The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 04, 1917, Image 1
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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<?wa of starting out with a vengaence
in the enforcement of the
fews and then all of a sudden it
that the thing has passed into
Virion.
Practically' the same ordinance i*
now on the statutes of the town, al
%ough it may be a little more sweey'
wg in Its provisions, and this ordi"~k
nance does not repeal it so it is still
of force and effect. This other ordinance
was passed under the administration
of Cole L. Blease as mayor,1
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and it cleared the public square of
all vehicles and it was enforced for
? +*rne> and then it went into innocu!
U VAUAV ? -
ous dessuetude or something like
that At any rate no attention was
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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'
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ier Aull of Pomaria bank and hop(
they may continue to grow and pros
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per.
But don't forget what we havr> sai;
elsewhere. Monev is not bread anc
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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<
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ever have peace there must be mutua
understanding and there must be con'
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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.
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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, an<l
2 makes the statement that last year
? this county did not grow more than
i ten per cent of the bread consumed
r by the people of the county, and adds
t that for this next year so far as he
l
i has been able to le.irn the increase
I in acreage has been about 110 per
cent. That is a good increase but it
. is not sufficient yet to furnish bread
; for the people of the county. He also
? adds that unless there is more wheat
. planted the time mar come next year
r when there will be people wanting
- flour bread and there will be none to
- be had. The moral is plain and
* easily seen. Tf you expect to eat
" wheat bread you had better plant
j more wheat.
I Only last Saturday morning there
I was no sugar in this town, and we talk
L -.1 ?tViA f>nnntv 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.
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*, 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
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' 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
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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
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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
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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.
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! BORROWS MONEY TO
I BUY LIBERTY BONDS t
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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
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American Navv Men Find Food
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Cheaper There Than at
f Home. , . 1
AH ABUNDANCE OF POTATOES
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! Farmers Are Prosperous Beyond
Precedent?Young Folk Staying
by the Land?Much Better
| Off Than England.
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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
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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?.
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