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||Jc !|et?l& finD Jem 2 StaWred at the Po?tofl6c? at New- J" "wry, 3. C., at 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. - i Tuesday, February 28, 1922. ] Advertisements and the inability to; < get the ads and the reading matter < both in type on Monday accounts for 5 +Vio nf snmp editorial matter 1 and some news items as well. If our I advertisers would just send us the t copy the day before press day it 1 would be a great help to all of us. c Of course in these times the ads must < have the right of way. And we ap- '< preciate them but if it would be just ^ the same to the advertiser it would ^ be a great thing in helping us to 1 print a better newspaper if the copy ? hp g-iven to the of- s JL\JL VXAt UUO VVM?M 0 - fice the day before the day of goins < to press. ,? 3> <?> j <$> AMONG THE SCHOOLS <3> t <?> < ' i I was at the school at Peak on v Friday afternoon, having gone down * on the train. I was just a little } afraid of the red hills down that side N in a ear after the rains that we have * had. I sure will be glad when the * road or the highway that is to be 1 built is extended to this section of * the county, and it eertainyl should have some attention. It is a pretty the county, and it certainly should be two highways built down this way, one from Pomaria out by Latikoo and one from Pomaria out by Mr. R. H. Hipp's and down by or near Hope's station into Peak. To build only one of these roads will make it too far from either side to use the road on the other side to any advantage. But 1 I was on a visit to the school at Peak. 1 Miss Mamie Crooks, the very efficier.i teacher, asked me to come down at 1 this time as she was going to have T some exercises in memory -of George * Washington. I went directly from * the train to the school. Several of 1 the boys met me at the train, which \ was very nice. There were quite a 1 number of the ladies and several men ' of the community present to hear th? children and a> encourage them an.i the teacher, and I am always glad to j see this. The program consisted of < 1 3 ?i several dialogues anu ictn-at uno a?a . songs all appropriate to the occasion. ( Then short talks were made by me j and the Rev. J. B. Harman. I en- ? joyed the visit to this good commun- 1 ity and to the school very much. I j was pleased to meet Mr. Harman, and i I am very sorry that he has left our i county though by having the church at 2ak we can still claim him as on 2 i of us. He is a good school worker '< and a fine pastor and preacher and it < is well for any community to have I such citizens. f I Friday night I attended an entertainment at Bethel-Garmany. It was ' '1 - ? t> t ~~' ine marr:age ox iuiss dux iicuwc^ iu Mr. Jim Sease and then a society meeting down in Darktown. The wedding was a h*gh life affair in th? very zen'th of the latest fashion and . custor> for such important events and the costumes were exquisite and " gorgeous, these are good words for such eve TitS I hope, at any rate the , officiating officer whom I took to bo Dr. E. H. Moore himself was the typ:cal man of fashion and performed the impressive ceremony just as if he Lad been accustomed to doing that , ? i sort of thing instead of tak.ng temperatures and writing prescriptions. , And all of the attendants were splendidly arrayed in the latest creations of fashion and fabric and the beau- . tiful ring ceremony was used and the ^ wedding was hugely enjoye 1 or en- . joyed hugely. The Darktown society ( meeting was very good and the acting was fine and we all enjoyed the ( singing, or I did. Jim Wheeier said that some of the fellows out there made fine looking negroes and had the appearance of being able to do many things that the negroes are experts at, and that is what makes good acting. And then Mr. Wheeler also re- ^ marked that he had no idea that some of them could rig up so as to oe any more homely than nature had made them, but he mentioned on? or two who had improved on nature and that j too was good acting. I mention < this simply to say that the perform- ' ance was excellent and then you must . remember that all the actors were from the men of the community, old and young, farmers, and it shows too that all the community is interested j f V*n a a! f o I i c u'Tiof m c L' c Ill tilt: .TIVHWJ, <2.1114 CiiClC. IO \VAiC4C iuanv.j for a fine community and a fine school. The attendance was the largest they have ever had at any exercise at this school. The house had about all it would hold. Altogether the young lady teachers who trained the men for this exercise deserve a r Teat deal of credit, because you i know it took some good training even! vith the studious and willing pupils j o get up an affair like this and to j law it called so well. | L I can not help saying, because I j ;ould not help thinking as I sat in;, :hat fine auditorium, how impossible':, t would have been to have had suchj, in entertainment even in this fine j community before the schools were j. onsolidated and the community j school house was built. It would have! Deen impossible, because they had no j. )lace in which the event could have; ( .aken place. And then I wondered!, ;o myself how any community or any;, me in any community could be oppos- j ?d to the building of a school house ^ md along with it a community house.!# rhis occasion was not only one by i # vhich the improvement association,1, riade some money for the school, but! I 5 rreater and above all that it was a , . ocial event which brought the people j, >f the community togethel* for an! ;vening of pleasure and recreation, j -nrl ir r>rnve>H to them that such events i :ould be had in the rural community; ust as well as in the city and the;1 own. And besides that it is develop-!" ng the grown folk of the community, f j md it was a happy idea and one that j vill do a great deal of good to have ; j he grown men pull off this entertain-; * ? j ? J j_ ! < nent. It win ao tnem gooa ana us* | relop them along- the lines they should >e, and I hone to be instrumental in1,1 } lelping to develop several more com- i nunities in this county by building a 1 school house in the community that * vill at the same time be a community louse. and I am fully persuaded that f* ;he people and the state and the coun-! y can spend money in no other way ;hat will pay as big dividends. The ^ >uilding up the rural communities is ^ he salvation of our civilization, and'j ;he best and most effective way to do :his is to build community centers and o make the school house the commun- ' ty center. Let the people in the ru- ^ al districts understand that they can lave social functions and entertain-1 nents that are just as good, and in ic nany respects a great deal better,1 :han they can find in the towns and'j he cities and they will be sat;sfied md contented to remain in the coun;rv and will realize the fact, that it s, that rural lif- s the only and the ^ Dest life after all. - 1 On my trip on Wednesday I took ^ along U. S. Gallman the supervisor . )f colored schools for the county and T le visited the colored schools in Ree- Jerv'lle, Bush River and Tranwood. < A.t Bush River I stopped in on this ( school also. In this district the school ^ nnnco tViov hnd hppn usinfr was de- T iVUUV ~ o I jtroyed by fire last year and we have j ict yet been able to raise enough . noney to put up the new building. With the insurance and the money -aised by the negroes we have bought i lot of four acres about one m'le ibove the white school and it is a *ood location and they tell me it is very near the center of the district.' rhe house now being used is a negro louse on Mrs. Satterwhite's place about sixteen feet square and they lave an enrolment of 96 and there A*ere Dresent the day I was there 64 * I md there were no desks but the chil- . iren seemed to be satisfied and inter- j :?sted in the work. Minnie Grigsby , s the teacher and she seems to be j jiving them the right sort or training j and has raised some money by private < contribution to continue the term of j :he school after the public- money is -?nt T mpntinn this lar^elv to sav - *** c? ? / ^ c :hat in my opinion we should en- j courage the negroes to make an effort ] :o better their school conditions, and ] 3ecause further the negroes at pres- 3 ?nt are perfectly willing to work with ^ the white people and to do what the ivhite people say about their educa- , tion and we now have the opportunity j :o direct that education as it should , be and we have the entire control of i it and we can not teach the right sort :>f teaching with the kind of the great mainritv nf crVtnnl VirmSPS WP have ill this county. I believe in letting the J negro understand exactly his place in ( cur economic and social conditions, i and I believe also in treating him fair- ^ iy and giving him justice. Unless we . do we can net prosper and we can not ^ expect to have him develop into the ( fight sort of citizen. I may be wrong", . but I do not think I am. For this ( reason I am encouraging the negro all ( I can do to make an effort to help himself and to develop into a better citizen. He is here and he is here to ' :tay for many decades at least, and ! so long as both races understand the , proper relations that should exist be- , tween them, and so long as both do . right and treat each other with jus- , tice, there is not going to be any trou ole. And the negro should have some cort of the right education. You can ( train a horse so as to make a better horse out of him and so you can train . a negro so as to make a better citizen , if you give him the right sort of training. F! TT A. r. Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock o: there was a most appropriate and tl enjoyable and well rendered program p at the Oakland school in the beauti- ri< ful and handsome auditorium of Oak- fs land school, taught by Mr. and Mrs. p< G. G. Sale and Miss Elise Peterson. It w is part of the city school system. The b< program was not long enough to tire cc any one, and all the selections were ti timed in accordance with the pro- SI i J - J -11 IUA U. *ram, and when it conciuuen an me u< audience would have been glad if it sp bad been a little longer. The chil- he iren did well and evidenced careful pr an^ intelligent training. There were th jia. 'ues and songs and recitations d: ind u~ills and it was all done well, w The mill villages of this town have ar landsome and commodious school di buildings and all three of the schools pi ire part of the city school system, and th is soon as the grades are completed ! 1 MJ " -^ TV?r? hlp"h i ;ne cmiurea cumc uu ^ , school. It is a fine arrangement and ^ jives all of the children of v.he town q i like opportunity. , j), i to I have been trying to connect with ch .v, onnAinfmpTit at Mollohon school ^h Ill ay pvu?vi..v..v lp in No. 4 -township for some time jd 50 that we might have the patrons 0f ;here to talk about school conditions. ?sv Rev. Mr. Gregory of Whitmire has p2 ippointments to preach at this school pr louse, and with his permission and }0 ipproval we had the meeting Sunday c}ifternoon. Mr. E. E. Child of Whit- vj nire and members of the Bi'other- jn iood of that live town said they 2e vould be glad to cooperate with the tj)eople in this community in the th milHinp- of better school facilities, re ^ ^ o >0 several of the members said they m vould come to the meeting: and help tii js to do something. It was agreed aI hat we would use the appointment Wl 'or Sunday at 4 o'clock. Dr. Freed lad an appointment to preach for the v; Brotherhood in the Methodist church it Whitmire Sunday night, so I aranged to go along with him to Whit- eU nire and he to go with me to Mollo- it ion, it being right on the highway J ;he two appointments worked out 10- jt jether beautifully. uc tb Dr. -Freed drove his ear and we ai eft Newberry at 3 o'clock on the min- In ite and the road was very good until th ve reached Indian creek. The bridge th it this place on the highway has not m 3een completed and you still have to in ;ake the old route there. Mr. John tr VI. Suber who lives just beyond on as ;he hill knew that we were coming be and when we reached the creek we gi ,vere met by his son and two negroes md two big fine mules. Young Mr. Suber said that his father told him to B. :ome down and meet us and to suggest that we hitch the car to the nules before we undertook to make E< ;he crosisng at all, and this we did md but for the thoughful kindness l:( )f Mr. Suber we would not have been fa ible to keep the appointments, be- I ?ause this crossing is terrible and if re ;he bridge is not soon completed the lighway commission will h^ve to fix to ;he road along here, or traffic be- yc * - ~ i - J i-U ^ i ;ween this side ol tne roaa arm uic dj rther will be stopped, unless you :ransfer at this place, and that would sa ?e difficult. On the return trip the sa legroes and the mules were there to sp )ut us over again and by this we were rn a'ble to go and come. The highway w] leeds some attention. In many plac- co ?s the water after the rain was stand- jn ng in the road and there are many be jlaces where the top soil does not, m. seem to be of the right kind or there !m s not enough of it. But this will be hs ;vorked out by the highway commis- it ;ion, and the pressing need just now so ' 1 1 WAMT vAQrl fVlO s trie Driage. un uic jic? iu?u w Dridge over Duncan's creek has not nc :>een built and you follow the old tie *oad and it has been worked and is in ve *ood shape. The old road from Mr. is Fohn Suber's to Whitmire has been or worked and has top soil on it and is in ta ine condition. So from this point n< rou have the choice of two routes to IVhitmire. he th When we reached the school house sb i good many of the patrons and a? friends of the school were present in kr spite of the bad evening and the mist w li rain, and quite a number of the m * A1? T">~ a U^n/-J -ffnm ]p memDers 01 int oiuniciuuuu nvi? ? Whitmire were present and proved jo :heir interest in the community by it. :oming out to encourage the people re In their efforts to better the school pi :onditions. Mr. E. E. Chili was ask- J g< sd to preside and he made some very re interesting and encouraging remarks j and pledged the cooperation of the ,h< people of Whitmire in any way that b< they could be of assistance. I then 'ui made a talk and tried to show the j iz people the advantage it would be to, th the children to consolidate the Mol-'si lohon and McCullough districts and b? build a worth while sphool in the two lit districts, and what they owed to the pc children of the community, and the b( advantage it would be to the com- ct munity to improve the school. Prof, fe C. M. Wilson also made a talk en- bi horsing what- I had said about the oi advantages of building a 'better gi 3ch00l. Mr. Jonn m. suoer, a ciuzeu |j" f the McCullough district, favored fir le uniting of the schools and those w: resent agreed with him, and it was th ecided to have those present who' tvored the consolidation to sign the he 2tition on the spot, and so petitions co ere drawn and quite a number from he )th districts signed up asking the wl >unty board to grant the consolida- kr on, and on motion of Mr. W. M. 'fe lerard the petitions were left in the mi mds of the trustees from the re- I lective districts to see the free- ne )lders and electors who were not se esent, and the indications now are j at the two districts will be consoli- de ited and that by another year we w< ill have a nice community building pr id school house in that consolidated re strict. It would be a great accom- eri ishment for that section if the a]i ing is done. wi After the meting- :ve drove over to sa hitmire and had supper with Prof, an M. Wilson, and his good wife, and te r. Freed preached a fine sermon ' wl i the Brotherhood in the Methodist sa ;urch at 7:30 from the parable of an e sower. Mr. E. E. Child as pres- mi ent of the Brotherhood had charge in; the meeting and there was a very a veet and impressive song service wi eceding the sermon and several in ayers. The Brotherhood has a un- wj n service once a month and all the . sh lurches in the town join in this ser- he ce, and they are doing a fine work m the community, and all of them j em to work together in such beau- ' ar ful erood will and harmony and with bi: e one purpose to help that it is no ally helpful and inspiring just to w< ingle with them if for only a brief th me. There is no telling the vast to nount of good such an organization a orking together with such fine co- wi >eration with the main idea of ser- ly, ce is worth to any community. lai i th If the two school districts as a re-js. It of this meeting are consolidated , m, will be one of the best days thatji0] have spent in a long time, because : will be of such lasting and contin- j >us benefit to the children who are in ere now and those who are to come 'ter them and for all the people who ;e in that section. There is nothing ey can do that will add so mucn to pa e wealth and prosperity and the' co aking of better homes as the build- 'Sp ? of a good school. I hope the th ustees will send in the petitions just th i soon as they can so that the county se; >ard may act and arrangements be-1 th in for the building of the school. !f0 E. H. A. j _ EN HOPE WRITES HIS I " ANNUAL BIRTHDAY LETTER: -'{ I ?~ i ditor of The Herald and News: May I once more address the pub: through what BilLArp called "the r reaching medium of the press"? have another storj^to tell, which is ally important to file. Thirty-five years, \ That's my age ; day. March 8. I>6 you ask, "Is >ur life 'sweeter as the years go r'V' I can not say it is; neither can I y that it is not. Just now I am d and lonely. Thirty-five years j ent with an affliction which renders j e unable to walk, with a poverty) hiVh Vin<? rii-.r ?ost itr* nower to dis-1 urage me, and amid many witherg disappointments, might scarcely s regarded as years also full of roance. Yet my crippled, shut-in life, onotonous and uneventful though it J is been, is not devoid of romance. is not without its desire to do mething to justify its existence, not ithout an ambition to be of service, >t without a great wish to "make a ime" for itself, my life isn't. Fer;nt desire for things worth while of itself quite romantic, whether le ever receives the things or atins the objects of one's desires, or )t. By many friends, admirers and ;lpers have read words similar to ese, from me before. If I live, they iall have that pleasure (or pain) :ain?and again, God willing. I low not how many times I have j ritten, I only knov that writing y regular birthday and Christmas nV "F f\ 11 DTI Lid's is <x iaM\. ui outu ^iwxvuiiu wi* yment that I can not now abandon , I hope this communication will be ad with interest, sympathy and ap eciation, by a greater number of >od people than ever before have ad one of my communications. But my many friends, admirers and * * ' i -1- -i? ?ipers nave nor. reaa mucn 01 my j }st writings, because they are yet ipublished. They have not "agoned" with me over the writing of iese "best" compositions, have not tffered with me over their rejection 7 great editors, have known and felt ttle of the bitterness of my disap>intment when ever my cherished )oklets?printing of which cost hard ish?were not purchased, save by a * -i r\i. xi iw sympatmzing irienas. un, me tterness of learning the "ins and its" of that most fascinating of all imes, writing the English language to "something to read," only to i id that, while there are many who rite, there are few who sell what > ey write! My many friends, admirers and flpcrs have admired my courage.' mmended my "wonderful grit," j ilpinir me in manv wavs, for all of | I r.ich I am deeply grateful; but they j low not how and what I have sufred, how I have grieved over the istakes in my early writings, how j have been misunderstood by some ar and dear to me, and just how , riously I have taken my poor self, j would not rehearse the sorrowful j tails of my story if I could. I )u!d not ask my editor friends to ; int such a tale, nor my readers to ad such a tale, because there are | ough of "hard luck stories" going j ready. As my friend, Judge Jones, once | ote me, "every life has its compentions," anu mine is far from being i exception to the rule. "Be count." he wrote me in his letter, lich is one of my cherished keep kes. I have also received words ;d letters of encouragement from any other great personages, includ g ex-President Wilson. In reply to letter of encouragement which I -ote to him in 1918, when we were the very crisis of the great war,*he rote me a most beautiful letter, owing exactly the manner of man j is whom I admire above all living! en today. Now, the foregoing is merely nopos of announcing my regular rthday letter party. My readers j iw know my need of letters and j >rds of cheer, and of anything else ! ey may have to send me. I want \ hear from every one of you. Even: card will be appreciated. I am not( -iting for material things especial- i , thuugh I know how I could use ths tter to very good advantage just at. is time. Address everything to J. Love ("Ben Hope"), York, S. C. ake my thirty-fifth natal day one ng to be remembered. ! "Ben Hope." j fSPECTlON RURAL ROUTES FOR BENEFIT FOR PATRONS 0' , By direction of the post office dertment, postmasters throughout the untry have iccentiy made an Election of the rural routes from eir offices. The purpose was that ey might ascertain by personal obrvation and make report whether e roads used were in good condition r travel, the routes well .arranged, \ Lis' We wish to take tl one our appreciation you that made it the It was our intentio but owing to the fact of short lengths, rem the benefit of this) d< nants, etc., on a table just the thing you \va continue the same lo\ this week, that have ing you and trusting i week, for my loss is Yours for t Ph P. S. Number 493 party holding same p boxes properly erected, so as to be easily reached by the carriers with-\ out difficulty and without obstructing: travel, the carriers serving their routes as officially prescribed, the schedule observed, and whether the families served were satisfied with the service rendered, or there were improvements which could be suggested in the interest of the patrons of the department. It became necessarv, in connection t with the inspections, to request many patrons to take action to the end that Kavds rviicrVif r-nnfnrm with thp LUCIi UVAVO regulations as to kind, condition, location, or height, and in having the name of the owner plainly printc .1 on them. Also, to bring to the attention of road overseers or other responsible persons the need for improvement in * i. i.: ? roaas or repair or consirucuuu ui culverts or bridges. It is the desire of the department, and its purpose, to provide adequate and conven-'ent service, so far as may be possible, to all persons residing in rural communities, but this end can not be attained without the fdll cooperation of the patrons in the efforts of postmasters and carriers to ' serve them promptly, regularly and satisfactorily. Whatever facilities the work of the carrier is of direct benefit to the pa- i trons, for the greater the ease and' speed with which a carrier may cover his route the earlier arid better the Get ahead of tl by u "sr.ftrn" F None 1 See us before you Manufactured from materi npi o .1 me douinern Phones 81 and 118. Harry W. D( raifTOTiwiimwF'Mf 'leagffwfiawft ten Fr ends lis method of expressing ? ?-l j oi your patronage uuni : splendid success it has be n to close this sale Satur that after the sale we fin \ nants, etc., that we have added to display^all thes< ! in the center of our store mt at your price and in ac v prices on our entire stoc prevailed for the past 15 that you will take advar your gain. he square thing, ilip Dait 1 was the lucky number d lease present and get pri: service afforded. So, patrons of rural delivery can greatly help themselves by helping their carrier, seeing to it that roads are kept in good condition and promptly and willingly correcting any irregularities affecting their boxes when asked to do so. Another great assistance that patrons can render carriers is by keeping themselves supplied with and using stamps instead of placing unstamped mail, with money for the purchase of the required postage, in the boxes. This delays the carrier and sometimes imposes a great hardship on him, especially in cold or stormy weather. If preferred, stamped envelopes, either printed or plain, m?.y be obtained from the carrier, are of good quality and cost 'but little vin-ro fVion fVia woltlfl fif StomnS V. Ltlw.il bltv ' UIMV VA W4iv upon them, and are redeemable at the value of the stamps if damaged, 'but returned in a practically whole condition. If necessary to place money in a box, it should be put in a coin-hold in? receptacle or be properly wrapped so as to be easily picked up by the carrier. Money for the purchase of money orders should not be left in the boxes, but should be handed to the carrier and a receipt obtained. The income tax men will be in Newberry from the 10th to 15th of March. he Boll Weevil sing ERTILIZERS setter, t i place your oraer. the highest-grade ials by Cotton Oil Co. jminick, Manager. . i ?i? ???? , f .. :h's v cement i I to each and every . lg this sale, for it is en. f i i J ri day mgnt, me zom, d we have a number * (in order to give you 3 short lengths, rem; where you will find Idition to this we will :k, for the balance of days. Again thankltage of this closing rawn Saturday. -The ze. i i