Baptisl e\v-1 church, read the first Psalm and th< has, children sang "Praise God Froir . he j Whom All Blessing Flow," and ther >rth 11 made a talk to the children and the the i patrons present. Mr. Burriss made z the ] most helpful talk. When we get the on j building finished and the furniture ney that is necessary installed the peo *hat pie of the entire community will be is a justly proud of what they have done and TKe building is on the main publie lere road not far from the Bush Rivei tard church, and the grounds contain foui :hat acres of land and a right of way to i the spring not far away from which the )eo- water supply will come. The district was in addition to voting a bond issue o1 $2,400 for the building, has an eighl the | mills tax for maintenance, and I hope tun-; will qualify for a rural graaea scnooi all j the only trouble this year being $ icrellate start and mar not be able tr I i[get in the full seven months with f 1 j two teachers, though the state may! M waive that on account, of delay in Ij getting the building ready in time * for the opening. The trustees, i Messrs F. M. Sattcrwhite, (<. (i. John' son and L. C. Singlcy, have been j i very active and untiring in their ef-1 r forts ,to build up a good school in; the community, and deserve much j i u-rndit and should have the thanks I and appreciation of the people of the; , 1 entire district, but it is bandy pas-, . Isible that there may be those who; will condemn them for their activity,! -} ljikI yet they will have the con-J ?jsciouFivess of havijijf done their duly: i: for the children of the community, ijr.nd when tlu* people come to realize; i the valuo of slich a work.in I heir; :! community they will Vive thanks For ; | the untiring efforts c?f the trustees.1 i There should be hearty cooperation i; on the pnrt of all the people in the; building of a fine school rignt no re; 5 ] in this tine community. There is an-| 11 other building'very nearly like thisjj [j one going up in the adjoining district j j | of Rcederville, and it is hoped to oc- i jcupy it by the first of the year. A|| 11 part of Rcederville was annexed to' i Bush River and Rcederville took overi . a part of a district in Laurens coun-jj t ty, and'this district has voted a bond; j* issue of $4,000 and will have a two j* [ teacher rural graded school, but will; { not be able this year to get the full! j 11 seven months with two teachers, i ! Rutherford. ' On Tuesday morning: Mr. Counts j * still acted as assistant and drove me ; 5 down to" Rutherford. The weather j; 1 was threatening and the roads were ' muddy and .traveling was not alto- j 1 gether pleasant, but I had arranged j i'to make the trip and we made it. No' rinoticc had been given of our coming and therefore there were not any of, r the patrons present, but I had a I r very pleasant visit to the school. The! school is taught by Miss Marie Seasej ; and Miss Roberta Lominack, and thej > work is getting along very nicely, i 1 This school is a rural graded schoolj 5 and will be able to get the necessary - enrolment and average attendance. > In fact this is one of the very first, 1 if not the first, rural schools in New berry county to vote a special tax j and establish a good rural school and 1 away back some 25 or 30 ytfer^ ago ! t Mr. Thomas W. Keitt taught it, and / had. an assistant, and at the time it ) was one of the best rurfcl schools in / the state and ha-d not only a special t tax but was a special school district. , It: would be well for' the people of' this community to put up a morel > modern building and' establish a real i J- 1 j > i community center at ine ?v-uvuAj * j house. This is a fine community down j ;here, and it needs to catch the com-j ! munity spirit and all work together | and soon there will bo a new and j . I handsome school building and all the! j people will be proud of what they ' ^! have- done. The road as far down as j ) Mr. T; W. Keitt's residence is about! ! as good as any road in the county* s ant! a gre?:t d<?:il better than manyj , of them. And I here aiv fine farms j i "1! ? Jl-.r. m;iu iUi.-T ill i hr- ' > ' ii II <? H' 11 t, I i o ??.,? ....... .,. . _ iiKiunity of the-school house and new ! v* 1 ! reddwces are going up and a good; . I school will hrlp to build up the coir.-1 . j miinity more tlnn any ether om- i r j thing. k ! * ; j \ Freasley. i I > From Rutherford we drove on r ; j down to Presslcy some four miles to-: 11 ward Broad river. 1 went through I; some roads in going to this school; 11 over which I had never traveled -be-1 r; fore. In fact I had never been right j ;! in the Graham community and I was j i surprised and pleased to" see howi ; many families live in sight of each i other in this section of the county, j t j But they do need some roads in here, j - The road is narrow and thon it is - rough and I really do not see how' 1 these people are able to get over the j c roads when the winter rains come j Ejand the ditches get any bigger. The j >1 bridges over the creeks and drains > are in bad condition and in fact -you > would scarcely call them roads at all. , We managed to get to the school . housje, but there is certainly a press-j - ing need in this section that some-1 i body do something for the public j ; roads. It was my first trip to thisj i school. It is a one teacher school j i taught this session by Miss Evaj 1 Shealy. There are some 25 or 30 , i child-en on the roll and the patrons j ii seem to like the teacher, and that! i is well. She can then do better work! ; when she has the support and co-! - operation of the patrons of the school. i I had sent notice that I would be at . j the school on this day, but on ac: j count of the incelement weather the * people seemed o have the idea that r I would not come. From the school i house I drove on down to Mr. R. G. ; Ringer's -where we had a good dinner. , This was through some section over : which I had never been. The roads t did not improve and neither did ; they get any better until we got over . to Mr. J. E. Adams and then there t was some better traveling. Pressleyj ? ... , i needs a new school house ann i\e\vj II?I ?! Illl Bill III III Bill Ulllll I IIMI'i fl "* Season I /4x k /% -ik | / A l %\ 11* I ' 'I ' I ' 'y' Is .. t% m " | ^.>1 - - _e. * . ' f I - . Hope and Zion have recently consolidated but have not yet locatecKthe site for the consolidated district, and have made' no" Cteps toward buitffTng. I was just wondering if Some arrange ment could not be made whereby Pressley could join in this consolidation and the three districts would Kr? lororp pnouch to establish a worth while echool, and if gome of the remote corners would be too far they might be cut oil" into some other districts. { would he glad to have, the people to beirm thinking along this line and we will try to have a meeting down that side some time soon when we can talk the situation over and determine what is best to be done. These matters are at last for the people themselves to decide. 1 can only suggest what seems to me to be best and if the people thems^lveK decide otherwise, then it is their affair and I will not have any quarrel with them about it. But there is pressing need that something be done right soon.. The New Hope Zion school is being taught this session in the Zion school house and that makes it very inconvenient for a frood many of the children of the combined district. We had a fine trip and reached home about dark. Teachers Association. The teachers association will meet at the high school building Newberry on Saturday 18th. An address will be madtf by Mr. Leuco Gunter. I am going to invite * Superintendent Swearingen to be with us but^ do not knew yet if he can. Will give notice as soon as I can hear from him. I am going to send a special request to the trustees to meet here at the same time and I want Mr. Swearingen to address them and he can give them in formation about the various laws relating to the schools and to their duties which will be valuable to all of them. But even if he can not come I desire to have a meeting with the trustees to talk over state aid and other matters pertaining to the schools. I should have had this meeting earlier but I wanted first to get a little more familiar with the schools myself before having the meeting with the trustees. E. H. A. Doing Fairly Well. Mr. George A. Counts sent the editor a big pumpkin a few days ago and Mr. L. I. Feagle brought several very 1 T* - ~ ~ on/1 UM f V) larg'e i ueriu ivivu jjuittiucs ?wu the cahbaere am) the sausaire wo LT<?t 's Create Regardli * We Bring voui * bors to thi steps aii other buyi |L, now. I ai (P every hat *40 1Seeing is I M where you P Millinery that leads wkn nnlfp f f 1AV j/Vl&V' blazes the j from the community fair, we are dof ing tolerably well just now. But it J does take a quantity of this bakc-ritc ' bread to fill the boys at the table. Then Mr. Georire Enlow brought I r " * ? . j in a package of that fine hoghead -cheese for which his folk are famous. And we have, some sausage and backi bone from Mr. J. 0. Johnson and then Mr. J. E. Hunter 3ent a can of ; the fine molasses which he makes l down there around St. Lukes. Everything i? doing fajrly well, if we can just manage to'pay the tax collector. ,m TERM EXTENSION AID FOR NEWBERRY SCHOOLS Maybinton No. 8 $ 100.00 j Long Lane No. 4 100.00 ! McCullough No. 5 100.00 ! Cromer No. 6 100.00 1 Deadfall No. 9 100.00 | Central No. 21 100.00 j Broad River No. 24 l60.00 ; Cross Roads No. 27 100.00 I Helena No. 28 100.00 I Union No. 32 100.00 kSt. Pauls No. 34 100.00 I Peaks No. 33 100.00 ; Mt. Pilgrim No. 36 100.00 ; Mudlic No. 37 ? 100.00 . Vaughnville No. 38 . 100.00 j Old Town No. 40 100.00 | Dominick No. 44 100.00 ; RpnrWvillp \To. 42 100.00 i Bush River No. 43..... 100.00 Burton No. 46 100.00 i Tabernacle No. 50 100.00 Flint Hill No. 51 100.00 ' Mollohon No. 53 100.00 | Beth Eden No. 54 100.00 j Fork No. 55 100.00 Belfast No. 57 100.00 ' Pressley No. 59 100.00 'St. John No. 60... 100.00 I i .$2,800.00 i - | GOVERNOR NAMES . EDUCATION BOARD Two Women Appointed to Important Places. I ! The State, 5th. ! Two women were appointed on the I state board of education by Cover j nor Cooper yesterday and this is?the j first time the gentler sex has ever j had representation on this important ! board. The old board retired in the ! late summer, but held over until the ! successors were named. i The new board as named by Govj ernor Cooper yesterday is composed j of five new members, two being reJ ;st Milline ess of Value Must Unload * relatives, friend s array of values expectations. F ing. Come to ii determined t in the house at O DJ 6*A JT JL J >elieving. Make < l may. You nev values. Stick t and don't follow along after Mim way. . . / * - i f . VI ; 'appointed. Those appointed' are: Mrs. ;[w. C. McGowan, Charleston, First congressional district; Miss Jennie j I T j-iii Rrnwn A iton Sofnrul district:! John T. West, Belton, Third district;1 ; Dr. H. N. Snyder, Spartanburg, j Fourth district; Dr. J. W. Thomson,! Rock Hill, Fifth district; R. S. j Rogers, Dillon, Sixth district; S. y. I 1 Edmunds, Sumter, Seventh district, j ! Dr. Snyder and Mr. Edmunds were! ! reanoointed. ! * * See Gorgeou# Sunset. | v The thrice blessed people who are j i privileged to dwell in Columbia were j j treated yesterday to one of the most; Igoregous sunsets seen during the j :fall. All of Columbia's sunsets are! i b.eautiful?and the cultured inhabi-j I tants of this city have the discern-; i fn nn?vfirp nnd appreciate! | m^iiv 'their magnificence, but the #one yes-! | terday was particularly lovely, thaj | whole western sky being filled with: J a{ soft golden red glow of ineffable I i beautv. Molten cottony clouds, scat-', i * ? jtered about over the heavens with; j abandon, were tinted in colors ? in: describable and close to the horizon : the sky glowed and burned like some ! great furnace. It was a sunset worth ' ;going miles to see and was all free: I to Columbians.?The State, 4th. ! in Vpwhprrv saw the same Y j X wi _ ! gorgeous sunset Friday evening and! | enjoyed it. i I ? ; jCOLORED TEACHERS | TO MEET SATURDAY j i j Notice to colored teachers and ! ; trustees of Newberry county: i The colored teachers' association! i of. Newberry county will hold its reg- j j ular meeting on Saturday, December 111, at 11 -o'clock a. m., in the Hoge i school building". All teachers are asked to be pres! ent at this meeting, also trustees in j order that you may get the right in ' formation about your work. j Col. E. H. Aull, county superin-! j tendent of education, and Prof. A. H.' j Counts, attendance officer, will be j I present and speak. Teachers who j kofn fprtififatfs are asked to ' it<?* V VJIV*? v?. I bring them and have same registered. : Those who have not their certificates ' are asked to come and make applica ! tion for same. U. S. Gall man, Supervisor of Colored Schools. j j Teak trees are girdled two years ' j before being felled, i i I 4 ry Sale or Cost I IT NOW Is andneigh; that over/ *ostpone all Mimnaugh's 1 o clear out .... ; . ... , ice A>:: . comparisons er saw such o the store the trailers inaugh who , t .. :. . n\ i .. 1 i ' * . . * , ? : . ' .? \C I -ItifCfy v ' LJ'Q n ^ I I I" ? ./ .. ;r ; MASTER'S SALE: ' By .authority of a decree of f;the . Court of Common Pleas, in the-case > of Dottie R. Hawkins andJ' cithers against Mrs. Lois Merchant and'others, dated November :2&. 1920^ Iwill sell at public auction in frpnt. of the court house, at Newberry, within the legal hours of sale, on salesday (n January, 1921, "that certain tract of land in Township No. 9, Newberry { county, containing four and forty hundredths acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of A. A. Kibler, JT. B. Simpson and Mlrs. Harriet S. Lester, . *> X The purchaser will be required td pay the purchase pr |e in cash, and tn n;iv for naDers. revenue stamos. X v' AT ~ K P^r>' T il l r- * and recording. . ' H. tf/RIKARD, Master for Newberry County. SUMMONS ^OR RELIEF. (Complaint Served.) , Th* State of South Carolina?County of Newberry?Court of Common Please. William Coleman,, Plaintiff, against John P. Stevens, Samuel D. Stevens, Nathaniel Stevens, Moses P. Stevens, Robert P. Stevens, George M. Day. H. V. Brewer, co-partners in business trading under the firm name of J. P. Stevens & Company, Alex Long and Barney H. Herren, Defendants. To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in f thi3 action of which a copy is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint on the subscriber at his office in Columbia, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demandejl in the Complaint. 1 R R Horhert. H. N. Edmunds, Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, Mower & Bynum, George B. Cromer, Plaintiff's Attorneys. ? November 19, 1920. * To the Defendants John P. Stev- * ens, Samuel D. Stevens, Nathaniel Stevens, Moses P. Stevens, Robert P. Stevens, George M. Day, H. V. Brewer, eo-partners in business trading under the firm name of J. P. Stevens & Company: You are hereby notified that the o - - ? ~ .-.vwl rM?n]oi'nt in an ouniinuiiA duu winvtuiiiv ?>4 tion was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Xewberry County, South Carolina, on November 22nd, 1920, and is now on file there. a R. B. Herbert, H. X. Edmunds, Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, Mower & Bynum, Georgre B. Cromer, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Newberry, S. C. 12-7-3t-lta\V i i _ JHV'