The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 24, 1922, Page THREE, Image 3
'luesaay. January _ ij-FAR
AWAY WHERE TiiE
WEATHER IS COLD
A Newberry Boy Writes Interestingly
About Boating anrl Skating
on the Ice
Milwav" jc, Wiis.
I have just returned from :i week's
stay in Minneapolis. ??Innnesotn. I
did not have time while there to write
you about this country, climate, etc..
though I know you are always interested
to know rib out the pi .ices that
I visit. So I wUl now try to give a
description of the snow and ice scenes
T CQir fl>oro
Minneapolis is called the City of
of Winter Sports, and from what I
saw the week 1 was there it certainly
lives up to its name.
There are several I::kes on the ed::e
of the city and they are used for ice
sport? in the winter. The mair ice
sport? are ice hockey, ice boatir.fr,
ice skating and horse racing on tfto
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ice. mere is <uso 01 .sMeiu;;
ice," but this is quite a distance out
of the city proper, and I did not set
out to see it. Wish I had though,
for it is said to be a great sport to
watch.
When I was there the ice of the
Lake of Isles." where the ?norts are
held, was about two feet thick, and
the ice sports had been under way for
about a month. This is the m . place
in the city limits for all the ice sports
and the day I went out to the lake
there were thousands of people there
to watch and to take part.
It seems rather odd to see crreat
crowds of people walking* around on
the ice in middle of the lake, and to
see auios going: across the lake.
The ice boatinc: was great sport.
The boats are built in the shape of a
cross with one arm considerably longer
than the rest. Runners are mounted
r?r> f?'nr?V> ovtrl nf fV>o ovmc
sail is mounted at the point of crossing
of the arms. There are usually
two men on each boat and they certainly
do sail along in a good stiff
wind. They are handled like a real
sail boat and when tackin? in a stiff
wind, they frequently ride on one
runner, like an auto turn ins: a corner
on two wheels. This is the time the
real sailor shows up, for he must
climb quickly out on the side of the
raft, that is raised off the ice, so as
to prevent the boat from upsetting:.
It is real thrilling* to watch five or
six of these ice boats coming down the
lake under full sail in a stiff breeze
and then see them tack back and
forth. Tis, indeed, a great sight, and
one to Ftir the blocd of anv one.
Tho horse racing on ico struck mo
as bcinir tho most unusual of all. The
idea of having a horse race on ice.
certainly did seem odd to me. The
track is laid cut on the ice of the
lake and is kept swept clear of snow.
It is about the usual track width and
shape and a judges' stand is built on
the ice near the finish line. A bis
tent is erected on the ice. near the
track for the horses and drivers between
beats. The horses arc shod
with special spikes in a special leather
shoe, that ir> slipped on the
horses' hoof, when thev tret on the
ice.
driver? wear lots of warm clothing
and goggles and the horses have
a hood over their heads and faces,
more of a hood than is used in dirt
track racing. The horses seem to bi
as keen for the races as horses on a
dirt track, and they make very good
time, too. Time like 1:10 and 1:2C
for a half mile trot or pace is fairlj
good for a half mile track. The same
kind of sulkev is used as on a dirt
track. Tell some of the old racc
horse men around town about thi?
horse racing on ice, and I'll bet it wil
interest them a lot.
The ice skating was great ar.d ;
large crowd took part in it. Thert
several races and the racers certain
ly can cover the ground, no?ice, ir
a hurry. They, the racers, take spe
cial care of their skates carrying
them in a leather case to keep fron
dulling the edge against anything
All real good skaters do this, ant
they have expensive skates, too. Tht
good racing sKates witn snoes <aru
all good skates nave special skatin<
shoes attached like 'baseball spikes
cost from $20 to $50 a pair. Ordinal1;
skates and shoes range from $10 up
Silver skates, the finest of skates
range from $2"> to $100 a pair I hat
a pair that cost $8 in 101") whicl
would now cost about $15.
Childen, too, learn to skate here
aboul as soon as they walk. Tis amus
in<r to see a man or woman leading '<
tiny child around on skates, some
times you wonder if they are Iar;r<
encujrh to walk, let alone skate.
Ice hockey was played there als<
and was much interested in watchinf
this sport. It is played somewhat like
basketball, except the players are or
skates. The ball is a hard rubber disc
thiee inches in diameter and one inch
thick. It is called a ''puck" and is
pushed alonjr with the stick. You car
see it in one of the pictures I soni
you a few days auo. There are si.\
players on each of them. It is very
vou'- h a iiie pinycrs skate very j
j'-'fjcr ;i* <! thi- v.ali. Th?- playev- ere
!ir very In- of :u; 1 are very
! Soiv.c'i'iie.- ihey are knocked
imeons-eious an-i av e . rrle<! oil" iht
T.> 'w . OH.
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i.cvci"iu'lcss. I >\".v this happen ?ev!cra!
times in an indoor rink in Pittsburu
and in Canada. too.
T!s a very iiirMlinj; irame and 1
like to watch 1 used to ?<> to all
11'"it- jrames in Pittsburg they hid
I one of the best teams in the country
[for years. . . ? ^ .
The day I went out to set* uiese j
; spoils was a clear tlnv and no wind.!
! But 'he temper.: ture way ilcwn beIi.
cv freezlnir. I was drifted in my
, heav:'-st detains. a I overcoat and
!cloth lined ;'!iOe>, called "Arctics,"
I
' Nut 1 became vcy cr>iH. The natives.
( men. women an.i isn m/."o ? iiiuui.ii, i
; (il l not seem to mind the cold for they I
j ?:ood for several hours in the snowj
! and ice. but 1 suppose they are accus-1
I tomeci to it, and don't feel it as much
I as 1 do. I may tret and send you a
j kodak picture of these ice sports?
lone made by me or from a photo siujdio.
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HIS THOUGHTS TURN TO
HIS NEWBERRY HOME :
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! A?*er ?. Visit So Impressed With Oia
Ho:rc Town That Ho Writes
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iTo the Editor:
.May I be permitted to encroach j
! upon your ^ace to the extent of putj
tinjc in as few words as possible the I
'wonderful transformation that h.is
i been made in Newberry since my vis,
it just a year a<ro? When at home ;
i Christmas mv time wrs so limited that I
1 ' !
'I did not have the "opportunity of!
visiting or calling upon many or my;
j friends, but to those I did see I expressed
my surprise at the noticeable
! improvements over the Newberry of
even a year ago. It is almost inconfceivable
to think that the matter of
! well paved streets and a "white way"
i could transform a thriving village into
a small c-itv of the first class almost
I
; over night. And yet that is just what
1 ~J~ J? "-/"ill 1 irr\fori I
pavea sireett umi <x ?cn
;ress district has done for your city.!
] It has been my pleasure to visit Xew-j
: berry for thirty years or more, and j
| the change which was so apparent i
r this past Christmas made me feel
proud that in a way it is now my real j
heme. True, I spend all of my time j
elsewhere, but whenever anyone asks;
iv? whore my home is. I say, "Xew-j
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berry, s. l. wc ;m xuusi. iiavt ?
real home somewhere, and I am not'
.at all ashamed to declare Newberry j
| mine. j
: The writer iroes around over the !
country to a considerable extent in j
j the course of a year or so, and since
! i last Christmas has had headquarters
j in Knoxville. Tennessee, Boston,
Mass., Des ?>Ioines. Iowa, and Pitts
j bhrg, Pennsylvania. Constantly travJ
eiin^r as I do, I be-iieve that I am in
;: position to pass discriminating and
! unprejudiced judgment on the aspect
1 jot Newberry as it appears in its pros
jcut role ot an up to uau\ im-usicmiw
I city of the first class even if on a
j small scale. The time will come when
!! your city will take its place along with
. j the best in the state. You may not
,;notice it nor your citizens, but you
' will find that the spirit of p-*ogrcssivet
ness and push and spirit will permeI'ate
the atmosphere of your commun
>! ity in such a way as that each and
r i every one of your good citizens will
: j be imbuc-d with the one idea of con:
tinuing the good work of making New
} I berry an even better place in which
?i to live, play and work. And when
I jthe citizens generally really and jruly
| catch the spirit of the times, and all
II work to one end, nothing can hold
* - -? L 'VM?nnr>/lino' t(*V
i j your ccni:uumt> auu i vn.
- J ritory back.
1 j You have everything around you to
-' make a real city. Diversified farming:
rj would do much to hasten the day
1! when your back country for miles
1 /! _ J! J
. j around will grew mio a proline ieeuI
(er to your growing municipality. One
j'eroo sections sooner or later speli dis1;
aster, not only to those working
r I the crops, but to the communities
) j roundabout as well. The South is
/ j slowly, but surely, learning this les.json.
Am! while you have been won,
[derfully blessed by nature and are
II endowed naturally as few cities are
i iin this respect, permit me to say right
|now that it is men nnd not material
. I resources that build cities?men and
- women and the spirit back of them,
i Through your chamber of com
merce. your Rotary club, Kiwanis
ijclub and other civic organizations,
i both men's and women*?, the communi
> ity "will come to envisage a greater
c'Newberry. And there can never be a
> j greater Newberry except through a
i greater c'tizenship?a citizenship that
1 is aroused over the possibilities of the
i [community and who. once aroused,
; i cheerfully and willingly put their
i shoulders, individually and collectively,
to the wheel of progress and ^ive
: J it a determined, consistent shove in
it-he direction of commcreial and civic
I
;;;ivan, "ir
H *i v * tits it.:; clary of scv? :*i?i
. hambers cf ::eive. of K;>lary
.-lu'bs ami advertising clubs, as well as
:hcr r.-iv ;that hr. i for their
a:ni thr up and deveionmeni
::f a community, I can say unreservedly
that there hv:\-< in the breast of
every citizen -he spark of civic pride,
ami t'n.'t li is or.iy necessary to find
t;je bent of the individual in order to
quicken that spark into an all-eon
sumin-r flame t'int work- early and
late for the betterment of his or her
community. And it rcmuins for such
ora:.ir.ivations as the chamber of commerce.
Rotary club. Kiwanis club and
other bus in men's organizations.
women's clubs, churches and schools
L seiiee ihe individual's ulents. leanings
and abilities and then to intelligently
direct them along constructive
consistent lines of work calculated to
bring about that development which
every loyal citizen of every ccmmun
ity earn*.-t!y desires to see.
The writer knows something of the
ireneiul plan of development of the
city a?i<i county andjs watching with
interest the great fogress you are
making in that direction. Others are
watching, too, and if there is any tendency
on the part of any Newberrian
to "rest on Ks (or her) oar/' now is
fcfce time to disillusion them and get
them again headed in the right direction,
for neither an individual nor a
community may stand still?they
must either 5:0 forward or backward,
and to be satisfied with one's progress,
however notable it may have been to
date, spells in the k.st analysis the
difference between success and
ure.
One more thought and I am
through. Newberry is only going to
be as big and beautiful as her citizens.
iv.en and women, make her; and
that is going to be determined largely.
I mtight say wholly, by inspirational
and intelligently directed leadership,
and that leadership must find
ex.ires.-ion in the commercial and civic
organization, both men and worn*
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on, Uic enure nes, scnocis ano in'heme.
To have a superior city one
must needs have superior citizens?
citizens that are alert in th 3 needs
of the community an-I. bclmj alert,
wining: to work, day and nirbt, n. the
interest of the community. Emerson
it \v is who said: "The conduct of
ar.y business or institution is but the
reflection of the personality at the
head of it." And so. after ;11 is said,
it is a matter of that kind of leader?h"p
which places service to one's
cif.y above selfish and strives to
thrxt end through the years and
... t!w? fA-.i vcq i* "h* J <
iWl'I V t';-> 111,1 i:uiu in;.. v.ui ov 10
mapped out no mat-tor whose individual
toes may be tramped upon meanO
xy AceteL
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shop and are prepa;
Welding and Brazir
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TitROl <-H A (:iJMATKR CiTiZPJNcini?
Joseph I.. r>0\vk'?\ Jr.
J'itis!>usvl't i:r.:;ylvania.
January II. 11?21.
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GOVERNED TO DEATH
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Xew \ oik \V oriti.
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Pr. testing a f-. w duys a^o against
the* .^rcvvth of bureaucracy and the
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lives of American ritizens, Senator
Stanley of Kentucky said:
"Every business man finds an inspector
at his elbow, a federal sleuth
at his heel. Houses are searched,
homes outraged and the public high
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ways clappieit in l.'iu uiuwu <;i uuuifendinir
citizens by a multitude of
agents anil inspectors ignorant of and
indifferent to the law of the land and
the rights of citizen?."
Lest anybody think that. Senator
Stanley, who is a Democrat, has allowed
his Jeffersonian theories of
government to warp his judgment, it j
mivn t<^ tbp deliber-I
IS VY U1 L.I \Wi Jiw cw 4< v w _
ately expressed opinions of Dr. Nicholas
Butler, who is not only a Republican.
but. who is identified with
the conservative wing of his party,
j In a report to the trustees, of Columbia
university expressing his objections
to the proposed federal bureau
for the supervision of education,
Dr. Butler used language no less ve
he merit than that employed by tne
senator from Kentucky:
"In the United States we are, in
flat defiance of all proclaimed principles,
building a series of bureaucracies
that will put to shame the
best efforts of the government of the
Czar of all the T?.ussias when, in the
hpvdav of its srlory. We are surround
ed by agents, special agents, inspec-|
, tors and spies, and the people are
called upon to support through their
; taxes, in harmful and un-American
activities whole armies of individuals
who should be engaged in productive
industry."
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Senator Stanley naa aescrioeu m i
this fashion the tendency of the 15,-J
000 bills already introduced in tlu- *
present congress: * .
"Nobody escapes. -Everything in
the moral, industrial and commercial
world is to be owned* operated, supervised
or censored, from the '"birth of a1
1 ' -- L - it- - i :~1 rt-f /rnvneo ntir!
ORny L'j int." nui.mi .kjj. .
ill" worst is not yet.''
The passion for (bureaucracy and
government regulation which begnn
under Roosevi-lt has now ios' all sense!
of restraint. Outside of Bolshevist
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Russia the American people are tin.*;
most ;rovovr.merit ri.i n n per.pl>- in the
vY<>r];i. and every session of congress,]
every session of a sta-e l-.-.n slat ure. |
marks an extension of the system. '
Among: the indictments against j
George III i:i the Declaration of Inlependence
was this: "He has erected
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hither swarms of ofibers :o harass oui
neople and ear out their substance."
If George III could see the armies of
Dificers that the American people, under
their own government, have allowed
to be imposed on them, t:> harass
them and eat out their substance,
he would be astonished at h'.s own
moderation. What the fathers refused
to endure the sons submit to as j
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iiit'ffh.1^' its nui'tv ul >;jui
The American people are in pro-;
cess of being governed to de.uta as i
well as taxed to death, in order to >
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speeds are attaine
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haw u uicr. ihori r -tiur: ;'
from the c?ad> t the grave. What '
naki r- a -bad matter immeasurably s
;v?u they seem to have lost a!! cat)- !
a city for resistance to the ever-,:
.viih nin^ rale of bureaucracy.
EIGHT BIG FEATURES K
IN "LISTEN IRENE" ii
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Never before have we heard of a i
-hew a< cuiicssus and which boasts of i
u*. h New York ?t::r*: and features :
'Listen Irene." which is coming to 1
'.he opera house Thursday night. This f
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company nas receiver more c.\ccmni j
. ih'anco pms comments ami has been
the hit of musical comc<!y sh:<ws of 1
'he season. Wtih the show is the
famous beauty and New York musi- comedy
star, Nyra Brown. As-i?
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sistm,:- her is none otner tiian Johnny i
, LUC iik<* ii ana *.w-v , ,
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ipf,? muii u
Musical Corned;
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WITH
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>Ie Harem of Beautif
*ask Eniending-15 R<
le Gilder & Weeks I
0-75-100-150-200 P
the New Series of the goo
3 finely balanced that hig
d with minimum vibratioi
vibration reduces wea
limum of repair and mail
al elements of great vaiu
nented by the great beaul
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istcr, $885 Sedan. $1485 Coupe, $1'
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jACtoiy, revenue tax i<? uz auu^u
na Atifo Cor
tyke Good
it. Also the elk? quartette, the mirconsidered
the plethor of any
I -ctrical effect ever seen on the
tajre. The three Browns and their
Mi:Iruments who will make you shimMini
whistle or buy a mouth harp
-pun reaching* home. LaZaskia the
ultana exponent of perennial dances
such as were witnessed by the Ronan.
emperor or Cleopatra's barge. A
ligation walk. 1"> rows into the audience
where a closer view can be had,
s the h< ;ven!y beauties promenade
ir.d show their lingerie atalier de
uxe i!i a Hood of fascinating, filmy,
'emin;ne and veritable sea of dainty,
nxuricus. lacy garments vvhicn daz:le
the eye and feed the brain with
noniories of such a night.
Scenery which is opalescent in
;pangles :ind tinsel and a wedding
pvpw <rirl will try to
IV1A 0
ony on her betrothal day. Such are
:he reports on "Listen Irene."
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