The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 13, 1922, Page FOUR, Image 4
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C. H. AULL, EDITOR.
TnpcHav Jarmnrv 10. 1922.
We hope we may not be misunderstood,
but it seems to us that the
health unit is a pretty expensive proposition,
and yet it may not Toe, because
we may not know all that it
does. As we understand it the county
pays $5,000 a year for it and the
ftftn onri tVip fp.^pral govern
CX.C4VC tpVjVVV Uiiu w*w A ^ nient
$5,000. And that part of the
duties of the unit is to examine the
school children and vaccinate the
children. We have never seen or met
the physician in charge of the unit
except once, and then we told him
that as superintendent of education
we would be very glad to cooperate
with him in any school work that he I
had to do. Since that time we have
, , i
not seen him at alk We understand
that he, or the nurse, has been visiting
the schools. The health of the child
plays a very important part in its
education, but as superintendent cf
education we do npt mind saying if
the health unit is to be retained in
New.berry there should .be a closer cooperation
between it and the department
of education in so far as the
work it does among the schools is
concerned. As superintendent of ed
ucation we will be giaci :o cooperate
as far as we may 'be able and as far
I as we may be permitted. ,
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
REPORT j
The special legislative committee to
1 A'f
look into the financial conuiuvu ui
state and to make report and suggestions
as to how the business of the
state could be run so as to reduce expenses
and save money for the tax
payer has been submitted.
It is a very valuable document and
shows that the committee has gone
thoroughly into the various departments
of the state government. But
it seems to us that in making recommendations
where appropriations may
* 5 j-mlv Vnt. the
be reduced mey na<c
email jobs and have not touched on
the .big bills which count in making
up the total. They recommend a total
in the appropriations, which means
a reduction to that extent, of around
half a million dollars which would
_ iy, levy of ?
permit icuuvuvu ...
little more than one mill. The two
biggest items in which reduction is
proposed are the game warden and
the welfare board of $75,000 each. It
seems to us that some of the expense
of the state highway commission
might be cut off. We do not believe
that the department should be abolished
but it should be -made less expen
S2V6 DV some
It is also suggeted that it would ibe
a good policy to place all the stare
supported colleges under one management.
We suggested that some twenty
years ago and had planned to introduce
a bill in the legislature at
that time, but we saw it would be
useless, and then we did not have :he
details properly worked out, but s ich
a plan would do away with the jealousy
that now exists and the rivalry
in attempts to get money out of the'
state. All of them could be placed on
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the same iDasis. it is ujsu ou^wuvw.
<by the commission that the fertlizer
tax that has been going to Clemson
be placed in the state treasury and appropriation
ibe made direct to this institution
just like the others. We
proposed that also seme twenty years
ago and had a -bill prepared and introdeed
in the legislature, and we
were told that it could not "be did,"
and if it was it would knock up all
41 were refer
tfiC 1CIU11<>C1 lu.v v...?
red to some dscision of the court in
a North Carolisa case, the Patapsco
Guano company, or something like
that. In those days the tag tax was
a big thing and gave Clemson more 1
money than was needed, and now the
tax is small and does not furnish
enough money to run the institution
and the state has to be called on for
an appropriation, a loan they call it,
and therefore it is conceded to oe
best to let the tax go into the state
treasury, or that seems to be the argument.
Some of the building programs at
the state institutions might very well
be postponed for a time. They are
too big any how. And it costs the
a l-i-in tVip^p c olle^es. I
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It does not cost for the maintenance j
of a student at denominational colleges
over $150, while at the state in-1
|
stitutions the cost is from $300 to
5500 per student. We mean this in
adri.tion to what it costs the student :
!
for board and living: expenses. The i
j
difference is too great for the advan-'
tages given. In fact in our opinion!
the student who attends the denomi-j
national college has the better ad-j
vantage. And the training and the |
culture and the scholarship is just as,
good as in the state college.
t If we arc not mistaken the average
j of state aid for state institutions is
i around $700 per pupil and about ?7 {
| per white child in the comnonj
schools. Tiie proportion is out of(
joint.
The committee does not propose to!
reduce any the amount given common;
schools. It will take the amount asked
for by the state department of education
to carry out the laws enacted i
by the legislature, and until tnose are i
repealed or modified it would be bad
faith with the children of the state,
not to provide the means to carry
them out.
The investigation and the report by
this legislative committee will do.
good, .because it will give the people
a clear insight into the different de-j
partments of the government and an;
opportunity to see where the money,
goes. It should have a large public- j
ity. The Hera'id and News hopes to.
ririnf frnm timp tn timp thp svnnnsis
of the report.
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ON THE RIGHT TRACK
President Johnson of the chamber
of commerce is getting headed in the
right direction and on the right track,
when he talks about establishing a
cold .storage house in Newberry. And
in connection with it a warehouse
and a sort of clearing house for farm !
produce. A place where the farmer
or the producer as you please to call
him, can bring what he has to sell:
and get the market price for it in any
quantity he may have it, and knew j
when he brings it he can turn it into
cash without waiting or peddling
about the street. A man in charge
of the clearing house whose business
it will be to keep posted on the market
daily, and in touch with the buyer,
and be in position to sell at the
best price, any farm produce.
Such a place will be worth all your :
curb markets and your farm programs
and all the other things they '
are telling: the farmer how to do, and
all the advice about diversification
and all the othtr stuff that is teing
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resoiutea aoout. nnu uie mainci <mu
be ?.'ble to take the produce at the
market price and pay the cash for it, ]
and the produce will be made, even J
if the bank will not lend .money un- '
less you diversify. 1
Thpre is a demand for all the 1
things we can grow. But meeting '
and passing resolutions and arranging 1
farm programs and all that sort is not
the thing we want, we do not c;.re 1
who suggests the program. Dig down
in your jeans and establish an ex- ^
chance and a cold storage and put a 1
man in charge who knows the business ;
and who can and will find the market '
and the produce will <be forth coming.
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Until you do it is nou jromg iu yc.
The curb market, or we believe they
call it now the farm market, is all '
right, but if the people who have to 1
depend on some sort of market in (
this town for what they eat had to (
depend on that there would not be (
enough for one meal a week. What {
would they do the balance of the '
week. ^
If you want to help the farmer to (
diversify and produce something be- '
sides cotton, put up your warehouse 1
where you can take care of and han- '
die something worth while, and tha 1
diversification will come, and the <
f?vTi program will arrange itself, and 1
put somebody in charge who knows "I
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ilOW io qo trie juuj anu cin
will come. The potato house was a *
step in the right direction, and now
you have got to teach the world how 1
to coolc and to eat the sweet potato. ^
After you do all these things then s
proceed to raise all the cotton you 1
can, because the South must clothe '
the world. And cotton must continue 1
to be our main money crop. ij
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-rcn.
One of the first bills introduced in
the legislature is to postpone the pay- <
ment of taxes to the 15th of July. '<
If that should pass there will be J
mighty little more paying of taxes 1
until that time. 1
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Wonder if the officers and direc- -1
tors of the chamber of commerce con- J
suited many of the members of that
body when they adopted resolutions 1
a:kir^ the legislative delegation iu
continue the health unit in Newberry.,1
Governor Cooper deals almost en-'
tirely with the tax problem in his
annual address or message to the leg- <
islature. It is the most important
matter now before the people and the ;
onp most talked about. He says that.
"Our government is not too expensive,
but our method of raising revenues
is intolerable and indefensible."
We agree that we should make some :
very material changes in our method
of raisin? revenues. We think also
fha1- wnip nf thp exnense of running
the government could be very well cut
off without detriment to the efficiency
of the service or the government.
The Laurens Advertiser in speaking
of the hard problems which will
confront our legislators at the present
session savs very trulv: "It is
I
very well that expansion of state in-'
sti tut ions for higher learning be stop-'
ped for a year. There is reason to
believe that financial conditions will
cause a reduction in the numbers
reeking collegiate education for the
next few years, and the colleges are
now able to meet the demands of the
time, at least in regard to buildings.
Improvement of courses of study
- I
sncuiu go on. ,
The Advertiser then speaks of the
repeal of the minimum wage paid to
teachers. There is no minimum wage,,
but a maximum wage is fixed in the |
law and of course trustees always
fix that as the salary where the deficit
is to be made up by the state. And
in that view it might be called a minimum
wage. For the right sort of(
rervice the wage is not too much.
They say down at the farmers meet-'
ing on Saturday President John M. Ki-1
nard of the Commercial bank told,
~ rlivorcifiration and!
(.HfJU <111 auuuu v? . . v. w?
pledged to let the farmers have the
money if they diversified, and that he j
had rather tend on sweet potatoes '
as security than on cotton warehouse
receipts. We could not get to the
hn+ wp hear that he also
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told them about a Duroc 'bull that his
bank ordered some years ago in an
effort to help in the matter of cattle
raising in the county.
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Talking about the tax situation and
the reduction of the levy and the:
cutting down of appropriations, this1
is a time when there should be a cut
wherever it can be made without detriment
to the efficiency of the government,
or the development of the citizenship.
But th.v* paragraph was
started in this connection to say, if
the appropriation is cut so that the
acts of the legislature can not be enforced
in the matter of schools, it
will be very poor economy, and I say
this in the face of the criticism that
[ am saying it 'because I happen to
ao nnnn<?f>t.pd with the schools. If!
provision is not made to carry out the
laws there will be great demoralization,
and some of the best schools in
[his county, and among the schools
ioing the good work where it is needed,
and where there is enthusiasm on
the part of the patrons and children,
ivhy they can not run longer than
three and four months. They are the
-chools that have compli-jd with the
? portm'n t.prms and
aw ^uaiaiucciu^ vv>k?... ?
they have made contracts under the
guarantee of the s-.ite. Here <-re
iome of them: St. Philips, HunterDeWalt.
Trinity, Bush Rir/er, RoederI'ille,
Silverstreet, Pomaria, Little
Mountain, St. Lukes, MonticcJlo,
D'Neall, Fairview, Rutherford. Tnere
may be others, but these I recall without
looking- at the record, where the
children are lookirg to the state to
;arry out the guarantee made by sets
>f the legislature. I do not believe
;he legislature is going to fail to keep
faith with these little children, and
?ut short the school term, because the
contract is binding and then the memDers
of the legislature know that these
children do net come this way but one
:ime, and the opportunity once gone
:an not be recalled. But the trustees '
^ wpII to let the members
Illglll v; v/ .. v..
*:om this cuanty know what the people
in their communities think about ;
:his matter. The equalizing aid and
,he rural graded school aid and the J
ligh school aid are the main items so :
:ar as the common .schools go. I have '
submitted the matter to our delega-1'
;ion and will do so again in writing,
but it would be well for the trustees
;o let them know the sentiment of the <
people. :
Next Saturday is the time for the !
:ounty teachers association to meet, j
and I hope all the trustees who can
make it convenient to do so will at
wo Mn tllPTl
tend tins meeting, turn .
;alk the whole matter over, and we
expect to have some one talk to us.
[ will try to mail out a notice to all
teachers and trustees to be present.
We will meet this time in the court
house. It will save making a fire at
the high school building and .be more
convenient at least for the trustees.
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On luesaay j. jug u w iui ^**.4 ?-. ?
Parkinson, the state inspector of high
schools, at Pomaria and we spent a
very pleasant forenoon in this fine
*rhool. Mr. Parkinson spoke very
nicely of the conditions at this school.
And said he would approve it as we
had complied with the high school
law. He .made several very valuable
suggestions which we will try to carry
out as far as we may be able. Mr.
Parkinson is a very efficient school j
man and I am very glatl I have nati;
the opportunity to see even this much
of him. His views and mine are in
agreement on several matters regarding
schools, where I did not expect
we would be in agreement. His view
of th^ state furnishing aid to the
schools is based on the proposition
that it is the business of these state
\
aided school? to make men and women '
and good citizens. In this he is entire- |
]y correct according to my way of j
thinking. I have said as much a num-!
ber of times at several of the schools j
during this school term. We should ;
at all times keep that idea in mind.
Pcmaria school is getting along very J
nicelv. A nice and comfortable:
\
building, good teachers and bright j
children and the parents cooperating!
in the right spirit, and we are obliged!
to have a school. I am delighted that i
it has been accepted as one of the,
state high schools and I know the peo-:
pie 01 tne community win tunuuuci
the good work they have been doing |
to maintain a good high school. I am
sure that this school will soon rank;
among the 'best of the state aided .
high schools. The people are now j
relieved of any feeling of uncertainty
and can and will go to work for ihe!
betterment of the school and with the:
5 ' ' " 1 - 1 X1- ? ;? '
amoinon xo msKt; men smuui mc ;
school in the state, and they are fine j
workers in this communtiy.
I went on Tuesday afternoon to
Peak and; had a talk with the trustees
and some of the patrons of this school. '
I am sure that we will put up a nice j
community building at this place dur- j
ing the spring. We practically se- j j
slfa -Pn v tVlP T1PW I
lecieu a utruutii ui cm,6 .... ^ ?.. ,
building: on land belonging to Mr. j
W. M. Wilson, and it is on the hill!
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near the edge of the corporate limits,
of the town and a nice building there
will add very much to the commun-j
ity, and if there is a district in the
county that needs a new building that
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I
On Wednesday I went over to
Vaughnville to meet with the trustees
to talk further over the -building we
are to erect in that district. I am
hoping to be able to build a community
building up here and a little more ,
time is being taken to get careful j
estimates as to cost 'before making j
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nnai decision. 1 uupc w UV i/i liw) |
the next few days and then we will
decide what kind of building the trustees
will erect.
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I must say a w<^r? or two about the
roads. I drove tfr Pomaria on Tuesday
and went down the highway to
Mr. Singley's and then across by St.
Pauls. The highway is very good but
the use of the split log drag would
improve it very much. The only really
bad place is where the detour is
made on account of closing the underpays
at the rai!roa&below Prosperity.
After you leave tne^highway the traveVng
is bad. The'kfad is narrow and
not properly drained and yet this read
if better than it once was after a rain.
I was afraid to t^y to the red hills
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from Jfomar.ia to rean so i wem
021 the train. Coming back from Pomaria
I came in Jby Jolly Street as
I wanted to make a stop at the Anil
hills. That road is a'bout the same as
the other only pos|ibly a little worse.
I was afraid to Try the direct road
to Pomaria, as the highway stops at
Mr. Caldwell RufT5, and then part of
that has but recently been, finished.
This is one highway that should be
extended to Pomaria and on to Peak.
The people down this side should have
some litle part 'Of the highway, ine
new territory that has but recently
come into Newberry gets none of the
highway except a ]it '> bit of the Columbia
road below Little Mountain,
and the taxable property in this section
is nearly $700,000. I understand
from Mr. Bouhvare that the
road is to 'be extended to Pomaria and .
on to Peak. This should certainly be
Hone. Then with this road and. the j 1
road on down to Broad liver the coun- j
ty would be pretty well covered with S(
good roads and one would be in easy j
reach of almost every citizen of the'p
county. jyj
jy<
The highway to Chappells is very P
good and in good condition. Some fi:
(fVlrayO i <t O-rM t MPPH of SOlIie T)i
UiV.iV AWT vv..
more top soil and some attention giv- fi
en to the drainage of the road. From tl
Little river ta the long bridge most of g<
the road to Chappells is fine. There tl
are short stretches where the drain- vi
age is not good and the water stands r<
in the road and should have attention, tl
From Newberry to Silverstreet there sc
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are some mighty nne pieces 01 rouu uj
and some bad. From Newberry to te
Bush River there is need of attention d
almost all the way. But I take it this w
road has not yet been completed. The h;
road from Chappells to Vaughnville k
was dreadfully muddy and in great s(
need of the split log drag. It is too ir
flat and the water stands in the road n*
and the travel soon cuts it all in holes. s(
A little attention right now will save T
this road. It was fine before the it
i
rain.
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Every time I go up this way I can
not help feeling- how fine it would be T
when the road is built on from Chap-,
pells to the river. And I wonder how ;
long, oh, how long, before the govern- S1
ment will be ready to let the contract n:
so that work may be commenced. It
is greatly needed and should be .built
now, and why should we have to wait a
I
Condensed statemer
The Commeri
at the
Loans and Investmer
Overdrafts secured
Liberty Bonds (Unp
Cash on hand and in
Capital Stock
Surplus and Profits
Dividend No. 49 due
Bills Payable
We wish our eustc
New Year. It gives
cellent statement of
a prosperous one, an<
bring even greater pr
The clouds of inactiv
to a very marked chj
of prirlpfivnr durine-1.
To the Stockholders of Th<
Your Finance Commits
of the affairs of the Bank t
that all accounts are in ba^
10th, 1922, which is hereto
It is gratifying to repoi
Bank discloses that they an
sures a high degree of mor;
Aitention is called to th
Barks and its large holdin
also that the correspondent
country. These things put
ing year in assisting the coi
In closing this report th
prudent and conservative cc
flation and uncertainties, a
the Bank are in a splendid
judgment and careful man
x '-'r
JNO. M. KINARD, Presidei
FLOYD BKADLEY, Asst. L
! MISS TILLA WEST, Bookl
H
mi
" The Bank
) long to get the work started.
I should say that at Pomaria Mr. j
arkinson an-d I had a fine dinner with ;
[rs. J. P. Setzler, the place where j
ou always get a good meal. Mr. j
arkinson was so impressed wifch the ;
ne crackling bread that he took a 1
iece to .Mrs. Parkinson, and it was!
ne, but then the good women down
lis way know just how to prepare a
ood meal and to cook all the good j
lings to eat. And over at Vaughn-!
ille I always manage somehow to i
igulate my schedule that I reach
lere around the dinner hour. And it i
4-U^4- T A i rcr> or I
) Happens iAinu JL get wxic uiuuv& ?*v
ne or the other homes of the trus-!
;es. On one of these trips I had [
inner with Mr. L. H. Senn and one :
ith Mr. J. 0, Johnson and now I j
ave had two with Mr. R. E. Wat-!
is, and after driving 25 miles this
^ason of the year you get up a j
ligty fine appetite, and the good wo-!
ient at these homes always have
onifc* YYtx7 onnat.it.P I
;im:uuii? men. juoi cu'ao m* ,
he next trip I am going to accept the j
ivitation of Mr. Coats.
E. H. A.
ITATION OF LETTERS OF AD-'
MINISTRATION
he State of South Carolina, County;
of Newberry, by W. F. Ewart, Pro
bate Juage:
Whereas, R. J. McCary hath made
lit to me to grant him letters of adlinistration
of the estate and effects
f A. J. Hollingsworth, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and 1
dmonish all and singular the kindred
nd creditors of the said A. J. Hoi
Statement:
it from report to State Be
Condition of
cial Bank of New
close of business 31st Dec
RESOURCES:
its
and unsecured
ledged)
banks
LIABILITIES:
January 1,1922
>mers and friends a pros
us pleasure to call attenti
our bank showing that th
i we confidently expect
osperity to our customers
ity are rapidly passing, ai
mge for general improve:
he good year 1922.
REPORT FINANCE COMMITTI
s Commercial Bank:
ie begrs to report that it has mad
;hrough the closa of business Jar
lance, as set forth in the Daily
attached and made a part of this
*t that a detailed examination o;
i well secured, and that the perse
al obligation.
le strong position of the Bank as
gs of Government bonds which
;s of the Bank are among the st
the Bank in a position to do its f
mmunity through what may be a1
.e Committee feels that it cannot
urse of the management through
nrl wioVioc jjorenn tn pnrnh assist* +1
liquid condition, which could
agement.
Respectful
it. J. Y. McFALL, V
lash. JNO. M. KINAR:
weeper. JNO. C. FLOYD,
UNT, HUNT, & HUNTER, Attys
uuiiifui um
Newberry, S. C,
/y/i/?/?vc fronts '
&.4C.V4.1 MiLVM^ W % * (
lings worth, deceased, that they befs
and appear before me, in the court js
of probate, to be held at Newberry, (g
S. C., on Tuesday, the 15th day of j
January, next, after publication here-; 0
of, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to |
COE-MORT
Quality Fer
Reliable Crop
growers for
sixty years
Formulas fo
SEE
QiiTnmoi? Ri^AC
VVI
Johnson-McCrackin C<
M. L. Spearman
ink Examiner of the
'berry, S. C.
1921.
$ 825,681.60
, 732.06
140,950.00
232,057.98
$1,199,421.64
$ 50,000.00
112,337.56
3,000.00
50,000.00
$1,199,421.64
sperous and happy
on to the above ex
e past year has been
the New Year to
and friends at large,
id we look forward
mnet along all lines
:e.
e a thorough examination
10 1Q99 nnH finds
luaij JL V/ y
Balance Sheet January
report.
? the loans made by the
>nnel of the borrowers int
to cash on hand and in
are unpledged, and note
rongest and best in the
ull share during the cornvery
trying period.
pnnrimonH fnn VnVhlv the
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the period of recent de- ,t
he fact that the assets of
result only from sound
ly,
W. H. HUNT,
GEO. W. SUMMER,
F. Z. WILSON.
ice Pres. and Cashier.
D, Jr., 2nd Asst. Cashier.
Collector.
>
Bank
you right"
how cause, if any they have, why the
aid administration should not be
ranted.
Given under my hand this 19th day
f December, Anno Domini, 1921.
W. F. EWART,
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IMER'S
tilizers
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r all crops
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Newberry, S. C.
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Newberry, S. C.
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