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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09
NEGRO MINSTREL
AT SMYRNA SCHOOL

There will be minstrel at Smyrna
school house Friday night, December
Is, commencing at 1880 o'clock. In
addition to the minstrel, sandwiches
and parched peanuts will be for sale.
A fish pond, fortune cake, and other
attractions will add to the pleasures
of the evening. Come and laugh with
US. Tie proceeds will SO to the
school.
J. A. Cumalander,
Principal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09
ATTENTION

The attention of the taxpayers OF
Newberry is called to the fact that the
fifteenth is the last day without pen
atty for the payment Of taxes due the
town
Please do rot wait for the last day
as it will be impossible to do all the
collecting in one day.
Respectfully,
J. w. CHAPMAN,
Clerk & Treasurer.
1200t
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

The school was out before the
group of speakers reached Johnstone
in the afternoon Wednesday and so
an appointment was made for meet
ing at the school house on Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock and DR.. c. A..
Freed and Mr.. Mcdaniel of the cham
Der of commerce and myself drove
out and we had a good meeting with
several of the patrons present. On
the Pomaria route Rev. John j. Long
was called away on Wednesday to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Maffett at
and the appointments on
that route were notified that the
speakers, Revs. Long and Kistler,
would fill the engagements on Thurs
day and that so far as / AM informed
made every school in the county. 1t
was a great thing to have some one
visit every school IL the county the
same day and to do so for the pur-
pose Of arousing an interest in the
community and the community service
and the bettermert of the school ard
the children Of the entire community.
E. H. A.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

The fine response which the gentle
men and ladies gave to the call TOR
speakers to visit the schools on We'd
resday in observance Of Education
weel; is very gratifying, and, so Tar
as know at this writing, every school
in the county was visited by speakers,
and I am sure that there is going to
be good results in the matter of edu-
cation in this county as result OF
these visits, and more interest In the
education of the children and the
building of a rural community center
and that the school is to be not only
the school house, but also the COM
munity house, and that is what we
need very much.
| would be very glad to have re-
port from each group Of speakers 50
that it might be published and thus
have record of the number CT peo-
ple that attended the meetings at the
various schools on Wednesday. In
nv group of schools we had some OF
the patrons at each place, and While
there were net as many Of the fathers
and mothers as | should have liked to
have seen, still it was encouraging to
meet as many as we did, and to be
alb! to say that at every school there
were some of the patrons present.
We had to make a good many substl-
tlItes. Some of them who were ap-
pointcd to 90 had been 50 named With
out being able to see them before
hand and get their consent, and then
in some cases the speakers were un-
exoectedly called out of town on bus
iness. Mrs. L. w. Floyd was to go
with me, but she had other engage
ments and could not go. Rev. j. b.
Harman very kindly consented to take
her place. Mr.. z. S. Blease and DR..
Geo. B. Crcmer had been named With
out first getting their consent, as they
iwere engaged in court and could not
be seen. Rev. Mr.. Clarkson took the
place of Mr.. Blease and Mr. Arthur
Kib!er kindly consented to take the.
place of Dr.. Cromer. And there were
no doubt some other changes, but it
is gratifying indeed that so many bus
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

AS I have frequently remarked be-
fore I try to make it a rule TO Vla''
the old folk at home at least once Z:
month And sometimes feel that
must write a line or two ABOUT IT, ana
even if there should be those Who
NAV say that it is rot entirely wltMn
tho proprieties, all they have to 40 Is
to skip over the few words that may
write Somehow can't help it, ano
then there are always some other oo'
sarvations that I ike 10 make or
these trips.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09
12-9-22t
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

We VIII make hnaI setCIeMeHI OF VIe
estate of Sarah Sheppard in the pro
bate court for Newberry county, SIC.
on Thursday, the 18th day of Janu-
airy, 1922, at 10 o'clock in the fore
moor and will Immediately thereafter
ask for our discharge as admlnlstra-
trixes of said estate.
All persons having claims against
Sarah Sheppard, deceased, are here
by notified to file the same, duly verl-
fG, with the undersigned, and those
indebted TO said estate will please
make payment likewise.
SALIIE SUBER. Admx. $
LULA DAWklNS, Admx.ls
Newberry, S. C.
Dec. 9Th, 1921.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09
The Ginners Report.

The ginners report which came out
Thursday showed 7,640,00O bales OF
cotton g:nned this years crop ginned
as of December /.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

Sunny, but the fellow VINO. knows
lust how q newspaper should be run
is usually doing something else.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

The world was made in six days
but the Bible makes no mention OF
an eight-hour day.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

Well, I went up on Sunday morn
ing as threatening as was the weather,
and in order to make sure that l could
get there l wrote my brother BachHan
Aull, who lives between Ninety SIX
and Greenwood and on the good high
way to meet me and drive me down
from his home. This he did, but the
rain came in heavy sheets in the fore
noon and it looked at one time that
we would not be able to go unless we
went n the driving rain, but IN the
afternoon the heavy clouds rolled
away and the sun came out and the
wind blew and the weather was very
much colder, so we went and spent
an hour or two at the old home. The
old folk were we'll and doing we'll. 1t
was a pleasure to me and konw 1t
was a pleasure to them. Somehow or
other I must have had ins5illed in me
in my early youth this love for home
and the old things and the cid places,
and am glad that l did, because as
1 grow older / am more and more
persuaded that one of the most beau
tiful things in this world is loyalty OF
one member of family to another,
and particularly loyalty of the chill
dren to their forbears. l have rot
only tried to preach it and ins:l! It,
but also in feeble way to practice 1t.
And am further persuaded that 1t
is really. the foundation of loyalty 70
state and country, and if you ere to
have real patriots, and love Of cooa-
try and patriotism are TO be more
than as sounding brass and tlakling
cymbal, they must be founded in love
of home and respect for and o5col-
crce and loyalty to our forbears.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

boarded the train on the return
at Greenwood, and it was after cark,
and while this town has the white way
il is not near so beautiful nor so elab-
c,ata as the cne in Newberry, and one
coming the same evening from one
clsce 10 the other could not help hav-
ing the feeling Of my young friend.
Greenwood possibly has more miles
Of paved streets than Newberry, and
a few more tall buildings, but taken
I'll in all we New5erry people feel
that we have it ca Greenwood in many
things. But both are good towns. And
Graerwood has made more advance IN
The past forty years than Newberry,
but she had further te go. l noticed
some Of that paved highway. and in
fact drove over few miles Of It. The
roads axe paved out Z couple miles
from the ci.y limits in 2 fcw @lrec-
tons ard it is just as have afore-
time remarked. This paving will not
last AID even this which has been
down only for couple years, if 50
long. is getting in holes ard has to
he repaired and the repair IS going
70 be as much as the upilcep of the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

Some folks can't tell the truth be
cause they seldom see it.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

day of my father, and it was his seth
birthday. You know human nature
is rather a peculiar thing and reckon
it has been the same through all the
ages. Somehow, between the age Of
40 and on up to 70, we do not, as a
rule, care to have birthdays, and a
great many will not answer the ques-
tions as to Their age between these
figures. Up to, say forty, we know
that we are in the full vigor of our
strength and do not mind saying how
old we are. And after seventy we
begin 10 feel proud that we have
reached that age, and then We are
willing to celebrate our birthday.
Somehow l have always felt that life
was not so much made up of years as
of service, and so long as we are able
to serve it did not matter so much
wheter there were many or few sum-
naers and winters to our credit. But
this apart. 1t is great blessing
to be spared so many years IN the full
possession of ones faculties.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

There is trousle enough to go
.yu,d without borrowing any.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

There is great deal of small grain
planted up this way and it is all look
ing mighty fine. And | noticed in
many places they were piling up the
cotton stalks and burning them and
getting rid of the boil weevll. This
section between Ninety Six and
Greenwood is fine section and the
land is fertile and the homes are
modern and with modern convenience
es and doubt if there is better ru-
raj community in South Carolina, and
the highway has made it even more
desirable as a residence section. The
thing that this country needs is to
build up the rural communities and
to do this we must create rural COM
munity centers.
F. II A
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

AS I walked up town with young
Newberrian on my return, VINO had
been to Greenwood to spend the day,
he remarked that every time he went
away and came back to Newberry ne
realized the more how much better
a town Newberry is than any other
place, or words to that effect, and that
is really the right spirit and only
spirit that will make a town, and that
is the sentiment that every true New
,ocrrian feels, and that is what has
made Newberry one Of the best, If
not the very best town, in this state
or any other state, though We do not
talk about it as much possibly as
some other places talk about their
places.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

When we begin the journey, and
looking forward from the buoyancy
of youth, Sc years seems long, long
time, and it is. But looking back
ward it matters very little how many
or how few the years may be it seems
but yesteryear. I can not but
feel grateful and thankful to the ALL
Wise Providence that he has so bless
ed me in this respect that l have had
the comfort of having spared to me
in the full measure of health Of body
and mind both of my parents for all
these years, and as Gov. Hayward re-
marked to me When ne was in New
berry on Armistice day, it had had
the good effect on me of keeping me
young, despite the many years that l
may have left behind. And l have
10 doubt that there is much truth IN
the statement.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

The wonder of the age is how Wo-
men hide it.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

] would like for all the teachers to
read the compulsory attendance law,
especially the last paragraph on the
first page of the law as printed il the
back of the school register, ana they
will realize the Importance Of accom-
panyirg the list Of a5sentees along
with their sa,ary warrant if they eX-
pect the superintendent TO approve it
for payment. Four blanks for month
ly report of absentees have been seat
to each teacher in the county, or a
sufficient number to the principal of
the school so that zach teacher may
have four. We win just have to do
the hest we can inGthe enforcement
Of this law. I an pleased to know
and to say that the average attend
a.ce this year has been remarkably
good up to this time. hope 1t may
keep the same record to the end OF
the session.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09
AMONG THE SCHOOLS

8 @ g O 9 9 o o g @ @ @ @ @ 9 @ @
TIE county teachers meeting last
Saturday was we'll attended. Mr..
Morris Lumpkin who had been invited
to attend the meeting and make an
address DID not come, but Dr.. John B.
Settler representing the local post OF
the American legion made most III
structive address and Prof. Cannon
told the teachers the Importance of
enlisting the children in the Red
Cross work and the vast amount of
good that could be accomplished by
the children doing only small
amount of work. Dr.. Cromer could
rot come, court being in session.
The attendance of the trustees WAS
gratifying and l desire to insist that
the trustees get the habit of coming
to all the teachers meetings. 1t Will
keep uD thc.r interest in the school
and will do all of US good for them to
come. 1t was decided to hold the
next meeting on the second Saturday
in January at II O'Clock, and no enc
r1ay keep away for fear that the
meeting viii last too long. We try
to meet promptly :at;:11 o'clock and
adjourn very near around 12 o'clock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

The Sunday just gone was the of'h
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-09

E. H. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
Down the Solitary Path

I've always meant to go to work. But
fathers so busy with his patients, he
doesn't have time to think of me. I've
been waiting to have a good talk with
him."
why don't you go into a bank" ex-
claimed Betty. and then, suddenly, II
have the very thing. Father says he's
looking for someone in the bank. !
could get Uncle Harvey to recommend
you and you could take another name
and make father see how wonderful
you are. You've got a splendid head,
dear, and l know he can't help admir-
ing you after he gets to know you"
THAT wouldn't be a bad stunt. |
wonder if l can work it. | would like
to show your dad that I'm not altogeth-
err a good for nothing. | wish father
could get to know you better, too. l
know what a splendid little person you
are. He was singing the praises of his
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

lege, has been sent back home to gather
for the Agricultural Department at
Washington all the facts that are known
in China about the soy bean.
Americans can grow the soy bean all
right. In fact, they have done Sc for a
long time. but they use the crop as a
food for live stock. In China the bean
is used as a food for human beings. and
apparently they like it for the soy bean
is eaten in some form by both rich and
poor.
Instead of taking the long and ex-
pensiye method of feeding grain to an
animal until the animal is ready t. be
killed and eaten. in China we take a
short cut by eating the soy bean which
is protein, milk and meat in ITSELF" says
DIR. Kin.
The plain bean, however. is never
eaten, but it furnishes such products as
natto. tofu. misc, yuba, shoya and other
dishes with understanding names.
which will be better understood in DIR.
Kin's own words as quoted in an inter
view in the New York Times before she
left for China.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

his eyes with a look of wistful apology.
you see, Jacqueline couldn't-had to"
She ceased stumbling and asked a lit
tie miserably. viii l dor"
you sure will" said Davidge cor
daily. He held out a firm, ungioved
hand. In an instant Ann was settled be-
side him and the sorrel wa Gathering
off down the street.
pat acts happy today" Ann sighed
after a while.
Davidge laughed. "He is. And so
am L. Why not, with such a good little
comrade as you beside me and two
whole hours of freedom from law and
other peoples problems?"
"But-Im only a substitute" remind
ed Ann. She gulped and blinked.
Davidge was looking straight between
Pats twitching ears with an Unsuitable
expression of mouth and eye. Don't
you like the job" he inquired gently.
Yves, but it seems too bad that she
should always disappoint you for Dick
Churchill" Ann had blurted disastrous
ly, as she felt the moment the last sylla-
bic had left her lips.
Il don't blame her." Davidge said He
had not hesitated IN instant before an
swering. "Why, Churchill's twice as at
tractive as | am, besides having ten
times my prospects and money. | don't
blame her. And don't care"
This Ann felt was bravado. She
changed the subject Where are we
going?" she inquired.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
Anti-Noise Devices.

Devices for shutting out noise have
become a necessity among men at the
front in Europe. They are called anti
phones. In large, noisy cities they are
much desired, especially by students.
The Medical Record says those sold by
instrument makers are relatively ex-
pensive and not guaranteed to produce
any definite results"
As for such "aural obtunders" as cot
ton tampons soaked in vaselene and
plugs of chewing gun coated with lint.
they produce the desired effect, but only
at the expense of disagreeable noises
within the ear. La Presse Medicalc
(Paris) describes a new type that is
extremely simple-an empty gelatin cap
sule of the desired size, warmed, oiled
and inserted into meatus of the ear.
The advantage that this possesses over
the '~unyielding tampons is that it is
elastic and therefore does not complete
ly shut off sound, words of command,
whistles, etc, being heard distinctly, and
it does not produce noises in the head.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

that she has not gone with me. / could
not understand at first. You see,
lawyers are better at Analysing other
peoples motives than their own feelings.
l know ! found great comfort in you
as a substitute. Then one day Jacque-
line went with me. ! had thought to
bring her here that day, but / couldn't.
l learned something-that ! missed you.
Still ! was not sure. This choosing of
a woman to live your long life with is
such a perilous thing. l had to be sure.
Besides, / had to find out whether you
cared. Do you, Ann?"
But Ann wa against his shoulder
sobbing. She had forgotten Jacqueline,
everything save that she was in heaven
alone with the man she adored.
J~acqueline was at home in her room
when Ann returned
"Tve been waiting for you to come"
she said "Oh, Ann. I've something to
tell you. I'm going to marry Dick"
Ann ran forward and took Jacqueline
in her arms. "Oh. I'm so glad!" she
cried
"Gladl" said Jacqueline. Glad! But
don't you see. Ann, Davidge won't be
coming here any more now. There'll
be no occasion for a substitute"
Ann giggled joyously. I've ceased
being a substitute. I'm-I'm going to
marry Davidge myself"
"Oh!" commented Jacqueline. "Ohl"
And for fully three minutes she never
said a word.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

Nor was that all of this red-Ietter day.
He had delivered a load of coal at the
Forbush home, and, seeing him. Flor
ence had como OF and offered her hand
frankly, ignoring the coal dust on his
hand and on his face.
81 think it's Just horrid of you to for
get me so, Ignatius," she scolded. Here
we went through three grades and the
high school together, and ] had to work
like fun to keep you from getting out of
sights. We were graduated in the same
class, too, and ! felt Just as proud of
passing high as you as did of my
diploma"
why, Fo-F1orence," stammered
poor Ig, looking bewildered. Il don't"
"Ninnyl Everybody knew you were
the best scholar in the school, and ii
was an honor to get as high marks. /
felt so. I'd worked hard to make it so.
And to think that ever since then you've
acted as though ashamed of my friend
ship. Why, I've invited you to a party
and two p%icnics, and you refused them
all, writing you were too busy. The
ideal Too busy to please me-"
Ig held out his hands. Look at them"
he said dazediy. I'm not fit to go to
your house, Florence, or to be seen in
your company. You know I'm not"
II know that's what I'm especially
proud of in you, Ignatius" she said seri-
ously; even more proud than of the
work you did at school. When / saw
you driving in just now, with your head
as high as ever, l wondered il there
were a single other one in the whole
school who could do it and not look
ashamed. As to the coal dust, a little
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
New Growth Not Same.

In many parts of the country second
and third growth timber is entirely I'M
related to the original trees. The Cat
skill Mountains, when first visited by
white men,. were largely covered with
spruces and hemlock. Such areas as
have been Il over have nearly always
been taken possession of by beech. APP
pie and birch, and of late years it has
been noted that poplars and aspens
show a strong disposition to grow up
in abandoned clearings. Another case,
and one in which the hand of man is
hardly to be seen assisting the trans
formation, is that of the wild cherry,
which within a generation has spread
from the Eastern to the Western states.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

struments and helping at small opera
tons.
The days grew hot and the air
sitting. There was a general exodus
among their friends to the seashore and
mountains, but they stuck to their posts
and worked bravely on. Jim felt once
or twice that it was rather an uphill
task when things were heaped on him
that no one else wanted to do. He SEEM
ed to be the goat. too, on whom all mis-
takes were blamed.
The way of the plodding lover is hard.
Betty, too. had had days when she was
too tired to care what happened. The
hottest. busiest ones seemed to be the
very time DR.. Stetson thought of re-
stocking drugs or of rearranging in
strument cabinets. At such times it was
necessary TO look quite often at the pho
tograph of Jim which stood in a small
leather frame on his fathers desk. 1t
gave her new strength to go on
Lately DIR. Stetson had praised her
several times for quick judgment and
accuracy as we'll as courage You'll
have to have a vacation soon, Miss
Knox" for such was the name Betty
had taken. "You are looking a bit tired.
I'm thinking of closing up the Office the
last two weeks in July. Think you can
last so long?"
20. thank you. yes" answered Betty
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
That Little Promise Of Hers

threw his money away than let you have
a cent Another thing. Ig is paying
board out of his 81. He insisted on do
ing it; said he was a man now and
wanted to pay his own way. He's the
only one of you boys who has ever
mentioned such a thing and receives the
least salary. I'm beginning to reverse
my ideas a little. Ig's been the black
sheep-or rather the slow sheep-whom
we've all been ashamed of and ridiculed.
But he's kept right along on his way.
You remember that Ig may be the one
for us TO be proud of later"
"Oh, father !" scofed another voice.
IF you'd seen him yesterday afternoon
with the coal dust like a blanket over
his fscei I tried to dodge, but he yelled
at me right On the avenue, with every
body looking. just a. matter of fact as
vol please don't believe Ig could be
ashamed of anything-we have to do all
that for him"
I'm beginning to revise my opinion
of being ashamed, too" said his father.
It'll be rather interesting to watch you
boys and Ig for the next few years, !
think. And what I've said to Henry, /
mean for you, too, Rouse, and for