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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
AS "CON" MEN WORK
Get 2ich Quick Promoters Sell Oil
Stock to Farmers.
Worlds " ork.

Worlds Work.
This story cf the operations of get
rich quick promoters who are selling
oil stocks to the farmers Of the Mid
die West comes from job printer of
that section:
These promoters come to him to
get their circulars printed. 1--WE
have no money now," they say, ''but
we are going to. sell 100000 shares
cf this stock at 81 a sha"c, and your
printing bill will be but small item
for US to pay in week or two" Ere
quently they offer him stock in pay
ment for his work. II he is sure
they are going to make market for
the stock in order to entice prospec-
tive buyers with advancing quota
tons, he takes the stock, and then
sells it back to them through the mar
ket as soon as they start their manip-
ulations.
One Of these promoters told him
how they got the farmers money:
I'VE ask him if he owns any Lib
erty bonds. How much did you pay
for them? Do you know what they
are selling for now? What rate Of
interest do they pay you?. Only 4 l-2
per cent. How would you like to
exchange them for a stock that pays
more than twice as much and will
advance in price? Those prices you
see quoted in the papers for Liberty
bonds are for outsiders like you; we
can do much better than that, and
we are willing to take YOUR bonds
and give you the same price you paid
for them "
: The crop of Liberty bonds that
these pirates of promotion have har-
vested has been an enormous one,
and now that many farmers have
sold their farms at fancy prices,
there is still more juicy fruit on the
trees that these stock fakiers ore
going after. A banker from Louisi-
ana writes:
'This section is rural one and
we are visited all the time by slick
talking salesmen VINO drive way back
in the woods to sell the poor farmer
that they have come way out there
lust to give him chance to get some
of the wealth Of the world rather than
to let Rockefeller have it all. All
they have to do is to buy few shares
of the particular stock this benevo-
lent salesman is offering and the
farmer suddenly becomes one of the
idle rich"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
A NEW VEGETABLE.

The towss. garden and the city far
mer have been for time past the butt
of many jokes and the former fire.
quently a happy reality for the
neighbors, chickens and pigeons. But
the city farmer was a very great
help, not only to himself, but to the
country, during war-garden activities
then, has since helped in the fight
to win against the high cost OF living.
The Albany (GaD Heraid says:
Its great to have garden, even
though it produces Few vegetables.
It's great to have place for out
door cxercise--a place in which to
turn up the fragrant earth with a
spading fork level it with a rake and
lay it eff with 4 trench hoe. Some
folks say it's better exercise than
golf OF tennis. though On that ques-
ton we DO not presume to sit IN
Judgment. a mal can work in his
garden before sunrise, when golf
Inks are too wet with the dew to be
used. and his garden is a whole lot
nearer home than the golf club.
Ana lNtIc IL ilo ISSI-Oii WHY ~'Ah
Town-dweller cannot have a garden
with real vegetables in it if he will
give little practical thought and
diligent application to its prepara-
ton and care.
And now it is time to get the gar
dening hahit,--if It ever stops rain
irc-when the undoubted spring
season IS with US and maybe some
body will take the same interest in
vour exploits, horticulturally, as a
TAMPA. Fla. concern did when this
week the following letter was re-
ce;ved by a prominent lady OF the
city, who had announced her mten-
son Of becoming female Burbank
Dear madam:
Since beig Informed that you are
contemplating on going into extern
sive gardening, ] an taking advan-
taee of the first opportunity to write
YOU personal letter recommending
to YOU orr latest model wheel
barrow seed, which we are posting
vou TO-DAY under separate cover. The
product of these seeds are a wonder
and gives satisfactory wherever tried,
and we recommend them to ride the
easiest end the hest of any other
make in the world. Soas reputable
firm of many years standing heartily
recommend them to you. Here's
hoping that you will have success and
2 great many young wheel barroWs
bv next fall. we are,
Yours respectfully,
Bureau Dept
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
uppF ARE SOME REASONS
WHY THE SALVATION ARMY
IS ASKING YOUR SUPPORT

The Salvation Army has been on
ihe lob the past year. Here $ part OF
The record: IS, $50 jobs found for
oye2 and 16,747 found for women;
$500 mothers and $4,000 tenement
k:Gs taken for a vacation IN the
countrv;20O,00e Christmas dinners
o;ven to the poor in the United
States last December 25; 10000 poor
Youngsters given Christmas toys at
the same time.
one million homeless men and
women were lodged and fed last
vesr by the Salvation Army. Count
les others were aided with clothing,
food. medicine, legal or spiritual
advice and financial assistance. The
COED work will &c on with the funds
raised in the second home service
a0se cal May 1920.
!aking the best Of the worst
that's the Salvation !Arny's speciality.
That's why they insist: a man may
bs down. but he's never out.
The Salvation Army encircies the
g.obe. 1t is established in 66 coun-
tres and colonies. Salvationlsts
preach the gospel in 40 languages.
One hundred thousand little chill
siren are wards Of the Salvation
Army in this country In Salvation
Amy activities and institutions they
ind almost the only brightness n
1heir lives.
More than $500 erring girls are
yearly cared for in the 26 maternity
hospitals and rescue homes maintain
ed in this country by the Salvation
Army. The records show a vast
majority of these girls are perma,
nently rescued.
The Salvation Army men and wo
men answered the call to arms IL
1917. They now ask the public tt
heed their cali to aims ii 1920.
What of the uHchurched? II
1t7, ,599 open air meetings held las1
wear the Salvation Army preached
TO 100000 persons. The Saliva
ton Army takes the church to the
people.
Il am for the Salvation Army be
cause it helps the under dog say:
James H. Maurer, president of the
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
= IS ".3z-.x" NOT "GI.LCH."


Hereafter i VII he ''...Ik COW
a~I rot mich COW at ie&s. so far
IS yhe United States department OF
agriculture IS concerned.
This decision marks the termina-
ton of (; controversy il which ETY.
mologiSts in the department have had
net little interest. Those defend
ing "milch" have pointed to script
ural use and certain Of the classics
as establishing precedents, while the
opposition has contended that dairy
men, ranchmen, and farmers in gen
eral use milk instead of "milch'
almost universally The advocates
Of "milk" also favored that word be
cause. they contended, it was more
strictly an English word, while
"milch'' was akin to German. Since
Americanization of language as well
as ideals is an article in every
patriots creed. it is thought that this
last sally Of the milk" defenders
helped as much as any to decide the
question in their favor
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
COLLEGE ENDOWn!ENTS
IN SOUTH CAROLINA

In recent article in South Caro-
lima Education, Professor Wilson Gee
brings sane significant facts to light.
Excerpts from his article follow:
\ wealthy Massachusetts, or Con-
necticuc citizen, or an alumnus
wherever he may reside, very fire.
quently includes in his will Or makes
as a special bequest during his life
time liberal contribution to the
support Ct Harvard or Yale. This
has been done so often that it has
become habitual in those parts.
The balance sheet of the Treasurer
of Harvard college for the year end
ing June 80, 1919, shows an item of
S35,6S3,37S.O9 from funds and gifts.
Similarly the report of the treasurer
OF Yale University records, under en-
dowment funds $22,f92,413.13. The
same report from Harvard shows, un-
der gifts for capital during that year,
for establishing new
fnnds or increasing old ones. IN ad-
d:tion TO that amount, $2S0,9G1.34
i Indicated as donated for immediate
rse. For thc same period. the Yale
sc"sl,rer reports gifts and beQuests
{ sorn.ing 80 s2.27G.01:.G8.
! statement from the B;rsar OF the
r;re.sitE cf Virginia. dated January
J. 1929, shows the total endowment
oE that institution to be $3.50, ,434.-
ST.
The total endowment Of all the
white colleges in South, Carolina is
81 .62S.S55.l5. This is a million dol
lars less than the endowment Of the
University Of Virginia. According to
the latest estimates of per capita
wealth bureau of Census 1922,
Virginia ranks as forty-second among
the States, with s1,086 per individ-
ual: while South Carolina stands
forty-seventh. with a per capita
wealth of 1859. Also. it must be
remembered that the University of
Virginia is q State institution, and
these are most slowly contributed to
in the way Of endowment.
The most heavily endowed insti-
t.,tion in South Carolina at this time
i Charleston College This institu-
:ion has a productive endowment of
>2l2. 500. Seven Of t&2 .2p"T !:
i-stitutions have no endowment at
II. Four Ct these are State col
}>~cs. The only State-su0ported
college having an endowment IS
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
LEAD
SCYNCOPATED LIFE
Seattle Sheriff Provides Two FiddIes,
Banjo and Possibly Mandolin for
Men Under His Care.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
In a community of growing appre-
citation of the fine arts, and showing
special leanings toward the higher
forms of musical utterance, there
must naturally be much sympathy in
any effort to give the prisoners in
jaifs and stockades every cultural
advantage and opportunity for self
expression.
In Seattle, to speak frankly of the
community we have in mind, there
will be found many who cordially ap-
prove the determination Of Sheriff
Stringer to provide two fddles, a
Banjo, and possibly mandolin. for
the use and mutual entertainment OF
these temporarily detained IN his GUS
.odg. IN declining to spend the
r.o:Tay of the taxpayers n purchasing
.he>e Instruments, the county COM
ai=slone-s lay themselves open to
sospieion Of falling behind in the
GREAT onward march OF civilization
and betray an amazing ignorance of
Tie soothing and refornative influ-
ence of jazz.
But the music loving sheriff is not
10 be denied, praise be; and he HIM
self it is who will meet the first cost
Of filing the stockade with concourse
of sweet sounds. If the county cant
buy them-the two fiddles. the banjo
and possibly the mandolin-he Will,
ne says, making a strong point of the
fact that he has under restraint. just
at this time, "a long, thin negro that
can put over real show"
And who shall say that Sheriff
Str;ngar may rot be more wise than
he looks or talks? Perhaps Lorenzo
had the right idea when he said:
For do but note wild and wanton
herd,
Fetching mad bounds, believing and
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
The Contest Dance.

tflf! NJ Olit ltcsI
From reports which have come to
this newspaper from absolutely re-
liable and unprejudiced sources it
appears that the dance last Friday
right here was an affair Of which
this town cannot be proud. And fur
ther it appears certain that no such
event can or viii be tolerated again.
A dance which is open TO. the
world naturally is open to all sorts
ard kinds Of people, people who do
rot know how to behave ard people
vho may know how to behave but in
the cr2Wd throw away all restraint
and become just as indecorous as
their tastes may direct.
If the young men and young women
Of this town who wish to hold Con
test Dance CT any other kind Of
dance viii accept, in the best of
spirit, suggestion, it is that in the
future such events be controlled by
invitation and that invitation and
general control be in fhe hands Of
men and women of discretion. A
young man who feels no compulsion
to act and behave as a gentleman
should under all circumstances and
a young woman who has no regard
for her reputation are certainly un-
desirables not only at a dance but
at any public function or gathering
of any kind.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
Prices Must Fall.


Assistant Attorney General Figg
has made testimony that prices must
inevitably fall in the near future, and
cites reduction Of from 25 to so per
cent on food stuffs and clothing, in
Georgia. Moreover, he declares that
immense quantities. OF women's
clothing have been thrown back on
he manufacturers by retailers who
have fourd out that the women will
sot pay just any price demanded.
a5or having received its maximum
!, 2rease in wages. should now. ac-
cordife to the suggestion by Mr.
Figg, turn to and help along the
movement to cut the cost of living
and the developing situation he
paints is one which labor might as
we'll be preparing to face, for 1t has
started and is bound to gain momen-
tum.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
Clemson college. There the Glenn
son bequest amounts 20 S3S.339.
There are three endowed chairs IN
tie cnllemes nf South Carolina. Two

son DeQueSt amounts 20 93e,o3'.
There are three endowed chairs IN
TIE colleges Of South Carolina. Two
cf these are at E.rsiljae college; the
Myi;e Cnair OF .IeGJ.2l and Io1aI
: ia.s.a. Win "a. 2..s..Fi.it..; Q. - =
600 an5 .a2 r. l.. 'rys-Is.- Char q.
i. &lis:', w.4 a. 2as ."
E.5.ugJ. -. tn. -, ~ t.'.a:-' O.:
T:8.2 =, he ?.-,. ,. g.
&u-,.h ,..gv.i..,,, l;.-,a Is .i..'>..s.. .:
.uJ@.
'Tiae University Q Virginia repog.s
II answer 70 The 1.,23> u1ysGo2. tlat
i has scycn specially eadoWed chairs
ag~regvting $391, Geo.
There is great hope IL :Ae future.
Definite plans have been projected
for an increase Of $3,0S5, 600 in the
productive endowment Of the col
leges cf the State. This represents
almost 200 per cent. increase over
the present endowment. Furman
plans an increase of S750.O00. Con-
verse college is to add S500,000 to
her endowment, half of which has al
ready baen raised Wotford college
and the Presbyterian college of
South Carolina each plans to raise
100000 additional for endowment.
In answer to this same question,
the Bursar Of the University of Vir-
ginia reports that "the Alumni :Asso-
citation is working on a scheme for a
%3.000,000 endowment"
This siudE reveals a situation that
is not q very satisfying one to face.
L is true that we were left almost
destitute after the War Between the
States. But it is equally true that
with the good prices for agricultural
and textile goods during The past few
years We have recovered from this
prcstration, and are beginning to
realize that we are just upon the eve
Of entering into a great economic ex-
pansion.
The recent very successful dcives
for millions of dollars in WAY work,
and the still more recent ones of the
several denominations show that
when a worthy cause is properly
placed before the people, they re.
Spond in liberal way.
The principal conclusion to be
drawn from the data under consider
alton is that our citizens cf wealth
have not become accustomed to con-
tribute 10 any appreciable extent,
with certain marked exceptions, to
The support of our educational inter-
ests. Such help Will enable the col
lege to work cut more courageousiy
and effectively the high duty of pre-
pairing the sons and daughters of the
State fer useful citizenship.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
4-20-6t
ESTATE NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that I will
make final settlement of the estate
of SaHie C. Metts, deceased, in the
Probate Court for Newberry Coun-
ty, S. c., on Wednesday, May 26th.
1920, at II o'clock A. NJ, and imme-
diately thereafter apply for a dis
charge as Executor of said estate.
All persons holding claims against
said estate are hereby notified to
present same, duly attested, to me,
or my attorneys, Hunt, Hunt &
Hunter, on or before the 10Th day
Of May, 1920.
JOHN B. LATHAM,
rs Executor of the Last Will and
Testament of Sale c.. Metts,
deceased.
lpril %, 1920.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
SUMMER SCHOC. AZ
WINTHROP COLLEGE
The bulletin OF the snmmer school

The bulletin OF the Summer school
Z: " nti.ror college, 10 be issued in a
s 5.vs, shows t f&c1ity OF over
fl,..y members, M q rlI."0eH OF At
COURSES ,as tc.,,..sr5 &&G
o. III rcu f. "1 t's.s
.,.r s.r,nl ", be q Goa
.... ..,..... 49,. W3f.a c.,., sEn@i'-
:,....s >sg E.~:l s,aooi 4a2cl%"is
Sc. lrsy.-@; IL 2l.eGu lJF tie 3Ut-
{. yils,.. G..u,giG.gs O wa.
.uitaluou u tE> SvA9oia J-iSI &c
s..slaJ .,L&.y a@per.atc-tceAjS ana
a>.r"'s have already s."r>ileG their
mention Of attending TINS confer
sc. Two educational workers OF
ss..iona. reputation have agreed to
meet with those attending the CON
farrrce. Superintendent c. W. Rlsh-
ards, of Ar,}moEe. Oklahcm&, arc
calvin \. Kendall, Commissioner OF
Educat;on of New Jersey.
Another new feature VIII be
z.ourses in social science and COM
r21nitv work by Miss Marjorie a.
22twine. Director of Community
work at Saxon Mills, Spartanburg, S.
!; These courses will be helpful es-
pecially to all community workers IN
ruyal communities and mill villages.
The work of Mr. Homer Rode
.ge.ver in music will be special tea
fuye. Training in leadership IN
music will be given, especially lead
s2ship N community and group sing
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAX
PAYERS.
3. g. LeltZSey,
Secretary.

The Treasurer of Newberry county
has turned over to me for collection
executions against all persons who
failed to pay their taxes for the year
1919.
All persons affected can save some
expense by paying the same at my
office on or before May 10th, 1920.
After that date levies will be made
to satisfy said executions according
to law
CANNON G.. BLEASE.
4-2O-6t Sheriff.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27

The sheriff has had all kinds CT
luck trying to keep his prisoners in
jail, stoclade and other. places Of de-
tention by the old fashioned means Of
bolts, bars and guards. Many of them
have gone forth on their own account
when they got ready Those Of Us on
the outside can easily imagine that
jail without jazz is sure to become
monotonous and trying. 1t may be
that there is as much Of the practical
as cf the idyllic in the mind Of the
sheriff. Anyway, we trust that he and
his proteges will enjoy the programs
soon to be arranged.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
A Bonus Tax on Everything.

New York World.
The proposed scheme to raise 81
OG0,O0O,OOO for soldier bonuses by
collecting g sales tax of l per cent
en- goods sold under $500 and of 5
ger cert on goods sold over that
amount finds favor in congress. If it
goes through, the person who eats,
drinks, wears clothes and allows him.
self reasonable comforts msy expect
to be kept busy counting the pennies
that go to make up his daily contri-
button.
When Smith starts downtown in
the morning for his Office and stops
to buy a paper at the newsstand ne
will pay tax. If he has his shoes
shined he will pay another tax. His
wife told him before leaving not to
forget that tomorrow will be the
boys birthday, and on the cheapest
.oy he will pay tax. At noon he
may lunch on a cup of coffee. a sand
yich and piece Of pie, each article
subjecting him to a tax. A cigar
will mean another tax. Rushing for
the subway in the evening, for every
chance nickel he may pay out he Will
leave behind a fixed sum for taxes
on sales.
In the mean time Mrs. Smith will
have bought a few provisions at the
corner grocery, new saucepan, pos
sibly half a dozen cheap handker-
chiefs and a pair Of stockings, and at
each step in her rounds will have
been summoned to pay tax.
Every day it will be the same for
everybody-Smith, Brown, Jones,
Robinson and their neighbors,
whether they live in an eastside tene-
nlent, in the Bronx. on Long Island
or in Weschester. And :he trades
man and dealer who acts as tax col
?ector will want sometl1in& extra for
III: pains and charge according 10 his
opportunities. From Using il the
,ao.nirm to Goin@ to ed at n;ehs,
from one week end to the other,
100 ,01o.G3G people throughout the
county win be paying bcnus taxes
- whateysr is beaE!1t and sold
food, wearing annareI, luxuries and
necessar;e.:.
This is 1920. It was in 1920 that
Sydney Smith wrote in commenting
on a scheme of taxation then in force:
THE schoolboy whips his taxed
top; the beardless youth manages his
taxed horse with q taxed bride on a
taxed road, and the dying English
man, pouring his medicine which has
paid per cent into a spoon that has
paid IS per cent filings himself back
on his chintz bed which has paid %
per cent and expires in the arms Of
an apothecary who has paid a license
of y hundred pounds for the privilege
Of 0utting him to death"
hat was child's play compared
" ! the bonus tax that congress
II to rush through in Tie hope OF
&C sling the soldier vote.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
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J. P. STRONG.
Prominent Real Estate Broker of
Massachusetts.

Boston, Aug. 25th.-Says, Il have
been in the real estate brokerage
business for many years. / have suf-
fered with loss of sleep, indigestion
md nervousness, but since taking
ireo-P Phosphate, ! sleep better and
at without fear of distress, and can
eel q great change n my system.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27

There is nothing in medical science
that equals Argo-Phosphate in the
treatment of Indigestion, rheuma-
tisnl, nervousness, kidney and liver
ills. Sold by Glider & Weeks Co.,
and all reliable druggists.
No. A-3
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
Notice of Application, for New Ger
tificate of Stock.

Notice is hereby given that stock
certificate No. l1S dated January 2,
1913, issued to William Coleman for
"A shares of preferred stock, OF
Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing CON-
panv. has been lost or destroyed, and
hat the undersigned, as the owner of
The said certificate, will make apph-
,ation to said corporation, at its place
Of business at Whitmire, S. c., on the
l4th day of May, 1920, for the is
;uance of a new certificate in the
olace thereof.
William Coleman.
Anril 13. 1920. 4-13-4t1taw
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27

blast which swept away buildings and
trees. Crops were ruined and far
mers with their only source Of llvell-
hood destroyed have been forced to
depend upon charity toI food and
clothing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
Stomach ills
No. A-3

permanently disappear after drinking the
celebrated Shydr mineral Water. Positively
;!aran:ccd b. money back offer. Tastes
~: CO... = trila. Delivered anv'shere hy
,ur Newberry Agents, ]. W. Kibler Co
:,nne :hein
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27

BY the sweet power OF music.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

Instead of practicing
what his trade breaches
and IS h ipping by
truck" a Michigan auto
maker during the re-
cent tie-up ships by
scow." Here's a near
four hundred of a we'll
k wn bus b eing
pushed into Cincinnati,
from which point they
will travel under their
own power to the vari-
Gus dealers in that
vicinity. Keystone vie,o
Meet Mr.. Darwin P.
Kingsley, big boss of
the New York Life In
surance Company and
recently unanimously
elected president of the
New York Chamber Of
Commerce at it's 1921
annual meeting. Mr..
Kingsley succeeds AL
fred E. Marling, who is
at present visiting in
Japan. International
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

DR.. Alexander Bell,
inventor of the tele-
phone, and a model
of his Flying Fish,
the fastest boat in
the world. The boat
has been in Nova
Scotia for some time.
is driven by two air.
plane motors and is
capable of making
ver 70 miles an
nOur. Indcrrood