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r VOLUME LII, XtXBEB S3. XETVBERRI, S. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1914. TWICE A WEES, IUI A YJl. SAYS BOND ISSUE SERIOUS QUESTION, ! ???*' ? rr.?-i-n i itninmrni I 3IK. IH13A8 A raAvin IU BILL MIGHT GET THROUGH Suggestion State Buy Cotton Outright ! With Notes Redeemable in Bonds. 1- * ~ *4- 1 "" TT^l lr c orri oel'inor | L^QI UlilUAil, UVL. JL I . r U1A.O C4. x W.o*?. j whether the proposed bond issue is j to be seriously taken. Yes, it is to be j very seriously taken. The difficulty is tiat the people of the State are in a , panicky state of mind, and that this j . panic is .intensified by the appeals j to the members of the general assem- j bly by their desire to do something ' effective and by their recognition of their inability to fully meet the situation. The result o. feds panic is likely crvmpAnp will be hurt IJ L\J U\* t.uwv wv**.-v ? ? i ana that the legislators, if they make j a mistake, have the defence ti'.'.at "tb? | people ri:^ it." Of course it is to fee I recognized th^t no b^nds or notes can ! be poteitlgated unless authej :\ a ! two-thirds votes of tv.e State. The bond issue is t< e most serious proposition that the general assembly has before it. 1* a practical bill is presented and there is time in which to get it through tee chances are two to one that it will pass. Tliis statement is warranted, first 'by the appeals '.rem the panic-stricken I cotton farmers; seeor'd, by the '.act that the Irby bill proposing to issue twenty-five million dollars' worth of V>nds, with absolutely no committe backing, without a word of support of any member except himself, and -tt-ii-h tho wanrfs^ion that it was a i dream, was J s eated "by two votes on an aye nay roll cell of the house; and third, b-?car:se cho recognized 1 aders in the serine are talking and supporting the p^op-.-sed boLd *ssi:e. House Quiet ofr Present. The ioi'Sc lu.s alreaa: done aVuu j everything that it is going to cIo lor ) the present a-:' is, ii- hr?s passe-1 v.<! j sent to the senate ti>.e bill requiring j planting cf two acres of other crcps to j every acre of cotton and restricting I t cor.ton acreage to' not more than six j l acres to the mv.le T'ns is go^nz to ; ^ be all that tr louss will undertake Pto do until the senate acts, ui'fss it to pass the McLaurin warehouse bill, whicft, in effect, is to und?itake the experiment of the State goins Into the warehousing business, with the expenditure of about eighteen thousand dollars. In the warehouse system that is nrono-sed. and that has already pass _ J- - ' I ed the senate, there is no guarantee on the part oif the State, t'ne State only undertaking to handle business through its agents without direct liability. RankhfinTs Idea. T'.ie Bankhead idea is fc'ne most popular among those who advocate tne bond issue, that is that the cotton be j bought outrig.t by the State wit1:. W - , notes that are redeemable in State | cotton bonds. The chie'. objection to i this plan is that, first, it undertakes j n tc buy the coton outright and receive t;:.e farmer of further interest in the cotton and leaiv^e him free to plant full onrao era. r\f /wfct/vn n^Yf VMT This X l( 11 avi VI VVWW4* j vv.. &> obpection is stressed by many memJp bers and particularly so by Mr. Wade Stackhouse. who is president of kt,e South Carolina Cotton association :n this State. The second objection to the Bankhead plan is that no business nra cmnery is provwea io>r lae yurcnast; of tie cotton with the State notes tftat w-'U ultimately be an obligation on the State. In tbis connection Mr. Stackhouse in an authorized statement said: "A big bend issue to be invested in cotton to he'lip finance the surplus will be a \iau5e-iuus venture IOT ?ouui v_^u\jun<i ] unless the 1915 crop is radically cut down or entirely eliminated. I am not1 quite sure tT:at I endorse any bond . issue scheme yet proposed, unless we ! get total elimination; and in any event I believe the money should be advanced to the tarmers as a loan and they should get the benefit of an in I creased price when tih-e cotton is sold. 1 do not favor a bond issue that will I not enable -any man in the State, howI ever poor, to secure a loan and to be assured that he will not be called on ft for his obligation should cotton go lower." B Safest Way to Handle. Ilk It has been stated fcirait if the geni eral assembly '.eels that it must issue these bonds that the safest way is to C.andle the payments icrough regular ly organized banks to be selected by the State treasurer, the sinking fund commiss'ion or the State bank examiner, and that only banks with fifty thousand, dollars or more capita-1, should be selected to handle the funds. This is because ban'k officials are familiar with the handling of notes and can carry out instructions without the element of poltics. TIk Bank::.earl idea provides that the cotton should be bought ry the ceivr.ty ordinary, which, he says, would correspond in this State with the judge of probate or sheriff. There may be 40 sheriffs or other county officials in South Carolina who are absolutely safe and sound business men and on t..e other hand ? - * io^ur or II16S6 may ue tuuuiv uuuuar nesslike and would easily get the plan into a mess, whereas i>f one- or more strong banks in each county were selected there would be less liability o.' involving the State. If the ler.ding plan be adopted initey.d ol' the outright purchase of the otton, they lending plan is very I strongly urged 'so as tc sec-are a reduction in acreage, a:id banks could make up t:ie notes, take the collateral and hand'e the transaction. This plan would also insure the interest on t'. e notes in that way en tee bonds being paid by those who secured the direct i benefit in money. A serious objection j to the bond issue, and one that is being urged by the ColumJbia Record, is t.Vi.o + mnrmv fr/vm tVlA hnnrlc. TVll'l I vuat Hit AilViAV/J XI VUA V44V WVMWW - ? not get into the hands of the small farmers of the State, /but will go to the large planners who -told a hundred or more "bales of cotton and wlho are in better position to either hold the cotton or suffer loss. T 1 .% ~/v/v J 4-"Wr\4- + rt A. o.l 1 fo AT? VIL lb urgcu Ctuxt Ci-lC 9mail laimci has already sol'd his cotton or will be forced to do so b <ore th^ funds from the bonds are aUlailab'e, because it is appracited t'.vat his money can hardly be gotten into circulation, if everything ran like clockwork, prior to the 1st of January, as it is such a large issue that a test case in t..e supreme court, it is V.ought, will be necessary. rnu ~ ? 4.^ ^ A r\nr* i utr pm.xi is iu i-n i yci vent State cotton bonds aggregating form $10,000,000 to $50,000,000, and the purchase plans are to buy cotton at from 8 to 10 cents per pound and hold it until the State could resell it without loss and take up the cotton bonds. August Kohn. Football and Auto. Milwaukee, Oct. 12.?Carroll (Xson, 20 years old, died from concussion of the brain, the result of injuries received in a foothill game yesterday. 1*^ . ? Wil ? uurnuvv,"3uui i,, v/vt. J.-. n AA liam S. English of senior class of Moi.ut ?t. Mary's college whs so seriously injured in a game of football on the college campus today that he died an hQur later without regaining consciousness. Jersey City, X. J., Oct. 15.?Chas. 3. Hayes, 18 years old, died here yesterday o: injuries received in a football g'Hjme Monday. Young Hayes was a pia>er on lae r wruuaui uiuvcisii* prep, school team. Ihe above news items were clipped 'from tee daily newspapers by The I Herald and News reporter. Of course that is no reason wny the very manly j game of footiball should' be stopped. No i^ore than float auto speeding should be, just because a boy was killed on :no ytn in kock mil ana anotner in Charleston on the 12th. In the first case the driver lost control of his car as lie turned a corner. In the second; the driver was going a: the rate of 15 utiles an hour. Both boys killed were 15 years old. And on t'be Sfh instant an automobile killed a horse in An tierscn. But let's play ball an-1 speed the aut:mobile. Don't leav.} everything to Europe. And a boy in Newberry, Wednesday, with his hand off the handle bars, lost control of his wheel and dashed into the door of Dr. P. E. Way's drug store, barely missing running over a baby. But life is not saf1 anywhere these days. One man was killed t'he other day in Che raw while ringing the fire ball. The bel'l weighed 700 pounds. .'It fell and mashed him to death! which shows that the supports to these heavy bells ought to be examined oftener. i |^<g><S>^><S><$>^><S><8><?;<S><8><S> >^><$><5>j 1 -s> <?> I I# THE IDLER. ! j > <S> i j<$>^<$><?><?><?>3><?><$><$>^><?><?><?>3><$'<^! I came across tr.e cttr.er day a pam- ! phlet or letter or creed issued by the j ichamber of commerce o. Lancaster,' . S. C., whie': expresses my views ex- j ! actlv and even in til:e event I should j ' give a little free advertising to Lan- j caster, /I am going to quote the creed j 1 in full and as'k the people of this f towns to insert Newberry where | Lancaster occurs and apply this ! creed to Newberry. What we ; need cere is to believe in ; the Newberry o'. today and the glorious spirit of a people who will build the Newberry of tomorrow even 1 greater man me .\evvyerry ui iuuaj. i , We forget tco often tl':at rule of the great game of life which requires us to work in harmony with our fellows, if j we ever expect to accomplish any- j i' .ing in life or to be anything in j : M e. Here it is. Read it. Paste it up j ' at the foot oL your 'bed where you ! can see it every night just as you re- | tire. It will do you good even if you j do no more than read it over once a day. After awhile its lessons will sink j deep down in your soul and become a | i part of your life and you will feel ' better: Henceforth My Creed: I believe in the Lancaster of today, ; and the glorious spirit of its men and its women S.izt will build the greater | Lancaster of tomorrow. I believe in j the power or trie worKers or uancasI ter to upbuild toe city. I believe in ' the great plans born of the union of men of initiative, of foresight, or civic patriotism, lor t~e development of the city. But greater faitJh haive I in the dreams of those visionaries who in the distance see the Lancaster that is to be.. I believe in Lancaster for what it is todav. hut more do I believe in what it aspires to be. i And I am resolved that I am today ?and will continue to be tomorrow .and during all other days around the bend?an efficient worker for the de| velpoment of Lancaster. That I will observe the rules of the great game of life, obey t':e law o harmony whic'i demands that I work hand in hand and heart with heart with my fellows, and ever will I remember that which I do for irfy city I do for myself, and that never can I serve otimers without earning greater profit for myself. And every day I shall so li've and so serve ! that when I have slipped away for ! the long rest my fellow workers will i march even more bravely toward the ; goal of perfection, and my great hope ' is that they shall ever look upon me ! as a master servant. | \ ! I was reading a book the other day I ' ' in which the little heroine is quoted j a.s saying that, "It was one of her prinriples never to worry over unnec| essary things. Life was (full of blessed i certainties to enjoy without spoiling i them by speculating ovej possihfr un, pleasantnesses."' Tcere is a great trut-1 . and a great leson in t-is sC'.ort parj graph. Why should "we worry over unnecessary things? Why should we make ourselves and those' about us I unnappy oy siptJuuicLiiiug i/>'ci unpleasantnesses? There are so many blessed ecntainties that we should enjoy them. There are some people, who grumble and ilind fault so much tbat it becomes ohromc with them and they must 'be miserable. If you want to enjoy God's sunshine and the life that he has given you here and the one th'at is to come you must be able to enjoy the blessed certainties of which this life is full. This Scuiie little heroine went to church sometimes. S'.ie had gambolled in her youth wfth tJhe birds of the field and had lived with nature and 1 had come to love nature's God. She I ^>..,.1 ^ ^ rv^r-4-O 1-* VI*'V? TT CY) r\ "H AOrH CA CU UiHJ.il t UllUCiaWJiU nil J out ubiuu av much in the church about a God ofvengeance and one who would punish ignorant people and banbor anger and wrath against tJhem. She thought the curate didn't know. Having come from a town he could not be sneaking of the wonderful God she knew in the woods and fields?-the God so loving and tender in the sipringtiime to the budding flowers, so gorgeous in the summer and autumn and so pure and - 1 1 x 1 ? ? mn n A f>nrt_ C01Q. Ill lilt? WiUltii. lie v> aa tut ouu- | light and the moonlight and the starlight. He was the voicp talked in the night and made her never lonely. The story goes on. "I expect," c- V? n o o r/4 t r, horeolff n nm n o- r Am P on P OUiU cvy A-4 i. - ? ? ? Sunday a ter one of Mr. Miller's lengthy discourses upon God's vengeance, "when I am older and able really to understand what is written in the Bible I shall find it isn't that a bit, and it is either Mr. Miller can't see straight or C:e has put the stops all in the wrong places and changed the sense. In any case I shall not trouble nmv?thp Cod w; r> ker?t me from fall ing through the hole in the loft yes- I terday by that ray o sunlight to show the cracked board, is the one I am found of." "Maybe the preachers preach too much of a God of wrath and vengeance and <not enough of the God who lets the ray of light in that we maysee the cracked board and thus present us from .falling through the (holes. Maybe if the preachers would preacw! I more ol a ul-od of love and of sun shine and of light there would be more | people in tie churches on the Sab- j bath. I notice the local man has | something to say about the way tee j people go to the moving pictures and j how little they go' to civurch. Maybe j we need more sunshine and good '*ellowship and brotherly love in the churches. Maylbe the curates don't j see straight or they i.ail to put the j stops at ti .e right places. Maybe they j con't see the ray of light t)'.:at comes through the crack. In other words we need to hear more of a God of love and of mercy and a Christ who died I to save the world and not so much of J a God of vengeance and of wrath. i I Speaking about moving pictures. If my identity was known I would not venture to say what I am about to write, because I expect I would be ?'_n J 1 x ~ 1'WA.n. T r. nnf K/\linva mO'tMUCU, (JUL JUU iv-ucrv* i. uw jLiut w so much in t:e moving pictures, tha* is to say, the kind toat are sometimes put on. And l>.:ey are the ones that ! us'uaKy draw the crowds. I reckon I ' am an eld fogy, but some o$ these J pictures are anything but elevating and uplifting, that is if one is to judge j from the pictures that are displayed * - ' i - T ! a,s to wnat tne picture reany is. 1 | don't go to tue mo.iles and maybe I 1 should not undertake to judge. (X ; course you understand fc.at I recognize the f?ct tibat the picture is a most excellent way o. impressing a ! lesson, but I am talking about the kind of lesson most of tDese movies teac1:. And the harmful picture will make a more lasting impression than the one that is uplifting and elevating. Oh, well, it is all right or it wouldn't ... ? _ aH be. Whatever is is oesi. ine uoa oi > the univeTse overrules the destiny of i men and nations. The war will be over some of t ese days and times will be better and we will stop grumbling. The Idler. Boosting Their College. . Newberry College alumni in Columbia are taking a big interest in the Xewberry-Wofford ioot;ball game to be played in Columbia Wednesday of Fair week. Almost as much interest is being taken in this game as in the Carolina Clemson contest. Last week ~ of Voraihorrv men came toeet'c a i/aii tj vx aiv'XWA ,, ?? er in tine office of F. W. Cappelman and started a campaign to advertise j the game and organize the Newberry college supporters. Dr. Kieffer Wicker, A:lan Johnstone, Jr., Chris Ha'berncht, Tench Boozer, R. C. Williams, Jr., Dr. Clarence luoier ana omers are on the committee to arouse the public to the bigness of this particular athletic contest. They have already put the machinery in motion. They plan to stretch a big street banner across main street. They propose to put attractive window- cards in the store windows and otnewise proclaim the venet to the passing throngs. Last ye'ar a tremendous crowd saw Newberry down the Clinton team to the tune of 52-0. This year the crowd will be much larger on account of the large number of Wofford alumni in Columbia. What the score wild be re mains to be seen. The * "Columfbia Newberry college club will have a rally the night before toe game, at wfaich Mayor Griffith, "Tom" Graham, Congressman Lever, President Harms and others will speak. The football team will likely attend the rally. The clubs is sending out the ord that all "Newfberry supporters will be welcome to this r&liy, Tuesday niight before the game fair week. ??? r THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY Mhrriage oi Rev. C. H. Nabers. Theatre Party Go to Columbia?Personal Mention. Prosperity, Oct. 19.?Miss Isoline Wyche has gone to Marion for sef.'?eral weeks stay. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Crosson, Miss Victoria Crosson and (Mr. L. A. Black attended the funeral o:" Mr. and Mrs. Will Crosson's little son in Leesville on Wednesday. ' ? TT Tr I 31 r. A. XI. IVUilil, Ufi. wiuiu'uia, noil- | ed Mrs. S. J. KcJ'in this week. Mr c.ud Mrs. B. L. Wheeler, of Columbia, are visiting t'ieir parents. Miss Kate Barre s-pent Friday in Columbia.N \ Miss Lu'la Lester had as her guests Sunday Dr. G. Caughman, Misses Long and Caugi:.iman, of Columbia. Ivlrs. Joe Sitz, of Selma, Ala., is vis- | iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. j Wicker. Mrs. A. S. Miller and little daughter, . Frances, spent Monday in' Columbia, j (Rev. G. D. Groseclose, of Fairfox, j is visiting Mrs. Ii. A. Black. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Doiflinick, of ' Kinards, spent Sunday with Mrs. W. i - ? i-. - <j. ivntcneu. i Mesdames J. L. Wise, G. Y. Hunter j and E. W. Leslie and B. B. Schumpert, | are attending the Woman's Missionary convention in Newberry. Messrs Hart Kohn and William Swatz, of Columbia, spent the weekend with Mr. A. B. Wise. Mrs. Granville Wyche has returned to Washington. The following were in Columbia Saturday for Peg ' My Heart: Mesdames C. T. Wyche, J. F. Brown, G. W. Har1 T TTr TT ^ I IllOn, ana Li. vv. nariuuu, ivuaoca -viai tha Crighton, Cairo Wyc-he and Mary Lizzie Wise. i r.lesdames C. G. Fellers and A".ma Nance are ti':e guests of Mrs. J. A. j Dcminick at Kinards. \ iMrs. C. C. Long has gone to the i Columbia Hospital .or treatment. Rev. C. K. Xabers left today for j tt. i /-, r\ /~i ?1 T,^ : niCKory uTO;?ti, o. v/., ?licit; nc | 'be married, October 20th. to Miss (Minnie Whiteside. On account of the recent death o_ Rev. Xafoer's mother the wedding invitations were recalled and the marriage will be a very quiet one. Rev. and Mrs Na-bens will be at home at Prosperity after October 21. j j For a List of All Liring: Confederate Soldiers and Widows. From the executive department oi3 the comptroller general's office, Co lumbia, under date of October 15, 1914, Mr. Jno. W. Reagin received a copy of the below circular letter: County (X.&irman Pension Board: j Dear Sir: The following concurrent resolution was passed at the January session, 1914, o tfhe legislature, to whica I beg to call your attention: Concurrent Resolution. "That the county board of pensions .of the various counties of this State he. and thev are herefoy. required to t compile and fi'le with the comptroller general a bona fide list of all Confederate soldiers and widows now living in their respective counties, ir| respective of whether or not they are receiving pensions. "Reteolved, furtner, That said board of pensions be, and tfaey are hereby, required to revise this list as afore| said, and to render tfaeir services herein provided Tor without further comj pensation." Yours very truly, A. W. Jonos. Comptroller General. In accordance with the above in: structions the pension list for Newberry county will be revised, and tb this pnri fhfliirman Rptticti.n rpnii&atiS that. the names of all livung Confederate soldiers and widows be jurnished him as early as possiible that the matter may be promptly and thoroughly attend to. It is important to remember that tfce names of all must be sent T?~Vi r\*Vi A1? r> XA r-i o **+1/\ C? Tcwvni V> UCVUC1 U1 ."t/L ll.c pa 1 WACO CLi ^ x ? ing pensions. names of all usit be seat whether or not ttoe parties are receiving pensions. Any information, from whatsover source leading to the securing of the" names of said soldiers and widows will be appreciated by the chairman and board. GERMAN ARMY NEARER TO ENGLAND T.lVFfi \RF VftW WTTI'IV Ai .1 JLKJ ii II XJ UA?lLi>J IHj V f T V I A JL J 1. A. ?/l ^ SEVENTY MILES OF DOYER * fl Germans Bringing l"p Reinforcements ot Make Desperate Effort to 4<Hold Pistol' at John Hull's Head. London. Oct. 17.?Each dav "brine's the war nearer home to England. Today there was a naval battle off the Dutch coast, in which a British cruiser and four destroyers sank four German destroyers, while on land t:.e German troops rea'o':ed the coast of Belgium, less than seventy miles from Dover. They are about to attempt a marcn southward to Dunkirk and Ca" w;ich are even closer to the English coast. It is here, in West -Flanders and !jr>rrvcc +V10 TTVonnVi frrmtiP'r in Pan Ha Calais, that the ceaviest and most important fighting is now going on. According to the Frencn official communication, issued this afternoon, the Germans have not advanced beyond the line runhing from Ostend to Thcurout, Roulers and Menin. The last mentioned pi^ce is just on the border north of Lille, which the Ger mans occupied seme days aa'o, but which, according to an unconfirmed report, t. ey have been compelled to abandon. College Notes. The "Conquests of Christianity" at Holland Hall (tonight Monday) wild be a special feature. Mrs. Belize author of t':e pageant, will tef.l the story o': Christianity from the beginning and ner iaiK win oe musxraiea oy songs by a large chorus and taiMeaus of living pictures by people in costume, in a stage specially prepared. Extra seating b~s been put in the chapel to accommodate thfi crowd. There will be \ no charges for admission. A silver offering is expected for missions. President Harms will leave on Tnes day to attend t:.e teoutn Carolina synod in Greenville, and will be gone the balance of tfce week. 'Prof. A. J. Bowers has been granted an indefinite leave of absence from the college on account of ill health. He has left ior Oglethorpe, G-a. During his absence his courses in Greek and Latin will be taken by Professors Derrick, Monroe, Setzler and Voigt. Coach Parrish of the college was freree in the Davddson-Wofford foot_ ^ * ball game in Spartanourg lasi Saturday yWhen Davidson beat Wofford 81 to 6. The Dai.idson team heat (Newberry the preceding Saiturday 22 to 7 on Davidson's grounds with over 50 fresh substitutes to use in the game. After tfce first half in the Newberry game the score was 7 to nothing in Newberry's favor. Then Davidson got ugly and desparate and turned the score. T:ese two scores are 190a for "dopesters" in the XewberryWofford game at tT.:e coming State fair fair. Sophomores entertained the college Saturday morning with declamations. From now on, on almost every Saturday morning efeapel Sophomore and Junior spellbinders will have the floor. Next Saturday afternoon Newberry plays the strong University of Carolina eleven at Columbia. The game will likely be called at 3 o'clock and the 4:45 o'clock C. N. & L. train held! a half -"hour in Columlbia, so as to allow the fans from Newberry and the "Dutch Fork" to go to Columbia and see the game and return that night. To the Corn Club Boys. On account of'so mucfr late corn we will not 'boild our corn show till November. Those of you who have early corn may gather it any time you. wish. Be sure to select at least 11 ears for exhfbit before you gather. Get two disinterested men to measure your acre and weigh your corn according to rules in your report Wank. After you t'ave filled out your report please mail it to me at once. Be sure to come to the corn, show in Xevember. I hajvte some valua'ble premiums to offer besides I am going to give a prize to every boy who completes his report and brings eleven ears corn to the corn show. v T?e complete premium list will be published iater. T. M. Mills,