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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13
RAPID TRANSIT &C.

The secretary of state has issued d
commission to the Carolina RAPID
Transit Co., with minimum capital
of $4,000 and maximum capital OF
s3.500,O0O. The petitioners for a
charter are J. F. Jacobs Of Clinton; );
w. L. Gray of Laurens; w. H. Gray
of Woodruff; W. B. Patton of Cross
Anchor; R. P, Morgan of Union; Il.
D. Thackston of Cedar Springs; A.
M. Law of Spartanburg; J. w Cope
land of Clinton and P. v. Moore OF
Spartanburg.
The termini of the road Will be
spartanburg, Union, Woodruff, Emo
rec, Laurens and Clinton. The road
will pass through Laurens, Spartan
burg and Union counties. The road
will be s. miles in length and cleo
tricity will be used as the motor pow
er. The new road will pass through
one Of the richest agricultural sec
tons Of the state.-Clinton Chronicle
This is the road that The Herald
and News wanted Newberry to be in
terested in having the road come
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

resentatiye to the initial meeting We
believe that We would have been in
terested in having too the road come
via Newberry.
There is more neeo uf road from
Union via Whitmire and Newperry
on to Saluda and Augusta than any
section of South Carolina and there is
no richer territory in the State. 1t is
all right to go to Laurens and Clin-
ton and wherever else it might be de-
sired but what We wanted to see was
the road coming to Newberry. There
are persons now living who can re-
member when Greenwood was about
the size of Prosperity in population
and business and Newberry then was
almost as large as it is today. A town
to grow must have transportation
facilities. Railroads are town build
ers. If We expect to grow we must
have railroads. If we are satisfied
with ourselves in every way then it IS
no use to worry.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

Judge Gary made fine charge to
the grand jury on Monday and COM
plimented the county On the small
amount of crime that has been in evi
dence according to the court records
and spoke we'll for the grand jury and
the peace officers of the county. And
there is and has been no necessity
for extra and special deputies for the
enforcement of the law. Our officers
are faithful and diligent and efficient.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

Justice Hughes broke the silence
which he has maintained in one sem
tence which he wrote the president
rendering his resignation from the
highest tribunal in this country. He
e idently means business. He then
telegrap1led his acceptance of the Re-
publican nomination to the conven-
ton.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

and News short call on Monday He
says the newspaper business is aice
for a past time but it is not muGh I'd
make bread for the children, ard ha|
is about correct. By the way, it must
be said to his credit that he is max
ing a mighty good paper out Of the
old Press and Banner.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13
Street Duty
Past: Due

Will receive $500 in full payment
Of street duty till $50 o'clock Sat
urday, June 18th, 1915, after which
penalty of $500 will be required Of
all delinquents.
Please attend to this, and save the
cost.
E. L. Rodelsperger,
Chief of Police.
6-9-td.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

1t is not too late yet to do some
thing to get some of these electric
lines that are going about over the
country. But to get them We must
wake up, and go after them.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13
Tuesday, June 13, 1916,
A SIMPLE STATEMENT

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time ago that we would be forced to
take off our list some Of those who
have not paid unless some arrange
ment was made. We have not done
so up to this time.
The adavnce in the price of print
paper makes it impossible for us to
carry a large arrears list. We make
you this proposition: Any subscriber
who Will send US $3.50 between now
and the first of July We will send The
Herald and News and the Progressive
Farmer one year. Another simple
statement is this: We shall regret to
part with any of our readers, but all
whose dates are in Arrears further than
1916 who do not send as much as one
dollar on the subscription by the first
of July will at that time be taken
from our mailing lit. 1t is not mat
ter of choice but of necessity. We
had thought of writing you a personal
letter but that will take stamps and
time and the label on your paper
shows the date to which you have
paid.
Please attend to this at once If you
want The Herald and News continued.
1t is a simple matter of business. We
must pay cash for the white paper
and the price is so per cent, higher
than # was three weeks ago. The
subscription remains the same. We
hope vol appreciate The Herald and
News Sufficiently to comply with this
-e:,ues4 If not We better stop it. In
taking off names we will be no re-
spector of persons.
The president of our company, MT
A H Kohn, directs that we must COL
lect these back subscriptions or take
the names off the list as the cost OF
white paper to send the papers would
he unite an item. And we guess he
is correct. But if you will send the
dollar as we suggest even if it does
not pay you in advance we will take
the chance of keeping your name On
the list until fall. If any one will say
That he is not able to do this and
wants the paper the editor Will as
sumo the amount and send it on. We
are not begging you to do this or try
ing to urge you to stay with US. we
are just making a simple Statement
which we must carry out. 1t is a ne
cessity. We want you to remain II
YOU will but if you desire to remain
surely you will be willing to send the
dollar.
Mr. J. W. Lominick who is traV-
cling over the COUNT authorized to
take subscriptions and to receipt for
them So are Mrs. L. W. Harmon anu
Mr.. E. w. Werts at Prosperity; Mll-
lie Hack Derrick at Little Mountain;
Mr. Walter Richardson at Pomarla;
and any of the rural letter carriers
will fix you UP a money order or It
would not he risking much just to en-
close a dollar bill in an envelope and
send it right along.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

The roads of the county as rue
are in better condition than We have
seen them in many years. A drive
down the Pomaria road the other day
as far as the residence Of Mr.. G. l..
Sease found that road better than we
have ever known it to be.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

The State campaign opens next
Tuesday at Spartanburg. The Her
aid and News will have a special re-
port OF the opening meeting. You
want to renew your paper promptly
so as not TO miss any OF the news.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

no use to worry.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13
THE APPALACHIAN HIGHWAY

THE APPALACHIAN HIGHWAY
We had the pleasure of making two
trips to Whitmire last week. 1t is al
ways a pleasure to visit this little
town and meet the good people who
live there, and especially was it
pleasant to attend the closing ex-
ercises of the high school and to note
the progress that has been made in
the educational development of the
community during the past four
years. We feel a just pride in the
part We took in starting the educa-
tional development in the community,
and we also feel a personal pride and
a personal interest in the success of
the school. Prof. C. 3. Hanna and his
able assistants had very successful
year.
1t was pleasure, We say, even
though the accident which befell our
Ford On the first trip made second
trip necessary. just before We reach
ed the town on Monday our Ford
went dead. Fortunately Mr.. ". j.
Atchison came along at the same
moment and We showed the Ford to
the side of the road and drove on to
town in his big car. He sent back
that night and hauled our Ford in.
1t is but just to ia to say, however,
that this is the first time in service
of more than four years that we
have had to haul her in. Mr.. Atchi-
son is an expert Ford fxer and he
put her back together and we came
home with her on Saturday running
better than in many moons. 1t was
through the courtesy of Mr.. John C.
Goggans, Jr, that we got to Whitmire
on Saturday morning. He left New
berry at the early hour of 4:30 with
Mr.. Guy Brown at the wheel and be-
fore six a. m. we were in the town.
And you should remember that it
was a little cold and an overcoat
would not have been uncomfortable!
But it was fine, the air was bracins.
The town was just beginning to stir
when we arrived. One reason it was
a little late in stirring the Masons
had held a meeting the night before
and they were up little late. We
had breakfast with John Morse at the
hotel and enjoyed it very much.
We made the,trip home Monday
night in Mr.. P. B. Odell's transfer
with young Mr.. Odell at the wheel.
That was an awful fire they had
there some time ago and the town is
suffering from it, but the merchants
who were the victims are happy AMI
cheerful and have 1aith in their town
and are going about rebuilding even
better stores than they had before,
and within few months everything
will be moving in the same old way.
There were some as handsome stores
in this town as you will find in many
places much larger, and they had the
business.
The latter part of this month they
are to have chautaqua in Whitmire,
and it is to be big thing, The gov
ernor is going to make an address
and there are some fine numbers for
the chautauqua. We will have more
about the chautauQua in a subsequent
issue.
But it was the Appalachian high
way about which we proposed to
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

We publish in this issue the grad
ualing speech Of Mr.. Lance Swind,
Ter on the Needs of Newberry. You
viii find it on page two. Read it.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13
Notice to All Ford Owners

We are still carrying big stock of repair parts
for all model cars. We now have on hand over
$4,000 dollars worth of different parts for your
We will appreciate any business that you
can give us, We guarantee all of our work to be
satisfactory.
Let us do your Vu1eanizing. We keep man to
do your work for you as you give it to us.
We have a good many Ford Size Goodrich non
skid castings that we will sell at a bargain 3Ox3,
regular price $l0.40 our price 5000, 30x3 IL reg
u1ar price $13.4O our price $1l6O. We also have
good many Ajax Castings that we will sell 30x3
$685. 3Ox3 IL $11o5.
We will sell from now on exclusively, Firestone
and Goodyear Tires and Tubes.
SUMMERS GARAGE
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-13

Col. William P. Greene editor of the
Press and Banner of Abbeville and a
prominent lawyer gave The Herald
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-05-09

tic macadam for highways of lesser
importance. All of these forms Of
pavement are dustless even under con-
slant motor traffic. Their durability
when properly constructed with good
materials is beyond any doubt
We want pavements. but we want
good ones that will last long after the
memory Of their cost has passed away.
We have quoted the statement Of Cap
tain Mark Brook, assistant engineer
commissioner of the District of Column
bia. that. ''cost and everything else
considered. bituminous pavements Of
the sheet asphalt or asphaltic macad-
am types are as near the ideal form Of
pavement as any we have" But Cap
tain Brook based this statement on the
results Washington has obtained with
natural. not manufactured, asphalts.
for the capital city has very little of
anything but natural asphalt pave
ment.
This newspaper Is not advocating
any particular pavement to the exclu-
sion OF Others 1t is only DESTROYS that
II we are TO have pavements-and we
! are going to get them-they shall be
good pavements.
There is already strong sentiment
in this community for street improve
ment. 1t is increasing. Join the good
pavement boosters.
See that your friends and neighbors
read the special articles on paving that
appear In these pages.
! All together all the time for good
streets-this slogan will soon put this
city In the van of the states most pro
gressive municipalities.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-05-09
ne KIND or PNENENTS 70 De PROUD oe.

No.. there was tract of land ninety
feet front that was apparently unsal-
able before the street was paved
that is. the owner could not find a pur-
chaser for it. After it was paved,
am informed. 1t was sold for 81 800 In
advance of what was asked for Ii be-
fore 1t was paved. and the pavement
assessment against it amounted to
about $500.
1.-THE property owner In q small city,
without making study of the propO-
sition, very likely conceives the idea
that street paving is expensive and
hard to pay for. One of the best pub
lie improvement laws know of is the
, law governing public improvements OF
the cities Of the second class In Kan
sas. Under this law the city at large
pays for all intersections; the balance
Is assessed against the property affect
ed by the paving.
Tax Burden Light.
These assessments can be paid in
ten annual installments, and II will
therefore he seen that the payment for
pavement does not work hardship
upon the property owners. in view Of
the fact that the deferred installments
cannot bear more than q per cent inter-
est. Therefore If fifty foot lot is as
sessed 5000 for the paving you will see
that the annual tax will be but a little
over $50 per year. And experience has
shown that no one who has had the
advantages of good paving would give
them up for such small yearly taxa
ton.
"Although there Is no doubt whatev-
er as to the increase OF property val
ues as the result of paving. this is not
the best argument for this improve
nnent. The best reason for street paw
ing Is that 1t adds so enormously to
the comfort. health aud atiractlyeness
of any community"
There Is a lot of truth In this state
ment, as every one can testify who
has lived on well paved street and
on one that was either muddy or dusty
and never clean. but what we start
ed out to prove In this article was that
good pavements were good money
Investment. and that we have demon
strated or course 1t is well to remem
Der that investment In paving depends
among other factors. upon how good Q
pavement is obtained-not necessarily
how expensive. but how good OF III
kind and how well adapted to loca
conditions. Brick. for example. Is 4
good pavement under some conditions
but II Is noisy. hard 10 clean and I'm
necessarily costly. Various forms Of
bituminous pavement have been deyel
oped TO meet varying needs-sheet as
phait or asphaltie concrete for mali
streets under heavy trafic and asphal
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-05-09

grade were arrested by roadway i'm
provcment.
| am of the opinion that land has in
creased at least 25 per cent as result
of street paving. whether charged
against the AUDITING property OF paid
for out of general revenues. In no case
In our city have lots sold for less than
double the cost Of the pavements in ex-
cess Of the value Of the lots before paw
ing. Where lots sold for 100 before
paving they sold for at least $500 aft
erward. Nicholas A. CHASER, City As
SCISSOR. Wilkesbarre. Pa.
A Great Factor In Building.
Last spring there was some talk in
ing program. At once there was a
storm of protest from the citizens. The
local newspapers gave voice to this
general feeling. and one paper. the
Leader. responded with facts that car
ried conviction:
"Allentown's policy to do more or less
paving soon won 1t reputation as be-
ing clean and progressive city. II
tended materially to attract population
and was great factor in the wonder
full building record that placed Allen
town at the top of American cities In
the erection Of new houses the past
four or five years.
THE city's own investment was
small. All the city ever did was to
pay for the street intersections. the
property owners and transportation
companies doing the rest. And 1t paid.
"The valuation Of property on West
street from Hamilton to Walnut before
paving in 1907 was $l0.T20. and the
present assessment with paving Is $751;
$50.
ION Twelfth street from Liberty to
Roth avenue the gain with $l.T00 spent
for paving was more than $4,000 In
assessment on an Investment of 81, 700.
ION Eighteenth street from Hamil-
ton to Walnut the gain in values was
$4,000 on an Investment Of $3.50 In
paving"
| A Kansas authority on paving an
swered an inquiry by saying:
at Is hard proposition TO make any
definite statement as TO what extent
paving enhances the value Of property,
II will enhance the value Of good resi-.
dence property to a greater extent than
1t will increase the value Of cheap resi-
dence property-that is. In the best
residence sections the property values
are enhanced more by good paving
than In cheap sections. But. no matter
what kind of property is involved. Il
becomes more readily salable and more
readily rented II the street is paved
and the sale price and rental price will
be higher.
l I'm the little town Of West Plains
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-05-09
EXPERT ADVICE ON
CHOICE OF PAvEMENTS.
Brooklyn Engineer Discusses Relative
Values of Materials.

brooklyn Engineer DISCUSSES neiativc
Values of Materials.
George w. Tillson. engineer. OF
Brooklyn. recently made these state
ments In the course of an address 10
the Cleveland Engineering society:
Stone Block Pavements.
Granite and the harder sandstones
are principally used In the stone block
pavements OF this country. The par
ticular kind 10 be used will depend
upon the availability and cost 1t
would be foolish 10 consider granite as
a material where II must be obtained
at great expense and where good
sandstone Il available.
The granite pavements OF today are
very much better than those that We're
laid even four or i've years ago. II
has been found that ON account OF
their being laid ON concrete founda-
ton II has been possibls 70 reduce The
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-05-09
THIS PAVEMENT IN A SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN NEARLY
DOUBLED PROPERTY VALUES.

been steady here. Land in the central
part has had quite an increase as re-
suit of paving.-Joseph o. Tremblay,
Manchester, N. II.
Where streets have been paved in al
most every case building improve.
ments have followed closely upon the
heels of the street improvements. thus
materially increasing valuations.-J. NJ.
Wilkerson. Commissioner Of Streets,
Nashville. Tenn.
Land Sells Better.
There is great demand here for prop
erty on paved streets, which increases
valuations and new buildings in resi-
dence districts. All our paving is ON
petition for the Improvement and Is
paid for by owners of realty ON the
streets improved. Better prices pre-
vail and land sells more rapidly when
on paved Streets. n. Prinz. Auditor.
Pasadena. Cal.
Simon A. Merkel. secretary of the
board of assessors of Pittsburgh. gives
two instances Of the increase Of prop
One of these is lot on Wylie avenue
between Fifth and Sixth streets. which
! increased $4,000 in value in four
years. Another piece of property on
Sandusky street between Penn and
| Duquesne way increased from $1,000
to $1,2I5 per front foot.
| In 1907 an area was annexed to this
city, where property sold in 1905 at SCI
per front foot, when the city paved an
avenue which abutted this property.
In 1910 owners of this property asked
$3.50 per front foot for the same prop
erty which in 1907 sold for $2l.-City
Auditor, Richmond, Va.
Always Raises Value.
Paving always has caused an In
crease In value OF AUDITING property.
and also of other property in the neigh
borhood. This increase usually great
ly exceeds the cost Of the paving.-City
Assessor. Sioux City, la.
There can be no doubt but that prop
erty should and does take on added
value by reason of an outlay for paw.
ing In front Of it-City Auditor. Spo-
kane, Wash.
As an instance In the increase In the
value Of property as a result OF paw
ing, Charles NJ. Slocum. deputy city
engineer. Springfield, Mass. mentions
Catherine street and Walnut street
where paving raised the valuation OF
the property 20 per cent.
William =. Richards, assessor Of the
District Of Columbia. says that he has
known OF cases where ''the mere tall
Of Improvement has raised values two
and three years before actual work was
done. and also OF many cases whers
land prices that were on the dewnwars
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-05-09
Relative Costs.

The following table shows the cost
Of different kinds OF pavement for a
period Of years. assuming that granite
has life of twenty-five years. wood
twenty years. brick fifteen years aud
asphalt eighteen years. This life. as
has been intimated before. is probably
too small for Ohio brick pavements or
those In small cities:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-05-09
Experience of Many Cities
Slows That Good Pave
Rents Add Greatly 70
AiPrO.. erb Vd.CeS.
, Road This Evi.
denCe.

"FTYHERE is no case on record
where any community has
q ever regretted the improve
ment of it's roads,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-11-17
Floor Plan.

outside wall in each of these rooms.
The opening from each Of the rooms TO
the front part of the house is cased.
The Kitchen is centrally located In
the rear of the house with the bath
room on one side and the rear porch
on the other. The rear porch is really
built as an additional room and will
prove TO be valuable addition to the
space provided in the kitchen. The
porch floor is lower than the kitchen
floor. There are two steps in the pas
sage to the kitchen and two steps from
the porch to grade. Space is provided
for the refrigerator on the porch,
where 1t may be iced without tracking
dirt into the house. The basement is
entered from the rear porch. Closets
are provided in the bedroom, kitchen
and rear porch, and cupboard is set
into the wall in the kitchen.
The utility of this room arrangement
will be easily realized. A large, bright
living room. such as is provided in this
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-11-17
Scissors Case.

would not happen If case were pro
vided for one pair at least, and hung
in the general living room.
The case is easily made. A piece OF
thin cardboard will be needed for the
back. Take the scissors that are to
be In general use and lay them on the
cardboard; mark out shape slightly
larger than the scissors with pencil
Cut this out, then cut three pieces OF
silk or satcen; lire the cardboard with
two Of them, the third piece viii need
"a little cutting off in the front at the
top, as shown; neatly buttonhOle the
edges. Sew the pocket to the bach
shape neatly; if liked, thin cord the
same shade as the silk can be put
round.
On the pocket two or three little
flowers can be embroidered or painted
A bow of ribbon is put on the back
so that the case will hang up. This
ease will prove most useful, for not
only can the scissors always be found
but 1t protects the steel, which is 50
easily affected by any change in the
atmosphere and often becomes rusty
II left without cover.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-11-17
Ii Hung chann,s Grandson.

w. G. Anchung Kung, grandson OF
the great Chinese statesman, Ii Hung
Chang, who is at present on IOur Of
the United States to study problems
relating to agriculture made an inspec.
tion Of the water front here. He was
particularly interested in studying the
work Of discharging tropical fruit from
the refrigerating steamers. The young
mans father is foreign secretary Of
the Chinese republic. Kung expects tC
be appointed commissioner of agricul'
ture in one of the Chinese provinces
on his return. He is u graduate OF
Cambridge university, England. He
has spent much time in the southern
states studying the cotton, rice and su.
gar plantations. He predicts the com.
plete awakening of the whole of China
within 20 years.-BostOn Post.