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/ VOLUJtE LII, XCXBEF Hit. NEWBERK1, S. C, TlXSIMV, DECKMHEK 15, 1914. TfflCI A WIEK, ILil A TSAi. \ 1914 RECORD COTTON CROP I i I * Based on Average Price of (>.s Cents! Per Pound it is Worth Over $o00,0OO,000. Washington; Dec. 10.?.The United States this year has produced the j greatest crop of cotton in its history, j More than 16 million bales, or 15,- j 366,000 bales of lint cotton and linter j cotton, unofficially estimated at from j 1500,000 to 650,000 bales, constitute the j crop. j Last year 14,342,367 bales, including i linters, were produced and in the previous record year, 1911, tfce production was 16,2-50,276 bales, including linters. T e production of lint is estimated at 7,637,113,000 pounds, or 69,500,000 pounds more than in 1911. While the production exceeds any grown its value will be far less and smaller than any other year during: the past five. i -s Based on the average price of 6.8 cents a pound on December 1 the lint 5s worth 1519,323,684, w&ile last year | it was valued at $887,160,000. n J? 1 rrvuucifuii uj >?w?ics. /The estimated production with comI parsions, by States: I , States. 1914. 1913. I Virginia 24,000 23,490 t North Carolina .. 950,000 972,545 South Carolina ...1,500,000 1,377,814 | Georgia 2,650,000 2,316,601 i Florida 75,000 58,695 K Alabama 1,690,000 1,495,485 Mississippi 1,275,000 1,310,743 I Louisiana 460,000 443,821! Texas 4,560,000 3,944,970 j Arkansas 1,040,000 1,072,846 I ? Tennessee 365,000 379,471 j Missouri 75,000 67,105 j Oklahoma 1,250,000 840,387) California 37,000 j All other States ... 15,000 32,513 j ? ??? Mus/cal at the High School. ] Hi:e concert given at the hig!h school | last Friday evening under the aus-1 B pises of t'.-.e music department of the ' ft school was .very enjoyable and a grand | success in every way. The piano j jfi8g coles of Miss Bess Kibler,. the vocal numbers of Mr. R. E. Allen, and read fings rendered by Misses Bernice Martin and Miss Lurlino Evans made up a programme of high class art displaying talents of which Newberry should feel proud. Parent-Teichers Assoc/at/on. The Parent-Teachers association of L Boundary street school met at tibe school December 8. Reports showed b:at $78.98 had been raised by the as rsociation, tfcat 188 volumes had been received for the library that two sectional book cases a t9ble and chairs had been purchased fcr the library. 1 The committee on grounds reported that through tfce aid of the Civic ask sociation the tennis court had beeq jfe kept in crder, that six seats had been & donated, for tre campus, and that a-: HB drinking fountain 'bad been put up in th? bnilding. ^ The following officers were*elected: President?Mrs. H. L. Parr. Vice President?Miss Linda Welch. Secretary?Mrs. J. Y. MoFall. Truociiror ;Mro TV f- T-Tr>n coQ i [ X X V. Ci O U i ? UU i ? ? . V>? . AAV WOVM*? Kar'ser Falls 111. Berlin, Dec. 8 (via Amsterdam and London).?It was officially announced l,his afternoon t'^at Emperor William is ill. The announcement states that "he is suffering from a feverish bronchial catarrh and has been obliged to postpone 'for some days his return to frho frnnt which had hAPTl ArrflriS'ed I or today. Despite his indisposition, it is said he is able to give attention to reports of the war situation from the chief of the general staff. L Winthrop Daughters. The Wiritihrop Daughters met- with Miss Lurline Evans last Friday after|i[|k noon. /The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: " ^President?A:iss Elizabeth Dominick. Vice President?Mrs. P. D. .Johnson. Secretary?Miss Corrie Lee Havird. Treasurer?Miss Mary Wright. * Gleaner ?Miss Lurline Evans. Af:er the business o' the chapter Tl* O C f T'O O'J "Mien L" n r< nn f Art O 1 n ? ao uaiijav icu, i jvaiio tuici caiu*> ed ihe members by reading to them in her charming manner, "The Story of the Tea-kettle," while they were being refreshed -witf.i a tempting sa'ad course. 1 . " r HELP THE CHARITY FUND i A Bevy of Youn^r Lad/es Volunteer t?? Help in Ka/srner It?Let Every One Wive Something. The sugestion contained in The Herald and News t'hat the people of New | berry raise a fund for cvarity nas taken shape. As stated the members I of the Calvin Crozier chapter, individ| ually, are willing to ('.:elp in this laud| able movement and the followin ladies will solicit subscriptios to t):e fund: j Miss Pauline Gilder, Mrs. L. G. Esk- ; ridge, Mrs. 0. H. Johnson, Mrs. R. H. j Wright, Miss Sara Houseal, Miss But- i I ler Fani, Miss Fannie Mc-Coughrin ! ; ;3nd Miss Lucv Caugrhrin. j If anyone feels that he has anything 1 I'.'e can give it may be handed to any- ( one of these young ladies or to Mr. Jno. j B. Xayes or Mayor Z. F. Wright. Ev- ' eryone who is in position to do should | esteem it a privilege to contribute to a fund of this kin<^. The money or j goods will be properly distributed where it will do the most good and j wt;ere it is needed. If you do not can*1 to contribute any money you may con | [tribute articles of wearing apparel or j merchandise of any kind. Man Arrested * Murderer. Columbia Record, | Rural Policeman H*elms aad Constable Knox of Magistrate Easfcer'ing's court, arrested in Ward 1, Tuesday night, Tom Chalk, a "white j ! man wanted in Fairfield county for j complicity in the murder of Lillian j Ann Jackson, coloredSheriff Hood of Winnsboro came to j Columbia Wednesday morning and re-1 mrnea rome m me a leiuuuu, oa,- i companied 'by Chalk. Lanzy Esters and Verna Dent, also j white, were arrested in Newberry { several days ago by Sheriff Hood. Th? murder of the Jackson woman was commuitted by three drunken men, it was stated in the accounts of the affair, on f':e nigtt of November 27, at her home in Fairfield county. Sheriff Hood declared it was one of the most brutal murders that he ).as ever known. Esters has made a -full confession of the crime, stated Sheriff Hood in discussing the murder, and his state I merit implicated Chalk and Dent. The trial will take place at the January term of criminal court for Fairfield county. 9 (riff Hood is being congratulated by ibis officers on the success that attended his efforts in making the i arrests and obtaining tt e confession. A cap was found under the dead body of the woman and a close examination showed t?at it had been worn by a white man, a few hairs having re mained inside the cap. With Gnis apparently insignificant," clue Sheriff Hood worked up his case by degrees, finally succeeding in obtaining as a climax a confession :rom one of the accused. w Cha'k is about 21 years of age. ^f isontc Election. I At the regular last communication of j Amity lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: # j W. M.?C. B. Martin. S. WL?Floyd Bradley. J. W.?B. A. Dominick. Treasurer?E M. Lane. i Secretary?J. W. Eariardt. T! e following are the appointive officers: S. D.?T. Roy Summer. T Tl __ T W Stnlr?>? Tiler?W. S. Mann. S. S.?Robt G. Parks. J. S ? Frank G. Davis. The Alter Musical Octette. Newberry's winter lyceum course was opened last Saturday night with a most attractive and enjoyable entertainment by the Alber Musical Octette. The programme was arranged in three parts: Songs on ante-bellum! days, war songs, and modern music. Costumes of the three periods of American life were worn, and the best songs of the two sections were sung. Tl:e programme showed that wi.ale we of the South still hold dear the sentiments of all that the Stars and Bars and the Confederate Gray meant to us, yet even in' song and story we are ploclaiming a stronger national j spirit, a broader patriotism, and a grander devotion to the Stars and Stripes. The purpose was good, the spirit j wholsesome and the entertainment j rom a musical point of view rare. how to gkow cokn i Master J. P. Watts Has liven Yerjij Successful?W/II Sell Seed and G/ve Informat/on. Master .T. P. Watts '\\f. o took the i:rize last year in the boys contest and the year before, through some mistake or other did not get into the contest this year. He planted his acre the same as if he were in toe contest and gathered 112 bus-'..els and 39 pounds of corn !"rom it. ! lie is fourteen years old but has j been quite success ul as a corn grow- ! er. If anyone desires to secure some ; cf his seed may do so and he will I also be glad to give them a history of t1 'e growing of his crop during this year and any other information that he may ave in regard to corn grow ing. ! i i SPARTAN MAYOR REFUSES BARREL OF CORX WHISKEY State and County Authorities Threaten to Seize Goods and Liqnfr is Shipped Back. News and Courier. Spartanburg, Dec. 12.?A barrel containing 47 -gallons of corn liquor, consigned to Mayor John F. Floyd, o this city, was returned today to the shippers in Chattanooga, Tenn. It i? claimed a threat > -ad been made by county and State authorities to seiz-? the whiskey in c?se it was delivered to the mayor. T' e liquor was discovered in th?? freight office of the Southern Railway yesterday afternoon, it :.s said, by "will * 11 - - -n O "Pi n r* Tl P" !Vi 111S, a. llia.ll paiuuii^u uv_-uC convicted on the charge of murder, now a State constyble, working under E. 0. F. Hammond, of Governor Blease's force, who reported ft to Sheriff White, ^fter a* consultation \u*tl:; Solicitor Hill and others a warrant was issued for the seizure of the liquor Dy '.Magistrate C-antt, upon an affidavit by F. H. Johnson, of the rural police. The affiadivit, it is stated, was made on information furnished by the Rev. .T. L. Harley, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of the State. Maj*or Flcyd, in a statement given j cut, says: "The wihskey is the property o nire gentlemen of Spartanburg and was shipped in one case, consigned 1 to me merely for convenience. Or; conrse, I had no idea at tne time that 1 might possibly stand a chance of violating any technicality of the dispensary law, knowing ths.t there was absolutely no violation whatever o? tho spirit of the law. I ?':<ave learned, however, that some question may arise as to the legality of having whiskey shipped in this maner, and nence.have decided not to receive the whiskey as shipped." It is understood here that the whiskey may be res'~.ipped to the nine gentlemen in individual packages. lYe Started Something. Here is a stray bit of poetry tl;at bas broken into the newspaper firmament within ? e last few days: l '"P':ere was an old man and he had a wodden leg; "He Had not momey, ana ne aiun i ^want to t>eg, "So he got two spools and an old tin can? "Made a Little Ford, and the dam thing ran." ?The Herald. * This same little car ran for'bout a year Then the can and the spools began to show wear. He took off the t'nood to see if 'twas corroded? Then he lit a match and the dam thing exploded. G. B. (\Y. in Spartanburg Herald. T\:e iibove verses are very good. *~v There are more verses but they are not worth a . Special Teachers' Ex.iimnat/on, Janii, ary 15, 1914. Special teachers' examination for uncertified teac! ers and all prospective teachers will be 'held in Newberry court house. Friday, January 15. 1915. By order of the State board of education. Geo. D. Brown, Co. Siipt. of Ed. 12-15-td. . / THE NEWS OF PKOSI'EKITY Delightful Enterta/nment In Honor of Bride?Personal tfentt'on?Mr. Geo. ^Lester. Prosperity, Dec. 14.?Mrs. J. A. Simpson entertained most charmingly on Wednesday afternoon in honor -? -ii? r\ r> TVi^ QI t'HG unue, iVlIS. KJ. a. oiaiyouu. iw^ guests were met at tLe door by Mesdames P. D. Simpson, L. A. Black and G. Y. Hunter and taken into the spacious parlor and presented to the bride. After an hour of social chat t':e guests were invited to the dining room which was attractively decorated with ferns and holiday green. A delightful sweet course was served. Mrs. G. Y. Hunte? presided as toast master and the following roasts were gi.en: "Welcome to the bride," Mrs. ,\J. C. Morris; "Tlie bride," Miss Isolin^- Wyche; "Past,"' Miss Susie Langohd; "Present," Miss Elizabeth Hawkins; "Future," Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum; '^IV.-e-never-to-be brides," Mrs. J. F. Browne. H e beautiful display of presents attested the higb esteem in which the young couple is held. Mrs. Simpson, as Miss Mary Warren, having lived in Prosperity before the marriage is roost heartily welcomed by her many friends as a" resident. Prosperity again extends !>est wishes. * ' -?' v? 1 ^ Miss Annie .vioseiy uas . icluiucu from several months stay to Vidalia, Ga. \ ;V*isses Virginia Bell, of Cumberland, Mi., and Annie Day, of Mount Airy, Mi., our populor milliners ha\e returned to their respective homes. Mrs. .T. B. Stockman and l. er son Walter have returned from Columbia. Mr. A. Birge Wise spent the week-; end in Ridgeland with his brother, Jno. P. AV-ise. Miss Kate Miller has returned from Spartanburg. Miss Kate Barre and little Mary Werts spent Thursday in Columbia. Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh, of Pomaria, is visiting her parents. Mr. Cam-pibell Lake spent last week i in Columbia. ' , -I ;\Ir.- J. B. Ballentine spent the weekend at his home in Chapin. Miss Isoline Wyche will visit friends in Columbia this week. Dr. C. K. Wheeler spent Monday in Columbia. :Mr. W. E. Moseley has returned from a few* day's stay to Peak. Mrs. Parkman and c ildren have returned to Columbia after a weekV visit to Mrs. M. H. Boozer. Mr. George Lester died very sudden-,, ly at his home in the St. Luke's community November 30, 1914. Mr. Lester was 66 years of age and was a life long resident of the section in which he was living at the time of his death. During the war Between the Sections he did heroic service as a member of Company H 3rd Regiment. Mr. Lester is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs. B. 0. Lovelace, of Y.t. Pilgrim; Mr. Willie Lester, of St. Lukes and Mrs. George V-aug^n, of St. Lukes, and one sister, Mrs. KirWand, of Saluda county. He- also leaves many friends and relatives to j mourn his departure. Funeral ser* * rn T .. 1. vices were lieia in tne 01. i.uives church the day following his death, conducted by his-' paster Rev. B. W. Cronk. Entertainment at Goldv/lle. On Saturday evening, 8 o'clock December 19, at the hall in the Blalock building, the School Improvemnt association will give a claver little drama in two parts, entitled, "The FascinatI * T71 f f nloTT will hi P ing r ailliy 01"U?U. A ilia pia-J " ?* given for the benefit of the school and admission will be 15 and 25 cents. The public is cordially invited to attend. , The cast is as col lows: Percy Gale (who keeps a summer hotel "Idlewild.'*)?James Browning. Billy Pearson (tT e only man at Che | ctel.)?Lather Brock. Henry Dudley (a college sopho more.)?'Marvin Robertson. Mrs. Caldwell fa guest at "IdleI wild.'')?Sallie Mae Franklin. ? ? 1 i4ln-all IO OMioct !S t I j Auuacv v,aiu ? en v? v - ?- ~ \yild.'*)?Cora Watson. Dorothy Dudley (a guest at "Idle-' j wild;')?iMattie Ban Browning. ! Florence Howe (a guest at "Idle- j wild.")?l.a Hentz Bramlette. Mrs. Moffett (a neighboring cot-j I tager.)?Inez Dobbins. 1 John (porter.)?Hugh Workman <?> <3> <$> THE IDLER. <S> $> <? I have been sitting t'r.ere in my lit tie room all alone tonight and I was just thinking?yes, my mind was going way back to the good old Christmas time in the old home in the countryside?and the happy days of innocent childhood and how different filings are now. How little it took to make me happy, and how much more some peo ? > T ?l-'-C.. J pie spena. now, ana 1 am sausueu are not near so happy as I was tJ en. I 'hung up ray stocking along side the broad fireplace with its log?toack log ?as big as one man could toat. And off ro bed 1 went wondering wHiat Santa Claus was going to bring to me during the night. And wnen orignt I and early the next morning I found , that v.e had really come and brought me an orange, an apple, a few sticks j of red candy and maybe a bunch of fire crackers, and a few raisins, I was satisfied and happy. Those were happy days. And then it generally snowed about Christmas and I went rabbit hunting. That was great fun. It is ^not the vai e of tfre g*it that brings happiness, but rather the spirit with which it is given. I was just wonder j rng if I sftouia nang up my oiu stocking t'.is Christmas if old Santa Claus would remember me as lie did in the good old days. I reckon not. I am too eld now and I e passes me by. It is sad to grow old. And yet, years do not make one old, and I kave made up my mind to remain young so long as I !ive. I know that I a? a great deal younger than iiisny persons I know who have not seen near so many winters as I have, and who'have not had the experiences that I have had. ?0? I saw in a paper tl e other day this little innocent paragraph s.rom the editor: "We want to plead with those wlo ' intend giving us neckties this Christmas to please purchase some other color t':.an red." Now, all I have to say is, that those who- intend to give The Idler a Christmas present! of neckties, or candy, or sox, or stock- I ings, or shoes, or hats, or alv overcoat,. I or a pair of gloves, or anything else, just go ai':ead and select any color that suits your taste ^nd it will be received with heartiest of thanks and good wishes for your happiness and success. I really need some neckties and an umbrella and aj-pair of shoes and an overcoat?O, w6ll, L need so many things that it will take too much space to go over the entire list. Jusi any old thing that you don't need and think of. Here's hoping that each reader of t! is paragraph and every one else may be happy and that he mill make some one else happy.f It! doesn't matter about me. I .crnnr) thin? in the I i san a >;i vn,j ouuu ?o ? paper the other day that Fis'aer got off. He represents a man standing on the rear of a street car looking at a man in an' automobile and remarks: "Gee, Smith's a lucky guy to ha.ve a ma- j chine." A man on foot sees t)':e man in t! e street car and he says: "Brown is a fortunate cuss to ride in a car, I've gotta walk." A man comes along on crutches and sees tne man naming and says: "Gee, Jones is lucky to be able to walk." Xo. 44 in prison sees i the man on .crutches and observes: "That guy with the crutches is lucky to be 'free.*' >And a fellow prisoner of Xo. 44 remarks: "44 is a lucky boob. He's only got 15 years more to serve while I'm to be croaked next Tuesday." So there you are. We should not be nr ipfllous Our lot might be a great deal worse. The moral is: Be satisfied with your own lot and try to make it better without envy of some one elso. By the way, I see t^e editor is try- j ing to suggest that we raise a little j fund at home to ir Ip the poor and 1 unfortunate. The suggestion is a good one. We should help suffering hu- I inanity everywhere, but looking at the suffering abroad we should not i orget those at home. In this connection I am going to quote a little stanza I saw credited to the Xew York Sun. \TiiH5tv anH it runs thus: l'l> lO CilU ^ U %*> V* ? "She gives to poor Europe While ! ome beggars knock, And knits for the soldiers I With holes in our sock/' Here's my Christmas ~*'ish to everybc dy: "To all who labor?Rich compensation; "To you W o are discouraged? Hbpe; "To the suffering?Relief; the afflicted?Comfort; "To the erifted?Ins-niratmn: "To our town, our country?'Everincreasing prosperity, "To us all?More Happiness, Greater Charity, Abiding Faitli,' and th^ final realization of our Highest Ideals." r And t(':ere is just one more little poem I want you to take with you. It is from tLe Baltimore American. That fellow who writes these little poems "\or tnis paper must ue u mau-cn uuc sensibilities and a good heart, btrtiause such beautiful sentiments must spring from a sympathetic and good neart. They could not come from any other source. Yes, "Let us roll the war maps up," and let them remaiff rgjled up. Why should we have war? \ heard' a preacher say once that it was a travesty to pray for peace, that tibere could be no peace until the peace of righteousness reigned in each heart.<rTTr " 1XTa ?* 'a ti o a Witl IS d d'iiAUiC. Tf (ii 10 uautTwuv^ >W&r is nell. Why, then, do we allow it? Why do we countenance .it, prepare for it, train for it? Are we weaklings, we civlized, Christian people who look upon the Prince of Peace and call him Master, to be ridden into the death trenches by foe god of War? Shall we mourn and weep and bow our-^ hearts to earth over the fearful *wfeste of War, and then let it en on?" Shall we? But here is the little poem I started oat to quote. "Let us roll up the war maps." We are fired of wars and such, Tired of all the weighty themes #v Wilieh are to the fore just now; Tired of theories and dreams. How to set disjointed times. How to bring about unlift, All the human need and woe How to study out and siit. * * ' i Let us take our battered minds Weary of the ceaseless pound, Off .the mighty things of earth; , To the simpler ones around; Let us roll tv.e war maps up, Pore not over strategies, And turn energies away To the trim o; Christmas trees. s Now the time has come to drop j- ? i Heavy lurdens, ana to piay, Ii' a zest of restfulness Witr ,h? carefree children gay, For 'tis pity! in the grave >> Troubles w! ich life brings to us, We forg?ts Jio-w good it is 'Sometimes to be frivolous. The Idler. X. B. -tXo ?7 X. B., Dr. Cromer used * T" n llttlo SAhrthl hflV 10 SSy WIICXI I 'WTio a ntwiv wv**v/w* ? and he wais professor of Latin, Dr. Cromer sajft X. B. was tC:e Latin for note well. See, well, that is what I want it to ?iean here. Xow, for the thing to note well. I forgot to say that some nice linen for silk) handkerchiefs, or some good country pudding an! sausage and backbone and spare ribs, or ham or ony of theSe j things Santa Claus is at liberty to slbip into my stockings. T. I. I ceAAiflfPfi jf| Toneress Shock 1 flj 11^ 5 .1 k5C?vv?**vx/C ... v ed to Learn of Death. Washington, Dec. 11.?Associates in congress of Representative Sereno Elisha Payne of New York were shocked to learn today of his sudden death from heart iailufe. He died 1 here at such a late hour last night that few were apprised the -fact | until today. | He had apparently been in the best ; of health and was in Ifcis s?at in the I house as usual vesterday. I i Mr. Payne died without menu j relative near. The coroncr pronounced death uo to heart failure. | Mr. Payne's death removes a notable figure, from the house. He had served in ti":at body for more than 'i quarter of a century, during which timp C'p ha<] taken a conspicuous part | in the framing of tariff measures, having Deen recognised as one of t'.ie foremost authorities on the subject. Mr. Payne was elected '<.o the 48th congress-and was returned thereafter to every congress except the 50th,