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TOLCME L, XtTSBEB 42. ? NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY % 1912. TWICE A WEEK, *?? A YEAR. ? 1 Col. D. August Announces ML SEEK TOGA FROM . PEOPLE OF NEWBERRY A MAS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Announcement Made by Mini on Thursday That He Would be in Race This Summer. Col. D. Augustus Dickert, soldier, scholar and patriot, stated to a representative of The Herald and News 4 , ,, A , j j .j u oil Tnursaay tnat ne nau aeciuea lo enter the race for the State senate from Newberry county, and would be t in the race to the finish. Col. Dickert is a gentleman known not only throughout Newberry county and South Carolina, but he is known by reputation throughout the country. He is the author of several hooks, most of which deal with the ^ ' I War Between the States, in which, while but a boy, he took a part which j a 1 /\t?/> r? ! >\ uil iui mux Liic aiiu auiiiiiaiivii , that soldiers have for a comrade who; knows 110 fear, and which has en-! deared him to the younger generation : which holds in reverence the mem- ; ories of the days when their fathers j battled for Southern independence. The introduction to Col Dickert's History of Kershaw's Brigade, of which Col. Dickert was a member,1 ? was written by the late lamented i Chief Justice Y. J. Pope. In that in- j troauction, unier justice rope paid to j Col. Dickert as high tribute as one soldier could pay to another. He said, in part: "To do this work, will require that the writer of this history shall have been identified with this command during its existence?he must have ' been a soldier. Again, he must be a man \vbr? n n hie fflll vir>tinn<3 no toady nor any apologist is desired, i If he was a Confederate soldier from principle, say so, and apologize to no one for the fact. If he loved his State and the Southland and wished their independence, say so, and "forget not the field where they perished." j Lastly, he ought to have the ability j to tell the story well. "The friends of Capt. D. Augustus Dickert, who commanded Company H of the Third South Carolina Regimen: of Infantry, are confident that he possesses all the quality essential to this work. He was a splendid soldier?brave in battle, clear-headed al ways, and or t.nat equmDrium 01 teni- j perament that during camp life, amid the toil of the march, and in battle the necessity for discipline was recognized and enforced* with justice and im-: partiality. He was and is a patriot." Col. Dickert has been a close student of political conditions since the War Between the States, and is one of the best posted men'in th? State on public affairs. A man of strong con- j victions, he has the courage of them, j us Dickert V for the Senate THE WHITMIRE SCHOOL CLOSING THIS EVENING INTERESTING PROGRAM FOR THE CLOSING EXERCISES. Other Items of >ews Fro ma Lire and Growing Town?Personal Mention. Whitmire, May 23.?Mr. Robert Stuart Neilson, of Baltimore, is here visiting his sister, Mrs. Jno. R. Roeebro. Mr. Russell Tidmarsh, of Newberry, visited his mother, Mrs. Sallie TidVt 4-Vkic* tttaaV IIldlMi, Cilio v> CCIV. Dr. Childs, of Greenwood, after a short stay with his daughter, Mrs. H. K. Boyd, has returned home. Miss Bertha McCarley is spending the week with Miss Willie Mae Shannon. She will visit Miss Emma HarN v ' ' i. * ' ^ T ' ' ' \ V " ' ; Br grove before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Abrams and interesting children had a delightful day at Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Abrams' on Sunday last. Mrs. J. C. Hunter, of Union, after a pleasant visit to friends here, has re- j turned home. Little Sarah McCarley accompanied her. Mrs. Annie McCarley has returned from a slay of three weeks in Atlanta. She left this afternoon for Mr. B. S. Hardy's, near Maybinton. Miss Lois Johnson was in town Sunday. Miss Sarah Scott was in town Sab- j bath. She' was the guest of Mrs. H. K. Boyd. Hon. Geo. S. Mbwer, of Xewberry, was in town Thursday. Mr. J. M..Major SDent the week-end,' with Mrs. Major and the children. The I little Majors, along with many other children of our town, have had severe cases of whooping cough. We are glad to state that all are getting better. Mr. Geo. C. Cofield, of Carlisle, has returned home after a short stay with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. .7. E. Cofield. Mr. J. B. Gordon, who is conducting a jewelry store at Mr. A. .T. Holt's, has moved his family hero. They occupy the Fant cottage recently occupied by Mr. F. H. Burns. Miss Frances Rice spent a night of last week at Dr. R. R. Jeter's. The Whitmire school will have closing exercises in the school auditorium on Friday evening, May 24, The graduating class this year has been unusually bright and interesting. The following are their names and the j; subjects of their graduating essays: Coleman Ary?"The Effects of Oratory on Civilization." < Ray Duckett?"Modern Travels and < Its Dangers." < Ella Watson?"Mr. Carnegie's and : Mr. Rockefeller's Gifts." Neta. FINE COMMENCEMENT AT LITTLE MOUNTAIN CLOSING EXERCISES WERE HELD 0> TUESDAY MORNING. High School Oratorical Content on Monday Evening?Awards of the Several Medals. The pride of Little Mountain is its school. The people have a just cause to be proud of this school. They have a building and a school of which a much larger community might be justly Droud. In order to erect the build ing they bonded the district to the full amount allowed by law, and for the maintenance of the school levied a large special tax to supplement the three-mill tax and the dog and poll tax. The taxable property of the district is small, and even this large levy fails at times to run the school lanfth /^sirpri anri whArvAver it does fail, these people, realizing th# value of a good school to their community, do not hesitate to go down in their pockets to make up the difference. Thi| year they have been able to run eight months without charging tuition. The bonds issued were insufficient to pay for the building which was erected, and those interested in the school have been carrying the balance, and raising money in various ways to pay the interest. There is no better investment they coujd have made for their community. wAlwAwf io eAm^fhino' nvor JL uc T71A1 lO ov/iuvwuiu^ one hundred pupils, and the tenth grade the present year numbered fifteen, eight girls and seven boys, as follows: George Derrick. Nellie Brady, Olin Bundri<jk, Verna Huffman, Laurence Brady, Eula Epting, Burke Wise, Eva Swygert, Verner Bickley, Birdie Clark, William Quattlebaum, Jennie Lee Kinard, Robert Lee Riser, Her?nan Boland, Leo Sbealv. The school closed on Tuesday evening. The sermon to the school was preached on Sunday by Kev. H. A. McCullough, of Columbia. High School Oratorical Conteit. Some time ago a high school oratorical association was formed, comprising the schools of Little Mountain, Prosperity and Chapin. It should be stated ithat the Little Mountain school is one of the accredited high schools of the State, and, therefore, secures State aid. It is the purpose of the trustees, if possible, to add another teacher during the next session. The high school association had a contest in declamation by representatives of the three schools in the association at Little Mountain on Monday night. It was a very creditable entertainment and four or five hundred people from the community witnessed the exhibition. Much interest was manifested, and all who saw and heard were high in. their praises of the character of the exhibition. Johnnie Langford, of the Prosperity high school, presided. The exhibition included addresses by three girls representing the three schools, and three boys also representing the three schools, and two medals were a.warded?one in the boys' contest and one in the girls' contest. Contestants and Subjects. In the girls'contest were: Miss Birdie Cl&rk, subject, "Pledged With Wine," representing the Little Mountain high school. 1 Miss Evelyn Swaim, subject, "Mona's Waters," representing Cliapin high school. Miss Alda Rae Wheeler, subject, "Hagar," representing the Prosperity high school. In the boys' contest were: George Derrick, subject, "The Black Horse and His Rider," representing the Little Mountain high school. Henry Quattlebaum, subject. "In Defense of Our Flag," representing the Prosperity high school Magnus Shealy, subject, "National Crisis," representing the Chapin high school. The Winners. The judges were: Prof W. K. Tate, of Columbia; Rev. S. C. Ballentine, of Leesville, and Prof. 0. B. Cannon, of Newberry. In the girls' contest the medal was awarded to Miss Alda Rae / . H * (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5), THE FARMERS BANK OF ' PROSPERITY GROWING CAPABLE BUSINESS MEN IX CONTROL OF INSTITUTION. Under Tlieir Management and Direction the Bank Has Bright Future Ahead. There is no better section of country in the entire South than that surrounding Prosperity, in Newberry county. The farming lands are good, they^are owned to a great extent by E. M. .COOK, President. the people who work and manage them, and the people are prosperous. Surrounded by such a country, Prosperity has "been built upon a solid a ? /] i ? riM A fll A VnAof lUUIiUctLlUIl, anu 15 WllC Ui lUC muoi 1 prosperous of the smaller/towns in j the State. One of the highest evidences of this prosperity is to be found in her banks. The -Farmers Bank of Prosperity is the youngest banking institution in the town, having been organized only two or three years ago. It is now - cmm11 H. T. PATTERSON, Cashier. doing a good business, which is con- j stantly increasing, and under the able! business men who are in charge of its affairs, there is every assurance of a much larger growth in tne future. The officers and the directors of this institution are men who have the con fidence of the community in which J they live, and it is a confidence which j S. J. KOHN, Member Finance Committee. . i is well deserved. They are men of recognized business ability and integrity, and there are bright prospects ? | (CONTINUED OX PAGE 5). ! Chautauqua 71 Be Put On Sc ROOSEVELT SWEEPS TAFT'S HOME STATE : | HARMON WINS DECISIVE VICTORY OVER WILSON. Harmon Litelv to Havp Entire Dele srafion of 48 to Democratic Conyention at Baltimore. ' Columbus, 0., May 22.?According to returns in hand tonight from approximately 4,500 of the 5,192 precincts in the State, Col. Theodore Roosevelt's delegates to the National Republican convention carried yesterday's Ohio primary by a plurality of about 25,000 votes. It now seems scarcely possible that final results from the primary poll will change the nnmhor r*f district delegates for either side by more than one or two. The best figures available .tonight show tnat Roosevelt has 32 of the forty-two district delegates selected yesterday, and that President Taft has 10. Alhough later returns on the Demo-; cratic presidential prefereace primary vote give Woodrow Wilson a fighting chance for one or two more delegates, t.he New Jersey man's exact standing will not be known for several days, when certain belated rural returns have been secured from dilatory inflicrps whn trv rnmnlpfe thp counts in their precincts before taking a night's sleep. Harmon to Control Convention. However, Governor Harmon practically is assured a complete delegation of forty-eight delegates to the Baltimore convention. His lead now gives him control of the State Democratic convention, which will select six delegates at large. A!so it is said the convention will provide for the unit rule, which will force the Wilson delegates selected by the districts yesterday to vote for the Ohio executive. The delegate at large situation in the Republican party will not be known or settled until June 3, when the State Republican convention is convened here. The Taft leaders claim that they will control the State convention and designate the delegates at large for the president, but the Roosevelt managers declared that late returns show the number of Taft delegates to the State convention to be dwindling instead of increasing, as was announced early today., Fought Out on Floor. There is no question but that the Taft-Roosevelt fight will be carried on to the floor of the State convention, when the final struggle in Ohio will be made for the half dozen delegates at large. Tn only 23 of the 88 counties in the State were delegates to the State convention chosen. In the remaining counties the delegates will be named by county conventions. Even in the matter of district delegates an official count will be necessary to determine the exact result.An instance of this sort arose today in the 13th Congressional district. (Sandusky), v where late returns indicate that the district will be divided almost evenly between Taft and Roosevelt delegates, and Harmon and Wilson. Early figures gave the two delegates in this district on th#> Re- i publican ticket to Air. j art. <. 01. Roosevelt may now get one of the delegates and thus increase his total of district delegates to 33. This would leave Mr. Taft 9 delegates." Roosevelt Vote Scattered. An analysis made tonight of the! recapitulated Roosevelt vote shows that the Roosevelt strength was not confined to any particular section of the State or to any particular class of citizens. He carried mining and in-j 1? * J- - 1- J.1 TT 1_ I ausiriai "ecuons, sucn as uie hocking Valley, as well as some of the oldest and most conservative urban communities in the State. In Adams county, where more than 1,500 voters were disfranchised not long ago for votesellins:. Roosevelt had considerable plurality. 1 ? Ichets Will ' tie On Tuesday ARRANGEMENT FOR WEEK OF PLEASURE A MOVEMENT BY N'EWBERRIANS FOR NEWBERRY. Co-operation Will Make Second Chautauqua Even More Successful Than Firit. _____ The public need not be told that the Chautauqua of 1911 was a grand success. The hopes of its promoters were fully realized, and it exceeded the ex- * / pectations of the people of this community. In the early days of 1911 a few of the public-spirited citizens, who had faith in Newberry and .her > . ' ' v: ^ i. v ' /ft ^ /WMaBgm^srSk Igfii^H^^IHH^^^H . //flPr'''' Mr. Plattenburg. Mr. Miles. ( , < / fQV people, organized the'Newberry Chautaqua association. These men launched this enterprise without expectation or hope of financial gain. If successful, the profit would go into the Chautauqua fund for the -next year. In case of failure, these men bound themselves to pay all losses. Their faith in Newberry was not misplaced. The expenses of last year's Chautauqua were between seventeen and eighteen x V hundred dollars, and after all expenses had bfeen paid, the books of the i>nneni>fli? otinn'ail >> nf CPV^ntV H caoi.ll OUV ? gu ?. wjl wv five dollars. That small profit will be used in helping- to meet" the expenses of this year's Chautauqua. X'^ety per cent, of the Chautauquas o. Kis I IPlf si %. ' PillIPi?>j. ' K.'' ^ _.; . _/ ' _. '' . ; :; ' />; _ _ v.-;' ;, 't,-\' jj vV. v ., .." // MillillB COL. GEO. W. BAIN country fail to meet expenses the first few years, and it is with pardonable pride that the management can tell the people of Newberry that their Chautauqua "made ?ood" the first year and has a small balance in its treasury. For the second time the Newberry Chautauqua presents its claim to the people of this community and asks for the same loyal support that was gjven it last year. This is a community affair, in which all the profits go to the public by putting it into a fund to be used in making next year's Chautauqua better and grander than this year's entertainment. This is not a money-making enterprise and every dollar received over and above actual expenses will be set aside and used in getting better and more expensive talent for the next year. The management intends to make "the goal of today the starting point of tomorrow," until Newberry can truth- % fully boast of one of the best equipped and strongest Chautauquas in the United States. It can be done by loyal support and earnest co-operation; it can fail by indifference and lack of public interest. This community has never had such an opportunity of' getting so muck