1 V r VOUHB LIT, KUJlBEi 9S v.. .V?WBEKBT, 3. G, Tl'ilSJMY, DECESlBElt 3 191*. TfflCg i. WESK, tlM A T?1K I &k *$km m jeii Entered at tlie Postoffice at Xevrberry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOB. 5 Tuesday December 4, 1917 A GOOD ORDINANCE. That is a good ordinance that city ej^incil has adopted if it will only be deforced. W? have a war in this t and then it went into innocu! U VAUAV ? - ous dessuetude or something like that At any rate no attention was * I paid to it. Chief Redelsperger has ordered the enforcement of the new rdinance, but he will have to put his stop signs lower down so that the drivers may be able to see them, fts these signs are ignored every ay. I j * tt is a pity that it is necessary to what have sj many laws to res uiavv t? ?? ^ * should be regulated by common i sense, and what should be recognized . by every good citizen as the proper thing to do, without being forced To <^o it by some sort of law, but in the present temper of the people it seems necessary. iXo one seems to have any ? fat_ regard for the rights or tne uuici i.w low in these days of rush and stress end pressure and high tension. And, therefore, it is necessary in order to ^ protect the weak and the innocent to kave laws to regulate the conduct of individuals. But the further we advance in .civil iaation the more it seems that we need laws to regulate the conduct of ? . individuals and to make them have regard for the rights of the other fellow. It seems also that the Elfish side of our nature develops the faster as we advance. SOME STATEMENTS* All of the banks hereabout have made most excellent statements in response to the last call by the State bank examiner. The Commerical and the National are near the million doi' Mr mark and tin Exchange is close to half million dollars. And they have plenty?of cash and good deposits. But we are especially struck by the excellent statment of the Peoples I Nationai bank of Prosperity which we are printing today.. It has more than j f doubled in every department since tjhe statment that was published in j September except in tho amount of j loans and discounts and then the bank has no money "borrowed of course. The statement shows a net rrofit increase since September 14 to November 20 of over $3,500.00. Cash on hand September 14 was about $40,000.00 and on November 20 the statement shows a little over $188,000.00. And the in dividual deposits subject ttf check have gone from $81,000.00 to $162,000.$0, and "time deposits" which we suppose me^ns savings deposits have Y gone to $230,000.00 and over. These people down in that section have ft money. The amount of loans and disW counts has decreased about $70,000.00. But, gee, this bank has been going some. Hhk And then look at the statement of fijMhe little old Pomaria bank and see what she is doing. In the Scptembei statement the cash was only abou 58,000.00 and the statement o ; November says nearly $90,000.00 And the* deposits have gon< in the same time from $56,000.00 t( $155,000.00. and one-third of this ir the savings department. Loans shov a decrease of about $25,000.00. Bu that is going some. Almost equal ii I increase to the Palmetto Xationa ; and we believe is larger in proportion Th? Pomaria bank has only $15.I 000.00 capital stock and the People; National only $25,000.00. Well, w< are pleased to see money p^ntiful We congratulate President Wheele] I and Cashier Pugh of the Peoples N? tional and President Pinner and Cash' i ier Aull of Pomaria bank and hop( they may continue to grow and pros I per. But don't forget what we havr> sai; elsewhere. Monev is not bread anc I unless we plant wheat and grow il money may not be able to get bread. THE 3r\\ OF DESTINY. Somehow we rather like that letter of Lord Lansdowne. Why shoulc we not stop this war and have peace before all the nations of the world ar* j utterly exhausted and famine and pei tiience rage over the land. If w< I ever have peace there must be mutua understanding and there must be con' * 1 .Ml j cessions on ail siaes. vvaac wm u; | the value of the blessings of peace tc nations so exhausted that they car scarcely stretch forth a hand to grasj; them." Lord Lansdowne furthei , says that we should let it be know ' i-"1?1 ^~ nftmnlato . I licit vv ^ uy ilkjl warn, vv/uiyivw w *.*. I nihiiation to the German empire as 2 1 | great power; that we do not. desir* to impose upon the German peopl< a form of government against tlieii wishes; that we do not desire to den} her a place among the ?-reat commercial countries; that after the war w( are willing to enter an internationa pact to settle disputes by peacefu means. Now what is wrong will that statement? We notice * that i does not please some of the leader: among the allies. We notice also that President Wil son is to answer the letter for th< allies. We have said all along tha we believed that Mr. Wilson is a mar of destiny and that it would be uj I to him to terminate this war and this may be his opportunity to start some thing that will bring peace to th< world. Let us hope so. OUII BANK PAGE We refer the reader to page 2 of this j paper. We carry some six ban! | statements on that page. They al i maxe gooa snowmgs ana are enjoying a prosperous season. It will Ik interesting reading to look over thesi advertisements. Three soldiers were killed in Spart truck by a railroad train at a grad< crossing, and one by the railroad ai another place. Every paper you pici up carries an automobile accident I i and the wonder is there are not mor< of them when one sees the way ir which some people drive the animals and the little children who are running great big cars who can not see over the dash board. It often seems : to us that there are people driving cars who have periods of mental aber| ration in the midst of their efforts al driving, and people of that kind are rfancrorrmt! to nthftrfi who travel the _ roads. If it were only themselves who were in danger it would not mak? so much difference, because if thej should voluntarily choose that method of departure it would be onlj them, but when the 'lives and limbs of innoo?~t people and little children are put in jeopardy the case is somewhat different. iS^aoaC^! - - / --*' r Si))\ WJIKAT IF YOr KAT ISItFAl). t County Demonstration Agent T. M. f Mills prints an article in this paper urging the farmers to sow wheat, annnntv who L CI wim iai un i o v.Avy ~ ? j . wanted sugar and had money to pay for it, but the money did not i ^ l>7-in'? suprar. Late in the afternoon some 01 the merchants manage:! to I get a shipment, : lid the scene at the J Summer Brothers company reminded * one of a worse scramble than he had ? ever seen at a free barbecue, when i it loookod that tha rations were goI in^ to be scarce; and only small - quantities of sugar were given to each customer. We can do without sugar, but it would be hard to get along, without bread. If we do not grow more wheat in this section the time may come when even 30 cents cotton will be lacking in the ability to furnish bread, just as it was for 1 a few days when it could not fur1 n;<*h sugar. There is no excuse for 2 not growing plenty of bread in this : county to feed the people of the 7 county, but the trouble is the farmers themselves as a class do not' grow J enough wheat to make flour for their * own plantations. You . can see far* mers' wagons ?oing out of tpwn every 1 day loaded with flour. i *, We see by the papers that the governor was to have and suppose did " have thirteen different kinds of veg5 etables on his table for Thankagiv ing and that they were raised by Mr. 1, Coker and another man on their win1 ter gardens. We suppose the idea 5 was to let the people know what can be done with a winter garden in this * favored land of ours. Yet one can ; not help thinking that in this day ! when all ^hese men in position are I ; * , going around over the State making 5 speeches and telling the people Dy L circulars the importance and neces*. sity of conserving food such a variety on the table for one meal by the head of the government is not much of a practical demonstration of the doc trine they are preaching. Better had given some of those vegetables to some of the poor fellows who were ! * not able even to have five meat days L ' 1 in the week and not to speak of the [ lack of the thanksgiving bird. But i ' then it has always been so. There * is generally a great gulf between 1. theory and practice and we reckon if ' the fellow can have all these good . ! 11111153 lilt} lClIUn YY 11U licn-u. iAUL that little that he hath shall be denied him. " | First Lieut. Wm. S. Matthews, who [ spent several years in Panama, is in > Newberry visiting his brother, Mr. B. 5 C. Matthews. This is his first visit 5 here in eight years. Lieutenant Mat ) tews is on his way from Fort .Vever ' to Camp Mp^'e. r Tbe wortf "-' neers" in the he^-'i i to an art! ; ^ pa?:e 6 sho'1" l "?i?rners." It. i* " ver~ smal' t'lrs posftfon o^ 'e;t" ~ h' f '* r^p.keo the biggest sort of difference. mil i?m?^Mi?i 1 31KTU0DIST .IFPOiXTMEXTS I FOR CO it INJURY DISTRICT I , _ j The appointments of preachers for j the Cpper Conference were made on ( Monday. The list for the Cokesbury district is given herewith. t Ror P 1? llihhlp rnmp? hart to i ivv- - ?- ; Central; Ri>v. W. R. Bouknight to ' the circuit and Rev. R. L. Knight to , West End. Rev. .T L. Stokes succeeds ( Rev. Taylor at Prosperity and Rev*. .T. . E. Strickland succeeds Rev. Ducworth at Pomaria and Rev. A. H. Best goes to Whitmire and Rev. W. R. Murray to Kinards. 1 Presiding Elder?J. W. Kilg? ; Abbeville station ?T. L. Daniel. Abbeville Circuit?J. X. l?om. ! Butler?W. P Meadors. i Cokesfcury?J. W. Shull. i Greenwood, Main Street?B. R. Turnipseed. Greenwood Mill?C. 1,. Harris. Greenwood Circuit?C. F. Clarkson. Kinards?W. P. Murray. McCormick?.T. D. Plugging, j Xewberry, Central?F. E. Dibble. ! Xewberry, O'Xeal?E. L. Knight, i Xewberry City Mission?To be supj plied. Xewberry Circuit?W. R. Bouknight# : Xinety-Six?R. F. Morries. , Parksville A. Q. Rice. ? Phoenix?John R. Spinks. 1 Pomaria Circuit?.T. E. Strickland. ? * t t cial?a? i Prosperity ana yaoiy?.j. u. ; Saluda?M. T. Wharton. ; Waterloo?S. H. Booth. ' Whitmire?A. H. Best. Lander College?John 0. Willson, present: B. 0. Law ton, professor. | Erlitor Sunday school paper?L. F. I Beatty. ! SEE WEED FOR 2Vi CENT COIN i it New. Piece Said to Be Wanted to Help Meet Upward Price I Jumps. i t Washington.?Agitation for coinage ! of a 2y2 cent piece has been renewed . by the recent rapid upward movement , of prices' caused partly by new war taxes, and a bill prcoaoiy wiu ue pressed at the next session of congress ; to authorize the mintage of such a , coin. | Kills Big Chicken Hawk. ! Toledo, Wash.?Emmet Ivoontz, who lives on Salmon cceek road, killed a ! chicken hawk recently measuring four | feet two inches from tip to tip. The hawk has been an aDnoyance for the '* 1 -U last two or tnree ye?nr. unu ?nru amcu had a mouth full of Chinese pheasant meat, wbich proved that it had be^n preying upon game birds as well as upon poultry yards. I ! BORROWS MONEY TO I BUY LIBERTY BONDS t * I i Albany, Ore.?C. M. Gicldings f I of this city was so anxious to | f own some Liberty bonds of the | = second issue that he borrowed * f $1,000 for a year at G per cent ? I interest. As he will receive only f f 4 per cent interest on the bonds ? | it will cost hira 2 per cent a f | year to own the bonds. Gid- j i dings has plenty of real estate f f here, but had no cash with | i which to purchase tlie bonds. f GERMAN BUTTER RATION CUT About One Ounce a Week Is Limit, Per Person, Says Copenhagen Dispatch. Copenhagen.?The butter ration in greater Berlin has been reduced for tho wintnT* tn thirtv crams., approxi mately one ounce, weekly. Fifty grams of margarine are also granted, but the newspapers point out that war margarine is principally water and has slight nutritive value. Food Administrator von Waldow has announced that a special department would be organized to enlighten the people on the food situation. This announcement evoked the comment from one newspaper that "the stomach cannot read." t'alvin I ro/ier i napter. The regular meeting of the Calvi Crozier Chapter is postpone! week ir order to >ave a report o:" t'' k. D. C. convention. It will ir<" **, Tie* 1 th ?t f->iir !"***"' a.' ! ' o v > .? ?> M ; 'l" '"l T1" r Ruby Gossans, So srijnr.niht ran heralj.) y. i\ \\ MPiNCH ra !' American Navv Men Find Food I Cheaper There Than at f Home. , . 1 AH ABUNDANCE OF POTATOES i i ! ! Farmers Are Prosperous Beyond Precedent?Young Folk Staying by the Land?Much Better | Off Than England. I _____ Base of American Flotilla in British : Waters.?When an Ame^pan navy man ! who has visited Ireland in time of peace is asked what has impressed | him most about Ireland in war, the : inevitable answer is "Ireland's pros i perity and freedom from the war-time j restrictions of other countries." j Hundreds of Americans in the naval forces have visited England, Scotland, : and even France. All agree that there is more freedom in Ireland, particular. lv less war-time curtailment of per! sonal liberty, as, for instance, regard| ing restrictions in eating and drink| ing. There is no conscription there, j no "Defense of the realm act," few | war taxes. Is Land of Plenty, j Certainly when it comes to food and ' drink Ireland is a land of plenty in comparison with England. There is not only more food and drink there than in England, but it is of better j quality. And in most parts of Ireland ; it is cheaper. Meatless and potato1 less days are unknown there. Potatoes were never so plentiful. That they j are cheaper even than in the United j' States was unknown to the cominis- j sary department of the American navy, , which recently shipped to the flotilla ! about 10,000 bushels of potatoes which J were never unloaded. After discharg- j ing its cargo of other foodstuffs, the' naval supply ship was sent to another j port, where the potatoes were sold to j the British government. Fresh meat also is cheaper in Ireland than in England or the United States. The Americans buy a large; part of their meat ashore. Porter- \ house steaks are from five to seven! cents a pound cheaper than in tlie United States. The Americans are impressed by the j large portions served In Ireland as, compared with the lean ones they get in England. For three shillings they, get a meal which includes soup, fish or lobster and sometimes both, hot or cold meat, dessert, cheese and biscuits, i and tea or coffee. The same meal in a hotel of corresponding grade in; England would cost at least six shillings. Drink, too, is not only more plenti-' ; ful but of better quality. The drink- j I ing places in Ireland are open all day, ; and until eleven o'clock at night, j ' - - ? -1 ? i! 3 ' whereas in jungianci ana ocouauu iiicj I are only open for two hours in the af! ternoon and three hours in the eve- j | ning. Matches Are Scarce. In England today it is considered indelicate to ask a l'tiend for a match. | In France, matches are well nigh unobtainable. All the continental coun1 tries are suffering-from a match fain| ine. Not so in Ireland. Hotels, barj rooms, and cigar stores all have i matches in abundance, and they are j used with the same freedom as in the time of peace. i The Americans see the Irish farmer 1 prosperous beyond precedent. The i sailor in his little trips to Dublin and j such resorts as Killarney, Youghai, ana j Glengariff, passes through some of the ' richest agricultural country in the i world. The irampn^ amount of land j under the plow impress him, and he ! talks with many farmers who boast of ! the record prices they are getting for ! their produce, especially their live f!nws. sheen and pigs are so i plentiful that the beautiful rolling ! landscape is fairly dotted with them. Neither is the farmer troubled with I a shortage of labor, as in England. Labor is plentiful and of good quality, the laborers, not only in the agri, cultural, but also in the Industrial disj tricts, being largely young men and women. This favorable labor situation is due largely to the fact that there has been pracdcally no emigration from Ireland for three years, and the thousands of young men and women who formerly set out for America each month now remain in the country. Keeps Corn 50 Years. Hoboken, Ga.?David Carter, a vet. r.f tVio pfvii wnr. has an ear of VACIU VX uuv >/ ?? ? , corn that has eight small ears. Carter picked up this freak ear just fifty years ago. The corn is .sail in a good COiKT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. The court convened Monday morning with Judge T. J. Mauldin presiding, Solicitor H. S. Blackwell and Stenographer J. L. Perrin, Jr., both being present Two cases against W, A. Asbill, charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent, set for Wednesday.' The State vs. Spencer Werts and Henry Scurry, charged with murder and carrying concealed weapons, continued on motion of defendants. The State vs. J. A. Attaway, charged with disposing of property under lie*, nol prossed upon payment of costs. The State vs. Morgan Boyd-and "Will Williams, charged with murder and carrying concealed weapons, set for Wednesday. The State vs. John Bowers, charred with malicious mischief, nol prossed. The State vs. Will Butler, charged with murder, set for Wednesday 3 ft m. The State vs. Hugh C. Wilson charged with murder was tried. Verdict: "Xot guilty.'* In the case of the State vs. .Tack Williams, for murder, the court or,1 /", V. n T7?>vr?i/->f r\ f Vnf' SHliltV VI CI CU c*/ VI ?W v, n ? # A true bill found against Hattie Davis for arson. Death of Xr. Samuel Boozer Mr. J. Samuel Boozer died after a week's illness at his home Sunday evening a/bout 6 o'clock and will be buried at Smyrna this afternoon at 3, service by (the pastor, Rev. T. C. Croker Mr. Boozer was 64 years old and leavss a widow and six children?three sons and three daughters. His sons are Messrs. Wistar, Guy and Leland. Daughters: Mrs. Taz Senn, "r- -Mice "RnATATV MI'S W (T! Y> <11K.H13 ctuu . .nwc w"- . Ho is also survived by four brothers ?Messrs. P. X., Geo. W., Henry D. and Decatur Poozer?and by one sister. Mrs. M. J. Longshore. Summer-Xohn. Married on Friday evening at 7 o'clock by the Rev. Edw Fulenwider, at the parsonage of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Miss Yerna Summer of Newberry and Mr. Hal Kolm. The bride is the daughter of Mr. J. H. Summer and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kohn of Columbia. He holds the position of sergeant in the Quartermaster department at Camp Sevier, to which he returned on Sunday. The young people are popular in their extensive circles. To Sergt. Kohn, who is so nobly answering the call to his counrtnn n-Q OvfdT! H Pflngratllla L I \ 9 C C 1 ^ IV VT V_/ ViktViiVk v ? o ^ w _ _ tions for his happy and wise choice, in that he has for a bride one of the very sweetest eirls that ever lived. Woman's Missionary Union. The first quarterly of the Woman's Missionary union Reedy River association will be held on December 8 10:30 a. m. with the woman's mis sionary society of West End. All missionary organizations in the association are asked to send at least two delegates and all visitors from organisations will be cordially welcomed. There will be morning and afternoon sessions and luncheon will Le served at noon. Miss Carrie Lorick, who teaches at Chappels, is spending the weeK-ena with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lorick.?The State. Strother Paysinger spent Thanksgiving in Due West as the guest of his sister, Miss Mayme Paysinger, stulent of the 'Vbman's college.?Due West cor The State. Miss Azile Parr spent Wednesday in Greenwood?Due West cor The ?tate. Lieut. A. C. Jones, formerly of the Coast Artillery at Fort Moultrie, but - t*?t. recently commissioned ai run ^eic'horpe and ordered to C^pip -GorC *i ^nent tbe weeu-end in Newberry visiting his sister, Mrs. W. C. Schenck, in Ms old home city. Miss Catherine Garlington, the popular teacker of music at Johnston, .3 returned to ker profession there Mond?y after spending Thanksgiving here. Messrs. Jordan Pool and Vance Matreturned to their duties as armen ft Fort Moultrie after a Hrfof furlouprh spent, the . former 4n Y-vvrherry. t^e latter at Little Moumta.tT?. ' ?