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if ( 1 VOLUME Llll, >OfBEK 69. ffEWBEEBY, S. C, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER, 2S, 1915. TWICE A WF~it, A YEAk NEWS AND VIEWS FfiOM CAPItAl OF WE ilAiE FKOHIBITION ELECTION TO BE DEl'LAKED OCTOBEK 5. Tlie Gallon-a_JI?i> nth Law?State Printing?General Items of Local Interest. (By Jno. K. Aull.) Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Sept. 27.?The steering committee of the prohibitionists ha^ registered a protest against tne recent - * ?tha postponement of tne aeciara.uuu ut election held on September 14, and the secretary of state, K. M. McCown, in a ' puuiic statement, has explained that the postponement was necessary, as not a single member of the board of canvassers except himself was present at the meeting \Vhich ue called; that he called in the lieutenant governor, who attended, but it was found that all the returns were not in, and that October 5 was finally fixed as the date for a subsequent meeting iu ucua^. the election. The prohibition steering committee seems to fear that if the declaration of the result is delayed, some of the county dispensaries may purchase additional supplies of liquor, the dispensaries being forbidden to purchase any more liquors ^after the result is declared. (The secretary of state cites the law under which purchases must be made, the time required for advertising, for sealed bids to be submitted, etc., in reply to what he calif* this "bugaboc^ or nigger in the woodpile, which the -steering committee seems to see." Gallon-a-tfonth " 1; ^ ^ ViiriTKy ovprwhelm &0U til <11KJHL1CL V ingly voted prohibition upon herself, effective on the first of next January, the matter of the enforcement of the k law is up for serious consideration. Judge Frank B. Gary, in a recent case i before him, has declared the galion-amonth law unconstitutional. The question will go to the supreme court for adjudication, and probably to the su preme court of the United states, some good lawyers agree with Judge Gary in Ms construction of the law, and some good lawyers think his construction wrong. Mr. Wm. P. Greene, an able lawyer of the Abbeville bar, discussing the decision in his newspaper, the Abbeville Press and Banner, differentiates the South Carolina statute from the principle involved in the decision of the United States supreme court in the Kentucky case, upon which Judge Gary based his decision. A 'Way Pointed Out. However, tae law may be decided, a way has been pointed out for South Carolina to have real prohibition. The niwhihitimiists have a majority in the general assembly, and if they want real prohibition it is urged that they could pass an act making it unlawful for one to ha\e alcoholic liquor in his possession ev n for personal use, and then prohibit the shipment of it into South Carolina for any purpose. There would then be no loophole, and by thus taking advantage of the federal law South Carolina could be made dry. It is urged that if it can be made unlawful for a? person to have more than a gallon a month in his possesion for personal use?the only foundation upon which the gallon-a-montii law can stand under the federal law?then it can be made unlawful to have any whiskey at all for personal or any other use, and the Federal law be taken advantage of and keep whiskey out of South Carolina altogether. Of course this would be a stringent law. but it is the only logical conclusion of the whole matter, viewed in the light of the recent election. County Warehouses lTnder State System. The warehouse at Little Mountain has been taken under the State system, and the warehouse at Pomaria, which is now about completed, will be taken under the system this week. Messrs. W. B. Shealy and C. A. Frick are the managers of the Little (Mountain warehouse. The Wise worehouse at Prosperity has been under the State system since last November. The State Printing. A joint committee of the two houses of the general assembly is investigating the matter of State printing, and will hold another session in Columbia on the first of October. There is no in thp manner in which this printing ha? been "handled, due to l?.c^ \ THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY Woman's Missionary Society?School ( improvement Association Officers, lonn&r Peoples Society. f o. - l T1 T_T Vou-C special ll> i lie ntriaiu auu aioio. Prosperity, Sept. 27.?Mr. H. B. Schumpert of Atlanta spent several days with his mother, Mrs. annie Schumpert. Mr. D. E. f\dgell of Jacksonville is \ isiting at the home of Mr. W? A. Moselej, ' ? ^ *r -i* ivir. jts. unapman 01 .\e?ucu7 naiteri Mr. L. M. Wise Sunday. Messrs. H. .1. Rawl, A. B. Wise and j. A. Hunt spenc Sunday in Lexington. Miss Winnie Repass leaves today for w - Puf' ,V.rH Via aftor c\ vi<sit i: K 1 ilUi:*. III iJwUiVl U, ?C*., M4VVA W . AW to lier aunt, Mrs. L. A. Black. Mis. Nannie Wheeler is spending a few days in Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise, Messrs. W. j. wise ana a. n. nawKurs spyiu .viuii lay in Columbia. :Y.r. Wm. Seel of Columbia is spending a few days at the Wise hotel. Alesdames J. B. Hartman and E. W. Werts and Miss Kate Barre spent j Thursday in Newberry. Miss Ellie Cousins of .\ewDerry spent: the week-end with her sister, Mrs. Frank Merchant. Mr. J. Pet Bedenbaugh, who was thrown from his wagon Vhen his n-ules became frightened and ran awav one day last week, was taken to the .Columbia hospital Monday for treatment. / Miss Rebe Langford of Spartanburg .-pent the week-end with her parents, Mr and Mrs. P. L. Langford. I.VJr. J. A. C. Kibler and Mrs. Minnie Long were married Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at St. Paul's church, Rev. Y. von A. Riser officiating. Mr. Kibler is a prominent planter and cotton i hnvpr Top hannv counle left on the Southern train for a short trip to Charleston. The Women's Missionary society of Grace church held their quarterly public meeting Sunday evening. Mrs. J. D Quattlebaum had charge of the soing and the program was very inter esting, different members of tthe society taking part. At the meeting of the School Improvement association on Friday afternoon the well arranged program was rendered, after which the following officers were elected for the coming voa r President?Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler. Vice President?Mrs. O. B. Simpson. Secretary?Miss Clara Brown. Treasurer?Mrs. J. P. Wheeler. Refreshments were served. The regular monthly meeting of the Young People's society was held Friday evening. The following officers were elected: President?Mr. L. M. Wise. Vice President?Miss Effie Hawkins. ; v yraing secretry ? i.viass juiien i AVerts. Treasurer?Miss Isoline Wyche. I T'he delegates to the contention ! which meets in Newberry are Mrs. J. | F. Browne, Miss Isoline Wyche and I Mr. L. M. Wise. Haiti's newest president is reported to be enthusiastic about his job. He may even go so far os to lose his head over it.?Boston Record. of any adequate or efficient system on the part of the State, there has been a great deal of waste, and there is possibility of great saving to the tax-pay ers of the State in tae inauguration of a proper plan. It is for the purpose of making report and recommendations along this line that the joint committee of the two houses was appointed. Fatal Accident to Little Girl. The manv friends in Newberry of I Mr. Thos. B. Graham of this city will sympathize with him deeply in the heavy affliction which has befallen him in the untimely death of his little dauhter, IMary Cornelia, aged five and a half years. Little Mary was playing with a jack o' lantern on the sidewalk near her home on Friday night when her clothes caught fire and she was badly burned. She was taken to a local hospital on Saturday morning, but all efforts to save her were unavailing, and :he gentle spirit was released shortly before noon on Saturday The little one was laid to rest in jtumwooa cemetery on Saturday afternoon. She was a bright and beautiful child, loved by all who knew her. Mr. Graham is a brother of Mrs.! .Tas. P. Sheely of Newberry. ? - $ v * t ' v > s> i-' v '-V ; THE IDLER. *> I t> ^ ^ ^ -?> <? ? > . - > > $><$><$><$> <? Charity is the greatest of the Chris tian virtues, we are told by the divine writer. In my opinion the one next to it. though not recorded as one of the greatest -virtues in holy writ, ic loyalty. Loyalty to your country, loyalty to your home, loyalty to your friends, i lovaltv to vour own family. Now what is loyalty. Mr. Webster sas it is "the state or quality of being loyal. Fidel1 ity to a superior, or to duty, or to j love.' Every one knows what duty is though some of us sometimes fall far short in the performance even of the ar.v Hnv rinrieu nf fhp household or the home or a great many others that I might mention. Every one knows what love is, though sometimes we. all j tall very far rnort in the proper exerj eise of it where-- it is our duty to show ! it. Now, what is fidelity? Mr. Web! -aer says fidelity is "faithfulness, ad j herenc-e to right. Careful and exact ; observance of duty, or discharge of ob! ligation." How many, or how few, live I nit to these definitions, and yet how j easy it would be if there was rightI eousness in each individual heart. ?o? But what I want to talk about is loyalty of family. How beautiful and r n-not if i"? cOil thp IrWfll ROT1 OT the- loyal daughter. How happy it makes the home. How happy it keeps ;he old home after the children have cione out and set up homes of their own to see them remain loyal to the oii folk left at the old home. That j loyalty which is defined as fidelity to a superior, fidelity to duty, fidelity to love. Ti.at loyalty which never forgets the sacrifice which the old folks at lome have made for the children who are now grown up and able to care for 'hemsel vet. That loyalty which makes - - ? 1 j 1, them stand Dy ana aeiena me oia ium even if in the mind of the offspring the old folk have not done just as they think should have been done. (That spirit which causes them to exclaim, my country, right or wrong, my country. That loyalty which causes the children to remember that commandment which has the promise, "Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land wmch the Lord thy God gveth thee." I notice that some one has said that this is not the fifth commmandment. Well, I do not know them by numbers, and yet when I was young and went to Sunday school in the country I was taught to memorize the comma\Jmehts i v.. ..imKnn TtyicjItoc rir> Hiffprpnfp ! ij V 11 U lH'UC 1 XL uiu twu i* v v* v - j about the number. The main point is i the thing itself. Yes, loyalty, that loyalty which causes the brother to be faithful and true to the sister and the sister to the brother. The *nd the mother to the children. The children to the f father and the mother it is the most beautful sight in this world of sin and sorrow. I do not know anything in all the category of -virtues that appeals to me more than family loyalty. And let ??? nrVl Ar a it i C n/"kt t V) ic TlOt ! mt; xeii ?v v/u, nnti c itui vuv> v , that loyalty to country and to home that should exist to make a great people. The home is the foundation of our government and of our institutions. When there is not loyalty to the home and the folk there, then there begins the disintegration of the very government itself. 0, if I could just impress upon the young men and tne young women as they go out from the home the importance of loyalty to the home and the folk they have left there, I would feel that all the stuff I had written had not been in vain. They, some tme in the future, will have the same experience that the old folk at home J ? rr'il 1 wnn 1 nave now, ana men uiej wm the truth of what I am writing now, but it will be too late then to make reparation for the heartache they have caused by their lack of loyalty. Too late, awful words, have you ever thought of what they mean. I am get ting old row and I know whereof I speak. Daughter, son, read these words that I am now typing and remember what they are, you will feel the force of them some day. You will be old after awhile if you Ike long enough. Love the folk you have left at the old heme. Be tender to them. Bear with them. Honor them. Loyalty pays its dividends. You will find out after a while. I reckon r am writing this because the other day 1 read a piece in some paper oa the subject, "Loyalty Pays Dividends." And you know when I read something lhat appeals to me 1 want to pass it on, to some one else. .When 1 see something that I think is good 1 want to give some one else the opportunty to enjoy it with me. I never oonlri pniov anything all by my lonely. And then, you know, as we grow old we love to give advice. It doesn't make any difference to me whether anyone takes my auvice or not. I feel better after I get it out of my system. I have done my duty and there is no compulsion on any one to read what I write, or to pay any attention to it. It is up to you, dear reader, to do just as you please about this stuff, and 1 will take no offense. Dut I want to quote the little article which sugested this big one. Here it is: ?0? We read much in the public press today of "loyalty to our country.' It is well, for if any man on earth has reason to feel loyal to his country for benefits conferred, that man is the American citizen. T?n+ +horo ir- onntho? lrvvnlfv wbiph u C HiV, I t xo UllV Vitvt iw;v?iv; ?? ranks side by side with that of country, and that is "loyalty to home and home people." We have a community here in which any people might feel a just pride, and we have a people wholly on a par with the community, though there are times when we are neglectful of our interests and unmindful of the disintegrating consequence which invariably ensue. Loyalty always pays its dividend, but loyalty to home and home people pays a double dividend. Let us be loyal to our country by all means, but let us be doubly loyal to our uome people and our home institutions, for it is by this means only that we may thrive, and flourish, and grow as a collective unit in the marts of the world. Yes, be loyal to your town. To your community. I think it was Dr. Cromer, in his speech to the boosters the other day, who said that he had a contempt for the man, or the woman (he didn't say woman, but I do) who would be constantly knocking and running down his own town. 'The place in ?' 1 ? * ? J a1?a? K*?ao ^ wnicn tie livt?s <tiiu iiicmco lua uicau and meat should be THE place in his eyes. If it is not then he should move on to some other place. Of course, there is no one in Newberry who is not loyal to the town. We wouldn't let 'em stay here. We would just move 'em on, w.hether they wanted to go or not. I want to say this: If all the people of the community were as loyal to it as the newspapers' we would haive a Deach of a town. The Newberry newspapers never issue a paper but something appears therein that is boosting the town and the people of the community. Had you ever thought of tiiat? They are so constantly at it that the people take it as a matter of course. And yet there is no class in the community that receives half so much cussing as the newspaper people. And who are so little appreciated. Neither the editor of the Observer nor of The Herald and News is paying me anvthins: for saying this, but it is the w ~ I literal truth and I just can't help speaking the truth. I was taught to do so from my youth up. And now that I am old I can not depart therefrom. By the way. I passed down by The Idler's park the other night and I was happy to see the numerous young people, and -the old people becoming young, who were there enjoying themselves, and then I could not help feeling a little personal pride at the result of my labors during these many years - - - * _ * mi TT?? that l have oeen writing ior ine nciaid and News. Some of these days when the nights get long I am going over my scrap book and see how many miles of type I have written creating a public sentiment for the building of, the park and then I am going to tell I you about it. Of course, I know there j will be those to say that what I write had nothing to do with the coming of the park, but there are others who appreciate my efforts in that direction and appreciate the fact that to me? yes, to me, more than to any one else? is due the park which we now have. This is not egotism. It is a plain and simple fact. I am not egotistic and neither am I selfish. I work for re suits I don't care who gets the credit but in this matter this will be The Idler's park for all time to come, by whatever name it may be called. Put ""V ! BORDER SITUATION ! . PRESENTS PUZZLE MEXICAN AND .UIE1UCAN TROOPS I DENY THEY STARTED FIGHT. j Carranza Orders Investigation?Meanwhile This Country Will Not Change Policy. ! Washington, Sept. 25.?Major Gen. i I i.iiston, commanding United States troops on the border, and Gen. Xafarrate, the Carranza commander, both disclaim for their men responsibility ! i'or the fighting yesterday near Proj.greso. in which one American trooper 1 was killed and an officer wounded, j while the casualties of the Mexican ! raiders are not known. ! I den Funston renorted to the war de .artment today that his men had rebelled the raiding party, which fled across the border under the protection A soldiers "in uniform" entrenched on tne other side. The Carranza agency ga-. e out a telegram from Gen. Xafarrate asserting that there were no Carranza troops in the vicinity. A full report on recent fighting along the border was made to the state de | partment today by the war department, i It states that in no case.have Amerij can soldiers begun the firing, but it is } admitted that civilians and deputy j sheriffs in i exas have provoked some i attacks. i Officials here are frankly puzzled i over the border situation. Gen. CarI | ranza has directed Gen. Jacinto Tre! \iuo to make a thorough investigation i and a clearer understanding is expect? I ed. Until authentic information is obtained as to the cause of the raids the policy of the American government v be unchanged. I Explaining the visit of Gen. Felipe Angeles to Washington the Villa agenissued this statement tonight: "Gen. Felipe Angeles wishes to state thatt he has arrived in Washington as a member of the delegation appointed by the military chiefs of the provisional government to represent it in the peace conferences planned in accordance with the invitation of the PanAmerican conferees August 2. i j "Published reports that Gen. Angeles has deserted from the convention army are false. The reports appear to have j been inspired in Carranzizta sources in ! El Paso. . i "Gen. Doaul iMaderofi another menij ber of the delegation, will proceed to ! Washington as soon as he is liberated ; by the American military authorities, ! who detained him on the border while ; he was en route to discharge his comI | mission." i A New Firm. - ! Mr. Vv. T. McKinney of McBee has ! ! moved to Xewberry with his family I ! and occupies the house recently va cated by !.Vlr. Bullock in ColLge street., He will open a new cash dry goods and j notions and shoes store in the city. | The style of the firm wll be the Caroj lina Cash Co. Mr. McKinney is man| ager and Mrs. Julia McKinney is the president. The new store will occupy the store room in Main street belonging to Mrs. Paysinger and next door J to the Annie L. Smith & Co. store. The 1 i Herald and News welcomes the new j store and also Mr. and Mrs. McKinney ' to Xewberry and hopes they may find i it profitable and pleasant to sojourn with us. J A Card of Thanks. We desire to extend to those kind ! friends and others who lent us their | aid and extend their lo-ving and tefi- j der sympaby during tne illness ana at the death of our husband and father our most sincere and grateful thanks. In the hour of sorrow and bereavement i the kind words and loving sympathy of | friends is sweet and comforting. Mrs E. Y. Morris and Sons, j Queen Mary of i^giana is Keen ror: Chinese art and has fitted up one of her private rooms entirely in the Chinese style. a pin right down there and drive it in. I may be gone to the happy hunting grounds and forgotten here, but the park will stand as my monument. Maybe I should not say this, but I ? <- -i- ;? ~ T just can t neip siiynisj just ?nai 1 uuun and know. And I know this, and you ' know it., too, dear reader. THE IDLER. ' / VIRTUAL AGREEMENT ON DETAILS OF LOAN MEMBERS OF COMMISSION CONFER WITH WESTERN BANKERS. Half Billion Dollar Credit Loan to Great Britain and France Is Almost Completed. New York, Sept. 26.?The AngloFrench financial commission and Eastern bankers have reached a virtual agreement on details of the pro posed half billion dollars credit loan to Great Britain and France. Four , members of the commission will leave here tomorrow for Chicago to confer with Western bankers over the tentative terms. Details of the loan on which the ' ? .? :?: ? j n x i i ~ cuiiiuussum anu c-asiern uansers are in virtual accord are: The amount, approximately $500,! 000,000. The securities, joint Anglo-Frenca ! notes. The interest rate, 5 per cent; to yield the investor about 5 1-2 per cent by the notes being offered slightly below par. A conversion privilege at maturity of the note-??the holder to receive cash or joint Anglo-French 15 or 20 year bonds bearing 4 1-2 per cent interest. It became known tonight toat the entire tentative program had been sub\ mitted to London and Paris and that the attitude of the two governments so far as disclosed is one of approval. It is assumed that the parliaments of both Great Britain and France would v have to authorize the issuance of the loan. The commission's forthcoming trip to Chicago was announced in a formal statement, which said they now r.9 "rv, ^ ^,+1 ^ ^ +V>? v. ci c ucaiiuua ui 111^:^x1115 ouuic v/l uu leading men of affairs *rom other great centers." If the Western bankers are in accord with the tentative agreement on which the Eastern financiers and / j the commission have reached an unl derstanding the program will stand barring unforeseen development and *tc final adoption is as good as asstrred. j This assertion was made tonight by i *.n American financier woo has been of I tVio tlirAii <r limit tVlA n^virvH r?P I I 1 \s * v 1 v_ till vuglivut l'" V Ji/ V* & iVU VI. negotiations Four imembers of the commission wfll make the trip to Chicago". Lord Reading, who is lord chief justice of England and chairman of the commission, and Basil B. Blackett, a British treasury expert and secretary of the | commission, will be two of the mim; her. The other two probably will Sir Henry Babbington Smith, ^mier 1 ? - - ? head of the Bank ot 'iurkey, an<i i nest Mallett, regent of the Bank of France. A member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. will be in Chicago at the same time, it was said. >0 EVIDENCE OF 3L4TERIAL PR0 - tfKESS Ut 3?(jVUAllU39. Report That Anglo-French Commission Is PrepariLc to Report Is Denied. Xew York, Sept. 25.?Little, if any, progress was made today in the negotiations toward establishing a halfbillion-dollar credit loan to Great Britain and France. IMany American bankers who have been in consultation with the Anglo-French financial commission did not visit the financial section. So one in close touch with the sit1 J 1 ? J /v ' 1 J AT> xf uation couia oe iouhu wuu nuuiu ucu; a generally credited rumor that the commission had submitted to the British and French governments the rough draft of terms satisfactory to American bankers. The general belief was that a reply would be received on Monday. One report that was definitely denied was that tl\e commission intended to depart for 'Europe next Saturday. A Tall Segro. A tall negro 011 the streets on Monday attractd a good deal of attention. Large crowds followed him around. He was advertising celluloid starch and was in charge of Mr. L. L. Green of Charleston. The negro is 7 feet 11 inches tall; has a reach with his hands above his head of 11 feet; wears a No. 23 shoe; weighs 351 pounds, and is 23 years old. He is purely [African with no taint of any othe r Wood: and ia from Atlanta.