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r VOLUME LIT* .\CMBEB 16. S'EWBEBST, 8. C. TIESBAV. FEB RCA RT 27, 1917. TWIOJK i WEEK, ?LM A TEAS. MAN>1 >G DECLARES OFFICE GAME WARDEN VACANT Appoints Wade Hampton Gibbes.? He Gives Bond and Demands Officr, ?Richardson Refuses to Snrrender and Matter Goes to Conrt. UO^imDlcl, fCD. <iO.?VxOV. .uduuiug today declared the office of game warden vacant and appointed Wade Hampton Gibbes, a former mayor of Columbia, to the vacancy. Gibbes gave bond and made dejnand of Richardson ? /vf tho nffipp RlCh" iur wc yvsocooiuii vi. v?v v- ? . ardson refused to-surrender the office and the matter will go into the courts. MASS MEETING. MASS MEETING is hereby called of the Farmers, Merchants, Bankers and other business interest to meet in the Court House at Newberry, S. O.. on 7th March, 1917., to confer for ~ nr<-vr\ri nf all in romine to some important and necessary mu tual understanding to prepare for the certain coming of the bill weevil; and also, to adopt some cooperative plan looking to the establishment o* a county marketing system for all the products we grow. No more im portant meeting has ever been called together in this county, and we urge onH imninrp n larce and enthusiastic gathering of our citizenship. Do not forget the time and the place, .'Wednesday. March 7th, 1917, at New Court House at eleven o'clocfc. Cut this notice out and put it in your pocket so as not to forget the time. R. C. Sligh. Wm. Johnson and Son. Summer Bros. Co. C. J. Purcell Co. Johnson-McCrackin Co. Geo. C. Hipp. {Lominack ana neigme.y. B. C. Matthews. James Mcintosh. H. L. Parr. Jno. M. Kinard. W. E. Wallace. G. W. Suber. J. T. Hunter. M. B. Caldwell. H. 0. Long. A. L. Aull. J. E. Counts. SOCIETY. A very enjoyable affair of the past week was the dance given Saturday evening by Mr. A. C. Matthews at his beautiful suburban home "Oakhurst." Dancing and progressive conversa tion was enjoyed until midnight, dur ing the evening delightful refresh ments were served. Those present were: Misses Bone of New York. Mob ley, of Graniteville, Maude Epting, Octie Griflin. Margaret Burton, Kate Summer, Saydie Fant, Kathryn Harms, Ruth Digby, Mildred Evans and Woodie Bowman. Messrs. John Peterson, Marion Blease, Richard ?Boring, Clarence Davis, Earle Hipp, Dave Caldwell. Ned Purcell, J. G. Driver, Raymond Stiles, Homer Moy er, Nick Holmes, Claude Smith and Forrest Crotwell. Thursrtav evenine- at Salter's stu dio the members of the Young Ladies Wesley class of the Central church, gave a "colonial tea." During the evening an interesting musical pro gramme was carried out and delight ful sandwiches and tea were served. A silver offering was taken at the door. A) reciprocity meeting of the Wo man's club was held Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mary Wright. About twelve literary clubs o? the town and county were represented and interesting reports from these clubs wer$ ^ read. The president read a report for the year. The meet ing was opened # ith a short talk by Mrs. L. W. inoya ana .urs. r raim Hunter presided. Mrs. E. V. Babb and Miss Pauline Qilrler rendered voc.il selections and Miss Margaret Furion and Mr. Earle Hipp furnished piano and violin music all during the afternoon. Late in the afternoaa the guests were invited to the dining room, which was beautifully decorat ed with yellow jonquils, and here delightful sandwiches and tea were served. The Jasper Chapter. Daughters American Revolution. celebrated George Washington's birthday in a very delightful mannei Thurfiav af ternoon at the beautiful home of Dr. and Mrs. 0. B. Mayer, in Main street About a hundred guests called during the afternoon and after being wel comed by members cf the chapter pressed in colonial style* they were invited to the dining room where cake ana SyuaoilD were sei veu. . luc UCU orations here were growing plants and American flags. VVIany lighted candles gave a soft light to the pretty scene. From the dining room the guests were invited to the living room where Mrs. James Mcintosh presid ed over a prettily appointed table from which tea and wafers were serv ed by a bevy of girls. Miss Margar et Burton and Mr. Earl Hipp furnish-' ed music during the afternoon. s> CONGRESSMAN DOMINICK. <$ * Q ,$k -!y & & <$, *> - > <$> A <A ^ ?fc <V Hon. Fred H. Dominick leaves to day for Washington to be present at the inauguration and to enter upon his duties on the 4th of March as the congressman from the third South Carolina district, and his many friends wish him mighty well and confidently expect that he will be heard from in the halls of tfle national congress. n.tJ 15} VYCII IIL LOU UJ Til WU.O \Jk. VA|/u* *. ence and education and training to represent the district ably and well. Mr. Dominick is the son of Jacob Luther Dominick and a grandson of Fred H. Dominick one of the largest landowners in Newberry at the tiaae of his death. His father died when he j was a mere lad and beins the oldest; of the children he became the head of j the family. He was educated at the city schools j "9 on/4 Vacfhorrv 1a7R I I U1 ^UiULUUia auu nun 1/vi < ^ vvn/q. : and the University of South Carolina i and took a law course in the Universi j ty of Virginia. He was admitted to j 1 the practice of law May 6, 1898. He; was elected to the legislature from! Newberry county in 1900 and served1 with marked ability in the sessions of 1901-02. He was for eight years J county chairman of the Democratic j party in Newberry county and several | times delegate to the State convention | and for several years attorney for the! : county, tie was appuimcu assiDwiii| | attorney general in 'Atpril, 1913. Hej I discharged the duties of this office: with great ability, but af. the begin-1 ning of 1916 resigned to make the : race for congress from the third dis- j ! trict and was elected b> a handsome majority. 1 Mr. Dominick will have in congress with him three colleagues who were ; members of the South Carolina legis ! lature with him in 1901-02, A. F. Lever : from the 7th district, R. S. Whaley from the first district and W. F. Stev enson from the fifth district. Two of the other three members from South Carolina also saw service In the South Carolina legislature, S. J. i Nicholls from the fourth district and 1 .1 w. Rassdale from the sixth dia trict, Mr. Byrnes from the second district never had tfcat distinction. Neither did Senator Tillman though Senator Smith did sor-- ir. rho legis lature before he was elected senator. THIRD DISTRICT CONTRIBUTES TOTAL AMOUNT ASKED i Final contributions received by : Fred H. Dominick to the deficit in treasury of Democratic committee, i Newberry Connty. Previously acknowledged ... .$213.00J H. H. Evans 5.00 Fred H. Dominick 5.75 i E. H. Bowman 1.00 j T. K. Johnstone . 1.00 j . C. C. Schuinpert 1.00 1 Cash 1.00 ] Cash 1.00 j W. W. Cromer 50 Through W. P. Allen: W. P. Allen 50 B. M. Scurry 1.00 J. J. Amick ... 50 J A. P. Coleman 25 j Eunice Allen 25 ! H.G.Connelly 1.001 W. E. Spearman 251 i Citizen .50 S. Basha 25 Guss Hart .25 I E. L. Cook 50 .1. P. Swindler 25 ; E. M. Martin 50 t_t r > 1 An joiui n. ouuri * i.vv Total for Newberry County $236.25 Total Receipts by Counties. Anderson $312.95 Newberry 236.25 Pickens 147.6.') Greenwood 139.55 Abbeville 105.35 Oconee 53.25 McCormick 5.00 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS The fund is completed. I sincere ly thank my friends and other good democrats and the newspapers of the district for their assistance in rais ing the assessment for this district. Very Respectfully. FRED H. DOMTN'CTC. THE IDLER. *> . *> $ <Q. & $><$> <Q> <Q> -fy ?> &> %, <$ ? The editor held my la3t article 30 long that I had almost forgotten what I had really written about. There Is one thing 1 should have added to at looot /-?r?o nr>*-Hf>n rvf that article, and it is this: That man I referred fo who punished his supposed enemies by not speaking to them, was one ot the most genial and lovable men or dinarily that I ever knew, but he was a man of strong emotions and quiot temper and very sensitive, and I be lieve died a very unhappy and * greatly disappointed man. Most men will who go through lite *un a chip on their shouiuei, 3r w^o always have a grouch against their neighbors who may not happen to agree witn tnem. wen, iu icu the truth, as I always try to do. I was just thinking after 1 read over my last article, as I usually do to see how many typographical errors there are in it. I was just a thinking, as I say, that the man or the woman who do^s not speak to fr* 11 man nr his fallow WOmail, as the case may be. just to punish them, must suff^r untold miserv him self. In fact, I must believe that h& suffers a great deal more than the one he is persuading himself he is punishing. If any one was to try to treat me in any such manner I would just laugh at him and pity him, be cause he would be deserving of the most sincere and true pity. But then, you know, all people \re not built alike, and I reckon it is a wise provision of a wise providence that they are not. But somehow I just could not be happy walking around in a little town not speaking to peo>* pie whom I had known from my youth up, jU3t because for some little thing -or other they may have differed with me. I would hate to think that every one agreed with 'me in all thtngs. Ju?t as I said about that old fogy who wrote me that letter, I am glaa that he does not agree with every thing that I say, because I know if he >.q nr. t nnp would ha terribly UIUj lit Wi JL VAAV .. _ wrong sometime or other. And ali thfs reminds me of a little poem I read some time ago by .Tames Wh't combe Riley, and I believe it is one tbat was published after his death. It is called "The Raggedy Man Ob serving." Here it is. Read it: The Raargedy Man Obserrinsr. (By James Whitcombe Riley.) (A posthumous poem.) A domineerin' feller, like 'at he Spelt separate, an' spelt 'er with a "e," And made it proper?not because it was, < But simply jes' Docause?you know? because. I alius want to go off and lay down -When fpiiprs want to nrsev: when I'm brown On one side, rail o^er?Mam? pf I Keer whurtae- T'm a r-;ast ur jes* a try 0 a sore-toed man is so sadly strand, As he sets, in his heddav, sazin' Into the past, and amoanin' and Groanin* and paraphrasin'!? TTrm- t wisht i hat my now was then? When the heart does best when It. doesn't? How I wisht I was young agen, Er how I wisht I wasn't! Love ver inemies, but don't Think they'll b'lieve it?'cause they won't. vtbinor hetter'n Heaven itself Yea. more surpassin' fair? I s'pose it'll be when you and me Git actually landed there! ?From Collier's for January 27. ?0? Well, the legislature has adjourn ed. I often wished during the session t rrmiH have <rone down there and watched that assembly for two or three days just to have been able to see how the laws are made. It lb a curious thins to me how a few peo ple who are elected by the people to make laws for the people should get the idea that they must do everything to regulate the people. And who are they but the people? But I reckon It is all right or it wouldn't be. ill i idea of government?our government: ?has always been that we should! have just as few laws as possible, and the best governed were the least gov erned. It looks to me like when we. the people, elect a fellow to so to the legislature he at once assumes thai we want him to be a wet nurse for' the rest of us. Well, my idea of that fellow is tn.it the best thing we can i do for him is to leave him at home the nex* time and nut him to plow-, ' ? ,1 ? T + irnnM Vi a! n his digestion. Some of them seem to forjret entire!}* the poor fellows the? have left at home. They just pile np appropriations and make taxes s-j "high that we can scarcely pay ttorr. jCOlNTY TEACHEUS ADVISED TO ATTEND STATE MEETING ' The Stale Teachers' association i ! will meet in Columbia March livery teacher in the county, who can , do so, ought to attend this m^etin^ A very attractive and helpful pro gramme has been prepared. In order to encourage the teacher* to attend this meeting, the countj board of education has passed a re iv\ln?inn ronnoetiner tho trilQtOtfx* n f CVi U kiVU the schools to allow the teachers to attend without loss of pay. CH'AS. P. BARRE, County Supt. in spite of the fact that all during thw campaign they talked loudly againsx. high taxes and the poor down troddei. taxpayer. A few visits to Winthroi? and to Charleston and they have for gotten all about the campaign anu ria nroniises thev made. But, look here, I am not going to get into poli tics by the remotest degree even in writing anything about it. ?O? Speaking at a banquet to the Am herst alumni a short time ago on the "College Spirit*' Secretary Lansing said some mighty good things. 1 wish I could quote him in full. He sala 1- _ onarib rtf fho QlinrpTTIt! v/uuiu iiui o ci rv ui ^ - ? . subject of American thought today. I U was not a time to sp*ak. It was I a time to think. He paid a high ana deserved tribute to President Wilsou and said that the nation could trust him and that in his hands the destiny of ttye United Sta'.t-s was safe, to ah of which I most sincerely agree, dui T n-ontnrf t n. rofflr Tr\ >11S SDPftfMl Ua l L rvaixwvu wv i w ? ? ? ^ for is to quote another thought whicn it contained. And here is the quo tation I want to make: "The American people, and I think they are no different from other peo ples, have been growing more ana more utilitarian in these later yearn, their thoughts and acts more ana more influenced by what is called the practical and less and less by What io called the ideal. Immediate and tan gible benefit is the apparent goal ol American erron. . "It is indeed a commentary on the i Ameri an people, that not a few I thinking men have been asking witn ; serious concern: 'Haw. American eyes j grown dim to the achievements of the j past? Has the blood of patriotism ; ceased to throb in American veins': j Have we forgotten that our heritage j of liberty was sealed -with the lives of devoted men and that it is a sacrea j truBt wliicn we musi noia anu uauaj j rait unimpaired to the generations -to | come?' V:/ j "I believe most firmly that every/-: j one of these questions can be answer-'" - j ed in the negative. I believe that at I heart the American people are loyai i and patriotic. Put to the test, I do i not fear the outcome. And yet I feei that the spread of materialism na? | been a menace to our national charao j ter to which we should not be indlf ; ferent, a menace which ought not ana : must not continue. | "To preserve in their high place ; in the life of the republic those great impulses which have made us a virile and proud nation we must cultivate sentiment and emphasize the ideai more than we have done in recent years. We must cease measuring ac complishment by dollars and cents. Sentiment of every sort provided itb object is noble is worth while." ?O? Just what I have said so many i timnc that i helieve that I am getting to be a prophet. I said the same thing many times long before this world war began. This materialism is no new thing, but the war that is raging all over the world may be a result ot that spirit of materialism which is hj; no means confined to the ^United States, but is world widtf/firi its i-icope. To build a great nation 'and a great people and a fine citiz^ngq^ we'must cultivate a higher sen tfanent and have an ideal that is not putfrV Biatrial. That is what I have said for many years. In fact even before I began to write these articles I was ail ar dent advocate of the idea of teach ing even in our schools more senti ment and not emphasizing so much those things whicfr were material. Ana I am glad to have the endorsement ot so nigh an authority as the secretarv of State in the cabinet of President. Tir;if,^n i om mnrft thiin rnpaspfi th>n he^, agrees with me. and I am almost persuaded that he has been reading some of my articles. T know they would be helpful to him and I wisn pome one would send him a marked copy of some of my recent articles along this line as well as this one which gives him credit for agreeing with mo in these fine sentiments. Bet I am going to write more about this in another article. 'And I must say in closing that this is but another way of saving that the things aoout wnicn old fogy and another old fogy wrote are the things that should be taught in our schools and instilled in the ] hearts and minds of the children of , this country. More sentiment. Just another word to express the same idea. Au revoir. i THE IDLER. i> ^ * ELIJAH P. BRADLEY. -* ?> <?> ; $ $> ?> <$> <S> <$> <$><?> 4> <$> <$ ?> <S> <$- <?> <? I "All quiet along tne Potomac tonierht!'' i Xo sound save the rush of the rivfir; j While soft falls the dew on the fa-ce j of the dead. AnH thp nirkpt a nff rlntv fnrpvpr ? J I Another Confederate veteran has answered the last roll call and rrone to jcin the comrades over there. They are fast passing and In the course of human events it won't be long before! they will all be over there. I wish we could keep them with us as a liv ing monument and example to the youth of the laud. But all things hu man must pass. I wish I could im press all the youth of the- good to them of honoring the memory of the old veterans and of giving more hom age and attention to those wh> are left with us yet for a little while. ; "Come children, bring yor.r choicest | flowers? i Transform these graves to Eden | bowers; Here lie the strong, the brave, the' true.*' 1 It.^true that "Thp-o is no holier spot of around Than where defeated valor lies, By mourning beauty crowned.*' , And yet I would not asree that the Confederate soldier represents de feated vafcr, and you could never srot Oem. to- iSbB'cur in the sentiment that tlfey defeated. 'Elijai^v (Pink) Bradley was a member or CjD. B. Third regiment, anil enlisted as'ifrprivate at the beginning of the warti&hSe rose to second ser geant and & the last battles in which the company wa3 engaged he bore i the colors at the company. He went i through the entire war {tad surren dered with Lee. He was several times wounded. And his comrades bear testimony to the fact that he was' a good and a brave and a true soldier. Xo higher encomium could be spok en of. any man. I remember at a T K union, to which I went last spring to take Mr. Bradley and Mr. W. G. Peter son, of old soldiers of Laurens and j Greenville counties, that Mr. 0. ,,G. Thompson of Laurens paid a high tri-j bute to Mr. Bradley, and had him to rise and unfurl the flag of the old third regiment, and what a burst of applause it brought forth. And how happy*,Mr. Bradley was as the mem ory of other days rushed upon him. And we had arranged to attend that reunion'again th^s year. But such is ljfe.> !We can never know what we wjfV.do.t Man^prpjoses. but Gcd in his Infinite love, disposes. Mr. ft. G. Petersoa, who was a mamber of says that now so fa^g he can-3&?e^ii] there are orly four of the of the old com nanv Iftft.?.T W." MeKUtrick, W. P. Davenport. W. J. Ke^ia^-and himself. That Jo& Pitts was a 4ri?naber for a short tiite hut was^soe^transferred to another company. Air. Bradley was born in Newberry county seventy-five years ago. next August, and after returning from the war settled-in the neighborhood of his old home near Bush River church, and was married 1S71 t? Miss Rebecca Ann Rutler and lived on the farm for several years. He moved to Newberry j ? ^npi'MAn nil fhf> I Ill iifcetrpL a. puoimui ? - police force and served for a long time, abojrt thirty years, as police man and cftief of police and health officer of Newberry and was true to : every trust. Farvthe past few yeaffi ' he has not been employed but has . lived quietly wittjfe 60 n, Floyd, and ( his daugJtf.er,\Mi3j&$B6ttie. He died<on Satffrday Bight and %vas I... J DABOTn Snndav after-1 L/llIiCU III noon. The afternoon \Was beautiful, and there washt -^argfc-.Mjfcpwd out to pay . the last t& -pfirfcfepafct* to his ' memory. The casket; yksvljorne to ' its last resting place witjj li% remains by his comrades in arftufc "\V. G. Pet 5011. J. Pat Rlair, H. M^fMayer, '.V. H. Blats, 0. M. BHzhardt,"Vf. Y. Fair, KASNIXG SIGNS "QUART-A-MONTH* Soatli Carolina's >'ew Llqnor Law Effeethe on April 25. Columbia, Feb. 24.?Governor Man ning tonight signed the "Quart-a Month" Liquor Act recently passed by the legislature of South Carolina. The act becomes effective sixty days after being signed by the governor, which will be cVpril 25. The new law limits the ^ji^Jtity or whiskey that may be received by citizens of this State in a calendar month to oae quart, and a certificate must be ob tained from the probate judge in or der to 3ecure that qauntity. The governor has also signed the act prohibiting liquor advertising in newspapers, on bill boards, etc. This law becomes effective March 16. 1917. W. F. C. Dfflth ftf Mr*. rlinf. Mrs. H. F. Cline died rather sud denly Sunday night of paralysis. She was stricken while at supper and died two hours after the stroke. Shs will be buried this afternoon, service at the house at 4 o'clock. The Calendar Society will meet Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Geo. Johnstone. Mrs. AV\ S. Henry of Colfax, Louis iana, has arrived on a visit to her mother. Mrs. Mary McGraw, ^ho Is no better. Death of Mr. P. A. Norn's. Mr. Pa'.iick Abney Norris died in Ridgeville, Dorchester county, FYiday mcrning between 3 and 4 o'clock at the home of his uncle, Mr. Henry Hargrove. Mr. Norris had gone to llidgeville to visit bis uncle with a view possibly of remaining and en gaging in farming. - He contracted grip which developed into pneumonia. He w-a-s only 23 years old and a fine specimen of young manhood, as the local correspondent of the News and Courier says In reporting his death. The body was brought to Newberry on the Cannon Ball train Saturday morning and taken to the home of his aunt, Mrs. Claudia Xorris Hunter, where service was held at 11 o'clock by the Rev. .J. W. Carson. Interment in Rosemont cemetery, the following acting as palbearers: M. W. Clary, Hagood Clary. Richard Clary, H. L. Parr, C. F. Lathan, C. G. Blease. The body was accompanied to Newberry by the following relatives: Mr. Henry Hargrove and niece. Miss Owens, of Ridgeville, Mr. Hilliard Hamiter and Messrs. James and Frank Xorris of Fairfield, and also by Miss Julia Xor ris of Newberry, who was in Fair field on a vacation visit. -Mr. Xorris left Fairfield three weeks ago to go to Ridgeville and was in Newberry fonr weeks ago Saturday. He wa.u, the son of Mr. W. A. Nor?fs of Xewberry by his second wife, who was formerly Miss Lucy Hargrove, his father now having his fourth wife. The dedeabeJ was unmarried. He Is survived, by two own brothers and two sisters one of the brothers, Frank, living in Fairfield with his uncle, .Iflmpq X'nrria. the other brother. Ro bert, and th?. sisters, Misses Blanche and Lucy Xorris, being with the! aunt, Mrs. Hunter, in this city, ant is also survived by a large circle ol other relatives. The bereaved ones have the sympa thy of friends in their grief at the loss of one they knew to be good an4 kind and true, and Mrs. Hunter airti the .sad oiies at her home are grate ful to the friends for their kindness on Saturday morning. l*a ys Insrer- Mc A1 h a n y. Miss Josephine Strother Paysinger 2nd Mr. William Preston McAlhany were married by the Rev. E. V. Babt> on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, at the residem-e of the bride's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Paysinger, in Xev.-berry. Miss Paysinger had taught school at Branohville, Orangeburg county, where the groom lived. He is a prosperous farmer of that communi ty. The bride is one of Newberry mosi oeauniui auu tuaiuuug jvuu , ladies and will be a shining an I graceful addition to the society in which she will move in her new home. The well wishes of a large circle of friends accompany her there. The happy couple left on the 12:IS train for Branchville, shortly after the marriage ceremony, ine weaaing was a very quiet home affair. his pastor, the Rev. E. V. Babb. of the First Baptist church. Mrs. Bradley died June 29. 1894. Mr. Bradlay is survived by the follow ing children: James A. Bradley of Svlacauga, 'Ala.; Thomas P. Bradley of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. C. V. Mon roe of Laurens county and Miss Bet tie Bradley and Floyd Bradley of N'ewberry. ?, Mrs. .f. A. fcexon ol L/anrcus auu Robert McCarty of Opftlika, Ala., a stepson of James I^fley, attended the funerah-. E. I ;?