The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 02, 1917, Image 1

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YOLOIE LIT* M'MBEK 17 3EWBERBY, GERMAN FLAX EXPOSED FOB WAR ON AMERICA Cnited States Government Has Copy of Zimmerman's Instructions t<? Von Eckhardt, Minister at Mexieo City. Washington, Feb. 2S.?The Associat *ed press is enabled to reveal that Ger many in planning unrestricted sud roarine warfare and counting its con sequences, proposed an alliance wmi Mexico and Japan to make war on the United States, if this country should not remain neutral. Japan through Mexican mediation, was to be urged to abandon her allies and join in the attack on the Unitea States. I Mexico, for her reward, was to re- i ceive general financial support from Germany, reconquer Texas, New Mex- i ico and 'Arizona?lost provinces? ; and share in the victorious peace terms Germany contemplated. Details were left to German min ister Eckhardt in Mexico City, who by instructions signeu u> \JCi mau Foreign Minister Zimmerman at Ber lin January 19, 1917, was directed to propose the alliance with Mexi co to Gen. Carranza and suggest that Mexico seek to bring Japan into the plot. These instructions were transmit ted to von Eckhardt through Count von Bernstorff, former German am bassador here, now on his way home " nh I-O uermauj uuuci a, 00*.^ ? tained from his enemies by the coun try against which he was plotting ^war. i Germany pictured to Mexico by broad intimation, England and the entente -allies defeated; Germany an<H her al lies triumphant and in world domin v?r >,*? inatmmftnt of unrestrict- : 4UUU ujf Ulb u<u.. ed submarine warfare. A copy of Zimmerman's instructions to von Eckhardt, sent through von Bernstorff, is in possession of the United States government. It is as iollows: ^Berlin, January 19, 1917. "On the first of February we in tend to begin submarine warfare un restricted. In spite of this, it ig our intention enaeavor iu Keep licuuai vmv United States of America. *'If this attempt is nt)t successful' we propose an alliance on the follow ing basis with Mexico: That *e .shall make war together and together: make peace. We shall give general financial support and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, I tJAcib aiiu Arizona. The details are left to you for settlement. ; "You are instructed to inform the president of Mexico of the above a3 soon as it is certain that there will, be an outbreak of war with the Unit- ' ?d States and suggest thqrt the presi dent of Mexico, on his own initiative, should communicate with Japan sug gesting adherence at once to this plan; at the same time, offer to med iate between Germany and Japan* "Please call to the attention of the prod/ent of Mexico that the employ jm'enf of ruthless* submarine warfare now promises to compel England to make peace in a few months. (Signed) Zimmerman.^ This document has been in the hands of the government since Presl-. dent Wilson broke off diplomatic re-; with n Arm an v. IfA has been kept secret while the president has been asking congress for full authori ty to deal with Germany and while congress has" been hesitating. It was in the president's hands while Chan cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg was de claring that the United States had placed an interpretation on the sub marine declaration "never intended by Germany" and that Germany had promoted and honored friendly re lations with the United States "as an heirloom from Frederick the Great." pi w Pf itself, - if there were no other,1 s considered a sufficient answer to German chancellor's complaint that the United States "brusquely". brt)ke oai relations without giving' 'authentic" reasons for its action, j The document supplies the missing link to many separate chains of cir- j <->iimstances. which until now have seemed to lead to no definite point.! It sheds new light upon the frequent-1 ly repeated but indefinable move-! ments of the Mexican government to j couple its situation with the friction between the United States and Japan. | It adds another chapter to the cele-' brated report of Jules Cambon,! c?~in Rerlin before r rcucu auiuao?js*u?. ... the war, of Germany's worldwide ; plans for stirring strife on every con- I tinent where it might aid her in the struggle for world domination which she dreamed was close at hand. 0. L. Schnmperf Chapter. The 0. L. Schumpert chapter will j meet March 3rd, at 4 o'clock, with i Harriet Mayer. Members will please [ bring yearly dues (ten cents) to this j meeting. j A't>t>16 Uailiara, presiuuiu. Nancy Fox, secretary. B. A. Dlckert Chapter. The D. A. Dickert chapter will hold Its /regular meeting at Miss Mildred Reid's Saturday March 3, 1917, at 3:30 o'clock. HM Alliene Dunn, Sec. Louise Peny, Pres. .?? WBEKKY LADS BEST IX STATE Lutiuran Five ^iDs Championship Titie.-^Carolhia Team I/>ses. The State. By defeating the University of South Carolina basketball team in thu university gym last night by a score ii i n 9\; tho Vou'horpv rnllPlTP fivf? U1 11 .v/ CU, lav 4.V-MV..,, practically cinched for the third con secutive season the title to the State basketball championship. Driver's men have lost only one game this year, lost none of the 13 games played last year and lost only one of the contests the preceding year. The Lutherans aie conceded to have the bos: ha'-keibal1 machine in the State. Tiu* game bogai. with a rush, the first half ending with a score of iy to lo in favor of 'Carolina. The uni versity lads continued their lead until far into the second half but the Lutherans tied the score. 28 to 2S, and turned victory into defeat by shooting a series of fleld goals in rapid succession. Renken and Kenne dy starred for the visitors. Taylor also doing excellent work for Newberry. Martin did stellar work for the Game cocks and Bowen piled up six field goals in the first half in spite of a broken finger. Both teams were well represented by supporters in the gal leries and college spirit and enthus iasm ran high. The expectation that last night's game would be the snap piest pluckiest game played on the university nour uns year \\<is aiuyij realized. Carolina supporters are comforted in their loss to the champ ion team of the State by the fact that the Gamecocks remained game to the end, putting up a stiff fight to the very last. The lineup: Xewberry (44) Carolina (33) Taylor ...RF. Bow en Kennedy . . LF.. Meaas Renken ... . c.. Martin Gotschall ... ..RF . Waring Williams ... ...LG Sim3 Individual scores for Newberry: Renken 16, Kennedy 14, Taylor 12, Gotschall 2. Individual scores for Carolina: Martin 14, Bowen 12, War ing 7. Van Metre T*as referee. SURVEY PimiSHES BAIEIGH MAGAZINE The February number of Every woman's Magazine, edited from Ral eigh. but printed in Columbia, by the Survey Publishing company has been issued. The magazine is a 60 page, 9 inches by 12, publication. It con tains matter of particular interest to Southern women, though it would be read with pleasure by women every where. . The editor in chief is Mrs. Nina Holland Covington, formerly of Sa lem, Va., but now of Raleigh, N. t. She was. before her marriage, head of the English department of Eliza beth college, Charlotte, ana is wen known to many Sduth Carolina wo men who attended Elizabeth. Of fur ther interest to South Carolinians is the fact that she is a niece of the late George W. Holland for 25 years the president of Newberry college. MEETING CELEBRATING THE QUADIM-CENTENNIAL THE REFORMATION The first of the meetings to be heM in Newberry county celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Reforma tion is to be held in Grace church, Prosperity on the second Sunday in March. The Rev. E. Fulenwider of New berry, president of the S. C. synod, is to deliver the address in the morn ing and the Rev. J. J. Long of Little Mountain, president of the Newberry conference, is to make the address in the afternoon. All of the Lutherans of the com munity are urged to be present at these services, and the members of other Protestant denominations are cordially invited to attend also. The other meetings that are to be held later are to be at Little Moun tain, Pomaria and Newberry. It is hoped that every Lutheran in the county will attend one of these meetings. Publicity Committee. ^ State Athletic Association. Grenewood Index. The State intercollegiate Athletic association held its annual meeting at the Oregon here last Friday night. The University of South Carolina, was ?+/-w winmhurolitn of tVn<a <*l U UJ I.U 1UV1UUU1 juijj - ing. One of the things to be decided by the association was the partici pants in the baseball game on the oc casion of the oratorical contest. It was decided that the competing teams shall be Clemson and the Citadel. Thp association also discussed the matter of summer baseball as indulg ed in by college players and also the one year rule. Dr. W. M. Riggs was re-elected president and Caut. John '"W". Moore ..ecretary and treasurer. The next meeting will be held at the Oregon in February 1918. Those present ere: Dr. W. M. T?;<r<ra rMAmqnn- r.ar>t. .Tohn W. Moore. Citadel; Prof. E. H. Stiuler> Wofford: Dr. J. B. Kennedy, Presbyterian Col lege; Prof. C. B. Martin, Furman; Dr. E. B. Setzler, Newberry, and Prof. Edgar Long, Erskine. OFFICIAL SUPPLY BILL FOK XEWBERKY COUNTY A V> K +/-V 15 ?- /\ t i rt o fnr tVlA JAW Of nu All. IU i I uuuu Taxes for School and County Pur poses for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 1917, and for the Expendi-i ture thereof. { Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of South Carolina: That the existing County Boards of Commissioners of the sever al counties of the State, or such officer or officers are vested with the same or similar powers, shall levy a tax of three mills on the dollar upon all the taxable property in their respec tive counties, for the support of pub lic schools in their respective conn ties, which tax shall be collected at the same time and by the same offi I cers as the other taxes for the year, j and shall be held in the county treas : uries of the respective counties and j be paid out exclusively for the sup , port of the public schools as provided j by law. | Section 2. That a tax is nereoy j levied upon all the taxable property j in each of the counties of the State j for county purposes for the Fiscal j Year commencing January 1, 1917, for the amounts and for the purposes . hereinafter stated, respectively, that' j is to say: Newbejry County,?For the County of Xew-berry, for ordinary county ' purposes, three and one-half mills, j The County Treasurer and County Su : pervisor are hereby' authorized and ' ' empowered to borrow from the Siitk ! ing Fund Commission for current ex peases a sum not exceeding $2o,000.-( 00 lor ordinary county purposes, and' they are further authorized and em-' powered to borrow- the sum of six thousand ($6,000.00) dollars on the special one mill levy for road pur | poses; hut in the event the said sum j of money, or any part thereof, can not be obtained from the Sinking Fund Commission, ;then in that ev ent the said County Supervisor ..nd I County Treasurer are hereby author I ized and empowered to borrow from : any other source an amount not ex ceeding $31,000.00, as heretofore spe cified at the rate of interest not ex ceeding seven (7) per cent, per an num. and shall give their official ' note, or notes therefor; said amount borrowed shall be used exclusively I for current expenses for the fiscal j year beginning January 1. : The taxes levied for ordinary coun t ty expenses for the year 1917, and the special one mill levy for highways, ' bridges and ferries under Section j 2083, Civil Code, 1912, shall stana J pledged for the payment of the sala note or notes. The following amounts j are hereby appropriated for the foi i lowing purposes, if so much be nec ; sssary for the fiscal year, beginning nuary 1, 1917: I , 1* an 1. For Salaries: Coun ty officers $iu,ouu.uu Item 2.v For County Home, paupers and prisoners .. 2,sp0.&0 Item 3. For Roads, bridges and ferries 10.000.09 Item 4. For chaingang main tenance 7,500.00 ' Item 5. For repairs on public buildings 3.200.00 Item 6. For books, stationery and printing 750.00 Item 7. For contingent ex penses and supplies for public buildings and coun ty officers r.280.00 Item 8. For County Board of Equalization (pe- diem and mileage) 450.00 ! item a. for ^ uunly x>w?o.x ci ui j Education so.ou i Item 10. For expenses Courts of General Sessions and Common Pleas 2,6-50.00 Item 11. For dieting and oth er incidental expens-es of I Sheriff 1,800.00 Item 12. For post mortems j and examining and convey ing lunatics 600.00 Item 13. For interest on I 1 ? am no Total appropriations $43,630.00 No supplies shall be bought or ex penses incurred on behalf of the county without the consent of the" County Supervisor unless otherwise provided by law. The salary of the Clerk of the County Board of Com-! missioners and County Attorney for: the fiscal year shall be five hundred' (3500.00) dollars in the event thai the j A nt 4.13 nf the Acts of pruviaiuno ui V/1, 11912 are complied with. The Coun-: ty Board of Commissioners are here- J by authorized to pay the Sheriff the sum of $100.00 for automobile expen- j ses, and are required to furnish a' telephone for the Sheriff's office. The County Board of Commissioners are hereby authorized to allow the Sher-j iff a per diem of three ($3.00) dollars' I for each day while traveling outsiaej the county in the discharge of his. official duty in making arrests; Pro-! j vided, That, the allowance in the ag-| j gregate for the year 19-17 shall not I exceed one hundred dollars. The County Superintendent of Education j ! shall be allowed from the unappro- j priated school funds of Newberry j County for the fiscal year the sum of $200.00. if so much be nece-jsary, j for traveling expenses; an itemized statement of such expenses shall be filed with the County Treasurer. Tbe County Board of Education are au " - ' -J ? * nair frrvm the monzeu ana uucvicu ?? ?, J unappropriated school funds of the ( county the sum of six hundred and seventy-five dollars, on account of the salary and expense of the organizer of tomato and poultry clubs in the public schools of Newberry county. The County Board of Commission ers are hereby authorized to allow to the County Coroner his traveling expenses when Incurred in the dls charge of his official duty in the year 1917: Provided, The total allowance for the year 'shall not exceed fifty dollars. The traveling expenses to be itemized. The marriage license fee shall be one dollar of which dur ing the fiscal year, commencing Jan uary 1, 1917, the Judge of Probate shall receive seventy-five cents for his services in issuing the license, and twenty-five cents shall be turned into the free school fund. Upon the consent of the County Legislative Delegation, the County Supervisor may borrow a sufficient sum of money to defray the expenses of vaccination, but no money shall be borrowed or used for such purposes unless author ize<l by saia county legislative jjeie gation. The sum of $250.00. if so much be necessary, is hereby appro priated for one-half of the cos' *. -? *** t&ining and operating ferries across Broad river aft Dawkins, Strothers and Blairs, that is to say, one-thira thereof for each of said ferries, to he paid out of the appropriation for roads, bridges and ferries, the other one-half of the cost of maintaining and rvnoIra finer ferries, to be Dald by Fairfield county, in accordance with an agreement between the Dele gation of Newberry and Fairfield counties. That the sum of $100.00 19 hereby authorized to be paid out of the fund for contingent and miscellaneous ex penses for the benefit of the ladies' ya.ai i-nnws in tha> tHp Slim of $400.00 i3 to be paid out of the fund for contingent and miscellaneous expenses, if so much be necessary, for unpaid expenses for the year 1917. under Vital Statistics 'Act. Every three months the County Board of Commissioners shall advertise for at least three issue3 of one or more ot the newspapers published in the City of Newberry for bids, based on de livery at the court house, unless oth wlse specified, for all implements and supplies of whatever kind may be desired by the county and each and every officer thereof, including all supplies, equipment and a7^ purchas es whatsoever for the Commissioners. Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Treasurer, Auditor, Judge of Probate, Magis trate3, for poorhouse/ chaingang, roads and bridges, and for every oth er purpose, which advertisement shall set forth the articles and ap proximately the amounts thereof to be purchased and the contracts of purchase shall be awarded to the low est bidder for the period of three months; provided, however, in case of emergency the County Board of Commissioners may make purchase for the county where the cost there of does Dot exceed twenty-five ($25. 00) dollars, and for such purpose a majority of the Supervisors shall cer tify on the claim therefor the nec essity therefor: And provided, fur ther, in case of emergency as adver tisement, as hereinbefore provided for, may be inserted at any time, but all contracts for the purchases of supplies shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section, and no bill, account or claim of any kind whatsoever against the county shall be raid u-nless previously contracted for by such competition or by the County Board of Commissioners in cases of certified emergency. Recapitulation. (A). Roads and Bridges: Cross country roads, $10,000.00; convicts and maintenance of road working or ganization, $7,500.00; commutation tax, estimated, $12,000.00 Total $29, 500.00 * (B). Salaries: Clerk of Court, $275 00: Sheriff, $1,400; Deputy Sheriff, $900.00; Treasurer, $500.00; Auditor, $;H)0.00; Superintendent of Education, $900.00; Physician, $2-00.00; Coroner, $300.00; Janitor of court house, $480. 00; Supervisor, $1200.00; two County Commissioners, at $125.00 each, $250. 00; Cierk to Board of County Com missioners, $500.00; Chaplain to Poor house, $300.00; Constables: Salaries, $1340.00; Constables, mileage, $120.00; Magistrates, $1290.00. ' Total, $10, 455.00. (C). County Boards: Board of Edu -~A~~ Pnor/1 of T^rmaliVAtion. L'-tiHUii, i-'v/tvi x* vt ^ ?, $450.00. Total, $500.00. (D). Jail expenses, including diet ing of prisoners: Total, $1800.00. (E). Jurors and witnesses: Coron er, Constables, Jurors, etc., $150.00; General Sessions and Common Pleas Court, $2,500.00. Total, $2,650.00. (F). County Home, Poorhouse and PrirtT-- Tntnl 59 $00.00. (G). Post Mortems, Inqu?9t3 and Lunacy: Total $600.00. <H). Public Buildings, including water, fuel, light and insurance, $4-50.00; contingent expenses and sup plies public buildings and county offices, $2,000.00; repairs public build ing, $750.00. TotaJ $3200.00. -(J). Printing, postage and Station ery: Total, $750.00. (K). Miscellaneous Contingent: Rest room, $100.00; vital statistics, / ? j /\ rs aa 1 T>^1 11 9A JVUiai r\jutc uunvnu.1, v 00; county officers' bonds, $600.00; other miscellaneous. $1220.00. Total $2,500.00. (L). Rural Police: Two Rural Po CHARTER MEMBERS OF ; NEfVliEKKY LUTHERAN CHURCH When one of the older persons of ! the community dies there is always j brought to mind some historical ev ent that took place in their lives. The death of Mrs. Cline brings up the or 1 ganization of the Lutheran church in j Newberry. And there is always dif I ^ i/\rt o ft n*>> n f j itjlUuce Ul ictuucv-ijuu a J iv " iia,t ?-a^ ; facts are. Some said that Mrs. Cline | was not a charter member of the church and others that Mrs. Mary Rawl was the only other of the char ter members now living. The Herald and News has printed | the list several times but at this time 1 a republication of the list will no [ doubt be of interest to many of our j readers. The old church was built | by Mr. Wallace Ai Cline. the husband ! of Mrs. Cline. The following is the S correct list of charter members ,of the Lutheran church which was or i ganizea m .\ewoerry juiy n, io;jo. j Matthias Barre, W. W. Houseal, Da : vid Werts, J. L. Morgan, J. L. Auli, J. K. Schumpert, J. I. Schumpert, Mrs. Jane Barre, Mrs. Eliza C. Hous ! eal, Mrs. Sara Werts, Mrs. Harriet j Morgan, Mrs. Susan Kinard, Mrs. ' Louise C. Hunter, Mrs. Hercelia F. ; Cline, Mrs. Harriet Schumpert, Miss ! Elizabeth Morgan,' Miss Mary Ann : Barre, Miss Elizabeth rtVhitman, Miss | Eliza Jane Gauntt, Miss Amanda C. : Stockman, Miss Minerva E. Schum Of these so far as we can recall the only ones living now are Miss ' Mary Ann Barre, n<M Mrs. Mary I Raw], and J. L. Aull who lives In Grenewood at Dyson. A strange proceeding about the or 1 ganlzation and building of the church | is that according to the records the j trustees and the building committee . were none of them members of the church. The following were the trustees: Henry Summer, B. J. Ra maze. Thos. W. Hollo way, Geo. G. DeWalt, E. P. Lake, C. H. Suber, Ja cob Kibler. The building committee was com posed of: J. P. Kinard.'A. C. Garling ton, 0. B. Mayer, ?. Y. McMorries, N. A. Hunter. Prof. WiUiam Hood. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. As noted in our locai columns, a telegram was received here on Mon day of this week announcing the death of Prof. 'William Hood the night be fore. We have none of the particu lars, but hope to give them in our next issue. Prof. Hood was a native of Chester county.-S. C. He graduated at Ersk ine college in 1855 in the class witli Rev. J. C. Boyd, Dr. Lathan, Rev. . Monroe Oates and others. Some time , during the sixties ne was uue ota.cc treasurer and on, or shortly after, t>.e expiration of that term he came i to Due West as professor of Belles Letters and Geology and occupied that position until the close of the ; collegiate year 1890-91. He taught in the public schools of Washington, D. C\, for awhile and then went to Bartow, Fla., as president of Summer lin Institute. inuring ins cuuuct Civil , with Erskine college, he was elected to the legislature of this State and served in the famous Wallace House, i During recent years he had lived quietly with a daughter in Bartow. He was active there as here in church and Sabbath school work. For many years he was superintendent of the > Saobath school and the leader of th? i music in the Due West church. His wife, who was before marriage .Miss Mattie McCaughrin of Newberry, pre ceded him to the grave several years He leaves a large circle of chil 1 dren, grandchildren and friends to ; mourn his loss. To all of these the Presbyterian extends its sympathy. Towns in the Canary Islands are to be provided with a long distance tele phone service. licemen at $900.00 each. Total, $1, 800.00. (N). Interest on County Indebted ness: Interest on current loans, In anticipation of collection of taxes: interest on oonus, ? , ?^v. S nking Fund for retirement of bonds; tctal, $ ; on principal of loan to State Sinking Fund, $ , and for interest on loans to January 1st, 191? $ ; total, $2,000.00. (O). Past Indebtedness: Provided for bv special levy, $28,000.00. Grand total. $72,655.00. Section 3. This Act snail go mio ei fect upon its approval by the Govern or. Approved the 21st day of February, A. D., 1917. RICH. I. MANNING, Governor. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EXEQUTlV ? UfcjfAft i ai ?,.\ 1. BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. This is to certify the foregoing and hereto attached partly printed and partly typewritten copy of an Act "To Provide for the levy of taxes for 'school and county purposes for the fiscal year beginning January 1. 1917, and for the expenditure thereof." to be a true and correct copy of said Act so far as the same related tu Newberry County. , nnrtpr mv hand and the seal - * "J - I of the State at Columbia this the 24 j dav of February, A. D., 1917. (Official Seal) W. BANKS DOVE. Secretary of State. THE PEDAGOGY CLASS viuifTk! TUi- vicar tninAT, T 10110 1 LIJL ^lUUl aawjm The pedagogy class oL Newbj college visits certain classes i day school ever now and then; Tuesday night Prof, and Mrs rick chaperoned the class to th ! berry mill night school. Alth, I few pupils were scared off I they had been told they woj | company the majority of the i were glad to help interest pe^ j were soing out to teach in 1 | that they would do night scho The r(>2nhir attendants a! are doing splendid work. ThJ is divided into the following j Women and girls taught b] P. Kinard; men and boys third grade, taught by Goggans; and men and the third grade taught by Kinard. Those enrolled are: Mess Arnold, Aiu merle Bobb, Veij Claud Bouknight, LeeJ Enoch Bradley, W. A. Davis, Handy Davis, Jun Eargle, 0. Gentry, Cecil ey Kinard, Floyd Jones, ard, William Ramsey, Jai Earle Sanders, Isaiah She* tit t * v. rikn.iiA smuu, W. JU. ouiitu, vuai xic x Pot Thrift, Drew Todd, Arthur Ward, Ernest Ward and George "W&rd; Misses Georgia Ammons, Annie Bell Bowles,, Etta Burton, Fannie Mae Cromer, Pearl Fulmer, Alice Gause, Leora Gause, Mamie Lou Gentry, W!i lie Gause, Ruby Kinard, Grace Kooir, Elsie Kyzer, Julia Melton, Eatelie Morris, Louise Morris, Lizzie Mae Morse. Vesto Morse. Janie Padgett, Pearl Padgett, ETa Rister, 5tamio Rister, Viola Smith, Ruby Taylor, Jessie Mae Ward, Lizzie Wesson, Sal lie Bell Watson, Murrell Witt, Susie Witt. v OPTICIANS NAJTE THEIR EXAMINERS The State, 27th. About 65 members attended a sps ****** ? ^ a C/Mifk r11i*a1 ttki mccuug Ul lUC ouutu v. ai Optical association, held yesterday in the rooms of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. The association dis cussed the Neuffer act, approved Feb ruary 13, for the regulation of the profession, and elected three mem bers of the board of examiners there in provided for, as follows: John T. Wise, Orangeburg; George F. Mims, Edgefield; T. A. W. Eimgren, Colum bia. Other members will be the pres i ident and the secretary of the State board of medical examiners, ex of ! f.cio, and one oculist to be nominated ! by the State Medical association. > | This board, the act requires, shall ' > be constituted within 30 days after the s approval of the measure and shall at its first meeting organize by electing ! a president, a vice president and a - secrertary-treasurer. Opticians and > optometrists may not begin practice 1 in the State until they shall have been examined and licensed by this board. Penalties are defined for violations of the law. One prosecution has already been brought. This was begun at Chester last week, the prosecuting at torney being Representative Hemphill. Provision is made for suspension or revocation of licenses for various un professional practices. The offering Avfloloccao cr>or>i",ir>lp? nr lenses as V/ JL C%? c V> v.* v m v? w v _ -w ?? ? ? _ premiums forbidden. The act does not apply to physicians "nor to per sons who sell spectacles or eyeglasses as merchandise from a regularly established place of business.'* Acts of this general character are in force in 40 States. The South Caro lina statute was signed on the eve j of St. Valentine's day, the Iowa meaa ! ure on Washington day. The pres 1 ident of the South Carolina Opti(Jal - * - ? ? T T>ao i?oAn nf Pon. 3, SSOClcttlOn 125 Oil Hi d x cai OUAI i/j. 4^va* : nettsville. T. A. W. Elmbren of Co j lumibia is secreary-tireasurer. Yes | teraay's meeting had the largest at ' tendance or" anv the association has ! held. An Old Bible. ! A few days ago our good old frier.3, Mr. W. H. Sloan, came by the offl.ce and shoved us an old family bible. It T*:~ hihlo anrf 1st , 98 years old. It was published ill ' 1819 in Battleborough, Vt., and was ! J. Holbrook's stereotype copy, eightA j edition. It is noted in the book that j it was bought by Samuel Sloan In 1 January. 1819. at a cost of $6.00. Sam I uel Sloan was the grandfather of W. j H. Sloan. Samuel was born 12th ! January, 1774, and died 24 January, . IUUL. VT CCO UIbi A 1UU w\J J Moore 2Sth April, 1S14. She was 1 born Steptember 15, 1776, and died | January 29, 1S6S. Their son, James j S. Sioan, was born April 21, 1817, and j he was the father of W. H. Sloan. The I bible contains a record of the family ; history. We did not take the entire . history from the record, but we learn 1 ea W. H. Sioan ana uciavia. nuui.c< were raaried December 22, 1870, and they are both living al Little Moun tain. 3 J The book is bound in leather and i well preserved and the print is large and clear. More of these old family bibles should be preserved, and the present day families should keep such records. They are valuable and Inter esting. \Vv-5to?.