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^ mi YOLUME LIIL, XOfBEB 41. ifEWBERBY, S. C? FRIDAY, WAY 26, 191?. TWICE i WEEK, $U0 A YEAR. i O.tiJIEM'EME>T SEASO> AT NEWBERRY COLLEGE An Interesting Program?Justice A. >V?ods to Deliver Literary Address?;Alumni Banquet. The commencement season will be on at Newberry college very soon ami W everything is getting in readiness for the event. Judge Woods of the federal court has accepted the invitation to deliver the literary address and the alum, i oration will be made by Jas. U. Hunter of Newberry. Dr. Harms president of the college will make the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class. The class is a large one and there will be a large number of friends of the young men and young women from all parts of the -State present to bid them God ?peed as they enter on the real jourtney of life. Mr. B. V. Chapman president of the alumni association is very anxious that every alumus of the college at tend the commencement and be present at the annual banquet but in order to provide a plate for you he must hai.e some notice in advance that you are going to be present. Commencement Program. Saturday, June 3, 8:30 p. m.?^Holland Hall, Sophomore Declamation contest. Sunday, June 4, 11:00 a. m.?Opera House, Baccalaureate Sermon, Preei" * XT TTn ? OCUX J. neuiy narns, 5:30 p. m.?Opera House, Annual Address to Young Men's Christian Association, President P. E. Monroe, *Summerland College. Monday, June 5, 10:30 a. m.?College Campus, Class Day Exercises. 8:30 p. m.?Opera House, Junior Oratorical Contest. Tuesday, June 6, 10:30 a. m.?-Holland Hall, Annual Alumni Meeting, t asMracc hv .T :B Hunter. Esq., '96, WW ?' J ? , # _ Newberry, -S. C. 8:30 p. m.?Opera House, Annual Address to Literary Societies, Hon. C. |A. Woods, Marion, S. C. Wednesday, June 7, 10:30 a. m.? Opera House, Graduating Exercises. Class of 1916?Officers. James . Kinard, president; Kenneth R. Kreps, vice president; Homer K. Long, secretary and treasurer; Charles E. Ridenhour, prophet; Miss Bessie Lake, historian; Miss Nancy Werts, poet. Class Roll?Ralph Barre Baker, Roy Lester Ballentine, JeffeFson Hoi land Bedenbaugh, Herbert Thurston j Boland, George Stewart Bowden, J. j C. Brooks, IMlss Estelle Caldwell,, George Augustus Clauss, George Ben" ton Derrick, Clarence Counts Epting, \ Wilbur Lee Epting, Carroll Dewey Hipp, James Campsen Kinard, Kenneth Repass Kreps, Miss Bessie Anita Lake, Homer Ranch Long, Paul Eugene Monroe, George Dewey Oxner, Charles Elmore Ridenhour, ?William Thornwell Senn, James William Smith, James Lancelot Swindler, tfolin Francis 'Taylor, Jesse Walter Wessinger, Miss Nancy Werts, George Purnell Wright. Class Motto?"Onward and Up ward." Class Colors?Gold and White. Class Flower?Daisy. Alumni Banquet. The alumni banquet to the alumni, ex-students and patrons of Newberry college will be held as usual on Tuesday night of commencement. 'The price will be o:.e dollar per plate, the place to be announced later. Hand your name or send it to Prof. F. W. Chapman if you wish to take part in this evening of social pleasure and enjoyment. It has become sucii a popular part of the commencement program that many of the alumni living out of town would not attend commencement were it not for this opportunity of meeting their friends and class-mates for an hour or two when business cares and troubles are forgotten. Come out and jofn with your friends in having a good.time in the name of the "Old College." B. V. Chapman. Pfocirfew-*- Alumni Association. \"o matter how accomplished a linguist a man may be and how many tongues he has mastered, he will never be able to master his wife's.? The State. ri.\? 31 iiN(E.?iLT\Y AT LIT I LK 3I0IWT ..IX School Has Ha<I Very Successful War 1'nder (juidaitcc Miss Swittenburg and Assistants. Commencement lias just closed the most successful school year in the history of the Little Mountain school. All of the commencement exercises were especially interesting, beginning on 'Su day morning with the bac| calaureate sermon by Dr. Greet, er aid ending ou Tuesday night with a very line add/ess by Dr. Harms On -Mo (lay night the Hampton Literary society renderd a very fine program as follows: President's Address?Elonzo Sliealy Debate?Evelyn Wise, Lucy Brady, Olin Long, and Hack Derrick. i Declamation?Homer LindUr. Recitation?Doris Kinard. The graduating class consisted of nine members, six boys and three girls. Those receiving diplomas were: Lucy Brady, Olin Lo.'.g, .Willie Hack Derrick. Roscoe Aull, Forrest Melts. Lee Sheaiy, Evelyn Wise, and Klonio Siicaly. Doris Kinard received a coi tifionto ,PirRt har.or in the Class was won by Miss "Lucy Brady, Olin Long and Willie Rack Derrick, these three having made the same average for tha i entire year. These two manly boys gave the first honor medal to Miss Brady, while they will share the Newberry college scholarship. The Aull essay medal was won by i iMiss Evelyn Wise, the gold watcb, -givea by Messrs. J. B. Derrick and j W. B. Shealy for the highest average in the seventh grade, was won by fVSrgil Long and the prize for the heart examination in agriculture was won by Forrest Metts, with honorable manHrvn nf W/vrrvAr Lindler. Those who made the highest aver- j age on final examinatione in eac'xi grade were: Willie Derrick, tenth grade; Virginia Wessinger, ninth grade; Ada Brady, eighth grade; Carroll Derrick, seventh grade; Virgil DerricK, sixtn grade; Estelle Wheeler, fifth grade; Bessie Stockman, fourth grade; Lucile Epting, third grade; Sara Boland, second grade; Elmer Epting and Obert Kempson, first grade. /All of the present teachers will retura to Little Mountain next session except Miss Burton, who will teach music in Newberry. LMiss Kathryn Garlington lias been elected to fill this vacancy. ?% Y WOrX E CHOSE FOR NAVAL MILITIA Four Divisions From This State on Battleship Illinois?Leave July 15. ?????? Itinerary for the annual cruise of the South Carolina na;\al militia was announced in a letter received yesterday by the adjutant general's office from the navy department. There are 200 men and officers in the four divisions of the naval militia. iThe four divisions have been ordered to leave Charleston July 15 by rail for the navy yard at Philadelphia. On July 17 the divisions will embark on the battleship Illinois and proceed to Block island on the New England coast. The fi've days at sea will be given up to drills and manoeuvres. Two days will be spent at Newport, R. I. The divisions will return to Charleston the latter part of July. "The Sowers.* There is a timeliness in the presentation on the screen of a story ia-p "The lowers.' It is' a filmed ver sion of Henry Seton Merriman's wide-1 ly read novel and the story tells of movements in Russia to free the serfs from political ad industrial suppression. Blanche Sweet, one of the most noted stars of the screen, appears in the leading- role of "The Sowers' and will be seen in a part teeming with human sympathy. The Dhotonlav was produced under , the direction of .William C. DeMille j who has been so successful in the di- j rection of Miss Sweet's recent production ":The Ragamuffin" and the sensational "Dlack-List." | CLOSiMi EXERCISES OF THE PROSPERITY HIirH SCHOOL j j Sunday morning at J1:00 o'clock in | Grace church school sermon by Rev. j F. E. Dibble of Xewberfy. j Monday night at 8:30 o'clock in tow.i hall by declamation contest. I | I Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock in ; town hall, girl reading contest. Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock iu town hall, class exercises. i The public is cordially invited to j all these exercises. | BRAS DEIS GIVEN | COMMITTEE VOTE I I I .Nomination Will Be Favorably Re. j ported?Party Lines Drawn. Washington, May 24.?iihe senate judiciary committee today recommended confirmation of the nomination of Louis D. Branaeis to the supreme court by a strict party vote, all the Democrats voti.vg for confirmation and all the Republicans against it. 1 C* -f nnminoo -nl O n t A OUppUilClS *JJ- I Lie UUU1"1V? V***11 VV j ask for action on the recommenda- j tion by the senate tomorrow at an \ executive session, while the opposing j senators are planning to force, if possible, open sessions for the conideration of the nomination. Prolonged debate may result, but Mr. Brandeis' friends claim' he will be confirmed before the recesses for the national conventions begin on June 3. . After weeks spe^t in taking testimony through a subcommittee and in discussing the subcommittee's report, action came today without debate in a seven minute session. There was nothing said beyond calling the roll. Doubt as to the outcome existed until the name of Senator Shields was reached. -His vote in favor of Mr. Brandeis was the deciding factor, the committee standing 10 to 8 for a fav! orable report. Just before going to the committee meeting Senator Shields conferred with Senator Smith of Georgia, who had rhade an investigation outside the j record during the absence of Senator Shields, who returned today from Knoxville. The Georgia senator had interviews with members of the interstate commerce commission and several Boston lawyers in regard to the charges against Mr. Brandeis and after satisfying himself that the j charges were not sustained, had a talk a few days ago with Mr. Brandeis himself. Friends of the nominee plan to oppose open session? on the ground that this is a movement for delay in confirmation and if open sessions are to be had they should be on other cases. ASKS MORE MILITIA FOR THE FRONTIER Kiniston fsIU on Department to Let Him Have National Guard for Border. San Antonio, Tex., -May 22.?Gen. Funston's request for more coast artillery, it is understood here, has been refused by the war department. Gen. Funston refused to confirm the report, but it was indicated at his headquarters that he had replied to the dat\!irtmont'c rpfusal hv a rpouest that more militia be sent to him to r^ortgthen the border patrol. The militia in camp here will start moving towards the border tomorrow. Reports from Gen. Pershing today indicated no sharp developments. Late tonight it was said at headquarters that Gen. Funston originally asked the war department for the National Guard of Arizona, New Mex-! ico, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and j Oklahoma. j Later the request was renewed and the militia of the three 'border States was ordered. It is understood the request still stands for the other troops. It is considered possible they will be mobilized, at least a portion of them to serve on the border in lieu of coast artillery which could not be sent. j ! Soliciting subscriptions for some | worthy cause may be a very noble j and patriotic undertakng, but from j our brief experience, hanged if we'd want a steady job at it.?The Statr. j i COMMENCEMENT BEGINS AT NEWBEKRY HIGH SCHOOL The commencement in the city schools begins Friday with exercises in the high school auditorium. Uihe exercises will begi.i promptly at 8:30' o clock. Monday night will be the de bate at the same place. The exercises tonight are by members of the seventh grade. The program for these two events is given today. Next Tuesday we will give the program for. Tuesday evening and Wednesday evening. i Seventh Grade Program. ! Friday night, S:30, Invocation? j Rev. Edward Filler wider. | Song by Class?My Country's Flag. ! Welcome?Clarke Floyd. IRecitation? Aubrey Tilley. IWusic?Ruth Koon. necnauon?nerman uicKen. Recitation?Janie Dell Paysinger. iMusic?'Hayne McGraw. j1 Recitation?Sam Bean. Recitation?-Fredna Schumpert. Music?Rig a Dig Dig. i Presentation of Certificates and 1 % ; Inwards by Supt. Ernest Anderson. * i Higrh School Debate. iXext Monday night at the high school auditorium 8:30 will be had ! the high school debate. Subject?Resolved, That South Carolina ought to establish a system of i high schools for negroes. Affirmative?Tr?hn EVnvri John Hie'- ' gins, Lee McSwaifl. Negative?Joe Vigodsky, Ernest Digby, Ferd Scurry. j Captains?>Strother Paysinger, and Frank Hill. Master of Ceremonies?Thos. Paysinger. Mr. J. M. Kinard gives a gold medal j to the best individual debater. Class Day Exercise. ./" looc Flo ir TT'.vor/^i.aox! nf thp <rr.Ad- I | \/tflOO l/u T JLJAV1 vvwv?j V* v*?w Q. , uating class of the higili school will i be held in the auditorium Tuesday, evening. It will consist of the class , prophecy, history, poem, will, etc.,, music and songs. !The class has purchased a handsome bust of Shakespeare which they will present to the school. The high school graduating exercises will be held next Wednesday night at the Opera House at 8:30. (Salutatory?Miss Irene Hunt. Oration?America's Present Opportunity, Joe Vigodsky. Oration?Universal Education, John Floyd. ! Valedictory?Miss Annie Kinard. Address?Hon. David R. Coker. Delivery of Diplomas by Supt. Ernest Anderson.WOMAN'S STATUS CAUSE OF FIGHT Orlado, Fla., May 24.?Woman's status in the Southern Presbyterian church, which emerged from a maze or' parliamentary entanglements practically unchanged after extended discussion, became the subject today of a protest to be registered tomorrow by at least 50 or less than 300 com missioners attending the general as-1 sembly here. At an informal meet- J i.g today after the first session they appointed a committee of five to frame a protest against the defeat of amendments yesterday which provided that women be "prohibited from expounding the scriptures or leading in prayer i.i the public worship of the church." Y A ST CONVENTION OF ?UMJtA trrf.^3 | iXew York, May 24.?'Nine thousand delegates, alternates ar.d visitors from all the states in the Union and from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Alaska and the Philippines filled the Seventh regiment armlory here tonight at the first general session of the 13th biennial j convention of the General Federatio.i j of Wome's Clubs. More than 2,000. spectators were turned away at the doors. Of these in the armory 1,500 were men. Tlie crowa uecauie svj dense before the convention opened j that the doors were closd and polic? reserves were called. Five women were overcome in the crush and re-; ( reived attention at an emergency ho.*l-ital at the armory. ( - COMMENCEMENT SOON AT WHITXIRE SCHOOL ilhe editor acknowledges receipt of an invitation to attend the closing exercises at the Whitmire school on June The invitation comes from Samuel Mason Gary and Theodore j Beckett Hay the only two members { of the graduating class this year. Their class motto is: Finished?yet beginning. Class colors: Red and black. Class flower: Red rose. Charles B. Hanna is principal of the high school and Miss Alma Lupo is the assistant. It is our purpose to be present with the young men on this occasion. THE NEWS OF P03IARIA Good Rains?Small Grain Better Than Expected?Mr. Boinest Urged for Legislature. Pomaria, May 25.?We have had fine, rains through this section, and the cotton is coming up to a stand. Harvest is now on and the grain crop is much better than it was thought to be a few weeks ago. ATi. \f TT Kinarri has inst COm pleted for "himself a handsome new dwelling a;:d has mcved into it. Mrs. Carrie Lane is also having her residence remodelled-by Contractor Jno. T. Lyles which will be completed in \ a few days. The r.ame of Mr. W. B. Boinest as a candidate for the house of representatives, announced by his friends was read with much pleasure. It has been the object of his many friends for the past several years to pull him in the race for the house, knowing * - "i?. i - J him1 as we do, to oe a Droaammueu man and a true Democrat all his life a.d at all times standing by the reform movement. We believe from r what we can learn from Mr. Boinest's closest friends, that he* will stay in * \ * the race at the request of his many frie ds. Mr. Boinest spent about 13 years of his early life teaching in the public schools of the county, the later years of his life have been devoted to his large farm, saw mill, and ginnery. We feel sure that the announcement of Mr. Boinest will i means his election. Mrs. Breaker of St. Louis is visiting her sisters, \Mrs. Jas P. 'Setzler, and Mrs. Jno. C. Aull. Mr. Ernest Livingston, agenu at Old 'Town, spent Saturday hight and Sun- i day with his parents Mr. and Mrs.\ L. V. Livingstor. Misses Ola Lominick. Mary Lomi-' nick &nd Mr. Ila Lominick spent Sat- j urdav night and Sunday in <Newberrv. j Mr. C. W. Sawyer spent iSainday in Greenville. Mr. Duane Livingston of Newberry spent last week with Mr. Jno. D. Weddaman. IMrs. Jno. B. Bedenbaugh spent tl\o first part of the week with her parents at Prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. W. Alewine haive gone to Silverstreet to attend the funeral of Mr. Alewine's brother's little child. FRIENDLY SPIRIT RPPtfiiWiFK FVIDEXT Washington, May 24.?Xo authoritative forecast of the proposals to be made by Gen. Carranza in his new note had reached officials here tonight and while some apprehension was apparent that its tenor might not be entirely satisfactory, the geeral feeling was one of confidence that it would open the way to a definite agreement for continued cooperation of (Ameri- J can and de facto forces in the pursuit | nf Kori^-'tp i? nnrt.hprn \tftxico vi uaauiwo a** . Recent reports from 'Special Agent Rodgers at Mexico City have indicated a growing friendliness towards the United States and have led the state department to hope that the new communication would suggest a resumption of negotiations for a pro tor-ol covering the operations of the American expeditionary forces. Mr. Rodgers' dispatches have said thai Gen. Obregon's report on his conferences at the border* with Gen. Scoit ~^ " atr-Anor 'mnrp^sifin fvn of i:<1U indue cx on vn& ? .. ? ? ficials of the defacto government and had convinced them that the United States was acting in good faith and :iai no ulterior motive in its operaor. Meixean soil. ALVA M. LUMPKIN HONORED BY KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Committee on State of Order Submitted Gratifying Report at the Final Meeting-. The State. # Alva M. Lumpkin of Columbia will be at the head of the order of Knights of Pythias i:i South Carolina for the ensuing year. He was chosen grand chancellor at the pession of the grand lodge yesterday. Mr. Lumpkin has been grand vice chancellor for the past year and had previously served a year as grand prelate, he is one of the most earnest knights in the -State, and his fellow Pythians delight to honor him. The grand lodge adjourned yesterday to meet next year at Union. Other officers eiecceu were: W. E. nf Aranp'Ahiire' grand vlcO u ci A lcrv. v/i. v* o-' ? chancellor; the Rev. Louis J, Bristow of Columbia, grand prelate; C. D. Brown of Abbeville, grand keeper of records and seal; Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston,# grand master of exchequer; E. "R. Cox of Darlington, grand master at arms; >W. E. Fewell of Rock Hill, grand incer guard; M. H. Ohlandt of Beaufort, grand outer guard. Grand Chancellor Lumpkin, appointed J. Earle Boozer of Colum bia to serve for a term of three years on the grand tribune. D. C. Heyward was reelected to senve for five years on the board of publication, and R. L.? Dargin of Abbeville was chosen to succeed Mr. Bristow, who resigned. Busy Session. The grand lodge was kept quite busy at * yesterday's sessioD. Com* - lin/4 Kflfln ra mittees to wnoin icy\ji is uau ucvu <v ferred the day before made their recommendations, and debate "was at times lively. The recommendation of the retiring grand chancellor, Her- hprt E Gvles. relative to abolishing deputy grand chancellors evoked an animated but fraternal debate. The recommendation of the judiciary that all committees be appointed from members-elect to the grand lodge, ar.d not otherwise as is now in vogue, likewise, produced a spirited debate. Both recommendations ultimately were adopted. (The proposal to eliminate the payment of a per diem and m teage to all past grand chancellors was adopted without remark. A propoped c'-snge in the constitution so as to provide for biennial sessions ui the grand lodge and two-year terms for gra; d lodge officers was vigorously debated, and then killed by a large vote. A similar proposal to provide for semi-annual elections for officers of subordinate lodges was likewise defeated. * * ; Thornwell Fund. '* ; Upon morion of '.AI/.a M. Lumpkin a committee of five was appointed to consider th,-> advisability of enlarging the TnornweU memorial fund, and recommend upo.i its permanent investment where it will best serve the purpose for which it was contributed. This fund is a memorial to the late .James H. Thornwell. who for many years was grand keeper of records and seal It now amounts to about $5,000, the interest on which is equally divided between four denominational orphanages in the State. Enjoyed Columbia Visit. A resolution was adopted expressing the pleasure of the delegates at having been so well entertai ed in this city, thanking the hotel for the use of the immense hall for the sesri-^ns, and thanking the Chamber of Commerce for the street car ride taken yesterday. Most of the delegates left Columbia on the iate afternoon trains yesterday Central E. Church, So? j. (Rev. F. E. Dibble, paste j Services for Sunday, May the 28th, will be as follows: Mornig service 11:00 a. m. preaching by Rev. W. H. Murray of Kinards. Sunday School 5 p. m. iEpworth League 7:4-r> p. m. Evening service 8:30 p. m., subject of sermon, "iThe Useless -Educated Man." Please rotice that Sunday school hour is changed to -r> o'clock. All are cordially invited tn these services. ' /; T;