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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16

population and many travellers, there
may be found more than one woman
with brown .curls hanging over her
shoulders and hat some of them are
little pleased to miss a b~oatyDr to be
waylaid on the street because of a tri-
fe In which they feel no interest.
Mrs. Hedge now declared that she
did not care whether the locket was
recovered or not, but as she continued
to have fits of weepings which he could
attribute to nothing else Adam deter
mined to restore her the lost trinket If
possible.
The next Monday morning he wan
dered d~isconsolately into ~Israel's. A
woman with brown curls over her
shoulders stood at the counter hag-
Cling for a paperweight, which she
wanted for 10 cents. Adam stood still
and pinched himself. He thought he
must be dreaming.
you know your power. You know
I must sell on Monday morning." Is
rael exclaimed in evaporation. you
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16
The Picture
In the Locket
Romance of a Lost Bau-
BILE and Its Recovery.
By DIXON
Copyright by clarissa Dixon.


The measured tinkle of a tool sharp
ener's bell cut through the swell of
children's voices in Lily terrace (o1f
Powell street In San Francisco. Adam
Hedge heard it and b%ethought him that
he meant to saw the legs off an old
table and present it in a royal coat of
new paint to his grandson for a play
desk, such as kindergartners have, only
this was for use at home. Adam
hurried to the hall bedroom, which In
the fat he occupied represented garnet
privileges and was a place for all
sorts of odds and ends.
"Ah, you here, wife? I'm hunting
for my old plane. I'm going to have it
ground"
Mrs. Hedge was kneeling before an
open trunk. She rose hastily, dropping
a sparkling bauble which, unnoticed,
fell into this pocket Of a little dress she
was folding.
what, crying, Lorena? That dress
again! I'd give it to the first child ]
saw In need Of it If I were you; that's
what I'd do. 'Tain't as if Lissie was
In her grave. l can't make out wom-
IN folks anyway. Here's our LiSsie
grown a handsome oma and mar
ried to her hearts choice, married to u
good steady fellow with a regular Job
at the grip-a regular job, Lorena, such
as many a good man can't get-and
there's the happy little slip of a boy
she's brought up for a grandchild in
our age, and yet you sit and cry owe
her old things just for all the world as
If she'd died when she was little. I
can't make it out"
II should think you'd know, Adam.
I should think you'd understand. She'll
new be little again, Adam. She'll
never cuddle down in my arms again
and ask for the story of Little Silver
locks"
$50 much the BETTER" declared unpo-
etc Adam. Don't you mind how you
used to complain you'd told stories till
your jaws ached and you wished she'd
grow big and read them for herself?"
"I'm sure I never really wished 1t,
Adam. She was a pretty little one, so
pretty. III never S e her like again,
and such cunning little ways she
had
eyes, yes, cunning enough, I dare
say. She used to turn the lamp wicks
down till they fell into the bowl Of the
lamp, burn my Sunday hat, take the
eight day clock for a tea cupboard and
cut doll things out of the front of your
best dress. It's all right, I dare say.
She never got spanked, and I'm glad
of 1t. We didn't forget we'd been colts
ono ourselves, did we, Lorena? But
I'm not sorry she's a well grown, nice
behaved woman now, and I wish you'd
give away that. dress and let somebody
that needs 1t wear it out"
Eyes, Adam, / know. I know what
you think. You've forgotten the things
of YOUTH" burst out Mrs. Hedge, with
a fresh bit of weeping quite %unaccount-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16

able to her husband. '"There's other
things-much you forget that THAT I
remember. But I'n-I'l give away the
dress, as you think best. Somebody
ought to have it."
"That's right. Don't be a fool any
more. I must hurry now. The grinder
stopped next door, but he'll soon be 60
ing, and | want this thing sharpened
up."
Mrs. Hedge wiped her eyes and fol-
lowed down to the front door, where
she stood watching the man at work
and endeayoring to shake off her fit of
depression.
She observed that the children in the
alley, or terrace" had a new play
mate, a little girl with a petticoat too
short for her stockings and a dress too
short for her %petticoat who devoted
every pause in her play to urging a
rather large head into a very small
s%unbonnet. In spite of the shortcom-
ings of her attire she led the games
and was withal a merry and a pleas
ant young thing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

No one responds to the appeal to
contribute to pay the expenses oI
an old vet to the reunion at Wash
ington, so we suppose the PROPOSE
ton is of. If We had the money
some Of the people hereabout are re-
puted to have we would personally
take upon ourselves the expense OF
practically all the vess m the county
and give them the time of their life.
We would charter train all our own
and load them at Newberry and haul
them right into the capitol at Wash
ington, and tell all the people that
We came from Newberry, South Caro-
lima, and that we were going to have
a. good time all our very own. A
little bit from every one would make
up the fund, but then We amt got
it, even that little, and it takes money
to hire Pullman cars and to pay rail
road fare. Cooperation would do
great things and cost each one very
little, and We could take car load
of them to this reunion, and We are
sure they would enjoy it and maybe
for many of them it would be the
last reunion here that they will have
the opportunity to attend. The time
Is short. What is to be done must
be done quick.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18
Yours rtuly,
ETA q. CALHOUN.
What About @Them, Chi,kens2

Greenwood Journal.
A lady met US on the streets a few
days since all broken up over the
chicken nuisance. please" said she,
write something about them"
chickens. l am annoyed nearly to
death by my neighbor's chickens. !
can not afford to have trouble with
them. and do so hate to give up my
flowers and my garden. O what am
| to do?''
Now, just look at this, and think
Of the trouble you are making for
your very closest neighbor and youi
best friend. The question that is IN
our mind is, How are you able your
self to stand thing like this? How
can you quietly stand by and have
no concern for the peace and happl-
ness Of your neighbor? Then, too, az
this time when all the world is con-
fronted with the Importance of rails
ing food. Have you not heard some
thing about planting and cultiyating
every vacant spot, in a garden? Ano
you let them" chickens 60 out, ana
ruin your neighbor's patch. We give
it up We do not see how any man
could be so heartless-s"rely this
must be the fault of the men.
No woman, good and true, would al
low it. Dear, good woman wake your
husband up. and have him shoot
them" chickens! Shoot them to-
day!
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

AS long as the men will not get to-
gether and stick together long en-
ough to organize a lively chamber OF
commerce, We suggest that the women
of the town take it upon themselves
to show the men chow it's DONE
EXchane.
We do not recall positively from
what South Carolina paper the above
was taken, and, therefore, We do not
name the paper. or the town, be-
cause we do not want to get the
wrong town or the wrong paper. The
point we are trying to make is that
there are apparently other towns in
which it seems impossible to organize
an effective chamber of commerce.
And we desire also to commend to the
good women Of Newberry that mas
much as the men seem incapable OF
organizing and maintaining an effec-
tive and active commercial body that
they take up the task and we believe
that they could and would accomplish
great things for the community.
We need a good strong active CON-
mercial body in this town that would
have the advancement and progress
of the community as its chief busi-
ness and apart from any selfish mo-
tives of any kind or the advancement
Of any purely personal interests.
WE have always been able to or
ganize and with much enthusiasm at
times, and the trouble was that VIC
could not stay organized. We some-
how could not keep up the enthusl-
asm. There would always be those
who would go into the organization
with great enthusiasm but who woula
soon come to the conclusion that some
one else was getting more benefit OUT
c. it than they were, when as a mat
ter of fact such an organization
should not be for the personal emo
lument of any individual. We would
be glad to see an organization of some
kind that would be effective in oper-
alton in Newberry.
The above editorial was written seT-
eral weeks ago. Now it seems thai
this afternoon TIE men are really go
ing TO try to do something but if they
should fail al this meeting then We
will renew Our request that the wo-
men of this community take hold OF
The matter and we are sure there viii
be something doing. We noticed that
in some town the women had already
rented a roon. and would undertake To
arrange a market for farm produce,
Ne Il! rar; mora to say OF this al
a subsequent time.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

There has been a lot Of talk about
converting golf links into vegetable
gardens. This is kind OF lese ma
ieste. The idea of desecrating golf
greens with onions and cabbage.
There is one thing we observe in
this connection, the Ridgewood golf
club sent several Of the stars to Fort
Ogleshorpe Sunday-Columbia Rec
ord
That would really be terrible TO
take away even a small pleasure
from some of our fellow citizens to
provide even the raising Of bread to
feed the hungry. 1t is preposterous
to talk of turning golf links into veg
esable gardens. And yet We were
Just wondering if fellow might not
get just as much real good physical
exercise from hoe in a vegetable
garden as he could knocking the golf
balls in a golf link. And While the
Ridgewood club was sending a num-
ber of stars to Oglethorpe how many
went to the ranks as privates. There
seems to have been NO trouble IN
getting recruits for 0glethorpet And
1nind you we do not object to any
one who is going into the army get
ting an Office. A prominent gentle
man in talking to US about his boy
who went In as a private when the
call came for troops for the border
said he told his son to get an Office
If he could for any sort or an Office
in the army was better than pri-
yate. And his son is now first lieu
tenant of his company. We told our
kid what this gentleman said and
he is now sergeant. But these
boys went in as privates and have
risen on their merits.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

We heard man IN this city say
The other day that there WIS not
enough -four in Newberry county at
this time to feed the people of the
county 80 days, and that when the
wheat crop was gathered the food
supply Of the county would still be
scarce.
And what about corn? 1t is too
late now to make any more wheat
this year, but We can make bread
from corn in 80 days by planting
now. This same gentleman remark
ed that he would be one OF 100 men
to guarantee every man who would
plant an acre extra in corn that he
would make 20 bushels, or help to
make up the deficiency, and he
thought that such a pledge would be
worth more to the county at this
time than guaranteeing chautauqua
for another year And We are in
clined to the opinion that the gentle
man was right and is right. Why
not raise $1,000 to guarantee 20 bush
els OF corn to the acre for all extra
acres planted rather than guarantee
$1,70O to have a chautauqua here
next year Or better still, why no.
-aIse a guarantee that The Herald
ana News will make expenses for the
balance of this year. 1t has been
iaboring in this community for the
upl;ft of the community for many
years, even before the days of the
cbautauQua, and we datter ourselves
that The Herald and News has been
of some benefit to the community.
Now, honest, hasn't 1t? But, honese,
;h;c is the time above all others to
plant a few mere acres in corn. It
will not take much work and 1t will
be worth whole lot to you and to
Eorr county.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

It is not the National Guard but
the regular establishment that shows
weakness in a pinch, The First
South Carolina regiment now in ac-
tive service is in need Of supplies.
There was never any such bungling
in assembling South Carolina soldiers
as there was in calling men to Fort
Oglethorpe for the officers reserve
corps.-Columbia Record.
We are glad to hear you say there
vas "bungling" and to believe that it
was not malice or small politics. But
there has bees something wrong up
tie creek somewhere. We are will
ing to pass it up as "bungling' If
they will just quit bungling. We
have not and dc not now make any
charges against any one but things
have appeared awful queer
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18
WHY NOT A LIBRARY2

We are talking about good many
things for Newberry. and for the
improvement and education of the
people. Is there anything that would
be more helpful than public library.
Read an article in the last paper on
the subject. It describes such library
as we should have, and it should be
centrally located so that 1t might be
convenient meeting place for the
people Of the town and the county
and where they could spend a social
hour and meet. the people and get
away from the counting room and the
Office and the desk and think on things
that are not material.
We could have it right here in New
berry with little cooperation and the
spending of a little money. 1t has
been said many times that the old
court house building could be made
into just such a building and place
as described in the article to which
we have referred, and it is so conven-
iently located that it would be easy
for the busy man or the busy woman
10 uTOU Of6I luSIS oAO opO4o eAA @1SNA
Or so to rest the tired MIND or even
the tired body and meet the other peo-
rle Of the community as well as COM
nune with the best talent OF the ages
gone.
The architecture of this building Is.
fine and the interior could be made
attractive and the room comfortable
end the library room could be so made
that 1t could be used for all ordinary
meetings and then the upstairs could
be made into fine auditorium. We
know of no place that, is so well
equipped to have it's own library and
library building at small cost as New
berry.
Will not some one take steps to
have something done?
By the way, since We come to think
of it, a committee was appointed at
tAats cemmaaitgY meeting wee hsA
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

were chewed up by the monster in
one meal.
We consider thae We owe it to our
people to warn t. em against this
craze for rushing a few Americans to
the trenches. A sprinhling OF our
boys can do the allies no good (and
they know it only too welD, except
that by cruelty mangling them, they
hope to rouse the spirit of the Ameri-
can people into fury Of war, which
is now far from their attitude. Let
US rather hope that the war in Eu-
rope will be practically over within
the next two or three months. In
the meantime, We can train an army,
not to be sent to France, however,
but to defend our own country, when
and if necessary.
Let us keep our boys at home, and
out of a war, which is not our war,
and which can only mean for us un-
necessary and heartrending woe
Charleston American.
Thems our sentiments exactly and
we have tried to say so on several
recent occasion. 1Se people as rule
do not realize what =. means to send
troops to France. A few OF our
boys could not possibly do the allies
any good, then why send them over
there to be butchered like so many
cattle to the slaughter. A few OF
these jingoes who hope to rouse this
country by having a batch of our
boys slaughtered want to send them
across the seas. These same fellows
who are talking so much about it
are not going and they are not going
to send any of their own, but they
don't mind having the other boy laid
upon the altar.
Since the above was written It
seems that congress has reversed it
self and will let Roosevelt raise and
equip his regiment Well, that will
be a voluntary act and if there are
those VINO want to volunteer to go
into the trenches that Is their affair.
But congress even is SOLDERING up
some and is not rushing legislation
through like it did at the beginning.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

That must have been pretty good
and a pretty representative meeting
that BIease called in Columbia last
Monday. We notice that the Colum-
bia State has given editorial notice to
it for several days and that all of
the congressman from South Caro-
lima have arranged a meeting with
the war department for the commit
zee that was appointed to go to
Washington. And that the governor
has also sent telegram to forestall
any action that the war department
may take.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

some months or weeks ago to do this
very thing. wonder who are on that
committee and what they have done,
or have they forgotten their appoint
ment. Seems to us since We come to
think more about it, they were to con-
fer with our honorable senator and
representatives in the legislature to
have the necessary legislation put
through. Maybe the liquor question
absorbed too much time to think
about or act on such things as a IL
hrary or community building. Now
that menace is gone let's DO some
thing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

Congress has been In session now
for more than a month and the only
war measures PASSED are the declar-
alton Of war and the voting of a deor
Of seven billion dollars to carry on
the war There is no objection in
moving deliberately and slow. The
conscript act has not yet been agreed
upon by congre IS, and of course is
not yet law, and yet our governor has
already announced his conscript Of
hcers for the various counties. He
is a fast mover and is ahead OF con-
gress in the matter of getting ready
for the war. Congress is beginning
to realize t5at war is serious busi-
ness and no hurrah affair to be dis
missed before breakfast.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18
NO TROOPS TO FRANCE.

The conferees acted wisely il shut
ting off Mr.. Roosevelt's theatrical trip
TO- Europe, with 10000 men behind
him; first, because conscription and
the volunteer system can not be re-
conciled; second, because Mr.. Roose-
welt is admittedly uneducated to COM
mand an army Of men. and third,
because the immediate dispatch OF
an army Of freeaters Of the country,
such as Roosevelt might possibly
gather behind him, could do no good
cn the firing line.
-Mr. Roosevelt is man of courage
Nobody disputes that; nor that he
has had wild passion for war all
his life He has been in favor OF
taking part in the European war ever
since the first shot was fred. In the
interval, he has Travelled thousands OF
miles over the United States,
and thousands Of miles at sea,
spreading the gospel of Mars. But.
through some great inadvertence. he
missed every steamer that sailed
from New York for France. The seas
are still open, ships still sail, and
now that congress has disappointed
Mr. Roosevelt, the general, Mr.. Roose
velt, the simple private, could eas1ry
go to France without any further
trouble and get into the trenches.
We are opposed to sending any
Americans to France. We can not
follow the logic of the little editors
who clamor for the sending of our.
boys to France, but who are "con-
scientious directors" themselves.
Most people fail to realize what II
means to send Americans to France.
Some months ago, young South
Carolinian, who had been in France
for over a year. came home on a
visit. His picture of the western
front was a terrible one. He told OF
an Australian regiment, recruited as
our American boys would be, from
the rank and file of people unfamil-
lar with war. This regiment was
trained for six months in Sydney and
then sent to England, supposedly
ready for the firing line. They were
kept for six months in England and
sent to France. The French experts
considered they needed finishing
course in trench warfare and gave
them another months training in
France. Finally they we're passed by
the military experts as being ready
for the trenches.
The shifts in the trenches are
changed at night, when the men. who
are still living, creep out and the
new shift crawls in stealthily on its
stomachs. On given night. this
Australian regiment was thus sent
into the trenches. Within 48 hours,
every single man of the regiment was
either killed OR terrifcally wounded.
The Germans had found the range Of
this particular trench and for 48
hours poured steady stream of high
explosive shells into it. When the
firing lulled they had to dig out the
bodies of the living and the dead, who
were horribly torn and mutilated; !;
some with their heads blown off. or
their arms, or legs; and, in one case,
OUT Carolina friend spoke Of a boy
whose entrails had been blown
around the neck Of mis- comrade. both
dead.
After 48 hours all that was left
Of this fresh regiment from Australia
that had trained itself for 13 months
vas an unsightly mass OF mangled
flesh, bone and blood. Sent into the
tavs of the most gigantic machine OF
war that was ever built up by un-
canay. 1ngeagstyy thesea ysangg nsa
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

We notice that some of the sena-
tors have been using some pretty
strong language in regard to the
spectators in foodstuffs and saying
what should be done. The thing is to
get busy and do something. Take EN-
by the nape O: the neck and throw
them over the battlements Of the
battery. The time has been here for
action. The time for talk is over.
There Is no reason In permitting a
lew men to get rich while the great
mass Of the people want for the ne
cessities Of life Do something and
DO It now.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

The people are just little slow in
subscribing for the bonds for carry
ing on the war Just about as SLOW
as they were IN volunteering. It is a
little strange that while they were
clamoring for war that they would
he slow m volunteering and in en-
listing and in buying the bonds.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

4 proper system Of distribution. .
Translated this means that We need
system of marketing. Senator
Fletcher must have been reading The
Herald and News. We publish the
statement and invite you to read it.
The market is what we need and
along with it b cannery to take care
Of the perishah!e vegetables.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

The very fact that Gov. Manning
tas no axe to grind, as The State
says, should be Of help to him to
rise above factional politics and rec
cgnize some of those who were not
ils supporters. Surely there are at
least a few in the vast number who
did not vote for him who are compe-
tent and OF good character even In
his opinion.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

Senator Fletcher In a recent state
ment on food supply says some good
things. He says among other things:
'For some years l have been con-
vinced that what we need to be exer-
rised about was, not production, but