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YOIXME LI., >OCBER 28. NEWBEBBY, SOUTH CABOLDfA* TUESDAY, APRIL 2S, 1918. TWICE A WEEK, |U0 A YEAB. ' SIX HUNDRED MARCH IN SUMTER'S PARADE SUNDAY SCHOOL PROCESSION FEATURE OF CONVENTION. _ ? * Key. >Y. I. Herbert i hum: I! r ? Ci'it;"!, ?^feetiner in 1914 Will b-e Held in Anderson. I Sumter. April 4.?Every feature of ?. beautiful spring day seemed to lend itself to contribute towards the success of the men's parade?the big feature of the 36th annual Sunday school association convention, which came to a close with this everfing's session. The parade was composed of men and boys who stood for the Bible and beli-eved in the Bible-. At 4 o'clock the parade formed at the intersection of Main street and Oakland avenue. It was headed by a fc fouad of mounted police and the Sum-; t r band: the lead-ers were R. I. Manning, S. H. Edmunds, C. C. Brown, fiOO men marched in it. Of these! ' -TOO men marched in it. Oof these special trains had brought delegations from Bishopville, Darlington and Columbia. The part of the line that attracted most attention was that given over to the boy scouts, the troops from Columbia and Sumter marchig and making a fine appearance. The Tine of march was through six 1 * blocks of Main street to Calhoun and these were thronged with onlookers, nil doors and windows being full and the sides of the streets lined with automobiles. Every street in town was closed during the hour which th? parade consumed. Through Calhoun street to Washington and down Washington to the monument square marched the lin? and halted th?re in front of the bandstand from which it " was reviewed hv President Green. Mr. "Pearce and Dr. Mitchell. After thr [hand had played Dr. Gre^n introduced President S. C. Mitchell of the Fni versity of South Carolina, who addressed Tlr 2.000 people present. The setting was entirflv picturesque; on either side of the speaker's stand were the two vine covered school buildings ;.nd in front of it the monument to the Confedfrate dead, surrounded by i beds of bright srar'et verbena, and everywhere oak trees in the new I green of their fresh foliage. Y W. C. Pearoe ot unicago spoKe on 1 "Dividends on Our Investments." At | the close of his address he called upon* the counties and individuals for ? pledges for funds to carry on the field work of the association. Three Thousand, three hundred and fortyseven dollars and forty-one cents was vledged and SllS.'ol paid in; Spartank"burg following last year's plan donated $500, the largest county donation. On? individual pledge* was for $100 Avhich is the largest individual pledge ever -.riven the association. k Friday morning the attendance was B^ain excellent, the interest and en^^Tbusiasrn in the work continuing. Several more address-es were made, then came the reports from counties given by their presidents. It was de<"idcd that Colleton was a front line "banner county and that Spartanburg. Florence. Union and Saluda are ban n^r counties. The report of tho t^nsurer. Mr. ,anham. showed receipts amounting +o and a balance of $473.13 on hand. ! Officer* Elects. K! etion of officers resulted in til, following: President, the Rev. W. I. ^ Ker^rt. Sumter; vice 'president. Cul f 'M Sr.i-'ivnn, Ami rson; secretary. thRev. IV I). .lone?. Easily; assistant ' rotary. W. A. Harrison. Columbia; statistical secretary. Chester F. Harris. Spartanburg: treasurer. S. T. Roir1. Spartanburg. Department Superintendents: Elementary?Mrs. S. X. Burts, Spartanburg: secondary. Prof. A. Wise, Columbia; adult. Paul ^uattlebum. Conway, teacher training. Rev. T. W. Gregu, Rock Hill and Prof. L. B. Haynes. Wilkinsville: home. \V. A. Harrison. ColumW ho't^e visitation. *h-> Rev. J. K. <"oker. Charleston: missions, Mrs. S. | T. Lanham, Spartanburg; temperance r T?r. Joseph Quattlebum. Columbia, Members Executive Committee? Prof. T. W. Keitr. Cleinson: John Burts, Columbia; .Ino. D. Capplemann. Charleston; S. C. Hodg-s, Greenwood; \Y. E. M. Peoples, BrunS \ ' - ? son; C. W. Birchman, Camdfn; W. C. Thompson, Lancaster; .)as. McCutcheon, Bishopville; C. E. Efird, Lexington; S. \V. Smith, Marion; W. S. Morrison, Clemson; Rev. L. S. Barrett, Eloree; B. W. Crouch, Saluda; 0. M. Mitchell, Rome. At large? Rev. J. B. Green, Greenwood; Horace Romnr F". F1 Vandiver. .1. W. Simn son, Spartanburg; J. R. Walker, Edgefield; Jas. E. Peurifoy. Waterboro; R. C. Xewton, Rennettsville. The Wednesday evening session was opened by a song service in which a local choir of about ir>o voices, conducted by Messrs. Tullar and Meredith of New York, were joined by the entire audience. me n-ev. i\. u. r inlay of Columbia gave the prayer, which was followed by an address on the "Call to Power" by ^ .Judge Joseph Carthel of Tennessee. .Judge | Carthel made the point that the j teacher of the Sunday school is near-1 6r the individual than the preacher J and so can accomplish more and bet-j ter work. Spoke of Missions. The next address was that of Dr. { J. Henry Harms of Xewberrv College, i whose subject was "The Sunday j School and the Great Commission." i He discussed the need for missionary I work and showed that the Sunday school was the place in which to teach of missions, that the idea of missions should be instilled into the young. W. C. P?arce. associate general secretary of the international Sunday school association, spoke of the work * J ^ f Vin [ OI ine Sllliuay btnuuis uuuu i heading. "The Call to Service." He I said that in the past ten years a j great change had come over the SunI day schools of the country; more in[ terest was being shown than ever before; more men were attending than (ever before; men and women were working as never before and wh?r? the elders led the children w?re following. There were three (ss-ntials in bringing about these changes: Class organization (especially adult classes. Bible study and family worship. The following out of these three essentials, Mr. Pearce claimed, was necessary to success. Excellent Addresses. The excellence of the long program of addresses at Wednesday morning's session of the convention was attested by the attention with which each was followed and by the large number who remained throughout. The first address coming after ho lnnmin? snnf service and prayer I mv "'?? """o ?o by the Rev. F. W. Gregg of Rock Hill was a paper on "The Psychology of the Primary Child" by Mrs. E. C. Cronk of Columbia, Lutheran field worker. Mrs. Cronk made a deep impression on h-er hearers, was frequently interrupted by applause and at the close was given a rising vote of thanks. Miss Ida M. Fishburne of Walterboro describ-ed "What the. Home Visitation Canvass did for Colleton." As Colleton is the only "banner county" in the State, this was very timely and inspiring to the other delegate?. In his talk on "Reaching the Un - * . 1 (reached Througn uie nom* urpaiiment," the Rev. J. M. Way of Spartanburg, Methodist field secretary, demonstrated the excellent results that have bcen obtained from home departments. Social Service. The most attractive subject on the program to the layman was! '"Reaching the I'nreached Through j Socia' Service," which was handled in ? most int r- sting address by the Rev. Hope H. Lumpkin of Charleston. chairman of the Sunday school commission of the diocese of South Carolina. He spoke of the need of institutional work, remarking that the only churches that were amounting to anything today w r those churches that did institutional work. Judge Joseph Carthel of Tennessee Qnmlnv school. ctescnueu a uanuci uuuuu; , using a'chart to illustrate his many good poinrs. Ho was followed by Prof. .J. \V. Thompson of Winthrop college, who discussed "The T achpr and His Art." He stressed the following points: "The teacher must know his subject and have a definite aim in his t- aching: teaching the Bible is the main business of the Sunday school: the teacher should know something accurate; any one desiring J ma;* through persistency become a J THE FERRY AT STROTHER. < i ? 3Iucli In con ven fence Caused by its J B*in$r Discontinued. Pe4it^ns Circnfatcd. Special to r<h^ arid News. ?A A i\?il T Tlio o + nr-L- acriain t( OlX UlUfi . ajji ii i . oivi rv "n"?" visited the rurual carrier at Strother, C a little girl, only one. t Mrs. .T. S. .T. Suber Sr., who was injured on the Southern R. R. train ^ j at Strother over a year since, has ^ never recovered and is now confined P to her bed and suffers intensely. ^ The farmers are moving along with 0 thcir work down this side. Cl I C T Ciihor cava thflt the SU- ^ .>11. .1. ~ pervisor has put a trying task upon | ehim. by discontinuing the ferry here! Ho ran nor stand the yells of those J b' wanting to cross and can not afford ! a' to ferry for nothing. Tint tin people |s( on both sides of the liver are getting! busy with petitions to ask that this} old ferry and direct routo from X?w- J berry to Winnsboro he openoa up anuj if its not done they are going to know the reason why Newberry and Fair01 field authorities should override the wishes of the people and the sta- . fc tutes of South Carolina. ni t( LEVER ELECTED LIFE TRUSTEE. c? Action of Clemson Hoard at Recent ol Meeting Announced. c< i ?7 Sumter, April 4,?The Hon. tticnara I. Manning announced tonight that at a recent meeting of th-p trustees of Olemson College Congressman A. F. Lever "had been elected a lif? trus- tl' tee and that Mr. Lever had now ac- pi ceptr-d. Mr. Lever succeeds the late \r. R. A. Simpson. The other life trus- n tees are Alan .lohnston. of Xewberrv; c? M. L. Donaldson, of Greenville; S na- c( tor B. R. Tillman. J. E. Wannamaker, of St. Matthews; W. \V. Bradley, of w .11 :n_ T> T A f n ii n i n tr ADuevuie, cilia n.. i. jia"inn6. Mr. Lever's election was influenced n; not only by his ex cutive ability, but at by the great interest he has shown tl during his public career in agricultural development. v< OPPOSES }V\DOO'S PLA>S w Byrnes Wants Customs Jobs Given to t]Democrats Now. tl: ai Washington, April 4.?Having seen iu Vir. onnminppmpnt that the treasury nT viir aauvuww...?-v department will not make any ap-1 af pointment in the custom service un- r? til July 1, in order that vacancies oc- w curing in the meanwhile may be saved S]for deputies in the service whose posi- t-( tions are to be abolished by the con- j solidation then to become effective. ^ Representative .lainfs F. Byrnes, of r(. the 2nd South Carolina district, will j at once take up the subject with Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. by ^ way of protest. m Mr. Brynes said todav that he does ai not think that Robert Smalls, the col- ~ ored collector at Beaufort, whose cc term his expired, should be allowed to hold on until the first of July, or c.r that any special trouble should be taken to preserve the official status . of his colored subordinates. I . The 2nd district representative will ? c urge that a democrat be appointed ^ collector at Beaufort for the p-riod . -<? between now and July 1. I The question of the date service at- J foots Charleston also. If the appointments are all to b^ In Id up until the ' consolidation sroes into effect, thou the t r n w congressmen from the 1st district. whoever he mav be, will have j f>( the naming of tii" coll ator at ('liarf i lestcn. !? the appointment is made ir before that congressman qualifies, the endorsement of the senators from South Carolina may contro!. and it is understoon that they are for Capt. n * C"f Arcn VV . .1. OlUi'-u. P teacher: the tcacher must acquire a ol certain skill, therefore tlie need of t! teacher training classes." ir Th--1 morning program was closed l by Cullen Sullivan of Anderson with j a talk on "The Sunday School and n Civic Righteousness." He spoke from j, the viewpoint that the Sunday school p is the great citizenship factory that jg the ocuntry has. He claimed that p nothing should and that the teacher (} should not wait for the outcast boy n to come in; he must be sought and ! t] "athere^ in. jE / ' i / . I OFFICERS CONFEDERATE HOWE. Resolution on Administration of Institution Was Adopted at .Ueetig of Commission. The following resolution was sent o the oTate Friday by .las. T. rews, wuri uie a-uiiiuiisuianuii ui lie affairs of the Confederate home: "Reposing all confidence in Maj. H. ^r. Richardson as superintendent and reasurer, Dr. F. W. P. Butler as hysician to the same institution, and Irs. Xixon as matron, we take this nnnrtnnitv nf PYnrPssiner nnr utmost v o V" onfidence in each and every one liom we have had the pleasure of lecting this day. "It is only fair to say that the Dard employed an expert accountant cl after fxamhing his report, revived on the above. "By th1 Board, "las. T. Crews.* 'Secretary." Andrew Carnegie has just added le million and a quarter dollars to le Carnegie Foundation to be used >r a "division of educational iniiry nnd study." The trustees plan ) make tho first "educational inliry" into the subject of legal eduition and its relation to the supply J lawyer and the cost of legal pro;ss. Baptist Sanitarium. he State, 4th. It was announced yesterday that le canvass for the Baptist Stat<* hosital will begin in earnest in this city i a day or two As yet no definite aringements have be-.-n made for the invass. however. The leaders and )mmittee have not yet been chosen The South Carolina Baptist hospital ill bo looated in Columbia,- if this ty complies with certain conditions amerl by the committee in char.se, ::c-ordin? to a star ment given out by le chairman of the committee. The following statement was issued j ?sterday: Build for the Future. "Committers from Chester, Greenood and Colu nbia appeared bffore le hospital committee and presented te claims and offers of those cities; id while the monetary offer of Coimbia was not so large as that of le of the other places, its superior Ivantages in geographical location, lilway service and other things eighed heavily in the scale. Bedes, there were certain con^id^raDns which led to the selection of Combia which promise a much greater ture in the Baptist hospital than Mild have been expected anywhere se for many years to come. "The Baptist State convention has id under consideration for about 18 onths establishing a great hospital id sanitarium somewhere in the tat;0, and for several months the )mmittee in charge of the work has >pn investigating the matter of lo>tion, organization, etc. This comittpp has visited a number of places i the State and looked as thoroughly ito the future of the establishment : possible. And it will mean a big ling for Columbia that the hospital b located here. "There are denominational hos i**1* in f i!" "her of the Southern rates. and every one of them is a irivirjr institution and a ereat boon > sufforins: humanity. The Baptists i South Carolina number about 140,and th-ir support of an instituon cf this sort means more than an nmense mon-'tary endowment. Their her institutions in South Carolina re all well provided for and this one ill be. Charter Secured. "The South Carolina Baptist hosItal was chart' red by a special act f the legislature last February, and le members of the commission formig the corporation are: Th-p Rev. ouis Bristow of Abbeville, the Rev. I). Huggins. Denmark; .Jno. M. Kiard, Xewberry; Dr. Howard Dce ones. Charleston; the Rev. Z. T. ody, Greenville; th-^ Rev. A. T. Jamson. Greenwood; Geo. H. Edwards, larlington; .T. \V. Quattlebum. Anerson; the Rev. Chas. A. .Jones. Benettsville; J. H. Wharton, Waterloo; le Rev. C. E. Burts, Columbia, and t. A. ?? rah am, Greenwood. RURAL SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY PROGRESSING RURAL GRADED SCHOOLS BEING I ESTABLISHED. [ 1 The Teachers Meeting at Whitmire? Those Who Have Cars to Take Tpftrhers. ~ ~ """ * I County Superintendent of Education i E. H. Aull gives out the following statements in regard to school matters in the county: "I want every one interested in the educational advancement and development of the rural schools of the county to remember the rally to be held at Silverstreet on Thursday afternoon of this week. The handsome brick school house at this place will be completed this week. It marks a - 5?-> tlia Vlic^Al'V I very iinpuruuu cvcm m ul0w.; of this community. One year ago the district had no school house of its town of Silverstreet, and, as stated, given by Mrs. Maffett. Today the! district owns four acres of ground in the most desirable portion of the town of Silverstreet, and, as staed, has completed a five thousand dollar building and will have it paid for. "The mecting on Thursday will bg entirely informal, but it was thought proper to celebrate the event with a mass meeting and a few short talks on - 1 education by some men wnu are muciested in the educational advancement of the State. Superintendent Swearingen will be with us. Dr. E. P. Tones, of Newberry; President J. Henry Harms and several others. Every one is invited. The meeting will be hoi4 at four o'clock so that those who go up on the train may return at night. "Miss Elizabeth Hawkins is sp nriing this wfek with the Siiverstreet school, and will visit all the patrons. The Teachers lleetinir. "The county teachers meeting will VipM with the Whitmire graded school on Saturday. April 26. It is j my purpose to take the teachers j cross country from Newberry in automobiles. A number of owners of have volunteered to take the teachers over. We will leave Newberry at nine o'clock in the morning so as not to be' hurried. I would be glad to have those teachers who will take the trip to send me their names this ' week so that I may know how many to arrarfge for. This is going to be a very interesting and instructive session besides being a pleasant outing fnr thp teachers. "I would like to have those who own cars and are willing to contribute- this much to the educational interests of the county to notify me this week also. "The following cars have already j been voluntarily offered: L. W. .Tones, M. T. Oxner, C. S. Suber, H. 0. Long, H. W. Dominick, McHardy Mower, J. L. Keitt. I am sure there will be others when it is known that we are really going to take the trip and what it means for the teachers and an aroused interest in the schools. "Supervisor Hill has agreed to run his auto scrape over the road before the meeting and I am sure he will do " I "Each car can take three or four J teachers besides the driver. Those who desire to do so, of course, are at liberty to invite whom they desire to go with them, if they have any preference, but I will try to provide for all who will go. ."Miss Chappfll, the high school ami domestic sci nee teach- r at* Whit: 'ire. has promised to give a practical demonstration of her work in domestic science with the pupi's or her class. This is the only school in the county that has a domestic science department. This would be a splendid | meeting: for the trustees to attend. 11 will be glad to see many of them pres- j ent. Votiuf? Four Mill Tax "A number of districts have elec-i tions in the next few days on the j question of voting a four mill tax so j as to establish a ni'"il graded school j and thus get substantial aid from the j State for the maintenance fund of the f district. I "Trinity lias already voted the tax. j K-- ctions have be^n ord red i.i .TollyStreet and Zion and an election to vcre a t vo nil1 t.^x has been ordered) in ihe St. Faui district. Trinity will^ add another room to the present ' building and so will Zion. In Jolly Street a new building will have to be erected. The buildings will be taken care of if the districts vote the tax. I By doing so and having a minimum enrolment of fifty each, district will get $200 from the State for maintenance. This will enable the schools to run eight months with two teachers. "There are other districts in which I hope to have elections ordered before the first of June. They have the children and need the rural graded school. "Miss Hawkins will go n-ext week to the Jalapa school and spend the week with the patrons and the teacher. "Chappells has purchased a very desirable lot containing three acres and will vote this week on the issuing of $6000 in bonds to build a school house. I hope to be able to put up a house at Chappells something on the order of the Little Mountai school. Tha Chappells district now has two and one half times as much taxable property as Little Mountain and over four times as much as Little Mountain had when this district erected the building it now has." u'tt t uigit rf'BADP IT IJUU TlOll L I JH/1 li! R. I. Woodside, of Greenville, to Represent South Carolina BPnkers on Trip. Robt. I.- Woodside, president of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Greenville. S. C., chairman of the committee on agricultural development and education of the South Carolina bankers association, and chairman of the department of agriculture of the Greenville chamber of commerce, has been appointed by the South Carolina K-mi.-c.rc association as a member of the American commission under the j auspices of the Southern commercial congress which will visit Europe for the purpose of investigating the cooperative banking system, rural cooperation. mark'ting societies, universities and colleges, legislation and laws, government departments, central bank, methods of farming and etc. Among the countries to be visited are Italy, Hungary, Russia, Balkan States, Austria, Germany. Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgiun, Holland, France, England and Ireland. The commission which will sail April 26th will have official power and influence given by authority of congress, the president of United States and the ambassadors of the several countries visited. There will be two or more delegate^ selected from each State in the Union on theselect committee which will be headed by United States Senator Duncan U. Fletcher. TOLL TAKEN BY FLOOD I> OHIO. 460 dead and 40,500 Homeless, Latest Estimates. Washington, April 4.?Ohio's loss in / the recet flood was estimated tonight/ in a tplecrram from the American Red Cross agent in charge at Columbus, as follows: Four hundred and sixty lives lost. Four thousand and two hundred houses destroyed. Forty thousand and five hundred homeless. Xine thousand families outside of Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati in need of rehabilitation. * ' - ^ "? 1 ^ /v or a f It has be- n extremely unucua iu ^ct, information nccoi: i?;g to the agent, because v.-ires are :<ii 'town a .'id transportation facilities uncertain. "Emergency relief situation in ach flooded district in Ohio b ing w ll covered," the telegram s;*id "Dayton, Columbus. Piqua, Troy, Ottawa, Sidney, Hamilton, Miamisburg, Middleton and Zanesville covered by R^d Cross representatives in these plac s infor Krtirinr ronitlJv arpii .11 u 1 a f fd Illinium irj I Uf/ivi..- u^ v on which to base rehabilitation. "We are pushing into the other flooded towns as fast as water subsides and we can ?et men. Col. Miller, chief quartermaster, reports need of underwear of ail sorts, bedding and blankets." Prof. A. R. Hohfeldt, chairman of the German department at the I 'diversity of Wisconsin, has been -elected president of the American Modern Language Association.