The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-12-14

SClucI dllu UltAAu ~ oAA-OAA Nefo'
Caldwell street at the junction Of the
two roads and move the passenger
station away from the freight depot.
Why not do it now. Newberry is
big enough for that. [ bet there are
people in town who object to it. l
will give a chrome to any man or wo-
man who will propose anything thai
is for the best interest Of this COM
munity that will have the unanimous
support Of all our people. We are
born kickers and we are always on
our job, and I defy successful con-
tradictiom of that statement.
Mr.. Editor, see that the Observer
has a Cornfed Philosopher. I sin
eerely hope that it will eat pure
naize so as not to introduce that new
disease-what do you call it?-into
his healthy city. You know some
people 60 so far as to hold that pei
lagra may lurk in the juice Of the
corn, but the fellow who likes it
the juiee-will likely say pass on the
pellagra. Since Mr.. Rockefeller has
given a million to stamp out the
hook worm may be some one will
come along and give another million
to abolish pelagra. They tell us
the house fly must go. That it is the
cause of disease. I look for the leg
islature to establish department of
state on the house fly. That is to
investigate it. That is the thing
now-investigate. I sometimes won
der how the old folks lived at all.
They did not know about all these
things and yet some Of them lived to
pretty good old age and they never
had their appendix removed and
they never heard of pellagra though
I believe it is pretty old disease.
And the house fly, why they thought
it was here for some wise purpose or
it would not have been created. But
in this day we are too wise to accept
any such simple faith theory.
I heard some gentlemen talking
the other day. I was not eavesdrop-
ping either, but I don't think they
knew I heard the conversation, but
it was not a confidential conversa-
ton. They were complaining about a
statement published some time ago
in the Columbia State. Now, I don't
read the State very elosely-not
that it is not a good newspaper
but I just don't read it, that is all.
And I did not see this statement
about which they were talking, but
as neither one of the editors in New
berry has called attention to it /
think the State should be given an
opportunity to correct the state
ment about which these gentlemen
were complaining, for L must think
the statement was an unintentional
error, for while I am told that there
are possibly few citizens in the
town Of Newberry whom the editor
of the State does not iove, still do
not think he would carry his dislikes
to the extent Of publishing state
ment to the detriment of the entire
community, or Of withholding from
publication anything about Newber-
ry because some of these citizens
who have had the misfortune to in
cur the ill-will of the editor figured
in it, or some Of their names happen
ed to be mentioned. Oh, no, the ed
itor Of the State is too ,oig man,too
broad and too liberal to do a small
thing like that. At least that is
what I would say, but, Of course, l
don't know. But I must get to the
point I started after. These gentle
men complained that in a list Of
banks or bank capital which was
printed in the State the total capital
of the banks of Newberry was put
down at $4,000. And no correction
has been made of it. Now, I don't
know whether the editor of the State
has time OF inclination to read such
stuff as / write or not, but thought
it WIS but fair that such state
men must be mistake and oppor-
tunitE Shculd be given to correct it.
! WAS locking over the statements
Of the Da?lhs Of this cOulry a. prln1-