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?e fjjeraiD anil Jems. SattrW at tha PottoSc* at New wrj, S. C., as 2nd class mattsr. ^ H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, March 10, 1922. The senate has cut down the appropriation to Confederate veterans by $100,000 and does not allow but one dollar to any one whose income is as much as $1,000. There are only a few in this county who will be cut to the dollar. It seems to us that the luxury tax bill is one of the revenue measures that the legislature should have passed but the senate thought otherwise and killed the bill. The senate may be right. We do not know, and yet we can not help feeling that a good thing to tax in preference to the necessitits would be the things that we really could do without and if we did not want to pay the tax we could let it alone. It all means that the levy on tangible property such as lands .will have to be increased even more than the senate has already increased it. The senate has declined to reverse +Viq J"H7^vo_p]pr>+rif* tax meas 1MCU Ull lll^. uju^v v..? urer. We do not know much about that but the members of the people's forum seemed to think it was a good measure and after the senate had once killed it sent it back a second time, but to meet the same fate. THIRTY-FIVE YEARS T^nnkinsr backward thirty-five years seem but as yesteryear. Looking forward from the then it seemed a long:, long time. It covers a generation of man. Many men have come and gone during that time. This date is called to my mind by the fact that it was the 7th of March, 1887, that W. P. Houseal and E. H. Aull formed a partnership and purchased The Herald and News from Mr. A. C. Jones who had secured it from Mr. Thos. F. Greneker. We really d'd not take charge until the 9th of March and our first issue was printed on the 10th of March. My name has appeared at the top of the editorial column from that day to this as the editor of the paper. Neither Houseal nor myself had any money, at least I know I did not have any, but through the kindness of friends we were both enabled to borrow each for himself from Mr. Robert L. McCausrhrin the president of the National bank, then the only bank in Newberry county, the small amount necessary to make our first payment. Only one of the five men who were good enough to endorse my note ;s left, Mr. W. W. Riser the then sheriff of the county. But Houseal and I were young then and we were not afraid of work. He took charge of the mechanical department and I took over the editorial and business end, and each attended strictly to his ow:i department and neither undertook the job of t^e other, though we frequently consulted, and the years we were together were pleasant years, if not very prontanie, out we gu.ji;. I d'c ^ u.-e a typewriter then ard in fc**4- T t-Vnk the only typewriter in t^e toxv" w*s the one owned by Mr. Geo. S. Mower. And the boys managed to read what I wrote and all the t^pe setting was by hand. We charged the paper after the first issue from a six column four page paper to an eight column four page paper and v.*e set lots of type. The subscription list was badly run down, and our contemporary had it on us in the matter of circulat;on by a good many hundred. We featured the local department and such things as we deemed were for the good of the town, and our list began to grow from the start, and it was not so lor? before we could count numbers with any paper ever published in Newberry. Our advertising rates were way down. In those days contract? were madeby the year. I think our rate was $25 for a quarter of a column for a year and $35 for a half column ard $60 for a column for the year, and the payments were made quarterly. The subscription price was $1.50. It was a pretty hard struggle to make ends meet, but then printers worked cheaper than they do now, and we did lots of the work ourselves and like the average farmer we did not count oxn own labor as part of the expense. After a while Mr. Houseal took over the Lutheran Visitor and I took The Herald and News, and so I have had the battle almost all alone for the greater Dart of the time I have been connect ed with the paper. We braved many fierce storms and many hard places in the road, but somehow we have kept traveling. Now The Herald and News has a circulation around 2,000 and has had that number for severa' years, sometimes more and sometimes a little less. Many of the subscrib- ; ers to the paper now were not born then, but a goodly number of the old guard are still left and they remain j faithful to the old paper. After some boys came into my life and had become expert newspaper men my dream and my hope was that , i ~,-v JmT +Vimr nr/Mil/] folrr> nvov flip I | DV1UC uaj nvuiu buiiv V - V..W i business, and let me spend my time : in looking over the old files and gath ering up the fragments and put them , into historical paper for the benefit of j j the present generation. The great I, disappointment of my life is not that! I did not make lots of money or ac- j quire great fame, but that none of.; these boys have been willing to do j this, though two of them are in the, printing business. But I wish them , well and am thankful that I am able ; to work even better than I could in *' > ii-- i : ?: "VT,. I;-Pq ine aays at uie uugimimg. hj.^i work is written in the files of the pa- j per, and in looking over the old files I it is a pleasure to see that at all times j under the management of Aull and j Houseal and since, The Herald and ; News has stood for the things that: were for the betterment of this town i i i and county and the state as the edi-} ) tor saw it, and that no worthy cause j ever failed to have the hearty support j; of the paper. Sometimes it is true j we did not sail in the direction of ] least resistance, even though the row- j, ing would have been easier, yet we11 said what we thought was for the best j of the community and never fell out with those who did not agree with | us. And there is where we stand to-1 ( pvpti if wp hnnnen not to be in i accord with some of the people we are ] considered a knocker. And we will ( ; continue on the same sort of platform , so long as our name is at the head of ^ the editorial column. j < i' c During this long period under one ^ editorial management with no change ] or interregnum The Herald and News ( has gone through one or two boycotts ^ because of disagreement with the ed- ] itorial utterance and positions of the 7 ,t?n ( liKtriwa/l Tn in tVlO puyci UUt WC OU1 ill ibvi . ?,?.w t other days when the blood ran hot- i ter than it does now and before the j years had somewhat changed our ( viewpoint we rater enjoyed a little 1 friendly fight or any other kind if the j occasion presented, but now we want z to live in peace with all mankind and j do not care for even a discussion. We < try very hard only to say those things 5 that are helpful and discuss issues , and things and not men, and yet do ^ you know human nature is so const1.- < tuted that it is very difficult to get 5 ctwcty lxv/iii uuc auu ^ u i newspaper discusses a question and ] takes a position that may effect the j job of some fellow that fellow will 2 take it as a persnoal attack on him. \ We should be bigger' and broader, -j but poor human nature has a hard, task of seeing out and beyond its own selfish self and usually lacks vision, j The tendency of the press today is 1 not near so much to a discussion and : argument as it once was, and is get- \ ting away from the personal discus- 1 sion that at one time was a very great j factor in many of the editorial col- limns in the nress nf the state. That ( is an improvement and. while there , were people who enjoyed the reading ( of these bitter personal attacks they . never did any real pood in the uplift- ] ing and the helping of the people or , the community. ; 1 We stood for better schools and . better reads and a better community < from the very first issue, and we , stand there today. The issue of , March 10, the first one printed under ; the new ownership is missing from the . Viotto V?nf in fho co^nnH isfiliP llto HU * Vj Iksvtv AAA V*AW .;VW4.U *W? ? ~ I find that we had a teachers column : edited by Mr. Arthur Kibler, and he , was telling the story of the profes- < sion frankly and strongly, and we ad- : voe?ted the building of a graded school system in Newberry. And we advocated diversified farming and the growing of what you need on the farm as the only successful way to farm in this county, and just whit the exnerts are being paid now to go around and tell the farmers, and we did not chanre a cent for the information and neither d'd we charge traveling expense for the telling. I hope the farmers will take the advice of these experts and do the sensible xhirg of first providing to grow at least all they need for th mselves and ? ^ ** v> * r* 1 f a? -P o rm a T? fV>Pri cUi tnc aiiiuiajo uii nit lo.l iu, ui.u >uv.. some, and if they can grow any cot, ton grow that for this section of the , world must continue to grow cotton . to clothe the rest of the world. i i I was looking over the old file of 1887 the other day, and it may be i of interest to some of the readers to mention some of the merchants and . others who carried advertisements in - the paper along about then. Geo. B. Cromer was the mayor of the town ; and John S. Fair clerk and treasurer. ; Silas Johnstone was the master. J. I B. Fellers the probate judge. VV. W. [ Riser sheriff. John M. Kinard clerk ? of court. C. C. Sale school commis sioner. W. W. Houseal auditor. A H. Wheeler treasurer. Henry H Blease was the trial justice at th court house then. We did not hav many advertisements even at the lo'< rate, but I notice R. D. Smith wa the clothier and Otto Klettner was i; business and carried an ad. M. Fool Jr., and company were selling out a cost. Minter and Jamison were ruining a small ad along about that tim and S. B. Jones was in the fancy gro :ery business and did some advertis ;? t w r.hnnman stationer: uijj aim v. ?? . w ?t and Col. W. H. Hunt had Hunt's boo store, and W. E. Pelham's pharmac was advertising. In the issue o March 24 is the notice of the mar riage of Col. David A. Ruff and Mis Lizzie Halfacre on March 16, the cci emony being performed by the Re\ S. T. Hallman. In this same issue i a short account of a trip I made t Edgefield mostly taken up with tell ing of the importance of building railroad across the country, and ho"\ it is only about fifty miles to Edge field, and yet to get there by rail yo have to travel about 120 miles, an that the Georgia and Carolina Mir [and would soon be Ouilt. I state i: this article of the trip to Edgefield "I learned while there that Preside!! Mitchell had been successful in hi recent northern trip, and that th building and completion of the roai at an early day was assured beyon the possibility of a doubt." And ye ;he road is not built even to this day Our Prosperity correspondent sign ed M. L. W., and I do not recall, bu [ think that was Miss Mamie White Her father, Col. U. B. Whites, wa jorrespondent for a good many years md then A. H. Kohn was the Pros verity representative for a long time Sigma was writing the news of Excel >ior in those days and he continue :o furnish the items to this day, Mi FL J. Kinard. The pastors of th churches in Newberry at that tim vere Rev. -J. S. Cozby Presbyterian Rev. C. P. Scott Baptist, Rev. E. F VlcClintock A. R. Presbyterian, Rev f. B. Fox Lutheran, Rev. J. L. Stoke Methodist, and by the way, I noticei n the papers where this good mai lied only last week. All the other mentioned are dead long ago. Amonj ;he advertisers in the paper alon; ibout that time were Eduoard Scholt eweiry, iv. v_. yy nuaaio xun??>... scott and Brother, tin ware am ;toves. And Mrs. S. A. Riser wa "unning a millinery store. Ther vere several merchants in Columbi; .vho at that time ran an advertise nent in The Herald and News regu arly, M. L. Kinard, C. F. Jackson ani Edmunds. All told, legal and all ;here were about eight columns o A o advertisements m me papn. .he low rate you cna readily see tha :he income was not burdensome. There are many things in these ol lies that would make interesting reading and give information to ma tiy people today, and then there ar :hose who would not be interested There have leen many changes in th tcwn since those good old days, an yet human nature is about the sam all through the ages. Our printin office stood on the southeast corne 3f Friend and Caldwell streets jus icross the street from the presen Herald and News building. The prop 2r>.y belonged to Mr. T. F. Greneke and h:s dwelling stood on the sam lot facing Caldwell street and th parsonage was where the church no^ on/1 +V?o riVmrrh fappd Johl Ltuinao &ii\A tuv stone street. The town had no wate and light system nor any sewerag and no telephone system. The Hei 3ld and News was the pioneer in ag: tating the putting in these improve ments. Some of these days when ?et time I will quote some of the p-ai agraphs from these old Newberr newspaper files. E. H. A. <S> < ^ *vinwr tuc crunni <; < rtmwnvj i lib wviiwvuw .<? < The county board of education d< cided to recommend to trustees the they give two days with pay to a teachers who would attend the mee' ing of the state association in C< lumbia. This is a recommendatio of the state board of education. An I hope the trustees will act on it an grant all teachers who.will attend th state meeting a two days absence wit pay. And I hope that all the teacl ers of the county will arrange to a' tend this meeting. It is a good thin to get away from the routines noand then, and even if the teacher doe not get anything from the discussior and lectures at this meeting the minj '* " ' ? ^ 1 1 ling witn otner teacners aim wc gc ting away will be helpful and do goc and be worth the time and the cos The meeting will 'be held in Columb: on Thursday and Friday and Satu: day, March 16, 17 and 18. All wh desire to attend and who expect t go by rail may secure a certificat from mo to ?ot n reduced rnte on th [. Haltiwanger & Car e t? S ; I I r. s v~"=~ 0 a | v' I t I u ! d! I-! * n i : i it ! J el / cj y d! I t I =- "7 L. return trip. Please advise me at! t once if it is your purpose to attend. i !-l ? s! The county teachers association i was to have been held on the coming >> Saturday but on account of so much rain and the meeting of the state as. sociation being so near the same time - t Viovo nnt railed the meeting: or tak-1 5 ^ ? _ .. en any steps to arrange a program, e Let Newberry have the attendance e record of any county in the state unless it be Richland, of course. We * 7 # are not far from Columbia and many of the teachers can go by auto but s the railroad fare will be small. dt n With the assistance of County j Q/^Vmm-nprf, I have again 1 2 Jl X CviO ui w ? ^ g gone over the financial condition of rr each district and while we have colz lected about 75 per cent of the total tax of the county there are many dis3 tricts in which not fifty per cent of s the tax has been paid but we will e make some arrangement to pay the a teachers in anticipation of the payment of this tax. We are just wait At- - 1 +/"> con W'Viat is I mg Oil Lilt; le^iaiatuib iw ?w ... rj clone in regard to state aid. The teachers in the districts where the j f payment has been temporarily held j r t up pending the action of the legislal ture have manifested a commendable spirit of cooperation and I desire that jeach one shall know that I appreciate d it. rr The highway commission has mov0 eJ my office oil the other side of the [# hall, in the room formerly known as j e the office of the supervisor. It su:lsi . oil anr! T bono will be of <1 I- J JI1C au e vantage to those who desire the J g change. I just mention this so that j r those who may desire to sec :ne may j I know where my office is. it i-1 I was in Columbia on Wednesday! r and called to see Miss Thomas in e charge of the community league work p and she says that all leagues intend v ing to apply for prizes must have j i- their applications in by the 11th of :r this month. The executive commite tee to award prizes will meet on the r. 15th. We have quite a number of i- leagues doing fine work in this coun?. ty, and I hope they will continue to I function even if they do not receive > a prize. The greatest work that y. these organizations do is in keeping i alive the community spirit and doing community uplift work, even if they do not raise a great deal of money, $>' but the leagues in this county have S> i raised a good bit of money during this school year and it will help very S> much. $> Wednesday seemed to be a New^ * it berry day in (JolumDia or rauier a !1; day when several Newberrians went t-, down. Auditor J. B. Halfacre and )- Mrs. Halfacre and Probate Judge n Ewart and Dr. Derrick of Newberry d college were in my party and it made d the trip very pleasant. I was sure prised to hear Judge Ewart say that h. he had never seen the legislature in :? ~~ nn onrl tonic n 1- I au lie ncuu "y ----- ? t- peep at the senate, the house having g adjourned before he got up that side. w I have not been there very much this :s: session but some of the old guard is said there were so many new and ?-! young men in the house that it was t- really refreshing to them to see one - .v ,1 i ? :4-U >G 01 tne Old IBUOW5 wiwi niiuiii t. i had served some fifteen or twenty ia years ago. Well, a few years does r- make a great change in everything. i0 I feel sometimes like writing a little ;o something about the boys who were in ;e the legislature a few years ago, but [0 | then T do not know that it would ho j 1 J penter The Growing Sto | I' * Suil V Our quality c lower 01 price wii and Hat up to ou tion is as t > prices a | Newberi ' ; ' posted o Hal >N===y interesting to the readers of The |"oJ Herald and News at this time. I W i oi i The finance committee and the senate have increased some items; for common schools in the appropria-1125 tion bill but not sufficient to carry!Qz - . > n out all acts of the legislature, andj ~ ju?t how the thing is to be managad a: I can not tell, but we will just wait until the legislature adjourns. That! will probably be Saturday and then Iw we can take our bearings and see *? where we are at. j ^ E. H. A. jtY TIMES LIKE THESE |n; DEMAND STRONG MEN ! I" iki Feasibility of Mass Meeting of Citi- I zens Without Political Ambition | 1 to Center on Standard Bearer m gr Greenwood Index-Journal. sc Probably never before in its histoSI rv, certainly .not in the past three-; quarters of a century, has South Car-! , .... 'PJ olina needed more a man, a reau up-; sc standing, two-fisted and sincere man, i 1 O standing for certain definite and con-; structive issues, to offer for the posi-, u tion of chief excutive of the state, j We are not unmindful of the man ! Wade Hampton and the v:til issues! which were personified in him in est- j^ mating the need of the time. The people of South Carolina, 'our-' iness men both large and small, arc in such a state of mind that real leadership can make or mar the state's tr material prosperity for years to come, jg, A demagogue may ho i born leader'n, of men, in one sen.^o, bu? hi? leader-[tjship i? dangerous and destructive, not i^, uplifting and constructive. The state jsj of public morals needs, a.> it has not! j in a long time, a man who can anclj5C will uphold the best traditions ot tut* i past; who will net be afraid to tell ^ law-breakers where they get off; who j. will net be afraid to tell certain over- ^ zealous reformers when they have reac-hed the point to dig in rather ^ than keep on charging; who will ret be afraid to put his finger on weak *-- ~c '"" ffimanw CT1'! fm- V?i spots UI ? < provement; who will not b ; afrai.l fo e] invite and encourage outside capital to help develop our natural resources;, who will not be afraid at th? ?am c m time to say in all friendliness to bus- ?] iness that it must bear its part in suitporting the state; who will not be afraid to be curt to weaklings who e] * " 1 have only ambition enougn to oe sj found in public office but no ability f, to render the service such honors de- a: m?nd; who will not be afraid to b^ 'a just though the heavens fall?in a fo, word, a real he-man with both expe- w rie^ce and ability mellowed and rip- w ened 1 v sympathy and an understand- ft, in? of humsn nature as It is found in \v South Carolina. !g A-y reader of this prcbrbly can n?inie ?"ch ? man and more than one q b"t. such men do not hunger for the 0i pol?Lieal fleshpots of Columbia. 'ni Any reader of this probably can ]j formulate a platform which would in- \s elude what we have outlined above w and probably other things which are C( of greater importance. !ai But such selections of individual a] preferences for leadership and such s individual views on issues will not 1 j solve the oroblem. , The state needs a man big enough d< to command support and big enough h; to recognize and formulate the big is- j e] sues of the day. j tl The public mind is hazy on what si the state needs. There are almost as s* many suggestions as there are minds, t? And suggestions have been advanced il with littlo evidence of riny mind hark f< re of Newberry Haltiwai SUPER ATTRACTIVE ts, Wraps, Dresses aj At Surprising Low reputation has been built prin >f the merchandise shown here a ir standard for the sole purpos< thout quality means nothinr. E1 shown in this splendid new exh: ir usual high standard, and our > binding1 as ever. e has been, however, a cutting ection of true vilues that reflec t which really attractive and d lere. Well dressed women evei f the Spring wardrobe, our store y's most careful shoppers. Co] n the new Spring Styles. ! A A Itiwanger & { The Growing Store of Newberry, S. I them. Most of us are floundering 'tf re are willing to press on if we can ' ol ily get out of this Slough of De-jir >ond. We can never persuade Mr.! bstinate to struggle through with h< ; and we know that Brother Pliable th in not be depended on in the pinch, ne Talkative always has a descend- a it ready to offer his services in this o: ate but never leads us anywhere, h: Dmewhere there is a Great-heart a3 ho should be willing to lead his fel- c< w South Carolinians away from zj le gins and pitfalls which are before :em. I a: Would it be practical to ask as ma-' ir XT i ? patriotic citizens, uicse w-ilixv/ul< jlitical ambition themselves?and e: lere are a considerable number we a; now?as many as would do so?to rther without fear and without any I g icrecy in a voluntary mass meeting Columbia and see if sufficient pres- s] ire can not be brought to bear on jo >me real leader to offer his talents id time to the state in her time of jed? Could such a gathering of aj itriotic men and women forget per- sr >nal preferences and ur.ite on such a te ader? a] OW JAMES E. WEST, AN u ORPHAN, MADE GOOD " Si a< hief Executive of tha Bey Scouts of i v America Has Done Great Good h: for Children cr While the Boy Scouts of the roany are busily concerned in do:r?T a ^ 3od turn daily to everyone that 1! :eds it, but particularly to the aged,j ^ ic helpless and the orphan, it might <*' 3 well for them to pause and con-;t( der cne "orphan-home child" who isj^ oing quite to good turn for them? ? to speak?365 days in the years. * When thinking of orphan children . lere should be considered the Hon. T"1 TT* ? * ffoftnt OYPfMl- ! ^ imcs Vj. W tjbi, cui^ji. owuuv ? & ve, and the controlling and adminisative "brain, of the great Boy Scout . over.itnt in America. The work of IS lis man is a constant inspiration to ^ rery scout, and his history can well b an inspiration to every boy, wheth- ni " orphan or not. Was in an Orphan Asylum . To borrow a homely but familiar e< i^fonVmr ATr. West is a man who has itwajyiivj. j - - ^ lifted himself by his own boot- " raps." Born in Washington on if [ay 16. 1876, his parents being P^b-!lc :t and Mary Tyree West, who had " lortly before moved to that city .-om Tennessee, Mr. West was left c i orphan before he had known what n real home is. His father died when e was an infant, and his mother l' hen he was about 6 years old. There ere no relatives to care for him, and e became one of the dependents to f hom he later devoted his best ener- 11 ies and ability. p 1 i -Li. _ t! .tie was piacea in trie vyasmugwu ity orphan asylum, and as a result w f the interest of philanthropic wornten, was enabled to attend the pubc schools. Later on he fitted for the * tw, paying his way 'by his own hard ^ ork, and then was triumphantly suc;ssful in being admitted to the bar rid to practice in the district court ^ nd the supreme court of the United tates. n Hie Hiffh Val ulation of Home Life. [ Mr. West is not unmindful of his / 6' ebt to the institution that cared for im as a child, for it was his experiice there, more than anything else, 0 lat impressed him with the idea that ich institutions should not 'be necesiry. He believes that home life is tl le highest and finest product of civ- h; ization; that it is the great molding ir >rce of mind and of character and tl nger & Carpenter NESS IN ad Millinery Prices larily on the style and nd we cannot afford to 2 of talking price, for very Suit, Dress, Wrap ibit of Spring Modes is guarantee of satisfacrlnwri of nrnfits and a t strikingly in the low esirable things can be rywhere are now busy i is the daily Mecca of me in today and get Carpenter Ncuteriy C. iat children should not be deprived t it except for urgent and compell- j :g reasons. / The carefully selected foster home v* 2 regards as the best substitute for . le normal child for the natural home. "For every homeless child there is childless home." Such is the creed f James E. West. In support of HT- nr?i 1-- ? ?i ia ucjucjl -?xx. vy eat <x numucr ui years *o took up the child rescue campaign inducted by the Delineator maga;ne. As a direct result of the propaanda he conducted through the magzine over 2,000 children were placed 1 good homes. Moreover, scores of men and worn- rc have been interested in the work nd have enlisted actively in a cause lat is accomplishing more tangible ood than can ever be measured, and [r. West has attained this through icer force of character and indefatrable effort. A Practical Crusader Mr. West has carried into his wcrk .1 the enthusiasm of a zealot or cruider, but at the same time he is intnsely practical. He is aggressive, iert, a lie, energetic and resourceful. He not only knows what he wants > do but how to do it, and at the une time he has a remarkable cap;ity for work. His associates marel constantly at the wide range of a is activities. I Energy, perseverance and unflagir.g industry rre his dominant traits. q has ever been a leader in his own r\( Offiirifv >111(1 VlO hao OVOT* Jil\. j. V/ V ?. U L l/l ' 1 VJ ^ u:iu uv ?<v?w v t v* m lade good in Ike tasks allotted to im. lie has devoted his life to upfting the moral, intellectual and ma- 8 rial welfare of children, spurred on y* the lessors in his own childhood. <S> KIWANIS CLUB <S> <?<$><$> "Ladies night," March 16th, promes to be quite an event with the lo il Kiwanis ciuD. Tne meeting wm e held in the Legion hall and the .embers of the Drayton Rutherford lapter U. D. C. will prepare the tenu. "Nuf said" concerning the its. An interesting program has been rranged and a big time is promised !J who attend. Dr. E. W. Sikes, presier.t of Coker college, will be the rinclpal speaker of the evening. Dr. ikes is a member of the Hartsville iub, and is one of the most promient Kiwar.-;ans in the state. Those ho have heard him on occasions like ^ '" 4- ! ?-? cf ATA 1'S say tnal mete ie <x n^ac m s?w.v or us. The program calls for some surrises on the side during the evenlg. Tt?ll your guests to come preared to kiu*rh. Every member of he clu'b is expected to be present rith his wife or sister, or some one Ise's sister. In fact you may bring s many guests as you wish provided ou let the program committee know ow many to expect by Saturday the 1th. Be sure to get your tickets at $1.00 per) from Edward Stokes t the Newberry drug store by this ate, March 11th. This is absolutely ecessary so that we may know how lany plates to prepare. Please be in the hall by 7:45 the vening of the 16th. We want to sit own at the table promptly at 8:00 'clock. You have noticed, of course, that le man who brags about his honesty as to put up collateral when he gets loney from the bank the same as le rest of us.