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I' .itercd at the Postoftice at New- ;; t i.y, S. C, as 2nd class matteS. H. A ULl , EDITOR. , i . Frday, March 31, 1916. I ! M0USTA1A HIGHWAY The people ou GreOT,wood are always alive when it comes to dorng some4hit?g that wilV put their t-iwii on the may, and for this spirit they are to I ?>e commended. If there is a railroad <o-' a trolley line or a national highway scouting around anywhere the "people 01 m;s "ve town iiinneuiaieiy : get busy and make united efforts to! "bring it their way, and they have been' remarkably successful, and for the reason that they pull together for the town, and they have demonstrate! that it pays to get all the railroads they can. These various railroads have made the town^ and the people are not afraid that a little town will spring up, and that there will be a store or two built, and maybe some , - --It M 4.1. _ A. I <one who will sen a paper 01 yma vu?,t might have been sold by some mer- 1 chant in Greenwood. i The point of this is that these same j people are now going after one of the j mountain highways and making efforts to divert it from Columbia and 1 ^Newberry and the other towns along * the way and to have the highway from ' Florida and Augusta come via Green > wood to Greenville instead of by Co- s lumbia and then by the Piedmont high- 1 way or the Appalachian to the moim- ( tain playgrounds. The road from Augusta to Columbia -we understand is a good one. From Columbia to the mountains, either "via Greenville or SpartanSurg, the natural highway is via. Newberry, and! ? l C oifhru* T-io tho A rmn _ U1UU1 "W^ WV-W ' v~v, I <1 ^highway or the Piedmont highway, a The former to Spartanburg and the c Piedmont to Greemville. It is very| little, if any, .further from 'Newberry ^ ^ "to Greenville than it Is from Green- j. wood to Greenville. And there is no t comparison in the natural condition ? or the road. Prom here to Green- 1 ville via. Laurens the road is 01^a 1 r ridge all the way and ther6 ar$ very f lew hills arid no streams until you1 j reach. Greenville. The road to Spar- H tanburg via. Whitmire and Union ami ^ * ' 6 -Glenn Springs is being made one of the best^roads tn the State, and the , distance from Newberry to Spartan- e t)urg is about the same as the dis- n ?fcance to Grelnville. The road from T 3iere to Columbia is fine with the ex-. ^ I w ^ception. of about five mile* from Little ""Mountain to Chapin and from Pros- q 3>erity to Little Mountain. What we are writing this ?:or is to see if we cannot interest the people of Xewber- ^ Ty and Prosperity and Little Moun- a tain and Chapin and Columbia and p Laurens and Clinton and Spartanburg ^ and Union and Whitmire and all tlie t( rest of us around here to get behind ^ the supervisors of Lexington and ^ INewberry and see if we cannot get q the people to get together and make 0 some effort to have the main his:hwav _ from Florida around bv Columbia and ? then over tlie Piedmont or the Ap- t] palachian highway to the mountains, 0 instead of going iv" Greenwood^ or if the Greenwood people want to get ^ and do get a good road that way let us g Uiave one just as good or a litt-e bet- o ter, and then the tourists may take p their choice. But to secure this travel jj there must be something done to the sections of the road to which we have c referred. D Or if the Florida tourists did not v care to go by Columbia to reach the mountains they could come ifrom 'Au- v gusta via. Leesville and cross the Sa- i: luda at what we call the lower steel g ^bridge and come in by Prosperity, and t: that is a fine road now all the way to t: Prosperity, or will be just av soon as tl I me v.orK mat is now ueing acme is a completed. 6 How would it do to have a meet- n ing at some convenient point along * the road and get representatives pres- c< ent from all these communities and rr ihave some conecrt of action. It would s fce a good advertisement and a great s; thing for the country to have one good 1< oad from the capital to The moun- t iiins. Lot Greenwood uui:d the road < rom Johnston to that city and on ; j Greenville, but let as take heed i md lake notice and baild one also from Columbia on .to the mountains, and make it so attractive that the people who travel will stand up and take notice of it, and they will be coming this way. The travel by automobile is growing all the time and whenever the tourist comes along he leaves some money in the community.1 j And then we like to see him. These things are not coming your way. If you want them you must i wake up and go after them. If we had some sort o." chamber of commerce we could go after them + V\ a n I n n f ^ A M 11X1 Illicit I (A 11 LI CiXClt 1^ tll^; 1 right way. NEWBERRY AND GREENWOOD. I I ! Editor E. H. Aull, of the Newberry I Herald and News, revives a near-joke about Greenwood in the days of the dispensary at Abbeville in connection j with the editorial in The Index last! week that Greenwood could secure a | revenue of probably $5,000 a year tax j on whiskey shipments, if such a tax is 1 legal. This near-joke, like the mother-in-law joke is as old as the hills. It was told on prohibition towns in ^laine fifty years ago. See old periodicals of the period. Go back further if you like. Comparing Greenwood with Newberry the Colonel is probably correct is to the number o: packages. Silver ( Street could probably say the same :hing about itself as compared with < s'ewberry or Greenwood could say the same thing about itself as compared ivith Columbia. There is some differ-! < mce in the size of the towns and th? 1 imount of business. 'See freight re :eipts, Dans deposits ana otner tnings j o show the volume of business. iCom- j ng right down to bras tacks, Th^ In-! ^ lex is willing any day in the week to ompare Greenwood with Newberry in j he matter of whiskey shipments or' tny other form of misbehavior. We ire not playing the Pharisee but there ' ire certain forms o>. immorality that,1 ;annot be hid. 1 The Newberry Herald and News jc lid not comment on the fact that three reeks ago Greenwood's mayor had a ^ irace of dctectives here to hunt down < >lind tigers and these men after two < reeks' work reported that they could ? rot gnd any violators and said that * t was one of the most law abiding,1 iln +Vic\ Qtcifn T? Triarrr /\f fViio I 1 1 act, is it not permitted us to advise 'he Herald and .News not to concern 1 tself too much "with the "beam of I rhiskey shipments in Greenwood's * ye? |t Incidentally the figures on whiskey c bipments here were secured from the a xpress company's agent. It would t ot have required much energy /lor o he Herald and News to have secured o ie figures for Newberry in the samt h 'ay. It would have been more in~ ?i ui- n/,.nnnAi t1 eating UilcUI UIO PCI&UIIAI V4 reenwood Index. ho The good brother of The Index E ikes the matter too much to heart.!C 11: i7e made no comparison of the law-1 p biding or misbehavior of the good i eople of Greenwood with Newberry, s ut we would not object in the least v d the comparison or fear the results. 1 n 'one of us is good, no not one. We iiink a whole lot of the people of a Greenwood, and we admire the spirit f its citizens and have frequently s A eferred to their enteprise and the ~ a ood community spirit which actuates ^ hem, as an example to others "worthy G f imitation and emulation. f But, to come down to hard tacks, i on't you think, honest now, that 500 2 allons of whiskey a week is a pretty <1 ;ood supply for a town that has had rohibition for a half century? Even (] i it is so much larger than Newberry, t As to the shipments at Newberry, 3 >ur opinion was based on a state- z lent from the express office, ttfough ? re did not request the exact figures. ^ If there is 110 illicit sale in Green- 1 rood then the good law abiding citzens must Obe consuming a pretty a :ood share and the point we were . ' c rying to make is that such a quan- ^ ity would scarcely argue in I'avor of t hie prevailing opinion that there was, 2 Iter all, such a strong prohibition * entiment even m a promotion com- ^ lunity. or rather, if the sentiment c as against the sale of whiskey there e ould scarceVbe a very, strong senti- ^ lent against shipping it.4n for per- 1 p onal use. It does not indicate a ^ pirit of lawlessness to order the stuff 2gally, and we made no Intimation c hat t!;<1 whiskey was being received or illegal purposfs. We are personally very ionci of ihe <i icon wood people, and would not ha-.e you leave the impression that we intended to say anything, even suggesting in a remote degree the idea of carping criticism. We believe you did not print what we said, and your comment might be construed to mean that we were charging them with a spirit of lawnessness. On | the contrary there was no such in-1 tention. S\u; Oh >HLL STOCK. I The underslg'icd will sell at public auction, lo the highest bidder therefor, in front of the new court house, in the town of Newberry, S. C., at 12 o'clock M., on (Monday, April 3, 1916, j ten shares of Oakland Mill stock. Terms of sale: Cash. II. !I jl.K^SE, Assig.130, L. W. FLOYD, Agent. 3-28-2t. .MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE j A meeting a? the County Democratic j Executive Committee is hereby called j for Saturday, April 15, 1916, at 11 ( o'clock a. m., at the court house. All members are: urged to be present. JOS. L. KEITT, Chairman. W A MeSWAIN. Secretary. 3-28-2t. There are no new candidates this i week and owing to the crowded condition of our columns the list is held >ut from this issue. \ The Rev. R. N. Burris will preach at . Hross Roads church Sunday, April ?, it 3:30 p. m. JULIA CLAUSSEN 1 ; < Eminent Prima Donna of the Chicago! Opera Company, Coming Here Wfipt v ?M^UW M V V n.? ? I< Announcement has just been made11 ay the Kedpath iChautauqua management that Julia Claussen, eminent contralto of the Chicago Grand Opera ( icmpany, is to appear here on this j1 season's Chautauque program. P|3rre 1 Henrotte, concert meister, and Mar- '< :el Charlier, director of French operas ( >f toe Chicago Opera company, are the ( tssisting artists. Mine. Claussen and 1 ler i.amily, also the assisting artist6, 1 will travel over the Chautauqua circuit n a private car. f Julia Clausen comes from tlfs 1 and long ago made famoufi by Jenny ' * jind. 'Her versatility is apparent 1 ^hen one stops to think that during c he Chicago grand'opera season just ? losed she sang in German^ Italian . iiJ French roles. On her Chautauqua our she will sing a goodly portion <3 f her program in English. It is said s f Julia Clauseen that she has never I ad an adverse criticism. ! a A strikingly new note is seen in v bis years's program in the production h >f Percy Mackaye's "Sanctuary"?a h Jird Masque and Pageant with special s ostumes, and with a woodland set- fl ing secured thru a newly invented rocess for throwing pictures direct- x y on the air without the aid of a r creen. Ernest Harold Baynes, the c ^ell known naturalist, is to play the f lart of Shy the naturalist, in this j nasque i the opening, and in the aftmoon, will giive a lecture on birds nd animali. \ ?? The Wbite Hussars, thirteen in all, . cheduled for two per'ormances with , Alfred Sweet, director, have developed . . high standard in band music and ^ hey also appear as a vocal choif of r qual merit. They have appeared for i our years in trans-continentl tours ^ n which they have played in nearly , c ill the large cities. On the third night of the Chautau iua, a half-hour s address will he giv- j :n by an authority on the place of the [rama in community life and this will >e followed by The Parish Players in * i presentation Oif a strong and timely me-act drama, known as "The War J 'one." "The Lad} Teazle" scene from The School i'or Scandal," will next * >e presented, then a romantic play and ^ astly a pleasing one-act comedy. The Weatherwax Brothers, a vocal " - - md trumpet quartet, who appear early n tiie week, first appeared in lows luring the initial campaign of Presilent McKinley, and have been upon he platform ever since, delighting rreat audiences in all parts of the Tnited States. The 'Schumann Quintet, also on the Hiautauqua week program, a classical hamber music organization, with an stablished place in the musical irorld;?in addition to their orchestral nstruments, carry with .them a real >ipe organ?a novelty indeed for a raveling organization. On another evening the Killarney rirls and Rita Rich, a company of I v. i:r*irod in hi h co^tnnx and with : ; t'i iiii to s a .no setting, will present ; ; n.^r.'rn <?:' Irish nuii-ie from the s'ini-io lf~ 1 k lore to V.V' cia-ie. .Anions the 'oftuiers. Xz Poon Chew. ormer eon si; I of t CMitsc rroverTimo i i:> San Franeiseo. editoi v. tne tirst Chinese paper in < America. "in long known as the "Chinese Mark Twain." will lecture on "tlhe New China and Her Relations to tlie Western Worlrl.V Allen D. Albert, present of the International Association of Rotary clubs, chairman of the Civic Federation of Minnesota, President of the Minnesota Academy of Social Sciences, SPENT $1,000 BEfO.F IE ?ii vfii PH77I nr., ecf UV/UIU1/ 1 UULlLllHU ? nuu SHADOW LIFTED FROM HOME OF PROMINENT MERCHANT. HOPE LOST TOO SOON Mrs. D. G. Free Regained Health in Almost Miraculous Manner by Taking Tanlac. A home made happy, a life given renewed strength ana rene from suifering which had continued six years and which had reduced-her health almost to that of an invalid?that is the result of Mrs. D. G. Free's taking Tanlac, the Master Medicine, according to the statement given by her husband, who is proprietor of the D.*G. Free Furniture Co., of 1430 Assembly St., Columbia. "I have spent at least $1,000 to secure relief for her, but Tanlac is the only medicine which has given her relief," he declai<tl. "I sometimes believe JTanlac is the rnedicinc the Lord sent her," added the grateful hu6band. "I shall always Krt rrl o A 4-yr\ns\rr\ m nn rl To nlon f/"* * U uc giau IV ictvuiui&uu Auuiub J.\ji it is a wondert.'ul medicine. I intend sending my mother several bottles for she needs it. j "My wife suffered terribly with indigestion and for six years she was supposed to be threatened with dropsy &f the stomach which caused her constantly increasing suffering. She had no appetite, and was confined to her bed the greater part of the time. She employed servants to do all her housework. When she 'began taking Tanlac ?tfrs. Free was a physical wreck, md seemed steadily becoming worse, iespite all thai medical scicne-er seemed able to do for her, I was spending m average of fifty dollars per month or medical services for her. "Wo had finally come to the conclu}ion that heij case v:as 'beyond relief. [ in a desperate frame of mind. Seeing Tanlac bo extensively recomr.ended for stomach troubles, she deeded to try it and the immediate relult was wonderful. "After she had taken two bottles, the servants were discharged, and Irs. Free began doing her housework, omething she had not done in years, ler appetite is good now, and she eats .nything she wants. She is regaining weight rapidly, and her pallor has >een replaced by a rosy color. She >ears little resemblance to herself as he was a month ago, and she is in ine spirits. I "It is almost unbelievable that any nedicine could bring such wonderful esults, but ITanlac has done so in the :ase of Mrs. Free, and it can not be jraised too highly. She is now taking ter third bottle." ^ JL1 ^oilliiieinmg on tins euuuiseuicui, r. W. Galvon, State agent for Tanlac, said: "Such statements as this, tellng of marvelous relief brought by ranlac. should convince the thoughtful of the medicine's^ merits. Tanlac, vhich is a combrfant of 'disorders, a ronic, appetizer, and invigorating, is cviiat hundreds of ailing persons need, [t seems to build up the entire system, md creates a healthy appetite, promotes digestion and assimilation of food, vitalizes the blood and brings jack good health." j Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold! exclusively by Gilder & Weeks, Xew-! Derry; Prosperity Drug Co., Prosper-;! ty; Little Mountain Drug Co., Little Mountain; Dr. W. 0. Holloway, (Chap- j Dells; Whitmire Pharmacy, Whitmire; D. J. LiKingston, Silverstreet. Price >1 per bottle straght.?Adv. * STIEFF I THE SOUTH'S MOST r-?y-v t* t rt rUfULAK PIANO Write for catalog and price list. / Box 165, COLUMBIA, S C. r \. - C a:;'1 omui* it or of the Minneapolis eupi< i':i u::c. '.11 deliver an eovning ice- ricne tine on this areat program on phases were i social welfare and ec.minunitv prob- has lems. ?; as William Rainey Bennett will appear trutil on rhe opening night jn an inspira- on t; tional lecture haing\to do with the a e'emeats of success and entitled "The T-le ft: an 'Who Can." Mr. Bennett has The had the experience which enables him to talk on this subject. He started hn inorn college course with $10 and graduated sroui with money in his pocket, having paid or p! his way by sinking. \ onc t Dr. E. T. Hagerman who has oc- did g i ' fHammoUi / jesse l. la; g Presents THEODORE i.;,..., in ? 1 Mark Twain# Mat L "PUDD'NHEAD . - ^ A Paramount P LESLIES Af TODAY--FRIDA1 V , Join the Prosp AT? The Exchani "Real Opportunity Comes -...m n j 11 . wnn neaay i vi AN EASY AMOUN: After a great deal of thougl the sum of $1.25 as being the the average person can save p ing a hardship to the saver, a: for saving a considerable amo the Club period of two 1 SAVING $250.00 BY I AUCTION At Prosperit I ^ At 12 o'clock, S 1st, 1916. Public sqi The Simpson housi of land. Terms of Sale: Or balance one and tv per cent. B. B. HAIR, Auc F. R. HUNTER, . i \ A ?2 : ih!? ?.'v 1 pulpits of his miration In six cites, a genus in p;n:tiv4. and it is thoughts emtzed r y natural wholesome merit, rho pii'r of putting fundamental is ve:-. simalo. lie v.ill be heard io cioiun^ afternoon. few other important features on >rogram will be announced later.. usual attention will be given to ing hour and the childrens' playul work; in fact, the story tellers [ayground workers wili remain lay longer i,n each city than they l year ago. wmfmwmmmmmmmm fit A/wiI ' 1AM MJFWLMg | L, SKY \ : ROBERTS ? \ \; terpiece K ww I V V v m n ? icture S ? ^ (CADE IT-TODAY I BBKSBBEBBHESQESHnnHHBBK^BEmBfiSHflBHHHHHHB i ? ? III " III????? J? >erity Club ?e Bank. Only to the Man r ** oney r TO SAVE lit we have selected f i easiest sum which ier week, without bend yet be the basis Unt by the end of lundred weeks. 3ASY STEPS ____________________ / SALE y, S. C. T , aturday April uare. e and one acre le third cash, ro years at 7 9 / : V f / :tioneer. Agent. r