The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-01-03

will have TO grow in numbers and use
fulness as rapidly as the chamber of
commerce.
AS this is the last letter I will |
write for the press this year I will
make another appeal-this time to
Christian people of the county and
city: I would ask for more liberal
support of the pastors and churches
OF Newberry. You are not paying your
pastors but little if any more than you
paid them ten years ago and 1t COSTS
them fifty per cent. more to live. If
you will pardon a friendly suggestion:
II you will cut out few Of the social
entertainments and card parties, be-
heve you can increase your subscrip-
tions to your pastors salary and
church expenses and Sunday school
work considerably without feeling it !
very much. Newberry is behind some
of the towns I know in religious work.
The best evidence Of this is the lack
of interest shown by the Christian
people of Newberry this year in the
effort that was made to secure the old
court house property for a Young
Mems Christian association building
for the boys and young men Of New
berry county. I spent great deal Of
my time this year, and with the as
sistance' of Mr.. G. G. Huntington, in
terstate secretary of the Young Mems
Christian association for the Caro-
1inas, the members Of the general as
senbly from the county and some of
thsgeWho enrolled themselves as men,
ISerrs Sc5rrs Of our: association which was Or
ganized last spring. The act had been |,
passed and it was to have been sub
United to the people Of Newberry
county at the election last month, but
although the cost for the advertising
had been guaranteed it was overlook
ed until it was too late and all the
time and money spent reaching this
point had Just as we'll have been
thrown away. IF the Christian peo-
pie Of Newberry had not gone to sleep,
or if they had been alive to their re-
sponsibilities, we would have been
preparing to build and improve that
property for home. for our boys, just
as Greenville, Sumter, Florence, and
Columbia are for theirs, in 1911. I
have been connected with the work
Of the association in South Carolina
for more than thirtY-four years. This
great cause has been an important
part of my life. I have always regard
ed the time and money given to it
the best investment I have ever made
and the failure of the people Of New
berry to stand by me has been the
hardest trial I was ever called On to
bear. have hesitated to refer to or
speak of it, because it would involve
Others, but after thinking over the
matter seriously I have decided in
justice to myself T will resign as a
member Of the interstate committee
of the Young Men's Christian asso-
citation, and let them elect some one
in Newberry who vii! be supported
my our pastors, our churches and our
people. The movement to secure this
property for a bliilding g was fully ex-
plained through your paper and the
Observer, and the excuse of those
who deserted us one by one, after the
act had been passed providing for the
election, was not justifable and they
must now realize that it was a great
mistake. They can yet repair this
wrong by taking up the matter at once,
and have similar act passed by the
legislature in January, providing for
a special election next summer and
before the coming year closes catch
up with the other counties Of the
State. I am sure President Harms,
Of Newberry college, will lead or help,
because he knows the value Of a
Young Mems Christian association
building to college town. Will you
do it? I will premise you not to
stand in your way.
A. c. Jones.
Newberry, S. c.. December 80, 1910.