The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-13
AR0TT RECORDS.

Col. Ebert H. Aull of the NeWber-
ry Herald and News says he has offer
ed his services to the government and
takes exception to a statement OF tns
president of the State Press Assocla-
ton that cit is impossible for the
newspaper men of the South to
shoulder arms for their country.
There is no record of Col. Aull's ha7-
ing gone to the front in 1898, and
surely precedent should count Tor
something. 1t is indeed impossible
for the newspaper men of the State,
as a class, to go into military ser
vice, although many Of them as lndl-
viduals will go. The address to the
Press Association was directed to
newspaper men as a whole. The
country needs the newspapers now
and can not spare all Of its news
paper men.-Columbia Record.
Our good friend and Spanish war
veteran, Col. William Banks, is en-
tirely too sensitive. We did not take
any exception to his statement
about the service of the newspaper
men at this time in the economic
campaign, because he is exactly cor
rect, the newspapers, and the coun-
ty newspapers especially, are the
ones to reach the farmers. Ana
really, they can do great deal more
than this little army of city men ana
lawyers and doctors and college pro-
fessors and city preachers and city
editors who have been appointed
ey Gov. Manning to make campaign
Of the State can possibly do, because
if the weather is good they Will nave
yery small audiences of the people
they are sent to talk to. because tnose
people will be at home, where they
should be, doing the very thing these
lawyers and town teachers and CITY
editors and so forth are being sent
to tell them to do, planting a crop 70
make something to eat.
No, Colonel, we have no Spanish
war record. In fact, we have friend
who makes figures" in one OF the
banks of the city who says 1t IS Wsii
sometimes not to- have a record. But
what has that got to do with this
present war. This is the real thing
that we are up against now. Not g.
trim to the beautiful Ch:ckamangra
bark. and to the everglades and beau
tiful flowers and fine fishing. anc the
orange groves Of Florida. And by the
way. since we come to recall II, we
do believe that Col. William BanKs
did 20 as a war correspondent to
that Spanish war, and to get on the
inside, enlisted as private. And he
wrote some beautiful letters back to
the The State about the trip to Chick
amaugua, and the stay there, and told
about the warlike appearance at this
beautiful place, about the soldiers
on every hand and the drays and the
horses and the fine monuments that
stood sentinel over the graves OF the
heroes of a real war. This was some
time in June, 1898, and then in July
the army moved on down to Jackson
Vile. and the colonel told about the
fine camp there, and the st. johns
river near by where the boys could
fish and swim and bathe, and also
that Col. Bryan was camped with MS
regiment just near the side OF the
bows. It was while the colonel was
at Chickamaugua that the news came
that the battle of Santiago had been
fought and won (July ~ and there
was rejoicing and regrets that the
boys did not have opportunity to
have part in this great battle. At
Jacksonville the boys did lots OF work
Yolieing the streets aud getting the