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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06
GEN. SHERMAN SAID SO.
Many Times Expressed the Opinion
That "War Is He'll"

Letter Of A. J. b. to New York Times.
i note in your issue of today your
editorial, ''War is He'll" 1t was hardly
to be expected that Gen. Sherman in
an official communication to the chief
magistrate at Atlanta or any other i'm
portant city would use language
stronger than War is cruelty and you
can not refine it" but isn't cruelty
hellish?
Moreover, many years ago sat as
one of a good many guests at tie same
table with Gen. Sherman at semi
public dinner, men only being present,
and heard his reply to a somewhat in
Quisitive participant-it was after the
table had been cleared and punch an
cigars added to the wine-who had
asked him, I was told (my attention
was otherwise engaged at tie begin
ming of the colloquy, whether he had
ever really used the expression, War
is nell" Gen. Sherman's reply was
substantially that, ever since the Mex
lean war of 1847, he had many times
expressed tie opinion among men
friends, especially during and since
the conflict of 1876, that war is hell.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06
Prosperity, S. c.

night. These same masculine atoms
gather day after day and look at each
other with dead-fsh eyes until the sit
uation first becomes embarrassing and
Il en- hateful. Yet many of these atoms
only require the presence of another
atom-the good morning atom
when, presto the magic effect of social
unbending is seen in chummy group
of friends, a molecule of neighhorli-
ness. All men of similar interests are
pretty much alike Once the crust of
formality is broken, almost any group
of men may be friendly. Men become
reserved, not to say suspicious, by
force of habit. 1t is an unfortunate
and unjustifable habit and often leads
to development Of that unspeakable
community nuisance-the neighbor-
hood crouch. If men would more often
risk the chance of a pleasant word OF
greeting to the stenographer it is GER
tain that many man would arrive
at his Office in a happier mood, and
at the end of tie year would have
more friends than if he had just passed
along engrossed himself.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

The building of this Appalachian
Highway, about which we nave writ
ten in another column, it seems to US
means more to Newberry than some
of US seem to realize. Some such road
somewhere is going to be built. In this
day and time if you want anything,
as Mr.. LaCoste Evans says, you have
to go to it. 1t is not coming to you
on silver platter. That is worth
going to. The people who are spend
ing their summer in the Fairgrounds
of Western North Carolina are making
their trips largely by, auto. And they
are the people who have money to
spend. They are going to spend it
and We had just as we'll put ourselves
in position to get part of it as any
one else. The central committee will
meet next Wednesday to put the ma
chinery in motion and we hope to see
a full meeting of the committee and
something doing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06
.AND HE LOST HIS CASE"

Associate Justice Watts of the State
supreme court has declared the act
authorizing the tax commission to as
sess the banks for taxation to be un-
constitutional.
1t will be remembered d2at Assist
ant Attorney General Dominiek, in
arguing the case on behalf of the
State, refused to let Hon. j. Fraser
Lyon to have anything to do with it.
We do not know that anything that
Mr.. Lyon might have said would have
caused Justice Watts to render a
different decision, but Mr.. Dominick
is now in the position of having lost
a case for the people after having
refused the profered nelp of an ad-
mittedly able and experienced lawyer
g. former attorney general of the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06
they do.

The chairman and secretary of the
State Farmers Union have called a
meeting of the farmers of Newberry
county to be held in the court house
at Newberry on August 21. State
Warehouse Commissioner John L. Nc
Laurin will be here and explain the
State warehouse system. The farmers
saould turn out to this meeting. The
warehousing of cotton this fall so as
TO secure money on it at reasonable
rate of interest and on fair basis
of price may mean the salvation of
the cotton farmer this fall and his sal
Vation means the salvation of many
Others in other lines of business. The
country is scarcely il, position to stand
another fall similgE to the one we
passed through lasd year.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06
AMPLE FUNDS TO HANDLE
THIS YEARS COTTON CROP
Federal Reserve Board Man Believes
Staple Will Bring Better Average
Price Than in 1914.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Conditions that
confront tht Sout2 in handling the 1915
cotton crop and the condition a year
go are contrasted by ". P G. Hardi-
ing of the federal reserved bulletin.
The position O. cotton today is much
stronger and financial and other con-
ditions are much better than a year
ago, in Mr.. Harding's opinion, and if
the people of the South will not weak
en- their position "by unwise action,
they have little to fear.
THE cotton tragedy Of 1914" says
Mr.. Harding, will be succeeded in 1918
by nothing more serious than
drama" Mr.. Harding warns the South
in it's desire to see broad market
established for cotton to do nothing
to embarrass President Wilson in his
conduct of international affairs. "It
should be remembered" says Mr..
Harding, "that the president owes
higher duty to the South, to the whole
country and to mankind at this juno
ture than tie establishment Of cotton
values. Serious complications between
this country and any great foreign
power certainly would not enhance
cotton values"
After comparing conditions affect
inc the market this year and last, Mr..
Harding says:
Comparison of Conditions.
"Under the most adverse conditions
conceivable, with Generalization in
every money market, with high inter
est rates, with emergency currency be-
ing issued daily in large volume, Witci
enormous gold shipments abroad, witn
crippled shipping facilities, without
adequate insurance protection and
with ocean freights three to five times
ormal, we began in August 1914, to.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

This is a good time to use the split
log drag. In fact as we have remarked
once or twice before in the course Of
publishing this newspaper any time
after a rain is good time
for the use of this simple device for
the improvement of the roads. Funny,
isn't it that people will not use this lit
tie road repairer more frequently than
they do.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

Mr.. Cooper may not run for govern
or next year after all. The Abbeville
Medium disapproves of his candidacy.
Anderson Daily Mail.
Yes, and there are others who do not
approve of Mr.. Cooper entering the
race. In fact, the entire Manning press
is now offering Cooper advice. There
is an old saying, you better watcn the
enemy bearing gifts.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

The trouble with our so-called road
building is that we go about it without
intelligent supervision and We mean
by that that We do not have some one
VITO knows how, and is trained in that
line, to locate and supervise the con-
struction of the work and the rains
come and soon the work that is done
washes away.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

The Columbia Record thinks that ''if
England keeps on bothering with our
cotton, she will arouse Senator E. D..
Smith Oh, no, this is not election
year.-Greenville Piedmont.
Then you spoke a parable. Election
years are great things and the people
do love so to be fooled.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06
Friday, August 6, 1915.

The Whitmire people nave the spirit
and the enthusiasm to make the build
ing of the Appalachian highway re-
ality.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06
A Demonstration.

Tomorrow, gentlemen" said the
professor in lecture on taking notes,
81 will bring my cards and show you
my card system"
Voice-"O. K, Doc Fetch some chips
and We'll have regular party
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

Many men pirate of their sympathy
for the under dog, forgetting tlat wnat
he needs is help.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06
THE IDLER
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o 9 % 8 9 @ 8 @ 9 9 9 @ @ Q @ 9
1 think I was talking something
about streets in my last. Now, want
to say that I was down street the
other day and saw where the street
force was at work putting down some
gravel and tnen piling dirt on that,
first having picked up the macadam
that Lad been put down years ago.
This work was going on in Caldwell
street and was beginning in Friend
street. Take it from me, this is an
other waste of money and labor. This
portion of Caldwell street has been
several times, and it has
never been a good street, always full
of holes, and the first big rain that
comes along will take the dirt and
gravel that is now being put down
on toward SCOTS creek. If the gravel
E. -appens to be left it will leave a rough
and ugly road. What it will take to
gravel these two sections of street
would have paved one section in some
thing that would have remained and
been a good street for years and years
with no need of any more attention.
This patch work business for streets
and roads is all wrong and waste
of public money, and l almost said
criminal waste. But then what busi-
ness is this of mine The people WHO
are doing the work and having 1t done
were put in the positions they occupy
by the people for the purpose Of at
tending to this business and the other
business of the town, and they know
wat they are doing, or they wouldn't
be where they are, but i heard some
one say once that the cat could look
at the moon, and reckon an insight
fcant individual can express an opln-
ion. whether any one reads or listens,
and little do care whether any one
does or not. 1t is out of my system.
I nave said so much from time to
time in the last several years about
the condition of Rosemont cemetery
that 1 approach the subject with just
a little misgivings. Not because the
subject does not need treatment, and
treatment of the heroic kind, for 1t
certainly does, as anyone who Will
visit the place and take the time to
stop and think for moment must con-
clude. 1t has long been wonder to me
why the good people of NeWberry
wor' suffer such a condition to exist
This is one place in which every cltl-
zen of the community has a personal
interest and in which we ali stand on
an equal footing, and in which we
should all nave the same interest IN
the matter of its up-keep. Years ago
there were some pines in tie place
and the soughing Of the pines gave
some sense of feeling that somewhere
some one had an interest in the place.
but now there is nothing like tnat
there and tie bitches that pass for
roads. and where there are no bitches
+no rocks and trash from the bitches
have been piled in the middle of the
place where the road is expected to
be, but where it is not And then the
condition of many of the lots, but that
is not near so bad as the roads and
driveways, because the lots belong to
individuals and they must look after
their own, but the driveways are the
property Of ali of US who may desire
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

market crop Of nearly 100000
bales Of cotton. Financial institutions,
already hard pressed, were unable and
unwilling to make advances on cotton.
In addition to this the Southern farm
ers, wi nave this year planted record
breaking food crops, were faced with
a deficiency in home-raised foodstuffs
and were in many cases forces to sell
cotton to pay off pressing indebted
ness and to secure adequate food
supplies"
Attention is called to the fact that
the high prices for cotton now prevail
ing in Germany and Russia, about 80
cents a pound, will attract cotton to
those countries in spite of apparently
insurmountable obstacles, just as high
prices paid for cotton abroad during
the civil war made blockade running
a steady business.
Funds Are Ample.
T.ere seems to be no question that
ample funds can be obtained to finance
in a normal way a much larger volume
of cotton than was taken care Of last
year, and that even if Germany and
Austria-Hungary should be forced to
suspend cotton manufacturing entirely
statistics show that the mills of the
United States, Great Britain, Spain,
Russia. Italy, Japan, China and India
nave spind,es sufficient to absorb ev-
cry bale of cotton that is likely to be
cuIt;@ ated.
at 81 ould also be noted" says Mr..
Harding, "that the reduction in Ameri-
can cotton acreage this year amounts
to more than 100000 acres, and that
Egypt and Indian have also made radi-
cal reductions in cotton acreage. 1t is
probable that the worlds cotton crop,
based on an average yield per acre,
will be about 100000 bales less than
last year.
Cotton, unlike grain, is commodity
the market value of whic: depreciates
in time of war, and the South was a
producer OF that commodity has suf-
fered.
Better Than Last Year.
The actual position Of cotton, how
ever. is so much stronger than was
tie case a year ago, the financial and
other conditions are so very much
more favorable that there can be no
doubt that if the South will keep cool
and will refrain from merely weaken
ing it's own position by unwise action
the present nervousness regarding the
market for the growing crop will soon
disappear
Even in the face of all the adverse
conditions during the last twelve
months the average price of cotton
has been about what might have been
expected for $1,000, O,0O0-bale crop had
there been no war, and there is every
reason to believer that the average
price of cotton during the next twelve
months will be higher. The real ques-
ton is: Will Southern merchants and
Southern bankers, and all others in
terested in Southern trade, cooperate
in securing for the cotton producer the
benefit of this average price, and will
the cotton producers themselves do
their part? MY knowledge of South
ern character and of Southern business
conditions justifes a confident belief
that an affirmative answer will be
given.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

TO so there, ard sooner or later al
OF Us viii go, whether we desire TO go
or not. And then look at t-at fence,
or rather the place where the fence
was once supposed to be, for what is
there now you could scarcely pro-
fane by calling it a fence. And it
seems to me that have been Tearing
for the past several years something
about the Civic association raising
money to build a fence around the
cemetery, and it seems to me that
have seen some designs for fence
! that they we're going to put up, and
have faint recollection of how nice it
all looked on the paper and in the
drawing and how l imagined how
beautiful it would be when it was all
completed, and then ! fave heard only
recently that the trustees would not
let the Civic association build the
fence. That must be mistake. Surely
il they have no money they would not
object to some one who was interested
helping them to make the place look
like it was tie burial ground for civil
lied and Christian people. In fact,
doubt if any heather nation or people
would tolerate a burying ground as
poorly kept and as unsightly as our
own Rosemont. Will not some one
wake up and take notice?
Now, I am going to tell you what
this town needs, and it is this: We
need more optimism. We need for our
people to have more confidence in one
another. We need to reach that point
where every man does not think that
every other man is a grand rascal.
Until we get rid Of that feeling and
that spirit of course We are not going
to get together on any subject and in
any cause, good or bad. Why, do You
know that there are people right here
in Newberry who will sit up and laugh
heartily at J3ose fifteen men who
guaranteed the money to bring the
chautauqua here because they lost
some money on it. Those men are not
complaining. They did good thing
and yet that spirit of pessimism which
has hold of our people makes some
of them really rejoice because the town
Cid not patronize this enterprise and
caused these men, who were working
for the good of the community, to lose
money. There is one good thing about
it, if it will give 5lese hard f1ints a
good laugh it may help tnat way, be-
cause a good laugh is healthful and
helpful. Yes, take it from me, the
great need Of this community at this
time is spirit of optimism. A feeling
of more confidence in one another. A
greater trustfulness. When you get
y e LIpISSStOn OUI CAc~C JOO ANSSS@
every one as a grand rascal you Gre
ate or contribute to the creation OF
grand rascals. Let every one go to
talking good times and whistling cneer-
fully as we go about our business and
meet each other with a smile, a word
of good cheer, and in less than week
you would feel an entirely different
atmosphere, and the town would be
really another place and one in wnica
you would like to live and in whose
cemetery you would like to be laid
away when the final summons came.
Take it from me, as the girl in the
chautauQua said, that what is here
written is great truth and it would
cost noting to verify it if you nave
any doubts.
The Idler.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-16
ICE TAKES BRIDGE
FINE NEW STEEL STRUCTURE
NORTH OF TONY is
WRECKED
MUST BE ENTIRELY REBUILT
One Span of the Seven Taken Down
River a Mile.-BaIance Twisted
Out of Shape

The new steel bridge just com
pleted across the Flambeau river,
3 y miles north of Tony, was wrecked
by the ice Monday morning, one of
the seven spans being taken out
and the remainder of the structure
being badly twisted out of shape.
The span that was taken out was
carried down river a distance of
about a mile. The bridge will have
to be entirely rebuilt, although most
of the material can be saved. 1t was
built by the Worden-Allen Co, of
Milwaukee, on whom the loss comes,
as the bridge had not been accepted
by the county. The painting had not
been completed and it was when the
crew of painters went to the site
Monday morning to resume their
work that it was discovered that the
bridge was not all there.
This bridge is to cost $10,492 and
will be the largest in Rusk county.
It's length is 480 feet and it consists
of seven spans. The site is about
midway between Big and Little
Falls and the current is very swift
at this point. The ice, which in go
ing out caused the destruction of
the bridge, was over forty inches
,hick. It's weight and the heavy
current were a force the steel could
not withstand. In re-constructing the
bridge, large piers will doubtless
have to be put in to protect it from
a similar fate in the future.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-16
OUR AUTO CONTEST
THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND
EVER CONDUCTED.-YoU
CANNOT LOSE
EVERY SUBSCRIBER CAN WIN
Read the Conditions, Catch the Idea
and Get into the Game!
Don't Overlook This

AS stated in our last issue, the
ewsBudget is going to conduct a
great automobile contest on abso-
lutely new lines.
We have watched cur onterpris-
ing contemporaries conduct auto con-
tests and finally, in order not to be
outdone, we came to the conclusion
that we would attempt something
in that line. OF course, there are
numerous drawbacks to running a
contest on the ordinary lines, which
We mean to avoid In the ordinary
contest, various schemes have to be
re5Orted to in order 70 keep up in
objects, of course, in ordcr to get
the money. The contestant who work
the hardest at the first, finds out
that so many more ''votes" are Civ
en- later on that a new beginner can
with very few subscriptions pile
up mere votes than the "early bird"
got with many times the work, and
at the end the winner usually isn't
decided SO much by the amount of
work done anyway as by the amount
Of money friends and relatives can
be induced to put into 'the game"
Then, besides, many people are
induced to come across with sub
scription that do 50 merely to help
the contestant rather than from a
desire to get the paper on account
of it's value as a newspaper.
All these bad features are avoid
ed in the News-Budget contest, al
though, it too, is conducted primar-
lily to get the money.
Within a few days every subscrib-
ar to the NeWs-Budget who is not
paid in advance, as every subscrip-
ton should be, will receive a state
ment Of his account. We are going
to see how we'll our subscribers ap
preciate the kind of a newspaper we
have been giving them These bills
total somewhat over $500 and we
are very desirous of raising that
amount within the next month. It
will take a few days to mail them
all out and we are going to set the
period from April % to May % as
the time for this contest The con-
test will be to see how near we can
come to the $500 mark. The ther
mometer will show the progress
made from week to week and we
want everyone who receives a state
ment to do his share to send the
mercury up. BY so doing,
Everyone Can Win
Our lasting gratitude. We are on
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-16
lNSTALLS NEW FIXTURES

w. M. Vaughan has been Install
ing new fixtures this week which
will make his store one of the most
up-to-date clothing and gents furnish
ing emporiums in northern Wiscon-
sin.
These fixtures consist principally
Of a series of sectional cabinets for
hats and suits that keep them en-
tirely covered and protected from
the dust and still allow of access to
them instantly The contents Of
each section can be brought out
where all are available for inspec-
ton, after which it takes but a mo-
ment to slide them back into the
compartment, which is closed by
sliding door. The door, when opened,
slides back into the section and is
entirely out of the way.
Mr.. Vaughan has put in thirteen
of these units, making the entire
cabinet about forty feet long. 1t oc-
cupies almost all of the east side
of the store, the interior appearance
of which is enhanced 100 per cent
by this Improvement.