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a??????????????????? ? ??????? ??????????? VOLUME Lin, SETEBEK 56. " "* JTEWEERBY, S. C* FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1915. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YE AH. OLD FOLK'S DAY AT ST. PAULS CHURCH WILL BE OBSERJED >EXT SIXDAT, ACGfcST 15. Sermon In Forenoon by President J. Henry Harmes?Address in Afternoon?Dinner on Grounds. ? St. Paul, Aug. 12.?Old Folks' Day will be observed at St. Paul Sunday, August 15. Dr. J. Henry Harms of Newberry college will preach the ser mon in the morning and make an address in the afternoon. Everything will be done by the congregation to make this a day of pleasure for the old people. They will be given the front seats, wfcere they may sit and hear old-time songs by the choir. It is hoped that we can have all the old people present who maybe in reach and feel well enough to attend. Ttie public is most heartily invited to come, bring their dinner and spend the day. Miss 'Agnes Wtoeeler of Dyson and Miss Dent, of Columbia are the guests of Miss Jaunita Epting. Misses Ruby and Bennie Dent of Columbia are visiting at Mr. T. A. Epting's. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Boinest, Miss Willieze, Willie, Hugh and Ruth Boinest left Tuesday for Spencer, N. C., to spend a week with relatives, making the trip in his Ford. fMiss Mary Lominick spent a week recently with Miss Willieze Boinest. iMiss Anna Koonj and Miss Louise Counts have gone to Long Lane to spend a wfcile with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Baker. Miss Lizzie Taylor is visiting friends in the New Hope section. Mr. Thos. P. Richardson has gone to Chappells for a few weeks to do some bridge building. Misses Ola and Bessie Lominick have gone to Utopia to visit menus. In spite of the rain and threatering weather on August 3, the barbecue at Jolly Street was well attended. Everything was disposed of and a nice sum of money was realized for tihe school. Considering the day, everything was far beyond expectation. Old Folks' Day at St Pauls. On next Sunday, the 15th instant, the annual old folks' service will be ield at St. Pauls, in the county, Rev. Y. von A. Riser pastor. It will be an old folks' day, witfi many young folks present. Rev. J. K. Harms, D. D., will preach at 11 a. m., and make an address in the afternoon. There will ba dinner at the church. The address 6f welcome will be by Mr. B. S. Livingstone. A. M. E. S. S. Convention. The Sunday school convention of the Newberry district was in session at Mt. Olive A. M. E. church, Gary's, for a week, with an attendance on Sunday of more t):an 800 persoss. The pastor, Rev. W. D. King, insisted upon good order by all, and called upon everybody to help him out in bis efforts for peace. He spoke of the great evils of the people carrying pistols and drinking yrhiskey at a religious meeting and told them that it was wrong in a civilized land, and t asked the colored people to help Ihim in his undertaking for the right thing. He said that Newberry county has r?f tho nf hnt.h rar*Ps in it WV1U\^ Vi. vuv WWW V?. - v ? here in fl:e Southland. Revs. F. E. Dibble and W. H. Murray (white) of M. E. church, made j speeches that will never be forgotten by all the people. Their remarks were t to all of the convention. A rising vote I* of thanks was tendered them for tJheir dAvirto ?an/J f!hriffHnn to Aline' t)WU ' *VV MMV* *VV?.0? IRev. J. E. Thomas is the elder. S. W. Sellers of Newberry was elected district superintendent of the Sunday school department of the Newberry district. Tha TIftPrAr 1-M ? AAV*. V*f "We tad an Uncle Tom's Cabin company at the op'ry house night before last." "Ah!" returned the factious drummer, "did the venerable drama seem to depict the horrors of slavery as vividly as it used to?" "Well, it depicted tT'.e horrors of Uncle Tom's Cabin as vividly as ever." Mil HULLS LEADS FUR CUNGRESS. * < Mcholls and Morgan Will Make Sec- j j ond Race in the Fourth District. I Snartanhiir? Herald. 12th. All except a very small fraction of j ti e vote in the district has already I been accounted for in the unofficial re- j turns, showing that the second race for congress will be between Sam J. Xicholls of Spartanburg and B. A. Morgan of Greenville. Mr. Xicholls, according to the unofficial returns, lAaric ir \f0r2an hv about 1.200 votes Only tfro additional boxes were received yesterday out of the 12 missing in the unofficial returns for this county Tuesday night. Including ticese, the count shows a total note in the distrist of 4,998 for Xichols, 3,797 for Morgan, .2,612 for Miller, 1,792 for Johnson, 1,808 for Blackwood a>3 152 for Gantt. It will De noticed mai Blackwood thus advances abead of Johnson, taking fourth place. It is estimated that between 500 and 1,000 votes are yet to be !:eard from over the entire district, as some boxes are missing in the unofficial reports from all the counties, with the exception of Union, which is ^complete. I Additional DOXCS receivea ^csiwuay were from Valley Falls and Gramling, these being as follows: (Valley Falls ? Blackwood, 37; Gantt, 2; Johnson, 0; MfilGr, 11; Morgan, 8; Nicholls, 16. Gramling?Blackwood, 26; Gantt, 0; Johnson, 0; Miller, 0; Morgan, 19; Nid-olls, 19. MISSIONARY WORK IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA Living uaurcn. The missionary district of Southern Florida ):as not taken up any active ''social work" in the particular meaning of that term. It has a school for girls which enables them to get a good education in a fine climate for -very little money. This in a broad sense is a wonderful social help to the communities from whia: these girls come. ~ -> * rv /J/\ T f koc n V? nm a on / ? 1111& IS it I Ui iaiiuu. XL uao a uuuic uuu hospital in the same place in which much work is done free for the benefit of people who could not get otherwise the best medical treatment and nursing. It also provides a home for helpless old people. In Tampa the Rev. A. E. Cornish has been asked to superintend the Charities association work. The work was in wretd:ed condition when he took charge last November. Since then the chief industries of the city nave suffered very much and thotisands have been t)':rown out of employment, especially in cigar making and phosphate rock mining and shipping. By systematic work the thousands have been fed and the situation held well in hand against many difficulties. Mr. Cornidi succeeded in get ting many new subscribers. Then when the rush became too great he opened up to other distributing points among the' Latin people who live here and who were tf:e greatest sufferers on account of lack of work in the great cigar factories. Besides the regular work of feeding and investigation common to all associated charities work. Mr. Cornish has a lodging house for men out or employment, where they can stay two nights free and receive two meals a day free <vt'".ile seeking employment, and after the two days they must pay fifteen cents a night and ten cents each for the meals. He has also got ten the real estate men to let him utilize vacant lots for gardens, he paving twelve and a half cents an Ibour for work done on the gardens. He hopes for returns in vegetables. This has given employment to a large number of men and been the means of their finding permanent employment. "This gives self-support," in the words of a correspondent, and adds dignity to tf:e whole charity system. Statement Approyed. "There ought to be only one head to any family," shouted an orator. "That's true," replied a married looking man in the audience. "You agree with me," shouted the speaker. "I do," replied the married man. "I've just bought hats for nine daughters." Appalachian h Tn Mmi ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING ! HELD AT UNION1 GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IS REQUESTED AT ONCE. :About, $.>.000 in Monev Secured?Ready For Work?Another Meeting At (Spartanburg?Trip to Mountains. The central committee on the 'Appalachian highway met at Union on Wednesday. Col. Watson came through on Wednesday morning and took from Newberry Mr. B. C. Mathhews, Mr. H. -r-k ? i .rr rr a ..11 rn-u ~ Li. fdTT ana ivir. n.. n. auii. me yaii; left Newberry about 10 o'clock and reached Union a little after 12. T.:.e run to Whitmire was made in a little over an hour, including two short stops. From Whitmire to Union the time was a fraction less than an hour. Inasmuch as Col. Watson di-d not return on t'no r\th**r trin via "Wlhitmire and was therefore unable to measure the road by the Brick House, the trip on Wednesday was made by that route to Whitmire. The distance from the public square in Newberry to the banking i .ouse of William Coleman & Co., via the Brick House road, is 21.9 miles. The distance via the Caldwell road as' measured by Col. Wiatson is 19.6 miles, a difference in the two roads of 2J3< miles. The road from Cromer's to Whitmire is in fine condition at this time. It has recently been dragged and there was no troub e to make 'time by this route. There was a good attendance at tLe committee meeting and much enthusiasm was manifested. In fact it looks lilro tho npnnlp slnn? thp rrvnte are V?.w O really in eeriest and mean to build the road. There \i-ere representatives from all the points along the way from Newberry to Spartanburg. Besides those mentioned from Newberry there were nresent C. S. Suber. JoLn M. Suber and Z. H. Suber from along the road, and from Whitmire there were present T. W. Coleman, J. D. Tidmarsh and P. B. Odeil. Upon casting up the accounts and hearing from the committees it was found that about $4,200 had been raised for the improvement of the road and C..ere were other lists to come in, and thncQ wVirv were nrpspnf "hari WJUVUV * * ai \y t? v* v f* vwm v ? not completed the canvass. This money, with the co-operation of the supervisors of Union and Newberry, Ji Has thought, was sufficient with wl-ich to begin work. The farmers who are going to co-operate with their teams and labor want to get to work ^ n^V?r\w? Vl A M ATT' fV? fl di unt'C. luc.v uavc uuw uuisucu <-ut working of their crops and they want to do the work before the Ifcarvest season begins. Besides, they want the benefit of the good road in the marketing of their crops. A resolution was adopted asking Col. Watson to request the detail of an engineer at once, so that work might be commenced on the building of tJ':.e road. Col. WTatson stated that he would wire Washington that afternoon for the detail of the engineer, and f:e was satisfied that he would be here in the next few days. It was also decided to have subscription blanks prepared so that along with subscriptions of money and labor rights of way for a forty-foot road might also be obtained. a finanno nnmmittpp was anDoInted for eacL county. In Newberry county, (Mr. Z. F. Wright was appointed for Newberry and Mr. John M. Suber for the stretch of ::oad between Newberry and Whitmire .ind Mr. T. W. Coleman for Whitmire. Sor Union county, Mr. A. G. Kennedy was appointed and for Spartanburg Mr. Blackburn was named. TA ~ - 1'-- ^ J /\ J f/\ A fir f A 0_ 11 Wits aibO ucuiucu lu ao-n. mc uugroes who live along the road and who use the roads to give labor or money to Ibelp in the construction of the road. It was decided to ho?d another meeting of the committee at Spartanburg on Wednesday, August 25. In this connection it was decided to make this ' fighway ntains Assured meeting a real booster meeting for good roads and to take a trip the day before from Newberry and bold meetings along the way and endeavor to | get as many people as possible to join i the party. Col. Watson said he felt sure e could bring a number of cars from Columbia who incidentally might boost the State fair and at the same I *? ~ ~ 1 ?- * U ~ ilf n r\f r A Q H C [ time iicip me touoc ui suuu * The following schedule was agreed upon for this trip leaving Newberry on Tuesday, August 24, at 8:30 in the morning: Gibson's or Cromer's Mill? 9a. m. ' Whitmire?10.30 a. m. Union?3 p. m. Buffalo?4 p. ra. West Springs?5 p. m. Glenn Springs?6 p. m. Spend t:..e night at Glenn Springs. Wednesday, August 25: Pauline?8:30 a. m. Morgan's?9 a. m. Cedar Springs?9:30 a. m. Brick House?10 a. m. Mabry's Store?10:30 a. m. - Snartanburs?11 a. m. At Spartanburg it is proposed to have a good roads rally and the Spartanburg chamber of commerce will take charge of the program and arrange for a good meeting. Lunch will be taken at Spartanburg and after that a party will be formed to go on over the mountain highway to Henderson?ille. The distance from Spartanburg to Hendersonville is about fifty miles and tJ.ey say the road is fine. This will be a nice trip ana 11 is expcuicu there will be a number of ladies in the j party. It will take about three days to make it. It is hoped that a number j of people from Newberry will join the [ booster party and go on to HenderI sonville, but certainly as far as Spartanburg. The gentlemen from Spartanburg at the meeting at Union kindly offered to take from Spartanburg on to Hendersonville all who might attend the meeting and w;:o had no convey ance or auto to go on to Hendersonville. The opening of this Appalachian highway will mean a great deal for Newberry, and we hope to see all our people take an interest in it. The people along the countryside are deeply interested and are anxious to get to work at once, and are subscribing liberally in money and work for the building of the road. T.':ere is no doubt about the money and work for the Newberry portion of this road. Just as soon as the engineer arrives the work will be commenced and w? should have the road ready for travel in the next sixty days or less. While we are building tibe Appalachian highway we must not forget to keep the Piedmont highway in good repair. This will put 'Newberry on two mountain highways?one to Greenville and one to Spartanburg. We want to see all auto owners get ready for the trip on August 24 and si;.ow by our acts that we are really interested in the construction of this roaa. ? ?ir Mil. YANCEY 3IILLER, Retired Contractor Is Buried at Silverstreet Funeral services of William Yancey Miller, who died at his home, 2016 Marion street, Sunday night, was neia i at Silverstreet Tuesday. Mr. Miller was 57 years old, and had not been in the best of healtlh for some time. He was a contractor and had been a resident of Columbia 17 years. Mr. IMiller is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Susan Pitts of Silverstreet He also leaves two children, John A. Miller of Memphis] and Frederick W. Miller of Columbia, and four brothers, John and Duncan Miller of Austin, Texas; J. G. Miller of Newberry and Rlbett Miller of Kinards. His father, James C. Miller, is still living at Goldtville. Garmany School Patrons to Meet. The patrons of Garmany school are requested to meet at the school J- A 11 on i a grounds UU rnuaj auuuvA/u, 13 at 4 o'clock. BuWness of importance to be considered and all patrons are urgently requested to attend. PETITION AGAINST BLOCKADE Importers Urge Prompt Action to Release Goods Held Up By England. New York, Aug. 11.?After listening l + <- tv rw r\ s> V? Kt? Cnr< o ir*r T-JrvL-/^ Qmi+V* A f IU O. U v ugxiaiui nunc uuxibu \s*. Georgia, more than 300 New York importers today adopted a petition to President Wilson urging prompt and strenuous action to relieve American importers of conditions caused byGreat Britain's refusal to allow German and Austrian products to be shipped from neutral ports to the United States. Senator Smith declared the British blockade was one of the most flagrant did inexcusable violations of neutral rights in naval Listory. . "I have determined the only thing to A r\ 77 o i r? Q m i t Vl f ,r\ toll uu, oaxu tjcuatui ujuxcxx, *o wv r Great Britain to revoke the blockade order, or she can have no neutral trade with us. "The excuse that Great Britain seized vessels carrying goods produced in Germany or Austria, or of goods intended for Germany or Austria, but consigned to a neutral port as a retaliatory measure against Germany does not make tf':e seizure lawful. "There is no justification for the second contention that the British were justified in their action because the United States had violated Great Britain's rights during the civil war. '!' e United States never committed an act, nor did our courts ever write a line that justified the British action." As to 'Cotton. Senator Smith declared that during the Russo-Japanese war Great Britain asserted the right of India to ship cotton to Japan. He further declared that t!':e British first placed cotton on the list of articles that were not to be classed as contraband. As a contention that rulings by the United States supreme court on international law did not justify Great Britain in establishing the blockade, Senator Smltn discussed the Bermuda and Peterhof, or Matamoros cases, .which arose during the civil war. In t; e latter case! he noted the ruling of the court which held that, although the Peteri.'.of sailed from England for Matamoros, Mexico, with contradanb, conditional contraband and noncontraband goods, all intended for shipment to Texas during the war, only the actual contraband could be seized, as a blockade could not extend to a neutral port. iA /i/vmmittoo ronrpspntin ?r various '*1 v^vmunutvv/ A importers' associations were appointed to draw up a petition, to be voted on later, asking President Wilson to call a special session of congress to discuss way and mean of relieving the importers. In Memoriam, ' Mrs. Fannie Abrams, wife of SimI A T Onfn*?/1oir Till V ^ eoil ilLFrttlllS, UiCU.' oaiuiua;, uui; ??, 1915. She was buried at Smyrna church Sunday afternoon, July 4. She was 71 years old. A large congregation gathered to pay respect to her memory and brought many beautiful flowers. God has taken her to Him! self at a ripe old age. She had waited for the summons for many weary months, but murmured not. "Life's race well run, Life's work well done, Life's crown well won. Now comes rest." i I Therefore be it resolved: 1. That we, members of tl.:e Ladies' Aid society of Smyrna church, recognize our loss as her gain and submit without a murmur to the will of God and shall ever hold in loving remembrance her Christian character and l.er cheerful acceptance of all He required of her to endure. 2. That we tender our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and of z"1 r^A mill Mmfnrt tTi pm in PI CLJ lliau u VAi tf in vviju^v* V their sorrow.. 3. That a page in our minutes be set apart to the memory of our sister and that fr.ese resolution be recorded therein. 4. That a cop/ of these resolutions be furnished the bereaved family and one sent to each of our county papers for publication. Mrs. Helen Clary, Mrs. Jessie Clary, . Mrs. Mayme N Matthews, Commtttee. j " f Do not overeat. It is distressing to the stomach and the pocketbook. SUSPENDS WERTS FOR MISCONDUCT GOVERNOR REMOVES NEWBERRY COUNTY AUDITOR. Grand Jury Foreman Brought the (Charges?Neglect of Duty is Among Allegations. No Appointment Made. T?e Herald and News made an effort Thursday afternoon to get the governors office in Columbia and the Columbia central gave the residence of ex-Gov. Blease. The | secretary or state was secured ana he said no appointment of auditor for this county has been sent to? his office. Representatives Mower and Workman said so far as they knew no request for recommendation had been sent to tJ'ae delega! tion. A- call at Senator Johnstone's home was answered by the statement that he was out of town. Mr. B. )V. Chapman said all he knew was that there were several applicants, but that no meeting of tlfce delegation had been held. Among the applicants are J. B. Halfacre, W. R. Reid and J. B. Lathan. * Eugene S. Werts, auditor of New berry county, was suspended from office Tuesday by Gov. Manning as a [ result of a hearing at which Mr. Werts I presented his answer to t):e charges | of "misconduct and neglect of duty in ' the affairs of his office." The order of ! suspension, which was sent to Mr. i the books and the general condition "Whereas the grand jury of Newberry county, by its presentment to ' * * T- J T71 ms noiior Juuge .Til nesi imivie 16, 1915, called attention to errors in the books and the general conditions of the office of the county auditor of Newberry county; and "Whereas, Mr. Haskell Wright, foreman of the grand jury, in a report to me, under date of June 18, 1915, complained further of neglect of attention of tf:e county auditor to his office and of his general conduct: and "Whereas, Mr. Haskell Wright, foreman of the grand jury, under date of July 30, 1915, in a letter to Hon. C. iW. Sawyer, comptroller general of the State of South Carolina, complains specifically of misconduct of the affairs of the office of county auditor; and \ "Whereas, further, after tf:e~ first presentment of the grand jury I summoned Auditor E. S. Werts to appear before me and he requested that he be given time to correct the errors in the books of nis office and to show tlbat he could conduct the office in a proper manner, which request I granted, but which it seems has not been complied witfc; and "Whereas, in response to a letter of Mr. Haskell Weight, foreman of the grand jury, under date of July 30, 1915, l summoned ana causea 10 appear uefore me Auditor E. S. 'Werts to answer the charges of misconduct and neglect of duty in the affairs of his office, which charges Ihe' has failed to disprove: "Now, therefore, under authority vested in me under section 382, code of 1912, volume 1, T do suspend, until presented to ana aciea upon oy me senate, :E. S. Werts from the office of auditor of Newberry county." Miss Kohn Entertains. The most attractive event of the season among tibe society people of Prosperity was the reception given Thursday evening by Miss Marie Kohn, in honor of her charming house guests, Misses Desie Deane of Saluda, Fran ces Thompson of Newberry, Nettie Smith of Leesville, Nell Kohn of Columbia, Azilee Berry of Richmond and Messrs. Lester Crosson of Leesville and Ernest Sam Kcftn of Columbia. Tne beautiful home of Miss Kohn was decorated for the occasion. The guests wprp mpt at thp door bv Mrs. Vireie Kohn and were ushered into the parlor, where they ment the attractive visitors. Punch was served throughout me evening in a cozy noox 01 u-e piazza by Misses Moss Fellers, Josephine May and Dorris Kohn. Progressive conversation was the main feature of \ the evening. An ice coursfe was served later to about sixty people, and abo>ut 12 o'clock every one bid good-night, saying they had enjoyed the evening immensely.