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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10
return trip. Please advise me at
once if it is your purpose to attend.

The county teachers association
was to have been held on the coming
Saturday but on account of so much
rain and the meeting Of the state as
sociation being so near the same time
7 have not called the meeting or TAX
en- any steps to arrange a program.
Let Newberry have the attendance
record of any county in the state un-
less it be Richland, of course. We
are not far from Columbia and many
of the teachers can go by auto but
the railroad fare will be small.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10
THIRTY.FIVE YEARS

Looking backward thirty-fve years
seem but as yesteryear. Looking g
forward from the then it seemed a
long, long time. 1t covers a gener-
alton of man. Many men have come
and gone during that time. This
date is called to my mind by the fact
that it was the 7th of March, 1887,
that W. P. Houseal and E. H. Aull
formed partnership and purchased
The Herald and News from Mr.. A. T.
Jones who had secured it from M.
.Thos. F. Greneker. We really did
not take charge until the 9th of
March and our first issue was printed
on the 10th of March. My name has
appeared at the top of the editorial
column from that day to this as the
editor of the paper.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10

Neither Houseal nor myself had any
money, at least know did not have
any, but through the kindness of
friends we were both enabled to boz
row each for himself from Mr.. Robert
L. Mclaughlin the president OF the
National bank, then the only bank in
Newberry county, the small amount
necessary to make our first payment.
Only one of the five men who we're
good enough to endorse my note IS
left, Mr.. w. w. Riser the then sher-
iff of the county. But Houseal and
! were young then and we were not
afraid of work. He took charge of
the mechanical department and took
over the editorial and business end,
and each attended strictly to his Owl
department and neither undertook the
Job of the other, though we frequent
ly consulted, and the years we were
together were pleasant years, If not
very profitable, but we kept going.
] dc not usc a typewriter then ard
in fsc4 I think the only typewriter in
the tow was the one owned by Nh.
Geo. S. Mower. And the boys man
aged to read what / wrote and all the
type setting was by hand. We chac~-
ed the paper after the first issue from
a six column four page paper TO an
eight column four page paper and we
set lots Of type.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10

a little less. Many of the subscrib-
ers to the paper now were not born
then, but goodly number of the old
guard are still left and they remain
faithful to the old paper.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10
sioner. W. w. Houseal auditor. I
H. Wheeler treasurer. Henry /

sioner. w. w. HOuSeal auditor. A.
H. Wheeler treasurer. Henry II.
Blease was the trial justice at the
court house then. We did not have
many advertisements even at the low
rate, but l notice R. D. Smith was
the clothier and Otto Klettner was IN
business and carried an ad. NJ. Foot,
Jr., and company were selling out at
cost. Minter and Jamison were run
ming a small ad along about that time
and S. B. Jones was in the fancy gro
cerv business and did some advertls-
ing and j. w. Chapman stationery
and Col. w. H. Hunt had Hunts book
store, and W. E. Pelham's pharmacy
was advertising. In the issue OF
March "a is the notice of the mar
riare of Col. David A. Ruff and Miss
Lizzie Halfacre on March 16, the GER
emony being performed by the Rev.
6 IT. Hallman. In this same issue is
a short account OF a trip nlaoe W
Edgefeld mostly taken up with tell
ing of the importance of building
railroad across the country, and how
it is only about fifty miles to Edge
field, and yet to get there by rail you
have to travel about 12O miles, and
that the Georgia and Carolina Mid
land would soon be built. l state IN
this article of the trip to Edgetield:
"T learned while there that President
Mitchell had been successful IN ms
recent northern trip, and that the
building and completion of the road
at an early day was assured beyond
the possibility of doubt" And yet
the road is not built even to this day.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10
With the assistance of County
coL,,,,nort have again

With the assistance of County
Treasurer schumpert 1 have again
gone over the financial condition OF
each district and while we have col
lected about rs per cent of the total
tax Of the county there are many dis
tricts in which not fifty per cent OF
the tax has been paid but we Will
make some arrangement to pay the
teachers in anticipation of the pay
nent of this tax. We are just wait
ing on the legislature to see what IS
done in regard to state aid. Ihe
teachers in the districts where the
payment has been temporarily held
up pending the action of the legisla-
ture have manifested commendable
spirit of cooperationiand l desire that
each one shall know that l appreciate
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10

l was looking over the old file Of
1887 the other day, and it may be
of interest to some of the readers to
mention some of the merchants and
others who carried advertisements in
the paper along about then. Geo. B.
Cromer was the mayor of the town
and John S. Fair clerk and treasurer.
Silas Johnstone was the master. j.
B. Fellers the probate judge. W. W.
Riser sheriff. John NJ. Kinard clerk
of court. G.. G.. Sale school commits
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10

the editorial column.
During this long period under one
editorial management with no change
or interregnum The Herald and News
has gone through one or two boycotts
because of disagreement with the ed
itorial utterance and positions of the
paper but we survived. In fact in the
other days when the blood ran hot
ter than it does now and before the
years had somewhat changed our
viewpoint we rater enjoyed little
friendly fight or any other kind if the
occasion presented, but now we want
to live in peace with all mankind and
do not care for even a discussion. We
try very hard only to say those things
that are helpful and discuss issues
and things and not men, and yet do
you know human nature is so const::-
tuted that it is very difficult to get
away from the personal and if a
newspaper discusses question and
takes a position that may effect the
Job of some fellow that fellow will
take it as persnoal attack on him.
We should be bigger and broader,
but poor human nature has hard
task of seeing out and beyond it's own
selfish self and usually lacks vision.
The tendency of the press today is
not near so much to discussion and
argument as it once was, and is get
ting away from the personal discus
sion that at one time was very great
factor in many of the editorial col
umns in the press of the state. That
is an improvement and while there
were people who enjoyed the reading
of these bitter personal attacks they
never did any real good in the uplift-
ing and the helping of the people or
the community.
We stood for better schools and
better roads and better community
from the very first issue, and we
stand there today. The issue Of
March 10, the first one printed under
the new ownership is missing from the
files we have, but in the second issue
l find that we had a teachers column
edited by Mr.. Arthur Kibler, and he
was telling the story of the profes-
sion frankly and strongly, and we ad-
vocsted the building of a graded
school system in Newberry. And we
advocated diversified farming and the
growing Of what you need on the
farm as the only successful way to
farm in this county, and just what
the experts are being paid now to go
around and tell the farmers, and we
did not charge cent for the informa-
ton and neither did we charge travel
ing expense for the telling. ] hope
the farmers will take the advice of
these experts and do the sensible
thirg Of first providing to grow at
least all they need for tn mselves and
all the animals on the farm, and then
some, and if they can grow any cot
ton grow that for this section of the
world must continue to grow cotton
70 o1o+ba tho ras+ of the world
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10

Our Prosperity correspondent sign
ed NJ. l.. W., and I do not recall, but
think that was Miss Mamie White.
Her father, Col. U. B. Whites, was
correspondent for a good many years.
and then A. H. Kohn was the Pros
perity representative for long time
Sigma was writing the news of Excel
sior in those days and he continues
TO furnish the items to this day, Mr..
H. J. Kinard. The pastors of the
churches in Newberry at that time
were Rev. J. S. Cozby Presbyterian,
Rev. C. P. Scott Baptist, Rev. +. +.
McClintock A. r. Presbyterian, Rev.
B. Fox Lutheran, Rev. j. l.. Stokes
Methodist, and by the way, l noticed
in the papers where this good man
died only last week. All the others
mentioned are dead long ago. Among
the advertisers in the paper along
about that time were Eduoard Seholtz
jewelry, R. C. Williams furniture,
Scott and Brother, tin ware and
stoves. And Mrs. S. A. Riser was
running millinery store. There
were several merchants in Columbia
who at that time ran an advertise
ment in The Herald and News regu-
larly. M. L. Kinard, C. F. Jackson and
Edrnunds. All told, legal and all,
there were about eight columns OF
advertisements in the paper. And at
the low rate you cna readily see that
the income was not burdensome.
There are many things in these old
files that would make interesting
reading and give information to ma
ny people today, and then there are
those who would not be interested.
There have Geen many changes in the
town since those good old days, and
vet human nature is about the same
all through the ages. Our printing
Office stood on the southeast corner
of Friend and Caldwell streets just
across the street from the present
Herald and News building. The prop
e?ty belonged to Mr.. T. F. GreneSer
and his dwelling stood on the same
lot facing Caldwell street and the
parsonage was where the church now
stands and the church faced John
stone street. The town had no water
and light system nor any sewerage
and no telephone system. The Her
sld and News was the pioneer in agi-
tating the putting IN these improve
ments. Some of these days when l
get time will quote some of the par
agrarhs from these old Newberry
newspaper files.
E. H. A.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10

Wednesday seemed to be a New
berry day in Columbia or rather
day when several Newberrians went
down. Auditor J. B. Halfacre and
Mrs. Halfacre and Probate Judge
Ewart and DR.. Derrick of Newberry
college were in my party and it made
the trip very pleasant. / was sur
prised to hear Judge Ewart say that
he had never seen the legislature in
session, so he went up and took a
peep at the senate, the house having
adjourned before he got up that side.
have not been there very much this
session but some of the old guard
said there were so many new and
young men in the house that it was
really refreshing to them to see one
of the old fellows with whom they
had served some fifteen or twenty
years ago. Well, few years does
make a great change in everything.
I feel sometimes like writing a little
something about the boys who were IN
the legislature few years ago, but
then do not know that it would he
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10

The highway commission has NOV
ed nv Office OH the ether side of the
hall, in the room formerly known a;
the Office of the supervisor. Il su'%
me all right and 1 hope will be of al
vantage to those who desire tho
change. l just mention this SO tina
those who may desire to see me may
know where my Office is.
was in Columbia on Wednesda!
and called to see Miss Thomas II
charge of the community league worE
and she says that all leagues intend
ing to apply for prizes must have
their applications in by the 18th Of
this month. The executive commit
tee to award prizes will meet on the
18th. We have quite a number Of
leagues doing fine work in this coun
ty. and 1 hope they will continue t'
function even if they do not receive
a prize. The greatest work tina
these organizations do is in keeping
alive the community spirit and doing
community uplift work, even if the!
do not raise a great deal of money
but the leagues in this county have
raised a good bit of money during
this school year and it will help yer!
much.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-02
Prosecution Witnesses
Testify in Alleged
Land Fraud Sale

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 20.
F. H. Flynn, an official Of Westford
county, Michigan, testified today in
the case Of the promoters Of the
Boulevard Beach Development, at
Cadillac, who are charged with using
the mails to defraud, that H. e.
Lochmuller, one Of the defendants
threatened to "get him" politically
if he did not stop writing letters
urging people to purchase lots. The
other defendants are Robert Jack
man and H. s. Stephenson, all of
Chicago.
District Attorney Taylor attempt
ed to show in his examination of
witnesses that the land in question
is inaccessible and Of poor quality,
while Littleton & Littleton, counsel
for the defense, insisted that the
property was all that had been rep
resented by the promoters.
Among the new witnesses intro
duced by the government today
were F. M. Church, publisher of
the Cadillac Evening News; c. E.
Sawyer, a civil engineer, of Trav-
erse City, Mich, and Postoffice In
spector T. c. Gibbs. Inspector Gibbs
who visited the property near Cadil-
lac, stated that he found some of
it( wet and some dry, declaring that
one man waded in water above the
tops of his wading boots when he
entered a street near lots bought
by Chattanooga parties.
Mr.. Sawyer also testified that
water stood several feet deep on
some of the land offered for sale.
The case will be continued on
MOi1dav
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-02
Capital Hears Paris Is
Planning to Change
Ambassador to u. S

WASHINGTON, April 29.-(By
the Associated Press.)-The state
ment made in Paris today that Jean
Jules Jusserand soon would be re-
lieyed as French ambassador to
Washington was considered in dip
lomatic circles here as only giving
strength to reports which have come
from the French capital during the
past year indicating purpose to
make a change in the embassy head.
So far as could be learned, however,
no official notice to the effect has
reached the embassy.
Ambassador Jusserand is under
stood to be fully prepared for the
change, feeling that he is entitled
to relief from the onerous duties of
his office here by reason Of his eX-
ceptionally long service. M. JUS
serand has created a record for in
cumbency in the ambassadorial posi-
ton, not only Of France, but of any
other country represented at Wash
ington, having assumed his office
February 7, 1903. 1t happens that
he also enjoys the distinction of be-
ing the only ambassador in active
service here who was discharging
his functions during the strenuous
days Of the World war All Of the
others have long ago been retired
or gone to other fields of activity.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-02
much |MPAT|ENCE
At TARIFF DELAY

WASHINGTON, April 29.-Com-
plant about what he characterized
as the slowness with which the SEN
ate had proceeded with the consid-
Grafton of the administration tariff
bill was made today in the senate.
Senator McCumber sad the bill had
been reported 10 days ago. That
eight days ago the first item in
the measure-acetic acid-"vinegar
in common parlance," had been TAX
en- up and that the senate 'still has
not passed the vinegar stage.
Calling attention that the senate
had spent two hours today discuss
ing the naval oil reserve leasing
investigation resolution after the
measure had been adopted, Senator
McCumber said he sincerely hoped
that attention would be given to the
tariff bill and items in that meas
ure disposed of without so much
discussion of extraneous subjects.
The basis on which the rates in
the bill were written was again the
subject Of debate today.
Senator Simmons, of North Caro-
lima, the Democratic leader, de-
clared that the committee had not
given the senate and the country
| the facts and until such had been
done, there was no way of deter.
| mining the justice of the duties pro.
posed.
The committee majority, he said
had declared that the basis was the
difference in the cost of production
in the United States and abroad
while it had laid down the principle
! in the bill itself that the basis was
the difference in the selling price
of the imports in the country OF
origin and the selling price in the
United States Of comparable Amer
ican-made goods.
tI think it is absolutely neces
sary," he continued, "if we are to gel
along with this bill, for us to know
definitely right at the outset upoT
which one of these two principles fol
measuring the rate Of protection tt
which an industry is entitled under
the protective principle Of this bill
| is to be defended and the senate il
to be asked to adopt it. There j:
no way in the world by which we
can intelligently discuss this matter
until we have ascertained the basis
and the measure of protection which
it is proposed to accord to the in
| dustries of this country"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-02
Original Survey Owned
By Attorney Shows
How Shoals Got Name

FLORENCE, Ala, April %
From 1910 till about 1876 the shoals
on the Tennessee river here were
known as "Mussel Shoals" accord
ing to maps of original survey ana
historical data Of original ana au-
thentic character possessed by John
3. Weakley, Birmingham lawyer
and capitalist and former resident OF
this community.
Mr.. Weakley's parents and grand
parents resided here and handed
down to him a wealth of historical
information, which he has displayed
TO set at rest a controversy that has
arisen over the original spelling of
Muscle Shoals"
This data, according to Mr.. Weak
ley, shows that the Cypress Land
company purchased the land about
Muscle Shoals from the government
March 10, 1918, and the first white
settlements were recorded that year,
followed by an influx Of settlers the
next year. At that time, the survey
showed the shoaly section OF the
river as "Mussel Shoals" the name
being given the rapids by reason OF
the great quantities Of the edible
bivalve, mussels, found in and along
the stream, these records appear to
indicate.
IT have often heard my grandpar-
ents tell of mussels being hauled out
by the wagon loads" declared Mr..
Weakley. "This was the same mus
sci that was once so abundant on
the Mississippi river and from the
shell of which in earlier days many
pearl buttons were made"
Mr.. Weakley accounts for the par
tial disappearance Of the mussel
from the stream as a result of floods
and the encroachments of civiliza-
ton.
When the government undertook
to complete the Muscle Shoals ca
nal about 1876, the data in Mr..
Mr.. Weakley's possession shows, en-
gineers changed the named from
"MusseP' to Muscle" on govern
ment records and it has so stood.
This was not by design, but by acct
dent, in Mr.. Weakley's opinion.
Mr.. Weakley possesses a map
which he said was made 100 years
ago. This shows the spelling Mus
sell" Several copies of this map
are matters Of record in the COM
munity, Mr.. Weakley, said.
Government records, insofar as
they are available, show the SPELL
| ing Muscle Shoals"
Since Muscle Shoals became a ma
tional issue, discussion Of the name
has created numerous reports.
| It was contended by army engi.
| neers that the name never had been
| altered and that it originated from
an Indian story, heap, big muscle"
| required to pull canoes over the rap
| ids in the river at this point.
! Another story that came from the
Indians was that the shoals at that
point in the river resembled the BIZ
| Gems mr. muscle on the arm,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-02
Stop, Look, Listen
Law Is Enacted

RICHMOND, Va, April 29.-Driv-
ers of automobiles and other vehicles
using the public highways OF Vlr-
gfnia must come to full stop be-
fore crossing any main line railway
track at grade under law recently
enacted by the general assembly of
Virginia.
: The law provides that drivers of
an vehicles on approaching any
grade crossing Of a main line rail
way track outside an incorporated
town must stop not less than ten
feet nor more than one hundred
feet from the nearest rail. A penalty
of SO for each violation is provided
in the act.
Advocates of this act pointed out
that it's enforcement would greatly
reduce the number Of grade cross
ing accidents. BY enacting this law
the Virginia solons have given legal
effect to the admonitions which rail-
ways have for many years displayed
on their crossing signs, urging driv-
ers of vehicles to "stop, look and
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-02
Probe Of Certain Tax
Collections Asked

MOULTRIE, Ca, April 29.-The
grand jury has called upon the COM
missioners of Colquitt county to get
the facts and present them to the
next grand jury in connection with
the work done here last year by zone
Buchannon" in the collection of back
taxes, or taxes on property not re-
turned. 1t is alleged that the special
agent collected more than $4,000 and
left without "any accounting with
the proper authorities.
OF the sum Buchannon is alleged
to have collected, more than $1,000
was from one wealthy property own
err Of the county. He spent several
days in Moultrie investigating the
tax records and apparently was given
considerable authority. Prior to COM
ing to Colquitt the same investigator
is said to have operated in a num-
Der of other counties.
The commissioners are expected
to formulate some kind Of statement
concerning the taxes paid to have
been collected by Buchannon at their
next meeting, which will be held on
the first Tuesday in May. The grand
jury making the recommendation
said the facts came to it too late for
it to make an Investigation.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-02
Questions Answered

l. What part of the country
furnishes the most lumber?
2. What part of milk is whey?
8. What is used to color candles
4. What code is used for wireless?
Is it the same as telegraph
5. How large is the orange grow
ing section of California?
6. Do wire performers use a round
wire or a flat wire?
Z. How much damage does the
peach borer do to the peach crop,
and what can be done to prevent it?
8. Is Akron, Ohio, the largest
rubber manufacturing city in the
world?
9. How can whitewash be removed
from brick wall?
10. Has the weather bureau ever
been included in the war depart
ment?
Questions Answered
/. @. Why does the United States
treasury issue So bills? have found
them a bugbear, since they are
mistaken for 81 or IS bills.
A. Two dollar bills were author
lied by act of congress. This au-
thorization was made because there
was a demand for bills Of such de-
nomination.
2. @. Do negroes have appendices?
A. Human beings, both black and
white, have appendices. 1t has been
observed that negroes do not seem
to suffer with appendicitis as fire.
quently as white persons. 1t is
thought that this is due to the fact
that the negro eats coarser food
than the white race.
3. @. What does a cubic foot Of
snow weigh and what snow load
is considered in building?
A. According to an engineering
manual, one cubic, foot Of fresh
snow, depending upon the humidity
Of the atmosphere, weighs from five
to twelve pounds. One cubic foot
of snow moistened and made com
pact by rain weighs from fifteen to
fifty pounds. In snowy localities,
the minimum snow load per hori'
zontal square foot of roof should be
considered as twenty-five pounds for
slope up to 20 degrees. For each
degree increase in slope up to 45
degrees, this load may be reduced
one pound. Above As degree slope.
no snow load may be considered. In
specially severe climates, this al
lowance should be increased in &C
cordance with actual conditions.
4. @. Is the name teetotum new?
A. This toy is very old. Original
~ it was used for games Of chance
was four-sided, and on one side bore