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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20

What would the city fathers think
of an ordinance to require every one
to keep to the right? Some say the
streets are too narrow. That it seems
to us is the greatest reason why such
an ordinance would be a good one
II is now the State law but so few
people observe it, especially in town,
that it seems to us that it would be
a good thing if city council would
make it one of the statutes of the
town. In the country roads most
drivers do keep to the right especi.
ally when you meet, but in the town
they are just as apt to be driving OF
the left as the right, and when you
are going around a street corner you
do not know but that some one is
coming around the same corner and
most likely driving on the left, and
g headon collision is sure unless you
are going slow enough to stop. We
have seen very near accidents by just
such driving.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20
1lt 3sra'a quo Htpa.
entered at the POstOffice at New
s>ery, s. c., as aRd class matter.
&. ii. AULL, EDITOR.
Tuesday, May 20, 1919.
At LAST.

Thanks be, we received the 1oIioW-
ing telegram on Saturday:
New York, May II, 1919, 11:30 a.
m. Factory reports they expect 70
ship Model Fourteen today" This
was signd by the Mergenthaler Limo
type Company. 1t seems now to be
up to the railroads and steamship
companies.
At any rate we feel somewhat en-
couraged. We have suffered as patti
emily as we could and our friends
have borne with us. 1t has been a
year or more since We have printed
a paper with any degree of satisfac-
ton.
To have a good Prosperity letter.
YOU know, or a whole lot of good live
news from somewhere else that some
one has taken the pains to gather
for you, not to speak Of the whole lc..
of good stuff tina, you yourself have
written, and then have to hold -
over to the next paper, or not print
it at all because it is out of date, is
very trying, but we have gone along
and done the best we could, but the
thing had been drawn out so long
that it was difficult for the reader to
believe that it was possible not to
get a machine in all that time. Ot
course a portion of the time it was
our fault, because we had not put UP
the requisite cash, but since the, frs:
of April the required cash has been
up and we reckon the Mergenthale1
company was doing the best it could
but that did not help us at the time
Now it would seem that it should not
take more than another week for tie
cars to bring the thing in, and then
we can no longer put our shortcom-
ings off on the machine. Well, we
will do the best we can and if we dc
not print the news while it is news
then ask us about it.
The delay in printing the Pros
perity news was no fault of the cor
respondent, because she is on the Joh
all the time, but we just couldn't do
it. that was all there was to it. We
regret. to have to make these state
ments, but we want to let the reader
know that the Prosperity correspond
ent as well5Ias the Pomaria CORE
srondent and the others have been
kind in fu,s4shing the news, but We
were ui.able$to handle it.
But YOU know. the editor of this
paper is an optimist and,
eff the day be dark, or the day he
<. bright
Whatever be Troubles warning,
1t isn't so far to the morning light,
And you have, the Stars till morn
ing"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20

towns and cities in the State are pro-.
viding for the building of roads and
streets. In this day of automobiles
the county or State that does not take
a step forward in the building Of
roads is going to remain in the back
ground.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20


up our streets but to be patched the
mex year had been, put on the build
ing of permanent streets % wears
ago we would today have every street
paved in the town. And then the up
keep would be very SMALL And the
streets today are just about like they
were Is years ago except they may
be a little worse. And we are not
blaming the people who are working
them It is the system, and as long
IS the same system is kept up the
same results will follow:
We heard gentleman say the other
day that there was an automobile
man who passed through town, who
had broken two springs since he had
his car and only two and he travels
a good deal, and both of them were
broken riding over the streets OF
Newberry. Now he may have been
driving too fast for our streets and
exceeding the speed limit and all
that, but there is danger of breaking
springs in driving over these streets
at any rate of speed. We are afraid
we have reached that point in tae
matter Of street Improvement where
we are satisfied with our noble selves,
and if that condition does exist, hope
has almost departed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20

We notice from Our contemporary
that Supervisor Sample has let the
contract to build the road from Lit
tie Mountain to Prosperity. The
EDITOR was out of town two days just
before the last publication and did
not get the information. We are glad,
the contract has been let and we hope
that means that all the grade cross
ing are to be removed and that some
of the perpendicular hills are to be
taken down, or the road is to go
around them. The contract is around
$4,000, or about $4,000 the mile. We
should get. pretty fair road for that
money. And it should be 'widened
and made so that there might be two
tracks. And then we want to see the
road on to Newberry built, and on to
Kinards, and then some more roads.
This is road building age and the
county that does not get a move i'll
that direction lis going to be behind
the progress Of the age, and the same
of the town that does not build some
streets that are decent and that are
in a way permanent. We must keep
up with the progress Of the age. This
is a great transition period in which
we live. There is change in every
thing and everywhere.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20

This has been a fine time the past
few days to drag the roads. But the
grass has been growing and the farm
ers had to give attention to their
farms
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20

The county of Anderson only last
week voted by very large majority
to issue $1,40O,GO0 in bonds for the
building of>roads in that county. Aud
so it goes. All the live counties and
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20
Mr.. Sam Rogers.

Mr.. Sam Rogers, father of Mr.. T
NJ. Rogers, died at his home in New
berry on Friday evening. The re-
mains were taken to his old home IN
Marion for burial.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20

All the towns round about publish
the license ordinance except New
berry. We are an economical town.
saving the money to build some good
streets. That's the thing to do.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20

LOST-Sunday between Silverstreet
and Whimire auto generator chain.
Finder will please return to w. F..
Baker. Whitmire. $40 1tp
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20

FOR SALE-Have bought auto hearse.
Have two good horses want to sell.
r. Y. Leayell. 4-25 II
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-20

THE HERALD AND NEWS ONE
YEAR FOR Only 81. SO.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
EFFORTS OF TAFT
AT CANCELLATION
STIR WHITE HOUSE

Washington, D. c., July 25.-For-
mer President Taft's effort to con-
ciliate the opposition to League OF
Nations by concessions and compro-
mise caused dismay at the White
House. President Wilson offered no
comment, but Mr.. Taft's action SEEM
ed to create an impression there OF
weakness on his part, readiness to
surrender his own convictions to 'the
exigencies, personal, partisan and po-
litical," which he says must be rec
ognized in the present situation.
The president has insisted that his
desire to see the peace treaty and
League of Nations ratified without
reservation is not based on any per-
sonal feeling but a knowledge Of the
difficulties in store ifithe whole doc
ument is opened up to all nations
for change and Interpretation. Al
ready the French parliament is wait
ing for the American senate to take
the initiative before reopening the
delicate suestion of the Saare ba-
sin, which kept the peace conference
at SKIES and sevens for three
months.
Mr.. Wilson'S position is that res
ervations may seem innocuous to
American senators but that foreign
nations would not so regard them. If
Great Britain has assured Senator
Lodge that she is ready to accept res
ervations, such action not only is
without precedent but would be as
tonishing to Mr.. Wilson, as the usual
channel of communication on foreign
affairs is through the executive
branches of the two governments.
Taft Letter Not Liked.
The White House didn't like the
Taft letter. That was plain to see.
Certainly the impression on Capitol
Hill was that defenders of the league
were giving ground, were yielding to
the point of view of the opposition.
Many senators still view the peace
teaty through the same perspective
as a peace of domestic legislation
finished when. the various factions
have agreed either in committee or
in conferecne on a compromise. But
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
LAW ENFORCEMENT

Next Monday, August 8, has been
set by Solicitor H. S. Blackwell fol-
a meeting of the sheriff, deputy
sheriff, magistrates and magistrates
constables, and such members of the
grand jury as may want to attend
The meeting is called for the ex-
press purpose of discussing law en-
forcement in this county.
Enforcement of the law lies d.
rectly upon the shoulders of the Of
ficers named above. The back
ground, the moral atmosphere for
law enforcement is furnished by the
people. AS a general thing our Of
ficers 60 just what the people want
them to do.
This move on the part of Solicitor
Blackwell follows the State confer
ence held recently in Columbia and
presided over by Governor Cooper.
1t is 20 be hoped that the officers
of the law in this county will bring
to bear on the questions of law en-
cforcement an earnest desire to better
conditions, and finally arrive at that
state of mind that will bode i'll to all
who brak the law in any manner.
It is the duty of responsible citi-
zens to give material and moral sup
port to the officers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
from Mr.. Wilson's standpoint, that's
where the trouble begins.

from Mr.. Wilson's standpoint, that's
where the trouble begins.
Mr.. Taft has made clear he be-
lieves the interpretations and conces-
sions are unnecessary and that were
he a senator he would vote for the
league unamended. In the opinion of
friends of the league, he therefore
did not help the cause by admitting
that vital clauses in the covenant
could be changed and to some extent
sacrificed.
The president for example has
steadfastly opposed an idea which
Mr.. Taft frankly espouses-the plac-
ing of a ten-year limitation on the
obligations by the United States with
respect to article 10. Mr.. Wilson has
said that this would be practically
serving notice that America was in
terested in peace for only ten years
and was in effect telling the other
uations that they were free to do as
thew pleased at the end of the ten
year period.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
COTTON MARKET.
EDISON REALIZES HIS
MISTAKE IN INVENTING
THE TALKING MACHSINE

Late in the afternoon on yesterday
just before going to press we re-
ceived the following from partner
Edison:
"Your wire. Know nothing a.
bout move. Realize I made a mis-
take in inventing talking machines.
should have invented horn, because
if mariner Kerr could have blown
mine like he blows his own, fortune
would have been made. After hear
ing Kerr blow his own, nobody longer
doubts the story from the Bible about
Joshua knocking down the walls of
Jericho by sounding the rams horn
trumphet.
"Edison''
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
Sells Farm ;Comes to Town.

Mr.. P. H. McCaslan, who recently
sold his farm in Mccormick county
to Messrs. R. S. Link and ]. S. Stark
is in the city for a few days visit tc
his nephew, w. M. Barnwell.
The McCaslan farm consists of 65C
acres and was sold for $4,000. II
is one of the most desirable places ir
Mccormick county.
Mr.. McCaslan plans to spend the
winters in Florida and the summers
in the mountains, while he will cal
Abbeville home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1919
GETTING RID OF EASY MONEY

One answer to the high cost OF
living problem is that people are
holding their money too cheaply.
Thousands of Aemricans who never
were more than a dozen PAGES from
the breadline are today owners OF
Liberty Bonds or some other form OF
securities and they have never learn
ed the lessons which Ben Franklin
sought to teach growing nation.
Some of the people are spending
their Liberty Bonds. Their savings
in these securities represent money
that came comparatively easy, that is
to say, the holdings were accumu-
lated in small weekly or monthly
payments-money that was hardly
missed from the pay envelope.
The people are spending as furi-
ously as they fought and worked in
war times. They are on spending
"jag", so to speak, not only in this
country where the fruits of victory
seem to make spending a necessary
part of the peace program, but in the
rest of the world, not even omlttlng
the countries of the Entente. The
money of the times is apparently very
cheap, it seems to come easily end 10
20 easily, but this condition can't last
indefinitely.
When spenders are free and easy
prices go up with equal ease. Those
who hold their "easy" money TOO
cheaply make hard buying for those
who must part sparingly with their
limited funds and, by the same token'
those who demand luxuries without
accounting the cost may expect 10
nav more for necessaries. The trou-
BILE is not so much the nlgn cost VI
living but the high cost of high llv'
ing.
Some one remarked very sagely
that if all the wealth OF the ricn
were equally distributed among those
who have little or nothing, the rlcn
would soon have it back again and
the other class would be in the same
position as before the division was
made. This is the natural conse'
ouence because the rich, or the grea'
proportion of that class, learned to
accumulate wealth by habits OF saw
ing, and would no doubt recognize
the necessity Of saving more quickly
than the class that had never beer
accustomed to it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
With The Boys.

Col. Jim Taggart Of Mccormick,
was in the city from Saturday until
Monday. He came to visit his sister,
Mrs. R. McCombs, who has not been
we'll for some time. Saturday night
Mr.. Taggart took in the movies, be-
ing in charge of James and William
McCombs and Bill Greene. They
kept him up until 1890, which was
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
Buys Home.

Mr.. T. A. Stalings has purchased
from Mr.. J. R.Glenn the cottage on
Pinckney street now occupied by the
former. Mr.Stalings saw that if a
man is to have home in Abbeville
he must be it's owner, and he acted
accordingly. The price paid was So,
700.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
Ladies' Society Meeting.

The Ladies Society of the Associate
! Reformed Presbyterian Chureh will
meet at the home of Mrs. VIM. P.
Greene Thursday afternoon at 80
o'clock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
late hours for a nan from MeCo1
mick county.
Davis.Hemphill.:

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Davis announcl
the engagement Of their daughte1
Miss Mlwee, to Mr.. Jas. C. Hemphil|
The wedding to take place August q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
JOHN A. HOLLAND,
The Greenwood Piano Man.

The largest dealer in musica. inst
ments in Western South Carolina Sc
pianos, self-player pianos, organs q
sewing machines. Reference: III
Bank of Greenwood, the oldest al
strongest Bank In Greenwood Cocn1
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
Prominent Visitor and Prospector
Takes a Look at Oxford.

Col. John Davis Kerr, one of the
most prominent citizens of Abbeville,
S. c., and owner of the largest fur
niture stores, under one roof, in the
South, was a visitor to Oxford last
week. He was shown over the town
by one of our prominent citizens.
From information gathered it is
understood that Col. Kerr is touring
North Carolina and Virginia with a
view of buying a farm of 1000 acres
or more and opening up chain Of
furniture stores. If he does, it is
likely he will locate here. We hope
it is true. He will find Oxford a
progressive town, and no doubt he
can be satisfied on the land question.
If he can be he will probably build
one of the handsomest homes in the
State.
He will not solicit local people to
take stock in his furniture stores as
he is amply able to finance the enter
prise, but Col. Kerr stated that he
had an uncle that had a little money
and he would probably be allowed
TO take a little stock.-OXford, N. G.
Public Ledge.
A copy of the above paper has
been received at this office. We
were shocked to know that the furni-
ture king was thinking Of quitting US.
We Immediately called on Bro. Hor-
ton of the Medium, who forded it
home with the Colonel (knowing that
the Colonel had delicacy about talk
ing about his own plans and riches)
to ascertain what he knew about the
news item. Bro. Horton was as
much in the dark as anyone else.
He stated that he went through the
Office of the Public Ledger while IN
| Oxford for the purpose of inspecting
the equipment of the paper, and
while he was doing so Col. Kerr was
on the outside talking to the editor
and a buggy manufacturer from
whom he was trying to buy some
buggies, and as this was the only
time he was out of hearing distance
| of the Emporium man, he thinks
that the news must have come
straight from headquarters.
He saw Uncle Jim about the matter
and as he still has his cotton, fol
which he refused thirty-six cent:
some two years ago, he said he was
not talking furniture just now
Resides he said he wanted to find out
'. 10 paid the expenses of the triI
recently taken through the eastern
states before he took any more stocl
in the furniture business.
Not being able to get any salts
J faction in this quarter, we mex
thought of partner Edison, so we
wired him as follows:
Reported your partner Kerr a
bout to leave Abbeville and locate II
Oxford, N. c., that is if he can finc
enough land to satisfy his appetite
j Please advise as to truth of report
The daily banner., 1919-08-15

The Cambridge Gun Club will
shoot at $50 tonight.
Mrs. Daniel B. Smith is spending
sometime as the guest of her sister
in-law, Mrs. H. T. Davidson, near
Baltimore.
Captain T. Holiday Hicks, of the
Norfolk Navy Yard, is spending few
days with his mother, Mrs. Mamie
Hicks, at her home on Mill street,
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. S. Mallonee, Of
10 West End avenue, have as their
guests Miss Angela Mallonee, Miss
Mildred Mallonee, and Mrs. Wesley
Veise and little son, all of Baltimore.
Mrs. HI. T. Davidson and Miss
Clara Richardson have returned to
their home near Baltimore, after
having spent sometime with Mrs.
Davidson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
S. Smith, near Airey.
Mr.. Charles S. Jackson, one of the
Republican candidates for the nomi-
nation for County Commissioner,
stated yesterday that he had filed
his nomination papers and did not
expect to withdraw under any cir
cumstances.
Postmaster G. Walter Wright left
Cambridge shortly after twelve
o'clock, noon, today, to get mail for
Cambridge, which had reached Sea-
ford Mr.. Wright expects a messen-
ger from Seaford to meet him at
fredericksburg, but in the event the
Il - =, rrrSA r.
The daily banner., 1919-08-15

4 Anita Stewart, in From Head
quarters" brings to the screen the
most dominant, heart-searching dra-
ma of a generation, pounding, pulls
| ing, throbbing with passion and pa
thos. 1t pictures a woman's soul on
the rack of justice, a fathers soul,
torn between love and duty, mans
soul, burned of its iniquity by a wo-
mans sacrifice and redeeming love.
From Headquarters" is the photo
play sensation of the season. at the
Grand Opera House tonight and
Saturday.
/ A watermelon party was greatly
enjoyed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert E. Meredith on Thursday ev-
ening. Among those present were:
Mrs. VIM. S. Mallonee, Miss Gladys
Mallonee, Mrs. Wesley Veise, Miss
Angela Mallonee and Miss Mildred
Mallonee, of Baltimore; Misses Lena
and Dorothy Christopher, Mr.. Paul
Lake, Lieut. Almond Hayward, Miss
Ada F. Shone and Miss Annie E.
| Goodrich, of Boston, Mass. Miss
Shone and Miss Goodrich, who have
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Mere
dith for the past ten days, left for
their homes in Boston today.
T. Sangston Insiey and Everitt
NJ. Layton, trustees, will sell by pub
| lie auction, at the Court House door,
next Tuesday, all of the real estate
owned by the late VIM. J. Layton, at
| the time of his death, consisting OF
large farm, two tracts of timber land,
three dwelling house properties, and
building lot, in town of Vienna, and
Immediately after the sale of said
properties, the said T. Sangston ms
| ley and Everitt M. Layton, as attor
neys,. will sell by public auction, the
large eleven room dwelling house
property located at corner of Gene
terry avenue and Academy street,
Cambridge, Md. For full particulars
of these sales, terms, ETC., see ad-
vertisement in this issue.
The daily banner., 1919-08-15
Golden Hill, Md, Aug. Is,

Mr.. Editor:
appreciate your statement in ref
erence to the use of my name in the
convention Tuesday, as you were
critically and perfectly correct that
I had consistently declined to be a
candidate. But it seemed tEat some
of my good friends, in their excess OF
zeal, named me volens-nolens. This
kind feeling is, of course, especially
gratifying, however, notw1thstand-
ing, and I take this occasion, thru
your valuable journal, to thank them
heartily, as well as those who, in and
out of the convention, advocated my
becoming candidate for the State
Senate. Yours most sincerely,
w r. APPLEGARTH.
The daily banner., 1919-08-15
PUBLIC SALE OF HOUSEHOLD
NEEEfyTS.

The undersigned will sell at pub
lie sale, at the home of the late Will
liam H. Davidson, Sr., on Pleasant
street, on SATURDAY, AUG. 10TH,
starting at two o'clock, lot OF
household and kitchen furniture OF
all kinds, including air-tight wood
heater, 2 bedroom suits, mattress,
buffet, cabinet, gun, carpenters
tools, garden tools, push cart and
many other things, too numerous to
mention
VIM. H. DAVIDSON, JR.
Adv. 1t. n
FOR sALE-Ford touring car, ir
Al condition Apply David Schroeder
Geo Meekins' Store. S-15-tf.
The daily banner., 1919-08-15
! LEARN A GOOD TRADE.

Have opening at present Tor boy,
Is years or over. to learn profitable
trade. Good wages to start, year
round job. rapid advancement. ,Reli-
able and industrious boy will find
this splendid chance. Address p,
care this office.-Adv. 15-1w. b&r.
The daily banner., 1919-08-15
Dance TOniCht.

ONVIIOO AV1AAe5AAUs
The usual Friday night dance will
be held at Oakley Beach tonight, ,mu-
sic by Merry Band, coolest place in
Cambridge, just the place to spend. a
delightful leVeIling,-Adv. 1t
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
OBITUARY
WILLIAM 1T. LYONS.

The funeral of William T. Lyons was held this morning at S:30 from he home of his sister, Mrs. Henry Albright. I4s3 East Main street, and at . o'clock from St. Charles church. where a high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev. P. J. McGivney. The rpsDonsss wsse sung by the sAnseA ShsIs. Thsse ~as isses as-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
FRED HRUBY.

The funeral of Fred Hruby was held yesterday morning from his late home, Huntington Road, otratford. It s:3p. and at o'clock q high mass of reauiem was celebrated at St
 Jameg church by Rev. Michael J. Counor There was . large attend- asoe ef borrowing reiativss and