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VOLLSE LII, MMBLR 44. VFffHFRRY S f IlillMY n vr - ~ >EWBtKlii, S C? 1 RIIM1, .1! M, |i?U. TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A YEAB. , sUcChSSFUL SCHOOL | I YEAR COMES TO CLOSE' ' I PROSPERITY HIGH SCHOOL DO- | INO EXCELLENT WORK. \I1 Teachers Reelected?Programmes Of Commencement -Medals and Prizes. Special to The Herald and News* Prosperity, June 4.?The Prosperity I ' i? i ?.?/vn/-./\n>An Tvrvcro Tt Qnn - I mgn scxiooi ci/HiiiicHtciucu. vuu i day when the commencement sermon was delivered by Dr. C. A. Fr^pd, of Columbia, on the subject. "Lord Help Me." 'This was one of the most prac ical and elevating discourses ever delivered before Prosperity high school. On Msnday evening the boys declamation contest was held. The programme was as follows: 1 Death Bed of Benedict Arnold?Lee ,? Boozer. [ The Governor's Decision?Leo * JMathis. In Defense of Our Flag?Alvin Singley. Liberty?Earl Taylor. Lest We Forget?Price Harmon. Mr. Price Harm3n of ;he tenth grade captured the medal given by iC-il. I. H. Hunt. The address given on Tuesday morning to the graduating class yb the | Rev. E. Pendleton Jones was one of the best ever heard in Prosperity. The girls reading cjii est on Tuesday evening was well rendered. The programme being: rkumih Sfl'virmr?iMarauerite 1 I iiC J?/Ui4iJV N/W w Wise. f Xo Room for Mo her?Elizabeth McWatersr. The Golden Shroud of Olaf Guldmar?jJRuby Wheeler. nno Viohp the Hisliest?Kate M. Xance. $ Constantius and the Lion?Maud Harmon. , , Miss Ruby Wheeler was the successful winner of this medal given by Mr. W. W. Wheeler. Honorable men- j - - n:- -vCoo ! tion being given 10 .vuss Nance. ^ The climax was reached on Wedt-) nesday evening when the class exerf cises were carried out wi hout a flaw. The well selected programme showed the ability of the out-going class, which was as follows: Salutatory?Susan Langford. Declamation?Berley Taj'lor. Class His cry?Bessie Lee Gibson. Class Will?>Henry Quattlebaum. Class Prophecy?-Mary DeWalt Hunter. VTnr>in W" Vi Pf v clicuiv; ui; ? ti uc ?? uv-..v.. The following a'-'e the graduates: Annie Mae Con will, Wyche Dickert. , ? Bessie Lee Gibson, Maude Luanda Harmon, Price Kenneth Harmon, Mary DeWalt Hunter, Susie Frances Lang. rd,' Marguerite Wise, Katie Mas Xance, Henry Langr'ord Quat lebaum,! Alvin Arthur Singley, Berley Liberty J Tavlnr. Xaucv Erwin Wheeler, Ruby J (Wheeler, Ve-"ne Wheeler. After which the following medals and p'-'izes were awarded: The primary prize, given by the school was won by Francis May. The third grade prize won by BerviVo AfproVcint- h ,norable mention to Grace Wheeler. The fourth and fifth grade medal, given by Mr. R. C. Counts, of Columbia, was won by Grady Bedenbaugh, Avith honorable men-ion to Joe Lang-j ford. The sixth and seventh grade medal I given by Dr. J. S. Wheeler was cap- j tured by Pickens Langford, the nex.; j best being Nellie Wise. The high school mathematical medal given by Dr. 0. B. Simpson was ^o;i j by Miss Mass Fellers. i i The high scho:i scholarship medal gievn by Dr. G. Y. Hunter was won by Price Harmon, honorable mention to Grace Sea?e. The tenth grade essay medal given ~ TT ? ,1 - C V 1 T.rr>C toy UOl." t,. M. AU1I, IH ? UCi i *, >?ao awarded j Miss Ru^y Wheeler, with honorable mention to Mary DeWal' H jnter. The Newberry college scholarship was given to Price Harmon. These exercises closed ue in :s~ sue cessful school year in ue cisiory 01 the school. All the teachers were reelected ar.d have accepted wi h he exception :f Mr. J. B. Ballentine. The superin endent is Prof. J. S. Wlieel*?, \ I I V er. the teachers are Misses Willie Mae Wise, Su.sie Langford. Martha Creigii- i ton and Gertrude Bobb. j \tr>. f '/ ?? r-1 a. will P)1 PP nil! I on Thursday evening in honor of her ] house guest, Mrs. C\ E. Perkins, 01 1 Atlanta. Progressive conversation j will be feature of the evening, after i which a refreshing ice course will be i ! served by Misses Mabel and Elizabeth j McWaters. Marguerite and Xellie Wise j o ab ut a half hundred gues s. Mr. Robert Counts will return today j to Batesburg, after a week's visit to j I his parents. Miss C!a a Brown has completed ! her course at Dae West Female college and reached home Wednesday for the summer. (Mrs. F. L. Brjwn, of Salisbury. X. ! I C., is he guest o:' her sister, Mrs. K O. Counts. Miss Ethel Counts, el" Darlington, is home for the summer vacation. Misses Grace Burton Reagin. Connie l.ee Langford, Eunice Shealy, Eunice Long and Helen Wheeler ar:ived Wednesday from Wintnr ;p. M'.'s. J. L. Lyons, cf Columbia, is visiting her bro hers, Messrs. D. M. and P .L. Langford. Mr. Horace Shealy, or u ne .Mountain, is spending commencement f\veek \vi h Mr. Campbell Lake. Mrs. J. 3. Bedenbaugh, of Pomaria, is visiting her parents. Miss Fannie Holloway, of Xewberry, is the guest of Mrs. G. Y. Hunter. Mr. ana Mrs. F. L. Schumpert have returned to Dallas, Texas, a' er spending several weeks with relatives. Miss R:sa Ridgell, of Batesburg, en rou e to Greenville, spent several days with .her aunt, Mrs. J. L. Wise. Miss Mary Lizzie Wise, a graduate ! of music at the Columbia college, is home for the summer. r'rvi .] F. HJbbs. of New York, is j visi ing his many friends here. '!Miss Bessie Taylor, of Batesburg. j is home for the summer vacation. Mr. C. P. Barre has completed his j course in law at ;he University of ! South Carolina and is spending a while with his sister, Mrs. E. W. Werts, before locating. \ TO SEVER CONNECTION. Kev. S. A. Nettles to Sever His Connection With the Southern Christian Advocate Jan. 1, Next. The board of managers of the Southern Christian Advoca'e, in ses sion at Greenwood, reached a mutual agreement with the Rev. S. A. Nettles whereby he will be relieved as editor and publisher of the paper 0!i January 1 next. :he agreement having been made for that date in order to give Mr. Nettles time to get the busi cc": -no nor cottlpd tin 3Ild ness iiua.il s> ui mc ^ c*. 1/ v- * --*- ?? ( f r him to collect tne obligations and ! i other credits o>f the ^aper. Mr. Net- J ties was under contract wi h the trard to publish and edit the paper j until January 1. 1917. and when he j nr? thp nlace 011 the first o.' next j f-> 1 ? V O II vw ye;ir he will ha've served one year of j the contrac. During the suspension of Mr. Nettles after the South Carolina f-onferenee met in Rack Hill, the Rev. j P. F. Kilgo acted as editor of the Ad-! voca.e, but when the general confere :ce in Oklahoma City reversed the ; Soutli Carolina conference, and su*- ' tained and exonerated rvt";*. Nettles of j the charged he resumed the editorship.' f the paper and Mr. Kilgo resigned. | Mr. Net les desired ij retire from the j editorship and publishing of t'.ie pa- I per and the board met at Greenwood i - ? u?. oil nroeont j Tuesday uigm >> mi cm. ? . cept two. The Rev. W. P. Meadows, ' presiding elder of the Greenwood dis- j rrict. and chairman of the board, presided. The announcement regarding the meeting was made in Columbia Wednesday by Mr. J. W. Hamel, of Kershaw, who is the secretary o<? the board, he passing ttirougn uoiuwuia en route home from -the meeting at Greenwood. Death of Mrs. Sintrley. Mrs. Margaret Singley, wid;w of the late George Melvin Singley, formerly of Jolly S reet died in Newberry at the home o. lier daugh er, Mrs. W. T. Livingstone, 0:1 Wednesday morni :g at 10 o'clock and was buried at Bach J man chapel on Thursday morning at j j 11 o'clock. Service by the Revs. J. D. j Shealy aiid Y von A. Riser. Mrs. | Single/ was in her 77th year and her ! death was due o a complioa ion of I diseases and the infirmities of old age. TROOPS TO ENCAMP WITHIN THE STATE .301 XT K\( AMJMIKXT AT Al*UrSTA! HAS iiKKX CALL!:!) OFF. Tronhs of KiicJi Kiale t<? Kncamp i i Wiiinn The borders of That State. Columbia, .June o.?-The joint en- J canipment of ne militia of the four I Maces, comprising uie ninui ui . isiun, will not encamp a Angus a, Ga., the j order to this effect being revoked by j t e Fede'al authorities. Xotice of the ; calling off of the Augusta encampment was received i^re his at' ernoon i in a telegram to Adjt. Gen. Moore | from W. A. Simps n. adjutant general ! of the departme t ot' the Kast at ; Governor's Island, Xew York. The roops of each State will en- ! camp wit; in its borders, and the reg- j u.ar tro ps will participate with each ' commcncing with North Carolina, j then o South Carolina. eGorgia and Florida. Gen. Moore referred lie telegram I to Gaverncr Blease, who will desig-1 i nate the site and the time '."'or the militia :f t-lis State to encamp. The ! elegram received by Gen. Moore fol- 1 lows: j Insruetions Received. "Governor's Island, New York, "June 3, 1914. j "Adjutant General South Carolina,..} Columbia, S. C. I "Troops your State can not pa'.'tici- ; ]>atet joint encanipn ent, Angus a, Ga. j ntinno offnrrc thi^ rpftioil. Se~ ' v, i< v 4 Vkj v ? _ lect site for camp within your Sta'e. \ Notify this office so3n as. possible of location and most convenient period for camp and State troops tha: will participate. Regular trcops will camp ten days, commencing July -1, successively .\orui .aiomia, o-um Carolina. Georgia and Florida. "Simpson." i Both Adjt. Gen. Moore and Governor Blease lef here on the Carolina Special this afternoon !'or Charleston, the former to inspect the ::aval militia and the ,governor to attend :he commencement of the Medical college. Gen. Mo:re took the telegram along and was going to turn It over o Gov- j ernor Blease on the train. Some deci- ' | sion may be reached between them tonight a.:d may be announced in L-iiariesum. MR. A. V. S>KLL TO SPEAK * Secretary of Charleston riiamber of Commerce to Speak In Newberry vi June *11. Mr. A. V. Snell, secretary of the cham'ber of commerce of Charleston, has accepted the invitation o"' the Business League of Newberry o speak to the business men of the town of ihe advantages of organized commercial b dies and will be in Newberry 011 the 11 tu of innp Tipvr Thursday, and I i. HI UUJ w JL V . , 7 , | will speak at six oclock in the after-; ii.tyn. It was though, hat this hour! would suit he merchans and business ' me.i better than a later hour as they , can attend he mee ing be.ore going j home and tnose who do not care to come tj town at night could have the j -i : a r\ r\ r \ 11 cr : opportunity or a eiiuing uie inccuue, , and besides it will give those from j the country who would like to attend 1 an opportunity to do so and re ur;i o| their homes before sj late. Xot only tile merr^crs of the Busi- j ness League are expected to attend j the meting but all ci izens who are ( 1 ; ? ^ j^n OlOII f nf thf! ' mteresteu iu mc uocivcmwi, community are urged to be present. Mr. Snell is a good talker qnd lie will ! have something to say and can say i it is a pleasant and interesting man- | ner. tl is hoped tha every business j man who can possibly do so will at- | tend the meeting. Any citizen of the j county will be welcomed. The meeting will probably be held in the c:urt house through announcement of the place will be made de- j finitely later. J She .is a r?lict o one c'f he old landmarks of Newberry county. Besides the daughter with whom she was staying at the iine of her dea h Mrs. Singltny is survived by two other d nters, Mrs. H. S. Metis, . f Leesville an-' Miss Elizabeth Singley, and three* sons, Messrs. .). H. and J. i I). Singley, of Prosperity Xo. r. and M. i R. Singley of the old home place. PULLMAN HEARING | A*r . . wwmm n?\ \ it>4? t I ITT i UK "JIM IKUW LAW KAIL ROAD <0M.>I1SSI0\KKS ALLK(?K RACKS NOT SKIM It A TED. Commissioner Hampton Offers Slronir Resolution ?men is I nanimously Adopted. \V. F. Caldwell in News and Courier, j Columbia. June 3.?The railroad j commission tonight issued a rule to s.unv cause directed to the Pullman company ana iauroaus uperauug j Pullman cars why they should n t be j required to pe:ate separa e Pull- i mans for white and colored people ' in South Carolina under the "jim j crow" car law. The hearing is set :or Thursday, June 11. The Pullman company was severely | censured by the commission on the j c'.iarge that they actually encourage negroes to ride in t'.ie same Pullman cars ,\vi h white people. The following resolution introduced ! by Commissioner Hampton was adopt- j ed unanimously: "I feel that the out- | rage and indignity incident to the ' Pullman company allowing negro pas- j ~ ? " 1? fVi crVi tho QtOt<3 1 rtt'IigKI S Lld?CUI' g LUI VU511 uvuvv | of South Carolina to occupy same ; coaches as white people should be i done away with. From % information j which I have obtained, which I be- j lieve to be correct, the Pullman com- ; -pany lyis instructed its officials ;o in 110 way discourage any negro appli- j cant for berth or passage* on a Pull- , man car. It seems, instead of trying to discourage it, as they have done in t/.e pas , they are giving every in'Ct'htixe to the negro, through instruc-. tions to their officials, to travel on the Pullman. This outrageous condition should not exist and 1 feel that it is time for the railroad commission of South Carolina to take impera ive action in the premises. , "Therefore, be it resolved, That it is "the sense of the railroad comrnis sion of South Carolina that tne om^ials of :he Pullman company and o? the railroad companies operating these Pullman -ears should be notified o appear before the commission on date set to show cause why they should not comply with the provisions of Section No. 3,249, Code of South Carolina, 1912, applicable to the sep- ; a ration of tee races on passenger 1 - L ?,*/%(> aP coaches witnin ne uuuuimi ic? ^ S iutii a rolina." Chairman John G. Richards in heartily seconding the resolution pouted to his opening the fight against negroes riding in Pullman cars and said that he had been in consulta ion with lawyers and was preparing to offer just such a resolu t.i n as Mr. Hampton introduced. m IS STILL I> THE HACK, SAYS J>0. L. MLAI HIN Candidate Comments on Present Sit. nation Retrardinsr Gubernatorial Contest. News and Courier. ; To the Editor o: the News and Courier: The report is current that I have retired from the gubernatorial , race; this is not rue. It probably arose from the fact that the publicsees that (in part) I have accomplish- , ed what J set out 'o do?restore har- j nionv among our people. With peace and unity between Governor Blease and Senator Tillman I feel that I de- 1 serve the "Well done thou good and ! faithful servant." Las1 fall Senator Tillman called up-: . - I cn me to "do penance.'' I was to , I sacvifice myself by entering the senat torial race to compass the defeat of: i j Blease. For this "atonement' my sins ] : were to be forgiven and the "en'.er j i ,, j I thou i::to the joys of thy Ixjrd spoken ; j later. j The role of "d^g in the manger" has never appealed to me as either digni** * ? *'u* - r\f conri.. i nefl or seusiuitr. mc iuca m fice. however, commends itself spirij tually, and it is a grand hing to be ; j in the company of the most illustrious J | of all the ages. i It has been apparent since 1912 that ! a determined attempt would be made ! o ab'idge suffrage in ne primary. 1 ! ! i<v keti upon this as peculiarly dan-I J rf -ous at cliis time, besides bei ;g op- j pc.seJ to the spirit of tiie age, wnich | av.rs extension, not restriction of j suffrage. ? j . ., i. I believed tha' the only way to prevent it was to openly and boldly suppor Governor Blease. to magnify his power and to add to his strength, so that with all he election machinery in his hands, no convention would dare place the, poor and ignorant white-man in primaries 011 the samo basis as the negro in the general election. lilt* Hilt; vuiivcuLiou wciii a.-> iai no it could witiiout 'disrupts g the party. 1 kave no apologies to make. 1 did w.iat 1 tli ught was right. In 1912 and since 'here has been a systematic eft'or. to defea: G )vernor Dlease by destroying him as a man. hot a politician. Every man support Ing him was written clown as a Knave or an ignoramus. There was a cry about mony being iui,id for pardons.- Burns raked the S ate with his detectives armed wit'a ' a devilsh dictagraph. They dangled a $1,500 fee in front of a drunken lawyer's eyes, and oGd knows they are greedy .enough sober. What did they get? Xot a word of pro-^f to confirm false and slanderous charges. Such a sentiment was worked up j through the press and s' ories circulated by word of mouth that thousands j of people today, really look upon Governor Blease, as the lowest, meanest man who ever trod South Carolina soil. What is he result? A versatile and shrewd nolitician has taken advantage of these conditions, to transform himself into a people's idol and workingman's champion. To the toilers in tne workshop and the fac ory, it is because he is their 'friend that he is persecuted. You hit him, you hit tliem. To thousands he is their only stake in government. I know this is all r /, but they believe it, and that makes it true. The masses never see the man at all; they only see t'ne ideal reflected from the longings a:' their own souls. The imaeina ions of men of all ages have manufactured from common clay | halos of glory with which, to crown j their saints and heroes. In this world j [ it is not what a man is, but what peo- ; pie think he is. It is only God who ! sif s the wheat from the chaff. The other side has the legislature, j the courts, bar. press and pulpit. They j have education, wealth/ and power. They can afford to be generous. f V?o f rvcvj\ i nave never uentr>cu tuai could come to Soutii aCrolina excep by giving these people the only thing they want?the one ihing. T am glad that Senator Tillman has reached he same conclusion, that peace can 1 only come'' hrough tue elcYtion, not the defatt, of Governor Blease. He ought to know bv this time how little it ma:- i * ters who is in the senate compared to j ?o 1 _ I who fills the govern ;rs cmcc. nr ar , so knows how the I'ni ed States sen- ! ate can "tame." so to speak, the wild j a.:d wooly. j I am glad that his candidate, Mr. i G. Ricahrds. Jr.. has declared (on the j quiet) for Governor Bl^ase. To bring | these two tribunes of the people together is a worthy sacrifice which I joyfully make. It was a precious nriviipo-p to hold the flag staff steady until these true leaders could unite upon one wor hv to bear aloft the shining folds of that spotless banner of freed m. 1 gladly place this precious emblem of peace and -fraternity in the hands of Mr. Richards. hv niip 2rood office and O U P17 v_/ 1 LtU 'S J O eagerly reaching for another cfne, ne will defend it as long as there is anything in sigh, with all the zeal of a new convert, whose congenial defects are more than balanced by his acquired virtues. "(The world do move." Old Dog Trav. with a bone in his mouth, grab bed at his reflection in the water and lost he substance for the shadow. What an adva;:oe in canine development, to put the bone on the log. set one paw <:n it, and go on an exploratory expedition with :he other paw. ^ ^ Per OYaHinlp I Wise L>Og 1 lay. vuui &uiui?B 1? , i i modern progressive methods calls r.o my mind that n:ble epic from some long forgotten bard, beginning thus: J "I bid y?u note the fish worm? Observe Iiis easy, graceful squirm, Xor overlook ,iis kin o- pink, | The squirming keeps it thus, I hink." , J no. i j. 'McLaurin. i Benneitsvi'le, June 2, 1914 I v RICHARDS ANNOUNCES HIMSELF FOR BLEASE tiOYKKNOR ATTENDS MEDICAL COLLEGE CO .WME\CEHE.\T. Both (ioyernor ami Mr. Doniinick Have Filed Pledges in Their Races. Special :o The Herald and News. Columbia, June 4.?The Columbia correspondent o' the News and Courier on Wednesday night wired his paper that John G. Richards, Jr., now railroad commissioner and a candidate for governor, had made the following sta ement giving his position, in the United S ates senatorial race: "I am going to vote for Cole. L. Blease for United Stattes senator because 1 believe he is nearer the masses of :he people than the other man." 'IThe statement." says the News and Courier's Columbia correspondent, "was made in answer to a direct question as to whether he was for Smith or Blease." This open declaration by Major Richards did not come as a surprise to ihose who are acquainted with ,the poli ical situation. The positive stand taken by Major Richards, however, is all the more interesting and signifi-' cant, when it is considered that he and Senator Tillman have been heretofore closely allied in politics, an? 4- U "M n i/s*? Di/%Vtnr/?o 4*-* nrorinna lllctL ;>iajui iLltuaiuo, 111 )/i VI1WU0 Sta e races, has been regarded as having the support of the senior senator, . * .\ . * '.?, Ml t* VV' -1>? and that as is well known, the senior/ senator has fought the governor birterly. What effec; this open announcement of Major Richards will have upon the relations between him and Senator Tillman is not known. The Governor in Charleston. Governor Blease lef: yesterday afternoon for Charleston to a tend the meeting or trie Doara 01 trustees ui the Medical College of South Carolina, of which board the governor is president, and also to attend the annual commencement of the institution today. The governor is expected tr return to his office mmorrow. The opening of the senatorial campaign is now less ;han two weeks off, a.id in the meantime the governor has a number of engagements which, in connection with the press of official duties, will keep him exceedingly busy up :o the day of the opaning of the campaign. He has had to decline j numbers of invita ions - from every section of the State to make address j es. ( Pledges filed. i Both Governor Blease and Assist! ant Attorney General Fred. H. Dominick have filed their pledges?Jie former for the I'ni ed States senate, and the latter for congress from t^e Thi'd district. Governor Blease's pledge was filed 011 Tuesday, and Col. Dominick's on Wednesday. TWO GREAT THINGS Star Lit Heavens Above and the .Moral Code of Earth. "Two things," wrote ImraaLuel Kant, "fill the mind with ever increass ing awe and admiration?the star-li:. heavens abo're and4ihe moral law within." His wonder might have increased if he had foreseen the results of modern investigation into the customs of savage -ribes. Xo matter how low and primitive the tribe, it has its - - - -i. l. moral code wnicti can not oe viuiaieu with impunitj. Perhaps the code requires members of the tribe :o devour their dead parents. Then cannibalism becomes a duty which must be observed. The Aust ralian, bushmen regard it as wrong 10 kill the animal waich is supposed to be the protector of the iribe. In old Japan it was right for " *">? nr'ryn VioH hoon cerinnclv affrnnt a in an ?? uv w? ed to kill himself on the doorsteps of -^ie offender. A famous Japanese commander, General Nogi, committed ^ suicide as a sacred obligation when the emperor died a year or two ago. A Card of Thanks. I desire to extend my thanks and appreciation for the great kindness shown me during the last illness and i " ----- - T ?Uo11 ATnr at tnl1 deatn 01 my wi.e. 1 suan hold my neighbors and friends in gratcfu! remembrance. Archur Djminick.