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^e |kni and jtm|j ; ii Ctltrtd at the Postoffic* at New-'1 > Sny, S. C,, as 2nd class mattsr. ? \, E. a AUtX; EDITOR. I J , ??I Friday, December 17, 1920. Wonder if Mr. Jo Wertz would not stop long enough on, some of the other work that he is doing to fix that place in front of the postoffiee. It S would take only a short time arid it is a very ugly place at a prominent jj % ' ~~~ ? ? ? ? 1 place in a very prvuiwcui. anwi, the town. . We would like for every man, and especially every farmer in this county and everywhere else, to read the article which we reproduce from The State written by Mr. John T. Roddey. It gives the situation just> as / it exists. The cotton producer is the elenhant. beinflr led about by the man with the little stick, and does not realize "his. real power.' If, he could be made to realize his strength as Mr. Boddey well says, he could knock the little man with the little stick into kingdom come.. The cotton farmer has the situation in his 4 own hand and he can if he will get in position to say to has oppressor, a? Mr. Roddey-says, $So\ to the devil, this cotton cost me so much to make _ and I will take such and such a price for it," instead of going around and . asking the fellow who never made a j pound of cotton in his life, "What I wil} you give mevfor it?" But if he l-',: keeps on growing it: .and going in I debt to do so, he will always he at j the mercy of the other'fellow, while! he should be the most independent , man in the community. We believf | that it will do you good to read this] article'to which we refer, and then j read it again, '&nd then act upon the | suggestions which Mr. Rcddey makes.; iThere has been the most wonderful! harvest in this country this year that i a ' Was ever known in the history of the- j country. And yet there has never been such a cry of hard times and j such a stagnation in business for! many years. There must be some-l thing wrong with the "system" some-! where. More cotton than we know! what to do with, and more of every-! thing except money, and Jihere must be just as much moi^ey, as there ever was. And people i?3He wosrid starv^^J^in^and freezings-ivfitae lack of food "land clothing. df adfvanced civilizatio^ this condition should not exist??Rter:e ^should be some way provided^ ietr these starving and ^freezingrMilityifi have bf our abundance. : 3$% J- "system'"' i. - evidently out of fit some place aid needs mending J !>/ ; Mr. \Schwab s*j^hat/&e whole world owes the l^^d States money, and the* whole woigU is -hungry loi what the. United: dSiei -Jean supply, li* that be true, -then it seems that the '^yi^m" .should be so put in shape to ia some way* that the whole worH may be fed on what we have, so that it could get in position not only to pay for that, but also to pay what it owes. It is mighty hard for a hungry man to pay debts. # Ton get rid of his hunger first and then he can go to work to pay his debts. There is no<k much of fhe debt paying spirit in th $hungry man. But J Sif yon give the average man an op-j nnrbmitv and a chance to do some-1 thing he will as a rale not-disappoint you. Apart from this, as an act of humanity, .we must do something to help those who are naked and starving from our barn of plenty, and if we do not we will suffer as they arc suffering, though maybe in a different way, but suffer all the same. All the world is our neighbor, and we are commanded to help and serve our neighbor so that our horn of pleiity may not dwindle. i j AS TO COTTON. Read the inter* iewor rather state- i ment by Mr. Levy, who has just re- i t- turned from a trip overseas. He] says that the people across the water j want our cotton and that Germany | in particular is ready to pay us 40 \ cents the pound for it, and that thl~! f country prefers, or can use the lower J grade to good advantage, but the-! v< matter of exchange makes it impos-; sible for them to buy from us. ? ' / i The war is over now ana we just as well realize, and we all know, thai j the German people are an inuiistrioir $ people and they do not mind work-j ing, and we believe that if we could arrange to extend them some sort of credit and let them have our cotton that we would be paid for it, and that they can. furnish sufficient security to make us safe in the credit we extend. And that is what we had in : \ mind is the purpose of this export corporation that has been formed. And we believe that it will accom*' ~ " plish that very thing. There has been considerable acti ity in exports v *nd scon zifei Christens we expect ?t; \ to see an advance in the cotton mar-|p kei. In fact \re notice that in some t places where the mills had shut down n that they are opening again and that S they have orders for goods. n We may not expect to see 40 cents * cotton again soon, and upon the j * whole wr are of the opinion that it!r will be good for this country if we ^ do not. Other things will come down in proportion to the decline in. cotton, and it will be better for ali of us. Of course the man who has cot- j d ton for which he could have received I* 40 cents and who owes money and j * could have paid it with cotton at that; c price is hit pretty hard, but the man J i' who has cotton and who did not owe j I money is just as well oti as if he had t sold at 40 cents and kept his mone^, J because a dollar will buy just about s as much as two would have bought ? when everything is adjusted, and it i is easier to keep the cotton than it is < the money. No man who could have * paid debts with 40 cents cotton 2 should have held it. There is a movement which looks like it might materialize to redthe production of <cotton, and there are those who believe that is the only plan to save the dotton producer, but somehow we can not believe that there is overproduction so long as more than half the world is freezing for lack of proper clothing and ap pealing to the rest of us to help them x and save them from such a death. The Egyptians have decided to cut . down the production of cotton in , their country, and the bankers in | their convention have decided to soc ? f that the acreage is reduced, or to \. withhold credit, and they advise the j same actios^ on the part of the mej - j. CilaIiu-3. i.RGy file0 Uivux-fciii'.-i'.- j J tion of coops. That is good advice. j; It is the same that The Herald an:? j, News has been giving for 30 ye?v:-:;, and more. In this country V.*?. arc! i 1 fully convinced That the*.Only sue ess-; ful/way for the cotton farmer to pro-( ceed is to grow on- the farm what !i ? j nee:?s for the iV^i, and to do thl; j - v ^ there must be diversification or crop?. + And anji one who will take the time , to look around him in his own neighborhood-Will gee the practical demonstration oi it in his own community in the men who have made a 'good " living an? who always had a littk; ' money and were never pressed all the time. That is the only safe and sound ground upon which the cotton farmer can st^nd if he desires to'succeed. It would be an easy matter to hold this"crop if if w?re riot in large'measure all made on the credit system. ^ nA oe o roonlf nftt; in realifcv be- i * ****** ***? ? 7 %7 | 1 long to the producer. But the Jar which the country has received in the deflation will not be an unmixed evil, ^ but will do all of us good in the end. It will be pretty hard to stand for ^ the present, "but we will get over -it t and all things will be for the better. ^ The trouble witl> the cotton farmer i this year is that the present crop was . pitched and made at an expense ^ greater than any crop yet produced, and when the price dropped more than 50 per cent it made it impossib^j | for the crop to pay expenses. And ^ we think the farmer is right in holdiwop >>ie cnHnn wTipro it is nnstsihlfc. . - " -- ')] and'if the price does not go up so as I to give him approximately what itr cost to produce it, why then not plant 1 any cotton the coming year and it j will be found if there is really over- J production. The raising of the cot' ton is a different proposition from j the manufacturing of it. You can . start and stop the mil! at any time . of the year, but to make the cotton , it must be planted at the light time, and when the season comes. * ^ * AMONG THE SCHOOLS * 1 i Sf ?? Trustees Meeting Saturday. ' I hope that every trustee in the county will remember the meeting to j be held on Saturday morning at 10 1 o'clock and that Superintendent Swfearingen will be with us and malr | an address to the trustees. It will s be worth your while to attend this meeting, and if you are a live wire-1 and interested in'fining- the trus: which you have accepted as a trustee for the * school m your communry.; you will be 011 hand promptly 'at the ; hour mentioned. The s-iceting : start promptly on the hour as the teachers are to meet at il o'clock.! The meeting will be hall in the court, house if the court should adjourn cr j Friday so'that we may-get the build- J ins;. It' not we will go right over to the high school auditorium and have the meeting there, i am very anxious to have all the trustees present i and I urge all of them to make a spe- j cial effort to come. ? J Teachers Meeting". ; As stated above the county teachers association will meet on Saturjday at 11 o'clock and the meeting will be held in the court house if tho , court should adjourn in time. If not the meeting will be in the high school auditorium. The meeting will be j k . \ ? f Tomptly at 1 1 o'clock. Ail the; cachcrs arc urged to attend tiiis meeting. State Superintendent Iwearingen "will be -with os at this meeting also and will make a talk to he teachers. The teachers and the rustees are invited to attend both meetings. There will be something! telpful to you in both the meeting. ' KinarcU. I had to curtail mt trip on Ti;< lay but we did get to the school r.i Cinards. The rain of Monday night tiade the roads to Tabernacle in such, ondition that we were advised not to mdertake it. I regret this because am anxious to visit this section and he school at this place and will do so! ust as soon as I can. I visited the! chool at Kinards, but owing to not| getting the notice in time there werei lone of the trustees present and only >ne visitor besides Mr. Counts and, nyself. The teachers, Misses Riser tnd Smith, are doing good work at his school and the children are invested in the school and in the brief ;alk I made to 'them I have never lad better attention anywhere and ;he order was perfect. A new school louse has been erected bare :n the ast few years and the' enrolment is tround 50. This is a line schocl and lome of the children come from -aurens and part of the district, is ;TT Laurens county. There is a very cor-i.01 table two room buildm,?, but. it is n need of some repairs and the eachers should have desks and c-i'i-Ttnd the children need r-o*.v and nod^ - .1 - 1 - A i i ;rn aesxs aiso. ur.iy recti.:iy r. i'tkr.al tax hns bc?r. y--:d r.:vJ rill Gcor. :.o irr t; ' nr.-'roveinor/^ 31 . 7 A. D-v-v/..:. i."d the o-hsr * r.". ?:? r ,he schco! vrcll r. id; *tlis . \ *: tars > n lockir? after/' 2 r: ind after tins y&tr " ill be in *> tefcf?: 0 rj-rl;o the :-^"-ai : a -. he farsii&ro. ;'o * fori of the- "i I will ut ? ' nv riore visite 10 . . r* :.\ :hc Chrisinia.s z\ .1 iope to gft to &l: iiis county that \:u\j uot bee;-* visi :c<:. | ' >HALL'WR SIT DOV/I\ IDLY CR SHALL WE GO TO V/OF.K: / It Does No Goo^l to Ccrop'rtirt?Work And More Work is ths Sclution Justj'Now. \ < >' If the United States were threatened with attack* by a foreign foe, we cvould all set out to wirk again with enthusiasm to supply the millions of men and billions of money needed for the national defense. Every commurwty would again take pride in contributing its .quota. The inland wouldn't refuse to "help because L.'r felt 5, safe from invasion. Every*:a; would be busy, and material ]>romper ity. would go hand in har.d with the building of the works of destruction. Can we not apply equal infelli jence and energy to the problem of peace?,. Shall we sit idly by and see nr> nr.reacnnjnc nnH sr>n?;Alp?ya less panic grip this great nation with its.millions of able bodied men and abundant natural resources? Arc xe not. capable .of making, material prosperity go and in hand with constructive activities for the benefit of Newberry and of South Carolina? To t>e sure, a big program of public improvements will cost not a little n taxes and assessments. But the bonds have been approved already, rhe net result, if the bonds can be jold, will be immediate business activity, a decrease of unemployment a r> iilfimaf a <rro \ r? in r? rvrv. rr#-": ?UU Mil Ul-villiwvv 5?IJ* cwi.i.i.uuiw,) wealth. . Our net individual income? and our fund of community value; will be a vastly greater total if our fellow citizens are profitably employed than if they are idle. Suppose that in some 2,-300 urban communities throughout the Unite:! States contracts shouKl to placed during the next few months for pub*r?'V?T t"*": { ? *! r\ 1 **: v. . - * : r j We hsv< ' rear J w .. #>: .. ab! pri . . to \ o:;. on Xmas morr.?: > .-r.-r;' Watch would IC:Vi'ictifrom $2.50 to ?11.50 /or l!ic go id fi!:cd c>iio. Come today, us to them to you. P E WAY Hriwraisi m 9 0H9 if a m a y mm a g. 1 ii-- .< ?-50,000 for each IJ:'* ii-i'01 pOjpuiSkiOii. Xllft wOt-lfi 1 j w o. IJ be lets .than thi'?e billions?*1 ?u;n almost too 8i7js.ll to make a re-! Bpectable war loan. Suppose we paid| 5 per cent, interest and planned to j amortize in twenty years by the serial snrvirt:: i-e-hoc*. The cost would I.. . consist* raj! . . ! > "yostifeent vouId be on1.; of ta most Iprofitable we could possibly make? r Such a program would cut ; cities to catch up with stress ! ii?-htin?, and the construction of | bridfcts, public mai-hnjo, v/c^er [Vrorki, sewerage system? and othe; municipal improvements delayed by the war and by subsequent lr'gh prices. In addition to advocating such a program of public works, private initiative can accomplish much through the building of workmen's homes and other real estate developments. Good business for the building trades will stimulate general prosperity; and it has been we'll said 'hat no workman wiiJ raise the red fl-To- r.rror flic nvc-n vnnf T;T>P Newberry has: its. problems. Our cil\z--r:z know 'what improvement-; are rocked. Wili they hit '.low;: v/ith the nrtr[ j>olp work out a. :">1 a a of dif-nos-lr.g of itfe bonds. or?will they sit id'y at home. not knowing th<u 'here is work to be done, nor caring j !.o know, but simply ccrupjai.irnT ; out ur.eoitiil assessments., 'high * - r, i:-. employment and tight iv? X'ers:sftiy wc.k plarnsd ! ' ..." . . . . ' - : * " *. " : \* " v .7-" : C? 7; I : vh.:cix :: i7;.v;;r-: -zt v,*axer. *rr.;-2> :n ary | zj :ior.. The /..^rvd of-^inszezcz has /? t ? _ p?0 iYiC2n;-crc la^fG il ijpr cjr.t. r of i ... . ... Ti , J%c y : . / . L. ..'.A vV > + ' : . I . v . . , '" ^ ^.: J : * . ; v.f Si &?> ?in the I; .. .. .:o;r.. of the i v. /-... v* .J2 :r. rs ?ro committees, and ! ' " - e * K ii * n x :ovji-i. ircc:;ngs roily is e men. They have responded rs. ci.Ui for cai-3 on different occftru.ns and the Ypsilanti chamber has no reason to-believe that they are less valuable than, the men of ita membership, The "Members Interesc" record i& being accurately kept ; in crdcr fhg chamber may tyioxv e cial o?&| V"::ajiist fhq?infcr? ; i\ . iu;v? cy?ki.~ l-.-. j-:y ray cox'. Le>?i^:te:>l>ispateii ... ev/s, l-jzh. Everyfeodjr was sdrp-.is:-.! -o hear ! of the marriage of iiis:-: Abie Derrick j of Ch^yvn r.r.d Mr. Samuai iieetse of | ii'nio Wednesday eve*<ing at the pur| scnage by the P.ev.- Mr. Sowers. | Miss Lula vV'esoingcr and Mr. Lioyd. Huffsicttcr," .both of ..Chopin, were married at the Ltfp.ie of the bride's parents, Mr. and I-lts. H. B. Wossinger, Saturday evening by the bridge's pastor, the Rev. R. M. Carpenter. ! Also Miss Bessie Connelly of / w ! Chapin and Miv Clarence Ainick of i Columbia were heppily married Sun i day evening at the home cf the brideI groom's sister, ??irs. \V. 0. Westinger, j by the Rev. R. ty. Carpenter. Kot;ce. .V j The chamber ;of commerce hr.3 on hand a supply cf application blanks for procuring 1$21 automobile licenses. Also it has a copy of the j "iS21 rating bock, and blanks for reg! istration cf traces, tractors dnJ tracer's. These Tvi.il be lurnisjied ' n)oy:':" to any ore who wishes-, to . ma he u~e cf thesa. ' r .M . - 1 Vy - r , . [ ' Sec>tt. It \ " ol .' < t* a '.r R t<; ":is i-?.n<is o":" J. Alr.cy. , i--.' i; 1: ?pd i.li" . Mnr.ua! install v.- v iicuit portion to be secured 11> vort'i ui the purchasers and wort %-t of the premises aold and to bear 1 interest from day of sale at the rate of tight per cent per ?xmum, into And St ! Sanders !| :| Wmi Bscai up to bis adv< i j x I r. J> vertise bargasi ; ' cr+mmmmmmem tm j Specials ?< i : Z'hn FirpRS flinch aims. 35e Apron Ginghams I 00C Heavy Cheviots, !| 1 bale White Sea Islai :j 40 inch Heavy White t J . ? 1 tne yard 40 inch best quality S 35c Towels, red bore $1.50 Men's work shi Ladies' Buster Browr >A>-a'woaiggt ywxaruau 11 ummmm???P?T?W1 ') pounds best sugar 7 kundry. soap . - v t ? ^ "j >r ' r - r rs /i v- i p It In { , p ft ' 1 ri!i " k n Q: . 1 ^ - -A. ... v . :.aVCv#s? :j? |j ... ^ lllk "JUT II 1 rv-. uiy Newberry, S. C. ii t? * i est payable annually; said bond ana f mortgage to provide for ten per cent,! attorney's fee in case of collection! or suit by an attorney, and that in! case of the failure to pay the first j installment wh^n due that both in-l stallments may become due and pay-1 -bie ut once at the option of the hold-! or thereof. Purchaser to have leave L to* anticipate the payment of the i civdk portion in whole or part. ? The successful bidder will be rc-; | quired to deposit with the master at j once upon the acceptance of his bid l one hundred dollars cash as evidence I of :?ood faith and shall be required to comply with the terms or sale ; Vv'ichin ten days from day of sale and the purchaser w.ili be required to pay' irhe;taxes for the year 1921. Pur-, j chaser to pay for papers, revenue. .{stamps and recording. , E. H. Eikard, i # ' Master, j December 10, 19P.Q. j ; I j ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCK- j HOLDERS. ,1 The annual meeting of the stock-' It .11 - ? j.t_ - T3o-r>L- nf | HOidCrS Ui LI1C i\duuuai uaitoi vjl j Newberry,- S. C., will meet in the of-i ; fice of the president in the bank building, on Tuesday, January 11, j 1921, at 11:30'o'cloek a. m., for the 11 purpose of electing directors and attending to any other business that; may come before the meeting! T. K. Johnstone, Cashier, j 1 . 1 1 . TAX RETURNS. .! I. or an authorized agent, will be at ,: the following places named below for the purpose of-taking tax returns of 'personal property for the fiscal year I 1921: Wh'itmire, Tuesday: January 4. Glenn-Lowry,. Wednesday, January 5. ' : ixir.ard:-, Thursday, January G. ^ : ; Lor.gshcres, Friday. January, 7. I Chnppelis, IJcnday, January *10. l\-\. Boozer's store. Tuesday, Jan-'; :uary 13. i isflversi:eet, Vaccinev!ay: January! :12. ' ,r St. Thursday, January 13. f ; O.VNcall, Friday. Jztnuqry I-i. !'re~.:. iVor .iyy and *s mo:-,day, i fava:?ry !" r"d 18. ; i Li,ri _ Mountain, Wednesday, Jan-: iir.iy .jciiv hThursday, januarv ; ::o. i ?on:y: >.. Friday. January 21. ' Glymphville, Monday, January 24.1 J. 7. Crook.-:7 i.' wro, Tuest-ay, Jan ; uavy 27>. \ j Peal:. vVe:I:io.?rT:iy, January 2G. '\ Iviaybintcn, Thursday, January 27. j ' And in the auditor's olfice in the ' 1. 1. .... Ort oftor CO'.iri/ IliJUii; U.'ilU I'cui uciijr a.\j , umvi | ; which date 50 per cent, penalty will I J be added. ; The law requires a tax on all notes. :i;nd montages and moneys. ] There is a capitation tax on all dogs of one dollar and twenty-five j cents. y 11 All male persons between the ages j j of twenty-one and sixty years are . liable to pay a poll tax of one dollar Sunless otherwise exempt. Persons Jclftisiiog exemption from poll tax on I ill They Co Big Cat Pi ise they find S srtisements, W as you get b&rga *** * < >r Saturday and extra good quality, now , best quality, now, the y now, the yd nd, 20c-value, now, the y Homespun, regular pric ea island, 35c kind, now. lers, cut to.. rts, cut to... i Hose, 50c value, cut to 1 xtra Special (< / vr'o u " C*n V* ^ c\ f } n /"-l 3TATT: AT1 -- _/ ? V* !</ L/ C if / w >. ? -i - V -i w<r+,tm-r.--.vrcccv ycxmr ?m??? I mi TJT.irawma yaaaqawogyM? i p J Uoods : Near Summer 1 -/? * # physician's certificate should secure J: certificate of recent date. [ All male persons between the agesi of 18 and 50 years are liable to'pay " a commutation road tax of ; six dollars and should make return of same. , All persons owning property inmore than one school district will be HQBrtMMMMHMMnMMMHHMMMMIMni j vpei it huum;, it j | .1 Secare Sf ft RiOTOUS FEAST ? Special engagement of the Go?'*: that has broken the is'j? 'positively the vclca The McGregor Companj The Wonder Show j iooK BT THOS. HARDIN ^ ' STUPENDOUS JmSg? ARRAY OF ?gr- I SPECIAL FEATURES. IKIM CATCHY NOVELTIES AND CAPTIVATING *3SPECIALTIES \ I IS ^ i : A Saucy and U | Sparkling ^'ff 1 Hippodrome of ' I Fun-with the - |?? ^ Most Beautiful pj$ j G*V/s m //2^ World ! -- .. : ? i Eveii the Sultan could noi v select a Harem of beauties \ to compare \ i Special Augmented I Orchestra ( am Cn l/\ I uii oaic cxl Prices: 50c, $1, $1 me to ice Sale anders lives hen we ad- ' \ ins. > mmmM ? | | I?iii $ > Monday. i r, the yd..... .15c d ..15c ....... 15c d.... ...Sc :e 40c the yd., now, i .20c , the yd.....: ...15c 18c ,..#......:.....98c 7.*u- ! jycci.j- j. lli s / . .....,.....$1.00 25c ...'.29c 4 ?? ' / jgH flpMOI // ': . i. yilit}*' Store -* :! ' ',."v * ."' ' 'i- ' ! ' X Sros. Grocery Store > required to make'return in each district as the tax hooks are made up by school districts instead of townships. Be careful to state whether you have bought or sold real estate during the year 1920. ' J. B. HALFACRE, County Auditor. mammmmmKmmmmummmmmmmmmmmammmmrnmam Innrlav IW LVI1UMJ J J/ VV* MV a ?ats Now ?'f r eve lous joy :o!i3 Oriental Musical Comedy jh rcccrds everywhere NSC HIT OF THE YEAR \ Inc., Politely Profiler . / of the Century Music bt ADDISON EVANS REVELATION IN - MELODY. ''Jggaf FRIVOLITY AND 4BHF FRJLLS THAT WILL] START THE WHOLE TOWN ^ ,- i'':' v ''i'.ffim ^ t': 1 J Positively ^ |/7;f the Original Cast and I j||| Production i IBM ^ I ffl You'll Laugh as You jl | Never Laughed Before |l Mail Order* Filled in Order of Their Receipt . 4 To Discourage * J | Ticket Speculation W No more than Six Seats will be sold to any one person J Gilder & Weeks J 1.50, $2 Plus Tax I