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VVVfi ^JeralD mill Jems. E*tere4 ml ike Pottofiice at New* if? S. C.? ft* 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL. EDITOR. Friday, July 8, 1921. Dr. T. H. Dreher is putting some pep in the editorial columns of the Calhoun Times since he assumed the editorial control of that paper. He; goes at it just as if he were an oldj stager at the business and much bet- j ter and much more vigorous than; some of us old stagers can possibly! attain. He is a clear thinker and! then he does not hesitate to express: those thoughts in plain and virile ' English. It is refreshing to read an editorial page such as Dr. Dreher is giving the Calhoun Times. Sunday's State contained among its items from The State of twenty years ago the following paragraph: "The ; first rural free delivery in the county, was made Monday. The citizens who( live along the line, which is the TTTi 1 J 4.5,. o-ro ' nilltiauuiu aiiu muilbitcnu i uauo, aivj delighted at this idea of having a daily ^ mail." Just think of it if you can.j The first rural daily delivery of mail in Richland county was just twenty! years ago. Why we all feel that we! have had the thing aH the time. In fact we believe that we did have it in Newberry before that time, but not so long. If we mistake not one of the first rural delivery routes in the state was out from Slighs and was secured, through Mr. Asbury Latimer who was then the congressman from this district. Representative H. P. Fulmer in an interview wi& The State says he would limit the rate of interest the federal *. reserve system of banks should charge the member banks and * make the maximum five per cent, and J he-is rigftt in tnat, 11 tms system tu help .the country it should not be the! purpose to make too much money out of the fellow it is helping, but, Mr.j JhiJmer, how abotit helping the little, fellow .who;.-really pays the interest? Will the reduction in the rate you will. *flow the federal bank to charge the' member bank reduce the rate the ? " ? '' I fit .1 XT ? memoer ;oanK win cnarge me man &ho is paying the interest? He will just go on paying 8 and 9 per cent and' glad to get the money at that[ % rate, not. realizing that he can notmake 'it at the price he is securing for his produce. / If you want to help the man who is nriviiio? interPSf flTld who is Xilgl V44V nkwv ??..?, the only producer of the wealth of the country you fix the rate at which the member bank shall make the loan or ratk^r $ie rate which it shall not exceed. And then fix the law so that the money of the federal bank shall: not be allxcontrolled by one or two1 banks or even three banks in New York. | Mills ieaerai reserve sy&i/cm a good one if the purpose for which it was created is carried out. * TOM WATSON IS RIGHT The whole country, and particular-' ly the South, will stand with Hon. Tom Watson of Georgia in his char-,1 acteristic outburst in the senate the: other day when debate was being held on the Townsend bill which would, in effect, require the several states to surrender to the federal government their public highways, to be improv-j ed, changed and administered as the government sees fit. Mr. Watson vigorously declared by the eternals,' or something like that, that the grind old commonwealth of Georgia-1 -owiiM never surrender her sovereign-j ty and that she would continue to.j exercise authority over the roads' within her own borders. ""Have we come to the time when states exist merely to pay tribute to an imperial government in Washing-1 1ton?" asked the Georgia senator.1 rrM ?hie #vu?n nnesf.ion. men, r1^x115 w ??? n he shouted: "No, there is not enough- gold in the world to buy the soul of the I South." Senator Watson is about right inj his inference that state have come to exist merely, to pay tribute to an imperial government in Washington. ?Anderson Daily Mail. I We had made note of the same paragraph from Senator Watson's. speech with the intention of making' A --j tha nnci_ ' commem, anu bvuuiiv?u>ii6 vnv tion of the senator and to make an- j other observation or two. Of course Senator Watson is not only "about right" as the Daily Mail says, but he1 is entirely right. And yet do you know that the tend-' ency for several ysars has been more; and more toward i big centralized1 government at Washington. And ev-J ?ry federal appropriation for any state activity means eventually feder- j al control, if it does not go right along with it. There may not be money enough or gold enough to buy' the soul of the south but we are fast turning over everything to federal control. So far as the roads go when the federal government spends any amount, however small, that means that the federal autonomies must nave the work done just as they say, and,! sometimes that is not bad when it comes to road building, but some-j* how we always like to have just a | fittle to say about the things that we are paying for. It may be all right for the federal government to take * over the roads. But the next step is j * crnmo- tn Hp the schools and we iust ^ ~ *"t~> ? can not become reconciled to the fact * that federal control of the schools is, ^ a good thing for any of the states, i and we know it would be bad for the * south. But the good old doctrine of state sovereignty that we fought ( for and for which we debated is about * dead so far as anything more than a 1 theory, and pity is that it is. I r One of the troubles is that our in-,v tellectual and- material progress has i * been too great, that is it has too far 1 exceeded our moral and spiritual development. But we like to see a fel- ^ low like Senator Watson who has the,c courage and ability up there to get 1 up and tell them in Washington oc-1 casionally all about the spirit of the c south and how there is not enough!i + gold in the world to buy it. That,1 sounds good any way, and somewhat j1 like the patriotism of the good old * days. Presentment of Grand Jury I' To His Honor, Frank B. Gary, Presiding Judge: The Grand Jury beg leave to submit this as their presentment. M We have passed upon all b?!ls of(l indictment handed to us by the solic- 1 itor and the same, with our findings r thereon, have been returned to the j court. j *1 We have passed upon all bills of r indictment handed to us by the solic- j s itor and the same, with our findings j f thereon,, have been returned to the i court. j t We have reliable mtormation tnat ? two'small bridges on the Longshore road, this side of Bush river are in s very bad shape and especially nee8 2 new flooring; that their present ^condition is such as to make travel over I . .3 thfcm unsafe and dangerous. We also find one small bridge in very bad shape leading out of Newberry on Drayton street, just beyond J * th,e old butcher pen which makes tra- j vel over this road almost impossible.. < We recommend that the proper offi-ja cials be directed to take steps forthwith to remedy these conditions. We find a very dangerous railroad; crossing jus:- beyond Prosperity where j i the public highway crosses under the!* Southern railway trestle, this crossing j is so narrow that it ^ hard to make f' and we understand that it has caused(1 several wrecks. We do not know who is at fault in this matter. It may be,1 the fault of many persons and officials. ^ combined; but we do know that our^ noonia 0V1 liflvp a much better 1 ptvyi V Uiiv Vil\4 !*% ' V crossing at this place and we wish to;* urge that this court direct the solic*,5 itor to take necessary steps to have12 a more suitable crossing made at this! place or enter suit against the Sou-js thern railway. We find that our courthouse is i badly in need of repairs, that is, the < metal <?nrnire and all outside wood | S work should -be painted at once. A j' splendid building like our courthouse, 1 should be always kept in proper re- ] pair, and we urge that the proper au- 1 thorities attend to the repair's neces- r sary on this building forthwith. } We wish to state that commttees i have been appointed to examine the i books of the various county officials j and this work will be attended to and' 1 a full report will Hp made to the Dec- j ember court. '1 We wish to extend our thanks toc your Honor, the solocitor, sheriff, {I clerk, and other officials of the court' t * i-1 Jmapo frv 11C I or tneir mjiuucm w u^. , { The assistance given by the court 1 and these officials to us has aided f much in a prompt discharge of the du- $ ties we have been called on to per- < form. j( We recommend that the usual fee ] be paid the clerk. ( T?esnectfullv submitted. L. G. Eskridge, Foreman. The "Knowing Ones"(?) of Newberry j They are in eveyy community?' > these "know-all" sort of eople; know; it all?in their own minds. Newberry 1 has her share. They are easy to find, 1 their ear marks being plainly visible, jl They pop up at the dinner table, in' ' the sitting room, any and everywhere, jl on all occasons. The leading ones ; have a slight education. They are j 1 the worst of their class, exhibiting in j J the truth of the,' HIV Ul^ivwv ? -c saying that "A little learning is a dangerous thing." A thoroughly educated person is rarely ever guilty of( the bad breaks of the half or quarter; educated individual. The latter citi-j zen likes to "tell it" how a speaker he - ^ heard pronounced a certain wwu, vi| used his grammar in the construction |l of his rhetoric. The humor of such ? a situation to the intelligent mind is^ S SOCl * - -? ? _ L All items tor tms column snoui Miss Hortense Woodson, Ed :hildren celebrate fourth with masquerade party Little Miss Julia Weeks was a dain;y and charming hostess on Monday iftomnnn .TnK* 4th at a masauerade i ?X fVl v V?*J ? V??f ?? v . __ )arty given at the home of her par-' jnts, Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Weeks, in Harrington street. About eighteen little folks were in-' rited to participate in this delightful j i?air and they made a pretty picture j )ut under the shady trees in their | rsi\r masmifraHp costumes. Many! , _ I epresented flowers, such as the water i ily, the rose, and the tulip, while )thers appeared as gypsies, Japanese, Colonial dames, ballet dancers, vitches and valentines. Many interesting games were enoyed by the children, including rid- J lies and various other contests which j nade the time pass merrily, and in I he course of the afternoon lemonade j md cake were served. At twilight ;ach child was given a sparkler, and ;hese, when simultaneously lighted, nade a pretty effect which was a fit " ' * it- ~? 1 ,ing climax to tnis loveiy iourm vi fuly party. DELIGHTFUL ROOK PARTY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. / On Saturday afternoon last Misses | tfartha Vance Ellisor and Olive 3urns were hostesses at a delightful ook party at the home of the forner. Four tables were placed in the | >eautiful yard among the gay petu-j lias, periwinkles and other bright j rummer blossoms which made a per-1 ,'ect setting for the pretty young girls j n their summery dresses, i ne ai-1 ;ernoon was most pleasantly spent tnd at its close the young people vere served iced tea and sandwiches ind maccaroons by Mrs. P. G. Ellisor md Mrs. J. L. Bums, ENJOYABLE PICNIC ON THE GLORIOUS FOURTH A picmc was given Dy miss Auaa^u shannon in honor of her guests, Miss;s Marie, Aurelia and Louise Sease, >n the 4th of July at Stomps Springs md was enjoyed by the following roung people of Newberry, Laurens ind Greenwood counties: Misses Rosalyn Shannon, Marie, Louse and Aurelia Sease, Mary Chal-! ners,s Ethel Wessinger, Mary Lou' hat the speaker criticised is about as ar aibove his critic in education and ntellectually as the sun s above a alio candle in brightness. The rouble is that these badly educated )eople think they are right. They augh at an educated person's correct j ;peech, actually imagining they heard t "mistake/' WVion a nprson knocks at a doorj md in answer says, "It is I," these| vise-in-their-own-conceit creatures, j .vith their smattering schooling and dense ignorance ^:tually (think he ihould have said, "It's me.M This is 10 joke. These same people criticise ectures, music and everything. If e lecturer uses plain and simple anguage they think he doesn't know onW nn tVip otiher hand, if they, leard, as Einstein said: "Relativity elinquishes the absoluteness of sinultaneity," they wouldn't know any( nore about it than a boll weevil cnows about electricity. These peo- j 3le are yinks. Some of them are all; >ull?and a yard wide at that. They j >eem to like to engage in the battle of )ull stand. We would like to turn i ;hem over to the Newberry post of the ? j t-A ~.r I \mencan legion ana iei sume ui mc j jrigrht "post toasties" of our local post ;ake charge of them and give them some lessons in the correct way of ( serving for the best interests of the, country?assisted by the shining ights of the Rotary and Kiwanis :lubs. n-H ALL APPROVE THIS TAX. | i \nderson Mail. Well, the big fight is over and about the only thing worth learning from1 the affair is that it is a pretty profi- j table source of revenue for Uncle Sam. The coffers of the national treasury are to be enriched between $750,000 and $1,000,000 from the fracas. Our only regret about the natter is that the federal tax isn't inore. In fact, so far as we are con-! jerned, we wouldn't care if the busi-' ness of prize fighting was taxed out }f existence altogether. There's no-' ihing to it but a lot of low-browed, j t>rutal horseplay. It doesn't deserve' i;o be classed with sports. But as a source of revenue for! Uncle Sam the big flght is all right,: since there are no scruples about: tvhere his tax money comes from or ETY j: < - . > - Id be either sent or phoned to | itor, Phones Nos. 1 and 76 j * < Glascow. Annie McWhirter, Emmie Rea, Alice and Lena Copeland, Virginia Shannon, Lillian Shannon, Nelle ] Carlisle, Marie Wessinger, Vera ' Queen Wessinger, and Messrs M. L. Bullock, R. E. Burton, Baxley Symms, ^ Frank Glascow, M. W. Rikard, Geo. Copeland, Guy Shannon, John Shan- ' non, Rea Feagle, Herjry RikardJ James Shannon, B. fw\ Copeland,j, Andrew Hollingswortfi, Tom Rea, ; Beaufort Copeland, Lee Hargrove,!^ Lewis Simpson, Sam* Young, Winfieldj Fuller, Walter Suber, Hugh Shannon, j Douglas Ross, Floyd Hollingsworth,1 Frank Major, Bachman Cromer, John! Riser, James Hollingsworth, Allen | Reighley, Jr. The crowd was chaperoned by Mr. onrl lWrc A RpicrMpv of Newberrv.! C*HU XT* I w>. A ilVv .7 - v , ! Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Wessinger of New- j berry, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Young of J Whitmire. After the picnic was over everybody went home and made ready for the good;old square dance that was given Monday night at the famous old brick house at the forks of j the road between Newberry and Whitmire. - . INFORMAL DANCE IN HONOR OF VISITOR| A delightful event of Saturday eving last was the dance with which Miss Frances Jones entertained the members of the younger set in honor of her house guest, Miss Laura Folger of Gaffney. The young people spent the evening very happily in dancing on the wide veranda and refreshing was served throughout the evening. ^ CHILDREN'S PARTY j.) ON FRIDAY LAST F The lovely home of Mrs. W. H. Hunt in Calhoun street was the scene of a pretty f>arty on Friday after- . noon of last week, which was given by Mrs. Hunt fn compliment to her niece and nejihew, Nancy and Walter Mcintosh of Columbia, and her cousins, Frances and Nancy Harper of GreenwoodAVInteresting games, were enjoyed by the children for several , hours and a special feature of the afternoon wa^'the fortune telling byfj Miss Lucy ftJpCaughrin. At the close of the afternoon's pleasures delicious j refreshments^ of ice cream, cake and j lemonade wefe served. f i | how it is earned. The Greenwood In-1' dex-Journal has'figured out a scale of profits that will accrue to both the promoter and the fighters and the amount of money the federal government will likely extract from all who 1 are making money out of the event, j r -11- - T- T mi-on o 1 The deductions 01 trie luucA-uuuumi are as follows: To begin with, the government in j its announcement estimated that re- I ceipts from the admission tax, if the sale of seats (brought $1,600,000 ? /\AA 1 would toe ?ibu,uuu. I On the $300,000 which he is to re- ; ceive Dempsey, without taking into ! consideration allowances for expens- i es, etc., wotfld pay a normal income j tax of $26,480 and a surtax of $137,- j 510, or a total income tax of $163,- i 990 Camentier. on the same basis,j: would pay to the government from his $200,000 end of the purse a normal tax of $15,846 and a surtax of 1 $77,510, or,a total tax of $93,350. Tex Rickard, the promoter, expects 1 to clear $300,000 in profits, it is re- j ported, and' his income tax would be ; the same as that paid by Dempsey, or $163,990. j tm ? ;*?rv>c rrivp a r.otal of i ncsc luui ii/cxna ^ w ?? more than $581,000 payable ?b the ' government in taxes. It is probable that the total of these items will be somewhat lower, because of the j amounts allowable to Dempsey and Carpentier for expenses, which are deductible from the taxable income j before the *ax is romputed, but the difference as a result of these deduc-' tions is not expected to be very large. \ It is interesting to note that these' i | computations reauce me pi Vll I/O \JX | Dempsey. after taxes are deducted, to $136,010, while Carpentier's end of the purse will dwindle to $106,650 after the taxes are deducted. The $500,000 purse, therefore, is actually a purse of $242,660, so far as the fighters' profits are concerned, and the government will get more than * A A AAA half of that original $ouv,uuu. In figuring the^grand total which the United States government is to j receive as direct tax on earnings and | profits made indirectly from the fight many things are to be taken into consideration, such as the transportation taxes paid by those who journey , to the fight, profits by officials and : others connected with the fight, vtc. | If these taxes come up to expecia- i tions, the government's share of the | ight proceeds may well epproach P 51,000,000, it is believed. v SOME OF THE LIFE HISTORY s< OF THE BOLL WEEVIL ii In order that, the farmers may more ; t successfully fight the pest I am giving i 3 synopsis of its life history. jo O r.lv 'a small "nercentacp of the u ~"" r *= " I adult weevils that hibernate in the: f fall survive the winter. These emerge I s in the spring and go directly to the h nearest cotton field and feed upon! I the young tender plants. As soon as : v squares begin to form the female pro-| y zeeds to puncture them and deposits I one or more eggs in each square , punctured. Each female deposits, on an average about 140 squares. The I egg will hatch in about 4 days, pro-: I ducing the larva, me larva stage ;i continues about 8 days then changes, jl into the pupa. It continues in this j stage for about 6 days longer and j emerges out of the cotton square or, boll a full grown worm. Thus you see I that from egg to adult is only about! 21 days. The adult weevils tnat survived tne 11 winter have already deposited their I eggs and most of them have likely 1 i CONDEP Tho Nifinn 111V llUUVIi Newb . From Report to the C tion at the ( '' 4 Loans and Investmer A ' ' . - v Liberty Bonds and \ U. S. Bonds Cash and due from B< V v. v Capital Stock Surplus and Undivid* Circulation Deposits Dividends Unpaid ... Bills Payable n ? iteaiscounis B. C. MATTHEWS, Prfinif > " ' " I INVEST I HOME Here's wat you pa pounded annually: Rent per month. $20.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 50.00 Now is the ideal til you extremely low pri Newb< i I assed off the stage of'action. The first generation of young weeils are now developing, as will be j pen by observing the fallen squares, i the cotton fields. Will it pay to pick up and destroy; hese squares? By all mei<ns YES. j ^here will not be a second generation I f weevils till about the first of Aug- [ ist and if a large per centage of the irst ones are destroyed it is quite posible to hold them in check till we lave a fairly good crop of bolls set. f the weevils are not destroyed, they vill surely destroy a large part of rour cotton crop; Does it depend on what your neigh AININUUIN We have just secured fc tometrist who will have ch lors beginning Monday, Ju He will also be in charg repair department. We solicit your business faction in return. rnnppR's JF. Miss Mattie A 1844 JSED STATEM ? <m 1% tal Bank of erry, South Gai lotrmtroller of the Currt JL ^lose of Business June 3 / ^ . RESOURCES. ::&kiz it* iVar Savings Stamps anks and U. S. Treasurj .{Y* ? ' I.I ABILITIES. sd Profit*.. % mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsmmmmmmmammmmmm. T. K ient. W. W. CROMER, Asst. Cashier. 11 -OR THE I in a OF YOUF .y out in rent with inhere < ? r In 1U Tear*. $3,353.28 5,429.92 5,868.24 6.706.56 8,383.20 me to save the differenc ice# and'service. srry Lumb Newberry, S. C. bor does as to whether you makfc a. crop or not? Most assuredly not.. The weevils do not move from one' field to another till late in the sum-1 mer, so your success depends very! largely on your own individual effort. Pick up fallen squares carefullyevery five or six days. k Cultivate your cotton once a week, if possible. ? Continue cultivation, at least 2 weeks later than usual so as to pro mote late fruiting. h ' Stay on the job. No quitteT can': successfully grow cotton under boll. weevil conditions. i T. M. Mills, County Agent. s 1 CEMENT! >r our store an expert Opiar#e of our Opttical Parily 11th. ^e of our watch and jewelry 3 and guarantee you satis- / WELY STORE idams, Mgr. '? | . O . 1 ' - j. i , . ; - , i j , ENTOF MavivLahiovt newuciijf ? olina / jncy Showing Condi- : Oth, 1921. \ I .1 . ? * " " _ *: . ; - '> : ; - i t <| [ ; : ' ?t V 0 I /-fx' . 'j,.'j i. - v ' " .i ? . . /*. : ? .. . ... $1,574;295.05 ^ l??,(S33;i3l I . .. 100,000.00 r ... 343,762.24 > j , - V } $2,211,690.42 .' ? . f L ' 'r * : ? ? ! $ ' . 'i . I % \ i ........$ - 100,000.00 i .......... 55,958.44 97,400.00 1 o/?a oo*> ie / i,0027,0?0. la 4,032.00 242,400.00 i 342,076.83 $2,211,690.42 .i * J 5 JOHNSTONE, Cashier. ' / ' ' * ' * . ' . ? ?' ? ?*'?' . ' : . CI ITI TDC I ru 1 UI\m ! [OWN st at 6 per cent, comIn 15 Year# $ 5,921.52 8,882.28 10,362.66 ? < 11,843.04 14,803.80 e, while we can give > er Co. -p j , I