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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22
Newberry Interested in Above Men
toned Highway

That Newberry is interested in the
highway project mentioned in the
Batesburg-Leesviile News is cvidenc-
ed by the fact that the Newberry
chamber of commerce have been
working on this project for many
months. The many advantages which
this connecting link would offer TO
the travelling public was jorought to
the attention of the state highway
department several months ago, at
the same time it was called to the at
tention of the Batesburg board of
trade by Secretary Mcdaniel, and it
might be said that the Newberry
chamber of commerce is still work
ing to work up interest in this pro-
ject. On Friday, August 18th, Mr..
Mcdaniel made a special trip to
Spsrtanburg for a conference with
M Chas. O. Hearon, member Of the
state highway commission and the
good roads committee of the Spar
tanburg chamber of commerce, and
at that time, both Mr.. Hearon and
the good roads committee of the
Spartanburg chamber Of commerce
expressed themselves as very much
in favor of the project and pledged
their support in working up interest
which would eventually lead to the
building of this highway.
The possibility of getting the high
way in question builded hinges on
Saluda county and it is hoped that
they will realize what the building of
this highway means to the entire
state Of South Carolina, to say moth
ing of adjoining states. What ABOUT
it. citizens of Saluda county?
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22
TO STUDY FLIGHT or BIRDS
Students of Aviation see!, to Solve
Riddle of the Albatross and
Other "Soarers."

Students of a,letion ale trying tc
solve the riddle of how the albaross
and other great "soarers" mdke effort
less fight without wing beats.
Special Investigation of this phe-
nondenon will be made during the mo-
toSess flying carnivals in France, Ger
many and Switzerland.
All birds which have this wonderful
pe6er OF gliding here and there with
motionleSs outstretched wings are
alike in one respect. Underneath their
Widespread wings, as they extend them
in Daring, are clearly marked trans
verse ridges.
What purpose those underneath-wing
:.srays" or ridges serve is, at present, a
mystery; but the significant fact is
that all great soarers have them.
whereas birds which do not soar, but
meSe only by constant wing beats,
have no such ridges.
an ingenious theory is that by means
OF these. ridges" the birds f., $, or
compress, wind eddies as they sweep
beneath the wings, and so manage to
extract not only an upward Gift" but
also a propulsive effort from them.
Another explanation is that the bird
Is able to vibrate its apparently mo-
ttonless wing, so that the transverse
':says" accelerate the wind flow under
the wing and obtain a reaction which
drives the bird forward without any
visible wing effort.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22
One Of Hearers Dies

As Mr.. Cantey vas about tc con-
clude his address John t.. Wardlaw,
member Of a leading Abbev;llo c0ln-
ty family and trustee of he De La
Howe state school of .Ab5cviiEe coun-
ty, became i'll ant died before being
escorted from the building. He was
seen to grasp his heart ana :e3n for
ward. While medica! aid was SUM-
moned he expired within & snort
time. The untimaly death o. one IN
the audience seemed " have IS ef-
feet on all members Of the campaign
party, as we'll as others prcsen-.
A heavy rain lei! turing 'a1se
part of the time the meeting was in
session and those wno were in the
building could not leave and those
who were without could not get in.
The heavy rain changed the schedule
of the candidates, :he majority Of
whom returned to Greenwood via
Due West and Donalds to avoid thc
slippery roads between Abbevi!.e and
Greenwood. The candidates, who
will be at Mccormick tomorrow,
have been invited to visit the De La
Howe state school tomorrow
afternoon and to address the stud
ents. Saturday the party is in An
derson while the fnaA week Of the
campaign will begin next Monday in
Walhalla, invading the remaining
counties of the Piedmont before the
curtain is rung down.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22
SoIicitous.

Mother was very anxious to have
this particular dinner success. There
fore She was very much dismayed
when at 3 0cloek she discovered that
the maid had. 9wpken the gravy boat
belonging ;tS her. best set of dishes.
Thea a bright thought struck her. Her
aeighboF had the exact set and would
surely lend her the desired piece of
china. The dinner went along splen-
didly .linfil the meat course was
served and the maid brought in the
gravy boat. Then up spoke the five
year7eld daughter of the house:
81, want to tell you," she announced,
"geu'd better all be careful Of our
gravy boat because it isn't ours, and
we'd hate to break another one today,
wouldn't we, mother?'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22
sneech oxerEastidious.

In the United States there is some
times a peculiar tendency to avoid the
use of certain everyday wOrds-at one
time it was considered indelicate to
refer to, the legs of table when the
word supports was available-cper-
atoms, other than majors, are now
referred to as repair work" Only the
other day in London woman from the
United States mentioned that friend
Of hers had had some repair work"
done-neaning that she had been op-
Grated on. OF course. no inquiry as
to the nature Of the repairs is per-
clissible.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22

Letters of Administration with the
will annexed of the estate and eff
fects of John w. Cameron, deceased
These are therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kim
dred and creditors of the said John
w. Cameron, deceased, that they be
and appear before ME, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Newberry,
S. c., on Saturday, September 2, next
after publication hereof, at IL
o'clock in the forenc con, to show
cause, if any they have. why the
said administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand this 18th day
of August, Ammo Domini 1922.
w. F. EWART,
j. P. N. C..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22
BUILD BLUE RIDGE
ATLANTIC TRAIL
Batesburg-Leesv , News.

Batesburg-Leesv' News.
We feel that now would be good
time to prevail upon the state high
way commission to make state
highway of the Leesville-Prosperity
road. This highway has already been
top-soiled from Prosperity to Salu-
da river and that portion of the road
is in excellent condition. If the re-
manning twelve or fifteen miles Of
this highway, that is the part from
Saluda. river to Leesville, were i'm
proved in the same way, then there
would be a splendid highway from
this section of the state to the Pied
mont and to the mountains of Wes-
tern North Carolina.
This is an important and much
travelled stretch of highway and it
should by all means be included in
the state highway system. 1t would
open up a more direct route from the
southern part OF the state to the
mountains. To open up this new av-
enue for through tourist travel from
the lower part of the state to the
Piedmont section would make Lees
Vile a most important junction point
for auto traffic.
The entire southwestern portion
of South Carolina is at present with
out an improved highway to the
mountains of Western North Caro-
lima and to all points in the northern
part of this state. Therefore why not
begin an energetic movement to link
up and build splendid highway
from Beaufort and Port Royal to
connect with the Leesville-Prosperity
road here, thereby giving the whole
southwestern part of South Carolina
an outlet, which it must have sooner
or later?
A glance at the map shows that
Leesville is by far the most logical
point through which to build this
proposed highway, for here it would
connect with the lLeesville-Prosperity
highway which is alreay improved
for about half it's distance. There is
also a direct road already open, but
not improved, from Leesville direct
through Wagner and Springfield to
Blackville and other towns in that
section and there would be little diff
fculty in finding a direct route from
here to Beaufort.
Let's begin atsonce to plan for the
building of this proposed highway,
which would be such valuable as
set to our town, and let the name of
the highway be the Blue Ridge-At-
lantic Trail. We suggest and urge
that the cctizens of Newberry, Pros
perity, Leesville, Wagner, Spring
field, Blackville, BarnweH, Allendale,
Yemassee, Beaufort, Port Royal and
many other towns, which would lie
along the route of the new highway,
form a real live association for pro-
noting this project. No other high
way in South Carlina would traverse
a richer and more fertile territory
over it's entire length than this pro-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22

than that of the largest known Sc
quota. Judging from a similar cy-
press, which was found when cut
down to have 200 year rings for ev-
cry foot of growth the big cypress,
according to expert opinion, must be
5000 years old. 1t is still hourishng
although it was well grown tree
when the pyramids were being built.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22

for governor did not depart to any
great extent from the addresses
made at other places during the cam
paign.
B. Harris, following Geo. W.
Wightman, his opponent for the Of
flee of commissioner of agriculture,
declared that While in the senate Mr..
Wightman had fought everything
good, bad and Indifferent" He offer
ed to meet Mr. Wightman in a joint
debate to determine whether Mr..
Harris had caused the farmers Of the
state to lose more money than any
other one man, as had been charged
5y Mr.. Wightman, with reference to
Mr.. Harris advising farmers to hold
their cotton for better prices.
Mr.. Wightman also offered to
withdraw from the race if he could
not prove that Mr.. Harris had been
placing his 0. X. on expense slips
for $3.50 per day for members of
his department, provided Mr.. Harris
would agree to withdraw if the
charges were proven.
Claims and Denials
In the race for superintendent of
education John E. Swearingen de-
clared that his record was first at
tackled at Barnwell by,J. H. Hope, be-
fore he used Mr.. Hopes name. In
reply Mr.. Hope denied this, saying he
had never attacked mans personal
record and never intended to do SO.
He told of being employed as the
representative of a text book con-
cern when their representative be-
came Ill with influenza, but even
then Mr.. Hope declared, he did not
urge the changing of text books be-
cause he thought many parents were
unable to buy them. At the conclu-
sion Of his address Mr.. Hope was pre-
sented with lovely basket of flow
ers by a number Of young ladies
from AtI3eville who have been teach
ing in Union.
The race for lieutenant governor
failed to develop anything of a sem
sational nature today. J. K. Owens,
E. B. Jackson and DR.. E. C. l.. Ad-
ans making speeches similar to those
at other places.
Two candidates for governor made
references to the. daily newspapers
of the state J. J. Cantey declared
that if the leading newspapers of the
state would publish his addresses in
full he would be elected chief execu-
tive. John T. Duncan said that the
three candidates for governor
(meaning Blease, Mcleod and Ian
ey) or Edwin Wales Robertson got
virtually all the space in the daily
papers.
Mr.. Mcleod was applauded sew
eral times for his utterances in re-
gard to law enforcement. Mr.. Blease
was the first speaker in the race for
governor and made his usual speech,
which was literally applauded. When
he concluded a number Of persons
left the room. On seeing others start
to leave the room John T. Duncan
said, "don't you Bleaseites leave. l
want you to hear this"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22
Get 4 Better View.

There are field glasses for viewing
baseball or football games, which are
held in front Of the eyes the same as a
pair of spectacles. Funny. isn't it,
that someone did not think Of this sim
ple and highly desirable form of min.
iature field glass years ago?-Science
and Invention. .n.l---..--
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22

Probably the Oldest living thing in
the world, older than the cedars of
Lebanon, or any Of the giant sequoia
of California, is a cypress tree re-
Gently discovered and measured by a
naturalist lin the churchysrd of a
small town in Mexico. The diameter
of its trunk is so feet, Ia feet more
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22
e-Atlantic Trail,

posed Blue Ridge-Atlantjc Trail,
along which there would be more nu
merous thriving towns and cities than
are found on any other automobile
road in the state at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-03
BACK TO SHOOTING IRONS

William Allen White, in Judge.
 Time, which has been scooting forward for the last quarter of a century at terrific pace, took a backward spring the other day, and in Durango, Colo, lifted the curtain that hides the dear and presumably dead past to show the world an old-fashioned newspaper fight that ended in a killing.
 What a long, long backward jump that Du- rango episode made! It is almost as though the dinosaur from the South American lake should actually come stalking down Fifth ave- nue harnessed to Ford. The editorial man. slaughter, the journalistic quarrel, the old town row, the fighting editor, have gone with the old oaken bucket and the pony express. Yet once the fighting editor was common as the minnesinger. The fighting editor used to brandish his shooting irons the village street, and his casual sallies into mayhem and criminal assault were incidents of dull and idle hour in the towns history. Scur- rilous language obscene allusions, indefensible charges, rancor, bitterness and bloodshed in the middle of the last century were the com mon lot of the editor. And now we have fallen upon pale and pulling times. Schools of journalism have long since dropped artil- lery practice from the curriculum; reporters are no longer s'in armor clad" And the once loathed contemporary now is busily engaged in forming a combination with his hated com petitor in violation of the Clayton act to keep up advertising rates
 But it was great day, the elder day of blood and violence! Newspapers were respect ed when they were backed by the personal army and navy of the editor; they were not the byword and the hissing they have become since it is no longer editorial courtesy to shoot on sight The Durango editors who injected casualty list into pure reading matter have taken journalistic amenities for the moment back to the Guelphs and the Ghibelines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-03
A GRIM ROYAL MUSEUM

From Tid-Bits, London.
 King Alfonso of Spain has curious and rather grim private museum in which he has collected, as far as possible, the various >ar- ticles which have been used in attempts against his life, as well as objects which, through ac- cident have placed his life in jeopardy.
 Among the things in the museum may be seen the part of baby's feeding bottle with which an attempt was made to poison him at the early age of months. There is also a large glass vase, which he fell over and broke at years of age, receiving injuries which placed his life in great danger.
 There is a heavy walking stick with which disgruntled member of the court attempted to strike the king; pieces of exploded bomb hurled at Barcelona; the skeleton of one of the horses which was killed and fragment of the landau in which the king was riding by the side of President Loubet at the time of the attempted assassination in Paris; various ar ticles found in the street after the explosion of the internal machine which was thrown against the royal coach on the day of Alfonso $ wedding.
 Also, there is a large assortment of daggers, firearms and other weapons used or planned for. use in score of plots which failed of their deadly intent, sometimes through the efforts of the police, but more often through good fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-03
GIVES FOOD FOR THOUGHT
e Editor of The Age-Herald.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 Permit me to commend your action in pub fishing in full the speech delivered by J. D. Moore, chairman of the county board of ed- ucaton, at meeting of the Rotary club on Wednesday, May 31. It is the most enlighten- ing article on the county board of education s work that I have yet seen, and gives to the public that information which they have not seen fit to seek, and which is most valuable.
 In his introductory remarks MT. Moore fur nishes food for thought for those who are in. terested in education, and every one should be interested in education, in that it is with the people to give study of their county af- fairs beyond the point of voting to furnish the money for the operation of affairs of the county and the results during the past six years speak for themselves. From such re- suits and the workings of this board the im- portance of such work cannot but help iln- press itself upon the minds of the people as to their full support and cooperation, as there is no work or no department handling county affairs of greater importance. Yours very truly, R Ii. BAUGH
 Birmingham, June 2, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-03
BRAINLESS WORDS

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
 An Englishman declares in the London Times that in the immensity of their theories and the enormities of their vocabulary our American scientific writers are outdoing Ger manys worst in Germany's day. Is he right?
 He quotes A paragraph from an article on "Metamechanics," in weekly paper entitled "Evolutive Education" The paragraph is too long to reproduce here. Take part of the sentence
 "We are enabled further to transcend more mysteriously activated sources which re-ener- getize everything according to higher than known verifiable laws"
 We don't know what that means. Neither do you. Did the author? No. It doesn't mean anything. It is gesture-an incomprehen- sible gesture.
 Do our scientists write like that? Huxley did not. William James did not. Nicholson does not. But "The School Review" published here in Chicago, does, not infrequently. So do plenty of other journals of education"
 We suspect the Englishman has confused our scientists and our educational investiga- tors; and sometimes we suspect that they have confused technicalities and jargon
 One thing is sure. A man who cannot ex- press his thoughts more clearly than such writers cannot think.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-03
MADE IN ALABAMA WEEK"
 SHOULD BE HELD

Georgia has just had Made in Georgia Week." Products made in Georgia were adver- tised and used. There was wide awakening not only to what the state is doing, but to what it can do.
 There should be such week in Alabama The idea should be worked out simultaneously in every Alabama city. That people are in terested in their home products was estab- lished here last spring at the small exhibit of Made in Birmingham" goods under the aus pices of the League of Women Voters. What is true of Birmingham is true of the rest of the state.
 There is not the slightest doubt that the more Alabamians know about what is pro duced in their state the more they will pur- chase home products. It would be an insult to their intelligence to say that they would not.
 Alabama chambers of commerce should make the start. They will find business inter- ests in a receptive mood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-03
WILL BE A BANNER YEAR
 IN CONSTRUCTION

he Manufacturers Record learns from kully compiled data that contracts for Nstruction work, not counting any contrac. less than $10,000, in the southern states the first five months of the year are double amount for the same period in 1921. The $2ps ,000, ,000, compared with $104,000, ,0oo F tl1e same period last year:
 Contracts let in May were more than two Id half times those let in May, 1921. School kISfne contracts to be awarded total $65,- 000 and churches to be built total $2o,- 600. The Record makes this statement:
 VI indications point to further increase
 ction work. Highway improve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-03
THE TIRED TYPEWRITERs

From the Atlanta Georgian.
 Social books ought to be the lveliest of literature. There ought to be throb and a thrill in every page of book that tells how to make human beings happier.
 Why are they the dulest of books? Why is uplift depressing?
 The answer is, the authors don't know how to write.
 When a good man comes along with his story well told, he makes statistics sing His facts march like an army with banners.
 Ip England reformer named Blatchford once wrote a book called Merry England" :" which told of misery and it's cure. It was a hearty book, with the savor of smoking joint of roast beef It sold like detective yarn. Folks kept buying it for generation. Other books had information, but this book had fancy, fervor and freshness.
 In our own country prose poet and dream CT, Henry George, wrote a book named Progress and Poverty" It wasn't compiled, nor pasted. It was not the by-product of a winter of headache. It was written. For forty years that book has been giving out warm inn pulses like human heart.
 It is time for another book on social better ment, on the wrongs of the weak and the hope of the ages.
 there must, be young man maiden who can put words together to make tune
 The world is waiting for that new song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-03
PAUL COOK.
HoME-MoVIE CAMERA

From Popular Mechanics.
 An interesting development arising out of the invention of the -so-called "direct-postive" photographic paper is the direct-positive mo- tion picture camera. This camera, in operation and appearance, resembles the ordinary one, but instead of the celluloid negative film. it uses the new paper, which eliminates printing and makes it possible to show the pictures within three minutes after the exposure has been made. The camera also offers ready means of satisfying the curiosity of thousands of potential movie stars-not to mention the millions of "fansa-who anxious to see how they themselves register.
 To show the subect in continuous motion the "film" is punched and cut into separate pie lures by special device, and the cut pictures inserted into booklet provided for the pur- pose. By running the booked pictures between the thumb and index finger, the illusion of mo- tion is produced, as in the almost-forgotten Edison "mutoscopes" of the early nineties The machine utilizes perforated paper of the same width as the regular motion picture film. However, it is not restricted to the use of per forated paper; an additional device incorpor- ated in the camera enables the operator to use plain paper at will, which, in many cases. is a desirable advantage.