The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-09

| LQ1Ck as LnS TallTOaQ crossings De-
tween Prosperity and Newberry, which
is saying a great deal for the cross
ings. There are so many pixies lead
ing from and through this place that
to the uninitiated they seem as num-
erous as the characters in the Chinese
alphabet. We have been accused of
walking up the pike instead Of the
street-through ignorance when
we do leave the sidewa1k(?) it is mere
ly taking the lesser of the evils.
They say that the cedar of the
world is to be found in this and three
adjacent counties. They think it is
second to none-not even Lebanon's
faT-famed trees. Cedars take the place
of pines with us. We didn't know
the pine was so picturesque, so poetic,
so necessary to the daily view, until
we came here. When we go out in
the commons, as they term the sub
urbs, We are constantly finding oursel-
YES on the alert for even a lonesome
pine-but none has, as yet, rewarded
our vigilance. Pencil factories are not
scarce 1t is worth ones while to
loiter past these, for the air is quite
filled with an aromatic fragrance not
unlike sandal wood. People in this
town don't know what ''lightwood" is.
All fires are induced to burn byl
means of cedar and coal oil.
The weather here IS something else.
Winter left his visiting card in the
shape of snow six weeks ago. Nearly
every morning for the last week the
thermometer has registered 22. We
have been informed that this is not
real weather, just a mere sample of
the gcod(D times that are coming
after ard "endurin' of the Chris mus"
as the darkey said. But then We
mustn't complain about the climate,
for we've gained % pounds "a con-
summation devoutly to be Wished) and
who cares for a few shivers and
shakes when they make for health and
strength. "a smiling morning face, -
as Shakespeare says, is "a good thing
to have around, but not entirely nee
essary TO existence or happiness
leaving ones colleagues and pupils
out of the question, of course.
There is one ubiquitous foodstuff
on every table here to which We can't
reconcile ourselves. That is corn
bread. We naturally are not fond of
it, and since the pellagra wave has
swept in We have hard time trying
to be polite and nibble at it They
assure us that this dread disease is
unknown here and that their corn
bread is just as advertised. Previous
ly they have imagined, so many say,
that pellagra and hookworm we're
merely newspaper scares.
Speaking of politics, and yet not be-
ing suffragette, or even a candidate
for such. honors, we have very little
insight into the present complicated
state of affairs here. We thought
dear old South Carolina was the only
State that INDUCED in political tangles
and wrangles, but we find ourselves
sadly mistaken. Not only nominal,
but real Republicans are found with
out getting lanterns to aid in the
search. The Patterson-Hooper-T Taylor
candidacy wa2ed pretty hot and elo-
quent. This county, in view of the
fact that it is the home county of all
the Coopers, and those who figured
in the Carmack murder, was looked
upon with much concern. The Demo-
Gratis agreed to vote a Republican
ticket in order to oust Patterson, and
after their many-sided Bob Taylor
entered the race a great many did not
know what to do or how to vote. A
loud wall went up over Hooper's elec-
ton, for by it the Solid South was
broken.
This brings me to speak of things a
little nearer my present home and
work. The headmaster of this school
is a man who is known far and wide;
who has toured the United States as
prohibition lecturer. To Mr.. Jas. A.
Tate is due the present prohibition
wave in this section of the country.
He, it seems, was the pioneer speaker
the man who made the advance OF
| the water wagon possible and popular
and to MIN is accorded the credit of
| raising the funds which carried on
! the recent campaign. Professionally
Mr.. Tate was 8 lawyer, but gave up