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1 1 ' i ^ TOLOIE Ll\\ NUMBER 69. 3TEWBEKIH\ S. t- FIJI DAY, SEPTEMBER 7, r.)l7. TWiCI a tf'EEii, $U8 A iiAA. r C1TIZESS GIVE GOOD BYE AM) GOOD CHEER TO SOLDIERS ______ Xarge (rowd Escort First Quota Sew Army to Station?May God Gniae And Bless the Boys <$><$><$<$<$><$><# 4 ^ Jno. C. Hipp. ^ Neely Jenkins Cromer. 3 Gernie Willis Nichols. <5 ^ WW* - J ^ * & Marry iv igousivy. Robt. Lee Riser. * r- ^ Irby Slauter Parker. <S Eugene E. Xorris. 3 <?> Bennie James Folk. 3 3> Charlie F. Sterling. 3 ^ Johnnie Ware Wood. <5 Joe Smith Watkins. 3 ? <a "The moving finger writes and having \ writ moves on, y Nor all your pity nor wit can cancel half a line of it." m We are living in the greatest transP ition period of the world's history W This I have said many times in tn* Tact few vears. but now it is patent "We are making history more rapidly and more strikingly than hlstorj "has been made in a generation 01 more. The moving finger is wrttins -* *? ? ^ Jr tt-tmf nnf ho pan It aiXU W'UCU it 10 nui, celled, not a line of it. The changes are wrung so fast that it is hard tc teep np with them. The whole world In an agony of changes. One neve: "knows what a day may bring forth All our traditios are * beingshattereC as vases broken. Fifty-eight years ago, or thereabout, the young men o: this Southland went forth with th? *"1^3 Vines urm r\t fho mnthftrs of this V1VU UI1TDO JWM v?. v S tai?*^an??to ^batile^foi; local self govjj' .f ernm?^t nd the rights bf'the State* Today our young men are being sent forth to battle for the nation in ? war 3 000 miles across the seas. The\ "have not realized as did the soldiers cf the sixties that it is a war for th< "home and fireside. ' There Is noi therefore, that enthusiasm and thai martial spirit which prevailed then But they are true Americans anc ar? .going without murmuring and wil tlo their duty like men. The first instalment of the ne* army from this county left >fewDern on Wednesday morning for Cami Jaekson in Columbia. They are a fln< I v "body of young m^n and will do theii duty in whatever position they ma.; ijEi Ibe placed. Others will follow fron :: time to time until the full quota has W l)een sent.^ It was a history marking W -event. The people of Newberry or ' <short notice turned out to give tne young men their good will an& God g? speed and a safe return to them afte! B the war is over. Most of the stores *?TrvcPif! frnm Q tr> 1fl r?V>1rv?V and the yotms; men. eleven of them, were escorted to the train by the citizens 01 ? Newberry the line of march forming at the court house. Mr. *W!. A. Hill acted as chief marshal with the foi" lovcing assistants: C. G. Blease. R. H "Wright, X H. Wicker, W. W. Cromer "L. G. Eskridge, T. Roy Summer, Geo O XTi T T Pn c? rLnrv Cfh. v_/ U . u. i^Ui ao, x/1 UiU" t ert The procession was led by ttte F, Newberry Concert band. I Then came the Confederate Veterans, Exemption board, selected draft honorees, accepted men who have noi been called, U. S. and county officials "Red Cross and other organizations ministers, women and children and citizen*. oSme 1500 people assmbled at the station. Short and appropriate addresses were made by Mayor Z. F, (bright. Prof. S. J. Derrick and t)r. Geo. B. Cromer and prayer was orJered by Rev. F. E. DDibble. Mr. J. C. Hipp who has been rn the Panama canal zone was jut In charge of the young men until therr r arrival in Columbia. One of the vouna men had only recently married but there was no murmuring: and all will *V> the duty of a eood soldier. Mr. John M. Kinard was chairman of the committee in charge of the parade and introduced tjie speakers. OTHERS DISCHARGED BY THE LOCAL BOARD Others discharged from the services of the United States by the Loca* Board. Newberry, S. C. Tom Clark Neel, Newberry. James Turley, Newberry. Homer Rice, Newberry. I Olin Sligh Ri-chferdson, Prospertty. I i i <5> <? ?-> "GOD KEEP AND GUIDE 101" ^ ' <S> <S Washington. Sept. 3.?On the eve ol' their mobilization, President Wilj son today addressed a nnai wura <,0 the drafted men who will make up Arc erica's first great national army. The president's greeting follows: "To the Soldiers of the National Army: "You are undertaking a great duty. The heart of the whole country ia with you. Everything that you do will j be watched-with the deepest solid- j tude. not only by those who are near j y and dear to you. but by the whole na- j tion besides. * I ; "For this great war draws us all I ; together, makes us all comrades, a* j brothers, as all tru? Americans feU \ * themselves to be when we first macro good our national independence. "The eyes of the world will be up * * I on you. because you are in some sp* cial sense the soldiers of freeaom Let it bt> your pride, therefore, ro show all men. not only what good soldiers you are. but also what goorr ! -a.. ^ vnn r c: oTvo Q fit 1 Ill til \ ' t U die. tvee [vui j uui and straight in everything and pure r and clean through and though. r "Let us set for ourselves a standard so high it will be a glory to live up to it and add a new laurel to the ) crown of America. "My affectionate confidence gpc3 Qi'Drv hattlp and evftrv ' Willi JVU UL V ? Vi J wvv?w v te3t. t "God keep and guide you." , Woodrow Wilson. f j LARGE CONGREGATIONS ATTEND , SERVICES IN A. R P. CHURCH j - - The" services being held thi^ week t in the A. R. P. church have-Jbeen well attended, and tne large congre- , r gations have been delighted with the ' j sermons of the visiing minister, Rev. i } J. L. Oates, of York. The services : t will continue through Sabbath with j t morning services at 11 o'clock and j the evening services at 8 o'clock. The j [ regular union service will ;be held in ; f j the A. R. P. Church Sabbath even^ J ... - _ii i | ing wnicn win ciose tms uuusu<no' iii- , teresting series sermoas. > PROSPERITY AUXILIARY 5 OF THE RED CROSS A public meeting of the Prosperity i Auxiliary of the Red Cross was held 5 j on Monday night in the town hall, j J The following program was carried 1! m,t:- I k I Prayer, Rev J. M. White. { 1 History of the Red Cross, Rev. J.1 . j M. White. .! Whither goeth the dollar;, Mr. T. j 1 i _ . . . I j! A. DominicK. I . 1 Song, Red, White and Blue. Work of Misses Florence Nightin- ; ?| gale and Clara Barton, Mrs. Leonard, j j I Song, Star Spangled Banner. The meeting closed with the Bene- ; . diction. This auxiliary now has 106 members ; . and 31 hospital shirts have Seen j - made. I > The next public meeting win ne , held on the first Tuesday night !n . October at 7:30. ! * Dr. J. E.. Boozer, whose wife died - in Columbia Monday morning, is a I - eon of Mrs. Martha C. Boozer of f Newberry and the brother of Mr. 1 Julius B. Boozer of Newberry. ' The barn of Mr. S. L. Fellers at ' j Prosperity was burned Wednesday | night, destroying the building, two ' i mniM *wn ve&rlines. a wagon, 1500 j bundles of fodder, etc. It is being reported around over j | .the State that John T. mincan will i run for governor next year?Anderson ! Mail. We have an idea that the Mail ' | would like to take the can from Dunj can, but it can't i The Red Men of this State are entitled to be counted among the blue hen's chickens.?Anderson Mail. That j newspaper has been keeping up iwitn the movements of Newebrry's live ana , up-to-date sheriff, Cannon G. BTease. The Pocahontas will give an Ife cream festival at WillowDroo-c parX ' on Saturday evening and the pro-; -win pr;-? R.fxd cross untt I j of the Pocahontas. Everybody is I invited to come and get some good cream and have a good time and help < a good cauae. j - i . savings ba>k has secukei) valuable asset Money is not the only valuable asset that a corporation, or i'or that mat- ; ter any institution, puoiic or private, ; can secure. There are otner assets ; more valuable and more important to the success of the enterprise thai ; money These assest should not be j hard to procure, but sometimes they ! are not so easy to find. They ar^ j generally inherent in the men wno possess them and sometimes seem almost. impossible of acquirement and , yet if not inherent it is possible for ; more of the human family to posses-! themselves of them, if they only would. Efficiev'v is essential in the hanJ1 ~ nn V?TTr? rvr r>r? Uilil^ u: ?i> uuoniuao* ^uuiiv vi 1 vate. but the efficiency that counts most. is the efficiency which gives the best service. In other worfls, the test of efficiency is service. A man may know all of the rules and the little details as well as the big ones of a business, and yet. if he fails In J? ?4-1-*o4- wArtllt* r? r\ r? tt renuerixis a service mat ic?.n,y oci > co the public, he is not in fact efficient. To know how to mrst the public pleasantly, and to make the man wao has business with your institution feel good when he comes, ana reel like he wants to come again and not have a diead of going into your office?politeness, courtesy?these are the things that count. And these are the things that the Newberry Savings Bank has gotten in securing Robert M. Lominark. and he will nrovp a big asset for the institution. Efficient not only as a bookkeeper and accountant, but efficient in the larger an?T better sense that he knows how to serve the public. Always pleasant an'd nice and courteous and polite, it wm de a pleasure 10 go to ine oanrv. and have business with it. "We cor^j gratulate the bank on securing his services. He went with the Institution on the first. 'W-e miss Tilm from this side He had been with the reel J company ior some years. DESERTERS FROM THE ARMY ARRESTED IX SEWBEKRY Two young white men were turnec over to the police department here t>y the railroad authorities Wednesday morning as hoboes beating their way from Alston on the ireight arriving here at 31 o'clock. They were put :n the lock-up, where they spent W'-ed nesdav night, and are still detained They first gave their names as Irvin Self and Roy Hackly, claiming ?fhey were from Charleston. Tne officers l-viof that wouldn't' pt? tUiU l11c kJKJJ o vnut buv?v t? v o as their talk didn't indicate that city their home. Being questioned more closely the boys owned up ana acknowledged that they had tried to deceive the officers. They tnen gave their risrht names. Paul Samuel Gooc en and Richard Harris, confessing to desertion from the 167th U: S. infantry at Montgomery, Ala. Chief Rodelsperger wired to Mont- ; gomery and was informed by return wire that the regiment had left that city for Minneola, L. I. The chief was further instructed to turn the Doys over to the nearest military author* - ! ties. We don't know -but presume they will be sent to Camp Jackson without delay. ? * ' * -m 11 i I Tfter^iS no aouDi OI me corrwines9 of this, as the message from Montgomery stated that Gooden had j been absent since the 29th and Harris since the 22nd of August On account of the all-day singing 1 at Limestone Baptist church trere' will be no services at Dra^onville at | 11 a. m. Sunday morning.?Gaffney ! Ledger. My, how they are having! these all-day singings all around Dy j all denomiations It was so noisy at the construction camp where a dam was being built in the Tennessee river that Brian Goodwin. son of the millionaire who was building the camp, couldn't sleep. So i ho Hmifrht n. hmise boat anil mooreff I it some distance from the camp. He had a splendiferous christening party and at it ho fell in love with pretty Jean Elliott. The christening party is one of the delightful scenes :n "Youth." the new World picture j Bradp-made in which Carlyle Black- I well appears in the role of Brian J Goodwin and charming June Elvidge . is seen as Jean Elliott. See the great' picture at the opera house Monday. ! PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. J. L. Dominick has returned to Newberry, after a few cays visit to her sister, Mrs. A. 0. -Wilson, jd T Qvincrtnn XS VWM. Mr. end Mrs. Gary Hamilton spent the week-end in Newberry with Mi*. Hamilton's parents.?Greenwood index, 6th. Miss Margaret Moore will leave tomorrow for Xewberry where she has accepted a position as teacher in city schools.?Greenwood Index, 6th. Misses Lillie and AAnnie Mae Wes- j singer are visiting their auii-s up m Xewberry.?Chapin cor. Lexington Disptaeh-Xevrs. Aunts up in Xewberry are mighv nice to have. Miss Elizabeth Dominick lert on rM - - - -A nli Airil 7 a xt ip titT^ or^ i uesua^ iui .ibxicvihc, i> . , TT ^ sh? will spend the remainder of tne week with Mrs. E. J. Jones. Manager H. B. Wells has returned from Atlanta. Watch the screens ai thp opera house for more good motion pictures. And there will be oTner shows added this fall and winter. Mrs. Bissell, who was visiting her sistpv "Mrs T "YT Roeers. and whose vis-it lias been beneficial to ner Iieallli, I1 as returned to her home in 'Athens, Ga., with her little son Jimmie. Mrs. Mary Whitesides and daughter, Miss Anna, and Miss Annie Castles a:n> visiting relatives and friends in Newberry.?Smyrna cor. York News, 3rd. Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Connor returned last night from Baltimore. Dr. Connor s inends will be giaa 10 know that he is better following an operation.?Greenwood Journal, 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. SWittenberg and Mrs. B. T. Buzhardt and little daughter. Miss Bennetta, have returned from Hendersonville and other mountainous and watering resorts. Congressman Fred H. Dpminlck. has "been ^spending several weeks at his home in Newberry during a temporary adjournment of tne House, has returned to Washington to re . surae his duties there. ! 0. B. Mills and H. B. Wheeler of . Prosperity, who passed the entrance examination July 13 for 'Clemson college, are among the recommendations for appointment, John B. Leitzsey of Newberry to fill a vacancy. Mrs. J. D. Wheeler, after spending a week with Mrs. A. P. Crisp in Walhalla, spent a week at Chick Springs, before returning home, where she was accompanied by Miss Ollle Miller of Peak. \Trc "R! W Rfiwman \fisc Bowman, Emory and Miss Ella Bowman returned Thursday night from a pleasantly extended visit to their former home in Cedartown. Ga. Dr. Bowman met them in Greenwood. Rev. I. E. Long and family lert Tuesday for Winston-Salem, N. c.f their home, after- visiting his parents at Helena and his sister. Mrs. C. B. Spinks, *and brother, Mr. Wilbur Long, in Newberry. ; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sumner of j Greenwood and Miss Martha Miller ' of Atlanta, sister of Mrs. Summer, have returned to Greenwood after a visit here to Mr. Summer's father, Mr. J. H. Scmmer. Mr. H. S. fSanders is the new janii tor t the court house. He .gives prom I ise of being faithful to His job. Mr. Jack Abrams, who was temporarilyholding the place, has gone to the Purcell company. Miss Helen Snelgrove and brotner of NeWberry have returned home from an extended visit at the Iiome the?r j grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. j Snelgrove.?Delmar Cor. Leesviile ; New?, 5th. ' I <Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Long and j children, Mr. and Mrs. John JaKe Long and son, Virgil and Junius Long ! have returned to their homes in Newberry, after a visit to relatives of this j place.?Smyrna cor. York News, 3ra. I Mr. Guy Goggans returned Tues-1 day from New York, in which city ne has been undergoing treatment for rheumatism by !iis half-brother Dr. Stanmore Cash. He is improved but not fully cured, and will continue the treatment at home for awhile. Prsf. J. W. Ballentine, the popti lar and efficient head of the scnooT,! and Mr. G. "W. Duncan, chairman of j the .board of trustees of the Lcesville ; district, also made excellent talks.? j Leesville News' account opening city schools. Mr. a^d Mrs. T. Q. Boozer ane , little daughter Car:ton of Columbia,' I irrived in Greenville recently to visMrs. Boozer's brother, Mr. Humbert i \ull. who is a member of tlie First South Carolina regiment stationed at j lamp Sevier.?Greenville Piedmont, j 5tn. , ?g?4?9fg.| Air. and Mrs. William Meredith and j ; two children of Atlanta and Mrs. 1 I Louise Meredith Peden and two ehil dren of Gray 'Court, Laurens county, were in Newberry Tuesday, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bowers. Oaptan M. M. Buford, former sheriff of Newberry, was in Columbia yesterday with the first contribution from his county to the National Army. Captain Buford marched . with | the Confederate veterans as an esi rtort to the young soldiers.?The State, 6th. ! Alan Johnstone. Sr.. State Sena! tor from Newberry county. wras In ; Columbia yesterday. He was greatly l j impressed with the congested conGT; tion of the city. Tt looked as if an le^'ing place will have to be estabj 1: hed on the State House grounds :or ' t'-'e legislature, he said.?The State, : &th. Prof. S. J. Derrick of Newberry has been spending some time with 1 Hon. D. F. Efird at his elegant couni try home a few miles from town.? : Lexington Dispatch-News, 5th. Peopie in Newberry who have peen see' ing Prof. Derrick will think he Is i like the Irishman's flea when they read this. ' $ ! Oscar Nance of Newberry is among ' the winners of the normal scholarship appointments from the State at large, as iorwaraea 10 staie superintendent of Education J. E. Swearingen by Dr. Patterson Wardlaw, chairman of the committee oil norma! scholarships, in hia report to ftbe State board of education, of whlcn Prof. S.J. Derrick is a member. Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Parr, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dol/Ar o n TJfi.11 PrAWtt Af VdTT ' 'aivci aAiu a?II . TT I'ti ui v/n ii v 1 ??berry and Mrs. J. B. Paysinger of Po^k Hill were among the out-ortown guests at the Brown-Griffin wedding near Cross Hill August 29. as reported through the marrrags write-up in the Greenwood Index of September 4. ; Dr. D. D. Wallace's family will spend four months from the 15th instant in Newberry with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wallace during Dr. Wallaces asence from Wofford co:lege, in which tibe the chair of his' tnrv nt thp TTnivprsitv of Michigan ' will be filled by Dr. Wallace, who is justly regarded as one of the brightest and best of the historians, lecturers and educators produced hv the South. Mr. Taz Senn is cotton weigher at the Farmers' Warehouse. We .got acquainted with him when he lived at Helena, occupying the same nelgnuor, hood with the reporter, and thought there was "nobody like Taz." Since then he has changed his occupation, but he is "the same old Taz," al i ways plad 10 see his friends and give i them the joy look. He will he pleases i to see as many of you farmers as can ! flrminrl TL-itVi viAnr /irvff/vn Viol i es* i Chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Walt: er Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ev| ans, Jr., and Dr. and Mrs. D. L. Burns, the following couples an<l 1 "near couples" attended the dance a: : Clinton Tuesday night: Ned Purceli, I Miss Trent Keitt; Bob Pool, Misu ! Lucy Wallace; Ollie Brown, Mis3 I Sadye Fant; Tincy Davis, Miss JUI! dred Purceli; Marion Blease, Miss Marie Doolan; Willie Reid, Miss Anna Coe Keitt; Pete Matthews, Miss Caro Wyche; Pat Wise, Jamea Browning, Wilbur Sale, James Evans, John Peterson, Eenedict Mayer. Hawkins- Adams, Married at th-e parsonage by tne Rev. iW. R. Bouknight on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, Miss Mary E. Hawkins of Ebenezer and Mr. C. F. Adams of Pomaria, in the presence of j a large crowd.. i The reporter had the honor and plea- j sure of being present at tlie "war j council'' Tuesday afternoon when the ! "select" roll was called. Each man I was there and answered promptly to his name. Chairman Derrick was, as usual, happy in his remarks instructing the young men, wli-o were placed- unriF.r command of Mev. Jobm. 0. Hipp, c-r^ of their ror me j trip to Columbia. j ME. S. L. FELLERS LOSES BAR* A>D STOCK BY F1RI Several Recent .Carriages Around Prosperity?Ladies Aid Society | Entertained?People Coming: nnd Going . Prosperity. Sept. 6.?ThurstE&r ! morning at 1:30 o'clock tiie "tern or j Mr. S. L. Fellers was discov rod on J fire and before assistance cou.c ar\ rive two mules, two cows, one l\o$p ! and all of his food supplies we-o i burned. Mr. Fillers' dwelling was ' saved with little difficulty because tne i air was very still, at the time of tne | burning. | Last week Miss Bessie Bedenbaugn I of Columbia and Mr. Evans Bowers v were married. Also Miss Rodelsperg! er of Newberry and Mr. John Burr Harmon were maried last week. Both of the grooms are voiine men of this | community and are held in high es' teem by a large circle of friends. Their many friends wisn oota t^yica ; much happiness. " I Mrs. Z. W. Bedenbaugh entertamj ed the Ladies Aid Society Thursday ; afternoon. Miss Richards of Barnwell visited ! M^s ?aro Wvche this week. j iMr. Roberson of Columbia and Mr. ' 1 ? ~e c*rt,fnfi-kn visit ?>UCKlt?y ui jiaiuiiuu, ?u... ? ~ i ing Mr. Pat Wise for a few days. Miss Mary Wright of Newberry IS 1 spending the week with Mr?. Z. W ! Bedenbaug'n. Mrs. John Mills returned home j from the Columbia hospital this wee* I i ! where Khe has been for treatment <or the past four weeks. Her many frieros will be glad to learn that she is get | ting alonk nicely. Mrs. .T. C. Schumpert and Mr. j Schumpertfs milliner, Miss Phlltp?, ' retnrned from the Northern markets this week. Miss Ester Nichols and Mr. Raymond Lester were amrriert on Au?f v ' >9 at th*? Lutheran parsonsre of St. f LukeV church. Only a few friends ' 4 ' ? X +V>A AAH AW tf HTtifAll I v\erp Ui WCIIl ai' tuu nu?vi? j was performed by their pastor, Her. I Ruff. The popular young couple bar* i manv friends who wish them maca" i | happiness. Wfcker-Lirinsrston, Oh last S'mday o,,*ening Mr. W. J. : Wicker of Newberry *nd Miss Ethel i Tivingston of Pomam. daughter of i Mr. George Livingston. ^ere married i at St. Paul's par^ona^ The cere i monv was performed by the Her. S. P. Koo*. Newberry county is going to hare a singing convention. It iff,to be held ^at the mission church of Neal and : yvanace me nnn >^runaay m x,ai3 .month. Mr. M. C.' Hallman, who is : teaching voice and working up the V convention, says it is hoped to get j Charlie D. Tillman or A. J. Showait- ? !>er to lead the singing. All singers in. , the county and surrounding territory j are invited to be present. Dinner is ^expected to be served on the ground l and a eood time is promised. ; We saw some fine samples of corn at the door of Summer Bros. Co., from one of their farms?the Crotwell place?which is under the overseerI ship of Mr. 0. H. Peterson. Thd ; stalks bore four large ears each and | were cut from the field without any attempt on the part of the producer to pick the best. He says there are better and fuller stalks in the field where those came froaa. la mentioning that neautiful window at the store of Paul E. Anderson the writer gave the credit to Mrs. Theodore Long and her daughter, but it was another Miss Marie who i helped Mrs. Lon-g. It ^raa Miss Marie , Moore, who is also a saleslady ;i that | store, where everything is so lovery [ and dainty and fine, each one of tne | bevy being capable of arranging <nyplays with good scenic effects. Now Miss Marie hasn't said a word about this, the reporter is correcting th? error of his own accord. Here ia how ^e fell into the pretty mistake: Mrs. Long, vho did not want to talcs aJl the credit to herself, said to tne re^rter. llMarie helped." If she have said "Miss Marie" we would after A had it right, but having seen her tittls A daughter Marie there we slathered her A in the make-up without taking time to Jk think anything more about it rn trn? rush of writing so many things all ISe? time We are glad we. slippy a^>, aw| it gives- vs 4-he chance to make tfr.lB ibovp remark about the "lovely a^H dainty" things in that 3tor?, Jm / A flj Hnl