Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOLUME LIU, MTfBER ^ Jj XE1VBERRI, S. C? FRIDAY, JA^-AitY ;, i;;i;j Tff.CE A WEEK, $1M A YEAR. CONGRESS BREAKING SILENCE OF WAR; | SHiJiP DEBATES ON POSITION OF I . S. LIKELY T.. MULTIPLY. Pata on Great Britain's Holding Up >eutral Commerce in H lids of Committee. (Signs are not wanting that there soon will take place in the United States congress sharp debates on the position of the United States as a result of the European war. Already in the senate there nas been some debate concerning American neutrality, shipment of munitions of war and travel .by American citizens on ships of belligerent nations, showing divergent views by various senators which the presiding officer permitted "by way of feeling out and getting an index to IU0 5?i!3.LC. In the hands of the foreign relations committee of the senate now rest data .sent it by Secretary Lansing concerning Great Britain's holding up of neutral commerce, and t'ne negotiations with Germany concerning that country's submarine warfare. What is "known officially concerning the sinking of the steamer Persia is also said to have been handed over to the committee. Desiring to maintain a policy of nonintervention in controversies between 4l>- t -; f ^ ^ c+q foe. if tUs Deingereius, me umtcru ?is stated, has decided not to adopt the suggestion of Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, tnat American naval officers investigate the charges that British marines of the patrol boat Boralong killed members of the crew of a German submarine which the Baralong sank. (FUNERAL IX AUGUSTA ? Services For Late Justice Lamar Held Wednesday. i.ntmstfl. fia.. Jan .'4.?The funeral - * r of Justice Lamar will take place here at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning from the First C'nristian church, the b Rev. Howard T. Cree, D. D., the pasf tor, officiating. F The following will act as honorary pallbearers: Joseph B. Cumming, J. C. C. Black, W. H. Barrett, A .R. Lawton, G. R. Coffin. Henry C Hammond, Alex C. King, Henry C. Roney, William P. Eve, E. H. Callaway, Andrew J. Cobb, Charles Estes, E. B. Hook, Thomas D. Coleman and John S. Candler. With but few exceptions the pali^ " ~ AtTO TT V? r\ bearers are iTeorgia auujiucjo were closely associated with Justice Lamar in the practice of law and while ne was on the supreme bench. The members of the Augusta Bar association will attend the funeral in a body. i ? OUR UNRULY SUN. It Seems to Be Trying to Dilate to the Bursting Point. The French astronomer Puiseux has been busying himself with the consti tution of tiie sun. He finds that, in stead of condensing and shrinking lit tie by little, as was formerly supposed, the sun is constantly dilating more and more and reaching the point of bursting. And if the sun blew up there would be no more need for us poolmortals to worry about worldly af l fairs. * r Big suns every whit as important in their own constellations as ours are frequently victims of an explosion "There was one in the constellation of Perseus early in 1901. and since then two at least have occurred in other celestial groups. k Observation has shown long since that the great orb which is our all in all is a most uncertain character. Sun : spots, fire blasts and such liko phe ^ rnomena are by no means the most of 1 ho Ics ponnhlA. Tht* mannpr ?r? I which the sun throws off atomic ener a gy and transforms the heavy into light elements, hydrogen, helium, nebulium. .archonium and what not spells nothing * good for this world, and a mere notb ing might lead to a disaster any day. In short, it is bound to come at some time or other. Unfortunately science can give us no idea as to when. Centuries and even hundreds of centuries are as but a moment in the history of . the universe, says Professor Flammak rion, and for all we know the sun may have millions of years more life before 4- man can te11* though, and, just as the strongest of us are struck down in a moment, so the all powerful plan et may give out at any time, and when it does it will make but short work of all of us here below.?Boston Tranft acrinf. MAYOR OF ATLANTA COMES OUT WINNER i I BALLOTING RESULTS TWO TO ONE I AGAINST HE CALL. Returns Indicate That Virtually a Straight Ticket Was Voted Wednesday. j Atlanta, Ga., .Jan. >.?^ompieie uu-1 official figures of today's special elec-1 tion showed majorities of approximate-! ly two to one against the recall of Mayor James G. i.Voodward and the fr. e police commissioners whose recall was sought. Mayor Woodward, out of a total of 9,689 votes cast in his case, received a majority of 2,900 against the recall. In j1 the balloting on the recalling of the mayor 6.299 votes against his recall and 3,399, slightly'more t'nan the num- , ber who signed the recall petition, vot- j ed for his removal. )T'he returns indi- j cated that virtually a straight ticket | had been voted. The vote on the recall of the five I members of the police commission and i the mayor, who I san ex-officio member, was asked because the commission reduced James L. Beavers from chief of police to a captaincy. Beavers resigned rather than accept the reduction. His friends claimed that he did j not have a fair trial. Beavers was ac- j cused of not obeying the orders of the j police board. TUP MVMCDinilO CAPI C inc. ivi i o i cniuuo lhulu Curious Ancient Monument Left to Us by the Indians. On the broad top of a stony, rain gullied bill in middle Georgia there I lies a very large eagle, concerning! which conflicting stories are told. The ; one point that seems to be certain is ! that the Indians left the eagle as a i legacy to the state. A hundred years j from now it will probably be found j lying on its back, with outspread wings j and tail, even as it lies today. For it j is made of quartz rocks so cunningly i placed that it would require a pick in ! a strong man's hands to displace any j one of them. The rocks lap and over- | lap in such a manner as to represent | feathers. Xo cement holds them in i position, and the stones vary in size, j weighing from a half pound to three or four pounds. The image rests on a j very firm foundation, /for the stonework extends several feet into the ground. Once, perhaps twice, treasure seeking vandals dug into the breast of the eagle, but the work must have proved too laborious, for the diggers gave up j before they had reached the bottom ! layer of overlapping stones. Rough but fairly accurate measurements of the bird show the length of the eagle from the middle of the tail j to the head to be 102 feet and from j tip to tip of outspread wings 120 feet i The length of the beak is ten feet, j and the height of the body at the ceu- ; ter of the breast is ten feet The eagle j lies with its head to the west Tradition does not give any satisfactory explanation of the age or the meaning of the great stone mound. It may have had religious significance to the red men who built it, and it may be the burial place of some great chief, j It is one of the most mysterious and most interesting of prehistoric monuments in the United States.?Youth's Companion. The Head of the Firm. As he appears to? The office boy: A large, fat being j whose grumble is worse than Jove's thunder and whose commendatory nod is worth almost anv amount of per sonal inconvenience. Head bookkeeper: A good man, with no head for figures, who has arrived at his present exalted position by a combination of luck and pull. The stenographer: A pleasant old party with singular weaknesses and a strange capacity?rarely exercised, however?to make one cry. His wife: A baby.?Life. Repartee. On the train going out Subbubs got Into conversation with a stranger, who remarked: "I see you are putting up a good toany new buildings." "Yes," answered Subbubs, "new buildings are the only kind we put up." ?Tvflnsns Pitv .Tmirnnl Both Ways. "What on earth are you doing sneaking around in the room that way, Maria, when you know I can't bear to be disturbed?" "I was looking for an egg to make the Cftke icing with." ".Well, beat it!"?Baltimore Aaaeri-! can. ASQUITH OFFERS COMPULSION BILL .sriWITS CONSCRIPTION MEASURE TO COMMONS. Premier Explains Necessity for Redeeming Pledge to M rried >Ien l>y Enlisting' liaelieloia. London, .Ian. ~>.?Under the terms of the compulsory military service bill, introduced in the house of commons todav by Premier Asquith, all males between the ages of IS and 41 who are ; bachelors or widowers without chil-1 dr?n dependent upon them, are liable I for military service. Ireland is exclud< d from tne terms ' of the measure. Mr. Asquith opened his address with an analysis of the figu "es in the j Derby n-port. H<* emp asized the fact i that during the IX-rby campaign near- ! ly 53,000,000 men had offered their ser- : vices. Even deducting those rejected j on the ground of p'nysical disability, J the total was still in excess of 2,-! 500,000. "These are wonderful, encouraging j figures," the premier continued. "They j ought to convince both our allies and ! our enemk ' that the people of this j country have their hearts in t'ne war." McMillan-Henry. | On Wednesday evening, at the home | of the bride's parents at Renno, the marriage of Miss Annie Lou McMillan and Dr. B. H. Henry of Whitmire, was solemnized, the Rev. Mr. Murray of Kinards being t'ne officiating minister. tvio ?aintv liftip hnwer sirls were A iiV UUi*i i?vv?v w w (Virginia and Elizabeth Adair, of this place, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. dair. Just preceding the ceremony Miss Susie Owings very sweetly sang "I Love You Truly," being accompa-1 nied on the piano by Miss Susie Simpson. The wedding march was played by Miss Susie Owings and the bridal party entered in the following order: Miss Lizzie McMillan, sister of the bride, and Mr. Cooper of Whitmire and Miss Elizabeth Henry, sister of the groom, and Mr. Gillam of Whitmire. The gride and groom then entered and took their stand, the bride being unusually beautiful, wearing a gown of crepe meteor with silver trimmings "* ^ j a xacac and carried an armiui uj. unue iw?. The bridesmaids were attractively attired in pink and carried bouquets of pink carnations. During the evening, after the ceremony had been concluded, refreshments were served. Misses Sallie Bell McMillan and Lizzie Ruth Davidson gracefully presided at the punch bowl. The bride's register was presided over by Miss Essie Davidson. The guests w<ere met at the door by Mrs. W. A. Galloway. Immediately after the ceremony Dr. and iMts. Henry came to Clinton to spend a few days with the groom's parents. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McMillan of Renno, and is a most charming and attractive wo man. She is popular with all her associates and by her sweetness and gentleness she has won admiration and retained many friends. ?The groom is a native of this city, but is at present located at Whitmire, where as a young physician, he is enjoying a splendid practice, and is held in high esteem by all who know him. >T'he wedding was attended by a large number of friends and relatives from this place.? Clinton Chronicle. His Only Guide. The distinguished and well-beloved bishop of a certain State is so absentminded t'nat his family is always apprehensive for his welfare when he is away from them. Not long ago, while making a journev hv rail, the bishop was unable to find his ticket when the conductor asked for it. "Never mind, bisnop," said the conductor, who knew 'nim well, "I'll get it on my second round." However, when the conductor passed through the car, the ticket was still missing. "Oh, well, bishop, it will be all right if you never find it," the conductor assured him. "No, it won't, my friend," contradicted the bishop. "I've got to find that ticket. I. want to togiow where I'm, going."?Youth's Companion. > <?> i f THE IDLER. <*? <?> y $><?><$><?><?> $>'3>,$><?><$><$><$><$''$><$><I> I Well, here am 1 again. I didn't sufficiently recover from the holidays to i be able to write for the last paper. Xow, don't misunderstand me. There was nothing wrong. 1 only ate too much. I had a plenty of good country sausage and pudding and spare ribs and backbone?and all of us need that ?and it was good, and if you ever saw a poor creaiure who could eat pudding and mush or hominy un.il it was it was stuffed just like we used to ?-? -? >-v ?i <4 ? !rr AAnntnr if ic uictivc uic puuunift in Liit." ti/uunj, ii i-j I?is that correct? Really I wonder if' it is. My boarding house had a plenty of it?I mean the pudding, etc.? sent in from the country and I ate and I ate and I am still eating. Turkey isn't in the same class. Well, it will all soon be gone and then I reckon they will feed me on the meat we get from the market, and sometimes that is good, too. I never complain about what they give me to eat, and I am just as fond of good eating as any poor creature you ever saw. Sometimes I wonder why it is?that is, why the good Prnviripncp <rives to those of us who can't get the good things of life, such a capacity for enjoying them, and sometimes those who have the money in abundance, such poor digestion. I reckon it is the compensation which runs through all nature. But I am satisfied and happy and am glad it is no worse with me at the beginning of. this good new year. It might be a whole let worse. I have a good appetite and enjoy fairly good health and for these things I am thankful. I never have i-nough money to know just where the next meal is coming from, but it has always come and I reckon will continue. I try to recall that saying of the wise man and remember the birds of the air and the fowls of tne neia / and I reckon I am about as well satisfiied and contented as some of the rich folk hereabout, because I am not worried about losing what I've got? because I ha\e nothing to lose ?and I try to be satisfied and contented with my lot, and to do my duty to my fellow man as I am given the light to see that duty. And then some of these folk don't seem to me to know how to spend the money they have made, and that is a great virtue?to know how to spend it and get the most out of it after you have made it. Now, I am an adept in that line, and I do like to share that pleasure with my friends, and some of tnese fellows hate to part with their money e. en to pay an honest obligation. ?o? J wish I could write paragraphs, but somehow I just can't and that's all there is to it. My paragraphs get too long before I know it. And that reminds me that besides tne Christmas1 card I received from the paragrapher! on the State I received another X?w I Year carc', or rather I should say aj Xew Year card, which runs like this, and I appreciate it, too, and I wish the fellow who sent it had signed his or her name: 'Uhe idler?This card is to wish you a new year full of many j blessings, and a limber pen to write! it. I'm one that's glad you're going to ? continue writing for H and X. From ! one that enjoys your 'stuff.' M." Now, j that's real nice and whoever this is 11 want him or her to know that it. Is! appreciated. 1 know that there are J just lots of 'em that read my sutff and enjoy it, too, but they just don't think to sit down and write me a line and tell me they do. On the reverse side of this card is the poem, "The Old Oaken Bucket,'' and I'm going to quote it, for it brings back to me memories of the long ago, though when I lived in the country we didn't even have the old oaken buck, but got our water from the old spring that lay at the foot of the hills, and the water really and truly came fresh and sparkling from out of the everlasting hills, and it was fine, you bet. I long some day to go back to the old spring and sit on the higl rocks and drink the water and ruminate on the days when I sat there and drank the water on a hot summer day and enjoyed the cool breezes that came over the hills, but when once you come 10 town it seems that you can never get able to go back to the scenes of childhood's days. And somehow there is a longing to return to those scenes as we grow old. But I am going to remain young in .everything .eise so long as I live. Bu^ am about to forget the 1 "WBBMBWHI poem: ?o? The Old Oaken Bucket. How dear to this heart are the scenes of my child'nood, When fond recollection recalls them to view; The orchard, the meadow, the deeptangltd wildwood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew; The wide spreading pond, and "he mill which stood by it, The bridge, and the rock where the c-ateract fell, The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well. The old oaken bucket?the iron-bound bucket? The moss-cover'd bucket, which hung in the well. tlhe moss-cover'd vessel I hailed as a treasure, For often, at noon, when return'd from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield; How ardent I siezed it, with hands that J were glowing, And q: ck to the white-pebbled bottom it fell, Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well. The old oaken bucket?the iron-bound bucket? The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. v How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips; Xot a full-blusiiing goble*. couia tempi i me to leave it, Though fill'd with the nectar that Jupiter sips. And now far removed from the loved situation, The tear of regret will intrustively swell, As fancy revisits my father's plantation, And sighs for the bucket which hangs in t'ne well. | The old oaken bucket -the iron-bound bucket? The moss-covered bucket which hangs in the well. ?o? That poem recalls many ot'ner scenes of childhood's days besides an old oaken bucket. The old orchard and ! the old mill pond and the meadow and ?well, I do not care^to say more just now because I am afraid my readers will not be interested?but it is good to let memory work sometimes and to go back to the old scenes, for it makes you more tender and anything in this cold and hard business age that arouses the tender side of our 'nature is good once and awhile to bring up. Byt I am going to write about some every-day t'nings in my subsequent articles during this good year and I am going to try to do it tenderly and nice and see if I can't arouse our people to do some of the things that need to be done in this town. THE IDLER. iCOLP WAiVE E> ROUTE .lack Frost Moving From the Middle West. Washington, Jan. 5.?The weather I bureau announced tonight that the cold | wave in the Middle West will continue east and will extend Thursday into Tennessee, northern 'Mississippi and 'Arkansas. Cold wave warnings have , been ordered for all districts east of the Mississippi river as far south as Tennessee and for Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. Storm warning are displayed on the j Atlantic coast from Washington, N. C., to Eastport, iMle. His Plan. "He's one of our most successful Business men." "That so? What's his secret?" "Well, in the first place he insists upon his clerks selling his customers what they want, not what the clerks themselves wear."?Detroit Free Press. What men want is not talent, it Is purpose; not the powers to acHievd, but the will to labor.?Bulwer Lytton. *> ? <?> COTTON MARKET ?! 3> ^ <? dewberry, <$ ^ Cotton ll%c ^ 3> Cotton seed, per bu 60c' ^ <$> <& <? Prosperity. ^ <$> Cotton ll%c ^ 3> Cotton seed, per bu 60c <& <$ Pomaria. <$> Cotton 11 Vn(*. ? /6 ?' Cotton seed, ner bu 62c ^ <& <S> Little Mountain. ^ 3> Cotton ll^c ^ 3> Cotton seed, per'bu 75c <$> <g> ^ Siherstreet ^ Cotton ll^c <S> Cotton seed, per bu 60c ^ Cbappells. ^ Cotton li^c <S> Cotton seed, per bu 63c ^ <$ $> Kinards. ^ <s> ICotton $> Cotton seed, per bu 60c 3> <? ? <s> WMtmire. <s> ?$> Cotton ll%c Cotton seed, per bu 60c & Pope-Anderson. Of great interest to friends in Newberry and other sections of South Carolina was the marriage Wednesday evening of Miss Sarah Strother^Pope and (Mir. Paul E. Anderson. iThe wedding took place at the residence of the bride's friend, Mrs. Andrew J. S. Langford, where she has made her home for the past five years. It was a wedding characterized for its beauty and simplicity, and was witnessed only by relatives and most intimate friends. Decorations prevailed throughout th<* home, introducing a color scheme of green and white. A beautiful improvised altar was arranged in the large bow window of the living 'room. This was built of tall palms and ferns and lighted with, whit? candles, while just over the place where the bride and groom stood was a large bow of white maline. At the appointed time the Rev. E. V. Babb, pastor of the Baptist church, entered and took 'his placfc at the improvised altar. Then the bride and . .< groom entered and a most impressive marriage service followed. After the ceremony a salad course, ollowed by a sweet course, was served. The bride was attired in a beautiful grown of robin blue crepe meteor with coral trimmings, with all accessories to match. The gifts were ampng the most beautiful ever seen in Newberry, attesting the popularity of the couple. Mrs. Anderson is one of.the most popular and loved young ladies of this section, having a wide circle of friends and relatives.. S'he is a niece of the late 'Chief Justice Y. J. Pope. Mr. An derson also has a host of friends and is a very,successful merchant of Newberry, the manager of ti.f .Anderson Dry Goods company. Fortunate. ~ "1 wish to thank you for your forbearance," said the departing g'.cij;. "Oh?er?don't mention it." answered the proprietor, with a slightly pu'/tod look. "I'm glad you're pleased," "Yes," continued tlje d. g., "consider' Ing the rapacity of the attendants in this hotel. I doem myself fortnrnte in not bemg locked in my room a;id hel^ for ransom."?Birmingham Age-Hei aid. ? Blood Stains on Silk. , To remove a blood stain made by a ?*r4olro/? fi n cop >m nnv cill; mntoHnl |/*IVUVU ""PIV4 V" place about four inches of white sewing silk in the mouth ard moisten. Then roll Into a ball and rnb the spot gently, and the stain will disappear as if by magic. Just try it and see.?Woman's Home Companion. The Frenchwoman and Hats. It Is said to take much less money to start a millinery shop in France than In England, because it i* not neeessac to the French milliner to < arrv a stoc. of trimmed hats. Th<- Englishwoman it seems, cannot buy ;t hat ??r anyrhin* else without seeing it completely fin Ished. The Frenchwoman Inis imagi nation enough t j picture the complete.! article to her^jlf and knows just how she will look in it?New York Tribune. Subscribe -to The Herald and News, $1.50 a year with two magazines.