The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-06-07

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tory solutions, not onlyof his owl
problems, but those of the nation a,
well, must depend large1yfupon hi
own activity and upon d apersisten
campaign of self-development. tn,
president has shown the farmer, a.
i'll mirror, his Importance to tn.
nation; and, at the anne time, he has
shown the nation its obligation and
duty to the farmer.-Atlanta Consti.
tuition.
This is 50 much like the doctrine
we have been trying to preach for
so long and SO much better said than
we have ever been able to say it that
we want to let the people have il in
this improved style.
Anything that will improve con-
ditions in the rural communities shall
have, rs it has ever had, our most
hearty encouragement and aid. II is
true that Il bold and fearless and i'll
dependent yeomanry has ever been
;Ic mainStay Of every government or
country that the world has ever seen,
and we still hope to see the slogan
of this generation be "Back to the
farm.' The farmers are the back
bone Of the country. They can be
and they have right to be the most
independent class Of our people.
The president is right when he en-
phasizes the Importance Of home
owning. We do not need any more
homeless people and we want to help
and encourage those who are now
tenants of the landed proprietors to
buy their own homes. There is nothing
that binds one to his country like
the ownership of home. AS Mr..
JOS. A. Mccullough says in his most
excellent address to the young la
dies Of the Columbia College this
week: "a man will die for his
home but whoever heard of one dy-
ing for his boarding house." Then
he relates the following incident:
"Helen Glasgow, in 'The Battle
Ground,' gives a very happy illustra-
tion Of this truth: Pinetops was
about to desert on the eve Of bat
tie. The train of thought in his
mind was this: What am l frighten-
ed for anyway 1 never owned a ne
gro in al my life, and more than that
| never saw one worth owning. His
idea was he was fighting in defense
of the institution of slavery. Seeing
the enemy advancing, the thought
suddenly flashed through his mind,
tharfo have sot their foots
on ole Virginy, and they must take
them off that quick. This
thought really expressed the, true sit
uation and sent him bounding down
the hill in the direction of the eiiemy
with his rifle in his hand. For the
first time he realized lie was fighting
in defense Of his home"
Let lis build up the rural home and
let those who live there become the
proprietors Of their own acres.
Rural delivery has done much to
make the rural home pleasant and
attractive. We need better roads,
better schonls and more attention
paid to the modern comforts and
c"nvcnienccs of the rural home. Tel
"ph"nrS have put The country closer
together than il has ever been.
Whatever contributes to the MAX
in" Of the rural home contributes to
the stability Of the government
EDGEF1ELD, NEWB7RRY.
Edgefcld needs better railroad IA
cilities. and the only way to get
them is to have another road here.
n steam road seems out Of the uues-
tion. That being the case, if we
would all get together with might
and main, we could secure a trolley
line from some where to some place.
a line from here to either Abbeville,
Greenwood or Newberry would be a
paying line.
1t is propoesd to build n line from
Columbia to Seluda and from there
to Abbeville and Anderson. Under
those circumstances it would be ben
eficial for Edgefield to get line to
Saluda. That would put us in touch
with the upper part Of the state
from which we are cut off. Green
wood is about twenty six miles from
Edgefeld. To reach that place by
rail. we have to travel about .one