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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-09
Soldiers Eeclaimirg Land

McGrath, Mimi. June 3.--Evcry
major engagement of the American
Expeditionary Forces in the world is
represented by 46 former fighters,
who, disabled and receiving govern
ment training, are engaged in re-
c!ainlig tract of $500 acres Of land
ear here. title to which has been
placed in the veterans names. 1t is
he first project Of its kind in the
states. The tract has been plotted
INTO forty and eighty acre farms. 1t
has been suggested that the sites be
named after some Of the important
battle scenes Of the war, such as
Chateau Thierry, Ba!leau Woods, st.
Mihiel, the A:gonae and others.
However, some fighters object that
their various wounds and ailments
are sufficient reminders OF their eX-
3eriences.
Life on the tract l., similar to army
lie. There are bunk and chow halls
and the squad arrangement for work.
The men settled here late in April,
coming from the University Of Min
qesota agricultural school where thcy
we're studying under government SD
2ervision. In fact rheI still are BE-
ng paid for vocational training as
their courses st;pulate that certain
period be devoted . practical appll-
alton Of their schooling.
They are paying foG the land IN
.nstallments from the salary Of $1OO
month each receives.
The men, some of whan have fam
lies, are being housed in. large COM
nun:ty buildings until separate nous
IS can be built. 1t IS pIaane,l to build
. school. store and church on the
property when the farmerz have be-
,ome settled.
When the tract had been plotted
he veterans were grouped il units
o begin clearing land. Tie units
work. on each mans farhn one week.
The tract lying in territory devel-
9ping rapidly as rich ,dairying and
'arming center is chiefly burned-over
and, unfit for reforestation and, in
IS present shape for agriculture.
The new farmers present a unique
assembly of all nationahties. Some
we're gassed, others shell-shocked,
others wounded by bullets. Then
here is "Frenchy," who had a bay
pnet thrust through his stomach, but
s now clearing land and looking
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-09

it in good faith but that instead OF
rushing in the cavalry. the infantry
should have Been sent in to maneu-
yer.
After the Crimean war, Mr.. Cutting
went 10 India with the British troops
and passed through the mutiny. He
marched from Delhi to Lucknow and
fought in that famous siege. Once
ihe was wounded. He passed through
Egypt and was in active service IN
South Africa in 1851. In June 1850
he received his discharge from the
British army, and in 1871 ne came
to the United States.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-09

A bridge has been designed to
span the Hudson river at New York
which will be the most important
gateway to the West. It's lower deck
will carry IL railroad tracks, its up
per deck roadway, two and half
times as wide as Fifth avenue, will
take care of Is streams of vehicles.
There will still be room on the upper
deck for four surface car lines and
two sidewalks. Although the bridge
will cost 100000 it is believed
it will pay for itself by cutting the
cost of bringing goods across the
Hudson from $2.2S to SO cents a
ton.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-09

In the town of Marhont, Germany,
two large steel shell cases have been
hung in the steeple Of the church
and a clapper suspended between
them. When the clapper is shaken
by means of ropes the shell cases re-
spond, giving clear, resonant tone
of great carrying power. During the
war the bells Of many churches in
Germany were melted.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-09
HARDING PRAISES
SOUTHERN DEAD

Washington. Jane -2-Thc pres
dc... Of he United States, himself
The son CT Union veteran. joined
win cray clad, gray haired veterans
Of the Confederscy VINO stood with
bowed heads Q. he graves Of their
comrades in tne "Lost Cause today
IN Arlington cemetery 20 pa: their
annual tribute Of love and remen?-
nrance TO those who had gone on the
last long march.
Standing beneath the dropping
folds cf the Stars and Bars, Presi-
dent Harding uttered prayer of
gratitude for reunited nation whose
foundations. he SAID. had seen ce-
mcnted by the blood Of Confederate
and Federal alike,
Mr.. Harding spoke cx5enlporane-
ously and his appearance on the ros-
trum of the open air an!phitheatre
was surprise to the crowd.
To the sons and daughters Of vet
Grams, Mr. Harding added word Of
tribute.
Speaking as the son of one who
fought in the Union cause" he said,
Il want to say that I have only graft
tude, commentator and the sincerest
tribute man can utter for their sons
and daughters who have lived in the
great aftermath and ably assisted in
turning disunion into urion, turn
ing discord into concord and reclaim
ing for ,postcrity all those things so
essential to the welfare e his repub-
lie. There comes to my mind such
names as dear old Joe Wheeler whom
I saw go to the front to defend his
country. and Fitzhugh Lee, who head
ed the first troops that entered Hab-
ana in the Spanish-American war.
And in that conflict let me say that
we of America were brought into
complete accord.
President Harding did not hesitate
to laud the courage Of the men who
fought for the Confederacy, declar-
ing. although he cautioned, that while
he did not mean to say that the Con-
federacy was right, II am glad to say
to you that 1 believe you thought it
was right
Applause that was little less than
an ovation greeted the president at
the conclusion of his address.
The address of Judge Edgar Scurry
Of Wichita Falls, Texas, commander
in-chief of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans, held a, renewal Of the
pledge of fealty to- the Union of the
veterans and the Sons Of the Con-
federacy. Addressing the president,
he declared: 80
"I bring you message from the
Sons Of the Confederacy, to you as
the son OF brave Union soldier, that
The time has passed for bitterness.
The time has come when every AM
erican's great deeds should become
the heritage of other Americans, no
matter in what. cause they perform
ed"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-09
IOWA NAN REMEMBERS
CHARGE OF LIGHT BRIGADE
Is Survivor of Brigade Made Fam.
ous by Memorable Charge

Cedar Rapids. Ia, May ellis
Cutting Of this city, rode into the
yauey Of death with the immortal
S;;x hundred,
Sitting at his home here this man
who rode Into the jaws of death, III
10 the mouth Of hell" recalls the
charge Of the Light Brigade at Bala-
!,lava in the Crimean war. He saw
Capt. Nolan. spava young aide de
camp # the British command, Lord
Raglan, dash up and hard Lord Luc-
an. cavalry commander, note. Mr..
Cutting. then seventeen year old
British trooper did not know what the
note contained. History says it con-
taincd these terse orders:
LORD Raglan wishes the cavalry to
advance rapidly to the front and try
to prevent the enemy carrying away
the guns-French cavalry is on your
left"
Cutting saw his commander thrust
that note into his glove before It's
bearer rode away.
Forward, the Light Brigade
The command rang. There was
a flash Of sabers. Down into the val
lev dashed the line of British horse
men, to certain destruction.
Cutting, who for 45 years was a
railroad employe at Iowa Falls and
Cedar Falls, retired two years ago
and is now making his home in this
city. He is now IS years Old and was
seventeen when he enlisted in the
Eleventh Hussars of her majesty,
Queen Victoria. Mr.. Cutting be-
lieves he is among the last, if not the
last, of. the men who were immortal
lied by Tennyson.
He vividly recalls the charge. He
says he saw nothing, knew nothing,
heard nothing, but felt within him the
insane surge that drove him forward
with a furious desire to bury his sab
er in a Russian breast.
"The Light Brigade" Mr.. Cutting
says, "was composed of the Fourth
and Thirteenth Dragons, the Eighth
and Eleventh Hussars and the Seven
teenth Lacers. It was commanded
by Lord Cardigan. The men wore
red trousers and blue jackets which
gained for them the name of Cherry
legs
"The Brigade had been lying in
active during the progress of the
fighting until the order to charge
came. The battle had hardly begun
until it was over. Blindly few
struggling through heaps of dead and
dying, horses and men in death
throcs, POOLS Of blood, fought their
way to the rear of the line"
Mr.. Cutting disagrees with history
as TO the number who returned. He
says there were only six. 80
He was asked what was the secret
Of the futile and merciless command.
Cutting said Lord Raglan denied to
Lord Lucan that he had even gwen
the order to charge, and that then
Lord Lucan pulled the order from his
glove where he had tucked it.
"Is that your handwriting?" Lord
Lucan asked.
Mr.. Cutting does not know what
the reply was, but for ten minutes he
saw them engaged in battle of
words. He believes Lord Raglan gave
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-09
RISAMY CHARGE AGAINST
VALENTINO IS DISMISSED

Les Angeles, June 5.-Rudolph
Valentino, screen actor, whose prin-
cipaI roles have been those of love
here, was liberated Of a charge Of bi-
gamy here today when the felony
complaint against him was dismissed
after a preliminary hearing before
Justice Of Peace Hanby. The justice
ruled there was insufficient evidence
to support the charge.
The dismissal of the case followed
three days of testimony concerning
the marriage in Mexicai, Mexico,
May 13, of Valentino and Miss VIM
fired Hudnut, professionally known
as Natacha Rambova, and their hon
evmoon in Palm Springs, California,
a desert oasis south of here.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-09

Crime in Chicago seems tide, ra-
ther than wave.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21

"The Shiek of Araby" at the Cow
Club Theatre, Friday and Saturday.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21

ing Dramatic Art in San Francisco
and seasons engagement for one
20 young seems remarkable" COM
ments the Society editor of our
Pueblo namesake. The editor of
this paper congratulates Miss San
GERS in the name of her Holly sis
whom we all know so well and
iavorably.
Miss Helen Sanders is very pOpu-
lar in the Pacific city. She recently
posed for the Stanford football
team among whom she is general
fav0rite. Her picture appeared on
n huge football in recent number
of the San Francisco paper. In the
frontispicce of the Southern Pacific
Bulletin she again appears in a
group of tourists. Such popular no
ice comes to but few.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21
Honor Won by Miss Helen Sander

In the Pueblo Chieitin of recent
date is q picture OF Miss Helen
Sanders, accompanied by a com
piimcntaly writeup Miss Sanders is
u sister of Mrs. c. W. Bean, who
was formerly Miss Lena Sanders,
What is said of Miss Hell II will
therefore be of interest to all our
readers who know either of the
sisters.
From the writeup we CLEAN that
Miss Helen Sanders has been en-
gagged by the Players Theatre of
san Francisco for their season, be.
ginning Dec. 10. Miss Sanders open
with Shcrdans brilliant satire,
School for Satire" playing the in
genue role of Maria. Following
this VIII be E,noth Tarkington's
clever comedy, 'Trhe Ghost story"
Miss Sanders will have the feIni-
nine role in this. Miss Sanders
graduated from Centennial High
School of Pueblo several years ago
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR

Washington. d. c. Oct. q. 1922
The organized fight agairs tubcr-
culosis, means much to the working
man of America Satisfies show that
,hc death rate from tubercu.os:s
has declined most rapidly within
the last fifteen years among those
'nrgn occupational groups where 1t
has been highest This reflects favor
ably upon the organized activity of
tile National and State Tubel-
culosis movement in the establish
ment of facilities for the discovery
rarc and treatment of tuberculosis
patients and In the education of
'he public on the prevention of this
disease.
There are still 100000 deaths from
tuberculosis every year in this coun
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21
The Weather in Holly

Remarkably low temperatures
hevc prevailed for this region dur
ing the past two weeks, since Dec.
s up to Tuesday when the weather
moderated. On the day before Mon
day. the minimum temperature was
zero, the lowest mark reached by
The thermometer at the Arkansas
Valley Land Company during that
Eer.od.
On the Nth the thermometer reg
.3telcd two above. On four other
days the minimum as read at s p
III, was but five or six above zero
viz, on Dec. II, IL, - and 10. The
highest minimum reading for the
period was on Dee. 10 II above
zero. AS to maximum temperature
last Sunday was the warmest day
of the period, Az above. Since then
the mercury has been steadily ris
ng. The most remarkable portion
of the cold snap" was on Sunday
and Monday of last week when ths
thermometer varied only 10 s de-
grees during the two days. Monday
1t a. IN, the readings were and
II and on Tuesday at s II. IN. > and
H. With snow and Billiards in so
many other places this region dis
lays marked contrast as we have
lot had rain drop or flake in sew
eral weeks. Clear, cold dry weather
with some days warm and balmy
has been our portion from Old
Man Weather.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21
First treasurer OF County. Dies

Robert NJ. Watson, who was the
first Treasurer of Prowers county
and left this region in 1893, died on
the seventh of this month in Woods
County, Okla, at the age OF 50
yeass. Mr.. Watson was born in
Ohio in 1899 and grew up In lndi-
ana and served in the Civil War
After marriage to Charlotte White
and the birth of four children, the
family came to Kansas where they
suffered the hnrdships of pioneers
Here Mrs. Watson died. Mr.. wat
son and children came to Bent Co,
tbefore Prowers County was form
edD locating near Holly. There arc
now some of the grandchildren IN
this vicinity Silas Stanley lives IN
Holly and Mable Simpson at Bris
tol. Claire Adams formerly here, Is
now in Portland, Ore. There arc
four other grand children in Okla
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21
A New Story for the chieftain

There IL soon to appear new story
II Tho Chieftain, THE Blind Mans
Eyes" The editor took n night off
recently to read the advance copy
3f the story. And ] want to say
right here: it's a ripping corker."
Tt is full of the weird, mysterious
and startling. 1t will hold your
interest from first to last. Alone 1t
S worth the price of years sub
scription. Don't miss this story
watch for it.
II is written by William McHarg
and Edwin Balmer, those interest
ing brother-in-laws, whose team
whose teamwork has resulted in
,evcral novels that have taken Il
tim hold on the public. This story
contains not one but a series of
mysteries that dOvctail into each
other and are not explained until
the end. As the plot unfOlds the 81
tuations become more dramatic
and the love interest quickens I'M
til the reader attains an intense
degree of interest and his mind be-
comes wholly involved with specu.
iations as to how it all is going to
turn out.
Unique among mystery stories Is
the fact that there Is no great de
tectivc of scientific Investigator f.
CURING in it. The chief characters
are all very appealing, but the
dominant personality is blind
man who secs through the eyes OF
Others and by an inner perception
scoS many things that are totally
dark to them.
"The Shiek of Araby' at the Cow
Club Theatre, Friday and Saturday
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21
Runaway Team pemolishes Auto

AuuaWoy 4ooAa ASSS
A bad accident which wrecked
John Haldy's car, occurred today
when one of the Alfalfa Mill teams
ran away.
Ira Travis was hauling hay to
the mill and while the wagon was
on the company scales the team be
came frightened and began to run.
Mr.. Travis as standing on tlfe
ground holding the lines. He was
dragged several feet before he loos
ened his grip on the reins. The
team and wagon came tearing across
the track and up Main street. No
obstruction checked their course
till they reached the crossing at
Cheyenne street. Here in front OF
the Chill Parlor John Hardy's ear
was parked. The wagon struck the
car in the rear, completely breaking
off one back wheel, caved in the
back Of the body and wrecked the
top of the car. The collision stop
ped the team. Fortunately no one
was injured. though the driver OF
the team was dragged several feet
down the road.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21
5on,a. A son, r.. L. Watson and
daughter, Mrs. NJ. L. Day, are also
III oklahoma.

lost Lower part of gold pencil.
Reward. Mrs. Bean, Holly Fhar-
macy.
FOR SALE 1C0 acres OF land 4
miles south of Holly. Will take
town property in exchange. In
auire of John S. Walton. 272S pd
The merchants of Holly apprecI-
ate your patronage this past year
and are anxious to express their
individual thanks to you. The
greetings on the inside of this pap
cr are the sincerest expression of
their regard for your years custom
and many favors. The Chieftain
joins with them in Merry Christ
mas and Happy New Year to you
all May this be bigger, brighter
snd better year for us all!
Miss Arbee Rasar went to Grana-
IA yesterday.
Card Collier left for Grand June
tion yesterday to spend Christmas
listing friends.
Tits stores are filled with Christ
glas buyers these days. A few days
still remain for shopping. There
viii be some special bargains in
..hcse closing days. On the inside
af this issue of the Chieftain the
merchants and hotels of the city
extend to you their Christmas
g.aetilISs. They are attractively
Gotten up and make good reading.
.ffurn over the page now and read
them all.
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Guest of WI
c,lita spent the week end atyMIrs.
Van Wey's.
Arnold Brown. Fred Collier and
Mr.. Whitcomb 9el,arted Monday
on u trip to California. If positions
for usefulness open up they plan
TO remain away for the winter.
C. II. Oliver goes to Wichita to
he gone over the holidays, visiting
friends.
y. H. Allen returned yesterday
from Kansas City where he has
been on business.
Oscar. Hellbeck departed west
"Wednesday morning to Idaho. we
understand.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21

7 they may forgive the debts OF bank
rupt Germany Germany may new
er pay-perhaps she cannot pay.
France is not much better off tho
not in such desperate straits. Ev-
en- England. monarc hof the seas,
was never so hard pressed.
Can we, ought, we, bring our gold
and lay it down at the feet of the
Christ who Wceps over struggling,
perishing nations? We surely
can not give way to any weak SEN
timentaliSm-bu we can trust our
statesmen for this. But there is
the cry OF mercy. Blessed as we
+ are in this fair land OF plenty,
should we scrutiniZe too closely the
past motives and mistakes of fallen
nations? Or If the plea of mercy
falls on deaf ears what about the
stern voice of self-interest. No
prosperity IN Europe no market for
our Amrican commodities To IL
nance Europe now, by forgiving her
debts, in part at least, or at any
rate extending our credits to her,
or even lending her more gold, may
mean the revival of old markets
which in a single decide win bring
back to us more money tor our
Golfers than all we lave forgivel
or given. Perhaps it is unfOrtun-
ate to bring up such base argu-
ments for our generosity, but there
are deeper rasOns than many know
of for a generous policy OF America
toward the world. We sent over
millian lnen to save Europe land
our markets. We may need to
send over millions of gold to pre-.
serve Europe tand our markets,
Both mercy and self-interest must
rule America in her duty OF bring
ing gifts of gold to stricken Europe.
But there are other peoples In
the near East today that should
touch the hear of charity. The near
East relief is still calling for help,
with only American gold able to
respond in any large way.
But there are also the gifts OF
frankinccnse and myrrh for lis to
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or incense al
ways stands for prayer in the Sac
red Scriptures. Tho Psalmist says
Let my prayer be set forth as in
cense before thee John, the evan
gelist says 'srhe golden bowls of
incense are the prayers of the
saints.
Again Myrrh is connected In our
thoughts with sorrow, suffering.
sacrifice and service. 1t speaks %
need and the alleviation of need.
POLITICALLY myrrh is symbol of
service Christ is represented an
ointed as king with the oil OF glad
ness. above his fellows. and then
1t is said of hm, "All thy garments
smell OF myrrh and aloes and cas-
sa." SO again Jesus is represented
typically in the Song of Solomon
as standing at the door of the bride
with his fingers dripping with
liquid lnyrrh on the handles Of the
bolt" Myrrh means, therefore, ser
vice
We'll may n grateful world come
to the Christ Child today with in
cense and myrrh Worship and Ser
vice. Worship Of heavenly Father
who gave us the "unspeakablc
Gift" and with Him "all things
and service of needy world--tha
world about our doors in want, and
with pleading eyes and
extended hands whose Christmas
Joy and very life are dependent up
on prosperous America.
blood RsEATOI OIETAOINTAONNU=-
The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-21
MODERN WISE MEN
GIVING GIFTS TO GOD

The minds of all men, in the
church and OUT turn religious in
the Christmas season. We all feel
the beauty and secredness of this
hallowed time Men who never go
to church and may even deny
Christianity seem. somehow, touch
ed by the sacredness OF the Christ
mas time. There are not many
'Seruges" as so graphically pictured
by Dickens, and those that are. are
IKE him, finally softencd BY the
mysterious, spiritual aura that en-.
folds the earth in this glad, holy
time.
Like the wise men OF old the
world would bring its gifts and
lay them at the feet of King I'm
manuel. True there are many shal-
low minds, blind to the spiritual
and untouched by the glow of re
vcrential alteration, and unmoved
by the worlds deeper needs, who
think OF Christmas only as a time
of giving gifts to one another.
They spend nervous, frantic days
of anxious shopping always fearful
they will miss someone who may
send present. or may give gilt
Inferior or superior to that Of the
recipient. We carry our commercial
greed even into the holy offices OF
Christmas giving. After worried
season of Christmas shopping, hay-
ing sent off the last hastily bought
purchases we collapse with a CRATE
iul sigh--and then call this the
Christmas spirit. But the frazzled
condition of our nerves and our
exhaustion after a spasm OF late
shopping, savors more of spirits
than of spirit.
How different the ealm, quiet,
rcvercnt entrance of the Wise Men
of old into the Cave of the Nativity
where the Child Jesus lay in the
twilight period of the dawn OF the
Christian Era. THESE holy men,
themselves kings OF vast realms,
came from afar, not to present
gifts to each other, but to bring
gifts to a Greater King-to Him,
who would, one day. be acknow-
lodged Sovereign by vast peoples
over the earth who had long since
renounced all temporal kings.
We, too, come bringing our gifts
to One whose life and influence in
the world has been more powerful
ly active as u civilizing and uplift-
ing force than that of any other
man who ever lived. One does not
need to believe in the divinity Of
Jesus Christ of NaZareth to ackrow
ledge the dynamic power of the
words he spoke and the institutions
to which he gave birth. Never
man spakc or wrought rs this man.
No single life in all the world has
been so mighty. Even infidels ac
knowledge this and are amazed.
Some times they break forth with
the spontaneous acknowledgment
Truly this was the Son OF God
And the gifts we bring today
what are they or should they be
Why, the same gifts that the Magi
brought-gold, frankincense and
myrrh.
The first gift in the practical need
OF the world is gold. America has !
the gold. All the rest of the world
is nearly bankrupt.
Just how generous we should be
to these wretched starving peoples
is a difficult question to answer.
Should we forgive the debts of
England and France and Italy that