The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-30

on Sunday about p. M just Ieach-
: ed Anderson Tuesday about noon on
the same train | suppose that / was
on. So it would seem that almost
everything is just little out Of
joint.
, But Anderson seemed to be the
worst hit of any of the towns. There
were no lights and no power for
some three days. The Daily Tribune
failed to print on Tuesday morning
and the Daily Mail could not make
it on Monday afternoon, and there
was no telegraphic news for the pa
per on Tuesday afternoon, though
Brown printed a paper and in order
to get power for his lintoypes and
his press he rolled down in the cell
; lar where his press is one Of these
creeping tractors and hooked it up
to the press and the linotypes and
his paper came out even before
schedule time.
don't know how it is in Ander-
son and Greenwood, but in Newberry
the consumer of this "juice" which we
buy from our commissioners of pub
lie works must be paid for on the
minute, or the "juice" is cut right of, I,
but we can be given all sorts of losses
and sustain all sorts of damage in
consequence, not to speak of the in
convenience, and we must take
it just SOL Of course l do
not mean to say that they
did not do all they could to sup
ply the current and that they could
not help the failure to do so, but the
contract is all one sided and the lit
tie fellow just has to sit down and
take what he gets and as he gets it
and do just as the big fellow says.
And the meters, why bless you, they
are the only perfect things that we
know or ever read about. Well, we
never had this trouble when we had
our own plant. And besides l
thought it was understood that the
plant which the city owns was to be
held in reserve for just such emer-
gencies. But it seems that is a mis-
take, that the plant is Of no use, and
if it is not used it will soon be worth
very little, that is if it is still held
by the commissions S. But maybe
the contract with the Southern Power
company has a provision to cover
such contingencies just like it has a
clause about cutting off the current
on Sunday to make repairs. And if
there had been fire in Greenwood
the other night with the power off and
the water out the fire could have play
ed in it's own good time and held sway
for no telling how long. But then l
reckon it is all right or it wouldn't
be, and l should not say anything
about it.
| heard remark the other night as
we were trudging along in the dark
going from the depot to the hotel lug
ging our grips, which rather impress
ed me. One of these fine fellows who
travels the road and belongs to that
great army that keeps the railroads
running and makes the hotels inde-
pendent, said the idea of our styling
ourselves travelling statesmen and
here we are wading through the mud
and water and the ice and snow and
Juggling our baggage. The thing is
ridiculous. We had better be called
ducks or tramps or fish and even mud
fish. l just wondered what should
be stvled, for there was l also pulling
along. Well, it takes all of US to
make up a world and l try to phil
osophise and conclude that about the
only sensible and sane thing to do is
to 90 along and do your duty as best
YOU may be able and to be sure that
even if you are but brick in the wall
that YOU will try to be strong enough
50 that if the wall gives way you will
not be the cause of it. In other words
that | would endeavor to be the hard
est and strongest brick in that wall.
z. H. A.