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/ ) VOLUME LI., MTMBEB 100. KEWBERBY, S. C* TUESDAY, DECEMBER 191S. TWICE A WEEK, $1M A YEAJL MILITARY SITUATION } ENTIRELY CLEARED UP, i, A5 ENTIRE REGIMENT LSSAYE!) f TO THE STATE. . governor Completely Victorious jii His ( Fight?General Assembly Con- j venes Four Weeks From Today. i t ,-v tka uai*q1h votvq Opt?UJL<XI IVJ 1 lie ii^iaiu CK,k*\A. - ? *-?. . , Columbia, Dec. 15.?At a conference | of military officers, neld in Governor 1 < Blease's office, the military situation in this State was gone over, and a re- ' view of the situation, following the ' conference, shows that Governor.! Blease has won a complete victory j in his light for the militia. There ;' were present at the conference Briga-j, dier General Wilie Jones, Colonels ! i Lewis, Lipscomb and Cogswell, of the three regiments, and Assistant Adju- , tant General Oscar W. Babb. It will be recalled that as a result i 1 ! of/the recent re-inspection of tae so- ! ?alled ""deficient'' twelve companies, ' Wwiich. re-inspection was demanded by I srnvernnr. seven of the companies ! i" were found in such improved and sat- | isfactory condition that the war de-! I J partment, while criticising the companies in some particulars, no longer ! requested that they be mustered out. The war department requested that > only five of the original thirteen be ! II mustered out. These five companies i, are tne Barnwell, Chesterfield, Bam- j berg, Conway and Bennetts\Ille com- j panies. Repi esentatives of these com- ?j wore hprnrp the conference, i and it was agreed that Chesterfield ; and Bamberg should be mustered out. j u Cheraw, in the same county with j j ^ Chesterfield, has a new company j which will take Chesterfield's place, j and Woodruff will be mustered in j to take Bamberg's place. Tne Barn- j well, Conway and Bennettsville companies will be mustered out, but new t companies will immediately be orga- : nized in these same towns to take ! their places. Representatives of tne j i other companies, which passed the j r re-inspection, were also present, and j -tvzsi-o ?nthn?iastif in their de- ! termination to get to work and bring ' their companies up to/the highest standard. > as a result of the fight made Jay tne j % governor, in which he had the assis- j lance of the brigadier general, the j three colonels, and the assistant ad- j jutant general, and the sympathy of j L practically the entire national guard, I an entire regiment is saved to the ; * Vimillri VlQVO hoPll Inst. I O U2.1C, wincii II uuiu "U.I. (had the governor acted upon the re- j commendation of the adjutant general ! and the war department in the first instance, instead of making the fight I which he did. I' legislature >ear at Hand. The general assembly of South;' Carolina will convene four weeks from ^ tomorrow. This being the second ses^ oion 01 tae same general assembly H >'???. ikii umrL" A V- ' M kviiicjui xiiCL last jf cai, i,uv vi ... ? W ganization in the two houses should , consume very little time, and work ' will probably begin right away. Three , , members of the legislature have died during the past year?Messrs. George , R. Rembert, of Richland; Fred Williams, of Pic-Kens, and John C. i K Shroder, of Charleston. The election j B of Mr. Ricuard S. Whaley. of Charles- j, ? tgii, to congress; the appointment of j Mr. Harvey W. Mitchum, ot Clarendon,; |Aas dispensary auditor; the resignation V of Mr. S. O'Quin, of Marion, and the W appointment of Mr. J. Mack King, of W Anderson, as supervisor, have caused ' four other vacancies, so that there will be seven new members or the next legislature. There has been some newspaper j talk about a fight during the coming | session between the legislature and j the ^Svernor. if there is any founda- j ftion for sucn talk, it must come from j members of the legislature, for cer-j tainly the governor has not, either by j word or deed, given any ground for any such prediction. As matter of! fact, if there is any fight it will be i started by tae legislature, but there ! ' i seems to be no foundation for the ( | talk oi a fight between the governor j and the legislature. , rne governor s messages, un T,ig day of the session, altogetii- | pr will be somewhat lengthy, because I hey; will transmit to the legislature: the record ii? the "military nuidul*.j the State bomi <x:id State loan matters. T. e annual message projv \ % ? ?r length than usual. A peaceful and harmonious session, ivith tne best interests oi' the people 3f the State as the sole aim, is very much desired and hoped' for. NLL3IAN PLANS TO TAKK STl'MP AGAINST BLKASE. Such Is Keport iii Soutliv Carolina? Wish He Would, Savs lilease. t k PnlnmKvi Q P Dpf- IS.? Senator V __ B. R. Tillman is intensely interested in political news in South Carolina and slose friends of his admit that he is ?oing to use herculean efforts next summer to try and defeat Governor Cole L. Blease in his race against Senator E. D. Smith. The senior senator is writing letters to his friends all over South. Carolina and is daily getting reports from every county, so those who have seen him in Washington say. It is tiie general understanding that Senator Tillman plans to make several speeches next summer against Governor Blease and if he takes the stump he will become the central figure in the most intensely interesting political drama ever enacted in South Carolina. Governor Blease says that he hopes Senator Tillman A 1 in-rtinct V* 1 m T-T o Will TcIKe me Stump agaiuob mui. says that he will meet him wherever Tillman may indicate and he proposes to tell the people of South Carolina what he thinks of Senator Tillman and his opinion of him. Governor Blease says that the senior senator is an "ingrate." He says that j Tillman is under the influence of his | former enemies and is really not the j Tillman he was before he suffered the stroke of paralysis. He sftys Senator Tillman has lest his hold with the people and is a "dead" politically. Friends of Senator Tillman insist that >.e is still the same magnetic and invincible leader of old and that if he could get on tiie stump and talk to the people that he could beat Blease or anybody else. They refuse to admit that he has lost the affections of the "wool hat and one-gallus boys", which were the flower of his strength in the nineties when he came out of Edgefield, a rugged farmer, overturned the old political ring and went into the office of governor at the head of a! vvavp whir.h nantured everv State of- > fice, the legislature, the judiciary and ! almost every county office. It is stated from close friends of j Senator Tillman that he proposes to j use his utmost endeavors and to do j his all to beat Governor Blease and j keep him out of the-United States ! senate. They say nis health is steadi- j ly improving and that he is almost j again as strong and vigorous as be. was before he suffered his first stroke of paralysis. Senator Tillman has already come ! out in favor of the re-election of L'nited States Senator E. D. Smith and has urged former Senator John L. McLaurin to take the stump and help beat Governor Blease. Tills Reporter Agrees With A nil in ? " ?- ?> I ?. ?..i D/>m|.aDf All Jdt* 3UJ S .1UvUI iivjuifasit To toe Editor of The State: Your editorial in today's paper on "Simplicity*' in regard tor lawyers' language hits the mark. All this multiblied redundancy and bombast in! forms of law is tiresome in the extreme. Good law is said to be con>mon sense but some of the briefs httnripH nut to us seem to have the other kind. Let us have some ino^e j of your editorials along the line of simplicity in that and other directions. Wise people use simple language. W. B. Aull. Dyson. December 14 / f A Severe Loss, Mr. D. C. Spearman, a farmer who has been running the Hagood place in Saluda county for the past year or two for its owners, C. .T. Purcell and H. H. Evans, met with a seveve loss Thursday night. He was moving backto his own farm, a mile beyond Helena, and had brought over 400 bushels of corn. 300 bales of hay, all the meat of the hogs he 'had butchered this winter and other things and stored them in a barn on the place. Early Thursday night the barn caught fire j and its contents were completely! destroyed. The loss is more than j I.(' and there \v'as no insurance, j .. m. The regular monthly inching o> < W. 0. T. V.. will be held with | Mrs. \Y. While. Friday afternoon at j ClIlZfcNS RECALL ORANGEBURG MAYOR GOV. BLEASE ORDERS AN ELECTION FOR DECEMBER 30. First Time the Recall Has Been Invoked in South Carolina. mViio rioflomhor 151 \Tit Vflf R F. Bryant and Councilman Henry Von Ohsen, of the city of Oranget"-,rg. have been "recalled" by a petition signed by 100 citizens of Orangeburg filed this morning in the office of Governor Blease. The governor under the commission form government act, has ordered that an election for successors to Mayor Byrant and Councilman Von Ohsen be held in Orangeburg 011 Tuesday, December 30. The commission form of government under which Orangeburg is governed nrnviries that 011 netition of 20 ner cent of the qualified voters at tae last election any official may be recalled and the governor is empowered, when such a petition is filed, to order an election to fill the places of tae recalled officers. The allegations made by the petitioners against -Mayor Bryant and Councilman Von Ohsen are two: That they are temperamentally disqualified to fill tiie duties of .heir offices and that they continued a policeman in office over the protests of citizens alleging brutality and indiscretion against the policeman. Flrsl Tsft of Kecaii. There wo.e 469 votes c:i6l ior mayor t in the election at which Mayor Bryant was chosen and the petition is signed by 100 qualified voters, as set forth in an affidavit from .John F. Blanche, clerk of the election board of managers. The election on December 30 will be conducted by the managers and under the laws as other elections. As far as known this is the first time the recall has been invoked in South Carolina in any municipality. Columbia, Spartanburg, Orangeburg, Sumter, Florence are cities in which the commission form of government has replaced the old aldermanic method, and Orangeburg like the others, has the initiative, the referendum and the recall in its charter. Mayor Bryant and Councilman Von Ohsen nave only been in office a few months, the commission plan being adopted at an election held only a few months ago. Because of its being the first time the1 recall has been invoked in the State the result of the Orangeburg election will be watched with great interest. A Unique Plan. Attention is called to t'iie ad in this issue of the Commercial bank. Read the ad carefully, and learn an easy plan of saving a nice sum of money for next Christmas. Saving "Christy rns money is no -iasK ai an n ine "Commercial" plan is followed. Mile. Oberita to Present Life Picture at tlie Carnival. The management of the Krause carnival has one of the most unique novelty acts shown in Newberry this season. C. E. Roussey, late of Paris, (France, presents Mile. Oberita, Queen of Light, in a se:ier of artistic lite postuers and tableaux, showing reproductions from the original masterpieces in oil from the different salons of the world. Slh?riiY and Deputy Busy. Sheriff Cannon G. Blease and Deputy Sheriff Wm. Dorroh are still on 4.1? - - *1* -v ^ f f ? r? a T ^ n_ int; joij in mt; niitj ui u.icrii umvt. puty L)o: roll on Monday morning before day arrested T. .J. Clinton, a negro preacner, and Sheriff Blease carried the prisoner to Greenwood, where he is wanted for breach of trust. The sheriff on the same day, Monday brought back Frank Singleton, alias Frank Hart, who was want? A tliio /->/-, n n t f r\y 'A lluV1 CU HI li.ua Vl/UUlJ 1U1 t-tv-vw..-, .. from Mr. 0. H. .Johnson two years ago. Getting up before daylight to arrest violators of the law\;ind otherwise keeping busy in the line of work is strictly attending to the duties of tne ic.iic without neglect or stopping at difficulty. ? -SJTSJn^ Carnival all this week, followed by !:o*h<'r <ia ly in February. In the ; 'Christmas and noise, carnival and confusion. j THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Masonic Elections?Red Men to Meet1 j Address by Great Sachem?Hap- j py Marriage. Prosperity, Dec. 1~>.?-Mr. .J. F. j Brown attended the grand lodge of | the Masons which, met in Charleston ! last week. ! Miss Roberta Long has returned to | I Xewberrv after a visit to Mrs. .Ino. i ' :frnc;c:nri ( . ^ j Messrs. Hart Kotui and D. Caugh- ; ' man, of Columbia, spent Thursday ' witn A. B. Wise. I | j Misses Willie Mae Wise, Martha Creighton and Ellen Werts spent the I week-end in Poinaria with Mrs. .T. B. | ! Bedenbaugh. , Miss Mary Warren leaves today for j !her home in Salisbury, Md. { Mesdames Saui and Thad McCrack- : I in. Ratchel Barnes and Miss Pearl j I McCrackin, of Newberry, visited Mrs. j A. G. Wise last week. j Miss Bell has returned to her home in Cummerland, Mr. Mrs. Geo. White, of Savannah. Ga., i is visiting Mrs. G. D. Brown, j Mr. Pat Mitchell has returned from j a short visit to Spartanburg. Miss Nettie Barnes spenet the week- , j end in Newberry. j I Mr. Bennie Chapman, of Washing- j | ton, D. C., has been visiting Mrs. .J.'j T. B. Scott. , | Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Wicker, of J Xewberry. were the guests Sunday j of Mr. A. B. Wise. Misses Mary Langford, Jessie 1 Lorick, Rosa Mae Mitchell and Mary I Lizzie Wise will reach home 'Friday from Columbia college for the Chi'ist-1 I mas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. A. G.' Wise and A. J. Wise spent Monday in Columbia. ( On last Monday evening the Prosperity lodge No. 115, A. F. M., met and elected the following officers for tiie eusuiug ^cai . A. X. Crosson, W. M. J. A. Sease, S. W. C. F. Saner, J. W. G. W. Harmon., secretary. N. H. Young, treasurer. This lodge will have their annual Christmas banquet Wednesday, December 17, at 2.30 p. m. Miss Mary Lou Bowers will give an interesting talk, under the auspices of the Young People's society at Grace church, Sunday morning. December 21. Miss Buwers sails, for Japan the first of January as a missionary. You are invited xto attend a mission ary address, illustrated wnn sieropticon views of the mission fields especially .Tppan, to hp given by Rev. E. C. Cronk, D. D., general secretary of tlie laymen's missionary movement, at Grace church Sunday 'evening, Dec( ml.er 21, at T.:!0. December 11, 1.013, at the Lutheran parsonage, Mr. F. O. Kempson and Miss Ethel M. Shealy, both of the Mt. p Tabor upir-hborhood, were united in mariage by their pastor, Rev. E. W. | Les'ie. Tl^' groom is the son of M:\ j sfnd Mrs. Den Xempson and is a young ; man of sterling character, while the I bride is the beautiful and popular I ' J ~ ^ "!VT o r> rl Ml*C T , f) ! aaugnLer ui i*xi. anu ^*1^. ?. ?. Shealy. The :happy couple have a host of friends "who wish them a long and nappy life. The Red Men will have a public meeting on Friday evening of this week at which time Col. E. H. Aull, great sachem, will make an address. Newberry Circuit. I At the request of some of the j stewards. I hereby call a meeting of j the board of stewards, to be held ati the parsonage at Newberry at 2 o'clock | on Saturday, December 20th. S. C. Morris, Pastor in Charge. I Death of a Lad. j Paul Pitts, son of Mr. and Mrs. j David Pitts, of Smyrna, died Sunday evening at (>.30 o'clock, after a lcn j illness, and was buried at Trinity. Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The vouth was 13 years old. He I died at the age when the whole world 'is bright with promise to the young. ! :,f the age wvien it is harder, if pos; sible, for parents to give on^ up ;>t ' the :y-re when ii is hard to die, hard ! ' < j that Tieath should rome. death. at all 1:- sa^i. l>!it ?o:nei imes sadder still. 7v> the sorely bereaved parents v.e synDatiij of the public in I.-, i of SO:tow and grip*'. bur .]..." - ,>uro!ai:on for after all and at : v." "t h t h e !; 1 # Some Advertising This. One of the most novel and unique J advertising schemes ever seen in this | z I city is with, the Krause Greater't i shows and is placed there by one of ( the biggest firms in the count: y. Tt is i an original idea to increase the sales ] of Spearmint gum, as everybody 1 | knows the original Spearmint gum 1 sells at "> cts per package. All over i rhp Innrl oxcent if vou buy it by the I box, then it sells at from 80 to 90 j cts for a box of 20 packages. 1 The advertising department of this i company 'has adopted an original idea J of -Mr. Chas. A. Washburn who is connected with this department, J whereby each person upon the pay- 1 ment of 5 cts is entitled to receive any i where from not less than one package and up to a box of twenty for each 5 cts they spend. The idea was first placed befofe the public at the Pee Dee fair in Florence six weeks ago. and it took the public by storm. ^ Over 30,000 packages was disposed * - ? j ? ta?I; *| 1 OI m o aays.i urn 1 mgiuj;, jjcuuciw- I ville, Bishopville, Aiken and Augusta J( Ga., in order mentioned was next vis- 1 ited by agent of this company, and 1 thousands and thousands of packages ic of gum was given away by JDigesto Co., 1 You have all heard the popular song "Everybody's Doing If tuis week in Newberry it will be everybody's ( chewing it?because it is certainly j M-io lioct and sniiarpst nroDosition!C vou ever saw.?)Adv. _ * C Masonic Officers Installed. I At an extra communication of Amity ] lodge, No. 87. A. F. M., held Friday 1 I evening at 7.30 o'clock, the following ] i officers were installed for the ensu- ; jing year: i W. M.?H. B. Wells. S. W.?J. C. Dominick. , J. W.?C. B. Martin. Treasurer?E. M. Lane. ^ Secretary?Jy^W. Earhardt. T. D.?(Floyd Bradley. .J. 0.?B. A. Dominick. j S. S.?T. Roy Summer. .T. S.?J. E. Stokes. Tiler?w. S. Mann. Callahani-Smith. i On last Wednesday evening at 7.3C ] o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Callauam, of 213 Glenn street, this city, the I marriage of Miss Ellie Callaham and Mr. W. L. Smith v. as solemnized. The | ceremony was performed in the pres | ence of several of their friends, by the Rev. A. M. Gardner, of O'Xeall street. ( I Trmnpriiat.plv after the ceremony, the , bridal party left in automobile fori their future home at 614 Cromer ; ( street where a reception was given, j When the b:ide and groom ror'-hed 1 1 h j their home they were greeted by about J j seventy-five of their friends who were ( ! anticipating their arrival. During ( the evenng a bountiful supper was ; ! served and greatly enjoyed by all pre- ; * i sent. The happy young couple re-1 ceived many valuable and useful pre- 1 sents. - The rbide is a beautiful and an accomplished young lady: and the ; gi oom is a young man of sterling character. They both have a host of friends who wish them a most hapnv anri nrosoerous life. : . [ t \fj f mm 1 Britrlit Bits. i i Clinton Chronicle. s | Shop early. 'f And shop at home. i With advertising merchants. And save money. 1 Recital at the High School. j1 rr" ~ will K/-, .i nnnil't ftt. ! ' mere ?viu uc ci the high school on Friday night. De- | cember nineteenth, at eight o'clock. !( The public is cordially invited to be 1 present. ^ Missionary Society. At a meetingvof the Woman's Mis sionary society of the Central Metho- j , I dist church held 011 Monday. 8th". Miss i, I * Eugenia Epps, was elected vice presi-' . dent and she is to work with the ^ young people during the year. L 1 1 I A meeting of the young people's society was held ana i?ne ronowm^ j. officers electeed: I Ethel Russell, president. ; 1 Saluda Blease. 1st vice-president. ! c I Kathleen Haves, 2nd vice-president. : i * i Dot Taylor, 3rd vice-president. : ^ Nellie Adams, 4th vice-president. ^ Engenia Epps. corresponding secretary and treasurer. Harriet Adams, recording secretary. Douglas H.ornsby, assistant treasurer. K'.'th'^en 1I\V -. agent Missionary < Voice. 1 Banks to Close. All the banks of the city have igreed to close on Christmas day an# ;he day following, Thursday and Fritiay, December 25 and 26. Will open, igain on Saturday, December 27. All persons having business with tie aanks will take notice and govern ;hemselves accordingly. Entertainment at Smyrna. The children of Smyrna fres&y:erian churoh will give an entertainnent on Friday, 19 December, beginning at 6 o'clock, at the residence oJ Vlrs. A. D. Hudson. The entertainment will consist of charades, tabeaus, music, and a delightful evening nay be expected. Admission 10 and 15 cents. Refreshments will be served; At Jolly Street School. Misses Lottye Lee Halfacre and Mae \mick, the teachers of the Jolly Street school, will give an entertainment by the school on Wednesday ? evening, December 24, beginning at '.30 o'clock. There wjll be a Christmas tree and exercises by ,the chilIren. ^Program will be published in .he paper on ;Friday. The fire alarm was sounded last FriJ~fna. danortmont tlirnpH fYllt la.y auu mc ~ ?? ? ind a blaze on the roof of the house )ccupied by Mr. Claude Sparks.? Cherokee News. A^ease of too many >parks of large size. A creamed colored heifer weighing probably between 500 or 600 pounds las been at Mr. J. W. Henderson*# place where it strayed several weeks igo. Owner may have same by payng expenses. Contest contest, contest, nothing but contest. It is all the go, to the ovpincion nf almos everything else. Lay all imperfestions in the paper t? bhe contest that is raging in tk? columns. The reporter can't re:rc!i much else on account of it. Mrs. Colon Cook is (having no periol put to the making and baking of cake ?it is caking time with her, and so far as reading the period point in the present history of cake baking shells at the colon mark in the line? alwaysmore to follow. If she is not the of ficial cake baker, sue is most. The five liquor cases tried during the past year before Recorder Jo*. W. Ea:;hardt will be taken to the supreme court. Judge Shipp at the rodent term of the court in Newberry sustained Recorder Earhardt in his decisions, hence the appeal to higher :ourt by Attorney Eugene S. Blease. In some of the proceedings of the late State Baptist convention a part )f the records in the daily print had Dol. W. H. Hunt as from Laurens. S'ow "little I^aurens is as fine as you make them, but we can't stand for 0 :hat. However badly she may want to, she can't claim Col. Hunt and get away with it if we can help it. Lrr Interesting and Inspiring Service at the Church of the Redeemer Sunday Night In spite of the rain an audience hat more than filled the auditorium vas present at the "Farewell Serrice'* to Miss Mary Lou Bowers, who sails soon for Japan as a missionary Tom the Lutheran church] in the sourn. Short and inspiring talks were made yy the following: Mrs. Fulenwider for the Woman's Missionary socie:y: Nancy Fox for the .Junior workers; Miss Rosalvn Summer for the Young People's Mission league: Mr. J. B. 3'Xeall Holloway for the Sunday school: Dr. E. B. Setzler for the colege; Mr. J. B. Hunter for the congregation. The pastor also gave words of cheer and greeting to Miss Bowers. Fn a touching manner Miss Bowers responded. She referred to the many vindnesse? that >had been shown her, ind spoke feelingly of the great work n Japan in which she would have ho honor and privilege of engaging. The meeting was very significant n many ways not only to the Lutheran church but all the churches of :'.ie town. A beautiful spirit was shown in giving up their night services and attending this meeting. The .vorld-wide campaign for missions is 10 doubt beng felt in all the churches. if you want to help your favorite v'n in The Herald and News con^st, subscribe for twenty years? and give ler 250.000 votes. v# V