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fNEW YEAR THI7 BICHT 1 IiUJj 1UUI11 i Nunnally's Fine Candy, Waterman's Ideal Fount Combs and Brushes, ( I Pictures, Pipes, Gl< IKrementz Jewel* Paiisian Ivory, Books for Children and Growr Stationery in Plain an< L Footballs, Baseballs ft Flashlights, Leatt i J KJI. Dags ana ma I Let Us SI i ni ncp i UlLilSLill t t "That's the third time a moment longer on that fe Smith's number? "If Jones won't provu ties for his customers, he < elsewhere. Operator, give How do you know tl happen with your single tel line; the cost is trifling. ( day. I SOUTHERN BELL T] f AND TELEGRAPH BOX 163. COL Death of Joel L. Miniek. I The State. ^ Saluda, Dec. 30.?Joel Landrum Minrck, one of Saluda's oldest and most honored citizens, died Wednesday at his home, "Place o' Pines," after a Hncerine illness. The funeral serv ice? were held at Sardis Baptist church rrimrsday at 2 p. m., and the interment was in the Sardis cemetery. Mr. Minick was born April 28, 1841, t aiid wae a lifelong resident of Saluda county. At an early age he united with the Sardis Baptist church and was a devout and faithful member until ( trne close of his life. At the age of 32 Mr. Minick married Laura Anne Banks and has been an unusually loving and devoted husband j and father. Surviving him are his; widow and eight children. Four boys, I J. Moses, Addison and Jefferson, are res- i L i<ients of Saluda; the other, Dr. R. G. j WL CVlSnick, resides in Atlanta, Gr.; four i 'girls, Miss Millie, teacher in the! Heathwood high school, Columbia; l iMSss Bessie, teacher in the Bailey 1^ echool, Laurens; Mrs. G. P. Seigler, H Eureka and Miss Gana, teacher in the B Sardis graded school, Saluda. Mr. Minick's life made him one loved and honored by all. He served as a private soldier through the entire war ^ ? iOi>A oz I_ m ? T> + OI IODU*DU III VyVUipaJLl^ J_>, i'UUllCCUVU m regiment, under Capt. Pink West. He was wounded at Port Royal an-d at Gettysburg. He was at Appomattox when the Southern armies were disj^^Lcharged. M r. Mi nick has been one of WtJyda'fi most successful farmers. The ^^Pfu^ral services were conducted by p Ms pastor, the Rev. Amos Clary. The (T honorary 'pallbearers were former I comrades. I msKMrnmammmsmzmuEmm^m ?mctiu , , r m., ,...? . | | L GIFTS AT DRUG STORE i i ! i I i :ain Pen, Cigars, Cutlery, issware, Brassware, iry for Men, Trays, China, iups, i Fancy Packages, and Gloves, Electric ler Goods, Purses, Handnicure Cases. j i how You masmmmwmmI 1 _ ^a^MOEPWww* i wAW f "Busy Again" > A Soliloauv in ~ Two Paragraphs this morning. I can't wait dlow. Let me see?what is le sufficient telephone facitf* can't blame me for dealing me 437." lis very occurrence doesn't ephone. Have an auxiliary Call the business Office to* ELEPHONE fj|l COMPANY OdfeZI NggATgpPg^ AIMBIA. S. C. bhibhabnhhhhnngnmmi President at Prayer. The Anderson Daily Maw says the story is told that at a recent cabinet meeting, at the time when it looked as if the United States might be drawn into the European war in spite of all that could be done, President Wilson said to the members of the cabinet as they assembled: "Gentlemen, I don't know whether you believe in prayer or t us ask divine suid UUly UUb X UV> JMVV ? w ance before we begin our deliberations." And then, the story goes, the president knelt, the cabinet members knelt wit'n him and he offered a fervent prayer. We are prone to think of this as a cold and materialistic age. (We hear 'little of prayer by laymen, either public or private. It is therefore all the more refreshing and inspiring to read of the president of the United States and his cabinet kneeling in prayer in the face of a great crisis. It will give all of us, whether we are in the habit of prayer or not, faith and hope and courage. ,Those who do not pray themselves have faith in the man who does pray. The man who prays is not apt to go wrong. He will try to do right, and fhnt ic mn^A than half of any battle. Same True Here. Here is a story told for professional platform people by a Boston Yale man: One day a visiting clergyman, who was to preach before t'ne students at Yale university, asked how long he was expected to talk. "Of course, we put no time limit upon you," replied President Hadley, with his usual pump-handle gesture, "but we have a feeling here at Yale? that no souls?are savea arter ine nrsi. 20 minutes." \ THE NEWS ()F EXCELSIOR Interesting1 Christmas Exercises at Excelsior School?Address by I)r. Hunter?Dniir the Roads. Special to The Herald and News. Excelsior, Dcc. 30.?Mr. Leslie 130 and of Greenville lias been spending a few days with relatives in this section. We missed The Herald and News on Tuesday, but the editor and his force d(?erved a few days' rest. The weather for C'nristnias was fine and everybody seemed happy ami cheerful. Don't forget the use of the split log drag on the roacis. une oesi ?dv m the world to keep good roads. Mr. an<] Mrs. John Smith of Lexington county ivisited relatives in this section during (he holidays. Mrs. Ben Wheeler of Columbia is visiting her father's family, Mr. A. M. Counts. Misses Rosalee Wheeler, Ollie c t-ToJon wVippIpt and Jessie Lor- i \ UUIiLO, t! ..VVAW. V. ? v. ick all spent Christmas at their homes here. Mr. Elon Stone of Columbia spent Christmas at his home here. j Prof. Aumerle Singley, who is teaching sc'aool near Union, spent Christmas at his home here. Misses Frances and Ve;a Kibler are visiting relative s at Pomaria. Mrs. Erne?t Addy and cMIdren of ?iluda county have oeen visiung ner , father's family, Mr. .J. D. Stone. i Kxcelsior school had their Christmas tree and exercises on Wednesday night the 22nd. There was a large j crowd :n attendance. Tne exercises by i the pupils was fine and showed good , training by the teacher. After the ex. excises by the pupils Santa Claus came ; in and after looking over the tree at the nice presents and making a few re-, marks himself, introduced Dr. Geo. Y.; Hunter to the audience. Dr. Hunter I made an interesting address, showing in many ways how we have all heen j blessed the pas', year and now at t'nis, happy Christmas season we are in a land of plenty. Half of the world tonight is at war and many little children will not see Santa Clause and enjoy the glad Christmas season as you do. We should all rejoice and be thankful. [ ""* HI [ Yours, \ i for those light, 2 ) brown breads and 2 i pastries, with the 5 b tantalt7tn(y nHof ! Mil ? v ? ? ? k d and delicious fla- f | vor, j| | Rising Sun l | Flour \tjM I pfjiji a I I ^ I | Self-Rising and !j ^ Ready Prepared 5 I "*"> i 1 A _ A 1* A * first aia to teai- g d ous baking and lag- E I ging appetites. i ! J Your Grocer | | Knows q I 8 ? No Cause For Alarm. A San Francisco clergyman recently, at the close of his sermon, announces that in i'ne course of a week he expected to go on a mission to the heathen. One of the parishoners exclaimed: "Why. my dear doctor, you have never told us one word of this before. It leaves us 'unprepared. What shall we do?" "Brother," said the minister, ?olemnly, "I shall not leave toma.'' Cures Old Sores, Other Kwnecas Won't Jan. The worst cases, no matter of how long standing1, - - - - * U TV are curea Dy me wonaenui, uiu icn&uic Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at tb^ *amt time. 25<50c. $1.00 NEW LIQUOR LAW TO BE ENFORCED !<;OY. JIAXMNU l'LKIXiES Sl'iTOKT IN FIGHT. | ChicExecutive Says the People 31 ust Support Officers?Reviews Year of Progress in State. i ^ T | The State. j "With the help of/God and the supI port of the people this and all other ; laws- of our great state shall be rigi idly enforced so long as I am govI ernor.'' said Governor iVanning in a ! Xew Year's greeting to t'ne people of j South Carolina yesterday: TI.e statement follows: "For the blessings of peace and | prosperity to the people of South i Carolina throughout the year just end| ed, we are profoundly thankful. We i lioro ^inr? rmr nrtrl crave nroh | lems, but in meeting and solving these ; problems we nave been made stronger ! and better futed to meet the problems of the future. South Carolinians toclay, with all the true patriotism of their forefathers, stand shoulder to shoulder a united people fighting for rhe things that ar? right and just for all t'ne people of our grand old South Carolina. "Wfth this spirit of union and cooperation among our people we may lock to the future with optimism and confidence, meeting any difficulties thai ma.- be presented and conquering them as only true patriotic South Carolinians can do. "Many problems must be met during the year 1916. The death of the dispensary s\stem after a stormy life of 23 years, and the enactment of a law prohibiting the sale of alcoholic liquors, places a responsibility upon our people that can not be shirked or thrown off without grave danger. Law is the result of the demand of the peo| pie, and the people in order that their | law be properly enforced, must stand i even closer together and continue the fight for its enforcement, upholding and assisting those officers who are i striving to do their duty without fear ;cr favor. With the help of God and | me support of the people this and all ' n-.. InTi-o nf crrnat etato cTiall hp rigidly enforced so long as I am the governor. "Anot'ner of our problems is that af ?ducation. A continuance of the fighl for rural and common school education in 1916 will bring to us a great reward before the year is ended. "In the year just ended our farmers learned to live at home, thus reducing the cost of production of cotton. Let us not forget the hard lesson of 1914, but continue a system of raising home ? 11 nnliac nn o Hrna H in 191R OapjJilL^7 vu ur VA VMVtVA ? and we will find fewer debts and larger bank accounts in the hands of j our farmers next December. "With a feeling of joy over t'ne good results already obtained in South Carolina and confidence that the future holds even greater blessings in store for us, I earnestly and sincerely wish for each and every citizen of South Carolina a new year abundant with peace, health, happiness and prosperity. 4 <"D r% V* r? T a r? ri i r? or AVituaiu x. iuuui-niig), "Governor." HUBBARD WILLS FILED The Two Documents Go to Canada for Probate. ilhe wills of Elbert Hubbard and his wife, who were drowned on the liner LiUSitama, were mea ai lorumu, ada, on December 15, for ancillary probate, as both held stock in the Northern Crown bank of Canada. The amount of Mr. Hubbard's total estate was declared at $397,845 and that of Mrs. Hubbard at $35,7135. In each case the estates were divided equally between t'neir children, Elbert and Miriam. A direction in each will read; "I desire that my body be cremated on/? rtnr rviripd in tha STroUTld." Not a Romance Reader. I "I says, is this here the novel you advised me to read?" said the cabman to the librarian. l "Yes," replied the .librarian, "that's the one." "Well," said the cabman, ,!you can just take it'back. There's nine people in the first four chapters who hired cabs, and each one of 'em when he got out flung his purse at the driver. Now, when I want that sort of litera1 tmi ? j. ? ~\7 a.f-r\nc on/I creit lure 111 gO1 LU OWIO tnuvo uuu it pure." Transients. "Do you keep any servants?'' "No, of course not." "But I 'thought I saw one In your kitchen?" "Oh, we have servants on .the premises a day or two at a time; tout we don't keep them." Invigorating to the Pale and Slcldy The Old Standard general stren sphering: tonic. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Mai iria .enriches tte blood .and builds up the sys? tem. A true ton e For adults and chldren. 51 k HHHnnm FREIGHT RATES IN SOUTH ARE TO BE MADE HIGHER ? I ! General Readjustment of Tariffs in This Section Permitted by New Rnlins. I ~ ? I Washington, Dec. 31.?General re- i adjusting of freight rates on railroads j (serving tin- Soutn between ihe Missis-j sippi and the Atlantic and the Gulf ( and the Potomac river Was approved j today by the interstate commerce [commission in the most important j case from that section which it has i 1 had under consideration for many; years. The commission declined to suspend tariffs of Southern carriers j proposing changes in rates on all | classes of freight, and the new tariffs i ... , ~ .. wiii uecome enecuve tomorrow. The new schedules were framed by j a committee of Southern railroad men j on order of the commission to the j 'Southern carriers to reduce and elim- I i i j iriaie violations of the so-called long ' and short haul provision of the inter' state commerce act, which forbids a ! higher rate for a hault to an intermedi-1 ! a re than to a terminal point. The new i schedules reduce hundreds of viola! tions of this sort and eliminate many ; others, but they provide for an in-' | crease in many cases in the rates to j I such terminal cities as Atlanta and 1 Dir J r? crV? o m *HH n rrnr\ 1 r\ t\ n f r\ f ' j uu iiiiu ^uaiii. 1 uc gvuvi cti C"CV/i ui ( I the commission's order will be to in- j i crease rates to and from t'ne important i | centers. Railroad officials declared her? to-' I ; night they did not expect the order i would yield any additional revenue, ! but they could not determine this point I until the readjustment had been trjed j out. The revenue derived from the i increases to the larger points, they ' said, probably would balance with the reduction'to smaller points. How much added revenue this means to the( carriers no one connected with the commission would care to estimate at this | tim?. T_ _ J J:a: A? ~ w.~? ? 4.-U nin-n in auuiuuu iu apjjiuviug luis ymn of the roads the comission issued a new order in the same case allowing the same roads until August 1, 1916, in which to file new schedules of commodity rates on such important articles as coffee, cotton, fruits, burlaps, furniture, tobacco, naval stores, etc. Tnese articles, which are transported usually in bulk, in the main in carloads, probably are all named in the schedules of clrss rates in effect tomorrow, but all carriers give lower rates, known as commodity rates, on such j articles. In the original rate plan readjust-! ment these commodity rates were not included and the commission's supplemental order has given the roads time to protect them. The Southern class rate readjustmest had been the subject of controversy before t'ne commission for many months. iThe commission recently n-oTr/% + nr doirf! tr\ lioarinor tVl n /">191TTI <3 V.tu UCVJP CV uvui LUQ j of the roads and shippers. The commission, however, points out that no rate has been approved as reasonable or just in the present readjustment. The Grand Fall Guy. An unknown man was found dead in the outskirts of a small Kansas town recently. A revolver and $100 in cash were found on his person. The coroner held an inquest and took $75 to defray the expenses and bury the body. The police judge fined the corpse $25! for carrying concealed weapons, and confiscated the gun. The local editor, wto published his obituary, got nothing.?Altoona (Kan.) Tribune. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Of County Board of Commissioners. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the county board of commissioners for Xewberry county will be held in the office of the county supervisor on Thursday, January 6, 1916. The law requires that all persons holding demands of any kind against the county, not previously presented to j the board, will file the same, properly # * * -* -"** - ^ ^ ^V? r ftlArlr \ ltOHllZCQ ami SWWU uj, w nu i.'-j viti n. thereof on or before the' fi *st day of January, 1916, so that they may he examined and ordered to be paid at said | meeting. Jas. C. Sample, County Supervisor. H. C- Holloway, Clerk, etc. D12-20-27J3 His Own Trade. "If you don't mind, sir," said the new I n/1/li.Moinor t'n n TXTJ1 ATI "T CUiiViUL, autll CDOUI5 mi, , _ should like to be put at my own trade." "That might be a good idea," said the warden. "What may your trade be?" "I am an aviator," said the newcomer. CHICHESTER S PILLS THE DIAMOND BRAND. /C Ladies! Ask your Drnzslat for A\ Chl-chea-ter s Diamond Bran d/V\\ 23<4^S5)Pftv J*llla in Red and t*old boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. \/ ^ w] Take no other. Buy of Tour ? rj ~ (if Drac^dt. AskforClII.CinE8-TEKg 1 '/J mAiovn itRiNii prr.i.s fn, as VP* & years iTnowa as Best, Safest, Always Reliable SOLD BV DRUGGISTS FVFRYWHW Subscribe to The Herald and Newe, $1.50 a yeaT wTtir two magazines. \ AUSTRIAN ANSWER MFETS UNITED STATES' DEMAND CAPITAL SEES DANGER OF BREAK PASS. (Joes Even Further in Yielding Thau Dual Monarchy's Ally Did?Other Questions Not Complex. Washington, Dec. 31.?The Austrian reply to the American Ancona note only meets the cardinal principle of the American note, but gives assurances for the future which are more satisfactory than those which were given by Germany. The full American official opinion will not be known until after President Wilson has studied the Austrian reply, which was received today from Ambassador Penfield and was immediately dispatched to Hot Springs by a White House messenger. It may be stated authoritatively, nevertheless, that danger of a rupture of diplomatic relation has passed and the controvesy now enters the same stage as the Lusitania negotiations with Germany, and on even a more favorable basis. Austria in the Ancona case "has subscribed to the principle that no ships will be sunk unless they offer resistance or flee, without the persons aboard being brought to. safety. This is considered an assurance that is far reaching and satisfactory. The German /Concession. Germany only promised not to attack "liners" until the persons aboard had been placed in boats. The extent of the designation "liners" never has been cleared up and the American government does not concede that placing persons in boats necessarily assure their safety. * Points which Austria leaves for further diplomatic correspondence are not considered of a nature to bring on a new crisis. Chief among them are questions of fact which affect Austria's responsibility for what happened before the submarine commander torpedoed the Ancona and their importance is minimized by the promise to pay indemnity for Americans lost, regardless of the absence of proof as to just how they met tneir aeam. The mere statement that the submarine commander has been punis'ned for not making allowances for the ;-anic on the ship 'undoubtedly will be accep ed without question and without further inquiry as to its nature. Arms Give Place to Toga, One of the features of the case which has attracted wide,attention in official and diplomatic quarters is the apparent similarity of the proceeding in tne Atwvmia case with those in the Lusi tania cantroversy. In both cases observers note that the foreign office view finally prevailed over those of the admiralty, which in each case was hos1 tile to the contentions of the United ; States. t [ n"he sinking of the Japanese liner 1 Yasaka and the French liner Ville de la Ciatat after the second American note was received in Vienna are accounted for here on the theory that the Austrian admiralty, holding out for its submarine policy, had not then issued new instructions to th.e submarine commanders. Count ivon oernsloriT, the German ambassador, conferred with Secretary Lansing today on the Lusitania case and it was said that while no communications were passed it was indicated that the promised settlement is not far off. The ambassador let it :be known that he considered the Austrian v.- _ -~-^1 A*-r\ /i/\mT\1i9n/>o With tTlft rcpry a tuiuyicic Luuiyi^uw - demand of the United States. To Fix Indemnity. The next step probably will be for the United States to furnish Vienna with any further information at its command regarding the Americans who were lost as one of the preliminaries to the fixing of an indemnity. The other diplomatic questions which are raised are regard broadly as academic. | No substantial difference w?s noted" here between the accounts of the torpedoing of the Ancona given in the V +*ho flrimiraltv ^statement UV/bC UiiU AAA VAA^ issued soon after the tragedy occurred. 9 The description in the note was more detailed, and added the statement that \ the submarine commander in firing his torpedo aimed so as to permit the vessel to remain afloat as long as possible after being struck. There is no difference of opinion between Vienna and (Washington on the point that Austria can not be held responsible for lives lost as the result 1 of the shelling of the liner while sh9 was attempting to escape or through the launching of lifeboats while she still was under way. The United States has never denied the right of a belligerent man of war to compel a merchantman to submit to visit and search. Subscribe to The Herald and News, $1.98 a year with three magazines and The Progressive Farmer.