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m W4M jjle jecalti unD Jems. Catered at the Postof&ce at New "wij, S. C.> as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, June 14, 1021. INEVITABLE The terrible tragedy on Sunday af ternoon just below Prosperity, where by several persons were badl\ bruised up, and even at this writing three of them may be dead, was in evitable. Not especially for this par ticular party but for some one. The trouble is with these horrible acci dents, that is we call them accidents but they are not, is that they always result in the worst iniurv to the inno cent. In this case we are told that < little child riding on the rear scat o* the big car with the protection of th< mother, is thrown through the wind shield and badly injured, and, as w< say at this writing, possibly dead. Of course the railroad will b< blamed for the tragedy. The rail road should have made that opening under the tracks as the agreemen calls for, and it should have been done Inner jicrn TV>p railroad is Tint, to -"V ?. ^ excused for its part, but the man whc was driving that car must have beer going at a very high rate of speed and of course could not make the sudden curve that is in the road ai this place, and could not stop the cai in'time to avoid the impact with th< timbers of the trestle which causec the damage. This is another argu ment the road builders will bring uj for a straight road, but if the drivei of this car had known the road, he would probably have slowed down i little at the approach of the curve and if he did not know is so much the more reason for slowing down, and il he had been driving within the Iimii of the law he coul/d have stopped his ' car in time to make the curve, be cause the approach to the turn fron: the end at which he was approaching is up grade^ and he could have seer the turn in time. But we hold thai we are not building roads for recklerj , drivers like that, and if they want tc take chances of such speed then thej must suffer the consequence, if wt permit them to drive that way and d: not protect- them from themselvQs And, therefore, the railroad shouic not be held to account for the injur , ies. The driver of that car, whoever he 'is, is the one responsible for the accident. Of course, he will say thai he was not driving very fast. The} all say that, but in this case we understand that he admits he was goins t.Mrfr.v thp hnnr. A niece of tht timber on the railroad trestle wai torn off and the big car is a complete pile of rubbish. The wonder is an\ life of the six or more passengers was saved.. - We drove along the road near b} just about an hour after the accident and stopped, but did" not go down t< see the ruins. We felt that some one had been killed or badly mangled, an< did not care to look upon such i scene. There were some forty oi fifty cars already asesmbled there tc lock upon it, and it was well tor the:r to have seen it, because it was th?. picture which may befall any of u? who venture on the road in thes< trmes of the speeders, because it i: really dangerous for the careful man and the driver who thinks of nut go ing more than 20 miles the houv, t( drive out on any of the good road: that we are building. Of course accidents will happen t; the most careful, but when you get or the road where there are many other: and run up your speed to thirty anc forty and fifty miles the hour you ar< courtkier trouble, and it will accen your enticing: if you just keep it up and if it only affected the man \vh< was doing the courting it would no be so bad, but it is generally the in nocent who suffer. For that reason and the additional reason that i makes it difficult to keep up a gooc road, we have been insistent in oui pleas for the officers of the law t( patrol the roads and save the- driver: from themselves, and save the livos o1 the innocent, and also sav;> the road We were told on Sunday that a' this same sharp curve not more thai a month ago another driver cam* along the road in the night time, an( instead of making the turn so a? ti go under the trestle, why he just wen on up the side of the railroad. H< was going so fast he could not evei attempt to turn, and the result wa that he was very badly bruised up but not so seriously as those in th< car on Sunday, because he did no make the impact with the timbers o: the trestle. ( These accidents, as we call them are going to be of frequent >ccur rence so long as we permit speeding on highways. The realization 01 th< fact, and even the sight of them, ha: no sort of effect on the drive-s o other cars. They all think that the; know how to drive and that there is no possible way for an accident to befall them, but it is coming to some' one, and it may be you. The Herald and News will continue to remind you of the danger. We can not stop the speeding. We wisn we couhi. wc . feel that we might be able to save the j life of some little child who is innocently riding in the car feeling safe in the protecting care of its mother or guardian, but, alas, too often right in the mouth of danger. What about the motor cycle policeman to patrol " i the roads. May be if a danger signal J "iwere placed at such places as this j ' :crossing at either approach i: would] N >heln. But nothimr will save the speed- ! ~! lust from himself and accident is in" j evitable. We do not think much of the prop,'osition for a curb market, especially i i .: in a town the size of Xewberry. There .! are too manv gardens in the town.! I f; Besides farmers are not going to be J willing to stand on the curb for sev-i Jeral hours waiting for a customer whc ,! may never come. It seems to us that j it is a sort of a waste of energy on :the part of the chamber or commerce! {to be taking up time with this sort of! proposition. A warehouse and cold ' ! storage is what we need where the j iperishable goods could be cared for! ! and sold at a profit. j 'protest made against making streets narrow ti Mr. Editor: i want to make a plea' r^for wider streets. I dont' want to be *;a knocker, yet I think that there are i (times when the citizens ought to -' speak out, and now is the time to do ) so, as we are spending more money ! r'on our streets making improvements,! ;|and I want to express my opinion. I$j >|it is worth nothing I am sure council 'will uav no attention to what I say,;' 'i " ? * ?; and I will not become offended. It is this: I am not/in favor of, tl narrowing our streets. Newberry is; 5 noted for its narrow streets and yet .'council is making Main street and t j'Friend street from 4 to 6 feet narrow-1 r er than they are, throwing away this i land where it is needed so badly. The' t strips on each side of the paving that! > [ is being laid is not a help to the side. >! walks nor to the streets and will only r be a place for weeds to grow. Why ; this waste of land when it is so mucn j >' needed? i | Take Friend street, one of the main i 1 streets of the city, going to the de- j i pot, cotton yard and to both freight ^ ,; depots. This is a very narrow street.' - And council is making it 4 feet nar-! i rower than before. Why? This street i r j is a mess, a botch. Here is what ij - want-to say, that we have made aj r ctrnnfr nlea for Davinc: on Boundary J I ? Jj street, but if council is going to cut; > (the streets narrower, please, oh,' ' j please, let us alone. We would rather '.live on a wide dirt street than on a J narrow paved street, We will wait, land perhaps council will wake up and '(go and see some- other towns that ( fare trying to widen their streets and >,'not narrow them^ I hate to say this ! ' but after a while^t will be too late. I ! * J. H. Wicker. i A Mm r?f Rrains j .T-. -- I ) Exchange 1 j William Jennings Bryan, as hi* tra ducers say, may be "sap hend," -"a 5 i mollycoddle," "a scheming politi cian," -but his broad and deep under? s! standing is generally conceded. Com>'menting on the proposal that the *, United States cancel all debts due us > by the allied nations, the great com? * ___ _ i_ 5 moner recently made a striKing uuservation. >j England, it is generally said and ^understood, proposed the cancellas tion of these debts, but said nothing 1, of wiping otf the ledger debts owed ~;her by other allied nations?Japan, ^ J France, Belgium, Italy and others. ? British statesmen realize that they ) I have a' choice to make: to pay the tj American debt and lag behind in their "; naval construction program or to be ? rid of it and build the mightiest arSmada afloat. Both England cannot *, do on its present revenues. Mr. Bryan proposes that the ten ) | billions Britain owed us be cancelled 5 provided Great Britain agree to disf. arm. As he says, it would be foolish | for us to hand over this staggering c;sum to ^nother nation to be used in I building a fleet to dominate the seas. -.Our national security demands that II so long as Great Britain and its ally, > Japan, are working with feverisn t; haste on naval programs that we -jstrengthen and amplify our sea forijces. A nation with great colonial s, possessions and with commercial in ? | terests scattered throughout the ? i world. Great Britain has no intention 11 of reducing her already superior na*jvy. To remit Great Britain's debt j would mean thai we would be com, jpelled to expend a like sum on our -{navy to offset the accretions to the r1 British fleet. If the American peo* nip must soend billions for sea light ... , s.iny apparatus, the Stars and Stripes fjand not the British jack will float v*|from the mastheads. i I I LAUGHED AT SEAL I ' j "Hell-Diver" Refused to Figure on Pursuer's Menu. I Curious Speed Contest Reported by Nature Student, Who Witnessed the Incident, on Maine Coast j Seals are quick of movement, and anyone who lias ever watched them ; feeding cannot hut marvel at the speed with which they dart about in the water and the apparent ease with i which they are awe 10 oven;iKc mnr prey, says a Bulletin of tin; American Game Protective association, ami likewise there are few duck hunters who have not had the opportunity of witnessing the speed of the grebe, commonly known as the hell-diver. He can easily protect himself by diving and swimming under water, and "lightning is slow as compared with the speed with which a hell-diver submerges when he sees the fla^li *? a gun heafled in his direction." Which of the two is quicker In the water becomes a nice question, to the discussion of ^hich Arthur L. Penniman contributes the story of a contest he witnessed on the Maine coast, in the I'enobscot bay region, "between a seal and a pied-billed grebe, when each contestant was apparently doing his best, "the seal looking for his supper and the hell-diver intent on seeing that he didn't make up rtie menu." "While we were engaged in studying the habits of a fish hawk," Mr. Penniinan writes, "our attention was attracted by a great commotion ir. the water off shore. From our blind we could see that * the splashing was caused by a seal performing the most curious antics in his attempts* to catch a bird which we later identified as a pied-billed grebe. ' "The seal made rapid progress., porpoising in and out of the water in quick diving leaps and was fast overhauling the bird, which was swimming frantically to escape his pursuer, but, however, made no attempt to fly. After a straiffht-nwav race of some fifty yards or more, it seemed as if the chase was over, as both bird and seal disappeared in the same splash as the seal struck* the water. When the splash subsided we saw that the grebe had cleverly dodged-to one -side and, after twisting and turning quickly around a very small circuit to elude the seal, he headed straight for shore. "The bird now began to use its wings, and. skittering rapidly over the water, soon distanced the seal, which .-.rwnriniinrt the chase until within 30 foot of the beach, where the water was no more than knee deep. ''There he sat with his shoulders? out of the water, watching the grebe aa the latter ran along the edge of th'a shore. Then, as though he hated to give up his meal, he slowly pursued the bird on a parallel course in the water, paying not the slightest attention to the men on the beach until he Kxt ruit* intnrvfntif ?n AVas xriyiurncu \jil uj vui in the contest." Developing Guatemala. President Herrera'of Guatemala, hn? undertaken to interest foreign capital in tlie development of some IH.fHKl square miles of unexploited territory I in Guatemala which still awaits ?hr hand of t-he pioneer and the invnuej to transform it into productive fields, As the first step he has created a new department of agriculture with a minister in his cabinet nml has appointed ns head of this department Anionic , TJouscayol. Rotli the president and the now minister have devoted the main part ol I their live* to agricultural developinenl ! and are therefore keenly interested ic ! providing encouragement to the farmi ers and planters. Beth realize foreign investment must he encouraged to ae complish this end and believe thnl such aid must b# expected as a re I suit of diffusion of the knowledge thai ! Guatemala has a safe and sane govern | ment, is a fit plaee to live in and has I much territory as yet undeveloped, j * No Two Snowflakes Alike. A * For 35 years Wilson Alwyn P.enflej cf Jericho, Vt., lias been studying j snowflakes. In that time lie lias mad* : 3,R<>0 photo" uero^raphs of snow flakes and hns found that no two of their] are exactly alike. As a result of hi? exhaustive study he firmly believe? I that the snowflake is? the most exquis | lte example of nature's art. I His photographs have been intro ! dwed into several universities. an< have'also won a niche in the nrts aw' scien'-es. as well ;ts beinjr used foi nesiirns in artcraft shops and foi Jewelry design injr. ' Task for Chemists. The to'hnica! chemists of 1 Iio work! nre asked to solve :i very tempting 1 puzzle. They nre told that if they can , only discover how to get it out. therp j to !>e had from Jerusalem artichokes I a substance which can hp turned into ! a sujrar <\Veeter than cane smrar. The yield per acre of artichokes would he higher than the yield of heet sujrar ! per acre of heet. and higher than the ; nvoratro yiold of <-;me susrar per nore i of cano. Truly an alluring l>;iir. and an opportunity to make tlio land flow, ff not with honoy. at any rate witfc something not unlike it. Wheat and the Consumer. i "Tiic mills u!" ?in* iroils grind slowly," remarked the roady-madr philosopher. "Yes." replied Funnel* Cornfossel, "I re--fee; i if we I::i<l t<? depend on tiiein, (!i<* prke Hour never would Ecrne down." - Barn Destroyed by Fire Fire destroyed Johnson & Mc Crackin's Hutchinson barn Monda; mornin.tr at 10 :-S0 o'clock. It is sup ! JIUM'U LUC" III ?: I.U1 lv.il /., w.-w, from a tractor in the hall of the barn Another barn, corn crib and jrea house near by were also consumed it , the flames, with 200 bushels corn, be tween four and 5,000 bundles fodder 3,000 bushels oats, harvester an< tools, entailing a total loss of abou ' ~ ~ ~ ' i Wit 11 only v> l ,.>uu msuiaiin on barn. BIRD THAT LOCKS ITS NES1 Central American Wren Takes Par ticular Care That Its Eggs Shall Not Be Harmid. | In Central America arc mnn; strange birds with stranger habits, but I ] probably none is more interesting than a little brown wren whiclr may bf seen along the roadsides or on fences. ! This little bird, about the size of a canary, builds a nest out of all pro| portion to its apparent needs. He soj lects a small tree with horizontal ' branches growing close together Across two of the brandies lie lay.? . sticks fastened together with tough ; fiber until a platform about six feel , long by two feet wide is constructed On the e*id of this-platform nearest | the tree trunk he then builds a hug? ; dome-shaped nest a foot, or so high ; with thick sides of interwoven thorns | A covered passageway is then madf I from the nest to the end of the plati fonn in as crooked a manner a< possible. Across the outer end as well h.? i at short Intervals along the inside 01 ! this tunnel art? placed cunning ntTif I fences of thorns, with just esioujit ! space for the owners to pass through 1 On going out this opening is closer j by the owner by placing thorns acros? the gateway, and thus the safety oi eggs or young is assured. ? Use for Fire-Killed Timber. ; Prejudice exists in certain quarters , ! against the use of timber cut from j dead trees, and some purchase spec!! fleations insist that only timber cut i from live trees will be acceptable. Aj a matter of fact when sound dead tree: ! are sawed into lumber and the weath j ered or charred outside is cut away ; there is no'method known to the Unit i ed States forest products laboratory ; by which the lumber can be distjn guished from that cut from live trees j except that the lumber from dead tree! i'may be partly seasoned when sawed All the information available at th( ' laboratory fndicates that timber em from insect-or fire-killed trees Is jusi J as ?ood for flpy structural purpose jj , that cut froru live trees of simil.ti quality, providing: the wood has nol been subsequently injured by aecaj or further irisect attack. | / .n. About Twenty-eight ! 'Top!" J* ! 1 "Yes, my son." "What anr the middle ages?" j "Why, the 'middle ages, my hoy, an 1 the ones which, when the woravi ! reach, they'.stop counting."?Yonker: ; Statesman. f i ! A Po<??ib)e Trouble. I | Muggirs?It's strange that Wijjwaj i doesn't succeed. He sceins to have n< - difficulty in catching on. Buggins?Maybe the trouble Is h< a " T I'Jinn f.1 lor art*' > coesij l HJl2UW ? UCii ?.v ivv kv.. ; j CITATION OF LETTERS OF AD MINISTRATION I The State of South Carolina, Count; , of Newberry, by W. F. Ewart, Pro | bate Judge: | Whereas, L.'S. Henderson hat! \ made suit to me to arrant him letter of administration with the will an " " i c j noxod ot tne esiaiu <mu cirhd vi ^ N. Henderson, deceased. ' j These are, therefore, to cite am ' admonish all and singular the Kindroi ' and Creditors of the said S: N. Hon ' derson, deceased, that they be am appear before me, in the Court o t Probate, to be hold at Newberry . South Carolina on Thursday, Jum j 80th next, after publication hereof, a 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shov ! cause, if any they have, why the sai< Administration should not bo granted | Given under my hand this lotl i 1 dav of Juno. Anno Domini 1921. , r r W. F. EWART, ; I p. j., x. c. ' Summer School for High Schoo 1 ; Teachers ' University of South Carolina ; June 15th to July 21. 1921, Colum | bia, S. C. Courses of instruction include: Ath . leiics, Agriculture, Biology, Chemis I try, English, Educational Tests am i Measurements, Hijrh School Method . High School Problems, History, L,ai in, Library Methods, Modern Lan guages, Mathematics, Physics, Schoo Law. A series of conferences led b; practical educators will be held dail; I with a definite place on the sched , ule. This will be a credit course. Courses are arranged to compl; ' iwith the regulations of the Stat< Board of Education and to satisf; 1 the requirements of the State Boar* ' of Examiners for the issuance an< ? - 1 _? renewal ux ccuniia^u. I | To high school teachers the schoo 1 .offers an opportunity for intensivi ? 'study of the content and methods o f the subjects they are teaching. For applicants for admission t : college and for students seeking t< 'remove conditions or ^ain advance< ! standing, special provision will b< made. Forty dollars will cover all ex penses, including board, lodging am tuition. I For details and further mijrma jtion, address J. A. Stoddard. Director, University of South Carolina, Columbia. S. C. ft I Haltiwan: IChai Demonstrated by 1 Tuesday and I a I Character Cloth \ Chambrays. Beautii non-shrinkable, marv twisted yarn from be I ported goods, 111 uur You are cordially im this wonderful Char; U?U if Am yi ;| i laiLi w o.iJt 4B^35Z39S95?9E5EHS52&KHE93!&ra 1 NOTICE OF * APPLICATION FOR ! PARDON t Notice is hereby given that appli- ' cation for the pardon of Sam Mills - ? Ti 11 A will be made to His excellency n. .-v.. Cooper, Governor of South Carolina,1 and to the State Board of Pardons, i ! The said Sam Mills plead guilty at , the March, 1921, term of Court of , General Sessions for Newberry coun ty, South Carolina, and was sentenced ( to serve one year, all of said sentence f to be suspended during good behavior after service of three months and upon payment of the sum of Four Hun- j dred ($400) Dollars. Respectfully, r SAM MILLS, Petitioner, j By Emma Miiis, wife of Petitioner. < G-14-2tp. ; ? :! Subscribe to The {ieralcl anc i ? News. $2.00 a year. r l ^ NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAX1 5 PAYERS The Treasurer of Newberry county' t has placed in my hands for collection r all unpaid taxes for the year 1920.; a. a => y * ???wmm?mm?mm-mm? Thursday, Jur \ 1 i We find ourselve; f : mean to specialize ou I irig Diamonds, and s . I n; ** tnnn A P ur?<r Rrnn portunity to avail yoi i in this very fine selec We will also sell come and select any :i , j price. Remember Tl y day, June y E? \ A 0 ;j Nf e i Sales Daily II Have Electric I-??-?? ger & Carp *acter C Factory Representative and Wednesday, June 1 vill be shown in Ginght :'ul colors, guaranteed f elously durable because ;st cotton procurable. In ability vastly superior, ii dted to visit our store the acter Cloth. ger & Carp All persons interested will be given | an opportunity to pay the same at my office on or before the loth. No further notice will be given, as Deputies will have to work fast to collect them in due time. I hope that all interested will call at the office and pay their taxes by July loth, and save both them and myself the embarrassment of making a levy. CANNON G. BLEASE, Sheriff, i G-14-10t ' . j MASTER'S SALE ! STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, ' Court of Common Pleas. Martha Simmons. Plaintiff, Vs. ; G. C. Simmons and Mabel G. Chisholm, Executrix, Defendants. Pursuant to an order of the court' in the a:bove entitled action I will sell! at public auction at the court house J in the town of Newberry, in the coun-j t-v r,f Vpwhprrv. in said state, on the] first Monday (salesday) in July, 1921, within the legal hours of sales. g&r AAA V MI ?AT? s Jewelry le 16, 4:00 ant 5 heavily overstocked in l/> T'niirsriaA tx nuviivn jl ??v?? hould you or your frienc ch, Bar Pin, or Lavallier irself of saving quite a \ ted stock of Diamonds. other goods during this article in the entire ston / he Diamond Da: 16 at 4:00 and I r's Jewelry ixt Door to Exchange Be : 4:00 and 8:30 Fans and Comfc M^ujHuia^rr.N r.ina? enter, Inc. I :?_ loth On Sale Here ! zlili anrl 1 ^tli L 1 *.11 U11U 1^111 ims, Shirtings and adeless, practically 'i made of double duality equal to im a price much lower, ise two days and see - I jenier inc. | for one-half cash, the balance payable in one year, to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises, with interest from day of sale, payable annually, all v tViof 1r?f nr nari>p] nf land situate in the County of Newberry. State of South Carolina, containing eleven acres, more or less, and bounded by the lands of M. M. Buford, formerly E. P. Lake, George Leonhirth, and the Columbia and Greenville Rail- ? road, now the Southern Railroad. The same being a tract of land J conveyed by Silas Johnstone, Master, by deed on December 1890, and recordediin the Register's office of Newberry County, in book No. 5, at page No. 745, to Mabel ,G. Chisholm. Upon the failure or refusal of the purchaser within ten days to comply # with the terms ol such sale, the Master will re-sell the said premises on the next convenient sale day at the risk of the defaulting bidder, and upon the same terms and conditions, at the ri.<k of the former purchaser. JAMES D. QUATTLKBAUM, Master for Newbarry County. June 14, 1921. , . _Jiun ? ' i id Sale t /^m Store \ 18:30 P.M. Diamonds and we r, June 16th, in sellIs be interested in a e, this will be an opcum nf monev jjl/VU WMMI N?? --- ? ^ sale of Diamonds so M 2 and buy it at your te Is Thurs3:30 P. M. Store ink. P. M. We .i.kuri,, ii*e pi lautc vnuii o tmmmmitamm i i i i. i ui ?h* J