The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 20, 1922, Page FOUR, Image 4
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E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Friday, January 20, 1922.
OUR COLUMBIA LETTER
Mr. John K. Aull, a born newspaper
man, and if we do say it, one of
the best in the state and who knows
a news story when he sees it and who
ran serve it to the readers in" as
good style as any one, has agreed to
send The Herald and News a letter
for each issue at least during the session
of the legislature covering the
doings of that body. So if you want
to keep up with the doings of the
legislature and have the work served
in the best style and so that the keeping
up will be easy you better be sure
that your name is on our mailing list.
We hope to .be straightened out
now and that we will be able to matte
the mails and to give you all the news
in town and county and to make a
real newspaper. That is our business
and we do not mind the work, but
like it.
Mr. R. H. Greneker is still forbid
den by his physician to use his eye,
"but he is improving: and while he can
not use the eye to read and write he
can see how to collect, and is devoting
his time to calling on the subscribers
who live in town, and is giving
them an opportunity to pay up
and continue or to have their names
taken from the list. We are anxious
to keep all of them, .but when now and
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mem some one says uc uucs nut
for the paper it does not cause any
worry, because we know there will
"be some one to take his place and the
good old Herald and News will go
on. We hope Mr. Greneker will'soon
be able to resume his duties in covering
the happenings more fully than we
are able to do in the local field.
NOT KICKING
A gentleman and a prominent citizen
of the town said to the editor the
other dav that we were always kicking
and knocking. He has made the same
remark aforetime. We deny that The
Herald and News is a kicker. We try
to say what we think, and try to say
it honestly and courteously, and as we
think it is the duty of a newspaper
to say it. If there are things that we
do not think are for the best interest
of this community we say so, and if
there are those things that we feel
are for the best interests of the community
we say so. It is the only
manner of getting at what the public
thinks. And besides we do not conceive
it to be the prerogative or the
duty of a newspaper to drift along
with the current. Of course, it is eas
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:er to tatce xne course 01 ieasi resistance,
but sometimes we imagine it
takes a good bit of exertion always to
find out just which that course is.
We have made it a rule to 'be frank
?jid to speak and say how things appear
to us, and we grant the same
privilege to others. We should feel
quite bad and out of place if every
one agreed with us on public matters
and if they should always agree with
us we would wonder if it were really
sn
Our record is writ in the columns of
The Herald and News for the past
35 years and more and we make
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that record that we have stood cut
strongly for all constructive measures
and all enterprises that were for the
betterment of this community and
such measures and enterprises have
had at/all times our earnest and ardent
support.
We have differed very frequently
Fwlth some of cur friends, and we
have not hesitated to say so, and yet
we did not and do not now consider
that kicking in any sense. It was
I Seator Tinman wno saia 01 a prom.I
nent citizen some two decades ago
W that he was a mighty fine fellow but
" was too d?n unanimous, and sometimes
we feel that we would not like
to have that said of us.
is what is meant by kicking then we
are a kicker.
The remark of the genetleman in
question was in regard to what the
Herald and News said aoour me .Newberry
health unit. We were not kicking.
We were simply saying how it
appeared to us. We simply felt thit
it cost more than it was worth to the
community and we said so. If the
people who foot the bill think otherwise
we are not going to raise any
further objection, though our ppinior.
has not in the slightest undergone
any change. We are publishing today
the report of the director and the
nurse. From this repot it would seem
that all the children of Newberry
county are either defects or defectives.
We do not know what proportion
of these are white children.
WITH PLEASURE
We had no intention of starting
anything when we made the simple
mention of the health unit in a recent
issue. But even the small mention is
going: to result in good to the extent
that it will be the means of giving the
people the correct information as to
some of the work of the unit.
We really did not know what
amount the unit had with which to
operate. Nor were we certain from
what source the income was derived,
except that the county agreed to put
up $5,000 cn condition that a similar
amount or amounts came from some
other source or sources, and we were
under the impression that $5,000
came from the state and that $5,000
came from the federal department
somewhere. That, as we recall, was
the statement given out when the unit
was first established. Without looking
at the Newberry supply bill we are
still under the impression that the
first appropriation was $5,000. The
last supply bill for this county calls
for $2,500 from July 1, 1921, to December
31, 1921, which is at the rate
of $5,000 per year.
We take pleasure in printing the
letter of Dr. L. A. Riser, who is in
charge of this work in the state. If
we recall correctly, the act establishing
the unit calls for a monthly rennrt
of exnenditures to be submitted
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to the county supervisor or the highway
commission now. We have made
inquiry, just for information, how
jmuch was spem for this purpose. No
jone seemed to know. At any rate Dr.
j Riser's letter confirms the statement
I that the county puts up $5,000 a year.
We are printing in this issue also
j the report of the director of the unit.
I That does not say anything about the
expenditures.
Since this matter as come up we
, will say also, that we were under the
impression the nurse supported by
j the Red Cross was to be a sort of
j community and emergency nurse.' In
jso far as the emergency part of it
,we know that we were wrong in that
impression, .because a case came unnnr
nwn observation when a nurse
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could not be obtained in or .out of
town, and the unit nurse was too busy
or too tired to go even for one night
in an emergency when a nurse could
not be had. Too 'busy was the reply.
And another instance more recently
j where there is a case that needs attention,
and appeal was made to the
:Ked Cross or the unit and the reply
{was that the nurse was too busy or
(the work of the unit was to look af
;ter school cfiiictren ana mere was nu
jtime for anything else. For this case
jWc do not vouch. We at least are
I getting information. Not kickirg.
jlf 1600 out of 1900 children in the
schools of the county are "defects"
and if the unit can help them
there certainly is not much time for
anything else, if the unit is curing
J the defects. Or even helping them.
(Now we are not kicking against the
health unit. We are simply stating
facts as they come to us.
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A VERY FINE ADDRESS
TO NEWBERRY TEACHERS
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j Mr. D. L. Lewis state supervisor of
rural schools made one 01 ine oest ana
j most .practical talks to the teachers
at the court house on Saturday that
. it has been our pleasure to hear in
a long time. The pity is that more
of the teachers of the county were not
i present to hear him.
I hcpe that I may be able to have
Mr T pwi? !>nnp .hack some time dur
ir.g this session to make the same
j address when we can have more of
I the teachers present. It was one of
'those plain and practical talks that
can not help being beneficial to the
j interested teacher.
I He told of the importance of teachi
ing English in the right way and of
writing, and that the teacher should
(be the community leader and help cre'ate
a sentiment where it is practicable
I
to get schools consolidated so that
j one or even two and three and four
j teachers should not have to under
take to teach eight and tenh erodes
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; generally to the hurt of the lower
j grades which are of so much importance
to the child.
He said that the fourth and fifth
grades were really the most, important
in the school life of the child
( AnH if ?n often hannens that these
very grades are the ones that of nec!
essity in the small schools do not gel
the attention they should have.
He made another suggestion which
j agrees with my way of thinking, anc
j that is that in many of the school*
the daily session is too short, and hf
favored the double daily session foi
.the schools and especially the rura
! schools, and in this I agree, though ir
i [many instances it is not favored b\
the parents or the teachers.
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j Ana nis suggesuun mau anci n?v
'schools had all opened it would be z
I good thing to have a three or foui
I
[day county -institute to which all the
:j teachers in the county would be ex;1
pected to come, and that their pay in
; I the school would go on during these
; days. I had thought of suggesting
, that to the county board at the opening
of the school term next session,
i and in this way we could all get acquainted
and the teachers could exchange
views and some methods could
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in the various departments, and I shall
, keep this in mind.
I regret that more of the teachers
of the county were not present at the
meeting and some of them who came
to town were not in attendance and
some came late and regretted that
auto accidents and the cold morning
made them late.
The next meeting will -be held at
the high school building instead of
the court house and it will be the
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second Saturday in reoruary. j&very
teacher in the county should be willing
to give one hour each month to
the meeting of the association.
E. H. A
j SILVERSTREET DISTRICT
RETAINS TAX FOR SCHOOL
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i On petition of citizens of the Silverstreet
school district an election
was held on Tuesday on the proposition
of voting; off seven mills tax for
maintenance. By a vote of 47 to 20
the good people of this district refused
to vote off the tax. j
I hcpe now that all the good peo~
'
pie or tms community wm wipe uu mc
slate and take a new start and forget
all differences and get together and
build a real high school in this district,
as they can do if they will all
work together for the good of the
school and the community.
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I made another trip to Vaughnville
on Wednesday. I hope that we
have about decided on the house we
will build at Vaughnville. The four
acre lot has been surveyed and as
soon as we can get the deed drawn
and signed, work on the building will
be commenced. The lot is one of the
prettiost in the county for a school.
And it is the purpose of the trustees
to out up a nice school house and to
provide for a community house at
the same time.
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! While up there I made a very pleasant
and I hope helpful visit to the
rhannells school. I was glad to see
that the community league has had a
nice driveway made from the public'
road up to the school house and fixed
up the entrances and planted some
trees. They need to give a little
more attention to the upkeep of the |
building. This I am sure will have |
attention at once.
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At one time during the day the
weather was threatening, but about 3'
or four o'clock the sun came out, and'
being so near home I decided to try
the old road from Chappels to river
and make a call at least long enough1
to say the time of day to Jie folk at
home. The road is not near so bad
as I expected, and with a little more 1
work right now would be in very I
good shape, and as it seems that it is]
going to be the good old summer time
oeiore tne ieaerai guvurniuent ^evs
ready to start something on this road,'
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it would be weli to give the old roadi
at least another working. At any
rate, and in the bad condition of the
road, I made the nine miles in a half
hour and had a half hour at home.
The road on the Greenwood "side and
up that hill that used to be the main
dread of the trip, you can trot along
in high without the slightest trouble.
It seems almost beyond believing that
such a road could be so much improved,
and then you wonder why the
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people siooa i.xie uiu iuau ou
when by such little work a good road
could be the result. But it is true,
and the same good road extends on
.to Greenwood. The improvement up
. this long hill is one of the most convincing
arguments in favor of good
roads, if argument is needed to con.
vince any one.
;' The folk were well and feeling good
> on/^ not pvnftptinc> me were arlad
that I came. Mother said that several
, of her friends had remembered her
on her birthday, and she was so
proud that they had. I told her I had
ian impression that it was the 20th of
i this month, but she says it was the
-,11th. I did not ask her which one,
. but my impression is that it was her
; 90th. And she is a lot younger than
some I know who have not near so
; many years to their credit. When I
;was writing that grind the other
i night, called forth by the death of
I Mr. Geo. Griffin, I could not think of
; the name of the Mr. Boland referred
j to in it. so I asked them at home, and
: of course I should have remembered
1 that his name was Mark Boland, Un
i' cle Mark we called him in those days.
t And I remember what a pride he took
(in having his team look well, and he
i believed in dressing up the mules. In
i (those days the driver of a team who
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r iwun it Minn mi
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ften a rosette on the side of the bridle
and many times would have a re(
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, tassle swing down the side of th<
head, and fastened to the bridle, anc
generally it was so arranged that th<
! mules themselves would impress voi
i with the idea that they knew thej
i were dressed up and they were prouc
I of it. Uncle Mark always tooK i
| pride in so dressing his mules. Anc
another thing I remember about hin
J ir., he boarded at home and live:! a;
j one of the family, and he would tel
, it on my mother that she was a fine
! c-'.ok, but he had on / Dne ction tc
her coffee and that wis he had tc
drink too much water to get a little
coffee.
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I Maybe you are not interested ir
this. If so please skip it. It is now
writ and will make a good filler. The
road from Newberry to Chappells is
fine and remains in the same good
'condition, and some one seems to be
; looking after it. Why I can make the
! 19 miles in about fifty minutes, and
J that is fine for me. And then it is
so easy on the car and the driver. If
!we could just get the federal govern
I ment to pet started on the little pap
! from Chappells to the river, what a
pleasure it would be. Please, Mr.
Bouhvare, hurry up somebody. It
would not take lonp to build this
road. And the road from Chappells
to Yaughnville is now good. Mr. R.
E. Watkins said he was going: to apply
the drag on Wednesday afternoon.
I hope he did for that is all
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SOUTH CAROLINA LEADS IN
i REDUCING ILLITERACY
; The state department of education
assisted by the illiteracy commission
has made a vigirous fight against the
illteracy which exists in our state and
now that the census figures for 1920
have beer. pxrhl'shed it is a matter of
just pride that South Carolina leads
ro^iifMrior nercentasre
UlC Wic.i IU 1. VV4VV...0 A- w
frcm 25.7 per cent in 1910 to 18.1
per cent in 1920. In rank among: the
states, South Carolina still maintains
the next to bottom place, ranking .below
every state save Louisiana. In
wliite illiteracy the state has climbed
from third place from the 'bottom in
1910 to sixth place in 1920, now ranking
above Now Mexico, Louisiana,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.
In negro illiteracy, the state
ties with Mississippi for third place,
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inaiiiuiHimg uic ^uoivivu v*
1910. While this record testifies to
the work which the -public schools and
the schools for adults have been doin?,
there is yet 'much work to be done
before we can r3r.ik with many of our
sister states. Iowa records the lowest
illiteracy, 1.1 per cent, while
Louisiana records the greatest, 21.9
per cent. In nine states less than 2
per ceDt of the population was illit
erate while h: t.en states (South Carolina
included) the per cent was ten
and over.
! Pickens county now registers the
least illiteracy in the state, 10.7 per
cent. Greenville county comes second
with 11 per cent while Berkeley
registers the highest illiteracy, -38.4
per cent, with Jasper county next
highest, 3-3 per cent. The data for
Newberry county are as follows!: Total
num:fcer illiterates, 5,046, or 19.5
per cent. Number white illiterates,
594. Nun:ber negro illiterates, 4,447,
or 30.2 per cent.
According to the 1920-1921 report
of the state superintendent of education,
11,150 pupils were enrolled in
jthe 428 schools during the past year.
I T>n'rf-ppn nrmntiVs f Aiken. Anderson.
| Cherokee, Colleton, Darlington,
j Greeimlle, Greenwood, Pickens, Richi
land, Spartanburg-, Sumter and York)
: enrolled over 300 pupils. Spartan'
burg led the state wita an enrollment
I of 1,349, Anderson came next with
| 933 pupils while Greenville took third
I place with an enrollment of 735 pujpils.
Only seven counties in the state
i reported no work.
j Practically 2.0C0 pupils were per
. feet in attendance. In the first
grade, there were 4,130 pupils while
J 3,436 of this num'ber learned to read
For instruction of these pupils the
state paid $3.85 per white pupil anc
$1.36 per negro pupil.
j Some schools were in sessior
throughout the entire year. During
the winter the work was pushec
>v*ill Trniooroc: o n f J "in tnWf
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schods while the summer months
were largely devoted to "lay-by"
schools in country districts. The
teaching in the winter was practically
done by day teachers at night while
.during the summer special teacher;
were employed to devote their entire
time to the work. Schools were usually
taught in the public schools, although
some were held in churches
and some in homes. Wherever 2
group of pupils and a teacher coulc
meet, there a school was formed.
1 The fierures lust erven for state anc
county demonstrate the worth of the
adult work. The fact that 2,000 pu
pils did not miss a session signifies
the keen desire of the adult to ac>
quire learning. They came to sehoo
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,'after a hard day's work through the
1 winter's ccld and the summer's heat
2 and struggled good naturedly over
] their lessons. Often a teacher or vis- j
- itor would hear them express genuine
1 regret that they had been deprived of;
< an education in youth but they re-!
1 joiced in the opportunity now given!
i them by the state and were happy in,
1 the thought that compulsory educa- j
i tion now makes it possible for <*'m1- i
> dren to grow up with education ad1
vantages. The greatest good which
* is coming to the state from this work
' is not to be found in the fact that
' many people are learing to read and
; write but that the adult pupils are
! awaking to a large realization of their
1 duty to the community and state,
i They no longer feel that thev never!
r had a chance and further their exam
pie of attending school is causing ma>
ny persons with little education to
I pull down their books, who, if left to
^themselves, would have fallen into il-j
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Starts Sail
Store closed Thin
to clear our shelv
The reason we ai
raise the money.
j
Dress Ginghams in
I 32-inch Dress Ging
20c Outing, all shade
Beautiful quality Shi
Wool Goods and S
Table Damask, sal
20c Long Cloth, sa
to 11.
1 bolt limit, for bo
Ladies' Skirts. $10 a
Extra Special! 25c
Yard wide Percale, li
the yard
Boys' Suits and Furn
very low prices. Boy
Ladies and Children'
Ladies' Coats
Children's Coats ..
Sweaters at less th
j MEN'S CL
j Men's Suits
j Men's Hats, black
jj at
i Men's Shirts, sale
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ij Ladies' and Childr
Prices.
a* * a mil TT
$Z.UU Silk Hose
$3.50 Silk Hose
11 $1.50 Silk Hose
Children's Hose, paii
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11 Men's Pants for di
J $3.50 Pants, sale pri<
j $8.50 Pants, sale pric
1 $5.00 Pants, sale pri<
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literacy.
The figures compiled from the report
show that Newberry county ranks
o5th among the counties of the state
in pushing this phase of educational
work. There were organized in the
county 2 schools anl a total enroll-!
ment of 40 pupils, taught by 2 teach-:
ers.
For the negroes: No. of schools, 2;:
enrollment, 40; pupils per school, 20;'
average attendance, 28; perfect attendance,
13; pupils in first grade,
13; pupils in second grade, third and
fourth, 23; pupils in fifth, sixth and j
seventh, 4: taught to read, 13; taught!
to write, 27; average term in days,;
103. The teachers doing this work;
were employed at a cost of $39.00 j
per teacher or $1.95 per pupil. I
PACIFIC FIVE WINS
FROM WHITMIRE MEN
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wmtmire, Jan. 14.? ine rauun: i
Community -association team ofj
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AT
lrday, Jan. 2
nsday and Friday ar:
es and counters of a
*e running this sale i;
checks and plaids, sale p
hams, sale price, yard
s, sale price yard
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rung, saie price yarn
ilks at cut prices.
e price 2
le price 7 l-2c yard Sal
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'11
nd $12 skirts, price
Cheviot Ginghams, sale ]
ight and dark patterns, 2
lishings. We are closing
s' Pants in cotton and wo
s Coats at Clean Sweep F
tan half price.
OTHING AND FURNIS
$8,50, $10.0(
Velour, $2.98, J, B. S'cet
SIJ
price ?
en's Hose in Silk and Coi
ress and everyday.
ze
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^special Salesladies and t
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, T. Anderson, Proprietor
St
Columbia defeated the Whitiuire
quintet here tonight in a well played
game, score 37 to 16. A good sized
and enthusiastic crowd sa\v the game.
There were no special stars. Wallace
and Ingram led the scoring for the
visitors, while Bridges scored for half
of the 16 points for Whitmire.
The girls' team of Pacific and
Whitmire also played here tonight
ivi'tVi tVw? WVu+mirp vrmnir ladies win
ning, score 10 to 2.
The line up:
P. C. A. (37). Whitmire (16).
Wallace F J. Brockman
Martin F!. L.? Brockman
Ingram C Bridges
Taylor G Harrel
Bedenbaugh G Wilbanks
Substitutions?Whitmire: Singleton
for Wilhanks. Scoring: Wallace
21, Ingram 14, Talyor 2; Whitmire:
J. Brockman 4. L. Brockman 4.
Bridges 8. Referee, Albright,
(Clemson>
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i More
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ranging for sale
11 winter goods.
3 that we must
irice ..13c
19c
.11c
25c
(5c, 49c, 75c and 85c
turday morning 10
75c
$4.50 & $5.98
jrice 15c
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ac value, sale price
13c
this entire line at
ol at, the pair
25c to $2.98
'rices.
$6.98 up
nn . PA
VOC to $0.31/
HING
), $12.50 and $18.50
son, $4.98, special
50, $2.50 and $3.50
)8c, $1.45 and $1.98
:ton at Clean Sweep
$1.19
$2.75
98c
10c up
SI 95 1
$4.98
$3.24
wo or three SalesS.
T. Anderson. 4
> Store
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Newberry, S. C.
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