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Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-20

Copying Simplicity. Simplicity is of all things the hard. est to be copied.-Steele.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19
RIEAsE ISSUES STATEMENT
AND EXPRESSES GRATITUDE

Columbia, Sept. i. Former Gov
ernor Cole L. Bleass this morning
eave out the following Statement for
publication:
.aro the Democratic Voters OF South
Carolina:
Although ] failed to receive. a
majority OF. the votes on yesterday,
according to available returns, ! ana
deeply grateful for the loyal and un-
seihsh devotion Of my friends.
Throughout the campaign I stress
cd the fact that was making my
fsht for the people of the state, and
not for my p4rsosal ambition. |
have been governor of South Caro-
Ina for two terms i am proud OF
the fact that notwithstanding the Bit
fst personal and political fight and
attacks that have been waged against
me during the campaign, and espec-
ially in the past ten days, $4,000
Bemocrats of Soath Carolina voted
fcx me and endorsed my democracy
and the principles for which ! fought.
I'm my apparent defeat at the polls
i have no personal regrets, my only
regret being that ] will not have the
opportunity as governor to be of ser
vice to the oppressed taxpayers of
my state who are now SO sorely dis
txessed
Z sincerely hope that reliet may
DE given them from some source.
Signed} "Cole. L. Blease.''
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19
Made 'Em Get Busy

Mr.. Samuel Grindstone was a hust-
Ter of the modern school. He be-
lieved in the gospel of speeding up.
Over every desk in his Office ne
placed a large printed notice, read
ing, s'Do Il Now -
But week later, with tired fingers
ard exhausted air, ne tore them all
down.
Hello" said friend dash!ng IN
and seeing this ceremony Of destruc-
ton. whats up?" Doesn't hustling
paw? Going back to the old leisurely
methodist"
eyes I am" snorted Grindstone.
"Hustling doesn't pay. l gave SIX
pence each for these notices, thinking
they'd spur my staff on to hard
work.
"Well?"
swell, the net result is that they've
all acted on the motto. The chief
cashier has bolted with the contents
of the safe, my typist has eloped with
nv youngest son, four juniors came
in yesterday to ask for a raise, anc
the office boy found better job anc
has gone off to it. London An
swers.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19
MAN cONFESsES TO =.
MURDER OF FRIEND
Ouarreled Over Liquor and Struck
Pal Over Head With
Axe

Augusta, Ca, Sept. ID n1r-
der said to have neen committed
February 19, 1922, at Marietta, n.
c.. was revealed here today by Frank
Summers, 35, who told local officers
that on that date and at that place
he had killed Manning Ford. He
made signed confession, according
to the police.
Sommers is being held in me local
iail for North Carolina authorities
on charge of murder. He has wal
we'd ,extradition.
Story of Killing
The story of the killing as told in
the confession is in substance as fol-
lows:
Ford visited his home and that
fearing to disturb his (Snmmers)
wife the men went out into the yard.
There quarrel over whiskey follow
ed. Ford struck at him with stick
of lightwood, and missed. Where
upon Summers picked up an axe and
struck Ford over the head. Then as
Ford still lived he took the body sew
eral yards from the house and placed
it on the ground. There Ford died.
Summers then took the body quar-
ter of mile further from the house
and placed it just off the side of a
little used road.
The murder to which Summers
confessed was committed in Robin
son county, N. c., but authorities
there know nothing of it, according
to information from that place to
local officers. The belief of local Of
fceTs is that Summers buried the
body although ne denied doing Sc
when questioned.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19
Hon. For the Short Skirt

The Spartanburg Herald.
It begins to look like a real war.
Paris skirts trail perilously close to
tie dust and by all the rules and pre-
cedents American skirts should
promptly do likewise. They haven't
done SO yet, and already there are
gentle mutterings of open defiance
to fashions capital.
Oh, yes, there are long skirts
enough in this countryAin the store
windows and the fashion magazines,
and even on public thoroughfares,
but they are rare enough to remain
objects Of curiosity.
There are various reasons for re-
tarded action in following the die
tate.s of the makers of women's
modes. One would gladly give Am
sriean women credit for consistency
and believe that they really prefer
short skirts because they are more
comfortable, more healthful, more
sensible. But it must be admitted
that other reasons aid little. Whel
skirts have been long and the inspir
alton comes to shorten them, the pro
cess of turning hem or cutting off
top is simple enough. When skirt
are short and frequently hemless, tn
lengthening process involves the pur
chase of a new wardrobe. Inevitabl,
there must be an uncertain perio'
during which skirts will be of al
lengths while the extreme faddist
buy and wear the new long gown;
while the economical calmly retail
their short ones and while the model
ates lengthen theirs te fewest poss
Bic inches to q Comfortable walk
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19
ing length"
Before this interval is over the
short skirt may have won a glorious
victory.
LARGER EASTERN ROADS
AND BIG FOUR AT PEACE
New York Central Lines Practically
Agree to Renew Wage Arrange
ments with Trainmen

New York, Sept. 14.-Continued
peace between the railroads and at
least two Of our big four brother
hoods which man their trains seemed
in sure prospect tonight when 1t was
announced that the New York Cen
trail lines had practically agreed to
renew their present arrangements
with the trainmen and conductors. Z
This announcement, coming from
w. G, Lee, president Of the Brother
hood cfs Railroad Trainmen, was fol-
lowed by the report that the Pennsyl-
vania, Erie, Lackawanna and other
eastern trunk lines also were ready
to continue the wage scales, working
conditions and rules under which the
trainmen and conductors are now
employed.
Chieftains of these two brother.
hoods and officials Of the thirteen
roads making up the New York Cen
trail system probably will sign the re-
newal agreements tomorrow, Mr..
Lee said. The only undetermined
question tonight, he explained, was
whether the new agreement would
be for one year or two.
:. Relieves Labor Board
The agreements in prospect will
automatically remove from the Unit
ed States railway labor board the
task of deciding upon the pay and
working conditions for trainmen.
When the brotherhoods and the cas-
tern carriers several months ago
failed to reach agreements, the mat
ter was put before the board, but
now the trainmen and conductors
seem about to settle the matter
themselves with the separate roads.
Mr.. Lee said tonight he did not
know what plans for settling the
wage question had been made by the
other two big brotherhoods, the en-.
gineers and the fremen and engine
m"n
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19
CCMhfANDANT BUSY
AT CLEMSON NOW
Throughout Entire Year His Office is
Hive of Work and Business

Clemson College, Sept. 14.-One
of the very busiest Offices at Clemson
college, not only during the opening
weeks of the session, but throughout
the college year, is that of the COM
mandant of cadets, Maj. Madison
Pearso, u. S. A., whose department
touches the life CT each student daily
as he goes about his college duties.
This contact is both disciplinary and
instructional for the military depart
ment is not only in immediate COM
mand and control of the corps OF
cadets regarding organization, mill
tary policing, and discipline, but also
gives instruction, practical and theo-
retical, in military science and many
related things useful in civil lifeaalso,
this being especially true regarding
the work of the Reserve Officers
Training corps.
To handle efficiently q thousand
students under one roof and to in;
struct them in military science and !
tactics is a big job requiring organl-
zation and a competent force, and ;
Major Pearson, the commandant, had !
those requirements in the depart
lnent which ne directs. Major Pear
son. as director and professor of Mil !
itary Science and tactics, is assisted !
by Capt. H. W. Lee, associate COM .
mandant and assistant professor OF t
military science and tactics, and by
Captains A. G. Braden, I. Z. Roder- !
ick, T. E. May. L. V H Durfee, and
Lieut.. H. R. Emory, all of whom are
assistant professors Of military sell
ence and tactics. Besides these there
are non-commissioned officers, Staff
Sergeant Chas. ". Cripps, and Ser
geants Joseph Polowe and F. S. Sin
ger, who are assigned to carry out
various details of the work; and Caps
! ]. E. Oberg who is quartecTaster o.
; the military equipment.
Students of all classes are subject
to the military discipline. which Is
intended not to make soldiers OF the
students but to teach punituai2ty
self-control, obedience, neatness, etc.
and are required to take minimum
of three hours per week Of military
instruction. 1t would be impractic-
able to handle otherwise so ma2T
hundred young men in dornitory lie
and the benefits of a military sys-
tenn of student management are well
established and recognized.
At Clemson practically every reg
ular student is in the R. 0. I. &.
which is divided into the basic course
given during. the freshman and soph-
omore years, and the advanced
course given in the Junior and se11oI
wears. All regular students who
pass the required physical eXamlna-
/ ton are required 10 take the base
, course, and from those taking this
course are selected those who may
take the advanced course. The war
: department makes an allowance on
uniforms for former and on board
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19

for the latter, the allowance beng
almost sufficient IN the advance
course to pay all living expenses.
I Il is interesting to noJe thai o.
sides the obvious drill work ana mil
itary tactics taught. the military de
partment gives instruction to staa-
ents in many subjects that may be Of
service in civil life after college such
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19

Many preparations will remove
blackheads. but the old gasoline and
hooch mixture remains the quickest
means Of removing blockheads.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19

The two great needs of a sixteen
year-old girl are % a mother who
has sense and (2) father who has
sense.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19
Looks Not Involved

Jack: There's the new girl sit
ting over at the next table. You
ought to invite her out to dinner
some time"
"Tom: "Let me get a good look
at her"
Jack: "Why I thought you had
met her"
Tom: 81 have, but I want to see
how much she eats
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19

as rifle craftsmanship, signaling. map
read and sketching, hygiene, hfsT-
aid. field engineering, military law,
II !itary history, etc.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19

If you wish to see pride at its best
observe a nice little girl who has just
learned to use the word whom"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19

Those critics who say there IS no
culture in America might associate
with better class Il they would stop
knocking.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-19

Another item OF cost is that Of
sunrIv the friend who doesn't carry
them in his pocket because he is try
ing to quit smoking.
The Washington times., 1922-08-29
Thrift and Business

will help the business situa.
ton. The nation needs more
buildings, more homes, more
railroad facilities, more roads.
more wharves. Money spent
for purposes of this kind will
prove Of substantial benefit.
The farmer who spends money
In tillins his land. thereby max.
Ing II more productive and val.
liable. IL spending constructively
and the entire business world to
somo extent will be benefited.
But II he spends the same
amount OF money In things that
he does not need or which have
no practical value. he would not
be doing the business situa.
ton any substantial good.-The
Thrift Magazine.
The Washington times., 1922-08-29
"POiSOn! BeUare"
NHAKEsPEARE makes Otbell,

NHAKESPEARE makes Othello
protest against mans putting
~ an enemy into his mouth to
steal away his brains.
He was referring to the exces-
sive use Of intoxicating liquors.
Whatever you may think of pro-
hibition or license and whether you
swear by Volstead or swear at
him you cannot fail to be interest
ed and alarmed by the statistics
lately broadcasted by the National
Committee for the Prevention of
Blindness.
The connecticut Alas, it is es-
tablished by the fact that bad
whiskey not only steals away men s
brains, but robs them of eyesight
and of life itself.
The figures tell the story, in
part: In tweity-one States, during
the first half of 1922, bad whiskey
is known to have been responsible
for one hundred and thirty deaths
and twenty-five cases of blindness.
AS the secretary Of the commit
tee intimates, these figures do not
begin to measure the total loss of
life and sight from this wood alco-
hol 'whiskey. Relatives and friends
of these victims of wood alcohol
poisoning are likely to conceal the
cause Of such disasters.
Surely, no man needs "whiskey"
so badly and so bad as to court
blindness or death.
The Washington times., 1922-08-29
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Copyright. lC22. By Star {
BY X. C.. B.

Dear X. G. B.-Being a constant reader Of
your column. observed and was greatly dis
appointed in your article on Movie Singers"
1t seems to me that anyone who listens to a
singer merely for the words that he or she
sings should read blank verse, as his taste in
clines more to language than to music. There
is reason why the English language Is not
sung more. Italian is the most vocal language
there Is. 1t is more melodous and has less
harshness than other languages. Therefore, II
is most suitable to combine with music. And
in most cases to translate the words would
ruin the music.
might add did not admire the spirit that
prompted you to term Italian music "wop
stuff" Such jingoistic phrases, showing the
false sense Of superiority OF Americans, GER
tainly don't cooperate with our Americaniza-
tion policies
believe that the civilization Of a country
can be accurately measured by its attitude
toward art, and so long as such low artistic
appreciation and ideals prevail in this country
art cannot be expected to develop.
T. F.
The Washington times., 1922-08-29
The NerDe of IT.!

~ HE politicians who threw Bull
garia into the late war with
i out the consent Of its parlia-
ment or people are being held to
account by the peasant government
now supreme at Sofia.
An old Bulgarian law makes re-
sponsible in damages those in pub
lie station who betray the people
and bring losses upon them.
The simple minded Bulgarian
peasants see no reason why they
should not try to enforce this law
to the limit.
Imagine what epithets would be
hurled at the people of this country
if they should try a similar policy
here!
The Washington times., 1922-08-29
SAP and SALT
BY Bert Moses

tcopyrisht. 1oss by Premier Syndicate. Incl
Being a failure is real hard work.
Faults in those we love are mighty hard
to see.
Before trying to get the best of another
man. be sure he has II.
The more members you appoint on a com.
mittee, the longer 1t takes to get anything
done.
Just about the time woman gets over one
crazy notion, the fashion pictures teach her
another. L.
Deliver us from the cheerful idiot who
Keeps on smiling when there's nothing to
smile att ...'' T.. ...., - . "
A gentleman is one who removes his hat
In hotel elevator, but leaves Il on when
going up In an office building. ,
Hes Heck saysi you gt more fresuits I'm
potato patch than in a pool room" q
The Washington times., 1922-08-29
GREAT deal Is being said

A GREAT deal Is being said
- Mt the present time about
less saving and more spending
in order to make the wheels of
industry revolve a little faster.
Merely spending money with
no other thought In view than
assisting business will have no
far.reaching beneficial effect.
II II true that too much
boarding hurts business and II
is true also that merely spend.
Ing money for the purpose OF
keeping business on the go is a
false doctrine and will not work
out In the long run,
There are many ways In
which money can be spent that
The Washington times., 1922-08-29
The US. Open
to Air Attack

c.
4 T the time of the Conference
"a on the, Limitation. of Arma-
IA ments the Hearst newspapers
warned the American people that
our statesmen were being deceived
by British cunning and by the ig-
noble commercialism of Elihu Root.
The Hearst newspapers warned
the American people that the de-
struction of the battleship was not
what England was after so much as
the limitation Of the building of
submarines.
We alleged then that she had
learned by experiment with the
airplane attacks upon battleships
that the battleship hereafter would
have no chance against airplanes.
We also declared that the nation
which controlled the air would con-
troll the sea, and that the British
knew that if they could get the
submarine out of the sea they could
control the air and control the seas.
Great Britain has, through Amer
lean folly, obtained the largest mer-
chant marine in the world, and can
build the largest airship fleet in the
world and transport it over all the
seas to dominate whatever ocean or
sea her commercial interests re-
quire to be dominated.
We have the common sense and
independence of France to thank,
and not ourselves, for the fact that
we did not completely fall into the
British trap and agree to surrender
practically the right to build sub
marines which alone are reasonably
proof against airplane attack.
Now comes the revelation, Great
Britain has just increased her aerial
forces by five hundred planes.
Consider what enemy airships
which can carry bombs weighing
1000 pounds would mean to the
'great cities of America, in the light
of the recent achievement by a half
dozen small airplanes operated by
some of our young lieutenants.
These planes, left New York for
Nome, Alaska, and made the dis
tance, over forests and plains and
lakes and mountains, in fifty-five
hours. Four thousand five hundred
miles in fifty-five hours
Think what it would mean to
give an enemy the control of the air
with airships which can 60 $500
miles in fifty-five hours and carry
bombs weighing 1000 pounds.
What city in America is safe from
them?
Yet we are doing practically
nothing to develop our airplane
service. We are one of the most
backward countries in the world
with respect to the airplane, though
we invented it and developed it.
And we are allowing our mer-
chant marine to slip, slip, slip.
We are rich; but Croesus was rich
once. All his wealth finally availed
him nothing. 1t was a source of
weakness against a nation which
had better iron than he; for it was
attracted by his wealth.
The Washington times., 1922-08-29
Our Schools
Hit Hard
BY BILL PRICE.

fully realize that the radical
q cutting Of District estimates
by the Director of the Budget and
later; by. Congress is going to Sc
iriously affect not only the whole
community, but touch close home
to the individual.
These articles have pointed out
the deplorable condition of public
thoroughfares due to the failure Of
Congress to provide suitable appro-
priations for the upkeep of streets,
avenues and roadways and for paw
ing thoroughfares that long ago
needed Improvement.
" The public schools have come in
for bad whack in the notice the
Director of the Budget gave the
Commissioners that estimates for
the next fiscal year must be heav-
lily Topped off. Any step which
permits our public schools to again
60 backward is, indeed, a severe
blow to the District as a whole
and to each home.
For a number of years during
and Immediately after the world
war Congress allowed our public
school system to get into sad
state. Failune to provide new
buildings had caused dangerous
overcrowding in existing buildings.
The large increase in attendance at
the schools found a shortage Of
teachers. The outcome was that
the children were given little
chance to do their best and to re-
ceive the full benefits that should
be offered by a standard public
school system.
Congress woke up to the real
state of affairs. A special commit
tee of the Senate urged liberal
treatment of the schools and recon-
mended large appropriations for
the next four or five years to again
put the schools in condition to cope
with the demands upon them. The
appropriations by Congress for the
present fiscal year, while not as
large as had been hoped for by
school authorities and the District
Commissioners, promised relief and
the beginning of a restoration of
the schools to the standard they
had once enjoyed as educational
mediums for the young.
The Board of Education, pur-
suant to the actual needs of the
schools and to the evident purpose
of Congress to continue a liberal
attitude, asked for appropriations
for the next fiscal year totaling
$8,400,000. The board did not pad
its estimates.
Unless the Director of the Budget
recedes from his position and al
lows supplemental estimates, or un-
less Congress overrules the director,
the schools will be again crippled.
New construction will have to be
eliminated and there wll be no
provision for extra teachers to care
for the increased enrolment.
The one hope of the District is
that Congress will, as within its
power, refuse to join in the "cut-
ting" process that has been so
long indulged in at the expense of
progress and improvement in the
National Capital, and give the Com
missioners every dollar they have
asked for in the coming fiscal
year.
The public schools are just a lit
tie" closer to members of Congress
than other local problems. Large
numbers of children of Senator'S
and Congressman attend the pub
l;c schools
The Washington times., 1922-08-29
WAYSIDE WISDOM
tCopyrisht. is22)
by s. E. Kiser
THE CHEERFUL COURSE

TO help another where he can
L Is pretty good for any man;
To watch for worthiness, to find
The decent ways for being kind;
To overlook the little sights,
And be too big for petty spites:
BY keeping to such rules as these
A man grows stronger by degrees.
1T never costs a cent to greet
L The humble stranger In the street;
Your kindly nod may give him heart
To make another, braver start;
The cheer you give along the way
NAV all come back another day.
You add a little to your worth
BY every hope you bring to birth.
KEEP back the sneer and check the frown,
N Be slow to run another down;
Give petty jealousy no chance
To Danish gladness from your glance;
Learn how to listen; give advice
As II It cost heavy price;
BE quick to answer Duty's call,
And don't pretend to know 1t all.
DE honest, patient and alert.
ID Be quick to soothe and slow to hurt;
Look for the lovely and sublime:
Think always that you're In your prime.
Keep lines of trouble from your brow,
Be glad you're living here and now,
Instead If in the far Bevond.
And don't sign anybody's bond!
The Washington times., 1922-08-29

MO longer would mothers sac
~ rifiee their children to the
gods Of the Ganges; no longer
would the widows he buried alive
with their lords and masters in
order to lead them by the hand
into the Kingdom of Heaven,
though we will admit that 1t
is about the only way man will
ever reach Heaven.
He could carry back with him
the laws Of hygiene and the
various brands Of soap: our sys-
TEN of compulsory education;
our system Of developing our
resources; our method of turning
raw material into finished prod
ucts, our system Of advanced
husbandry - producing better
stock: how the great horse. cleo
tricity, was captured by Frank
lin with his kite. and saddled by
Morse with his telegraphy, AMI
was ridden by Edison who har-
messed up dynamos and distrib-
uted energy over the continent,
enlightening the nation and re-
lieving man of drudgery. This
invisible steed represents the
evolution Of a thunderbolt-the