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A' V CAT j[lje fjjtnilD and Jem _ Catered at the PostofBce at New- ' I Hrry, 3. C.? as 2nd class matter. I E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, May 26, 1922. Clean up week, no doubt, did a lot of good, and a lot of people cleaned' up, but wrhat we would like to see is every week a clean up week. Thati is the only way to have a clean town. We never did believe very much in spasmodic efforts. We always liked! and preferred the steady and constant gait, and if you will note it the' 11 ? trovols that wav makes! lenuw v?iiu w?. ^. ? the greater distance from day to day. j in The Herald and News desires to; say here and now that it is not in politics this year, and that it has noi candidate for any office, except that: it is for Fred Dominick for congress! against the field, and that it hopes! and expects that he will be renomi- i nated without opposition. He has1 made a valuable and an able repre- j sentative of the people and has given 1 prompt and careful and intelligent consideration to all matters pertain-. ing to the office and that may have' needed his attention. We often wonder when we see a! car going at full speed, and as it ap-! proaehes a street crossing begins to i blow the horn and increase the speed j what would be the effect or tne re-j suit, if another ear coming at right; angles and at the same street crocs-j ing and acting in the same manner; would get to the street crossing at; the same time. Neither could stop' and the two would be obliged to hsvei an impact. And then when we drive j along the road and meet one of these.1 road hogs going at full speed, we' wish that we could see another of the same kind coming in the same di-! rection we were going, and see the; result of the meeting, but somehow! they seldom meet, or if they do they| are more polite to one another. STUDYING THE PASSING - ?\ THRONG In- the days gone, when I traveled by rail a great deal more than I do now I frequently enjoyed sitting even for an hour or more in one of the large passenger stations, either in I Richmond or Washington, or any oth- ; er large city, and just watch the ! crowds come and go and take note: of the different phases and types of j humanity. And I would not see a > familiar face or one that I knew. It j is a great study. Some one wrote,1 I think, that the greatest study that; man can engage in is to study man.: Or may be it was, the greatest study j of mankind is man. At any rate it! ,ie very true and the study is very in-' teresting. Just to sit and watch the: great throngs of people all going; somewhere and coming from some-} where, and all of them in a great ru2h j and hurry pressing and pushing and j crowding one another. They seemed to be in a great hurry to go some-' where and to come back from some-i where, and that feeling is much: greater today than even a few years ago, with the automobile and the air; plane and nobody wants to stay home.1 In fact this ir> a very nervous and restless age of the world in which we are living, and yet I reckon if we' would follow all of the rules of health! and destroy all the germs and adhere to the regulations for sanitation that there would be no sickness and may ' j--.lt- :l?ir 4- Ua De alter awmie aedui n,scii m^iu wc overcome. But people continue to (die, and they seem to me to be kill ing each other with a great deal more of indifference and nonchalance than at anv period in the historv of the ' world. Human life is very cheap.; The death cells at the penitentiary are crowded and then that is only a small percentage of those who have taken human life, because so many of them just go free of punishment. But th'G is getting somewhat off my subject. I I had a fine opportunity to study the folk of the road a few Sundays ago. I had driven over home to spend a few hours and started back in time, as I thought, to get to Newberry in the early afternoon, but you can never tell what you can do when you start out with a car, though I must say that I have had very little car trouble, to drive as much as I do. U. S. Gallman had gone along to help me if trouble should come. We made the trip in good shape and were coming along \ack fine, but just before we reached the long bridge at Little River the tire on one of the wheels went flat, and though I always carry an extra, and these is generally very little time lost in making a change, the extra had also gone flat. And when we came to patch we found we had no patching material. Gallman .bought -a patch from one of the cit* izcns ot' the community, but when J we came to patch we found that the ! inner tube was rotten, and would not, stand a patch, so we were left there j with nothing to do but find an inner! tube. There was preaching at the negro: church down by the river and the ! woods and the landscape round about J was covered with all sorts and fash-! ions of vehicles. It was a lovely af- j ternoon and the road out this side was fine for motoring. In the other days when cars first came to be used j people would stop and offer assist-] ance when they saw some one strand ed, but not so now. They seem to j increase the speed as they approach for fear, I suppose, that you may ask for help. They passed in all sorts of ways, some on foot and some on a poor mule and some in carts and] buggies with wobbly wheels and I drawn by a poor mule or an old horse j onrl fVio nldflsnrp Hrivprj; in Fords and' limousines and big cars of all kinds | and descriptions, no one even turn- \ ing his head to say good evening.j For two hours or more I sat there' and watched the crowd go by. There were all sorts of people in the pass-, ing throng. Finally a prominent banker of Newberry drove by in his .big car with the whole family, and, he had to hesitate to keep from driving into me or a passing buggy, and he did hail by saying "Hello, Colonel" but that was the extent of hi>s salutation. When he returned he stopped and remarked that I looked so satis-. fied and not at all worried that he thought I was just resting in the sun in the middle of the road. I told him he was correct, that I tried never to worry about anything, but to believe that whatever is, is best or it wouldn't be. But then he could not be of any assistance any way. We tried to get an inner tube from the great number of cars at the church but they had no extras. In the meantime young Mr. Watkins of Chappells and Misses Keith and Forename #long and topped and offered assistance. I told them if they would drive as far as Silverstreet and tell Custis Leitzsey that I needed an inner tube I would be glad. This they did and in a short time Mr. Leitzsey and Mr. Sheppard drove up with the inner tube and we were soon on our way home. But really and truly I enjoyed the 1 ^ I 4-1* A qm/1 iwo nourti watcniug uic *,iv/wu ajiu thinking about and studying'-human nature, and I could not help the reflection that may be it is true that the world is growing better, and that in this day of advanced civilization there was more of the milk of human kindness and more of a desire for service, which we are told makes the really successful life, but somehow there was a doubt that ran through my mind-unheralded, and that doubt lingers. We are bent on service of self and too often we wait until the fellow is dead to offer the flowsrs that should be given while he may know that you are giving them. But may be I am wrong and that I should dispel that doubt. Human nature is very much as it has always been, we are told by students of men and things. I love to serve people and to trust people. We are too often mis taken in our trust and frequently our service is not appreciated, but you feel better for having- trusted and having ser>d, and therefore even from a .selfish viewpoint it is better to serve and to trust. Sometime when you get out on the roadside just sit and watch the crowd and study men and women, too, foi that matter, and then tey me what you think of the question of service and help from the passing throng. The great trouble as I see it is that we arc all in too big a nurry to get somewhere and to come back from somewhere, and we do not think we have time to serve or to help. Of course I know that possibly all of that throng that passed, if I had asked, would have been only too glad to render service if they could. And may be they were all like my banker friend, thought that I was simply en| joying the afternoon. Well, I did enjoy it and did not worry because i I knew it would all come out right. !, E. H. A. 1<r> <s> I < > A FAMILY GATHERING <? ; <?> <$> <? > <S> <* For several years now we have I ^ been'trying to get our family to meet ; annually at the old homestead in Greenwood county, and we have selected as the day for "he gathering the date, or as near as we could make ! 7 J it, of the anniversary of the marriage of the parents who are still spared, and in the enjoyment of good health both of body and mind, after having trod the path of life together for sixty six years. The anniversary comes in May, the 22nd, and this year I .fixed the date on the 19th for the rei i union. It is a great privilege for any | one to have his father and motheT { spared to him for so many years, and j sometimes I almost feel that some ofj us, at least, do not appreciate the j things that we have, and too often we j do not realize what it all means un-j til it is too late. Jacob Luther Aullj and Julia Ann Haltiwanger were j married at the Haltiwanger home- j stead very near to where Trinity Lu-! theran church in Saluda county \ stands, oh the 22nd day of May,! 1856. And the old Haltiwanger j house was there just the same the last: time I was that way. I am going; over soon. To them seven children j were born, six of whom still survive, j one boy dying in infancy, many years j ago. To me that is a remarkable! record, and I am truly grateful and thankful for the kind providence which has permitted it. f The descendants are not very numerous, and yet it seems impossible to get them all together at one time. .Neither are mey very gieauj tered. The Death Angel had not vis- j ited the homes of any of the children except the writer until last year j when one of the sons-in-law died.' i There have been born twenty-three j grand-children and six great-grand-; children. Of these two of the grand j children and one great-grand-child, have passed away. One of the daugh-j ters married Dr. W. W. Daniel who; died about a year ago. Mrs. Daniel, now lives in Wilmington, N. C., and I was absent from the last gathering. | The other daughter married Mr. A.j D. Timmerman and lives with the old folk at the old home. One of thej sons, Nathan E. Aull, lives in Hick- i ory, N. C., and he was present though , his wife was not able to come. An" XIT J) A iill llvcc otner son, uic jvcv. ?y . u. ^un, m in Walhalla and he and his family! were present. The other son, Luther | B. Aull, lives near Greenwood and he; and hi-; wife wero prsent, his only) son not being able to leave his studies and duties at the Citadel. Th> ">nlyj grand-children present were the six little gir1^ and two boys of Rev. W.1 B. Aull, Julia Timmerman, Mrs. j Teneh Q. Boozer and my three little' Americans. Of the 21' grand-children living 13 were present and eight ab-f sent. Of the five living great-grand-1 children not one was present. My father was the youngest member of his fiiAiio-li mv mniher had one ; Adiniij vjjuu^ii j younger brother, Isaiah Haltiwanger,1 and one younger s:ster, Mrs. Emma DeLoach, bot-h of whom haye been 9 i dead for several years. ! ! When I first suggested the reunion it was the purpose to extend the invitation only to the nephews and n'eces and the nephews-in-law and nieces-in-law of my father and mo^ cher, but I have exteded the limits somewhat and have made an effort to invite the friends whom I felt would be desired by the old folk and' some few of my friends. I wish I could make it even larger. Many of the relatives live in this county and the rains of the week kept quite a number from coming, which I regret, * ' 1?J nusr and yei wt; nctu u gamumg wj. ^ 100. The report got out that the water was so high in Saluda river that cars could not cross at the railroad bridge, and then some were afraid of the roads. The river was too high to permit crossing on Thursday, and in order to get home the day before to make the preliminaries necessary I drove around by Laurens and , Greenwood, a distance of 75 miles, | whereas the distance from Newberry by Chappells is only 27 miles. But Friday forenoon cars were crossing the river and Mr. W. B. Shealy came from Little Mountain and made the crossing all right, and I came back ' over the road Friday afternoon. i i Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williamson made the haeh and Mr. A. C. Sligh barbecued the meat and both jobs were well done, and the people I feel enjoyd the eats. Mr. Sligh is a former Wwherrian and Mr. Williamson lives near by on the Dyson old home-* stead. Many letters and greetings of good cheer and kind words came from relatives and friends who could not be present, and I am sure the old folk enjoyed the day. I take pleasj are in providing these gatherings, l>ej cause I know it gives pleasure to the | old folk at home, and to the relatives and friends who come on these occasions who would not otherwise make a visit. I trust that we may all live . to have another gathering and that all of the children and their children may make an effort to be present. E. H. A. i i 1 This story would not be complete if I failed to add a word or two about the roads. As stated, in order to avoid the high water I drove around by I.aurens and Greenwood on Thursday so as to be home the day before the gathering. The Kinards road was a little in holes though very good most of the way to the Laurens line. The Laurens road from Kinards all the way up, with a few exceptions, is lacking for proper attention in the way of maintenance. It seems to me to 'be a great pity and a great waste of good money and much hard labo: to build a good road and then just leave it to the tender mercies of the traveling public. The best road that you may build will go to ruin if it is not properly maintained. The Greenwood-Laurens road from Laurens for about ten miles is fine and the balance on to the Greenwood county line at the river is bad. and does not even pretend to be a highway. I was under the impression that there was a good road all the way from Laurens to Greenwood, but don't be fooled, it is not a good road. After you cross the river the Greenwood end of the road is -fine and you can trot along without the slightest trouble. The road from Greenwood on down to Ninety Six and on to Dyson is in fine shape ad you can trot right along over it. Friday afternoon I came back by Ghappells and drove on down'to Prosperity to be present at the closing of the school at this place. I could not miss the closing of this school. The correspondent has almaHo mpntinn nf the closinfiT exercises. I mention it here to say that the contractor has not yet commenced work on the road from Chappells to the river, and I am still hoping the next time I go or come this way to see a lot of work going on and that the road maw soon be finished and opened "to travel. As I was told the contract calls for the completion 01 the road within sixty working days, but the longer the start is put off the longer it will be before we have the road. E. H. A. <$><&<$><?><?><?>$><$> <$>><?> <9> <?> <S> AMONG THE SCHOOLS <S> <s> V After attending the closing of the high schooi at Prcsp'erity I went on Saturday to a picnic- at Smyrna. It was a school picpicf;' Prosperity is expecting to put oh eleven grades in the high school the coming session and to have four teachers in the high school. I trust the trustees may be able to do t.his. In order to give a high school diploma that will give the graduate credit arid have the signature of the governor' there must be eleven grades in the high school. That takes eleven years-of school for the jstuaeni. 10 .get_reatj^v^i) enter cuiiege. The picnic at Smyrna was not so largely attended, but they are interested in their school and in the community activities atfd have had a fine two teacher school the past session and the term was eight months. It seems to me that there could very well be, and certainly to the benefit of the children, a little readjustment of districts in this section so that in place of Smyrna and Burton and Domnick and Belfast we might have two good schools. [ I talked to the people and suggested that we make an effort to see if we could not do something like what I have here said. I am going to ask all the trustees of these schools and of Trinity to meet uri-f-Vi -mo in o fom rlovs: .Tnsif oc srmn as I can find a day and one that will suit all the trustees. I want to talk over the situation 3 with them and show them just how it looks to me, and then if they dp not see the same way why we will gb along and do the best we can. There were G7 children enrolled at Smyrna the past session and about the same number at Trinity and at Burton some 25. These three schools could have more children in the grades and in the high school department than high school at Pomaria and Little Mountain and nearly as many as are enrolled at Prosperity. A great opportunity to have a high school, and certainly a centralized high school. A centralized high school will cost more money but then the state gives us more help. At any rate I feel that the situation makes it my duty to talk it over with the trustees and to tell them how it looks to me, and then if they do not see it as I do why we can go on and no harm will be done. If 1 just had that map of the county by school districts as they now are so that I could show the people where the advantage would be by making some changes, I feel sure that I could make them see it. But the legislature thought it was too expensive, or may be they did not think about it at all and consider my suggestion as that of oni ly a dreamer. I am sure the cost of .'such a survey would have been worth j ten t'mes the cost in the educational development of the county, and the benefit to the children can not be estimated in money values. Monday night I attended one of the closing evenings of the Whitmire high school. This school is doing fine work. I have been promised an account of the entire exercises for the papers. Dr. G. P. Voigt and Dr. Goti / < Haltiwanger _ 1-2 Price Suits Cape Saturday May 27 Spring Suits Coats regular price. The Lots consist -- I _ spring styie anu m plete range of" size. Buv a Coat Suit < or and you will get th< offered by any Stor j ???????? - ? ? i . MM? ?n. i Haltiwanger ' <(Thp (hrmnincr 1 ' ? m ??? i Tka Chrla ^ I J. lie? The Qualify Come To Us J L. Morri. wald went over with me to act as'a house within judges in a declamation contest. I! always enjoy my visits to Whitmire. , !The people have the rgiht spirit and! 6 DU1 mf . . / , ., , . , . . I must go togetl ! take a great pride and interest in. I., . , , . . . .. i school house w 1 ** 1 ^ m t V ? t rneir scnoui aim m men ''|the location c I school house i Wednesday I went with Engineer any other mus Smith of the highway department to jty house and scout out the road I am asking the j cated so as to commission to build so as to put Mc-; people of Cullough and Mollohon schools ne arer: ancj schools < together with a view, of course, of j which are to b uniting these two districts, but even , munities and if the consolidation should not come to that < right now this little bit of road should, by the hearty < be built for the benefit of the com-jpie that we c; munity. The-distance from one ioa(dj to the other and from one .school j house to the other is only about a j p ^ ? .1 ? Uol-f on^l to fro from one m. rniici Uiiu <x nail unu ww j l ne iuiiuw to the other now you have to go;been js^ed; about five miles. There had been: I # j heavy rains for two days in this sec-1 tion during the week, and the scout-j Mrs. ^ ing was a muddy proposition, and Ij W1^ ?'ve *n r was glad that we found it at the worst. We walked across with the; engineer and several of the gentle- ;\ir. ge men of the community and represen- on Wednesday j tatives from both districts. Engineer! j Smith has promised to make the sur- j at & [vey and to stake out the road before, Central the meeting of the highway commis-! Newberr sion in June. This :g very important! ^ honour and I hope that he wll not disappoint ( me. This road and a good school forj both districts would mean much for1 < the community, and the school house i !could be located &o as to be'in easy} Mr. Mrs recah of all the children. But the'the engageme | road is the first thing that we need Mary, to Mr. ( I and without it nothing can be done riage to take ^because it would be impossible to put J? & Carper for Spri s and Cot e 11 ri we will put on a Capes at half < : of the best c ateriai almost a md Cape from t ? "L.? *** 4- 1*%. 1 V ; uig^CM uaigau e in this section. ' & Carpen Store of Newberry" % Your Monev Beck ic New Pair of Shoe: ml To the Wearer who finds PAPER in the Heels% Insoles, Our soles < ?|& or Counters of a Pair of ??a??aogMBM?immimBumBy H PETERS S' S "SOLID LEATHERSTRONGLYPIT to FOR LADIES MO CHIIBREN FOfi Sfou Can We Guarai For Good Sh s and So reach of the children.' Rives "j Friends and r . . ' have received tfc r of roads and schools ler. When we build a J. Mrs. Annie e must have regard |or, ^ ^ p]c >f the highway. -Thej n this age more than j marrjaj t also be the commun- j , q that hout3e must be lo-1 # be of easy access by j Thomas I the community. Roads : on Wednesday are the two agencics, at half aft uild up the rural com- i First Bz all the people should.' Edgefield, end because it is only j cooperation of the peo-1 NEWBERR in ji<?pr?mnlish results. ! - E. H. A. i Mississippi Hits I ant-Meeks \ Anderson, Ma ing invitations have Luther hard in I their series here j score of 4 to 1. i his performance Perry Fart ! knocking out t narnage her daughter knccking gave Pauline | break on the sei I Newberry th Adair Meeks j Mississippi - evening the seventh : Luther and ft r?f -Turip _ ! Austin. fter eight o'clock J Methodist Church ! Times h y, South Carolina i "Do y?u rem' of your presence is about the b?ys v : city and came b requested j ,o fclJy thg mor J j "Yes," repliei Wed Socn I "It's different J. D. Nance announce leaves the farm nt of their daughter, to hold theniseh Jallie B. Parr, the mar- *0 town and h( place in June. rent and his grc mi ton Evening St; iter ing its ale all )f our ' 9X 111V ^ 1 Com$ A his lot i ever . 'i iter a U I and a j I 4 > Free" I I; ntee ' V * oes ? 4 -Greneker W \;lf elatives in Newberry te following' cards: Elizabeth Rives ;asure of your company *e of her daughter rlad^s to Jenjamin Greneker June the seventh er eight o'clock iptist Church South Carolina yToses one , ^ Luther In Anderson y 20.?Mississippi hit ^ the second game of today and won by a M A. Shealy duplicated ? > of yesterday of wo base hits. This , : the teams an even ies. 1 5 2 4 7 3 4 obinson; K. Lyon and $ lave Changed ember the old stories vho went to the great ack home just in time tgage off the farm?" i Farmer Corntossel. * now. When u boy the home folks have > res in readiness to go ' :lp him out with his eery bill."?Washingar i i % i