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VOLUME IIT, SCMKl 71. ~ * SEWBEEBY, S. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1917. TWICE A WEEK, ?UM A IEAE. * ?! I - ? ! >.-) I " ' 11 ?^ H'HE CITY SCHOOLS HAVE' fW _ _ A FINE 0PENING Superintendent 0. B. Cannon has very kindly furffTSned The Herald and News with a list of the teachers in the city schools and the number in the several grades and also a list of * '? ?- 3 -rrr^N n.iV't tfte books tnai win De useu. wc , v?re could use it in this issue but we can not and will print the whole story in Tuesday's paper. There have "been very few changes in the booK? 4 ^and wherever the changes nave neea f made of books that are not on tlia State list Prof. Cannon has arranged "with the publish sr for a^ excnang ! ;price. The total enrollment of white ' on Thursday was 794 and of colored 270. ? SWEDISH STATEMENT RECEIfSJ! I * - 71 . I Stockholm, Sept. 11.?Sweden a <3 TTiitted today through her foreign oFi ^ Sice that she has acted as intermediary for communications between German/, and Argentina. j 4 A formal statement issued on the' revelations of the correspondence between \Count Luxbug, German charge d'affairs, at Buenos Aires, and Berlin, via the Swedish diplomatic poucn, ;states that the messages in question, "were written in code and that the Swedish minister was, therefore,- ignorant of theif contents i if misuse o<f Sweden's good or- ^ Sees is bound to have occurred th ! statement says, Sweden will act to prevent reoccurrences. i First, hoowever, Sweden must verl ! fy the revelations and then ask an explanation from Germany, the for i eign communication asserts. .. ' . .r It points^QUt thai no application ha3 ? ' "befen made from any side for cessation of the transmission by Swedisri government thus far has Germany Argentina, "even now or at any eailier period. The statement point ' -out that the Swedish government this far has only press reports, and no official representations in the matter. It recalls Sweden's permission to the American minister at (Stockholm for the transmission of letters from and to Turkey and Sweden's good offices -at the time of the seige of Klau 'Chow. ' * , \ I WILSON MAY TISIT 1 - SOUTHERN CAMPS ?& "Tour o? Cantonments Planned Before gf Troops Leave for Overseas Ser- ? m vice f 'The State. Spartanburg, Sept. 11?President Wilson and Secretary Baker 'are ex?. > a-j ~ titm : rpecieu tu ViSiL VO.U-Ip YT aU0"Vl.XU while the Twenty-seventh Division Is liere. It is said the president wtfl make a tour of the Southern training camps during the fall or early winte J T>efore the general movement to "CVonrp hog-int; hut *hp t5me of hi . coming has not been announced-^ It is not known whether the president -and the secretary of war will come at the same time or" make separate trips.. f Under the rules of the IT. S. Civil Service Commission therefwill be aa * - _ open competitive examination on October 13 2*r the position of clerlr carrier in the postoffice service at dewberry. The examination pegms at 9 o'clock. Each applicant will be required.to E-ubmit to ;he examiner on I the iay of examination a photograph' k of himself taken within two years.' )f Application m j*t be made (n the pr?>j ci/?ri>\pd form. whlcV with necessary W instructions, may be obtained from "the commision's local representative j L the secretary of the local civil servH Ice board, at the Newberry postoffice j W All persons wishing to take this exam- j ' Ination should secure blanks and file InriQ at nnr>P with T. C I tueir * ? ?-- - - j Shaw, secretary of the Civil S*rv*ce "Board. Atlanta, Ga., in order to & rj time for any necessary corrections rand to arrange for the examination, FLOYD AGADT MAYOR Tteelected Head of 8;>artan&int? lit. I ? Goyernmer.t Spartanburg, Sept. 11.?John F "Floyd was reelected mayor o' Spar* > -fanburp: *odav. overwhelmingly de? feating his opponent J. T. Hudsor.' - "M. 0. Gentry and fcd Z. White wer.?' iB -reelected commissioners. t THE RLTMOX OF JOHX BO WEBS FAITILr A reunion of the John Bowers family was held recently at the old homestead owned now by J. Lindsey Bowers. At this reunion there ware present ninety-seven persons. A bountiful "picnic" dinner was served in tne grove and all sp.i?t a /erv pleasant day together. Crquet was played by some wnne others enjoyed themselves in conversation. - ; j J It is the desire of those ptesent tnat a reunion be held annually^on or about the third Thursday or August. We hope to meet at the next reunion all of the family connection. ? ? ? - s?? 1*;T ?i raiiuij msiurj Jobn Bowers married Margaret Domiiftck, who brought him six sons and three daughters, viz, Patrick, George, Lindsey, Luther, Pierce, Nathan, Sarah Stockman, Elizabeth Bowers and Mary Stockman. Geor;?e Bowers, son of John, married Elizabeth Bowers ^by whom he had four sons, viz. Dau, Abner, Wll1{"*? UTaKptni' o n rJ f All r rTfi 11 cr^-| f p pc; 1 id in aim ti ?nu *.>/*? * Lila Trotter. Minnie Bell Padgett. Carrie Lee. Olar R^dwick and Lizzie Johnson. Second marriage was to Miss Bettie ;Watkins; third to Miss Carrie Boland by whom one daughter was born, Lily George. Pierce Bowers married Amanda Taylor by whom he had sixteen children vi7 Albert. Lindsev. Simon. Winner, Arial, Cecil, Linell. Bertha Morris, Essie Rhinehart, Myrtle, Nettie. Annie, Delia. Gladis, Eula Rae, and one dead. Luther Bowers married Golvy Morris by whom he had Johnnie, Luther, Boston. Bradley, Stem Pat, Mrs. Norman Boozer. Eunice, Nannie, Amelia, Enos and Pauline. Lindsey Bowers married, first Mary Bowers "by whom he had Jacob, Brabham, Bruce, Brady, Daisy Enlow, Amelia Bedenbaugh, Rhoda Bowers, and Pet and three children dead. Second marriage to Miss Cleo Patten. N Nathan Bowers married Bessie Morns hv whom he had Asa, Pink, Cap ers, and Annie. Sarah Bowers married John Stockman ; to this union the were born Sidney, George, Pat, Paul, Fred. Hosa Enlow, Ophelia Kunkle. Mary Bowers married Belton Stockman and to this union there were two sons Tom and Henry. / v Elizabeth t Bowers *narrieft Sammie Bowers, to this union there were born Jacob Evans, Cteorge, Minnie, Cola Boozer, Emma, Belle Butler, Matthie Dawkins. Patrick Bowers was married to Salome Stockman first, by whom he had one r?'^Iit^r- ' liee Mitchell and enn son, John, deceased. Second marriage -was to Amanda Cook and third marriage was to Ophelia Nates. All the children are living except one, Patrick Bowers, who was a very prominent member of the mercantile firm of Bowers & Dominick.' All the children living are prosperous, substantial citizens and are living on farms of their own in Newberry county, except George who nas located on a farm in Georgia. wr/MkA Dnran^Tr err a -n/^r>Viilr?T"on XUClt; ncic accut; ^iuuuvuki\?'v? and only six of these are dead. Alice Mitchell, daughter , of Patrick Bowers, had one son, Patrick Bowers Mitchel who married Frances Suber. She had two eons, Horace and Webster, and two daughters, Salome and Bernice by her second husband T. A. Dominick who now survives her. Five of the grandchildren have passed away in infancy or childhood. Two of the grandchildren, raui Stockman and Pink Bowers hare been conscripted for service in the European war. Dr. C. Arm?*d Miller The State. Charleston, Sept. 11.?Word has been received here of the de^ath Monday night ai~Ulberty, Nfcw York, of the Rev. Dr. C. irmand Miller, ?tKa ifl TP irioiir Vnnwn in South Caro olina, and who was for four years, from 1908 to 1912, pastor of St. John's Lutheran church. tTlis city. He left here in 1912 to accept,an important pastorate in Philadelphia, which served until his death. He was a scholar of great ability and a talented writer, as welf as a preacher o! eloquence. He is survived by hl3 widow and three sons. -.J...-. LITTLE MOIWTAX SCHOOL WILL RESUME WORK THE 24TH f ! The L-St of Teicliers for the Year? The High School Soon to be on j Accredited' List Sneo.ial to Herald and News. LittU> Mountain, Sept. 10.?The Little Mountain graded and high school I will open Monday, September 24th. | The following teachers will be m charge of the work: Miss Mayme . .Swittenberg, principal; Miss Amy i Werts, high school assistant; Misses Rebecca Sligh, Eunice Long and Net Wallace grammar school teachers. Miss Willie Mae Wise will again have charge of the domestic science : department i The Little Mountain high school * 1 has made rapid progress ior several years, and will soon be on the ''accredited list." Then the graduates of the school may enter any college In the state without standing entrance j examinations. THE PROSPERITY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CLUB The Prosperity School Improvement1 a/id Home Demonstration Clubs will meet at the school house Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. A special invitation is given every lady to be presents i j Miss Margherita Matthews has gone to the G. W. C. 1 < Miss McCaughrin Mft this week for a visit to Asheville. Miss Dickert has gone on a visit to Savannah, from which she goes to Lena, S. C., te teach. Miss Ethel Russell has gone to Newberry to visit relatives.?Clinton PhrrvnTr>l<? 13th. Prof. Jno. Taylor of Prosperity is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Taylor.?Johnston Times, 13th. .. \ , Miss Wyche of Prosperity is the guest of Miss Lily Richardson.?Barnwell People, 13th. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Carter of Newberry spent the week-end here with relatives.?Leesvillp News. ' i Mrs. .las. L. Aull and baby of Co lumbia have returned home after vis iting her parents, Mr. ana Mrs. jas. R. Davidson. Mr. A. C. Matthews has accepted the position in the National "bank formerly held by Mr. S. H. bowel! as bookkeeper. ,. iMrs. T. E. McCullougk and Mrs. Hinnant have returned to their homas in Columbia after a visit to Newberry as the guests of Mrs. J. M. Morris. Mrs. Ira M. Sligh and baby of Colum bia spent Tuesday here 'With Mr. Sligh's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. 'Sligh. Mrs. Lindsay Bowers of Prosperity, 'formerly Miss Cleo Patton, was here ' for the funeral oT T)v. Jacobs.?Clinton Chronicle. Miss Blanche Dickert. who is holding the position of stenographer at the National bank," is a graduate of the Newberry Business schoor. . \tv w s m Alton has resigned as rural policemarTTo accept another position, carrying with it a larger salary. He made a good officer and Sheriff Blease regrets to give him up. The county, however, is fortunate in the appointment of Mr. Jno. P. Livingstone in his* stead. (Sheriff Blease : could not have made a better appointment. Mr. Livingstone served as city policeman and a short while as chief of police and fTStve entire satisfaction. He was reelected policeman in 1916, getting the unanimous vote of council; but at that lime he preferred prl] vate life. Since then he has been a j section man in the Newberry Cotton j mills. He will as^um* his duties with the sheriff's office ^Saturday ! September 15. rhHrrh of the Redeemer (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor.1 1 ! The following will be the program ' of divine services at the Lutheran church of the Redeemer next Sunday; j 10:15 a. m. Sunday school. j i 11:15 a. m. The morning service.' Sermon by the pastor cn the subject, "The Strength of Goodness and the ; Weakness of Evil." All the members are urged to be present. The public is cordially invited to all services, j I VARIOUS AM) \hy ABOUT ( Cotton on the local market was quoted at 19 3-4 Thursday. 1 A revival is in progress at Bethlehem Baptists colored, in this city., The Civic League .win meet Monday J afternoon 4:30 o'clock at the residence ] of Mrs. Lambert W. Jones. . ( The probate judge has issued several marriage licenses, but the marriages have not been reported. * A keen-eved mar from the country 1 says that the town "will have to be 1 enlarged to ftold the automobiles that 1 are coming in. It "looks so. From the looks of the weather the 1 September gale must be" on the roafl ' Some people are getting a supply ot ' coal. " Superintendent Mark Smith of the 1 county home has had the grass on 1 i the court house ^Jawn mowed for 1 the home. * . J ' The Indies' Aid society will give1 an ice cream festival at Dominic';]: school house Saturday night. Every ' one is most cordially invited. i The all-day singing at Bogansvilie ' church last Sunday was largely at- 1 tended.?Union Progress. Keep It 11 p over there and let it spread aii over the country. ; 1 The S6 selected men who are to leave Newberry ne\'t Wednesday will also be all white is the orders from ' the war departnrmt, but it will have to be modified as there are not 86 whites in the iirst draft. < TJ7o n oroin nnll offontinn rlifl ! T ? ^ aham V/flAi iu i amf mage sale to be held Saturday in the storeroom recently vacated by E. 1 'vHugh Summer. ^Some customers get wonderful bargains at these rummage sates. ; : Summers Bros.' Co.. have another < new tank1 for ga-soline, the demand i for it being much greater ?wing to ' the rapid and growing increase in 1 the number of automobiles, trucks, < etc. ;! We congratulate "The merchants well as the clerks in the stores that 1 all business houses are to close at' < six.?Greenwood "Journal, September i 11. What is good for Green wood 1 would be good for Newberry. i ' The approach on the Newberry side to the steel bridge over the Saluda 1 in the road between Prosperity and j Leesville, known as the Black bridge, i is nearing completion under Con j 1 tractor T. H. Richardson. A man traded a bag of money for a ; barrel of flour in Newberry Thursday ] Mr.' D. A. Rivers took $12 in Buffalo ? nickels to the Farmers' Oil Mill an-! ; paid the lot for the barrel of flour. 1 This is a rare occurrence in any part i r fVi A T>._ ? - wi uic wuuuv. cuaaio uave scored a hit. ? Miss Sara Rawl's music school will open on the 24th of this month,"and ; in the meantime Miss Rawl has had her studio renovated and made beau- , tifuf by the touclTof the painter. She will also add a normal course an<l a i limited number of pupils will be tak- ; en in this department. ! \ People can manage somehow to got' < along through the summer hn* urn - in winter is hard at best, and when < it is made more dif&cult by the con- < dition of a most terrible war it be-;< comes intolerable.?Florida Times |. < Some of us in Newberry will be up' i against that thin winter. j' - The house and lot in Nance street. ? next to the residence of Postmaster ] Hill, have been sold to Mr. Hill by , Real Estate^ Agent Frank R. Hunter. The new owner will make improvements on the property. Mr. Hunter ( has also sold the Calmes at BrazZheman's bridge to Mr. Ben H.'j Caldwell. j , Next Wednesday and Thursday will . be great occasions in Newberry. On Wednesday morning Newberry will j . send her next number of men to get: ready for the front and at night Bish- j op Guerry will preach at St. Luke's ( Episcopal church. Then on Thursday ( morning Newberry college will have its opening. All of these are import-, ant events for Newberry. The Daily Journal congratulates the Water and Light Commission as well as the people of Greenwood upon the decision to reduce the rare cn water ( and lights.?Greenwood Journal. We i are throwing out a hint here for the benefit of Newberry, ind at the same time we cannot nejp wisi:iui* araL mia ritv was not in so much storm arei That's all?no harm in saving that. The Dutch weather prophet's eo!i spell in ho* Sentence1* arr;vo.j ^ { 'c-wberry. On Monday evening at f j iark the thermometer registered T.t. At daybreak Tuesday the mercury, iad.dropped to 58. Tuesday night it tvas 62 and Wednesday morning 48. fhe sudden change miio <*.niie pw^le k-eic fire, covering ..mi heavier clotning. Part of the old speli was accompanied by fine showers. The Western Recorder says wisely vhen it says: "If necessary, raort-j =;age the farm or store to enrichen :he life of the child. Most parents ire accumulating for their children, :hen why not invest their money in ;heir children, rather than leave it to :hem. Give them property that they :annot get rid of. Better an e&uca 5^1 A J -1 1 M f .ion wuuoul a uuuai-. . Since the Tanyard hill in the Bel-^ test road has been put in ?ood condition Rural Carrier W. G. Peterson is 9 more satisfied to travel that road with his mail. He Is thankful to Messrs. J Hagood Clary and Jas. F. Epting for glvt:ig the gravel and to the' \ fr "fliers of the ns'gtiborhcod for furnishing tho wagons and teams and drivers, as well as to /Supervisor J. C. Sample for his part of the w^rk. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gillespie of Effingham announced the birth of a son, W. B., Jr., on September 8th. Mrs. F (xlllespie is pleasantly remembered m Union as Miss Ruth Wilburn.? Union Progress. That's the way it P is. Some want these little things mentioned, while others don't wish anything to be said. A reporter is between the "devil and the deep sea*4 n\ when it comes to chronicling oa'afe.? and some other things. I A story of young married lifp in York suburb i3 told in "The Iron Ring,'-' which Will- be seen Mon- j 3ay at the- opera'bouse. Real life characters formed the basis of this story. f{ The story is told in a speedy, eniei- ^ taining style that grips the attention -wf f Via orvo^fotnra an? hnki? if Th?? ... 0] 3cenic effects are particularly note01 worthy. Altogether it is an excep, ei tional production, exceptional in its aj cleverness, in the polish with wliieh ( it is; presented, in its speed and in j." ihe entertainment qualities of the story. gl 0. Henry's story, "Madame Bo- A Peep of the Ranches," has been put infn rvirtnrps bv Triansle. Seena ,"vw r "v" * w J/1 Owen will be seen as Madame Be- e, Pe*p. at the opera house Saturday. This daring athlete and dashing Trl- a] ingle star performs thrilling feats of pi horsemanship in her latest role of a V( capricious couquette. Miss Owen Is ^ an accomplished horsewoman, having pi learned to ride bucking bronchos on ^ the Oregon ranch where she was p] born. She swims like a mermaid, shoots a rifie, revolver or snotgun ana is skilled in various other ? thletic c, attainments. n, "Sowers an3 Reapers," to be at trie s] Dpera house Friday, is a 5-aet Metro p-, wonderplay of a secret * hride who 45 triumphed over intrigue, a play with dj a powerful appeal in it. The story g; is a simple one, wholesome and full li; Df action. In "Sowers and Reapers" h; Lhe making of a motion picture is fC shown. Many of the scenes were tak- b< m in Jacksonville, Fla., where George Stuart Christie, the leading man, had fe i narrow escape from drowning tn w the St. John's river. In the play' Miss h< Wehlen takes the part of pretty Peg- i gy Parr, a Southern girl born in til Baltimore, who has the happy combl- fe nation of Southern beanty^and Irish t, twU I Vf 1\ I One of the many original features u that will be at the big Gaston county bl ['air, which will be held on October m 5-13. in Gastooia, N. C., will be an it 'old time singing."?Gaffney Ledger.; in rhiifsinging question is ringing'every- al where, and on the fifth Sunday in this month it will be heard at the r church built some time ago by Messsr ft J. C. Neel ami W. E. Wallace in this w county, as some people here have tak- ef ^ m<L ? T* s\rl tvrfr tr? cr' en It Up. 1 lie Vrauuej , iu w?o ^ ing its readers to "don't forget" the di singing next Sunday at Limestone m Baptist church." (it seems they are t h^vilig them ftll around in Cherokee I county) says: "We know of nothing ir more elevating, home inspiring tnan ai goocT singing." That is exactly the m way we feel about it and is why we w keep at it [ 'b; i I WE PAY ( SH for chickens and eggs.| rj Egsrs 35c doz.: L Hens 18c lb. ^ Frvg .. 18c. \b. ^ Miller Bros., Prosperity, S. C. " \ a. Opera House PROGRAMME Friday, September 14 Metro Pictures Present EMMY WEHLF5 in . "SOWEKS A\D REAPERS" Five Reelfl., Saturday, September 15th Triangle Pictures t'reseni. SEES A OWENS in <?M A n \ HE ttO-PEEP* Five Reels. Also a TRIANGLE COMEDY and a ^ METRO COMEDY. ,:-i v v Monday, September 17 World Pictures Present RTHCR ASHLEY, GERDA HOMES an3 " EDWA P f LXNGFORD 1 ^ N. i n "THE IRO?i rLTifr . Brady-Made Pictures. ORtfER SHERIFF COMES v OUT WITH THE PACTS rominent >Tan Says Woney CooJdnt Boy Good Tanlae D d For Him "TMTDXT MAKF MISTAKE" r Xerer Felt Better in My Life* Says Mr. Undersoil, "A YEW Man Already" "Money could hot buy the good Taar has done me and T gladly recom~ lend it for what rt "has done in my >se." said Hon. Arctic R. Anderson, c-sheriff of Harris County, Texas. Mr. Anderson is unquestionably it>t ily one of the beat known but also le of the most popular men that er held office in Texas. After serrlnaj ; deputy sheriff of Harris County far ! years he was elected Chief of ce of Houston. He had occupied tms fice only a short time when the leriff of Harris County died. Mr. nderson's friends then persuaded im to make the race for the unexired term of sheriff, to which he isilv was elected. He was honored i;h re-election seven different times id served the people in this most rmortant office fifteen consecutive ears. Four years ago Mr. Anderson eclin^d rs-electio;i and retired to) rivate life. He cast his lot among le people of Houston and is a large roperty owner aEd foremost citizea ? that citv. i "I was in a run down condition,"' ontinued Mr. Anderson, "and had o appetite at afl." I could hardly eep at nisht and did not feel like attin& 11 n in the morning I felt so - i red. I had til? worst form of ingestion. suffered all the time with is on my stomach and was oontinillv belching up undigested food. I ad to tak^ my coffee without sugar, >r when I drank it with sugar I wouiof jlch for hours. I would bloat and veil up like I was poisoned and sufred with neuralgic pains of the orst sort, and nothing seemed to 3lp except m a temporary way. juut can't tell how I. did suffer 1* t-e past four years and up until a :w weeks ago when I began takiag anlac. Hffben I read the testimonials a(P >me who had been relieved of trouies like mine"! felt I Just, eonlda't ake a mistake by Taking Tanlac, a^4 has done even more for me thai I id "expected. I began to feel better Iter taking my first bottle and I bars ist now started on my third ,an m a different man already. I s*ee? ke a Tog now and eat just any an< 7erythin2r I want without the slight3t discomfort afterwards. I am lad to endorse Tanlac because it oes the worlC^and I'm telling all iy friends Just what T am telling you. nev^r felt. better in my life thaa do since taking Tanl-ac. I am willis: for you to publish my statement r?d let every suffering person who 137 wish benefit by my experience ith this srreat metTieine." ^anTne. the master medicine i? scrfd 7'' OiMer & We^3, Newberry. ?. r? r. W. 0. Hollo way. Chappells, S. C, '" tie Mountain Drug Co..- Little ronntain. S. C., The Setzly Companv. oTv,orio. s. n.. T3roc^'?ritv Drue: Co., rrcrvn'jtv ?. c.t whwrriire Pharm?y, Whitmire. S. C.?Adv.