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lilt jeratf! uitD Jem KitirMl at tli* PoitcSc* at N?w< 'wry, 3. C., at 2nd cla?? oittar. X. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, April 28, 1922. The editor has been absent for several days just taking a hike to get away for a day or two, and did not return until Wednesday afternoon and that accounts for the absence of some editorial matter. In fact when we left home we ex Unlr Vnr Tnodsv nftpr peCteil LU UC uavn j. ~ noon, but unavoidable delays kept us away until Wednesday afternoon. We went over to Winston-Salem to see our boy who is working in that city, and took the drive through the country. We want to say a little something about the roads and the schools and especially about the country schools over in North Carolina away out in the country, and aboul the taxes and the rules governing the orv,r>lrti7worif of fparhers. and we hope ?*v?*w v? 7 _ it may be beneficial to the schools of Newberry and help us in the work of development in this county. We are trying to lay plans to make two trips this summer and spring, one is to the Confederate reunion in Richmond, and the ether to the meeting of the press association at Myrtle Beach. We hope that we may not ie disappointed. We have not been to Richmond in a long time, and then we desire to take a trip out over tne battlefields around Richmond and hear some of the few remaining old vets tell the story of the days and experiences they had while they are standing on the spot. We hope there will be a large delegation of Confederate veterans from this county who will attend this reunion. One can nev&r realize the value of road signs until he travels in a strange country, and especially the importance of signs through the cities and small towns so that the strange! may get in and out without inconvenience. We are about ready to conclude that it would be well for the highways not to pass through the town unless the roads are marked plainly to direct the stranger how tc get in and out. Charlotte and Salisbury are two cities in which it is easj to get in and out over the National highway. You go straight through these Qn the National highway. ?> <s> <3> AMONG THE SCHOOLS <8> <$> <9 I would like to call to the attention of all who are expecting to teach school the coming session that the regular spring examinations will be held in my office at the court house on May 12 and 13, and that in order to secure a state certificate they must take the examination. And to say that if I can be of any assisance to any one who is thinking of taking the examination that I will take pleasure in rendering that service, if you will 'but let me know what I can do. In order to teach in the public schools of the state you must have a state certificate. A third grade certificate shall not be renewed under any circumstances and the only way for a teacher holding a third grade certificate to get a new certificate is by examination. I would like to emphasize another fact, and that is, a permit is good for only one year and a second permit will not be issued. And then I want to call the especial attention of all teachers holding cetificates to the following rules issued by the state bu ^ ^i-P T'Aiir POT reau ox examiners, <11111 ii jvd tificate expires July 1 of this year you had better take note of these rules and make such arrangements as may be necessary to have the certificate renewed. If we are to maintain the salary of teachers we must maintain the standard of efficiency. Please read the following: and be governed accordingly. It is official and must be observed. Requirements for Renewal of Certificates Which Expire July 1, 1922 A third grade certificate shall not be renewed. * A first grade or a second grade certificate shall be renewed when the holder complies with the following requirements: 1. Presentation of satisfactory written evidence from school official; * ' " 1 il? l ^ Ui showing tnat tne noiaer nas taugm successfully during one half the life of the certificate. 2. Presentation of a record of sue cessful and satisfactory summer school work. Every approved summer school must run at least six ^ -weeks. Teachers receiving certificate credit on summer school work mus1 attend at least twenty days, must pur | sue at least two approved courses, i and must stand satisfactory examinaI tions at the close of the summer j school. < Note: The state board of educax tion, at a recent meeting, waived the reading circle requirement for the ret newal of certificates which expire in *1922. For this year only, the?state board of education also waived the summer school requirement for the holders of . first grade certificates granted on A. ; B. or B. S. degrees from accredited ; colleges. , . State Board of Examiners for Teachers. I As I have frequently remarked I f sincerely hope that all teachers in the .! nAimtv whn mav now hold certificates below the first grade and who may . hold permits will take such steps as ; may be necessary to secure a first i grade certificate. You should not be > satisfied if you expect to continue to > teach to do otherwise. We can not . raise the standard of our schools or i do justice to the children committed : J to our care, unless we take an inter. I pst in our work, and in preparing our : selves all the time for more efficien' cy. On Friday I am going to Vaughnville to attend a picnic and Dr. Der; rick of Newberry college is to go : along and make a speech and I am ex pecting to take along also Mr. N. W. ? Workman to make talk at his home ;jtown. This is a busy time to have : picnics but this is an important mat1 ter, the building of this school house 1 in this district and I am hoping and : believing that the people will con : tinue to manifest the same interest in ! this school that they have up to this J time. Tt is verv probable that I will be I ? . . i out of town Saturday also, especial' | ly in the forenoon. And next Tuesday I am hoping to go to Columbia , with the equalizing applications for state aid. 1 E. H. A. ! MEMORIAL SERVICES AT ROSE | MONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON I i ! At 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon, | April 30th, the annual memorial services will be held at Rosemont cemetery. The program will be: 1 { Vocal number by quartet. ' ' T)v?0 TTQr x x a j ti. r| Vocal number by quartet. ' Address?Mr. J. B. Hunter. lj America to be sung by all present, j Benediction. I The Newberry county post of the 'American legion and the Woman's : auxiliary to the post will join with iSons ^nd Daughters of the Confedj eracy in these exercises, j Immediately following the benedicj "'on evergreen wreaths, tied with the respective colors win De piaueu u(jui. the graves of Confederate soldiers and upon those of World war soldiers, i Memorial Day Exercises May 3rd ! Memoral day exercises will be held , on Wednesday, May 3rd, beginning with the decoration 01 ine ^uuxeuciate monument by the pupils of the city schools at 10 a. m. The following program will be carried out at 11 a. m., at the opera house: Master of ceremonies: Major J. F. J. Caldwell, commander of the James D Nance camp, U. C. V. j Song?Dixie. Scripture reading and prayer? Rev. J. L. Daniel. Hymn?"How Firm a Foundation" ! Roll call of veterans who have passed away during the year. Greetings from the James FitzJames Caldwell chapter?Miss Abbie Gaillard. Vocal number by quartet. Address?J. C. Guilds, L.L. D., . president of Columbia college, Co. lum'oia, S C. Presentation of the Goode Griffin Burton medal given by Drayton ; Rutherford chapter to a pupil of the ; high school. | Song: and drill?Children 01 me Confederacy. ' i Song?America. Benediction. The veterans and their wives will ! be the guests at the annual dinner ! given Oy the Daughters of the Confederacy and the John M. Kinard , camp, Sons of Confederate veterans. ! This will be served in the American Legion hall. Opening of New Ball Park ! The Mollohon mill will open its ' new baseball park Saturday after noon at four o'clock with a game with the Lydia mill team of Clinton. ; This new ground promises to be one : of the fastest ball grounds in the city. -'.It is located on Milligan street just ; off Caldwell street near Eastview ''park, is fenced in and equipped with ' j a spacious grandstand. Just outside " I is a roomy parking ground for the use :of those who come in cars. H The public is cordially invited to :.come and enjoy the opening game | Saturday. Death of Miss Bernice Martin The entire community never received a greater shock than was experienced Tuesday morning by the announcement of the death of Miss Bernice Blair Martin, after a very brief illness, at the home of her brother, Mr. Foster N. Martin. To say that the community was saddened is .i-- ,ol j to give expression 10 trie um?cio?. J thought. Comparatively few knew j that she was ill, and the sudden news was hard to realize, and deep regret will linger long in all hearts, for everywhere she was known she was loved for her sweetness of spirit, her refinement of character, her gentleness, tenderness and uprightness. A better young woman never lived to bless a community with her pure life. She was a consecratcd Christian, a member of the A. R. P. church. HT.Qrt.in tano-ht in her school 1U ICO Friday morning and attended church ; services in the afternoon, and on Tuesday morning she was dead, having been taken Friday night with a light attack of pneumonia or a deep seated cold. When her brother started to his business Tuesday morning I his sister was bright and cheerful, but he was called back home before reaching his office. She had a sinking spell and died in a few minutes of heart failure, and the sudden ending of a bright life was recorded, i The end came at 9:15 o'clock. She | was the fourth in line of the daugh f tvi 0< Miss Martin had been principal of j the West End school for several years ; and held the love of her pupils and I their parents, as well as the high esj teem of the trustees and other school ' officials and associating teachers. It is not given to every one to hold the affection of all classes of people on ! the different sides of a community. She was the daughter of the late J. Newton and Sarah Blair Martin, and is survived by the following brothers and sisters: F. N. Martin of Newberry, J. N. Martin of Charlotte, Mrs. T. W. Sloan of Greenville, Mrs. S. W. Reid of Atlanta, Mrs. H. H. Sweets of Louisville, Mrs. G. L Kerr of Spartanburg and Miss Lalla Martin, the laffpr n t.pacher in the city schools of I Spartanburg. The deceased was a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and all the married sisters are wives of A- R- Ri ministers. She is survived also by her stepmother, who lives with Mrs. Kerr. Mrs. Sloan was with her when she breathed her last. The funeral service was conducted by her pastor, Dr. J. W. Carson, at the house on Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, interment in Rosemont cemetery, the following acting as pallbearers: F. D. Mower, H. T. Cannon, J. N. McCatighrin, I. H. Hunt, j. T. Mayes, Z. F. Wright, Jas. C. Kinard, B. C. Matthews, H. L Parr, W G. Mayes. j The bruial was largely attended, and the floral offerings were the greatest in profusion ever seen at a grave in the history of the cemetery, beautiful in designs, wreaths and the many other little flowers in the hands of children and ladies. The teachers nViiiHrpn all assembled and (2I1U OV1AVSVT& _ were present with these remembrances for the dead teacher and friend, and this mute expression was universal, testifying the love all had for the one now resting in her last sleep. "Let the dead and beautiful rest." CONVENTION CLOSES IN SPARTANBURG Water and Light Men Name Officers ?May Admit Three More States Spartanburg, April 21.?The TriState Water and Light association of the Carolinas and Georgia ended its 12th annual convention here this afternoon after three days with the election of the following officers: J. E. Gibson, Charleston, president, reelected; D. L. Gaston, Gainesville, Ga., first vice president; H. W. Wwhprrv. second vice j Utlium^vi w , ~ v , president; W. T. Jones, Lexington, N. C., third vice president; W. F. Stieglitz, Columbia, secretary-treasurer, for the seventh year. The executive committee, composed of the officers above named, will decide on the next meeting place as soon as the matter of expanding the association to take in the states of Florida, Alabama and Tennessee has been acted upon. At this convention the committee on expansion reported favorably and the question will be taken up with the light and water organizations of the three states mentioned through their chamber of com merce. In point of attendance and entertainment the convention at Spartanburg holds the record. One hundred and seventy-five sat down at the annual banquet last night at the Cleveland hotel. i Services at Kings Creek : The regular preaching services will be held at Kings Creek on next Sab< bath afternoon at -1 o'clock. CLUB MEETINGS Utopia Club J. R. Perdue, president; W. VV. Herbert, secretary. Delegates?John Perdue and John Herbert. Executive committee?H. L. Boul' ware. | Jolly Street Club I PrpeifJpnt. S. R. Metts: secretary, Geo. I. Kinard. Delegates?W. B. Boinest, George Richardson. Executive committee?A. C. Richardson. Longshore Club President, J. E. Senn; vice presi1 dent, J. H. Wilson; clerk, Geo. H. ' Martin. ' Delegates?V. C. Wilson, J. E. iSenn, J. V. Clary, J. R. Spearman Jalapa Club President, Dr. J. Wm. Folk; vice president, L. M. Long; secretary, B. L. Allbritton. ' Delegates?Dr. J. Wm. Folk, L. M. Long, W. E. Epps. Alternates: Geo. Epting, A. M. Miller, A. B Miller. ! Executive committee?0 H. Abrams. Kinards Club ' Delegates?Rev. L. W. Shealy, S. B. Evans. Executive committee?R. G. Smith. Whitmire Club | President, W. G. Puckett; secretaytr T A TlorKv Ajr, V. AX. JL/Ui WJ. I Executive committee: R. M. Aughtry. Delegates?W. G. Puckett, S. A Jeter, J. A. Darby, R. M. Aughtry, W. W. Wicker, A. N. Fortune, J. B. Baker, J. R. Baker, H. R. Murphy, J. H. Wicker, D. L. McCullough, W F. Howard. Maybinton Democratic Club ' President, A. H. Maybin; vice president, J. M. Henderson; secretary L. B. Whitney. Delegate?J. L. Thomas. Executive committee?J. L. Thomas. Mt. Bethel Club President, W. A. Cromer; secretary, George S. Ruff. Executive committee, W. C. Brown Delegates?C. H. Alewine and W. C. Brown. Peak Club President, Wm. Wilson; secretary, C. E. Stuck. Executive committee: F. T. Chapman. Delegates: F T.iChapman and Joe E. Mayer. President, John C. Aull; vice president, J. P. Setzler; secretary, R. J. Johnson. <nv Executive committee: H. W. Lominick. ! Delegates: J. L. 'Graham, J. H. Kinard, W. D. Hatton, L. A. Shealy. Alternates: J B. Bedenbaugh, J. H. Koon. Mt. Pleasant Club President, R. E. Ringer; vice president, Mrs. T. W. Henderson; secretary, Mrs. Jas. W..Caldwell. Executive committee: G. F. Smith. Delegates?T. P. A'dams, J. S. J. Suber; alternates: Ransom Rikard, John Cromer. HISTORY TfcXI 1SUUM5 iu ori INVESTIGATED BY D. A. R.'S I I ????? i i I Washington, April 21.?An investigatian of all history text books in j use in the public schools of the Unit-; ' ed States will be made by the commit! tee on patriotic education of the (Daughters of the American Revolution, under resolution adopted unani j moudy at today's session of the thir ty-first continental congress. | The resolution, introduced by the ! Indiana state delegation, pointed out "that the American Legion has brought to our attention the numerous assertions in late histories written for use in our public schools, that | convey many misleading statements." j Resolutions were also adopted by ' the congress pledging the various , chapters of the society to have each daughter plant a tree and the chap j ters to conduct "tree drives" and en1 dorsing the proposed restoration of ! Sulgra^e Manor, the ancestral home of the family of George Washington in England. The Maryland state delegation has pledge $1,000 to the i fund for restoring Sulgrave Manor, and has requested that other state delegations pledge like sums. I The society also voted to cooperI ate with the American Legion and i the National Education association I during "educational week." I Protest against "lewd and immorj al" motion pictures was made in a I resolution introduced but not acted | upon today. It declared that a large j portion of the films now being man j ufactured are unftt to De seen oy xne public. PREACHING AT EBENEZER BY REV. E. S. JONES Rev. E. S. Jones, presiding elder of Cokesbury district, will preach at Ebenezer church next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. n, F. Clarkson. I I I i Pric i I Ladies S] i i I j We will sell, i price reductions Coats and Skirt from. i i i This week w< i dies' and Childr Haltiwai "The G> HAND LABOR ON FARMS [j DROVE HENRY FORD OFF Motor Car Manufacturer Says So Himself in Article He calls "My Life and Work." i! New York, April 24.?Life on ajj farm drove Henry Ford into making | automobiles. Mr. Ford says so nimseii in an ar-: i tide which he calls "My Life and 1 Work" written by himself in Mc-j Clure's Magazine for May, with the ' collaboration of Samuel Crowther, j author and editor. j And Mr. Ford still feels the same ; way about farming. Not that he has ! anything against farming, he points, out, but there is "too much hard hand labor on farms." Because he was born on a farm and knew with-' out question just what farming: means, Mr. Ford invented an automobile with which he hoped, first to lighten the farmer's task and, second, I to aid people without a lot of money j in their search lor enjoyment ana business relief. That, in a nutshell, is what Mr. Ford's article gives as the reason for i the Ford car. Incidentally it is the j reason for his interest in farm trac-j tors and for a lot of other things! which have happened in Detroit re-'1 cently. j i Thought of Watch j. The automobile, however, barely j < escaped being a watch. Mr. Ford had j ] a desire to do fine mechanical work;1 and his ideas naturally turned to j 1 watches, he says. At one period of J < those early days he had 300 watches j and knew what made the wheels go; ] around in every one of them. It was i i then he thought of the possibility of n making a watch for 30 cents. In fact,!. he says, he almost started in the bus- ] iness. but refrained when he figured < out that watches were not a necessity , and so would not be sold. 1 "Just how I reached that surpris- < ing conclusion is difficult to state 1 now," he observes. |, But a combination of the farm and . the watch and the sight when he was ; only 12 of a road engine was too j much for anything plebeian in Mr. ( Ford's future. He started to consid-! er the possibility of machines and af-: ter glancing at that engine, studying ' it, watching changes, reading and thinking, Mr. Ford branched out into . the automotive industry. Of course, says Mr. Ford, the horseless carriage was a common idea. He had it, as did several other inventors. But Mr. Ford figured that steam was the best means for moving his car, and he set about making a machine to operate by steam. He built one, and it ran. But it had .defects, lots of them. He very carefully points out most of them. When he found he couldn't work out his difficulties to his satisfaction, he turned to gasoline ?and so was born the Ford. ''It was in 1890 that I began work on a double cylinder engine," he , j writes, "because it was quite imprac| tical to consider the single cylinder j for transportation." Shortly after that the farm was left behind definitely and completely, when Mr. Ford went to Detroit as an engineer and machinist for the De' troit Electric company at exactly ?45 | a month. The jol> wasn't much in j itself, but its great beauty lay in that it kept him out in his work shop, for ' he had spare time and he employed it. . Thrill for Detroit Two years Inter Detroit got a thrill. ( ' i r es Reduc ON paring Readybeginning Saturday, April i this season's best style Dr s. A complete range of s s have received several sh en's new summer Hats. nger & Cat *owing btore of lyewt J. H. Sumir Home of Hai & Marx good ( n l_: jp_ o nursueiiii uc 11 for men. Queen Quality * AAC fns* X VA lUVtiVl "Best in eve Chug-chugging down its main streets *9C :ame the gas buggy. In the seat was one tlenry Ford. Behind it was a string &ar of frightened horses and curious peo- * ole. In front of it was bulwark of con i wondering thousands. Henry Ford had found a way to ride without horsbs to drag him. ? c x or The machine, however, had a slight ^ problem. To begin with, it blocked traffic. Not that it stalled, but every time Mr. Ford stopped the crowd ^ ' started and he could not, in safety, leave the car a moment. Always there was some curious soul who would ^0 :limb aboard, play with the brakes or the clutch and then trouble commenced. - Sol Finally, it came to a showdown F with the city authorities. At last, writes Mr. Ford, although there were no speed laws, no traffic ordinances, Th< he had to get a permit from the may- 5 or to operate the machine. her "Thus for a time," he continues, "I bia IttC enjoyed the distinction of being' the only licensed chauffeur in the country." , ^ Gci Mr. Ford ran that first machine f / 1,000 miles until 1896 and then sold ^ it. It took him four years to make ^ the first sale of a Ford automobile, ^ but he immediately did what he has . IS done since?put his profits into building a new and better car. All this time Mr. Ford was working' . , , SUI as an electrician with the Electric Ol company. He had become a foreman f _ ., , . , . . _ up< at SI25 a montn, dui nis engine ca- j. periments were not popular, at the ' shop. The trouble was they believed in electricity completely and were at least mildly skeptical about gas. j ani Men Take Chance j Oth Fairly soon, therefore, Mr. Ford an left the electric company. That was Pe< when, a group of men willing to take a chance stepped in and organized ^or the Detroit Automobile company. Mr. ^er Ford was chief engineer. He owned iar a small block of stock and it was his ^iej car they sold. There were disagree- ,s ments over questions of finance and ; ?( auto development, and Mr. Ford quit.; for He took his patents with him, opened of the famous one story brick shed and the proceeded to build and sell about 25 coi car?;. About that, tjme?it was then , sto :ed to-wear 29th, at big esses, Capes, izes to select dpments La penter ferry" m n j ler <sc L/O. rt Schaffner Clothes. anon Shoes . .. - <, * ..? ' if* & LaFrance rything" ???* 12?Mr. Ford won a road race in s of his own cars and business bei to pick up. formation of the Ford Motor C3r npany was the result. 'I determined absolutely," writes , Ford, "that never would I join ompany in which finance came bee work or in which bankers or< mciers had a part. I nave yet to e it demonstrated that is the way Fnr tko rmlv fr>nnHnfinr> real business is service." >TION TO DISMISS APPEAL OF GAPPINS ' icitor to Make Move Before Suireme Court in all Probability ?Other Cases 2 State, 26. Solicitor Callison of Lexington was e yesterday and while in Columftled a petition for dismissal of the se Gappins appeal before the su-. me court. This petition will 'be rd next Tuesday by the court, ppins, one of the Brazell murder >, has appealed from the sentence death against him, but it is claimed ,t the appeal lacks merit, being ;ed solely on the grounds that there no record of the swearing of the md jury which indicted Gappins. Under Rule 30, the new rule of the >reme court under which appeals no apparent merit can be dismissed Dn motion of the solicitor, Mr. Cairn hopes to have the appeal thrown "* Nothing definite has as yet been nounced in regard to C. 0. Fox, anler of the murder trio, who has alleged appeal pending. He is ap " v.fl'fiiool nf Tii8Hf><? liing" lL Ulll O. iCiuoai v/jl V thran to grant a stay of execution Fox. Other than a notice of inition to appeal from Justice Coth:'s refusal, nothing official has been ird from the attorney for Fox, who said to have left Columbia. Solicitor Callison will likely move a dismissal of the alleged appeal S. J. Kirby, the third member of ! murder trio, before the circuit irt at the next term, it is underod. %